Dasatinib in Treating Patients With Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer

September 18, 2015 updated by: City of Hope Medical Center

A Phase II Clinical Trial of Dasatinib in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

RATIONALE: Dasatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well dasatinib works in treating patients with stage IV pancreatic cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Terminated

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • To evaluate the 4-month progression-free survival (PFS) rate in patients with stage IV pancreatic cancer treated with dasatinib.

Secondary

  • To evaluate the response rate (complete and partial response) in patients treated with this drug.
  • To evaluate the median PFS and overall survival of patients treated with this drug.
  • To study the toxicities and tolerability of this drug in these patients.
  • To evaluate the impact of this drug on quality of life measures.
  • To evaluate the impact of this drug on Src and FAK in peripheral blood mononuclear cells prior to and during treatment.
  • To study the pre-treatment expression of various signaling molecules in the Src and STAT3 pathways and attempt to identify a relationship between these findings and the aggressiveness of the tumor or its response to treatment with dasatinib.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive oral dasatinib twice daily on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo tumor tissue and blood sample collection periodically for correlative and biological studies. Blood samples are analyzed for phosphorylation levels of proteins, including phospho-Src, phospho-Fak, and other relevant biomarkers, by western blotting. Tumor tissue samples are analyzed for biomarkers by immunohistochemistry.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, after every other course during treatment, and then at 1 year after treatment using the FACT-HEP questionnaire.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 2 months.

Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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7

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Duarte, California, United States, 91010-3000
        • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Pasadena, California, United States, 91105
        • City of Hope Medical Group

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically* confirmed pancreatic cancer

    • Stage IV disease NOTE: *If biopsy was performed at an outside facility, the histology must be reviewed and confirmed by the Division of Pathology at the City of Hope

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Karnofsky performance status 60-100%
  • Life expectancy ≥ 3 months
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/μL
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/μL
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • ALT and AST ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL and/or creatinine clearance > 60 mL/min
  • PT and PTT ≤ 1.5 times ULN
  • Able to swallow dasatinib whole
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, uterus, or bladder

  • No concurrent medical condition which may increase the risk of toxicity, including any of the following:

    • Pleural or pericardial effusion of any grade
    • Clinically significant coagulation or platelet function disorder (e.g., known von Willebrand's disease)

  • None of the following cardiac conditions:

    • Uncontrolled angina, congestive heart failure, or myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
    • Prolonged QTc interval (i.e., QTc > 450 msec) on electrocardiogram
    • History of clinically significant ventricular arrhythmias (i.e., ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or Torsades de pointes)
  • No hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia that cannot be corrected
  • No severe infection requiring treatment
  • Completely recovered from other concurrent illnesses, as deemed by the investigator
  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • Recovered from prior major surgery
  • No prior irradiation to the planned field
  • No prior chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer

  • At least 7 days since prior and no concurrent medications that may prolong the QT interval, including any of the following:

    • Quinidine
    • Procainamide
    • Disopyramide
    • Amiodarone
    • Sotalol
    • Ibutilide
    • Dofetilide
    • Erythromycin
    • Clarithromycin
    • Chlorpromazine
    • Haloperidol
    • Mesoridazine
    • Thioridazine
    • Pimozide
    • Cisapride
    • Bepridil
    • Droperidol
    • Methadone
    • Arsenic
    • Chloroquine
    • Domperidone
    • Halofantrine
    • Levomethadyl
    • Pentamidine
    • Sparfloxacin
    • Lidoflazine
  • At least 7 days since prior and no concurrent potent CYP3A4 inhibitors

  • At least 7 days since prior and no concurrent medications that directly and durably inhibit platelet function, including any of the following:

    • Aspirin or aspirin-containing combinations
    • Clopidogrel
    • Dipyridamole
    • Tirofiban
    • Dipyridamole
    • Epoprostenol
    • Eptifibatide
    • Cilostazol
    • Abciximab
    • Ticlopidine
    • Cilostazol

  • No concurrent anticoagulants, including warfarin or heparin/low molecular weight heparin (e.g., danaparoid, dalteparin, tinzaparin, or enoxaparin)

    • Low-dose warfarin for prophylaxis to prevent catheter thrombosis or heparin for flushes of IV lines allowed
  • No concurrent IV bisphosphonates during the first 8 weeks of dasatinib therapy
  • No concurrent Hypericum perforatum (St. Johns wort)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Dasatinib
Dasatinib 70 mg po bid (1 cycle=28 days)
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Other: immunoenzyme technique
Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
Other: immunohistochemistry staining method
Drug: dasatinib

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Progression-free Survival (PFS) Rate at 4 Months
Time Frame: Four months.
Progressive disease - appearance of one or more new lesions. Unequivocal progression of existing non-target lesions. Although a clear progression of non-target lesions only is exceptional, in such circumstances, the opinion of the treating physician should prevail and the progression status should be confirmed later on by a review panel (or study chair/primary investigator).
Four months.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Response Rate
Time Frame: After every two cycles, up to 5 years
Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR
After every two cycles, up to 5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
City of Hope Medical Center

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Principal Investigator: Vincent Chung, MD, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

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September 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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October 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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October 13, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 13, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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October 16, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

Last Update Posted

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October 5, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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September 18, 2015

Last Verified

Last Verified

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September 1, 2015

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 07024
  • P30CA033572 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • CHNMC-07024
  • BMS-CA180-114
  • CDR0000570288 (Registry Identifier: NCI PDQ)

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