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Gemcitabine and S-1 for Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Primary Purpose

Pancreatic Cancer

Status
Terminated
Phase
Phase 2
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
S-1
gemcitabine hydrochloride
Sponsored by
Andrew Ko
About
Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Pancreatic Cancer focused on measuring recurrent pancreatic cancer, stage III pancreatic cancer, adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, stage IV pancreatic cancer

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - undefined (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas that is already or will be histologically or cytologically proven.
  • Patients must have either locally advanced (unresectable) or metastatic disease.
  • Radiographically measurable disease is not required.
  • No prior therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer. Treatment given in the adjuvant setting (radiation and/or chemotherapy, given either concurrently or systemically) does not count as prior therapy as long as progressive disease occurs > 6 months following completion of treatment.
  • Greater than or equal to 18 years of age.
  • ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 (See Appendix D).
  • Laboratory criteria:
  • ANC > 1500/µL
  • Platelet count > 100,000/µL
  • Hemoglobin > 9 g/dL (may be transfused or receive epoetin alfa to maintain or exceed this level)
  • INR < 1.5 (except those subjects who are receiving full-dose warfarin
  • Total bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dL
  • AST or ALT < 5 times upper limit of normal for subjects with documented liver metastases; < 2.5 times the upper limit of normal for subjects without evidence of liver metastases
  • Serum creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL
  • Serum CA19-9 > 2X upper limits of normal.
  • All patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines.
  • Women or men of reproductive potential must agree to use an effective contraceptive method during treatment and for 6 months afterwards.

Exclusion criteria

  • Inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures
  • Disease determined to be not amenable to biopsy upon review of radiographs by the oncologist and/or interventional radiologist.
  • Clearly resectable disease in a patient who is an appropriate operative candidate.
  • History of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug or that might affect the interpretation of the results of the study or render the subject at high risk from treatment complications
  • Prior systemic therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer
  • Pregnant (positive pregnancy test) or lactating
  • Use of anti-neoplastic or anti-tumor agents not part of the study therapy, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and hormonal anticancer therapy, is not permitted while participating in this study.
  • Use of concurrent investigational agents is not permitted.

S-1 Specific Exclusion Criteria

  • Is receiving a concomitant treatment with drugs interacting with S-1. The following drugs are prohibited because there may be an interaction with S-1:
  • Sorivudine, brivudine, uracil, dipyridamole, cimetidine, and folinic acid (may enhance S-1 activity).
  • Allopurinol (may diminish S-1 activity).
  • Phenytoin (S-1 may enhance phenytoin activity).
  • Flucytosine, a fluorinated pyrimidine antifungal agent (may enhance S-1 and flucytosine activity).
  • Pilocarpine (may inhibit cytochrome P-450 enzyme 2A6 activity).

Sites / Locations

  • University of California, San Francisco
  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm Type

Experimental

Arm Label

Targeted therapy group

Arm Description

Gemcitabine monotherapy until disease progression, followed by gemcitabine + S-1

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Correlate Intratumoral Expression Level of Ribonucleotide Reductase Subunit 1 (RRM1) With Response to Gemcitabine in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.
Pearson's correlation coefficients ("r") will be calculated to summarize the relationship between RRM1 and response to gemcitabine. Coefficients are on a continuous scale ranging from -1 to +1 with a value of -1 indicating a perfect negative linear association of RRM1 and response to gemcitabine, a value of 0 indicating no association between RRM1 and response to gemcitabine, and a value of +1 indicating a positive linear association of RRM1 and response to gemcitabine.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Correlate Intratumoral Expression Levels of Other Genes, Including Deoxycytidine Kinase (dCK), Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 1 (ENT1) and Concentrative Nucleoside Transporters 1 and 3 (CNT1 and CNT3), With Response to Gemcitabine.
Pearson's correlation coefficients ("r") will be calculated to summarize the relationship between deoxycytidine kinase (dCK), equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (ENT1) and concentrative nucleoside transporters 1 and 3 (CNT1 and CNT3), with response to gemcitabine in a table format. Coefficients are on a continuous scale ranging from -1 to +1 with a value of -1 indicating a perfect negative linear association of intratumoral expression levels and response to gemcitabine, a value of 0 indicating no association between intratumoral expression levels and response to gemcitabine, and a value of +1 indicating a positive linear association of intratumoral expression levels and response to gemcitabine.
Correlate Intratumoral Expression Levels of Thymidylate Synthase (TS), Thymidine Phosphorylase (TP), Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase (DPD), Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase (ORPT) With Response to the Combination of Gemcitabine/S-1.
Pearson's correlation coefficients ("r") will be calculated to summarize the relationship between intratumoral expression levels of thymidylate synthase (TS), thymidine phosphorylase (TP), dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (ORPT) with response to the combination of gemcitabine/S-1 in a table format. Coefficients are on a continuous scale ranging from -1 to +1 with a value of -1 indicating a perfect negative linear association of intratumoral expression levels and the combination of gemcitabine/S-1, a value of 0 indicating no association between intratumoral expression levels and response to the combination of gemcitabine/S-1, and a value of +1 indicating a positive linear association of intratumoral expression levels and response to the combination of gemcitabine/S-1.
Median Overall Survival
Overall survival will be defined from the date of receiving the first treatment until death
Number of Patients With Dose Modifications
Treatment-related toxicities resulting in a dose modification be classified using the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3 will be tabulated.
Percentage of Patients Classified as Potential Biomarker Responders
Defined as the percentage of patients who will be categorized as potential biomarker responders if their CA19-9 has declined by > 10 % from peak value (peak value may have been at either week 1 or 3) during the initial gemcitabine monotherapy phase
Median Time to Progression
Time to progression will be summarized according to the method of Kaplan and Meier
Percentage of Patients With at Biomarker Response
A biomarker response for any given line of therapy is defined as patients with a baseline CA19-9 level > 75 units per cubic centimeter (U/cc) who demonstrate a > 25% decline in their peak CA19-9 level, sustainable for at least 2 consecutive measurements

Full Information

First Posted
January 30, 2007
Last Updated
August 28, 2020
Sponsor
Andrew Ko
Collaborators
Eli Lilly and Company, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT00429858
Brief Title
Gemcitabine and S-1 for Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Official Title
Individualized Management of Pancreatic Cancer With Targeted Therapeutics (IMPACTT): A Phase II Clinical Trial
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
August 2020
Overall Recruitment Status
Terminated
Why Stopped
Study accrual rate is very slow, it was mandated by NCI to be terminated.
Study Start Date
January 22, 2007 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
January 20, 2010 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
January 20, 2010 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor-Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Andrew Ko
Collaborators
Eli Lilly and Company, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
Yes
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
Yes

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue and blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that may occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. It may also help doctors predict a patient's response to treatment and help plan the best treatment. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying gene expression in predicting treatment response in patients receiving gemcitabine and S-1 for locally advanced unresectable or metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary Correlate intratumoral expression level of ribonucleotide reductase subunit 1 (RRM1) with response to gemcitabine hydrochloride therapy in patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Secondary Correlate intratumoral expression levels of other genes (e.g., deoxycytidine kinase [dCK], equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 [ENT1], and concentrative nucleoside transporters 1 and 3 [CNT1 and CNT3]) with response in these patients. Determine, preliminarily, the median survival of these patients, using a therapeutic strategy entailing sequential addition of agents and decision making based on early CA 19-9 biomarker response. Determine the safety of this approach. Determine the percentage of patients classified as potential biomarker responders. Determine the time to progression with each successive line of treatment. Determine the proportion of patients with ≥ 25% decline in CA 19-9 biomarker (i.e., biomarker response) with each successive line of treatment. Tertiary Identify other genes that may mediate sensitivity to gemcitabine hydrochloride, S-1, and other agents with activity in pancreatic cancer. Determine the frequency of host genetic polymorphisms in various nucleoside transporters. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter. Initial treatment (gemcitabine hydrochloride alone): Patients receive gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 100 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. CA 19-9 levels are assessed in weeks 1 and 3 of each course. Patients who are biomarker responders continue to receive treatment with gemcitabine hydrochloride alone. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who are no longer biomarker responders or show other evidence of disease progression proceed to therapy comprised of gemcitabine hydrochloride and S1. Gemcitabine hydrochloride and S-1 treatment: Patients receive gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 100 minutes on days 1 and 15 and oral S-1 twice daily on days 1-7 and 15-21. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo core needle tumor biopsy and fine-needle aspiration at baseline. Tissue samples are analyzed for correlation between transcript and protein expression by immunohistochemistry and for expression of genes and gene products that may mediate sensitivity to gemcitabine hydrochloride (RRM1, ENT1, CNT1 and 3, dCK); S-1, thymidine phosphorylase [TP], TS, DPD, and ORPT; and other anticancer treatments (ERCC-1, epidermal growth factor receptor, GSK-3β) by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Tissue samples are also analyzed by microarray and comparative genomic hybridization to identify new genes that may predict chemotherapeutic response or mediate sensitivity to anticancer therapy. Mutational status of KRAS and p53 gene are also assessed. Blood samples are collected at baseline and are analyzed by genotyping assays to identify polymorphic variants of select genes. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed monthly. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 100 patients will be accrued for this study.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Pancreatic Cancer
Keywords
recurrent pancreatic cancer, stage III pancreatic cancer, adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, stage IV pancreatic cancer

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Phase 2
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
N/A
Enrollment
21 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Targeted therapy group
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Gemcitabine monotherapy until disease progression, followed by gemcitabine + S-1
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
S-1
Other Intervention Name(s)
tegafur-gimeracil-oteracil potassium, TS-1, TS-ONE
Intervention Description
S-1 is given as follows: 25 mg/m2 bid on days 1-7 and 15-21 of the cycle (28 days)
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
gemcitabine hydrochloride
Other Intervention Name(s)
Gemzar
Intervention Description
Patients will receive gemcitabine at a dose of 1,000 mg/m2 i.v. at a fixed-dose rate (FDR) infusion of 10 mg/m2/minute (100 minutes), once a week for 3 consecutive weeks, followed by one week rest. Each 4 week period is referred to as a treatment cycle
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Correlate Intratumoral Expression Level of Ribonucleotide Reductase Subunit 1 (RRM1) With Response to Gemcitabine in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.
Description
Pearson's correlation coefficients ("r") will be calculated to summarize the relationship between RRM1 and response to gemcitabine. Coefficients are on a continuous scale ranging from -1 to +1 with a value of -1 indicating a perfect negative linear association of RRM1 and response to gemcitabine, a value of 0 indicating no association between RRM1 and response to gemcitabine, and a value of +1 indicating a positive linear association of RRM1 and response to gemcitabine.
Time Frame
Up to 2 years
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Correlate Intratumoral Expression Levels of Other Genes, Including Deoxycytidine Kinase (dCK), Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 1 (ENT1) and Concentrative Nucleoside Transporters 1 and 3 (CNT1 and CNT3), With Response to Gemcitabine.
Description
Pearson's correlation coefficients ("r") will be calculated to summarize the relationship between deoxycytidine kinase (dCK), equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (ENT1) and concentrative nucleoside transporters 1 and 3 (CNT1 and CNT3), with response to gemcitabine in a table format. Coefficients are on a continuous scale ranging from -1 to +1 with a value of -1 indicating a perfect negative linear association of intratumoral expression levels and response to gemcitabine, a value of 0 indicating no association between intratumoral expression levels and response to gemcitabine, and a value of +1 indicating a positive linear association of intratumoral expression levels and response to gemcitabine.
Time Frame
Up to 2 years
Title
Correlate Intratumoral Expression Levels of Thymidylate Synthase (TS), Thymidine Phosphorylase (TP), Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase (DPD), Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase (ORPT) With Response to the Combination of Gemcitabine/S-1.
Description
Pearson's correlation coefficients ("r") will be calculated to summarize the relationship between intratumoral expression levels of thymidylate synthase (TS), thymidine phosphorylase (TP), dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (ORPT) with response to the combination of gemcitabine/S-1 in a table format. Coefficients are on a continuous scale ranging from -1 to +1 with a value of -1 indicating a perfect negative linear association of intratumoral expression levels and the combination of gemcitabine/S-1, a value of 0 indicating no association between intratumoral expression levels and response to the combination of gemcitabine/S-1, and a value of +1 indicating a positive linear association of intratumoral expression levels and response to the combination of gemcitabine/S-1.
Time Frame
Up to 2 years
Title
Median Overall Survival
Description
Overall survival will be defined from the date of receiving the first treatment until death
Time Frame
Up to 2 years
Title
Number of Patients With Dose Modifications
Description
Treatment-related toxicities resulting in a dose modification be classified using the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3 will be tabulated.
Time Frame
8 weeks after 6th patient is enrolled
Title
Percentage of Patients Classified as Potential Biomarker Responders
Description
Defined as the percentage of patients who will be categorized as potential biomarker responders if their CA19-9 has declined by > 10 % from peak value (peak value may have been at either week 1 or 3) during the initial gemcitabine monotherapy phase
Time Frame
Assessed after the first 5 weeks of treatment
Title
Median Time to Progression
Description
Time to progression will be summarized according to the method of Kaplan and Meier
Time Frame
Up to 2 years
Title
Percentage of Patients With at Biomarker Response
Description
A biomarker response for any given line of therapy is defined as patients with a baseline CA19-9 level > 75 units per cubic centimeter (U/cc) who demonstrate a > 25% decline in their peak CA19-9 level, sustainable for at least 2 consecutive measurements
Time Frame
Up to 2 years

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas that is already or will be histologically or cytologically proven. Patients must have either locally advanced (unresectable) or metastatic disease. Radiographically measurable disease is not required. No prior therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer. Treatment given in the adjuvant setting (radiation and/or chemotherapy, given either concurrently or systemically) does not count as prior therapy as long as progressive disease occurs > 6 months following completion of treatment. Greater than or equal to 18 years of age. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 (See Appendix D). Laboratory criteria: ANC > 1500/µL Platelet count > 100,000/µL Hemoglobin > 9 g/dL (may be transfused or receive epoetin alfa to maintain or exceed this level) INR < 1.5 (except those subjects who are receiving full-dose warfarin Total bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dL AST or ALT < 5 times upper limit of normal for subjects with documented liver metastases; < 2.5 times the upper limit of normal for subjects without evidence of liver metastases Serum creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL Serum CA19-9 > 2X upper limits of normal. All patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines. Women or men of reproductive potential must agree to use an effective contraceptive method during treatment and for 6 months afterwards. Exclusion criteria Inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures Disease determined to be not amenable to biopsy upon review of radiographs by the oncologist and/or interventional radiologist. Clearly resectable disease in a patient who is an appropriate operative candidate. History of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug or that might affect the interpretation of the results of the study or render the subject at high risk from treatment complications Prior systemic therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer Pregnant (positive pregnancy test) or lactating Use of anti-neoplastic or anti-tumor agents not part of the study therapy, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and hormonal anticancer therapy, is not permitted while participating in this study. Use of concurrent investigational agents is not permitted. S-1 Specific Exclusion Criteria Is receiving a concomitant treatment with drugs interacting with S-1. The following drugs are prohibited because there may be an interaction with S-1: Sorivudine, brivudine, uracil, dipyridamole, cimetidine, and folinic acid (may enhance S-1 activity). Allopurinol (may diminish S-1 activity). Phenytoin (S-1 may enhance phenytoin activity). Flucytosine, a fluorinated pyrimidine antifungal agent (may enhance S-1 and flucytosine activity). Pilocarpine (may inhibit cytochrome P-450 enzyme 2A6 activity).
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Andrew Ko, MD
Organizational Affiliation
University of California, San Francisco
Official's Role
Study Chair
Facility Information:
Facility Name
University of California, San Francisco
City
San Francisco
State/Province
California
ZIP/Postal Code
94143
Country
United States
Facility Name
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
City
Baltimore
State/Province
Maryland
ZIP/Postal Code
21231-2410
Country
United States

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Plan to Share IPD
No

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