Phase IB/II Trial of High Dose Ascorbic Acid (AA) + Nanoparticle Paclitaxel Protein Bound + Cisplatin + Gemcitabine (AA NABPLAGEM) in Patients Who Have No Prior Therapy for Their Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 17
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Phase IB: Recommended Phase II dose (to give ≥ 20 mM) of ascorbic acid for Phase II
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to see if a treatment regimen with a combination of paclitaxel protein bound (also known as nab-paclitaxel), gemcitabine, and cisplatin when given with high dose Ascorbic Acid will be safe and effective in individuals with untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer.
详细描述
Pancreatic cancer continues to be a very lethal disease. It was estimated that in 2016, 53,070 Americans would be diagnosed with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA), and 41,780 would die from the disease. This makes pancreatic cancer the third leading cause of death from cancer in the US.
PDA is the twelfth most common cancer in the world with 338,000 new cases diagnosed in 2012. It is estimated that worldwide there will be > 300,000 deaths from pancreatic cancer. Furthermore unfortunately PDA is projected to be the second leading cause of death from cancer in the US by 2030.
Detection of pancreatic cancer has notoriously been very late in the disease and therefore the 5-year survival rate is only 8%, which is actually a slight improvement over the last few years. Right now the only potential cure for pancreatic cancer is surgical resection (if the disease is caught early). However only about 20% of PDA patients are eligible for potentially curable resection and unfortunately most (> 80%) have recurrence of their cancer within 2 years of resection, and those recurrences are almost universally fatal.
Recently it has been shown that there are regimens that actually improve survival for patients with advanced stage IV PDA. Conroy and colleagues have developed the Folfirinox regimen, which in a large randomized trial improved survival over gemcitabine as a single agent. Von Hoff and colleagues developed the nanoparticle albumin (nab) associated paclitaxel plus gemcitabine regimen which improved survival over single agent gemcitabine. Even more recently Jameson and colleagues have presented a combined regimen of nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine + cisplatin in a small 24 patient phase Ib/II trial which showed a response rate of 71% with 2 patients having complete response, a 1-year survival of 65% and a median survival of 16+ months.
While there have been multiple investigators and investigations into the use of ascorbic acid for patients with cancer (see ClinTrials.gov), its use has generally not been found to be of help for patients particularly when given orally - e.g. 10 grams daily.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Sequential
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients must meet the following criteria to be included in the trial:
- •Be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial.
- •Be ≥ 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent.
- •Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (with measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 criteria).
- •Have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the ECOG performance scale.
- •Demonstrate adequate organ function as defined below in table
- •All screening labs should be performed within 14 days of treatment initiation.
- •Female participants of childbearing potential should have a negative serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to receiving first dose of study medication.
- •Female participants of childbearing potential must be willing to use adequate method of contraception (as outlined in section 4.4.2) for the duration of the trial.
- •Male participants must agree to use adequate contraception (as outlined in section 4.4.2) for the duration of the trial.
- •Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the participant.
排除标准
- •Patients must not meet any of the following criteria in order to be eligible for the trial:
- •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 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.
- •Palliative surgery and/or radiation treatment less than 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment.
- •Exposure to any investigational agent within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment.
- •Patients who need constant use of finger stick blood glucose monitoring for tight contro l of their diabetes being the ascorbic acid causes false low readings of glucose via that technology (Vasudevan and Hirsch 2014) 39
- •Any person with a G6PD deficiency
- •History of renal oxalate stones (if type of stone is unknown, need to assess urine oxalates level if >60mg/dL, then patient is not eligible for the study)
- •Patient is taking acetaminophen at any dose, or any medication that contains acetaminophen within 72 hours of first dose of ascorbic acid.
- •Hypersensitivity to any of the agents proposed for treatment.
- •Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical cancer.
- •Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Patients with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are stable (without evidence of progression by imaging for at least four weeks prior to the first dose of trial treatment and any neurologic symptoms have returned to baseline), have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases, and are not using steroids for at least 7 days prior to trial treatment. This exception does not include carcinomatous meningitis which is excluded regardless of clinical stability.
- •Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
- •Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the patient's participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the patient to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.
- •Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial.
- •Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the pre-screening or screening visit through one week from the last dose of trial treatment.
- •Patients with evidence of iron overload, defined as a transferrin saturation > 45 percent AND serum ferritin > 200 ng/mL (males) or >150 ng/mL (females).
- •Current, serious, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias as determined by the investigator, or patient receiving a digitalis derivative.
研究组 & 干预措施
Ascorbic Acid
Some human studies of high-dose IV vitamin C in patients with cancer have shown improved quality of life, as well as improvements in physical, mental, and emotional functions, symptoms of fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, and appetite loss. Intravenous high-dose ascorbic acid has caused very few side effects in clinical trials
干预措施: Ascorbic Acid (Drug)
Ascorbic Acid
Some human studies of high-dose IV vitamin C in patients with cancer have shown improved quality of life, as well as improvements in physical, mental, and emotional functions, symptoms of fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, and appetite loss. Intravenous high-dose ascorbic acid has caused very few side effects in clinical trials
干预措施: Paclitaxel protein-bound (Drug)
Ascorbic Acid
Some human studies of high-dose IV vitamin C in patients with cancer have shown improved quality of life, as well as improvements in physical, mental, and emotional functions, symptoms of fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, and appetite loss. Intravenous high-dose ascorbic acid has caused very few side effects in clinical trials
干预措施: Cisplatin (Drug)
Ascorbic Acid
Some human studies of high-dose IV vitamin C in patients with cancer have shown improved quality of life, as well as improvements in physical, mental, and emotional functions, symptoms of fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, and appetite loss. Intravenous high-dose ascorbic acid has caused very few side effects in clinical trials
干预措施: Gemcitabine (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
Phase IB: Recommended Phase II dose (to give ≥ 20 mM) of ascorbic acid for Phase II
时间窗: approximately 63 days
To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of high dose ascorbic acid (AA) with triple therapy of nanoparticle paclitaxel protein bound+ cisplatin + gemcitabine (NABPLAGEM) in patients with advanced stage IV metastatic pancreatic cancer
Phase II: Disease control rate (CR+PR+SD x18 weeks)
时间窗: approximately 63 days
To determine the preliminary efficacy (Disease control rate of CR+ PR+SD X 18 weeks) of the combination of high dose ascorbic acid (AA) at MTD with triple therapy of nanoparticle albumin- bound paclitaxel + cisplatin + gemcitabine (NABPLAGEM) in patients with advanced stage IV metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Total Dose Received [Identifying Recommended Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)]
时间窗: From enrollment through end of treatment, up to 40 weeks
To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of high dose ascorbic acid (AA) with triple therapy of nanoparticle paclitaxel protein bound+ cisplatin + gemcitabine (NABPLAGEM) in patients with advanced stage IV metastatic pancreatic cancer, the total dose received of ascorbic acid (g/m\^2) by participants was measured.
Duration of Dose in Days [Identifying Recommended Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)]
时间窗: From enrollment through end of treatment, up to 40 weeks
To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of high dose ascorbic acid (AA) with triple therapy of nanoparticle paclitaxel protein bound+ cisplatin + gemcitabine (NABPLAGEM) in patients with advanced stage IV metastatic pancreatic cancer, the duration of ascorbic acid dose in days is reported.
Duration of Dose in Weeks [Identifying Recommended Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)]
时间窗: From enrollment through end of treatment, up to 40 weeks
To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of high dose ascorbic acid (AA) with triple therapy of nanoparticle paclitaxel protein bound+ cisplatin + gemcitabine (NABPLAGEM) in patients with advanced stage IV metastatic pancreatic cancer, the duration of ascorbic acid dose in weeks is reported.
Disease Control Rate (CR+PR+SD at 18 Weeks)
时间窗: 18 weeks
Preliminary efficacy as measured by disease control rate (DCR), defined as the percentage of patients with complete response (CR) + partial response (PR) + stable disease (SD) at 18 weeks according to RECIST v1.1. CR = disappearance of all target lesions; PR = at least 30% decrease in sum of the longest diameters for target lesions, SD = insufficient change to qualify for PR or progressive disease \[defined as at least 20% increase in sum of the longest diameters for target lesions\].
Best Overall Response
时间窗: From enrollment through end of treatment, up to 36 weeks
Best overall response according to RECIST v1.1. Complete response (CR) = disappearance of all target lesions; Partial response (PD) = at least 30% decrease in sum of the longest diameters for target lesions; Stable disease (SD) = insufficient change to qualify for PR or PD; Progressive disease (PD) = at least 20% increase in sum of the longest diameters for target lesions.
次要结局
- Incidence of toxicities(approximately 63 days)
- Percent of patients who normalize their CA19-9(approximately 63 days)
- overall survival(approximately 12 weeks from last study treatment)
- Progression free(approximately 12 weeks from last study treatment)
- Changes in patient's self-reported quality of life(approximately 63 days)
- Changes in patient's self-reported pain levels(approximately 63 days)
- Incidence of Toxicities(From enrollment through 30 days after the end of treatment, up to 40 weeks)
- Normalization of Tumor Markers by AA Treatment Group(From enrollment through study completion, up to 40 weeks)
- Overall Survival(Approximately 12 weeks from last study treatment, assessed up to 3 years)
- Progression-free Survival(Approximately 12 weeks from last study treatment, assessed up to 3 years)
- Quality of Life: MD Anderson's Symptom Inventory-GI (MDASI-GI)(From Cycle 1 to end of treatment, up to 40 weeks)
- Quality of Life: Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) - Pain Intensity (PI)(From start of Cycle 1 to end of treatment, up to 40 weeks)