SBRT Plus Pembrolizumab and Trametinib for Pancreatic Cancer
NCT ID: NCT02704156
Last Updated: 2022-05-13
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COMPLETED
PHASE2
170 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-10-31
2020-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal malignancies and fourth leading cause of cancer death in both genders in US, where the mortality and incidence increase over the past decade with a lowest 5-year survival rate of 9% among all cancers. Although surgical resection is deemed to provide long-term disease control, only 20% patients were candidates for upfront surgery and unfortunately, even when adjuvant chemotherapy is prescribed, about 50% of patients will suffer local recurrence. Despite of emergence of immunotherapy as a new treatment paradigm, little improvement of outcomes has been found in pancreatic cancer. This may be ascribed to its inherent genetic mutations and immunosuppressive microenvironment. It has been demonstrated that radiotherapy could enhance the release and uptake of tumor-associated antigens, thus promoting antitumor T cell priming, and enhancing access to tumors due to effects both on the tumor vasculature and the chemokine milieu.
Despite of emergence of immune checkpoint inhibitors as a novel treatment paradigm for cancers, the results of investigations about the efficacy of immunotherapy alone for pancreatic cancer was disappointing. Due to enhanced immunogenicity of tumor irradiation, the underlying rationale of combination of radiotherapy and immunotherapy is that radiation can noninvasively prime the immune system against tumor cells, where antigen presentation and co-stimulation are facilitated, thus creating immune responses against previously hidden epitopes that are shared among distant metastases, while immune checkpoint inhibitors can reverse the immunosuppressive effects of the tumor microenvironment, thus facilitating antitumor immunity.
Although oncogenic mutations in KRAS are frequent in pancreatic cancer, KRAS proteins are difficult to be targeted due to high affinity for GTP and/or GDP. Therefore, efforts have been made to develop therapies targeting the major downstream effector pathways, which include the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK and PI3K-PDPK1-AKT signaling pathways. MEK inhibitor trametinib alone or in combinations with chemotherapy or autophagy inhibitor hydroxychloroquine may probably have positive effects on tumor regression.
Regarding local recurrence after surgery, it was recommended that chemotherapy with optional radiotherapy may be the first-line treatment without addition of targeted therapy or immunotherapy owing to that no studies have investigated the efficacy of this regimen. Therefore, the aim of our study was to compare the outcomes between stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) with pembrolizumab and trametinib and SBRT with gemcitabine for locally recurrent pancreatic cancer after surgical resection.
Study procedure:
1. All surgical specimens underwent immunohistochemical staining of PD-L1, classified as TC3 ≥ 50% or TC2 ≥ 5% but \< 50% or TC1 ≥ 1% but \<5% and IC3 ≥ 10% or IC2 ≥ 5% but \< 10% or IC1 ≥ 1% but \<5%.
2. KRAS mutations were analyzed by PCR amplification and direct sequencing of exon 2. Restriction Length Fragment Polymorphism method was used for further confirmation.
3. In the SBRT plus pembrolizumab and trametinib group, 200mg pembrolizumab was administered intravenously every 3 weeks and 2mg trametinib was given orally once daily.
4. In the SBRT plus gemcitabine group, patients received intravenous gemcitabine (1000mg/m2) on day 1 and 8 of each 21-day cycle for eight cycles in the absence of disease progression.
5. The prescribed dose of SBRT varies from 35-40Gy/5f with a single dose of 7-8Gy.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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SBRT plus Pembrolizumab and Trametinib
Patients with locally recurrent pancreatic cancer were randomly allocated to SBRT plus Pembrolizumab and Trametinib or SBRT plus Gemcitabine.
Cyberknife plus Pembrolizumab and Trametinib
Radiation therapy plus drug
SBRT plus Gemcitabine
Patients with locally recurrent pancreatic cancer were randomly allocated to SBRT plus Pembrolizumab and Trametinib or SBRT plus Gemcitabine.
Cyberknife plus Gemcitabine
Radiation therapy plus drug
Interventions
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Cyberknife plus Pembrolizumab and Trametinib
Radiation therapy plus drug
Cyberknife plus Gemcitabine
Radiation therapy plus drug
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Without any immunotherapy or targeted therapy
3. A life expectancy of \>3months
4. ECOG of 0 to1
5. Age of 18 years or older
6. Analysis of surgical specimens showed KRAS mutations and positive immunohistochemical staining of PD-L1
7. Blood routine examination: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 ×109 cells/L, leukocyte count≥ 3.5 ×109 cells/L, platelets ≥ 70×109 cells/L, hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dl
8. Liver and kidney function tests: Albumin \> 2.5 g/dL, total bilirubin \< 3 mg/dL, creatinine \< 2.0 mg/dL, AST\<2.5 × ULN(Upper Limit of Normal)(0-64U/L), ALT\<2.5 × ULN(0-64U/L)
9. INR \< 2 (0.9-1.1)
10. Ability of the research subject or authorized legal representative to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Evidences of metastatic disease confirmed by chest CT or FDG PET-CT
3. Contraindication to receiving immunotherapy, targeted therapy or SBRT
4. ECOG ≥2
5. Age \<18 years
6. Analysis of surgical specimens showed KRAS wild type or negative immunohistochemical staining of PD-L1
7. Secondary malignancy
8. Abnormal results of blood routine examinations and liver and kidney and coagulation tests
9. Patients with active inflammatory bowel diseases or peptic ulcer
10. Gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation within 6 months
11. Heart failure: NYHA III-IV
12. Respiratory insufficiency
13. Women who are pregnant
14. Participation in another clinical treatment trial while on study
15. Patients in whom fiducial implantation was not possible
16. Inability of the research subject or authorized legal representative to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Changhai Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Zhang Huo Jun
Director of Radiation Oncology Department
Principal Investigators
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Huo Jun Zhang, MD., PH.D
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Changhai Hospital
Locations
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Changhai hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
Countries
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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan
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ChanghaiHosp
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Identifier Source: org_study_id
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