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Not yet recruitingNCT06573398Updated Aug 27, 2024

Radiotherapy With Sequential Chemotherapy Combined With PD-1 Inhibitor and Thymalfasin for BRPC

A Phase 2 interventional study of SBRT with Sequential AG regimen +Tislelizumab+Thymalfasin in Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal, sponsored by Ruijin Hospital. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-08-27.

Sponsored by Ruijin Hospital · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Sep 2025, 1 year 1 month ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a prospective, single-center, single-arm, phase II clinical study. The primary purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of radiotherapy with sequential albumin-bound paclitaxel + Gemcitabine chemotherapy + anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody and Thymalfasin for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer, and to explore clinical indicators related to efficacy, further guiding subsequent individualized precise treatment.

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This is a prospective, single-center, single-arm, phase II clinical study. In this study, 20 patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer and without any prior treatment will be enrolled. After signing the informed consent form, patients will be screened to ensure they meet the eligibility criteria.Before surgery, eligible patients will receive 4 cycles of neoadjuvant therapy: Tislelizumab combined with AG regimen and SBRT and 13 weeks of Thymalfasin therapy; after 4 cycles, the efficacy will be evaluated and radical surgery will be performed on schedule. The postoperative treatment of patients will be jointly decided by clinical physicians and patients according to the actual conditions of clinical diagnosis and treatment.

The main observation indicator is the R0 resection rate after neoadjuvant therapy; Safety assessment: The safety will be assessed after each cycle of neoadjuvant therapy and at 30 days after the last dose; Event follow-up: The events will be followed once every 3 months during the first year after surgery, and once every 6 months during the second year after surgery.

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Conditions studied

  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal

Keywords

  • borderline resectable
  • thymalfasin
  • radiotherapy
  • chemotherapy
  • PD-1 inhibitor
  • pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
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In context

Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal

53 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal; 10 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 65 across 42 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal.

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Lead sponsor

Ruijin Hospital is the lead sponsor of 667 studies on the registry; 376 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Age ≥ 18 years, with ECOG score of 0 \~ 1;
  2. Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of ductal adenocarcinoma of pancreas;
  3. Classification as borderline resectable pancreatic cancer according to the NCCN Guidelines (2024 Edition);
  4. Deemed suitable for neoadjuvant therapy following discussion by the MDT team of the study site;
  5. Subjects must meet the following criteria for hematology test:

    1. Neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 × 10\^9/L
    2. Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL
    3. Platelet count ≥ 100 × 10\^9/L
  6. Subjects must meet the following criteria for blood chemistry tests:

    1. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN)
    2. AST and ALT \< 1.5 × ULN
    3. Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
    4. Good coagulation, defined as international normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN
  7. Subjects of childbearing potential should take appropriate protective measures (contraceptive methods or other birth control methods) prior to enrollment and throughout the clinical study;
  8. Has signed the informed consent form;
  9. Capable of complying with the study protocol and follow-up procedures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Prior systemic anti-tumor therapy;
  2. Prior medical history of other tumors, except for cervical carcinoma in situ, treated squamous cell carcinoma or urothelial bladder carcinoma (Ta and TIS), or other malignant tumors that have received radical treatment (at least 5 years prior to enrollment);
  3. Prior history of abdominal radiotherapy;
  4. Subjects with active bacterial or fungal infection (≥ Grade 2 as per NCI-CTC, Version 3).
  5. Subjects with HIV, HCV, or HBV infection, uncontrollable coronary artery disease or asthma, uncontrollable cerebrovascular disease or other diseases judged by the investigator to be ineligible for enrollment;
  6. Subjects with autoimmune diseases or immunodeficiency and requiring treatment with immunosuppressive agents;
  7. Pregnant or lactating women; women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test results within 7 days prior to enrollment;
  8. Subjects with drug abuse/clinical/psychological/social factors that affect informed consent or study conduct;
  9. Subjects who may be allergic to PD-1 monoclonal antibody immunotherapy drugs;
  10. Patients who are scheduled to undergo or have previously undergone organ or bone marrow transplant;
  11. Patients requiring treatment with systemic corticosteroids (at dose level > 10 mg/day prednisone efficacy) or other immunosuppressive drugs within 14 days prior to the first dose or during the study. However, enrollment is permitted if: In the absence of active autoimmune disease, patients are permitted to use topical or inhaled steroids, or adrenal hormone replacement therapy at dose level ≤ 10 mg/day prednisone efficacy;
  12. Treatment with live vaccines within 28 days prior to the first dose; except for inactivated viral vaccines for seasonal influenza;
  13. Active pulmonary tuberculosis;
  14. Treatment with related drugs or medical technology affecting immunity within 6 months prior to the first dose (including but not limited to: thymopentin, thymalfasin, interferon, CAR-T therapy, etc.);
  15. Patients with other conditions unsuitable for this clinical trial judged by the investigator.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
20 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    CRT+PD-1 inhibitor+Thymalfasin

    All eligible 20 subjects will receive a neoadjuvant therapy regimen of chemoradiotherapy combined with anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody and Thymalfasin.

    Combination Product: SBRT with Sequential AG regimen +Tislelizumab+Thymalfasin

Interventions

  • Combination productSBRT with Sequential AG regimen +Tislelizumab+Thymalfasin

    Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT): 30 \~ 40 Gy/5f, Week 1, Day 1 \~ Day 5, 6-8 Gy/time, once a day; 3 weeks as a cycle, for 4 cycles Tislelizumab: 200 mg, i.v., single infusion, 21 days as a cycle for 4 cycles, on Day 1 of each treatment cycle; Thymalfasin: 4.8 mg, subcutaneous injection, twice a week, on Day 1 and Day 4 of each week during Weeks 1 \~ 13; Albumin-bound paclitaxel: 125 mg/m2, i.v., on Day 1 and Day 8 of each treatment cycle; Gemcitabine: 1000mg/m2, i.v., on Day 1 and Day 8 of each treatment cycle; After 4 cycles of preoperative neoadjuvant therapy, radical surgery will be evaluated by the MDT team within 2-4 weeks after completion of chemotherapy + immunotherapy.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. R0 resection rate

    Defined as the proportion of patients in the ITT population who undergo R0 resection following neoadjuvant therapy among patients undergoing surgery.

    Time frame: within 10 days after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. Tumor regression grade (TRG)

    Tumor regression grade was determined according to the postoperative pathological results.

    Time frame: within 10 days after surgery

  2. Pathologic complete response (pCR) rate

    Defined as the proportion of patients in the ITT population who reach pT0N0M0 among patients undergoing surgery.

    Time frame: within 10 days after surgery

  3. Median progression-free survival (mPFS)

    The median time from the first dose to any documented tumor progression or death due to any cause (whichever occurs first) in the ITT population. Patients who are alive at the time of analysis and have no documented disease progression will be reviewed on the date of the last imaging assessment.

    Time frame: 24 months

  4. Median overall survival (mOS)

    The median time from the first dose to death due to any cause in the ITT population. Patients who are alive at the time of analysis will be reviewed on their last contact date.

    Time frame: 24 months

  5. Major pathologic response (MPR) rate

    Defined as the proportion of patients in the ITT population who achieve TRG1 among patients undergoing surgery.

    Time frame: within 10 days after surgery

  6. Objective response rate (ORR)

    Defined as the proportion of patients in the ITT population achieving complete response (CR) + partial response (PR) according to iRECIST.

    Time frame: Baseline (before surgery)

  7. Disease control rate (DCR)

    Defined as the proportion of subjects in the ITT population who achieve disease response and stable disease among all subjects.

    Time frame: Baseline (before surgery)

  8. TRAE

    Incidence of treatment-related adverse event

    Time frame: from commencing of treatment to the 30th day after surgery

  9. irAE

    Incidence of immune-related adverse event

    Time frame: from commencing of PD-1 inhibitor to the 30th day after surgery

  10. Incidence of surgical complications

    Incidence of surgical complications within 30 days after surgery

    Time frame: within 30 days after surgery

Other outcomes

  1. The expression of CD68

    The density, H-score of each marker in paraffin-embedded tissue sections detected by mIHC

    Time frame: up to 3 months after surgery

  2. The expression of CD86

    The density, H-score of each marker in paraffin-embedded tissue sections detected by mIHC

    Time frame: up to 3 months after surgery

  3. The expression of CD163

    The density, H-score of each marker in paraffin-embedded tissue sections detected by mIHC

    Time frame: up to 3 months after surgery

  4. The expression of CD4

    The density, H-score of each marker in paraffin-embedded tissue sections detected by mIHC

    Time frame: up to 3 months after surgery

  5. The expression of CD8

    The density, H-score of each marker in paraffin-embedded tissue sections detected by mIHC

    Time frame: up to 3 months after surgery

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — Export of individual patient data is a sensitive issue according to current Chinese laws.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 27, 2024, 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
NCT06573398
Lead sponsor
Ruijin Hospital
Responsible party
JIABIN JIN (Associate Chief Physician, Ruijin Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 27, 2024
Start date
Sep 1, 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 1, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 27, 2024

Study contacts

Jiabin Jin, PhD
Contact
jjb11501@rjh.com.cn
+86 18101870031
Baiyong Shen, PhD,MD
principal investigator · Ruijin Hospital
Jiabin Jin, PhD
principal investigator · Ruijin Hospital

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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