The purpose of this Phase 1b study is to investigate whether intravenous administration of REOLYSIN® in combination with chemotherapy and pembrolizumab is effective and safe in the treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Reovirus Serotype 3 - Dearing Strain (REOLYSIN®) is a naturally occurring, ubiquitous, non-enveloped human reovirus. It's primary mode of activity is to infect and selectively target tumors with activating Ras pathway mutations. Up to 70% of pancreatic cancers have activating Ras pathway mutations and/ or over-expressions. This is an open label, Phase 1b study of REOLYSIN® and chemotherapy in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced (unresectable or metastatic) histologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma that progressed after (or did not tolerate) first-line therapy. It is thought that Reovirus when combined with chemotherapy would lead to increased viral replication and oncolysis preferentially in RAS activated tumors, with resulting immunogenic response than can be further enhanced by checkpoint inhibition using pembrolizumab. The study is designed to characterize the efficacy and safety of REOLYSIN® given intravenously in combination with one of the three chemotherapy backbone regimens, Gemcitabine, Irinotecan or Leucovorin/ 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and pembrolizumab, the treatment cycle of which will be repeated every 3 weeks. It will follow a 3+3 design with no dose escalations. 3 patients will be initially enrolled. If no dose limiting toxicities (DLT) are observed, the cohort will be expanded. Provided patients do not develop intolerable toxicity (that does not respond to either supportive care or dose reduction) or clinically meaningful disease progression, treatment with additional cycles may be continued so long as patients experience clinical benefit in the judgement of the Investigator.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
11
4.5x10E10 TCID50 1 hour intravenous infusion, administered on Day 1 and 2 of a 21-day cycle
Patients may be treated with one of three chemotherapy backbone regimens. The decision on the chemotherapy backbone is based on physician preference.This includes either: a) Gemcitabine or b) Irinotecan or c)Leucovorin followed by 5-fluorouracil
1000 mg/m2 intravenous infusion over 30 minutes on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle or
Cancer Therapy & Research Center at UTHSCSA
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Determine the safety and DLTs of REOLYSIN® and chemotherapy (gemcitabine OR irinotecan OR 5FU) in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma who have progressed after (or did not tolerate) first line treatment
Time frame: During the first cycle of treatment (3 week cycle)
Determine the overall response rate (ORR), and progression-free survival (PFS) by immune-related response criteria, as well as overall survival (OS)
Time frame: Assessed every 9 weeks until disease progression or death. Post treatment scans every 3 months, if applicable.
Determine the effects of REOLYSIN® and pembrolizumab when administered in combination as determined by analysis of pre- and post-treatment biopsies and blood based immune markers
Time frame: Biopsies (or available archival tumor tissue) performed before treatment begins and post treatment between Cycle 2 Day 15 and Cycle 3 Day 1. Immune marker analysis performed at start of treatment, Cycle 1 Day 1, Cycle 1 Day 8 and Cycle 2 Day 1
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125 mg/m2 intravenous infusion over 90 minutes on Day 1 of a 21-day cyle or
Leucovorin (LV) followed by 5-fluorouracil (5FU). LV 200 mg/m2 intravenous infusion over 2 hours on Day 1, 5FU 200 mg/m2 intravenous infusion bolus over 5-10 minutes on Day 1, followed by 5FU 1200 mg/m2 continuous intravenous infusion over 22 hours on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle
Leucovorin (LV) followed by 5-fluorouracil (5FU). LV 200 mg/m2 intravenous infusion over 2 hours on Day 1, 5FU 200 mg/m2 intravenous infusion bolus over 5-10 minutes on Day 1, followed by 5FU 1200 mg/m2 continuous intravenous infusion over 22 hours on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle
Pembrolizumab, 2 mg/kg intravenous infusion 30 minutes on Day 8 of a 21-day cycle