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NCT Number: NCT03767582

Trial of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Nivolumab and BMS-813160 With or Without GVAX for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if the combination of nivolumab and a CCR2/CCR5 dual antagonist (BMS-813160) with GVAX is safe in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) who have received chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and to see if this combination therapy enhances the infiltration of CD8+CD137+ cells in PDACs .

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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

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥18 years.
  • Patients with histologically- or cytologically-proven, surgically unresectable, locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
  • If the patient does not have a diagnostic biopsy that is adequate for review at our institution, the patient must agree to a research core biopsy to be performed at Johns Hopkins.
  • If the patient's available imaging is not adequate for review by our institution, the patient must agree to a repeat imaging to be performed at Johns Hopkins.
  • ECOG performance status 0 or 1
  • Life expectancy greater than 3 months.
  • Able to swallow pills or capsules.
  • Patient must have adequate organ function defined by the study-specified laboratory tests.
  • Patients must be eligible to receive FOLFIRINOX-based chemotherapy.
  • Patients must be willing to be treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) only at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
  • Patients must be willing to undergo a core biopsy of the pancreatic cancer.
  • Patients must be willing to undergo a biopsy of the pancreatic cancer if the patient is not deemed a surgical candidate during the pre-surgical evaluation.
  • Must use acceptable form of birth control while on study.
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients cannot have had any prior therapy for the locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
  • Have received any anti-neoplastic biologics, vaccines or hormonal treatment, including investigational drugs, within 28 days of the first dose of study.
  • History of past treatment with immunotherapy agents prior to initial enrollment into this study (including, but not limited to: IL-2, interferon, anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137, anti-OX-40, anti-CD40, anti-CTLA-4 or anti-CCR2/5 drugs).
  • Have had prior organ or tissue allograft or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, including corneal transplants.
  • Is currently participating or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or using an investigational device for the treatment of cancer.
  • Current use of immunosuppressive medications within 14 days prior to study medications.
  • Have received any vaccine within 14 days prior to study medications.
  • Receiving growth factors including, but not limited to, granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), GM-CSF, erythropoietin, within 14 days of the first dose of study medication.
  • History of any autoimmune disease. Patients with thyroid disease will be allowed.
  • Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis or current pneumonitis.
  • Has a pulse oximetry < 92% on room air.
  • Requires the use of home oxygen.
  • Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, myocardial infarction or stroke/transient ischemic attack within the past 6 months, uncontrolled infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • 12-lead electrocardiogram with QRS ≥ 120 msec, except right bundle branch block ; QTcF (QT corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's method) ≥ 480 msec, except right bundle branch block
  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Infection with HIV or hepatitis B or C.
  • Any concurrent malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer, non-invasive bladder cancer, early stage prostate cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix.
  • Current or recent (within 3 months of study treatment administration) gastrointestinal disease that could impact the absorption of study treatment.
  • Any gastrointestinal surgery that is likely impact upon the absorption of study treatment.
  • Inability to tolerate oral medication.
  • Unable to have blood drawn.
  • Have had surgery within 28 days of the first dose of study medication.
  • Prior use of strong/moderate CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers within 28 days of the first dose of BMS-813160.
  • Prior use of Class I antiarrhythmics within 28 days of first dose of study medication.
  • Has ascites requiring medical management.
  • Presence of duodenal or gastric invasion by the tumor.
  • Hypersensitivity reaction to any monoclonal antibody.
  • Known allergy or hypersensitivity to study drugs or any of their components of the study arm that participant is enrolling.
  • Woman who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Patient is unwilling or unable to follow the study schedule for any reason.

Treatment and study plan

Stereotactic Body Radiation (SBRT)

Radiation

SBRT (6.6 Gy over 5 days) will be administered between 2 to 4 weeks after chemotherapy. (Prior to surgery)

Nivolumab

Drug

Nivolumab (480 mg) will be administered IV over 30 minutes, on day 1 of cycle 1 (within 1 to 2 weeks after SBRT prior to surgery). Post - surgery Nivolumab will be given on Day 1 of cycles 2-5. Cycles are 4 weeks long.

Other names: OPDIVO

CCR2/CCR5 dual antagonist

Drug

CCR2/CCR5 dual antagonist (150 mg capsules) will be administered orally twice a day, on days 1-28 of cycle 1 (within 1 to 2 weeks after SBRT prior to surgery). Post - surgery CCR2/CCR5 dual antagonist will be given daily on cycles 2-5. Cycles are 4 weeks long.

Other names: BMS-813160

GVAX

Drug

Vaccine (5x10^8 cells) will be administered on day 2 of cycle 1 (within 1 to 2 weeks after SBRT prior to surgery). Post - surgery GVAX will be given on Day 2 of cycles 2-5. Cycles are 4 weeks long. Six intradermal injections every 4 weeks.

Other names: PANC 10.05 pcDNA-1/GM-Neo vaccine, PANC 6.03 pcDNA-1/GM-Neo vaccine

Primary outcomes

  1. Study Drug-related Adverse Events

    Time frame: Up to 18 months

    Number of participants who experienced study drug-related toxicities as defined by CTCAE v5.0

  2. Tumor Immune Response (CD8+ CD137+ Tumor Infiltration)

    Time frame: 7 months

    Number of participants who had >80% increase of infiltration of CD8+CD137+ T cells into their tumors after treatment with SBRT and immunotherapy. Baseline biopsies were collected at time of fiducial placement for SBRT (after completion of chemotherapy) and post-treatment tumor was collected at time of surgical resection

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: 3 years

    Number of months from start of immunotherapy until death from any cause

  2. Metastasis Free Survival (MFS)

    Time frame: 3 years

    Number of months from the start of immunotherapy until first documented distant metastases on radiographic imaging or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.

  3. Local Progression Free Survival (LPFS)

    Time frame: 3 years

    Number of months from the start of immunotherapy until first documented local progression on radiographic imaging or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. Local progression is defined as appearance of new lesions in the pancreas or surgical resection bed (for surgically resected patients) or clinically meaningful tumor growth in the primary pancreas tumor (for patients that were not surgically resectable).

  4. Surgical Resectability Rate

    Time frame: 7 months

    Number of participants who are able to undergo successful tumor resection (as defined by R0 and R1 resection).

  5. Pathological Response Rate

    Time frame: 7 months

    Number of participants who with a moderate, marked, or complete pathologic response after chemotherapy, SBRT, and one cycle of immunotherapy as determined by surgical margins and residual disease.

    Tumor response grading Complete response (grade 0): no viable residual cancer cells Marked response (grade 1): single cells or rare small groups of cancer cells Moderate response (grade 2): residual cancer outgrown by fibrosis Poor or no response (grade 3): extensive residual cancer

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Other

Collaborators

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase I/II Trial of Combination Immunotherapy With Nivolumab and a CCR2/CCR5 Dual Antagonist (BMS-813160) With or Without GVAX Following Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas (PDACs).

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Dec 6, 2018
Registry last updated
May 11, 2026

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