This study is designed to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and preliminary efficacy of DTA-H19 administered intratumorally in patients with unresectable, locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Primary Objective: The primary objective is to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of intratumoral DTA-H19 and identify any dose limiting toxicities (DLTs). Secondary objectives include determining the adverse events (AEs) profile, effects on clinical laboratory analytes, vital signs, PK, tumor response, and possible tumor resectability after 4 intratumoral administrations of DTA-H19.
DTA-H19, is a doubled stranded DNA plasmid that carries the gene for the diphtheria toxn A (DT-A) chain under the regulation of the H19 promoter sequence. This is a Patient-Oriented, Targeted Therapy as DT-A chain expression is triggered by the presence of H19 transcription factors that are upregulated in tumor cells. The selective initiation of toxin expression results in selective tumor cell destruction via inhibition of protein synthesis in the tumor cell, enabling highly targeted cancer treatment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
9
Cohort #1: 4 mg DTA-H19 intratumorally 2 times per week for 2 weeks Cohort #2: 8 mg DTA-H19 intratumorally 2 times per week for 2 weeks
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Hadassah University Hospital
Jerusalem, Israel
Meir Hospital
Kfar Saba, Israel
The Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Tel Litwinsky, Israel
Maximal Tolerated Dose (MTD) & Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT) of Intratumoral Injections of BC-819
If 2 patients in any cohort experience DLTs, then the next lower dose will be considered the MTD if there is a lower dose cohort. A DLT is defined as grade 3 or greater toxicity judged to be at least possibly related to the investigational products.
Time frame: Week 4
Tumor Response
Tumor response and progression were defined in accordance with RECIST v. 1.0 and assessed by radiological examination 2 weeks after the end of treatment
Time frame: 4 weeks
Tumor Resectability
The number of subjects in each cohort whose tumor was resectable at the end of the study was to be presented for the ITT and the per-protocol population.
Time frame: 5 to 6 weeks
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