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A Pilot Study of Perioperative Nivolumab and Paricalcitol to Target the Microenvironment in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

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Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Status and phase

Terminated
Early Phase 1

Conditions

Pancreatic Cancer

Treatments

Drug: Nab-Paclitaxel
Drug: Nivolumab
Drug: Gemcitabine
Drug: Paricalcitol

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03519308
UPCC 22217

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main purpose of this study is to look at the potential effects of paricalcitol (a drug similar to vitamin D) and nivolumab on pancreatic tumors in patients who are treated with gemcitabine and abraxane. The study will also look at the safety of including paricalcitol and nivolumab as part of the gemcitabine and abraxane chemotherapeutic regimen.

Enrollment

3 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Previously untreated, apparently resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas at registration.

  • Age greater than or equal to 18 years

  • ECOG performance status of 0-2.

  • Standard laboratory criteria for hematologic, biochemical, and urinary indices within a range that, in the opinion of the physician, clinically supports enrollment of the subject on the trial.

    a. Note: subjects must have: Creatinine < 2xULN, Neutrophils >1.5x109/L, total bilirubin < 3xULN, AST <5xULN, ALT <5xULN, and Platelets >100,000/mm3

  • Ability to provide written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Subjects with hypercalcemia (blood levels greater than 11.5 mg/dL). In subjects creatinine clearance <60mL/min, blood calcium levels must be 9.5 mg/dL or lower.

  • Subjects who are currently pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breast-feeding

    1. Females participants of child-bearing potential are required to use an effective contraception method (see Appendix A) or abstain from intercourse during treatment and for at least 5 months following the last dose
    2. Males participants with partners of child-bearing potential are required to use an effective contraception method (see Appendix A) or abstain from intercourse during treatment and for at least 5 months following the last dose 3. Subjects who, in the opinion of the physician, would not be clinically appropriate for receipt of the therapy regimen associated with participation 4. Subjects with contraindications to immune checkpoint therapy, as follows:
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    1. Interstitial lung disease that is symptomatic or may interfere with the detection and management of suspected drug-related pulmonary toxicity

    2. Prior organ allograft or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

    3. Pre-existing thyroid abnormality with thyroid function that cannot be maintained in the normal range with medication

    4. Active autoimmune disease, except for vitiligo, type 1 diabetes mellitus, asthma, atopic dermatitis, or endocrinopathies manageable by hormone replacement; other autoimmune conditions may be allowable at the discretion of the principal investigator

    5. Condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids

      • Systemic steroids at physiologic doses (equivalent to dose of oral prednisone 10 mg) are permitted. Steroids as anti-emetics for chemotherapy are strongly discouraged (see section 5.1.3)
      • Intranasal, inhaled, topical, intra-articular, and ocular corticosteroids with minimal systemic absorption are permitted

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

3 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm A
Experimental group
Treatment:
Drug: Gemcitabine
Drug: Paricalcitol
Drug: Nivolumab
Drug: Nab-Paclitaxel
Arm B
Experimental group
Treatment:
Drug: Gemcitabine
Drug: Nivolumab
Drug: Nab-Paclitaxel

Trial documents
1

Trial contacts and locations

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