Preoperative mFOLFIRINOX (or Gem-Nab-P) +/- Isotoxic High-dose SBRT for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (STEREOPAC)

Preoperative Treatment With mFOLFIRINOX (or Gem-Nab-P) +/- Isotoxic High-dose Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (iHD-SBRT) for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: a Randomised Phase II Study (STEREOPAC)

Surgical resection is the only potentially curative treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer with the aim of curative R0 resection and related improvement of survival. As a standard, surgery is usually followed by adjuvant therapy that improves survival but neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) is a rapidly emerging concept that needs to be explored and validated in terms of therapeutic options in borderline resectable pancreatic tumors. In this setting, preoperative FFX seems to be feasible and can be prolonged by radiation therapy. However, the exact and best therapeutic sequence is not yet known and the additional role of adding isotoxic high-dose stereotactic body radiotherapy (iHD-SBRT) to chemotherapy requires validation in randomised trials. We propose to evaluate the impact and efficacy of adding iHD-SBRT to preoperative neoadjuvant mFFX or Gem-NabP in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma; Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma; Pancreatic Neoplasm
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Surgery; Drug: mFOLFIRINOX or Gemcitabine nab-paclitaxel; Radiation: Isotoxic High-Dose (iHD)-SBRT

Detailed Description

STEREOPAC is an multicenter, academic, prospective, randomised comparative, interventional study.

Patients receive 4 cycles of mFOLFIRINOX (or Gem-Nab-P)*. A full restaging (clinical, morphologic imaging, vascular involvement, biologics, CA 19.9) is performed. Non-progressive patients will be randomised (1:1) to

ARM A for receiving 4 additional cycles of chemo followed by surgery.

or to

ARM B for receiving 5th and 6th cycles of chemo then iHD-SBRT followed by a 7th (and optional 8th cycle) followed by surgery.

*: in case of CI or intolerance to mFFX, Gem-Nab-P regimen can be chosen or shifted to for 6 doses, then restaging, and then 3 doses followed by SBRT or 6 doses and immediate surgery)

Adjuvant chemotherapy administration is indicated unless the patient's condition precludes it.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 256
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Mia Persoons; Phone Number: 003225553016; Email: mia.persoons@erasme.ulb.ac.be
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Jean-Luc Van Laethem, MD PhD; Phone Number: 003225553714; Email: jl.vanlaethem@erasme.ulb.ac.be

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Antwerp, Belgium, 2650
    • Recruiting
    • UZA Antwerp
    • Contact: Timon Vandamme, MD; Email: timon.vandamme@uza.be
  • Brussel, Belgium, 1160
    • Recruiting
    • CHIREC
    • Contact: Francesco Puleo, MD; Email: francesco_puleo@hotmail.com
  • Brussel, Belgium, 1200
    • Recruiting
    • Cliniques Universitaires St Luc
    • Contact: Ivan Borbath, MD; Email: ivan.borbath@uclouvain.be
  • Brussels, Belgium, 1070
    • Recruiting
    • Hopital Erasme, HUB
    • Contact: Mia Persoons; Phone Number: 003225553016; Email: mia.persoons@erasme.ulb.ac.be
    • Contact: Jean-Luc Van Laethem, MD; Phone Number: 003225553714; Email: jl.vanlaethem@erasme.ulb.ac.be
  • Brussels, Belgium, 1070
    • Recruiting
    • Jules Bordet Institute, HUB
    • Contact: Christelle Bouchart, MD; Phone Number: +32 2 541 38 00; Email: christelle.bouchart@bordet.be
  • Gent, Belgium, 9000
    • Not yet recruiting
    • Uz Gent
    • Contact: Karen Geboes, MD; Email: karen.geboes@uzgent.be
  • Kortrijk, Belgium, 8500
    • Recruiting
    • AZ Groeninge
    • Contact: Philippe Vergauwe, MD; Email: philippe.vergauwe@azgroeninge.be
  • La Louvière, Belgium, 7100
    • Recruiting
    • Pôle Hospitalier Jolimont
    • Contact: Alexandre Dermine, MD; Email: Alexandre.DERMINE@jolimont.be
  • Liège, Belgium, 4000
    • Recruiting
    • Clinique CHC MontLégia
    • Contact: Ghislain Houbiers, MD; Email: ghislain.houbiers@chc.be
  • Mons, Belgium, 7000
    • Recruiting
    • CHU Ambroise Pare
    • Contact: Marie Diaz, MD; Email: marie.diaz@hap.be

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion criteria:

• Cytologic or histologic proof of adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head or uncinated process or body or tail. Diagnosis should be verified by local pathologist
• cTNM stage: T1-4N0-2M0
• Confirmation of clinical and radiographic stage as borderline resectable (CT scan and/or MRI scan with contrast according to the NCCN criteria) by a multidisciplinary board, composed by a dedicated oncological surgeon, radiologist and GI oncologist)
• Age > 18 years old
• No prior chemotherapy or radiation for pancreatic cancer
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
• No grade ≥ 2 neuropathy
• Laboratory parameters as follows:
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500/mm³
• Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
• Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
• Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or estimated GFR >45 mL/min
• Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN, including after adequate biliary stenting with metal stent (ideally 4 cm length)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) / alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5x ULN
• CA 19.9 < 2500 kU/l (baseline, prior to any therapy and absence of cholestasis)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Evidence of extrapancreatic disease on diagnostic imaging (CT, MRI or PET scan), histologically proven or at laparoscopy, including distal nodal involvement beyond the peripancreatic tissues (including non-regional lymph node involvement, ie: proven involvement of precaval lumbar lymphadenopathy(ies) and/or distant metastases
• Locally advanced disease as defined by the NCCN criteria (version 2.2021) ie > 180° arterial encasement (SMA and CA) unreconstructible venous encasement (SMV/PV) due to tumor involvement or occlusion of a long segment.
• CA 19.9 > 2500 kU/l (baseline and absence of cholestasis)
• Contraindication of surgery (general)
• Contraindications to receive FFX or gemcitabine-nab-Paclitaxel
• History of radiotherapy of the upper abdomen
• Prior treatment with oxaliplatin, irinotecan, fluoruouracil or capecitabin
• Patient < 18 years old
• Major surgery within 4 weeks of study entry
• Uncontrolled pre-existing disease including, but not limited to: active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina, social / psychiatric disorder that would limit compliance to treatment and good understanding of the informed consent form
• Other concurrent anticancer therapies
• Existence of another active neoplasia other than basal cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical carcinoma in situ or non-metastatic prostate cancer. Patients who have a history of neoplasia must have been in remission for more than 5 years to be included in the protocol
• Pregnant or breastfeeding women; for women of childbearing potential only, a negative pregnancy test done < 7 days prior to registration is required. Using of reliable contraception for at least 1 month before treatment is mandatory
• Chronic concomitant treatment with strong inhibitors of cytochrome p450, family 3, subfamily a, polypeptide 4 gene (CYP3A4) is not allowed on this study; patients on strong CYP3A4 inhibitors must discontinue the drug for 14 days prior to registration on the study

Additional exclusion criteria before randomisation:

• Progressive disease (RECIST or PETCT, including non locoregional nodal involvement and increase of CA 19.9 by 20%) after receiving 4 cycles of FFX (or G/NP), including shift chemotherapy in case of early progression.
• CA 19.9 > 1000 kU/l after neoadjuvant therapy.
• Presence of unmanageable toxicity during the first part of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (first 4 cycles or 6 doses of FFX or G/NP, respectively.
• Pancreatic tumour > 7.0 cm in greatest axial dimension at the time of randomization
• Massive invasion of the stomach or intestines and/or direct intestinal invasion of the mucosae visible at ultrasoundendoscopy
• Active gastric or duodenal ulcer disease at the time of randomization. Tolerated in case of antecedent without active ulcer (confirmation by endoscopy before iHD-SBRT)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Arm A; mFOLFIRINOX (oxaliplatin: 85 mg/m2, CPT-11: 165-180 mg/m2, folinic acid: 400mg/m2 and 5FU 2000-2400 mg/m2/46 h) regimen for 8 cycles every 2 weeks; or*Gemcitabine-Nab-P: gem: 1000 mg/m2 weekly 3 w/4; nab-P: 125 mg/m2 3 w/4 for 4 cycles in case of unfit for mFFX).	Procedure: Surgery; Surgery; Drug: mFOLFIRINOX or Gemcitabine nab-paclitaxel; oxaliplatin IV, irinotecan IV, leucovorin IV and 5-FU IV OR Gemcitabine IV Nab paclitaxel; Other Names: mFFX or Gem/Nab-p
Experimental: Arm B; mFOLFIRINOX for 6 cycles (or for 3 cycles Gemcitabine-Nab-P: gem: 1000 mg/m2 weekly 3 w/4; nab-P: 125 mg/m2 3 w/4 in case of unfit for mFFX) +Isotoxic high-dose SBRT: 5 x 7Gy with Simultaneous Integrated Boost (SIB) up to maximum 55Gy (= 1 week; starting ideally 2 weeks and maximum within 4 weeks after the end of chemotherapy)	Procedure: Surgery; Surgery; Drug: mFOLFIRINOX or Gemcitabine nab-paclitaxel; oxaliplatin IV, irinotecan IV, leucovorin IV and 5-FU IV OR Gemcitabine IV Nab paclitaxel; Other Names: mFFX or Gem/Nab-p; Radiation: Isotoxic High-Dose (iHD)-SBRT; Radiation therapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Disease free survival	Defined as time from randomisation to the first documentation of event where events considered are 1) disease progression, per RECIST, prior to surgery, 2) discovery of hepatic or peritoneal carcinomatosis during surgical exploration, 3) recurrent disease following R0-R1 surgery, or 4) death due to any cause.	From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 weeks
R0 Resection rate	Defined as the proportion of eligible randomised patients in whom a R0 resection was achieved during surgery after neoadjuvant treatment with FOLFIRINOX +/- iHD-SBRT. R0 resection indicates a microscopically margin-negative resection (>1 mm) from the inked margins (pancreatic transection, vascular and posterior circumferential resection margins).	up to 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Resection rate	defined as the percentage of eligible randomised patients that underwent a curative-intent resection	up to 12 months
Pathologic complete/major response (pCR)	Defined as the proportion of patients in whom a pCR or a major (<10% of residual tumour cells) was confirmed by histopathologic review of the surgical specimen.	up to 12 months
Complete feasibility of the therapeutic sequence	Defined as the proportion of patient who performed completely the neoadjuvant therapeutic sequence with mFFX (or Gem-Nab-P) +/- iHD-SBRT until surgery (abdominal exploration with or without pancreatectomy). The therapeutic sequence will not be considered as feasible if less than 60% of patients do not complete it until surgery.	up to 12 months
Overall survival (OS)	Defined as the time interval between randomisation and death. 95% confidence interval will be estimated based on standard method.	Defined as the time interval between randomisation and death, assessed up to 60 months
Locoregional failure free interval (LFFI)	defined as the time interval between the randomisation and the date of locoregional failure. A locoregional failure is any progressive or recurrent pancreatic cancer in the original tumour location or the N1-2 lymph node areas	defined as the time interval between the randomisation and the 1st documented date of locoregional failure, assessed up to 60 months
Distant metastases free interval (DMFI)	defined as the period of time without distant metastasis after randomisation.	defined as the period of time without distant metastasis after randomisation, assessed up to 60 months
Toxicity, Incidence of adverse events	assessed per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 and the Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the CTCAE	up to 24 months
Postoperative complications	defined according to the Clavien-Dindo classification and definitions of post-pancreatic surgery complications (pancreatic fistula, delayed gastric emptying and bleeding) by the International study group on Pancreatic Surgery.	up to 12 months
Quality of life (QoL) assessment - General	assessed per EORTC General Quality of life of Cancer patient questionnaire QLQ-C30 version 3.0 (minimum value: 30 - maximum value: 126; higher score associated with worse QoL outcome).	up to 24 months
Quality of life (QoL) assessment - Pancreatic cancer	assessed per EORTC Quality of life of Pancreatic Cancer patient questionnaire QLQ-PAN26 (minimum value: 26 - maximum value: 104; higher score associated with worse QoL outcome).	up to 24 months
Quality of life (QoL) assessment - Depression	assessed per the depression test : Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; minimum value: 0 - maximum value: 27; higher score associated with worse QoL outcome)	up to 24 months
Technical and quality success rate of EUS-delivered fiducials.	The technical success is defined as at least one marker presumed to be inside the tumour at the end of the EUS procedure. The quality success is defined as a score equal or higher than 6/12 points based on the 5 items quality score defined in [Figueiredo M, Bouchart C et al 2021].	up to 12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Erasme University Hospital
• Collaborators: Jules Bordet Institute; University Hospital St Luc, Brussels; Belgian Group of Digestive Oncology
• Investigators: Study Chair: Jean-Luc Van Laethem, MD, Erasme Hospital, ULB; Principal Investigator: Christelle Bouchart, MD, Jules Bordet Institute

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Figueiredo M, Bouchart C, Moretti L, Mans L, Engelholm JL, Bali MA, Van Laethem JL, Eisendrath P. EUS-guided placement of fiducial markers for stereotactic body radiation therapy in pancreatic cancer: feasibility, security and a new quality score. Endosc Int Open. 2021 Feb;9(2):E253-E257. doi: 10.1055/a-1324-2892. Epub 2021 Feb 3.
• Bouchart C, Engelholm JL, Closset J, Navez J, Loi P, Gokburun Y, De Grez T, Mans L, Hendlisz A, Bali MA, Eisendrath P, Van Gestel D, Hein M, Moretti L, Van Laethem JL. Isotoxic high-dose stereotactic body radiotherapy integrated in a total multimodal neoadjuvant strategy for the treatment of localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2021 Oct 19;13:17588359211045860. doi: 10.1177/17588359211045860. eCollection 2021.
• Manderlier M, Navez J, Hein M, Engelholm JL, Closset J, Bali MA, Van Gestel D, Moretti L, Van Laethem JL, Bouchart C. Isotoxic High-Dose Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (iHD-SBRT) Versus Conventional Chemoradiotherapy for Localized Pancreatic Cancer: A Single Cancer Center Evaluation. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Nov 22;14(23):5730. doi: 10.3390/cancers14235730.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 24, 2023
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2027
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2030

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 29, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 15, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): October 19, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 23, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 22, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: chemotherapy; neoadjuvant therapy; stereotactic body radiation therapy; borderline resectable pancreatic cancer
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Carcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Endocrine System Diseases; Digestive System Neoplasms; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Pancreatic Diseases; Adenocarcinoma; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Tubulin Modulators; Antimitotic Agents; Mitosis Modulators; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Paclitaxel; Gemcitabine
• Other Study ID Numbers: ERA 001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No