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Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Neoadjuvant Treatment With Pamrevlumab in Combination With Chemotherapy (Either Gemcitabine Plus Nab-paclitaxel or FOLFIRINOX) in Participants With Locally Advanced, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Pancreatic Cancer Non-resectable
Interventions
Drug: Placebo + Gemcitabine + Nab-paclitaxel or Placebo + FOLFIRINOX
Registration Number
NCT03941093
Lead Sponsor
FibroGen
Brief Summary

This is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant treatment with pamrevlumab or placebo in combination with either gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (G/NP) or FOLFIRINOX in the treatment of participants with locally advanced, unresectable pancreatic cancer.

Detailed Description

Participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to one of the two study treatment arms; pamrevlumab with either G/NP or FOLFIRINOX, placebo with G/NP or FOLFIRINOX.

Each participant may receive up to 6 cycles of treatment (each treatment cycle is 28 days). Tumor tissue will be collected during resection to determine surgical outcome and for biomarker analysis. Tumor response will be evaluated by changes in CT scan, FDG-PET, CA 19-9, and NCCN® guidelines.

All participants randomized will have a safety follow-up visit approximately 28 days after the last dose of study treatment and a final safety follow-up phone call at approximately 60 days after the last dose.

Participants who complete study treatment will be evaluated for surgical exploration for possible R0 or R1 resection. Surgery will occur at least 4 weeks after the last dose (allowing for a wash-out period from treatment) and only after receipt of the recommendation from the central review board with regards to surgical eligibility. Surgery will occur no longer than 8 weeks after the last dose. Participants who undergo surgery will be evaluated for surgical complications for at least an additional 90 days following discharge from surgery.

Participants who are ineligible for surgical exploration (i.e. participants who did not complete study treatment or do not meet any of the protocol defined criteria or had a contraindication to surgery) will continue in the Follow-up period and receive treatment as per standard of care (SOC) for each institution.

All participants will be followed for disease progression (if not previously detected) or recurrence following resection (local progression or metastatic disease). Participants will also be followed for any additional anti-cancer therapy received for their pancreatic cancer. All participants will be followed for survival (until death) or until the last participant to complete treatment reaches 18 months post-treatment.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
284
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Understand and sign informed consent; be willing to comply with study procedures, including surgery
  2. Age ≥ 18 years
  3. Be a male, or non-pregnant and non-lactating female
  4. Negative serum B-hCG pregnancy test at screening for women of childbearing potential
  5. Male participants with partners of childbearing potential and female participants of childbearing potential are required to use highly effective contraception methods during the conduct of the study and for 6 months after the last dose of study drug
  6. Histologically or cytologically proven diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
  7. Locally advanced pancreatic cancer considered unresectable according to NCCN Guidelines® Version 2.2018 as determined by central imaging
  8. Measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1 criteria as determined by central imaging
  9. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
  10. Adequate liver function: aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) <2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), alkaline phosphatase <2.5 x ULN, and bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN or in participants with biliary stenting ≤2.0 x ULN
  11. Adequate bone marrow function: platelets >100,000 cells/mm3, hemoglobin >9.0 g/dl and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >1,500 cells/mm3
  12. Adequate renal function: creatinine < 1.5 x ULN, creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min
  13. Less than grade 2 pre-existing peripheral neuropathy (per CTCAE)
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Prior chemotherapy or radiation for pancreatic cancer
  2. Previous (within the past 3 years) or concurrent malignancy diagnosis except non-melanoma skin cancer and in situ carcinomas (excluding in situ breast cancer)
  3. Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to signing informed consent form. Biliary stents are permitted.
  4. History of allergy or hypersensitivity to human, humanized or chimeric monoclonal antibodies
  5. History of allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the chemotherapy agents being prescribed or their excipients
  6. Any medical or surgical condition that may place the participant at increased risk while on study
  7. Any condition potentially decreasing compliance to study procedures
  8. Exposure to another investigational drug within 28 days of first dosing visit, or 5 half-lives of the investigational drug (whichever is longer)
  9. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active systemic infections, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  10. Documented history of drug or alcohol abuse within 6 months of signing informed consent
  11. Any medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may pose a safety risk to a participant in this trial, may confound the assessment of safety and efficacy, or may interfere with study participation
  12. Participants with a history of interstitial pulmonary disease, hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
  13. Participants who have been administered a live vaccine within 4 weeks prior to the first administration of therapy
  14. Participants who cannot stop chronic medications that inhibit or induce cytochrome P (CYP) 2C8 or CYP3A4
  15. Participants with poorly controlled comorbid conditions, including; congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM) or neurologic disorders (not acutely related to pancreatic cancer) or limited function

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Arm APamrevlumab + Gemcitabine + Nab-paclitaxel or Pamrevlumab + FOLFIRINOXPamrevlumab + Gemcitabine + Nab-paclitaxel or Pamrevlumab + FOLFIRINOX
Arm BPlacebo + Gemcitabine + Nab-paclitaxel or Placebo + FOLFIRINOXPlacebo + Gemcitabine + Nab-paclitaxel or Placebo + FOLFIRINOX
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall SurvivalUp to approximately 5 years

Overall survival was defined as the time from date of randomization to date of death due to any cause. Overall survival was calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Event-free Survival (EFS)Up to approximately 5 years

The EFS endpoint was a composite time-to-event endpoint. The event being analyzed ('treatment failure') was defined as the earliest occurrence of: a) failure to achieve disease-free status locally after completion of neoadjuvant treatment and/or after surgery (that is, resection failure or progression that precludes surgery); b) local or distant recurrence, or c) death. The EFS was calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method.

Progression-free Survival (PFS) as Assessed Using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1Up to approximately 5 years

The PFS was defined as time from date of randomization until disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. PFS was calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Progression was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also have demonstrated an absolute increase of at least 5 millimeters (mm). Unequivocal progression of existing non-target lesions and the appearance of one or more new lesions was also considered progression.

Number of Participants With Best Overall Objective Response as Assessed Using RECIST v1.1Up to approximately 5 years

Best overall objective response was defined as a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). CR was defined as disappearance of all target or non-target lesions and normalization of tumor marker level (for non-target lesions), any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduced in short axis to \<10 mm. PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters.

Trial Locations

Locations (90)

Ohio State University

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

Baylor College of Medicine

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Houston, Texas, United States

National Cancer Center

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Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Cancer Center

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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Karmanos Cancer Institute

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Detroit, Michigan, United States

Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

🇨🇳

Shanghai, China

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

University of Nebraska Medical Center

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Omaha, Nebraska, United States

West Virginia University

🇺🇸

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen GmbH

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Wels, Austria

Medizinische Universität Wien

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Wien, Austria

CUB Hôpital Erasme

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

The Ottawa Hospital

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

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Dongcheng, Beijing, China

McGill University Health Center

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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Wuhan, Hubei, China

Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University

🇨🇳

Jing'an, Shanghai, China

West China Hospital of Sichuan University

🇨🇳

Chengdu, China

CHRU Jean Minjoz

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Besançon Cedex, France

Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School Of Medicine

🇨🇳

Shanghai, China

Hopital BEAUJON

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Clichy, France

CHU Estaing

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Clermont Ferrand, France

CHU Grenoble Alpes

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La Tronche, France

Centre Georges-François Leclerc

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Dijon, France

Centre Léon Bérard

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Lyon, France

Hôpital Edouard Herriot

🇫🇷

Lyon, France

Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière

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Paris, France

Haut-Lévêque

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Pessac, France

Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest Pays de Loire

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Saint Herblain Cedex, France

Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Hämatologie, Onkologie und Tumorimmunologie

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Berlin, Germany

Technische Universität Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I

🇩🇪

Dresden, Germany

Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München

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München, Germany

Klinikum der Universität München, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III

🇩🇪

München, Germany

Shamir Medical center Asaf Harofeh

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Be'er Ya'aqov, Israel

Hadassah University Hospital Ein Kerem

🇮🇱

Jerusalem, Israel

Meir Medical center

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Kfar Saba, Israel

Rabin Medical Center

🇮🇱

Petach Tikva, Israel

Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Oncologia Medica Falck

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

Istituto Europeo di Oncologia

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

Instituto Scientifico Romagnolog per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori

🇮🇹

Meldola, Italy

IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

AOU Federico II

🇮🇹

Napoli, Italy

Istituto Clinico Humanitas

🇮🇹

Rozzano, Italy

CRC di Verona

🇮🇹

Verona, Italy

Seoul National University Budang Hospital

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Seongnam-si, Geyonggi-do, Korea, Republic of

Seoul National University Hospital

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Hospital Universitaro Vall D'Hebron

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Institut Catalá d'Oncologia (ICO Girona). Hospital Dr. Josep Trueta

🇪🇸

Girona, Spain

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

MD Anderson Cancer Center

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia

🇪🇸

Valencia, Spain

Hospital Clinico San Carlos

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

UCLA

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

🇺🇸

La Jolla, California, United States

Elmhurst Memorial Hospital - Nancy W. Knowles Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Elmhurst, Illinois, United States

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

University of Kansas Hospital

🇺🇸

Westwood, Kansas, United States

Maine Health Cancer Care

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South Portland, Maine, United States

University of Massachusetts

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Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

NYU Langone Health

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New York, New York, United States

University of Cincinnati Medical Center

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

SUNY Upstate Medical University

🇺🇸

Syracuse, New York, United States

Allegheny General Hospital

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Reading Hospital McGlinn Cancer Institute

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West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Stony Brook University

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Stony Brook, New York, United States

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center

🇺🇸

Temple, Texas, United States

Renovatio Clinic

🇺🇸

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Inova Schar Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Virginia Mason Medical Center

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

University of Washington Medical Center

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

The First Affiliated Hospital Of Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet

🇪🇸

Zaragoza, Spain

New Mexico Cancer Care Alliance

🇺🇸

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital

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Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, Korea, Republic of

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

Edward Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Samsung Medical Center

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Yale New Haven Hospital

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Norton Cancer Institute, Audubon Hospital Campus

🇺🇸

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

University of Michigan

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Saint Luke's Hospital

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Alvaro Cunqueiro Hospital

🇪🇸

Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

Thomas Jefferson University

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Jiangsu Province Hospital

🇨🇳

Nanjing, China

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