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Cabozantinib and Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Pancreas

Phase II Clinical Trial Evaluating Cabozantinib and Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05052723
Enrollment
21
Registered
2021-09-22
Start date
2022-01-04
Completion date
2024-11-05
Last updated
2025-11-19

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

Conditions

Pancreatic Cancer

Keywords

Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic

Brief summary

This study aims to evaluate cabozantinib and pembrolizumab for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Interventions

DRUGCabozantinib

Cabozantinib (XL184) is a potent inhibitor of multiple receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) known to play important roles in tumor cell proliferation and/or tumor neovascularization.

DRUGPembrolizumab

Pembrolizumab is a potent humanized immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) monoclonal antibody (mAb) with high specificity of binding to the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) receptor, thus inhibiting its interaction with programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and programmed cell death ligand 2 (PD-L2).

Sponsors

Exelixis
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Joseph Kim
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma * Evidence of progression or intolerance to previous standard of care pancreatic cancer systemic or locoregional therapies * Patients must have adequate organ function

Exclusion criteria

* Chemotherapy or other locoregional anti-tumoral therapies performed within 28 days of study treatment initiation * Received palliative radiation therapy within 2 weeks or any other radiation therapy within 4 weeks of start of study intervention * Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks prior to allocation * Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency (autoimmune disease) or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy * Clinically significant cardiovascular disease * Uncontrolled hypertension * Inability to swallow tablets

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression-free Survival1 yearProgress-free survival in participants, defined as the time from the start of treatment until the first documentation of disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever comes first.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Response to Therapy1 yearThe proportion of participants with overall response to therapy via imaging; Overall Response Rate (%) = (Number of patients achieving Complete responses + Number of patients achieving partial responses / Total Number of patients) × 100
Number of Participants With Complete Response1 yearThe proportion of participants with a complete response to therapy
Number of Participants With Partial Response1 yearThe proportion of participants with a partial response to therapy
Overall Participant Survival Rate1 yearOverall survival rate participants

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Cabozantinib and Pembrolizumab
Cabozantinib: Cabozantinib (XL184) is a potent inhibitor of multiple receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) known to play important roles in tumor cell proliferation and/or tumor neovascularization. Pembrolizumab: Pembrolizumab is a potent humanized immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) monoclonal antibody (mAb) with high specificity of binding to the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) receptor, thus inhibiting its interaction with programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and programmed cell death ligand 2 (PD-L2).
21
Total21

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyDeath19

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicCabozantinib and Pembrolizumab
Age, Continuous66 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.19
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
20 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
18 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
21 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
11 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
10 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
19 / 21
other
Total, other adverse events
20 / 21
serious
Total, serious adverse events
13 / 21

Outcome results

Primary

Progression-free Survival

Progress-free survival in participants, defined as the time from the start of treatment until the first documentation of disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever comes first.

Time frame: 1 year

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Cabozantinib and pembrolizumabProgression-free Survival2 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Complete Response

The proportion of participants with a complete response to therapy

Time frame: 1 year

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Cabozantinib and pembrolizumabNumber of Participants With Complete Response0 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Partial Response

The proportion of participants with a partial response to therapy

Time frame: 1 year

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Cabozantinib and pembrolizumabNumber of Participants With Partial Response1 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Response to Therapy

The proportion of participants with overall response to therapy via imaging; Overall Response Rate (%) = (Number of patients achieving Complete responses + Number of patients achieving partial responses / Total Number of patients) × 100

Time frame: 1 year

Population: Number of participants with complete or partial response reported

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Cabozantinib and pembrolizumabNumber of Participants With Response to Therapy1 Participants
Secondary

Overall Participant Survival Rate

Overall survival rate participants

Time frame: 1 year

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Cabozantinib and pembrolizumabOverall Participant Survival Rate2 Participants

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