Trial to Improve Outcomes in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer (Azacitidine)

September 26, 2022 updated by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

A Phase II Trial to Improve Outcomes in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma at High Risk for Recurrence Using Epigenetic Therapy

To improve progression free survival in high risk patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma who have node positive disease, margin positive disease, and/or elevation in CA 19-9 treated with CC-486 (oral azacitidine) as compared to observation after completion of adjuvant therapy.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

This trial is for patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma who have concluded adjuvant therapy or were deemed unable to receive adjuvant therapy with an elevated CA19-9 or node positive or margin positive disease. CA 19-9 elevation is defined as two levels > the institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) taken at least 2 weeks apart. These levels should be measured after adjuvant therapy has concluded or upon the decision that adjuvant therapy will not be offered. Patients will be randomized to one of two arms. Subjects enrolled due to node positive disease or R1 resection must be able to undergo randomization within 3 months of finishing adjuvant therapy or the decision that they are unable to take adjuvant therapy. Patients enrolling due to CA19-9 elevation can enroll any time after adjuvant therapy has completed. Arm A, the treatment arm, will be started on CC-486. Arm B, the control arm, will receive no additional therapy. In both arms, CA19-9 will be followed and CT scans (or MRI, if clinically indicated) will be done every three months. When patients have visible disease recurrence on imaging, CC-486 will be stopped and both groups will start first-line chemotherapy.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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49

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
        • Johns Hopkins
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231
        • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
        • The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15212
        • Allegheny General Hospital

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

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form.
  • Age greater than or 18 years at the time of signing the informed consent form.
  • Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
  • Subjects must have a histologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma that has had an R0 (negative margins) or R1 (microscopically positive margins) resection.
  • Subjects must have finished adjuvant therapy, which can include chemotherapy and/or chemoradiation therapy or have been determined to be unable to take adjuvant therapy. Although patients will be expected to complete chemoradiation or chemotherapy per physician recommendations, patients who are unable to complete chemotherapy ± radiation therapy secondary to dose limiting toxicities will be eligible provided they meet study criteria.
  • Subjects enrolled due to node + disease or R1 resection must be able to undergo randomization within 3 months of finishing adjuvant therapy or the decision that they are unable to take adjuvant therapy. Patients enrolling due to CA 19-9 elevations can enroll any time after adjuvant therapy has completed.
  • All previous cancer therapy including radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery, must have been discontinued at least 4 weeks prior to treatment in this study
  • Subjects must either have a CA 19-9 value > the institutional ULN on two separate checks at least 2 weeks apart OR have had an R1 resection margin OR N1 nodal disease regardless of CA 19-9 level
  • Subjects must be free of visible disease on imaging (CT, PETCT or MRI) evaluating chest, abdomen, and pelvis within 28 days of enrollment on the study.
  • Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks
  • ECOG performance status of less than or equal to 1 at study entry
  • Subjects must have normal organ and marrow function
  • Free of prior malignancies for greater than or equal to 5 years with exception of currently treated basal cell, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast.
  • Women of childbearing potential should be advised to avoid becoming pregnant and men should be advised to not father a child while receiving treatment with CC-486 or nab-paclitaxel. All men and women of childbearing potential must use effective methods of birth control throughout the study and for three months after completing treatment.
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine β-hCG pregnancy test at screening.
  • Subjects must have < Grade 2 pre-existing peripheral neuropathy (per CTCAE)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from signing the informed consent form.
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
  • Use of any other chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or experimental drug or therapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to enrollment on study or those who have not recovered from adverse events ≥ grade 1 due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier except for stable grade 2 neuropathy.
  • Subjects may not receive any other concomitant investigational agents.
  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to 5-azacitidine or mannitol
  • Known positive for HIV or infectious hepatitis, type B or C. HIV patients are at increased risk of lethal infections when treated with marrow-suppressive therapy.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Any known gastrointestinal disorders which would preclude oral administration of 5-azacitidine.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • 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

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Experimental: Arm A: CC-486
CC-486 (oral azacitidine), 300 mg total, taken daily on days 1-21 (of a 28 day cycle) for up to 12 cycles. Upon disease recurrence, subjects will start on a first-line chemotherapy.
Drug: oral azacitidine
Other Names:
  • CC-486
Active Comparator: Arm B: observation
Observation until disease recurrence. Upon disease recurrence, subjects will start on a first-line chemotherapy.
Other: Observation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Progression-free Survival
Time Frame: 25 months
Progression free survival is defined as the time from randomization until visible recurrence on any imaging modality, a confirmed biopsy, or death. Individuals lost to follow-up prior to having an event will be censored at the time of the last scan or biopsy.
25 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Response Rate as Assessed by Number of Participants With Partial or Complete Response
Time Frame: 11 months
Response rate (partial response or complete response) to first-line chemotherapy when given after visible disease recurrence in patients primed with CC-486 compared to observation. Partial and complete responses were assessed by standard of care radiology reads and documented scan interpretations.
11 months
Overall Survival
Time Frame: 47 months
Overall survival is defined as the time from randomization until death. Individuals lost to follow-up prior to death will be censored at the time of last physician contact.
47 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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January 10, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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April 9, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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April 9, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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April 16, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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April 30, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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May 3, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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October 4, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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September 26, 2022

Last Verified

Last Verified

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June 1, 2022

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • J12138
  • NA_00076474 (Other Identifier: JHM IRB)

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