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NCT Number: NCT04923529

TAS-102 in Patients With Advanced, Refractory Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

This is a prospective phase II, single arm clinical trial conducted in Queen Mary Hospital (Hong Kong) assessing the efficacy and safety of TAS-102 in advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer patients.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Department of Clinical Oncology, HKU

Hong Kong

About this study

All the patients must be registered with the Investigator(s) prior to initiation of treatment. The registration desk will confirm all eligibility criteria and obtain essential information (including patient number).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Histological or cytological confirmed advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer
  • Measurable disease according to the RECIST criteria (version 1.1) for the evaluation of measurable disease
  • Documented progression after one or more lines of systemic chemotherapy
  • For the treatment of advanced or metastatic disease
  • Within 6 months after completion of neo-adjuvant therapy or adjuvant therapy
  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance 0-1
  • Written informed consent obtained for clinical trial participation and providing archival tumor tissue, if available
  • Females of childbearing potential or non-sterilized male who are sexually active must use a highly effective method of contraception
  • Females of childbearing potential must have negative serum or urine pregnancy test
  • Have life expectancy ≥ 3 months
  • Adequate organ function as defined as:
  • Hemoglobin value of ≥9.0 g/dL.
  • Absolute neutrophil count of ≥1,500/mm3 (IU: ≥1.5 × 10^9/L).
  • Platelet count ≥100,000/mm3 (IU: ≥100 × 10^9/L).
  • Total serum bilirubin of ≤1.5 mg/dL (except for Grade 1 hyperbilirubinemia due solely to a medical diagnosis of Gilbert's syndrome).
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST/SGOT) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) ≤3.0 × upper limit of normal (ULN); if liver function abnormalities are due to underlying liver metastasis, AST and ALT ≤5 × ULN.
  • Serum creatinine of ≤1.5 mg/dL

Exclusion criteria

  • Has disease that is suitable for local therapy administrated with curative intent
  • Has a serious illness or medical condition(s) including, but not limited to the following:
  • Other concurrently active malignancies excluding malignancies that are disease free for more than 5 years or carcinoma-in-situ deemed cured by adequate treatment.
  • Known brain metastasis or leptomeningeal metastasis.
  • Active infection (i.e. body temperature ≥38°C due to infection).
  • Ascites, pleural effusion or pericardial fluid requiring drainage in last 4 weeks.
  • Intestinal obstruction, pulmonary fibrosis, renal failure, liver failure, or cerebrovascular disorder.
  • Uncontrolled diabetes.
  • Myocardial infarction within the last 12 months, severe/unstable angina, symptomatic congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV
  • Gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
  • Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related illness, or hepatitis B or C.
  • Patients with autoimmune disorders or history of organ transplantation who require immunosuppressive therapy.
  • Psychiatric disease that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug administration, or may interfere with the interpretation of study results.
  • Has had treatment with any of the following within the specified time frame prior to study drug administration:
  • Major surgery within prior 4 weeks.
  • Any systemic therapy within prior 2 weeks.
  • Any radiation within prior 2 weeks.
  • Any investigational agent received within prior 4 weeks.
  • Untreated active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infections.
  • Has received TAS-102.
  • Has unresolved toxicity of greater than or equal to CTCAE Grade 2 attributed to any prior therapies (excluding anemia, alopecia, skin pigmentation and platinum-induced neurotoxicity).
  • Is a pregnant or lactating female.
  • Is inappropriate for entry into this study in the judgment of the Investigator.

Treatment and study plan

TAS 102

Drug

Days 1 through 5: TAS-102 (35 mg/m2/dose) orally 2 times daily with the first dose administered in the morning of Day 1 of each cycle and the last dose administered in the evening of Day 5.

Days 6 through 7: Recovery

Days 8 through 12: TAS-102 (35 mg/m2/dose) orally 2 times daily with the first dose administered in the morning of Day 8 of each cycle and the last dose administered in the evening of Day 12.

Days 13 through 28: Recovery

Primary outcomes

  1. 16-week progression-free survival (PFS) rate

    Time frame: From the date of informed consent to radiographically documented progression according to RECIST 1.1, assessed up to 16 weeks

    The percentage of study population alive and without progression (according to RECIST 1.1) at 16 weeks from the date of informed consent

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    Time frame: from the date of informed consent to radiographically documented progression according to RECIST 1.1 or death from any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 3 years

    PFS is measured from the date of informed consent to radiographically documented progression according to RECIST 1.1 or death from any cause (whichever occurs first). Participants alive and without disease progression or lost to follow up will be censored at the date of their last radiographic assessment.

  2. Time to progression (TTP)

    Time frame: from the date of informed consent to radiographically documented progression according to RECIST 1.1, assessed up to 3 years

    TTP is measured from the date of informed consent to radiographically documented progression according to RECIST 1.1. Participants death and without disease progression, alive without disease progression, or lost to follow-up will be censored at the date of their last radiographic assessment

  3. Overall survival (OS)

    Time frame: from the date of informed consent to the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 5 years

    OS is measured from date of informed consent to the date of death from any cause. Participants alive or lost to follow-up will be censored at the date of their last radiographic assessment

  4. Objective response rate (ORR)

    Time frame: From the date of first study treatment to radiographically documented complete response or partial response according to RECIST 1.1, assessed up to 3 years

    The percentage of patients with radiologically complete or partial response as determined by the Investigator according to RECIST version 1.1.

  5. Disease control rate (DCR)

    Time frame: from the date of first study treatment to radiographically documented complete response, partial response, or stable disease according to RECIST 1.1, assessed up to 3 years

    The percentage of patients with radiologically complete response, partial response, or stable disease as determined by the Investigators according to RECIST version 1.1

  6. Duration of response (DoR)

    Time frame: from the date of documentation of tumor response to radiographically documented progression according to RECIST 1.1, assessed up to 3 years

    DoR is the time from documentation of tumor response to radiographically documented disease progression

  7. Time to deterioration of ECOG performance status

    Time frame: from the date of informed consent to the first date on which ECOG performance status scores 2 or higher, assessed up to 3 years

    Time from date of informed consent until the first date on which ECOG performance status score of 2 or higher was recorded

  8. Time to deterioration of quality of life

    Time frame: from the date of informed consent to recorded decrease of 10 points or more in EORTC QLQ-C30 assessment, assessed up to 3 years

    Decrease from baseline of 10 points or more on the EORTC QLQ-C30 maintained for two consecutive assessments or a decrease of 10 points or more in one assessment followed by death from any cause within 3 weeks

  9. Incidence of Study-Related Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability]

    Time frame: from the date of first study treatment to occurrence of study-related adverse events based on NCI-CTCAE 5, assessed up to 3 years

    Incidence, nature, and severity of adverse events graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE 5)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The University of Hong Kong

Other

Collaborators

  • Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Registry information

Official study title

Phase II Trial of TAS-102 in Patients With Advanced, Refractory Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Jun 11, 2021
Registry last updated
Jul 18, 2025

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