To determine the safety and tolerability of adding durvalumab to mFOLFIRINOX prior to surgery in patients with resectable or borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Despite curative surgery, pancreatic cancer patients have five-year survival rates of 20%. Adjuvant chemotherapy has improved survival in resected pancreatic cancer patients but only 10-15% are suitable for surgery and 30% of the resected pancreatic cancer patients miss out on adjuvant chemotherapy due to postoperative complications. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has improved the resection rates in the patients with non-metastatic pancreatic cancer. There is a growing interest to combine chemotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors to improve disease control in the early stage of pancreas cancer. The investigators propose a pilot study to evaluate the feasibility and safety of combining modified FOLFIRINOX (mFOLFIRINOX) with durvalumab (MEDI4736) in patients with resectable or borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Durvalumab will be supplied by AstraZeneca as a 500 mg vial concentrate for solution for infusion. The solution contains 50 mg/mL durvalumab, 26 mM histidine/histidine-hydrochloride, 275 mM trehalose dihydrate, and 0.02% weight/volume (w/v) polysorbate 80; it has a pH of 6.0 and density of 1.054 g/mL. The label-claim volume is 10 mL. Durvalumab is a sterile, clear to opalescent, colorless to slightly yellow solution, free from visible particles. Investigational product vials are stored at 2°C to 8°C (36°F to 46°F) and must not be frozen. Investigational product must be kept in original packaging until use to prevent prolonged light exposure.
85mg/m2 intravenously on day 1
150mg/m2 intravenously on day 1
GenesisCare North Shore
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Wollongong Hospital
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Warringal Private Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The proportion of patients receiving at least 80% of planned neoadjuvant treatment.
80% of planned neoadjuvant treatment is defined as at least 5 cycles of mFOLFIRINOX and at least 2 of 3 cycles durvalumab. Dose modified cycles count towards received treatment. Justification: As a pilot study, this primary objective addresses feasibility. A phase II study assessing use of neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX in borderline resectable pancreatic cancer patients has previously demonstrated an 80% rate of receipt of all planned neoadjuvant therapy (Murphy et al 2018).
Time frame: At completion of neo-adjuvant treatment (at 3 months post enrollment)
The proportion of patients missing surgery due to significant treatment related adverse events.
Address efficacy and safety of patients missing surgery due to significant treatment related adverse events.
Time frame: Every 2 weeks during neo-adjuvant treatment, at the completion of treatment (at 3 months post enrolment) and 30 to 42 days after the last dose of immunotherapy.
Treatment tolerability (Rates of adverse events as per CTCAE v5.0).
Address efficacy and safety of treatment tolerability
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
R0 resection rate.
Address efficacy and safety of the R0 resection rate.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Pathological complete response rate.
Address efficacy and safety of the pathological complete response rate.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Objective response rate.
Address efficacy and safety of the objective response rate.
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50mg as an intravenous bolus
2400mg/m2 by continuous infusion via pump over 46 hours starting on day 1
6mg by subcutaneous injection to be given on day 3 of each cycle.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year