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TerminatedNCT03331640PANTHEONUpdated Jan 11, 2022

A Health Service Research Study to Investigate Survival of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Patients After Sequential Chemotherapy

A Phase 2 interventional study of OFF and FOLFIRI Protocol in Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, sponsored by AIO-Studien-gGmbH. Terminated at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-01-11.

Sponsored by AIO-Studien-gGmbH · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
slow recruitment
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
67
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy of second and third line therapies (OFF vs. FOLFIRI) in a sequential cross-over design in patients pretreated with nab-paclitaxel/gemcitabine first line.

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Secondary objectives are assessment of safety and feasibility of the sequential cross-over treatment approach for advanced treatment lines in PDAC. 204 patients will be randomized into the treatments arms. Cross-over will take place after progress during second line therapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
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In context

Lead sponsor

AIO-Studien-gGmbH is the lead sponsor of 62 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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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

  1. Written and any locally-required authorization (EU Data Privacy Directive in the EU) obtained from the subject prior to performing any protocol-related procedures, including screening evaluations
  2. Age ≥ 18 years at time of study entry
  3. Unresectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas previously treated in the palliative setting with gemcitabine and nabpaclitaxel (Abraxane®)
  4. Adequately documented recurrence and disease status after/under (Best response, duration of treatment, time to progression, preexisting PNP and other side effects)
  5. Radiologically confirmed disease progression during 1st-line therapy and measurable reference cancer site(s) as defined by RECIST1.1
  6. Randomization and start of 2nd-line treatment possible within 4 weeks after radiologically documented disease progression during 1st-line therapy
  7. performance status 0-2
  8. No prior radiotherapy
  9. Adequate blood count, liver-enzymes, and renal function:

    • (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L (> 1500 per mm3)
    • count ≥ 100 x 109/L (>100,000 per mm3)
    • (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) \< 2.5 x institutional unless liver are present, in which case it must be \< 5x ULN
    • Serum creatinine CL ≥ 60 mL/min calculations according to local standard
    • \< 3 ULN
  10. Female subjects must either be of non- (ie, by history: ≥ 60 years old and no menses for ≥ 1 year without an alternative medical cause; OR history of hysterectomy, OR history of bilateral tubal ligation, OR history of bilateral oophorectomy) or must have a negative serum pregnancy test upon study entry
  11. Subject is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations including follow up

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Serious cardiovascular disease (eg, unstable coronary artery disease or myocardial infarction within 3 months prior to study start)
  2. Preexisting polyneuropathy (PNP) ≥ grade 3 [National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria grade 3 or 4 sensory or motor neuropathy]
  3. Prior or concurrent (other than pancreatic cancer) which either progresses or requires active treatment. Exceptions are: basal cell cancer of the skin
  4. History of DPD deficiency
  5. Morbus Gilbert
  6. History of to any of the study drugs or any of the constituents of the products
  7. Medication that is known to interfere with any of the agents applied in the trial
  8. Female subjects who are pregnant, breast-feeding or male or female patients of who are not employing an effective method of (failure rate of less than 1% per year)
  9. Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with evaluation of study treatment or interpretation of patient safety or study results
  10. Any medical condition that contraindicates dosing with any of the IMPs or constitutes a safety risk for the patient including but not limited to:

    1. chronic inflammatory bowel disease and/or bowel obstruction.
    2. active uncontrolled infection
    3. bleeding or bleeding diathesis
    4. clinically significant stomatitis
    5. active ulceration of the gastrointestinal tract
  11. Previous enrollment or randomization in the present study (does not include screening failure)
  12. Patient who has been incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized by court order or by the authorities § 40 Abs. 1 S. 3 Nr. 4 AMG
  13. Patients who are unable to consent because they do not understand the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial and therefore cannot form a rational intention in the light of the facts [§ 40 Abs. 1 S. 3 Nr. 3a AMG]
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(15)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Line of therapy

A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.

“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

Reproductive potential

Able to have children. For women this usually means from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery; for men, unless permanently sterile. Read who the line is about — participants, women, men, or their partners.

Criteria about it usually ask for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
67 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    OFF

    Drug: OFF

  • Experimental
    FOLFIRI

    Drug: FOLFIRI Protocol

Interventions

  • DrugOFF

    OFF: 5-FU 2000 mg/m2 as 24 hour infusion + Na folinic acid 200 mg/m2 on D1, 8, 15, 22 Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2 on D8, 22 3 weeks rest after D22; Cycle q42d

  • Irinotecan 180 mg /m2 5-FU 400 mg/m2 (bolus) + 2400 mg/m2 as 46 hour infusion Na folinic acid 200 mg/m2 Cycle q2w

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression-free survival during 2nd line therapy (PFS2)

    Progression-free survival time from randomization till progress during second line therapy.

    Time frame: 49 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Praxis für Innere Medizin
    Friedrichshafen, Germany
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References and documents

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jan 2018 to primary completion in Sep 2021, 44 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 1, 2017
First posted
Nov 6, 2017
StartActual
Jan 2, 2018
Primary completionActual
Sep 13, 2021
CompletionActual
Sep 13, 2021
Last update
Jan 11, 2022
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 11, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03331640
Lead sponsor
AIO-Studien-gGmbH
Collaborators
Celgene
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 6, 2017
Start date
Jan 2, 2018
Primary completion
Sep 13, 2021
Completion
Sep 13, 2021
Last update
Jan 11, 2022

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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