Combination Therapy for Patients With Untreated Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

NCT ID: NCT02754726

Last Updated: 2025-08-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

35 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-04-30

Study Completion Date

2024-03-22

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to find out if the study drugs nivolumab, albumin- bound paclitaxel, paricalcitol, cisplatin, and gemcitabine given together are safe and effective when combined to treat advanced pancreatic cancer.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Untreated Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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single arm

open label using combination therapy

Group Type OTHER

Nivolumab

Intervention Type DRUG

Nivolumab 240mg 240 mg as a 60 minute infusion on days 1, 15, 29 per 42 day cycle

Albumin-bound paclitaxel

Intervention Type DRUG

125 mg/m2 over 30 minutes IV infusion on days 1, 8 and 22, 29 per 42 day cycle

Paricalcitol

Intervention Type DRUG

25 micrograms IV on days 1,4,8,12,15,18,22,26,29,32,36,39 (+/-1 day allowed for dosing per 42 day cycle

Cisplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

25 mg/m2 over 60 minutes IV infusion on days 1, 8 and 22, 29 per 42 day cycle

Gemcitabine

Intervention Type DRUG

1000 mg/m2 over 30 minutes IV infusion on days 1, 8 and 22, 29 per 42 day cycle

Interventions

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Nivolumab

Nivolumab 240mg 240 mg as a 60 minute infusion on days 1, 15, 29 per 42 day cycle

Intervention Type DRUG

Albumin-bound paclitaxel

125 mg/m2 over 30 minutes IV infusion on days 1, 8 and 22, 29 per 42 day cycle

Intervention Type DRUG

Paricalcitol

25 micrograms IV on days 1,4,8,12,15,18,22,26,29,32,36,39 (+/-1 day allowed for dosing per 42 day cycle

Intervention Type DRUG

Cisplatin

25 mg/m2 over 60 minutes IV infusion on days 1, 8 and 22, 29 per 42 day cycle

Intervention Type DRUG

Gemcitabine

1000 mg/m2 over 30 minutes IV infusion on days 1, 8 and 22, 29 per 42 day cycle

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Opdivo Abraxane Zemplar Platinol Gemzar

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age ≥18 years of age .
2. Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
3. Capable of providing informed consent and complying with Trial procedures.
4. Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) of ≥ 70%.
5. Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks.
6. Measurable tumor lesions according to RECIST 1.1 criteria.
7. Women must not be able to become pregnant (e.g. post-menopausal for at least 1 year, surgically sterile, or practicing adequate birth control methods) for the duration of the study. Women of child bearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test at the Screening Visit and be non-lactating. Both male and female patients of reproductive potential must agree to use a reliable method of birth control during the study.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients must have received no previous radiotherapy, surgery, chemotherapy or investigational therapy for the treatment of metastatic disease. Prior treatments in the adjuvant setting with gemcitabine and/or 5-FU (5-Fluorouracil) or gemcitabine administered as a radiation sensitizer are allowed, provided at least 6 months have elapsed since completion of the last dose and no lingering toxicities are present.
2. Palliative surgery and/or radiation treatment less than 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment.
3. Exposure to any investigational agent within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment.
4. Evidence of central nervous system (CNS) metastasis (negative imaging study, if clinically indicated, within 4 weeks of Screening Visit).
5. History of other malignancies (except cured basal cell carcinoma, superficial bladder cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix) unless documented free of cancer for ≥5 years.
6. Laboratory values: Screening serum creatinine \> upper limit of normal (ULN); total bilirubin \> (ULN); alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and Aspartate transaminase (AST) ≥ 2.5 ULN or ≥ 5.0×ULN if liver metastases are present; absolute neutrophil count \<1,500/mm3, platelet concentration \<100,000/mm3, hematocrit level \<27% for females or \<30% for males, or coagulation tests (prothrombin time \[PT\], partial thromboplastin time \[PTT\], International Normalized Ratio \[INR\]) \>1.5×ULN unless on therapeutic doses of warfarin.
7. Current, serious, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias as determined by the investigator.
8. History of HIV infection or active or chronic hepatitis B or C.
9. Active, clinically significant serious infection requiring treatment with antibiotics, anti-virals or anti-fungals.
10. Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment.
11. Any condition that might interfere with the patient's participation in the study or in the evaluation of the study results.
12. Any condition that is unstable and could jeopardize the patient's participation in the study.
13. Patient has a transplanted organ.
14. Patients with a history of autoimmune disease.
15. Prior Programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) or Programmed death-ligand-1 (PD-L1) therapy.
16. Patients taking any chemo or immunosuppressive steroids (equivalent to \> 20 mg hydrocortisone per day).
17. Patients cannot have \> Grade 1 pre-existing peripheral neuropathy (per CTCAE).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Translational Genomics Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Bristol-Myers Squibb

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Lustgarten Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

HonorHealth Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Erkut Borazanci, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

HonorHealth Research Institute

Locations

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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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NAPPCG-EB 2015-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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