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RNA Precision Oncology in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

A Phase Ib High-throughput Pancreas Precision Oncology Study Investigating the Feasibility, Efficacy, and Pharmacodynamics of Cell Regulatory-network Analysis Based Therapy Selection in Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Status
Terminated
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04476537
Acronym
HIPPOCRATES
Enrollment
16
Registered
2020-07-20
Start date
2020-12-07
Completion date
2023-03-31
Last updated
2025-04-03

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Conditions

Pancreatic Cancer

Keywords

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA), Precision medicine

Brief summary

The overall objective of this project is to determinate the feasibility of administering personalized therapy to subjects with advanced pancreatic cancer utilizing the novel OncoTreat platform. The primary objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of implementing the OncoTreat framework in patients with newly diagnosed, untreated metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Detailed description

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a major health problem in the United States and throughout the world. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) has the worst prognosis of any major malignancy in the United States and, unlike other common cancers, annual deaths from PDA are rising. During 2017, it is estimated that 53,670 people were diagnosed with PDA and approximately 43,090 people died from PDA in the U.S. Despite recent advances, cytotoxic chemotherapy for PDA has been disappointing with response rates of 20-30% for the most active regimens and little activity for targeted therapies. Even among the small subset of patients who are suitable for surgical resection at the time of diagnosis, complete resection is followed by recurrence in \>90% of patients without further systemic therapy, with a median time to recurrence of 6.9 months. Thus all PDA patients require systemic chemotherapy and more effective regimens are urgently needed. Previous versions of this record contained reference to an observational arm in error. The observational arm has been removed from the record for consistency with the study protocol.

Interventions

DEVICEOncoTreat

OncoTreat is a computational pipeline that begins with a tumor expression profile and ends with a list of several candidate regimens.

Sponsors

Columbia University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Be willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial. * Age ≥18 years of age on day of signing informed consent. * Have histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma or be willing to undergo a biopsy with confirmed pathology prior to starting therapy. * Have untreated disease that is unresectable due to being metastatic or locally advanced without potential of surgery as assessed by the treating physician. * Subjects who have documented disease recurrence greater than 6 months after completing neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy for limited disease will be eligible for the study. * Have a predicted life expectancy of greater than 6 months. * Subjects must have a plan to obtain a new core biopsy of a primary and/or metastatic lesion planned as part of routine care for which consent is obtained separately or (b) consent to be biopsied to satisfy the tissue requirements of this protocol.

Exclusion criteria

Has previously received neoadjvuant or adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer unless greater than 6 months has passed since completion of adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy and initiation of therapy for recurrent or metastatic disease.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants Assigned Therapy With OncoTreat36 monthsThe primary outcome of the study is whether a subject is assigned a therapy that they are able to begin on Part 2 of this study. Assignment of therapy is based on results from OncoTreat analysis and recommendations of the Precision Medicine Tumor Board (PMTB) which included assessment of availability and expected toxicity of identified agents.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Sixteen participants enrolled (signed a consent form); however, only one participant started as all others were ineligible or withdrew consent prior to initiation.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Intervention Arm
Individuals who meet the eligibility criteria based on their provided tissue sample will be followed by the investigators to obtain medical information every 4 weeks. This follow-up will consist of a review of medical records, contact with the participant's treating physician, or personal contact between the participant and the investigators at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). During the study, their tumor tissue will be evaluated to identify medications that may help treat the cancer. The results of these tests will be reviewed by experts on a Precision Medicine Tumor Board (PMTB) and these experts may recommend a specific treatment to the participant or participant's physician.These participants will continue to be followed until death or withdrawal of consent from the study. OncoTreat: OncoTreat is a computational pipeline that begins with a tumor expression profile and ends with a list of several candidate regimens.
0
Total0

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic
Region of Enrollment
United States
— participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 0
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 0
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 0

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Participants Assigned Therapy With OncoTreat

The primary outcome of the study is whether a subject is assigned a therapy that they are able to begin on Part 2 of this study. Assignment of therapy is based on results from OncoTreat analysis and recommendations of the Precision Medicine Tumor Board (PMTB) which included assessment of availability and expected toxicity of identified agents.

Time frame: 36 months

Population: Data was not analyzed or disclosed in an effort to protect participant confidentiality (n=1).

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