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- Clinical Trial NCT02451982
Platform Study of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Immunotherapy for Patients With Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
August 25, 2023 updated by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
A Platform Study of Combination Immunotherapy for the Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatment of Patients With Surgically Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
This platform trial will evaluate various immunotherapy combinations given in the neo-adjuvant and adjuvant setting in patients with surgically resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Study Overview
Status
Recruiting
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Immunotherapy is an innovative approach being developed for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, a lethal and relatively chemotherapy-resistant disease.
However, the tumor and its environment have developed a number of ways in which they inhibit the function of the immune system preventing it from recognizing and killing the cancer.
In addition, the investigators still do not understand how T cells, the cells in the immune system that have the potential to recognize cancer as different and kill cancer cells, traffic into the tumor to accomplish their task.
The investigators are currently testing an immune system activating pancreatic cancer vaccine (known as GVAX) in combination with immune boosting doses of the chemotherapy agent, cyclophosphamide, as preoperative and postoperative treatments for pancreatic cancer.
The investigators have discovered tertiary lymphoid aggregates, a unique lymph node-like structure formed within resected tumors from the patients who received the vaccine two weeks prior to the surgery.
This discovery demonstrates that the immune system can get into the tumor and provides the investigators with the opportunity to better understand how these immune cells traffic into the tumor and function once they arrive.
The investigators also found that the vaccine causes an increase in signals that would suppress the immune system's ability to fight off cancer cells, including signals involving PD-1.
In this novel study, the investigators will test the effects of blocking PD-1 in combination with the vaccine in patients with pancreatic cancer.
The investigators will specifically isolate these immune cells and evaluate at both the genetic and protein level, the types of signals expressed by these aggregates.
The investigators will compare aggregates from patients with long term survival versus patients who succumb to their cancer early.
In this way, the investigators will be able to determine how safe this novel treatment is, how effective it is at changing the immune system in pancreatic cancer, and how it impacts the health and survival of pancreatic cancer patients who undergo surgery to remove the cancer.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Estimated)
76
Phase
- 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 Contact
- Name: Carol Judkins, RN
- Phone Number: 410-614-5241
- Email: judkica@jhmi.edu
Study Locations
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Maryland
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410
- Recruiting
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
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Contact:
- Clinical Trials Office - Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Ce
- Phone Number: 410-955-8804
- Email: jhcccro@jhmi.edu
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Newly diagnosed or clinically-suspected adenocarcinoma of the head, neck, or uncinate process of the pancreas
- Tumor must be surgically resectable
- ECOG Performance Status of 0 to 1
- Adequate organ function as defined by study-specified laboratory tests
- Must agree to use acceptable form of birth control
Exclusion Criteria:
- Received any type of anti-cancer treatment or immunotherapy for pancreas cancer
- History of autoimmune disease (Graves or Hashimoto's disease, vitiligo, and type I diabetes are allowed)
- Systemically steroid use within 14 days
- Evidence of active infection
- Pregnant or lactating
- Diagnosed with another cancer or myeloproliferative disorder (some exceptions)
- History of severe hypersensitivity reaction to any monoclonal antibody or known component of the study drugs
- Known history of infection with HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C
- Oxygen saturation of <92% on room air by pulse oximetry
- On home oxygen
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: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Arm A: CY/GVAX alone
Patients receive low-dose cyclophosphamide IV on day 0 and GVAX pancreatic cancer vaccine ID on day 1.
Patients undergo pancreaticoduodenectomy on day 15.
Approximately 6-10 weeks after surgery, patients receive low-dose cyclophosphamide IV on day 0 and the vaccine on day 1.
Beginning approximately 1 month after vaccination, patients receive standard adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Beginning approximately 4-8 weeks after the completion of chemoradiotherapy, patients receive low-dose cyclophosphamide IV on day 0 and the vaccine on day 1.
Treatment with cyclophosphamide and the vaccine repeats every 28 days for 4 courses.
Patients will then enter the extended treatment phase where they will receive cyclophosphamide on day 0, and GVAX on day 1 every 12 weeks for another 2 treatments.
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200 mg/m2 IV
Other Names:
5x10^8 cells intradermal injection
Other Names:
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Experimental: Arm B: CY/GVAX with nivolumab
Patients receive low-dose cyclophosphamide and nivolumab IV on day 0 and GVAX pancreatic cancer vaccine ID on day 1.
Patients undergo pancreaticoduodenectomy on day 15.
Approximately 6-10 weeks after surgery, patients receive low-dose cyclophosphamide and nivolumab IV on day 0 and the vaccine on day 1.
Beginning approximately 1 month after vaccination, patients receive standard adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Beginning approximately 4-8 weeks after the completion of chemoradiotherapy, patients receive low-dose cyclophosphamide and nivolumab IV on day 0 and the vaccine on day 1.
Treatment with cyclophosphamide, nivolumab, and the vaccine repeats every 28 days for 4 courses.
Patients will then enter the extended treatment phase where they will receive nivolumab every 4 weeks for another 6 treatments as well as cyclophosphamide on day 0, and GVAX on day 1 every 12 weeks for another 2 treatments.
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200 mg/m2 IV
Other Names:
5x10^8 cells intradermal injection
Other Names:
480 mg IV
Other Names:
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Experimental: Arm C: CY/GVAX with nivolumab and urelumab
Patients receive low-dose cyclophosphamide, nivolumab, and urelumab on day 0 and GVAX pancreatic cancer vaccine on day 1.
Patients undergo pancreaticoduodenectomy on day 15.
Approximately 6-10 weeks after surgery, patients receive low-dose cyclophosphamide, nivolumab, and urelumab on day 0 and the vaccine on day 1.
Beginning approximately 28 days after vaccination, patients receive standard adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Beginning approximately 4-8 weeks after the completion of chemoradiotherapy, patients receive low-dose cyclophosphamide, nivolumab, and urelumab on day 0 and GVAX on day 1.
Treatment with cyclophosphamide, nivolumab, urelumab, and the vaccine repeats every 28 days for 4 courses.
Patients will then enter the extended treatment phase where they will receive nivolumab and urelumab every 4 weeks for another 6 treatments as well as cyclophosphamide on day 0, and GVAX on day 1 every 12 weeks for another 2 treatments.
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200 mg/m2 IV
Other Names:
5x10^8 cells intradermal injection
Other Names:
480 mg IV
Other Names:
8 mg IV
Other Names:
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Experimental: Arm D: BMS-986253 and Nivolumab
Patients receive BMS-986253 and nivolumab on day 0 (Cycle 1), 15 days prior to surgery.
6-10 weeks after surgery, patients receive Cycle 2, with nivolumab on day 0 and BMS-986253 on days 0 and 14.
Patients then receive standard adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Approximately 4-8 weeks after the completion of chemoradiotherapy, patients receive 4 additional 28-day cycles of immunotherapy, with Nivolumab on Day 0 and BMS-986253 on Days 0 and 14.
Patients will then enter the extended treatment phase where they will receive nivolumab alone every 4 weeks for another 6 treatments.
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480 mg IV
Other Names:
2400 mg IV
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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IL17A expression
Time Frame: 4 years
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median IL17A expression in lymphoid aggregates from resected tumor (Arms A and B only)
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4 years
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Intratumoral CD8+CD137+cells
Time Frame: 4 years
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Fold change of intratumoral CD8+CD137+cells before and after neoadjuvant therapy (Arms B and C only)
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4 years
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Intratumoral granzyme B+PD-1+CD137+ cells
Time Frame: 4 years
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Percent change of intratumoral granzyme B+PD-1+CD137+ cells in surgical (post-treatment) tissue compared to baseline (pre-treatment) biopsy (Arm D only)
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4 years
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Pathologic Response
Time Frame: 4 years
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Percent of patients with a response grade of 0-2 (0=complete response 1=marked response, 2=moderate response) at time of surgery
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4 years
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Drug-Related Adverse Events
Time Frame: 4 years
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Number of participants experiencing study drug-related toxicities
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4 years
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Overall Survival
Time Frame: 4 years
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Overall Survival is defined as the time from surgery to death from any cause
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4 years
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Disease Free Survival
Time Frame: 4 years
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Disease Free Survival is defined as the time from surgery until evidence of disease recurrence or death from any cause
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4 years
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Lei Zheng, MD, PhD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
March 28, 2016
Primary Completion (Estimated)
December 31, 2024
Study Completion (Estimated)
December 31, 2025
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
May 20, 2015
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
May 20, 2015
First Posted (Estimated)
May 22, 2015
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
August 28, 2023
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
August 25, 2023
Last Verified
August 1, 2023
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Neoplasms by Histologic Type
- Neoplasms
- Carcinoma
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
- Adenocarcinoma
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Immunologic Factors
- Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
- Alkylating Agents
- Myeloablative Agonists
- Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
- Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
- Cyclophosphamide
- Nivolumab
Other Study ID Numbers
- J1568
- IRB00050517 (Other Identifier: JHMIRB)
- R01CA197296 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
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