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Adjuvant Trial in Patients With Resected PDAC Randomized to Allocation of Oxaliplatin- or Gemcitabine-based Chemotherapy by Standard Clinical Criteria or by a Transcriptomic Treatment Specific Stratification Signature

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05314998
Recruitment Status : Not yet recruiting
First Posted : April 7, 2022
Last Update Posted : March 20, 2024
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
Molecular Health GmbH
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen
Institut für Klinische Krebsforschung IKF GmbH at Krankenhaus Nordwest
Institut für Medizinische Biometrie
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
John Neoptolemos, Heidelberg University

Brief Summary:
This is a multicentre open labelled phase III adjuvant trial of disease-free survival in patients with resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma randomized to allocation of oxaliplatin- or gemcitabine-based chemotherapy by standard clinical criteria (control arm) or by a transcriptomic treatment specific stratification signature or TSS (test arm).

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Drug: Oxaliplatin Drug: Irinotecan Drug: Folinic acid Drug: 5-fluorouracil Drug: Gemcitabine Drug: Capecitabine Phase 3

Detailed Description:

The main purpose and primary objective of the study is to determine whether disease free survival in patients with resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) treated with standard adjuvant chemotherapy regimens (oxaliplatin- or gemcitabine-based), is superior using allocation based on a treatment specific signature (TSS), compared to the same chemotherapy regimens allocated according to standard clinical criteria.

Secondary objectives of the study are to assess overall survival (median, 3 year survival rate), metastasis free survival; survival based on targeted signatures (TSS) in test versus control arms, and survival using targeted therapies initially on relapse compared to standard first-line therapies on relapse.

In addition, ESPAC-6 optional translational research programme will obtain tumor specimens and blodd samples to identify biomarkers that may predict response to chemotherapy or relapse.

ESPAC-6 will also generate a biobank of matched patient-derived organoids (PDOs) to provide an experimentally tractable model system for the development and testing of biomarker-driven personalised therapies.

ESPAC-6 translational research programme, will also develop a longitudinal blood biobank to analyse clinically relevant circulating biomarkers, such as blood proteins, metabolites and/or circulating-free tumour DNA.

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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 394 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description: Therapeutic intervention of standard adjuvant chemotherapy comprising oxaliplatin- or gemcitabine-based regimens based on standard clinical criteria, compared to selection using a treatment specific signature and prediction model.
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: An Open Labelled Phase III Adjuvant Trial of Disease-free Survival in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Randomized to Allocation of Oxaliplatin- or Gemcitabine-based Chemotherapy by Standard Clinical Criteria or by a Transcriptomic Treatment Specific Stratification Signature
Estimated Study Start Date : April 1, 2024
Estimated Primary Completion Date : January 1, 2031
Estimated Study Completion Date : September 1, 2031

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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Test Arm A: mFOLFIRINOX or Gem/Cap according to transcriptomic treatment specific signature
mFOLFIRINOX-therapy (5-FU, Folinic Acid, Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin) according to individual transcriptomic treatment specific signature or Gem/Cap-therapy (Gemcitabine and Capecitabine) according to individual transcriptomic treatment specific signature
Drug: Oxaliplatin
85 mg/m2 D1 over 2 hours every; 14 days, 12 cycles, 24 weeks

Drug: Irinotecan
150 mg/m2 D1 over 90 minutes to begin 30 min after the Folinic acid infusion is started; every 14 days, 12 cycles, 24 weeks

Drug: Folinic acid
400 mg/m2 (racemic mixture) (or 200 mg/m2 if L-folinic acid is used), IV infusion over 2 hours; every 14 days, 12 cycles, 24 weeks

Drug: 5-fluorouracil
2.4 g/m2 IV continuous infusion over 46 hours (1200 mg/m2/ day); every 14 days, 12 cycles, 24 weeks

Drug: Gemcitabine
1000mg/m2 is given as an IV infusion over 30 minutes; on day 1, 8 and 15 out of 28 days (= 1 cycle); Repeated 6 times (i.e., 6 cycles) for 24 weeks

Drug: Capecitabine
1660mg/m2/day in two divided doses administered orally for 21 days followed by 7 days' rest (one cycle) for six cycles i.e. 24 weeks

Active Comparator: Control Arm B: mFOLFIRINOX or Gem/Cap according to standard clinical criteria
mFOLFIRINOX-therapy (5-FU, Folinic Acid, Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin) according to standard clinical criteria or Gem/Cap-therapy (Gemcitabine and Capecitabine) according to standard clinical criteria
Drug: Oxaliplatin
85 mg/m2 D1 over 2 hours every; 14 days, 12 cycles, 24 weeks

Drug: Irinotecan
150 mg/m2 D1 over 90 minutes to begin 30 min after the Folinic acid infusion is started; every 14 days, 12 cycles, 24 weeks

Drug: Folinic acid
400 mg/m2 (racemic mixture) (or 200 mg/m2 if L-folinic acid is used), IV infusion over 2 hours; every 14 days, 12 cycles, 24 weeks

Drug: 5-fluorouracil
2.4 g/m2 IV continuous infusion over 46 hours (1200 mg/m2/ day); every 14 days, 12 cycles, 24 weeks

Drug: Gemcitabine
1000mg/m2 is given as an IV infusion over 30 minutes; on day 1, 8 and 15 out of 28 days (= 1 cycle); Repeated 6 times (i.e., 6 cycles) for 24 weeks

Drug: Capecitabine
1660mg/m2/day in two divided doses administered orally for 21 days followed by 7 days' rest (one cycle) for six cycles i.e. 24 weeks




Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Disease free survival [ Time Frame: 76 months ]
    Disease free survival will be defined as time from ramdomisation to disease recurrence (growth or metastasis) or death from any cause all patients fulfilling the in- and exclusion criteria.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Overall survival [ Time Frame: 76 months ]
    Overall survival is defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. If a patient is lost to follow up, overall survival time is censored at the time of last contact.

  2. Metastasis free survival [ Time Frame: 76 months ]

    Metastasis free survival is defined as the time from randomization to detection of metastasis or death from any cause. The time of metastasis is defined as the date of metastasis determined and recorded by the Pancreas Tumour Board (Multidisciplinary Team).

    If the patient is eligible for first line therapy the recurrence must be performed by a positive biopsy or cytology.

    If a patient is lost to follow up, metastasis free survival time is censored at the time of last contact.


  3. Overall survival from recurrence [ Time Frame: 76 months ]
    Overall survival is defined as the time from recurrence to death due to any cause. If a patient is lost to follow up, overall survival time is censored at the time of last contact.

  4. Quality of life (QoL EORTC QLQ-C-30) [ Time Frame: 76 months ]
    QoL will be assessed by the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire in its most current version every three months starting from V1.

  5. Safety: (serious) adverse events and Grade 3 and 4 toxicities according to NCI-CTC v.5.0. [ Time Frame: 47 months ]

    Safety assessments will include adverse events. The proportion of grade 3 and 4 toxicity will be compared across treatments using time to event methods and frequency counts. Adverse and serious adverse events are collected throughout the study and will be tabulated and compared between study arms.

    The analysis of all safety endpoints is conducted on the safety set, which contains all patients who received at least one cycle of treatment.




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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 79 Years   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  1. Histologically proven pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma including variants, and pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma.
  2. Patient had provided tumour tissue at resection for RNAseq.
  3. Macroscopically complete resection (R0 or R1 resection).
  4. Female and male Patients aged from 18 to 79 years.
  5. WHO performance status 0-1.
  6. No prior radiotherapy and no previous chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer.
  7. Full recovery from surgery and patient able to receive chemotherapy: adequate oral nutrition of ≥ 1500 calories per day and free of significant nausea and vomiting.
  8. Adequate hematologic function: Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500 cells/mm3, platelets ≥ 100,000 cells/mm3 and haemoglobin ≥ 8 g/L (transfusion permitted).
  9. Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the institutional upper limit of normal.
  10. Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min.
  11. Patient of child-bearing potential (for female patient: study entry after a menstrual period and a negative pregnancy test) must agree to use highly effective methods of contraception during the study and for 6 months after the last study treatment for women and 6 months for men.
  12. Intended interval since surgery between 21 and 84 days at date of randomization.
  13. Public or private health insurance cover.
  14. Ability of subject to understand character and individual consequences of the clinical trial.
  15. Not legally incapacitated.
  16. Written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

  1. Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm, neuroendocrine neoplasm, pancreatoblastoma, bile duct cancer, and ampullary cancer.
  2. Distant metastases, including ascites or malignant pleural effusion.
  3. Macroscopic incomplete tumour removal (R2 resection).
  4. Post-operative CA 19-9 > 180 U / ml before randomization on study.
  5. Cardiomyopathy or congestive heart failure, NYHA III-IV or coronary heart disease symptoms.
  6. Major comorbidity that may preclude the delivery of treatment or known active infection (HIV or untreated chronic hepatitis B or active hepatitis C) or uncontrolled diabetes.
  7. Pre-existing neuropathy, Gilbert's disease or known genotype UGT1A1*28 /*28.
  8. Inflammatory disease of the colon or rectum, or intestinal obstruction, or severe postoperative uncontrolled diarrhoea.
  9. Known severe dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency (activity score <1). There are clear guidelines for dose reductions for patients with a score of 1 and 1,5 (2 is normal activity)
  10. Pregnancy and lactation.
  11. Participation in other clinical trials or observation period of competing trials, respectively.
  12. History of hypersensitivity or other known contraindication to the investigational medicinal product or to any drug with similar chemical structure or to any excipient present in the pharmaceutical form of the investigational medicinal product.
  13. Past or current history of other malignancies not curatively treated and without evidence of disease for more than 5 years, except for curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin and in situ carcinoma of the cervix or bladder, or low/intermediate risk prostate cancer (Gleason score ≤7) with normal PSA levels.
  14. Any other concurrent antineoplastic treatment including irradiation

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05314998


Contacts
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Contact: John Neoptolemos, Prof. Dr. 0049 6221 56-39020 john.neoptolemos@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Contact: Claudia Pauligk, Dr. 0049 69 6301 - 3906 pauligk.claudia@ikf-khnw.de

Locations
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Sponsors and Collaborators
John Neoptolemos
Molecular Health GmbH
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen
Institut für Klinische Krebsforschung IKF GmbH at Krankenhaus Nordwest
Institut für Medizinische Biometrie
Investigators
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Study Director: John Neoptolemos, Prof. Dr. Universität Heidelberg
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Responsible Party: John Neoptolemos, Prof. Dr. med., Heidelberg University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05314998    
Other Study ID Numbers: ESPAC-6
AIO-PAK-0121/ass ( Other Identifier: AIO )
2020-004906-79 ( EudraCT Number )
First Posted: April 7, 2022    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: March 20, 2024
Last Verified: March 2024
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Keywords provided by John Neoptolemos, Heidelberg University:
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
PDAC
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Adenocarcinoma
Carcinoma
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Leucovorin
Folic Acid
Gemcitabine
Capecitabine
Fluorouracil
Oxaliplatin
Irinotecan
Levoleucovorin
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Antimetabolites
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Antidotes
Protective Agents
Vitamin B Complex
Vitamins
Micronutrients
Hematinics