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Resectable Pancreatic AdenocarcinomaANSR-PDACNCT04915417

Neoadjuvant Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

A study testing Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) in people with Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, run by London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is expected to be the third leading cause of cancer death in Canada in 2019 [1]. Localized pancreatic cancer may be classified as resectable, borderline resectable, or locally advanced. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR)
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
30 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
1 Aug 2021to 1 Aug 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age 18 or older
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Histologically confirmed primary pancreatic cancer, or willing to undergo endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with synchronous fiducial marker placement and biopsy
  • No evidence of distant metastases (M0)
  • Medically fit to undergo surgical resection
  • Life expectancy >6 months
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  • Adequate renal function to tolerate contrast dye for imaging
  • ECOG Performance Status 0-2 Inclusion Criteria (Arm 1)
  • Upfront resectable pancreatic cancer
  • No evidence of nodal disease (N0)
  • Appropriate to undergo a pancreaticoduodenectomy within 4-6 weeks of registration
  • Borderline resectable or upfront resectable pancreatic cancer
  • Plan for surgical resection independent of the biochemical or radiographic response to SABR

Who cannot join

  • Serious medical comorbidities or other contraindications to radiotherapy or surgery
  • Gross disease involving duodenum or stomach
  • Unable to have fiducials placed.
  • Recurrent pancreatic cancer
  • Prior abdominal radiation at any time
  • Inability to attend full course of radiotherapy, surgery, or follow-up visits
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  • Contrast allergy
  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Receipt of any neoadjuvant system therapy, standard cytotoxic therapy or experimental
  • Elevated bilirubin or liver enzymes considered to be a contraindication to irinotecan chemotherapy, unless an intervention is planned to improve hepatic functioning

Trial locations and contacts

No sites are listed yet.

About this study

Official title: A Pilot Study to Assess the Safety and Feasibility of Neoadjuvant Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is expected to be the third leading cause of cancer death in Canada in 2019 [1]. Localized pancreatic cancer may be classified as resectable, borderline resectable, or locally advanced. To date, radical surgical resection and adjuvant treatment provide the greatest chance of long-term disease control and overall survival [2,3]. Despite this favourable group, the five-year survival rates are approximately 20% [4].

Neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) for resectable pancreatic cancer (RPC) has been widely accepted for the management of borderline resectable PC (BRPC) to increase the likelihood of achieving R0 resection [4-7]. However, to date, NAT for RPC is still an area of debate due to the lack of large prospective randomized controlled trials that compare this technique to surgery plus adjuvant therapy.

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Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) uses modern radiotherapy planning and targeting technologies to precisely deliver larger, ablative doses of radiotherapy in 1-8 fractions. The role of SABR in RPC has yet to be fully established. The typical goal of radiation therapy in the neoadjuvant setting is to improve local control and increase R0 resection rates. However, there are still concerns about the timing of surgery after SABR and any implementation should be evaluated for safety.

Treatments inherently changes the tumour and can cause immunomodulatory effects. SABR has anti-neoplastic effects both directly on the tumour and by its interactions with the immune system. In addition to the direct DNA damage, it is felt that SABR also increases T-cell priming, antigen production and presentation. Pancreatic cancer's dense, collagen rich stroma has prevented patients from receiving the same benefits of checkpoint inhibition that have been achieved in other cancer sites.

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Goals: The primary goals of this study are to evaluate the safety and feasibility of neoadjuvant SABR patients with surgical PC. This proposal is specifically intended to strengthen the correlative sciences evaluating pre- and post-treatment tissue samples and serial plasma samples evaluating the immunomodulatory effects of neoadjuvant SABR.

Population: Patients with upfront resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma (RPC) with a plan to proceed directly to curative surgery or borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma (BRPC) with a plan for neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy with the hopes of then proceeding to a curative surgical resection will be accrued.

Objectives and Endpoints: The primary objective is to determine the safety and feasibility of neoadjuvant SABR in patients with PC. Secondary objectives include (1) determining the tumor perfusion with serial dynamic contrast enhanced CT imaging studies; (2) evaluating serial peripheral blood samples for changes in markers of inflammation or immune activation using O-link's plasma-based proteomics platform; (3) T-cell receptor (TCR) sequencing from RNA isolated from the buffy coat from serial whole blood samples; (4) Digital spatial profiling on FFPE samples from pre-treatment biopsy tissue and post-treatment surgical resection samples to examine CD3, CD8, PD-L1 expression and other markers of immunomodulation; (5) RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) will be conducted on pre- and post-treatment samples to examine the gene expression profile within specific areas of the tumor environment; (6) examining the influence of SABR on classic biomarkers such as CEA and CA19-9.

Methodology: Upfront RPC (n=10) and BRPC (n=20) with the expectation of approximately 10 participants receiving neoadjuvant SABR on study.

Imaging Studies: Patients in both arms will receive both a hybrid PET/MRI scan and a dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE-CT) scan prior to SABR to define high metabolic regions (using 18F-FDG PET), define the whole tumour border (using MRI), and to define baseline perfusion parameters such as blood flow, blood volume, permeability surface, and mean transit time (using DCE-CT). This information will be used to define regions that will receive high doses of radiation therapy. These patients will also receive a DCE-CT scan six hours after the first of three radiation treatments and 4 weeks following SABR (before surgery) to investigate changes in blood flow.

Being tested
Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR)
Keywords
Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation Therapy, Neoadjuvant, Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Hybrid PET/MRI, CT Perfusion, Blood Proteomics, Immunomodulation

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR)Radiation

    Patients will receive 27-30 Gy in 3 fractions to the planning target volume (PTV) with a simultaneous in-field boost to the metabolically active areas of the gross tumor volume (GTV) to a maximum of 45 Gy. Patients will be treated every other day.

Study groups in NCT04915417
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)Experimental10 Resectable PDAC patients will receive a hybrid PET/MRI before SABR and DCE-CT before SABR, 6 hours after the first SABR fraction, and 4 weeks after the last fraction of SABR (before surgery)
Receives: Radiation: Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR)
Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)Experimental20 Borderline Resectable PDAC patients will receive a DCE-CT scan prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, a PET/MRI and DCE-CT after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and before SABR, DCE-CT at 6 hours after the first SABR fraction, and 4 weeks after the last fraction of SABR (before surgery)
Receives: Radiation: Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Toxicity of Neoadjuvant SABR

    Patients will be evaluated for toxicity during their follow-up exams according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.0

    Measured: 2 years

  2. Quality of Life (QOL)

    QOL will be measured using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Subscale (FACT-Hep HCS)

    Measured: 2 years

Secondary outcomes (16)
  1. Change in tumor blood flow assessed by dynamic contrast enhanced CT imaging

    Dynamic Contrast enhanced CT imaging will be used to calculate tumor blood flow (ml^-1) within 2 weeks after completion of chemotherapy and calculate the change compared to baseline

    Measured: <2 weeks after completion of chemotherapy (Arm 2 only)

  2. Change in tumor blood flow assessed by dynamic contrast enhanced CT imaging

    Dynamic Contrast enhanced CT imaging will be used to calculate tumor blood flow (ml^-1) within 6 hours after first fraction of radiation therapy and calculate the change compared to baseline

    Measured: <6 hours after first fraction of radiation therapy (Arm 1 only)

  3. Change in tumor blood flow assessed by dynamic contrast enhanced CT imaging

    Dynamic Contrast enhanced CT imaging will be used to calculate tumor blood flow (ml^-1) within 6 hours after first fraction of radiation therapy and calculate the change compared to that post-chemotherapy

    Measured: <6 hours after first fraction of radiation therapy (Arm 2 only)

  4. Change in tumor blood flow assessed by dynamic contrast enhanced CT imaging

    Dynamic Contrast enhanced CT imaging will be used to calculate tumor blood flow (ml^-1) within 2-4 weeks after completion of radiation therapy and calculate the change compared to baseline

    Measured: 2-4 weeks after radiation completed (Arm 1 only)

  5. Change in tumor blood flow assessed by dynamic contrast enhanced CT imaging

    Dynamic Contrast enhanced CT imaging will be used to calculate tumor blood flow (ml^-1) 2-4 weeks after completion of radiation therapy and calculate the change compared to that post-chemotherapy

    Measured: 2-4 weeks after radiation completed (Arm 2 only)

  6. Predictive Value of Imaging Biomarkers of tumor metabolic uptake

    Predictive value of 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET imaging biomarkers compared to pathologic outcome (complete response or non-complete response to treatment

    Measured: 2 years

  7. Tumor recurrence

    Time to local recurrence, regional recurrence, and distant recurrence of disease will be measured

    Measured: 2 years

  8. Change in Cancer Antigen (CA) 19-9 expression

    Change in CA19-9 detected in blood samples acquired before and after radiation therapy

    Measured: 2 years

  9. Change in Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) expression

    Change in CEA detected in blood samples acquired before and after radiation therapy

    Measured: 2 years

  10. Detection of CD8+ T-cells

    Peripheral blood samples will be evaluated using a plasma-based proteomics platform to detect T-cells after radiation therapy to examine peripheral markers of tumor immunity

    Measured: 2 years

  11. Changes in markers of immune expression (CD3)

    FFPE samples from pre-treatment biopsy tissue and post-treatment surgical resection samples to examine CD3 expression

    Measured: 2 years

  12. Changes in markers of immune expression (CD8)

    FFPE samples from pre-treatment biopsy tissue and post-treatment surgical resection samples to examine CD8 expression

    Measured: 2 years

  13. Changes in markers of immune expression (PD-L1)

    FFPE samples from pre-treatment biopsy tissue and post-treatment surgical resection samples to examine PD-L1 expression

    Measured: 2 years

  14. Downstaging Rate (Arm 2)

    Arm 2 patients will be re-evaluated for surgical resection. The ratio of the number of patients who proceed to surgery to the total number of patients that receive neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX + SABR will be determined and subsequent therapy will be decided.

    Measured: 2-4 weeks post SABR

  15. Negative Margin Resection Rate

    Arm 1 patients (rPC) will be evaluated to ensure they remain fit for surgery. R0 vs. R1 resection will be determined and subsequent therapy will be decided. R0 vs. R1 resection will also be determined for Arm 2 (BRCP) patients that receive resection and subsequent therapy will be decided.

    Measured: Immediately post surgery

  16. True Pathological Complete Response (PCR)

    For both arms, those who exhibit a lack of viable tumor after surgical resection (e.g. a pathologic complete response [pCR]), which will be reported as the patients with a complete response, divided by the total number of patients undergoing resection, with a 95% confidence interval (CI).

    Measured: 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted7 Jun 2021
  2. Study start1 Aug 2021 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion1 Aug 2023 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 Aug 2024 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
30 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04915417
Sponsor's protocol ID
118543
Acronym
ANSR-PDAC
Status last verified
May 2021
First submitted
14 May 2021
Last updated
22 Jun 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) in people with Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, run by London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 13 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Jun 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Stewart Gaede (5196858605, stewart.gaede@lhsc.on.ca), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Toxicity of Neoadjuvant SABR (time frame: 2 years). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Jun 2021.

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