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Comparing Cobimetinib with Ponatinib for pancreatic ductal carcinoma

Official title: Using Tumor Models to Determine Treatments

ADOPT: Adaptive Organoid-Based Precision Therapy Study in Pancreatic Cancer - A Prospective Single-Arm Phase II Trial

Condition: Pancreatic Ductal CarcinomaSponsor: University Health Network, TorontoTarget enrollment: 25

Interventions

DRUG

Cobimetinib

Cobimetinib is an antineoplastic agent and selective inhibitor of the mitogen-activated extracellular kinase (MEK) pathway. Participants will take cobimetinib by mouth (orally), once a day on days 1 to 21 followed by a 7-day break of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days in length.

DRUG

Ponatinib

Ponatinib is a type of drug called a protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). Tyrosine kinases are proteins that act as chemical messengers to stimulate cancer cells to grow. Ponatinib blocks and interferes with a number of protein kinases. It is called a multi kinase inhibitor. Participants will take ponatinib by mouth (orally), once a day, every day of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days.

DRUG

Brigatinib

Brigatinib is a type of cancer growth blockers called a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). It blocks chemical signals (enzymes) from tyrosine kinase proteins. Tyrosine kinases help to send growth signals in cells, so blocking them stops the cell growing and dividing. Participants will take brigatinib by mouth (orally), once a day for the first 7 days. If participants are able to tolerate the dose during the first 7 days, they will take the doubled dose orally, once a day until end of the cycle (day 8 to day 28). Each cycle will be 28 days in length.

DRUG

Colchicine

Colchicine is an alkaloid that affects the way the body responds to uric acid crystals, and reduces swelling and pain. On the first day, participants will take two tablets of colchicine by mouth (orally), then one tablet orally one hour later. Starting the second day, participants will take one tablet of colchicine once or twice a day, every day of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days in length. The study doctor will decide whether participants will take colchicine once or twice a day.

DRUG

Selinexor

Selinexor blocks a protein called CRM1, a protein within the cell, and may help keep cancer cells from growing and may kill them. It is a type of small molecule inhibitor. Participants will take selinexor by mouth (orally), once a week on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days in length.

DRUG

Abemaciclib

Abemaciclib belongs to a class of medications called kinase inhibitors. Abemaciclib works by blocking the action of an abnormal protein that signals cancer cells to multiply. This helps slow or stop the spread of cancer cells. Participants will take abemaciclib by mouth (orally), twice a day, every day of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days in length.

DRUG

Neratinib

Neratinib is a targeted cancer drug that works on a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). HER2 proteins make cells divide and grow. Some cancers have large amounts of HER2 proteins which can cause cancer cells to divide and grow faster. Neratinib works by locking onto the HER2 on the cancer cells. So it stops the cells from growing. Participants will take neratinib by mouth (orally), once a day, every day of each cycle. Dose will increase weekly, until week 3. On week 3 and onward, participants will take the same dose. A cycle will be 28 days in length.

DRUG

Doxorubicin

Doxorubicin is a type of chemotherapy drug called an anthracycline. It slows or stops the growth of cancer cells by blocking an enzyme called topo isomerase 2. Cancer cells need this enzyme to divide and grow. Participants will receive doxorubicin by vein (intravenous infusion or IV) in clinic, over 60-90 minutes, once every cycle. A cycle will be 21 days in length. Participants may receive 6-8 cycles of study drug.

DRUG

Etoposide

Etoposide is a chemotherapy drug that destroys quickly dividing cells, such as cancer cells. Participants will receive etoposide by mouth (orally), twice a day, on days 1 to 7 of every cycle. On days 8 to 21, there will be no dosing. A cycle will be 21 days in length.

DRUG

Ceritinib

Ceritinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. It works by blocking an enzyme called anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK). Ceritinib only works in cancer cells that have an overactive version of ALK. Participants will take ceritinib by mouth (orally), once a day, every day of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days in length.

Canadian Sites (1)

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RECRUITING

Eligibility Criteria

See who this study is looking for34 criteria

The trial’s own eligibility text, word for word from the registry. Only the trial site can say who takes part.

Inclusion

  • +Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2.
  • +Patients must have baselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more → hepatitis B screeningScreeningThe checks done before joining, to see whether a study fits.Read more →. If they have a positive surface antigen the case will discussed with the hepatologist to determine if therapy is indicated. This does not exclude them from study.
  • +Age 18 years or over
  • +Ability to understand and willing to sign a written informed consent formInformed consentThe process of being told what taking part involves, then choosing freely.Read more → in accordance with applicable local and regulatory requirements. Each patient must sign a consent form prior to screening to document their willingness to participate.
  • +Advanced inoperable malignant epithelial pancreatic ductal carcinomas (i.e. primary diagnosis of ductal adenocarcinoma or acinar cell adenocarcinoma, inclusive of all subtypes)
  • +Treatment history meeting one of either:
  • +Stable disease or partial response to FOLFIRINOX (leucovorin calcium/folinic acid, fluorouracil, irinotecan hydrochloride, and oxaliplatin) after at least eight cycles of treatment (CohortCohortA group of participants sharing a characteristic, followed together.Read more → B)
  • +Progression of disease after receiving standard of careStandard of careThe treatment normally given for a condition outside a study.Read more → chemotherapies (Cohort A).
  • +i. There is no maximum number of prior lines
  • +Life Expectancy of greater than 12 weeks
  • +Patients must have acceptable organ function
  • +Patients must have measurable disease
  • +Patient-derived organoid is sensitive to a drug listed for this study, defined by
  • +Consensus agreement in molecular tumor boards, considering the totality of the genomic and organoid data, and the safety profile of the drug, and the clinical situation
  • +Sensitivity to a drug chosen for the study, based on
  • +i. IC50 \< Cmax (maximum plasma concentration) ii. Area under the curve (AUC) \< 30th percentile of cohort iii. Individual assay fulfills quality controlControl groupThe group a new treatment is measured against.Read more → metrics c. Matched clinical scenario (maintenance versus treatment) as outlined in this protocolProtocolThe detailed plan a study must follow.Read more →.
  • +Able to swallow and tolerate oral medication (as applicable)
  • +Patients must agree to use effective contraceptive methods for the period required by the study.
  • +ii. Patients with recurrence within six months of adjuvant-intent chemotherapy will be eligible

Exclusion

  • Patients with a history of a severe allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar or biologic composition to the PDO matched drug may be excluded if assessed by the investigatorPrincipal investigatorThe doctor or researcher responsible for running the study at a site.Read more → and determined to be unsafe to proceed.
  • Patients with known active progressive brain metastases. Patients with previously treated brain metastases are eligible, provided that the patient has not experienced a seizure or had a clinically significant change in neurological status within one month prior to screeningScreeningThe checks done before joining, to see whether a study fits.Read more →. All patients with previously treated brain metastases must be stable (clinically and radiologically) for at least one month after completion of treatment and either off steroid treatment or only taking physiological doses of steroids prior to the screening step.
  • Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen.
  • Patients with ongoing toxicity ≥ Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse EventsAdverse eventAny medical problem that happens during a study, whether or not the treatment caused it.Read more → (CTCAE) grade 2, other than peripheral neuropathy, related to prior anti-tumour treatment.
  • Patients with ongoing peripheral neuropathy of ≥ CTCAE grade 3 will be excluded.
  • Patients may be on warfarin, low molecular weight heparin or direct factor Xa inhibitors, unless such therapies are prohibited by drug-specific ineligibility criteria.
  • Patients with clinically significant pre-existing cardiac conditions, including uncontrolled or symptomatic angina, uncontrolled atrial or ventricular arrhythmias, or symptomatic congestive heart failure.
  • Patients with known left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 40 % as determined by a multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan or echocardiogram.
  • Patients with stroke (including TIA) or acute myocardial infarction within three months prior to the screening step.
  • Patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding within one month prior to the screening step.
  • Patients with any other clinically significant medical condition which, in the opinion of the treating physician, makes it undesirable for the patient to participate in the study or which could jeopardize compliance with study requirements including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection, significant uncontrolled hypertension, or severe psychiatric illness/social situations.
  • Patients who do not meet drug-specific eligibility requirementsEligibility criteriaThe full list of requirements for taking part in a study.Read more → for the drug selected by the treating physician.
  • Lactating and nursing women.
  • Patient received last dose of chemotherapy within 21 days prior to Cycle 1 Day 1.
  • Patients concurrently receiving any other anti-cancer therapy (cytotoxic, biologic, radiation, or hormonal other than for replacement) except for medications that are prescribed for supportive care but may potentially have an anti-cancer effect (e.g. megestrol acetate, bisphosphonates). These medications must have been started ≥ one month prior to enrolmentEnrolmentThe number of participants a study plans to include, or has included.Read more → in this study.
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In plain language

Assembled directly from this trial’s registry record. Every sentence traces to a field below — nothing here is generated or interpreted.

Learning 
What this study is

This study is testing a treatment for a condition.

Phase 2Phase 2A middle-stage study looking at what a treatment does and watching for side effects.Read more → — a middle-stage study in a few hundred people at most, looking at what the treatment does and watching for side effectsSide effectAn unwanted effect thought to be caused by the treatment itself.Read more →.

What is being given or done in this study: Cobimetinib, Ponatinib, Brigatinib, Colchicine, and 6 more.

From the trial registry

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How the study is run

Groups are assigned by the study team using set rules, rather than by chance.

This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

There are 2 groups in this study.

From the trial registry

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Who the study is looking for

The study lists a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.

The study is open to people of any sex.

The study does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

These are the criteria the study lists. Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part.

From the trial registry

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  • eligibilityModule.sex
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How big and how long

The study aims to enrol about 25 people.

The study is currently expected to finish around February 2028.

The main measurement is taken over: 3 years.

From the trial registry

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  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
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What the study measures

Objective response rate (ORR) — measured over 3 years.

From the trial registry

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  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame

Source: NCT06813079 on ClinicalTrials.gov. The full registry text is further down this page — this summary never replaces it.

Not medical advice. What do these terms mean?

What is being tested — in plain terms

About CobimetinibDrug

Cobimetinib is an antineoplastic agent and selective inhibitor of the mitogen-activated extracellular kinase (MEK) pathway. Participants will take cobimetinib by mouth (orally), once a day on days 1 to 21 followed by a 7-day break of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days in length.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About PonatinibDrug

Ponatinib is a type of drug called a protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). Tyrosine kinases are proteins that act as chemical messengers to stimulate cancer cells to grow. Ponatinib blocks and interferes with a number of protein kinases. It is called a multi kinase inhibitor. Participants will take ponatinib by mouth (orally), once a day, every day of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About BrigatinibDrug

Brigatinib is a type of cancer growth blockers called a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). It blocks chemical signals (enzymes) from tyrosine kinase proteins. Tyrosine kinases help to send growth signals in cells, so blocking them stops the cell growing and dividing. Participants will take brigatinib by mouth (orally), once a day for the first 7 days. If participants are able to tolerate the dose during the first 7 days, they will take the doubled dose orally, once a day until end of the cycle (day 8 to day 28). Each cycle will be 28 days in length.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About ColchicineDrug

Colchicine is an alkaloid that affects the way the body responds to uric acid crystals, and reduces swelling and pain. On the first day, participants will take two tablets of colchicine by mouth (orally), then one tablet orally one hour later. Starting the second day, participants will take one tablet of colchicine once or twice a day, every day of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days in length. The study doctor will decide whether participants will take colchicine once or twice a day.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About SelinexorDrug

Selinexor blocks a protein called CRM1, a protein within the cell, and may help keep cancer cells from growing and may kill them. It is a type of small molecule inhibitor. Participants will take selinexor by mouth (orally), once a week on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days in length.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About AbemaciclibDrug

Abemaciclib belongs to a class of medications called kinase inhibitors. Abemaciclib works by blocking the action of an abnormal protein that signals cancer cells to multiply. This helps slow or stop the spread of cancer cells. Participants will take abemaciclib by mouth (orally), twice a day, every day of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days in length.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About NeratinibDrug

Neratinib is a targeted cancer drug that works on a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). HER2 proteins make cells divide and grow. Some cancers have large amounts of HER2 proteins which can cause cancer cells to divide and grow faster. Neratinib works by locking onto the HER2 on the cancer cells. So it stops the cells from growing. Participants will take neratinib by mouth (orally), once a day, every day of each cycle. Dose will increase weekly, until week 3. On week 3 and onward, participants will take the same dose. A cycle will be 28 days in length.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About DoxorubicinDrug

Doxorubicin is a type of chemotherapy drug called an anthracycline. It slows or stops the growth of cancer cells by blocking an enzyme called topo isomerase 2. Cancer cells need this enzyme to divide and grow. Participants will receive doxorubicin by vein (intravenous infusion or IV) in clinic, over 60-90 minutes, once every cycle. A cycle will be 21 days in length. Participants may receive 6-8 cycles of study drug.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About EtoposideDrug

Etoposide is a chemotherapy drug that destroys quickly dividing cells, such as cancer cells. Participants will receive etoposide by mouth (orally), twice a day, on days 1 to 7 of every cycle. On days 8 to 21, there will be no dosing. A cycle will be 21 days in length.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About CeritinibDrug

Ceritinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. It works by blocking an enzyme called anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK). Ceritinib only works in cancer cells that have an overactive version of ALK. Participants will take ceritinib by mouth (orally), once a day, every day of each cycle. A cycle will be 28 days in length.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

Common questions

Answered from this trial’s registry record. Where the record doesn’t say, these answers say so rather than filling the gap.

Am I eligible for this trial?

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part. Concord cannot make that determination, and neither can any tool that has not examined you.

What the study lists: a minimum age of 18 years.

The full inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → and exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → are published on this page, exactly as the study team wrote them.

The useful next step is to bring this trial to your doctor. Answering a few questions first gives them something concrete to review.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.eligibilityCriteria
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

From the trial registry
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Would I know which treatment I am getting?

This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.

Groups are assigned by the study team using set rules, rather than by chance.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
  • designModule.designInfo.allocation
Who can join?

The study lists a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.

It is open to people of any sex.

It does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can confirm whether a particular person can take part.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?

The study's main measurement is taken over: 3 years.

The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2028-02-17.

How long any one person takes part can differ from the study length. The study team can tell you what the schedule looks like in practice.

From the trial registry
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  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
How many people are taking part?

The study aims to enrol about 25 people.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
Where is this happening?

This study lists one location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Sites can open and close during a study, so confirm with the team before travelling.

From the trial registry
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About This Trial

The purpose of this study is to see if using Patient Derived Organoids (PDO) to choose a drug for the treatment of pancreatic cancer individually for each patient is useful. The study will look at the number of participants who have a response to their assigned drug.

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