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NCT Number: NCT04605913

Nab-Paclitaxel + Cisplatin + Gemcitabine + TTF in pt. w/ Metastatic PAC

This is a Phase I/Ib trial, single-center, non-randomized, open-label study of Protein-bound Paclitaxel, Cisplatin, And Gemcitabine (GCN) Combined with Tumor Treatment Fields (TTF) and G+TTF maintenance therapy in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

Mayo Clinic in Florida

Jacksonville, Florida, 32224-9980, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Clinical Trials Referral Office

CONTACT

[email protected]

855-776-0015

Hani M. Babiker, MD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

About this study

GCN is predicted to be the front-line therapy for biliary and pancreatic cancer in the future given excellent results of current early clinical trials (ORR ≥ 67% in pancreatic cancer). This will change standard of care for front-line therapy in patients with stage IV pancreatic cancer. In this cohort of patients' tolerability after 6 cycles of therapy will be a challenge. Investigators hypothesize that developing a maintenance strategy with TTF+G will be cutting edge approach and can potentially transform front-line standard of care therapy in patients with stage IV pancreatic cancer. If this pilot study proves fruitful then a larger study to confirm findings can be conducted.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma or adeno-squamous carcinoma with liver metastasis.
  • Subjects with additional sites of metastasis, except known brain metastasis, are eligible.
  • Histologies excluded include squamous, small cell carcinoma, and acinar cell carcinoma. However, adeno-squamous histology can be enrolled.
  • Patients who have recurrence or metastasis after surgery and adjuvant therapy do not need repeat biopsy for confirmation of recurrence if clinical suspicion is high per scans (MRI/CT scan), with and without CA 19-9 elevation, specifically if biopsy is unsafe or technically difficult.
  • Patients with no prior lines of therapy for the treatment of stage IV metastatic disease.
  • Patients could have had prior neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy or chemo-radiotherapy.

i. Patients who received gemcitabine-based adjuvant chemotherapy can enroll if they progress greater than 6 months after completion of the therapy; ii. Patients who progress while on adjuvant FOLFIRINOX can enroll immediately.

  • Male and female patients at least 18 years of age
  • Laboratory data as specified below:

Hematology:

  • ANC greater than 1500 cells/mm3,
  • platelet count greater than 100,000 cells/mm3, and
  • Hemoglobin greater than 8 g/dL.
  • Hepatic
  • Total bilirubin less than 1.5 X ULN;
  • alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) less than 3 X ULN.

For patients with known liver metastases or liver neoplasms: alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) less than 6.0 X ULN and total bilirubin less than 3 x ULN.

  • Renal:
  • serum creatinine WNL or creatinine clearance greater than 50 mL/min.
  • QT intervals: QTc less than or equal to 470 msec for men and less than or equal to 490 msec for women. (As measured by Hodges' Equation: QTc = QT + 1.75(rate-60) where QTc = corrected QT interval and rate = ventricular rate/min).
  • Estimated life expectancy of at least 3 months
  • ECOG Performance Status 0-1.
  • Ability to operate the Novo TTF-100L (P) system.
  • Patients must have measurable disease on scans per RECIST 1.1.
  • Negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days prior to the first dose of study therapy for women of child-bearing potential (WCBP), defined as a sexually mature woman who has not undergone a hysterectomy or who has not been naturally post-menopausal for at least 24 consecutive months (i.e., who has had menses any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months). Sexually active WCBP and male subjects must agree to use adequate methods to avoid pregnancy (oral, injectable, or implantable hormonal contraceptive; tubal ligation; intra-uterine device; barrier contraceptive with spermicide; or vasectomized partner) throughout the study and for 28 days after the completion of study treatment.

Exclusion criteria

  • Previous front-line therapy for metastatic disease.
  • Patients with known brain metastasis.
  • Cardiac conduction abnormalities such as 2nd and 3rd heart-block requiring a pacemaker.
  • Patient with cardiac or abdominal pacemakers or stimulators.
  • Significant risk of cardiac drug toxicity due to congestive heart failure or history of myocardial infarction.
  • Any other condition including but not limited to major co-morbidities, which in the opinion of the investigator would render the patient ineligible.
  • Concomitant use of drugs that have black box warning of Torsades de Pointes will also be prohibited if cannot be replaced by another drug.
  • Known sensitivity to conductive hydrogels.
  • Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Treatment and study plan

Modified GCN+TTF treatment

Combination Product

The regimen will consist of gemcitabine (G) administered at a dose of 800 mg/m2, cisplatin (C) 30 mg/m2, and protein-bound paclitaxel (N) 150 mg/m2 administered on cycle 1 day 1 and every 2 weeks thereafter and TTF will be administered daily (150kHz 18 hours/day) starting with Cycle 1 Day 1 (dose level 1). One cycle consists of 28 days including 2 chemotherapy treatments (same regimen studied in the PAXG trial: Reni BJC 2016 without capecitabine). After completing 6 cycles, patients will then transition to a maintenance phase of G administered at a dose of 1000 mg/m2 every 2 weeks and daily TTF (150 KHZ 18 hours/day) until progression of disease (POD) per RECIST v1.1.

Other names: NovoTTF-100L(P)

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety of (m)-GCN+TTF

    Time frame: 28 days

    Assessed by incidence of adverse events, as defined by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    Time frame: Six months

    PFS is defined as the time from the date of registration to the earliest date of documented evidence of recurrent or progressive disease or the date of death due to any cause.

  2. Overall Response Rate (ORR)

    Time frame: Six months

    ORR will be assessed by the percentage of patients achieving complete response (CR), partial response (PR), stable disease (SD), or progressive disease (PD), as evaluated using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.1 (RECIST 1.1).

  3. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: Twelve months

    OS is defined as the time from the date of registration to the date of death due to any cause, or the date of last contact (censored observations).

  4. Time to Progression (TTP)

    Time frame: Twelve months

    TTP is defined as the length of time from the date of registration until the disease starts to get worse or spread to other parts of the body.

  5. Quality of Life - EORTC QLQ-C30

    Time frame: Every 2 months, up to 12 months

    The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ)-C30 is a 30-item questionnaire a questionnaire used to assess the quality of life of cancer patients. Twenty-eight questions are answered on a scale of 1-4 (1=not at all, 2=a little, 3=quite a bit, and 4= very much), and two questions are answered on a scale of 1-7 (1= very poor and 7=excellent). Higher summary scores indicate better health related quality of life.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Clinical Trials Referral Office

CONTACT

[email protected]

855-776-0015

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Other

Collaborators

  • NovoCure Ltd.

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase I/Ib Pilot Trial, Single Arm, Open Label, of Protein-Bound Paclitaxel, Cisplatin, and Gemcitabine (GCN) Combined With Tumor Treatment Fields (TTF) in Patient With Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2028
First posted
Oct 28, 2020
Registry last updated
Feb 25, 2026

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