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TerminatedNCT01318642Updated Nov 8, 2024Results posted

Ganitumab in Locally Advanced Unresectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas

A Phase 2 interventional study of Gemcitabine and AMG 479 in Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas, Locally Advanced and Unresectable, sponsored by NantBioScience, Inc.. Terminated at 35 sites in 13 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-08.

Sponsored by NantBioScience, Inc. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
NCT01318642: Planned independent DMC Interim review: ended for futility
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is a phase 2, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, active placebo-controlled trial of AMG 479 or placebo in combination with gemcitabine as first-line therapy for locally advanced unresectable adenocarinoma of the pancreas. Approximately 150 subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to AMG 479 and gemcitabine, or gemcitabine and placebo. Randomization will be stratified by ECOG (0 or 1).

Gemcitabine will be given on days 1, 8, and 15, followed by AMG 479 on days 1 and 15 of every 28 day cycle. Treatment will continue until radiographic disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or start of a new anti-cancer therapy.

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This study is a phase 2, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, active placebo-controlled trial of AMG 479 or placebo in combination with gemcitabine as first-line therapy for locally advanced unresectable adenocarinoma of the pancreas. Approximately 150 subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to AMG 479 and gemcitabine, or gemcitabine and placebo. Randomization will be stratified by ECOG (0 or 1).

Gemcitabine will be given on days 1, 8, and 15, followed by AMG 479 on days 1 and 15 of every 28 day cycle. Treatment will continue until radiographic disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or start of a new anti-cancer therapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
  • Locally Advanced
  • Unresectable

Keywords

  • Adenocarcinoma
  • pancreas
  • pancreatic cancer
  • local
  • unresectable
  • stage II
  • stage III
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In context

Adenocarcinoma

1,996 studies on the registry are indexed under Adenocarcinoma; 369 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 10 is below the median of 44 across 1,549 interventional studies indexed under Adenocarcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

NantBioScience, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects must have histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas that is unresectable, per institutional practice
  • Radiologically measurable and/or non-measurable disease as defined by RECIST version 1.1
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0 or 1
  • Men or women >/= 18 years of age
  • Adequate organ function

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Early (stage I) or metastatic (stage IV) disease
  • Islet cell, acinar cell carcinoma, non-adenocarcinoma, (eg, lymphoma, sarcoma, etc), adenocarcinoma originating from biliary tree or cystadenocarcinoma
  • External biliary drain
  • Currently treated or previously treated with biologic, small molecule, immunotherapy, chemotherapy (ie, including gemcitabine), or other agents for pancreatic cancer
  • Currently treated or previously treated with radiotherapy, or chemoradiotherapy for pancreatic cancer
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
10 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Placebo + Gemcitabine

    Arm 2: AMG479-placebo IV days 1 and 15 plus gemcitabine 1000mg/m2 IV days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28 day cycle

    Drug: Gemcitabine · Drug: Placebo

  • Experimental
    AMG 479 20 mg/kg + Gemcitabine

    ARM 1: AMG 479 20mg/kg IV days 1 and 15 plus gemcitabine 1000mg/m2 IV days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28 day cycle.

    Drug: Gemcitabine · Drug: AMG 479

Interventions

  • Gemcitabine on days 1, 8, and 15, followed by placebo on days 1 and 15 of every 28 day cycle.

    Also known as: Gemzar

  • Gemcitabine on days 1, 8, and 15, followed by AMG 479 20 mg/kg on days 1 and 15 of every 28 day cycle.

    Also known as: gemcitabine = Gemzar

  • DrugPlacebo

    Gemcitabine on Days 1, 8, and 15 followed by Placebo 20 mg/kg on days 1 and 15 of every 28 day cycle

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The Primary Endpoint is Progression-free Survival (PFS) as Defined as the Time From Randomization to Progression (Per RECIST v1.1) or Death.

    The time from randomization to progression (per RECIST version 1.1) or death from any cause. Disease progression per RECIST is defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions in reference to the smallest sum on study and an absolute increase of at least 5 mm; the appearance of any new lesions is also considered progression.

    Time frame: From randomization to the date of either disease progression or death, up to 181 days progression or death

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival

    OS - time from study day 1 to death (by any cause)

    Time frame: Up to 181 days

  2. Number of Participants With Adverse Events

    Measured via CTCAE v3.0

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  3. Progression Free Survival Rate and Overall Survival Rate at at 3 and 6 Months, Objective Response Rate, Disease Control Rate

    PFS rates - subjects with disease progression (PD) or death at the timepoint; OS rates - subjects alive at the timepoint; ORR - tumor response assessment of either complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST); DCR - subjects with PR, CR, or SD Per RECIST: CR=disappearance of all target lesions; PR=at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters; Disease progression=at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions in reference to the smallest sum on study; stable disease is disease that is not partial or progressed

    Time frame: Up to 181 days

  4. Duration of Response

    DOR - time from the first observation of an objective response (subjects with CR or PR) to the time of PD or death; Per RECIST: CR=disappearance of all target lesions; PR=at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters; Disease progression=at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions in reference to the smallest sum on study; stable disease is disease that is not partial or progressed

    Time frame: Up to 181 days

  5. Number of Participants With Anti-AMG 479 Antibodies

    post-dose anti-AMG 479 antibody positive rate

    Time frame: Up to 181 days

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Results

Posted Nov 8, 2024
Limitations and caveats
The study was terminated early. Only the safety data is provided.

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestonePlacebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + Gemcitabine
Started53
Completed53
Not completed00

Outcome measures

PrimaryThe Primary Endpoint is Progression-free Survival (PFS) as Defined as the Time From Randomization to Progression (Per RECIST v1.1) or Death.

The time from randomization to progression (per RECIST version 1.1) or death from any cause. Disease progression per RECIST is defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions in reference to the smallest sum on study and an absolute increase of at least 5 mm; the appearance of any new lesions is also considered progression.

Time frame:
From randomization to the date of either disease progression or death, up to 181 days progression or death
Reported as:
Median · Months
The Primary Endpoint is Progression-free Survival (PFS) as Defined as the Time From Randomization to Progression (Per RECIST v1.1) or Death.
MonthsPlacebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + Gemcitabine
The Primary Endpoint is Progression-free Survival (PFS) as Defined as the Time From Randomization to Progression (Per RECIST v1.1) or Death.NA (NA to NA)NA (NA to NA)
SecondaryOverall Survival

OS - time from study day 1 to death (by any cause)

Time frame:
Up to 181 days
Reported as:
Median · Months
Overall Survival
MonthsPlacebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + Gemcitabine
Overall SurvivalNA (NA to NA)NA (NA to NA)
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Adverse Events

Measured via CTCAE v3.0

Time frame:
Up to 4 months
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Adverse Events
ParticipantsPlacebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + Gemcitabine
Number of Participants With Adverse Events53
SecondaryProgression Free Survival Rate and Overall Survival Rate at at 3 and 6 Months, Objective Response Rate, Disease Control Rate

PFS rates - subjects with disease progression (PD) or death at the timepoint; OS rates - subjects alive at the timepoint; ORR - tumor response assessment of either complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST); DCR - subjects with PR, CR, or SD Per RECIST: CR=disappearance of all target lesions; PR=at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters; Disease progression=at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions in reference to the smallest sum on study; stable disease is disease that is not partial or progressed

Time frame:
Up to 181 days
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Progression Free Survival Rate and Overall Survival Rate at at 3 and 6 Months, Objective Response Rate, Disease Control Rate
ParticipantsPlacebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + Gemcitabine
Progression Free Survival Rate at 3 months20
Progression Free Survival Rate at 6 months20
Overall Survival Rate at 3 months53
Overall Survival Rate at 6 months43
Objective Response RateNANA
Disease Control RateNANA
SecondaryDuration of Response

DOR - time from the first observation of an objective response (subjects with CR or PR) to the time of PD or death; Per RECIST: CR=disappearance of all target lesions; PR=at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters; Disease progression=at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions in reference to the smallest sum on study; stable disease is disease that is not partial or progressed

Time frame:
Up to 181 days
Reported as:
Mean · Months
Duration of Response
MonthsPlacebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + Gemcitabine
Duration of ResponseNA (NA to NA)NA (NA to NA)
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Anti-AMG 479 Antibodies

post-dose anti-AMG 479 antibody positive rate

Time frame:
Up to 181 days
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Anti-AMG 479 Antibodies
ParticipantsPlacebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + Gemcitabine
Number of Participants With Anti-AMG 479 Antibodies00

Adverse events

Collected over For Adverse Events: from randomization through 30 (+3) days after the last administration of protocol specified therapy, up to 4 months. For Mortality: from randomization to the end of the study, up to 187 days.. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Placebo + Gemcitabine1/5 (20%)1/5 (20%)5/5 (100%)
AMG 479 20 mg/kg + Gemcitabine0/3 (0%)2/3 (66.7%)3/3 (100%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventPlacebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + Gemcitabine
AnaemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders0/51/3
Oesophageal candidiasisInfections and infestations0/51/3
Hepatic haematomaInjury, poisoning and procedural complications0/51/3
General physical health deteriorationGeneral disorders1/50/3
MalaiseGeneral disorders1/50/3
Most frequent other events
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Most frequent other events
EventPlacebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + Gemcitabine
AnaemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders2/53/3
NeutropeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders1/52/3
ThrombocytopeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders0/52/3
FatigueGeneral disorders3/51/3
Decreased appetiteMetabolism and nutrition disorders2/50/3
DiarrhoeaGastrointestinal disorders2/50/3
PyrexiaGeneral disorders2/50/3
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders1/51/3
Oedema peripheralGeneral disorders1/51/3
Blood potassium decreasedInvestigations0/51/3

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Placebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + GemcitabineTotal
Mean71.6 ± 11.863.0 ± 8.768.4 ± 11.0
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Placebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + GemcitabineTotal
Female314
Male224
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Placebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + GemcitabineTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native000
Asian000
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander000
Black or African American000
White538
More than one race000
Unknown or Not Reported000
Subjects with locally advanced unresectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
Subjects with locally advanced unresectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas(Participants)Placebo + GemcitabineAMG 479 20 mg/kg + GemcitabineTotal
Count of participants538
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Study locations

35 sites
  • Research Site
    San Francisco, California 94115, United States
  • Research Site
    Knoxville, Tennessee 37909, United States
  • Research Site
    Salzburg, 5020, Austria
  • Research Site
    Steyr, 4400, Austria
  • Research Site
    Vienna, 1090, Austria
  • Research Site
    Edegem, 2650, Belgium
  • Research Site
    La Louvière, 7100, Belgium
  • Research Site
    Hradec Králové, 500 05, Czechia
  • Research Site
    Olomouc, 775 20, Czechia
  • Research Site
    Prague, 100 34, Czechia
  • Research Site
    Herlev, 2730, Denmark
  • Research Site
    Hamburg, 20249, Germany
  • Research Site
    Budapest, 1097, Hungary
  • Research Site
    Debrecen, 4012, Hungary
  • Research Site
    Miskolc, 3526, Hungary
  • Research Site
    Szolnok, 5004, Hungary
  • Research Site
    Lodz, 93-509, Poland
  • Research Site
    Poznan, 60-569, Poland
  • Research Site
    Warsaw, 02-097, Poland
  • Research Site
    Lisbon, 1649-035, Portugal
  • Research Site
    Porto, 4200-072, Portugal
  • Research Site
    Chelyabinsk, 454087, Russia
  • Research Site
    Moscow, 115478, Russia
  • Research Site
    Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia
  • Research Site
    Samara, 443031, Russia
  • Research Site
    Seoul, 120-752, South Korea
  • Research Site
    Seoul, 135-710, South Korea
  • Research Site
    Seoul, 138-736, South Korea
  • Research Site
    Seoul, 152-703, South Korea
  • Research Site
    Barcelona, Cataluña 08035, Spain
  • Research Site
    Madrid, 28034, Spain
  • Research Site
    Madrid, 28050, Spain
  • Guys Hospital
    London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
  • Research Site
    London, W12 0HS, United Kingdom
  • Research Site
    Preston, PR2 9HT, United Kingdom
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References and documents

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Updates

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01318642
Lead sponsor
NantBioScience, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 18, 2011
Start date
May 31, 2012
Primary completion
Nov 27, 2012
Completion
Dec 3, 2012
Results posted
Nov 8, 2024
Last update
Nov 8, 2024

Study contacts

MD
study director · Amgen

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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