A Phase 2 interventional study of Dostarlimab and Chemotherapy in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Ampulla of Vater Carcinoma and Adrenocortical Carcinoma, sponsored by UNICANCER. Recruiting at 22 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-02.
Sponsored by UNICANCER · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this open-label randomized, multicenter, comparative phase II trial is to evaluate the efficacy of the immunotherapy, dostarlimab, as first-line treatment for deficient mismatch repair (dMMR)/microsatellite instability (MSI) non-resectable metastatic or locally advanced non-colorectal and non-endometrial cancers compared to the standard of care chemotherapy.
Adult patients (aged ≥18 years) with histologically confirmed dMMR/MSI duodenum and small bowel adenocarcinoma, gastric and oeso-gastric junction (OGJ) adenocarcinoma with combined positive score (CPS)\<5, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, ampulla of vater adenocarcinoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, carcinoma of unknown primary site, neuroendocrine carcinoma (Grade3) all primary, and soft tissue sarcoma (except Gastro-Intestinal Stromal Tumor) will be included in this study. They will be randomized and treated with either dostarlimab (experimental arm A), or chemotherapy (control arm B).
Patients with documented disease progression following the first line chemotherapy (Arm B) may be eligible for crossover to be treated with dostarlimab, with the same schedule as arm A.
Following signature of the informed consent form, patients will enter the pre-inclusion period (maximum 28 days prior to start of treatment) during which all examinations required to assess their eligibility will be performed, including dMMR/MSI status, demographic data collection, tumor evaluation, and clinical and laboratory evaluations. A centralized confirmation of MMR/MSI status by immunohistochemistry (IHC) or next-generation sequencing (NGS)/polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is mandatory to include the patient.
Patients will be randomized 1:1 to receive either dostarlimab intravenously 500 mg every 3 weeks for 4 cycles followed by 1000 mg every 6 weeks for all cycles thereafter (experimental arm A) or chemotherapy (control arm B) as per standard of care (SOC) until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death, investigator's decision, withdrawal of consent or for a maximum of 24 months.
Randomization will be stratified by:
Patients randomized to Arm B may be eligible to participate in the crossover phase after documentation of disease progression by investigator evaluation according to response evaluation criteria in solid tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1). Crossover patients may then be treated with dostarlimab for up to 2 years, according to the schedule defined for experimental arm A. These patients may not initiate treatment with dostarlimab any earlier than 28 days after their last dose of chemotherapy (washout period) regardless of the time of progression. Patients who discontinue dostarlimab treatment after crossover will enter the follow-up phase until the last follow-up visit of the last randomized patient. Crossover is optional and is at the discretion of the investigator (with coordinating investigator's agreement).
In both arms, tumor evaluation will be done by local investigator at inclusion and post-randomization visits as follow:
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Patients with dMMR/MSI tumor analyzed by IHC, PCR (for Gastric and OGJ adenocarcinoma, and duodenum and small bowel adenocarcinoma only), and/or NGS at the recruiting center should be confirmed by central review within 24h (every anonymized patient analysis reporting will be provided for central review). Patients should not be included in the study until the dMMR/MSI status is confirmed by the review committee.
NB: In case of ambiguous result of IHC (lack of positive internal control, heterogeneous loss of MMR protein expression, ambiguous loss of only one protein including HMSH6 and PMS2), the MSI-H status will be assessed by PCR or NGS for gastric and OGJ adenocarcinoma, and duodenum and small bowel adenocarcinoma, and by NGS for other primary. Based on IHC and PCR or NGS results (NGS will be centrally performed in this case ), the sponsor will decide if inclusion is possible;
Exclusion Criteria:
Has received treatment with systemic corticosteroids or other systemic immunosuppressive medications (including but not limited to prednisone, dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti-tumor necrosis factor agents) within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of adjuvant treatment or is required to receive systemic immunosuppressive medications during the study. Inhaled or topical steroids and adrenal replacement doses >10 mg daily prednisone equivalents are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease.
Note 1: Patients who have received acute, low-dose, systemic immunosuppressant medications (e.g., a one-time dose of dexamethasone for nausea) may be enrolled into the study after approval of the Medical Contact.
Note 2: patients are permitted the use of topical, ocular, intra-articular, intranasal, and inhalational corticosteroids (with minimal systemic absorption). Adrenal replacement steroid doses including doses >10 mg daily prednisone are permitted. A brief (less than 3 weeks) course of corticosteroids for prophylaxis (e.g., contrast dye allergy) or for treatment of non-autoimmune conditions (e.g., delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction caused by a contact allergen) is permitted.
Other concomitant or previous malignancy other than the disease under study, except as noted below:
i. adequately treated in-situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix, ii. basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, iii. cancer from which the patients was in complete remission for >2 years.
Patient has documented presence of HBsAg [or HBcAb] at pre-inclusion visit or within 3 months prior to first dose of study intervention.
Participant has a positive hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody test result at pre-inclusion visit or within 3 months prior to first dose of study intervention. Note: Participants with a positive HCV antibody test result due to prior resolved disease can be enrolled, only if a confirmatory negative HCV RNA test is obtained.
Participant has a positive HCV RNA test result at pre-inclusion visit or within 3 months prior to first dose of study intervention. Note: The HCV RNA test is optional and participants with negative HCV antibody test are not required to undergo HCV RNA testing as well
Patient randomized to receive SOC (Arm B) may crossover to receive dostarlimab (Arm A) in case of documented progressive disease according to RECIST v1.1.
Inclusion and exclusion are the same for the crossover except for the inclusion criteria #3 and #4.
The criterion #3 for crossover is: Patient included in the protocol and randomized in the arm "standard of care" with documented progressive disease by RECIST v1.1 on standard of care (defined in the protocol).
The criterion #4 for crossover is: Previous exposure to chemotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease.
Patient will receive dostarlimab intravenously 500 mg every 3 weeks for 4 cycles followed by 1000 mg every 6 weeks for all cycles thereafter until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death, investigator's decision, patient's decision or for a maximum of 24 months.
Drug: Dostarlimab
Patients will receive the standard of care chemotherapy
Drug: Chemotherapy
Anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody
* mFOLFOX6 or FOLFIRI or XELOX regimen * FOLFOX or XELOX or TFOX regimen * FOLFIRINOX or gemcitabine-nab-paclitaxel or gemcitabine monotherapy. * Cisplatin and gemcitabine cisplatin or CAPOX or mFOLFOX6. * Etoposide-cisplatin-doxorubicin or mitotane * Cisplatin and gemcitabine or carboplatin and paclitaxel * Etoposide-cisplatin or etoposide-carboplatin * Doxorubicin and ifosfamide or doxorubicin monotherapy or doxorubicin and trabectedin.
Progression-free survival
The progression-free survival is the length of time during and after the treatment of a disease that a patient lives with the disease but it does not get worse.
Time frame: From randomization until disease progression or death from any cause, up to 3 years.
Objective Response Rate
Objective Response Rate is defined as the proportion of patients with best response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to RECIST v1.1.
Time frame: From randomization to disease progression or death, up to 3 years
Duration of response
Duration of response (DOR) will be evaluated in patients with either a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). DOR is defined as the time from the first assessment of a CR or PR until the date of the first occurrence of progressive disease (PD) or death from any cause (if death occurred within predefined period), whichever occurs first.
Time frame: From randomization to disease progression or death, up to 3 years
Overall Survival
The overall survival is the length of time from randomization that patients enrolled in the study are still alive.
Time frame: From randomization until death from any cause, up to 3 years
Progression-Free Survival 2
Progression-Free Survival 2 (PFS2) is defined as the time from randomization to second/subsequent disease progression after initiation of new anti-cancer therapy (including subsequent immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy), or death from any cause, whichever first.
Time frame: From randomization to disease progression or death, up to 3 years
Objective response rate 2
Objective response rate after initiation of new anti-cancer therapy (ORR2) is defined as the proportion of patients with best response of CR or PR according to the investigator's judgment.
Time frame: From randomization to disease progression or death, up to 3 years
Progression-Free Survival -crossover
Progression-free survival - crossover is defined as the time from crossover initiation to disease progression after initiation of new anti-cancer therapy, or death from any cause, whichever first.
Time frame: From randomization to disease progression or death, up to 3 years
Circulating tumor DNA level
The evolution of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) level in patient's blood during treatment will be correlated with PFS in the overall population.
Time frame: From randomization to disease progression or death, up to 3 years
Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events
The National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5 (NCI-CTCAE v5) is widely accepted in the community of oncology research as the leading rating scale for adverse events. This scale, divided into 5 grades (1 = "mild", 2 = "moderate", 3 = "severe", 4 = "life-threatening", and 5 = "death") determined by the investigator, will make it possible to assess the severity of the disorders.
Time frame: Throughout study completion, up to 3 years
Quality of life questionnaire - Core 30 (QLQ-C30)
Developed by the EORTC, this self-reported questionnaire assesses the health-related quality of life of cancer patients in clinical trials. The questionnaire includes five functional scales (physical, everyday activity, cognitive, emotional, and social), three symptom scales (fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting), a health/quality of life overall scale, and a number of additional elements assessing common symptoms (including dyspnea, loss of appetite, insomnia, constipation, and diarrhea), as well as, the perceived financial impact of the disease. All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100. A high scale score represents a higher response level.
Time frame: At baseline, every 2 or 3 weeks, and at the end of treatment (up to 2 years)
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