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PRIMUS002: Looking at 2 Neo-adjuvant Treatment Regimens for Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

PRIMUS002: An Umbrella Phase II Study Examining Two Neo-adjuvant Regimens (FOLFOX-A and AG) in Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Ductal AdenoCarcinoma (PDAC), Focusing on Biomarker and Liquid Biopsy Development

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04176952
Acronym
PRIMUS002
Enrollment
31
Registered
2019-11-26
Start date
2019-03-05
Completion date
2021-08-19
Last updated
2022-05-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Neoplasms Pancreatic

Brief summary

PRIMUS 002 is looking at 2 different chemotherapy regimens in the neo-adjuvant setting for pancreatic cancer. Each treatment will be given for 3 months prior to surgery

Detailed description

This is an integrated, open label, non-randomised, phase II trial of 2 neo-adjuvant regimens (FOLFOX-A and AG) assessing efficacy and toxicity with integrated translational work. The study is powered on testing a proposed DNA damage response deficient biomarker for responsiveness in patients treated with FOLFOX-A; patients being treated with AG are recruited concurrently. The study has a prospective safety assessment of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy consisting of conventional radiotherapy with concomitant capecitabine. This safety assessment will include all patients (FOLFOX-A and AG)

Interventions

* nab-paclitaxel: 150mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes, day 1 (administered first). * Oxaliplatin: 85mg/m2, IV over 2 hours, day 1. * Folinic acid: 350mg flat dose, IV over 2 hours, day 1. * Fluorouracil infusion:1200mg/m2/day, as a continuous IV infusion over 2 days, day 1 and day 2 (for a total dose of 2400mg/m2 over 46 hours or 48 hours as per local practice.)

DRUGAG

* nab-paclitaxel: 125mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8 and 15 (administered first). * Gemcitabine 1000mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8 and 15 (immediately following nab-paclitaxel).

Sponsors

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
CollaboratorOTHER
University of Glasgow
CollaboratorOTHER
Judith Dixon-Hughes
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Patients are registered to receive either FOLFOX-A or AG depending on their age and performance status

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Patient has been enrolled in the Precision-Panc Master Protocol and their tissue has been deemed suitable for Next Generation Sequencing analysis (a Precision-Panc Master Protocol identifier will be required at the time of study enrolment) 2. Signed informed consent given for PRIMUS 002 study 3. Age ≥ 16 years 4. Resectable or borderline resectable pancreatic cancer as defined by National Comprehensive Cancer Network criteria following discussion at the Multi Disciplinary Team 5. Measurable Disease as per RECIST 1.1 6. Histological or cytologically proven pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (including variants) 7. Able to undergo biliary drainage using a covered or partially covered self-expanding metal stent if jaundiced 8. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 and 1 9. Adequate liver/bone marrow function as defined by: 1. Neutrophils (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/l 2. Platelets ≥ 100 x 109/l 3. Haemoglobin ≥ 9.0g/dL 4. White Blood Cells (WBC) ≥ 3 x 109/l 5. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) unless bilirubin rise is due to Gilbert's syndrome 6. Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN (or \<5 x ULN in the presence of liver metastases) 7. Estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min (as calculated by Cockcroft and Gault or Wright formula or measured by EDTA clearance) 10. Negative serum Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) test for females with child bearing potential. Postmenopausal women must have been amenorrhoeic for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential 11. Woman of child bearing potential, and men with female partners of child bearing potential, must agree to use adequate contraceptive measures (see section 7.1.11.1) for the duration of the study and for up to 6 months after the completion of study treatment. 12. Able to comply with protocol requirements and deemed fit for surgical resection, chemotherapy and CRT

Exclusion criteria

1. Distant metastatic disease 2. History of previous or concurrent malignancy diagnosis (except curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of skin or carcinoma in situ of cervix) in the last 3 years 3. Prior chemotherapy or CRT for pancreatic cancer 4. Known hypersensitivity for any component of any study drug 5. Active infection including Herpes Zoster and chickenpox 6. Uncontrolled congestive heart failure (CHF), or history of myocardial ischemia (MI), unstable angina, stroke, or transient ischemia within previous 6 months. 7. Serious medical or psychological condition precluding neo-adjuvant treatment and surgical resection 8. New York Heart Association Classification Grade III or IV 9. Liver cirrhosis (except for Child-Pugh A) 10. Major surgery within 28 days prior to trial entry 11. Any patients receiving treatment with brivudin, sorivudin and analogues or patients who have not stopped these drugs at least 4 weeks prior to the start of study treatment 12. Any patient with severe diarrhoea (defined as ≥grade 3 diarrhoea despite maximum supportive measures and exclusion of underlying infection) 13. Patients with known malabsorption 14. Patients with known or suspected dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency 15. Grade ≥ 2 peripheral neuropathy 16. Administration of any investigational drug within 28 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to receiving the first dose of trial treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Time to progression post FOLFOX-A induction treatmentCT scans will take place at baseline, pre chemoradiotherapy and pre surgery, over approximately 6 monthsdate of progression after FOLFOX-A neo-adjuvant chemotherapy as assessed by RECIST 1.1

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Response post neo-adjuvant chemotherapyCT scan will be performed at baseline and then post neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (approximately 3 months later)CT scans will be reported to RECIST 1.1 and best response will be evaluated
College of American Pathologists tumour regression gradePost surgery which will be approximately 4 months post registrationCAP tumour regression grade (grade 0-3 with 0 being no viable residual tumour and 3 being poor to no response) will be assessed post surgery
R0 rate post surgeryPost surgery which will be approximately 4 months post registrationR0 rate will be assessed post surgery
Overall survivalFrom date of registration until date of death assessed for up to 5 years post registrationOverall survival will be assessed in all patients
Disease free survivalfrom date of registration until date of disease recurrence assessed for at least 24 months post registrationDisease free survival will be assessed at every follow up visit
Safety and tolerability of study drugs: NCI CTCAE 4.03Assessed at every clinic visit during treatment, for approximately 3 months post registrationSafety and tolerability will be assessed as per NCI CTCAE 4.03
Proving liquid biopsies can be used to define patient subgroupsFrom date of registration to date of surgery. On average 4 months after registrationa liquid biopsy will be taken and analysed using circulating tumour DNA at different timepoints to see if these can be used to define patient subgroups
Surgical complication rateAssessed post surgery, approximately 4 months post registrationRate of surgical complication as assessed by NCI CTCAE 4.03
NeurotoxicityNeurotoxicity will be assessed from registration until study is completed at various timepoints until patient death. Each patient will be followed up for at least 24 months post registrationAssessed by GOG NTX4 (4 questions graded from 0 (not at all) to 4 (very much). quality of life will be assessed using the GOG NTX4 tool at the following timepoints: Baseline, month 1, month 2, month 3, pre chemoradiotherapy, between fraction 11 and 15 of chemoradiotherapy, pre surgery, at every follow-up visit (6, 9, 12 months post registration then every 6 months)
Quality of life assessed by EORTC QLQ-C30Quality of life will be assessed from registration until study is completed at various timepoints until patient death. Each patient will be followed up for at least 24 months post registrationquality of life will be assessed using the EORTC QLQ C30 tool at the following timepoints: Baseline, month 1, month 2, month 3, pre chemoradiotherapy, between fraction 11 and 15 of chemoradiotherapy, pre surgery, at every follow-up visit (6, 9, 12 months post registration then every 6 months for a minimum of 24 months). The Quality of life tool is comprised of 28 questions that the patient answers either 1-4 (1 = not at all, 4 = Very much) and 2 questions that are on al scale of 1 - 7 where 1 = very poor and 7 = excellent
Quality of life assessed by EORTC QLQ-PAN26Quality of life will be assessed from registration until study is completed at various timepoints until patient death. Each patient will be followed up for at least 24 months post registrationquality of life will be assessed using the EORTC QLQ-PAN26 tool at the following timepoints: Baseline, month 1, month 2, month 3, pre chemoradiotherapy, between fraction 11 and 15 of chemoradiotherapy, pre surgery, at every follow-up visit (6, 9, 12 months post registration then every 6 months for a minimum of 24 months). The Quality of life tool is comprised of 26 questions that the patient answers either 1-4 (1 = not at all, 4 = Very much)
Health EconomicsHealth economics will be assessed from registration until study is completed at various timepoints until patient death. Each patient will be followed up for at least 24 months post registrationHealth economics defined as number of visits to hospital per patient, both as an inpatient and as an outpatient will be assessed at the following timepoints: Baseline, month 1, month 2, month 3, pre chemoradiotherapy, between fraction 11 and 15 of chemoradiotherapy, pre surgery, at every follow-up visit (6, 9, 12 months post registration then every 6 months for a minimum of 24 months)
Safety and tolerability of chemoradiotherapy: NCI CTCAE 4.03Assessed at every chemoradiotherapy visit and pre-surgery (once Chemoradiotherapy added). Chemoradiotherapy will take place 5 days a week for three weeksSafety and tolerability of chemoradiotherapy will be assessed as per NCI CTCAE 4.03

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026