Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology|Gastroenterology
PACLITAXEL for Borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma|Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Phase II trial of PACLITAXEL for Borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma|Pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology|Gastroenterology
- Trial Disease
- Borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma|Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Trial Stage
- Phase II
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 03-07-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 17-10-2025
Trial design
Randomised, mfolfirinox composed of: oxaliplatin (85 mg/m2), irinotecan (180 mg/m2), fluorouracil (2400 mg/m2), folinic acid (400 mg/m2). schedule not specified in the provided data.-controlled Phase II trial across 26 sites in France.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- mFOLFIRINOX composed of: oxaliplatin (85 mg/m2), irinotecan (180 mg/m2), fluorouracil (2400 mg/m2), folinic acid (400 mg/m2). Schedule not specified in the provided data.
- Biomarker Stratified
- True, biomarker: Gemcitabine positive sensitivity transcriptomic signature (GEM+); strata: GEM+ (randomized population)
- Target Sample Size
- 110
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 365
Eligibility
Recruits 110 Patients under judicial protection, legally institutionalized, under guardianship or not able to give consent are excluded; written informed consent must be obtained from the patient before any protocol-related intervention. The trial did not select vulnerable populations (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false)..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
- Vulnerable Population
- Patients under judicial protection, legally institutionalized, under guardianship or not able to give consent are excluded; written informed consent must be obtained from the patient before any protocol-related intervention. The trial did not select vulnerable populations (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false).
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (BR-PDAC) defined by National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) criteria v2.2025 on contrast-enhanced CT-scan, with stage confirmed by a local pancreatic expert review board including at least medical oncologist/onco-gastroenterologist, pancreatic surgeon and pancreatic expert radiologist. No central review is required\n- Acceptation and ability to conform to the protocol requirement during all the duration of the investigation including treatment, scheduled visits, clinical and biological examinations and follow up\n- Women of childbearing potential must agree to use contraception during treatment and for at least 15 months after discontinuation of the experimental treatments. Men who have sexual relationship with women of childbearing potential must agree to use contraception during treatment and for at least 12 months after discontinuation of the experimental treatments\n- Patient affiliated to French social security\n- Adequate organ function, as defined by the following: o\tAST and ALT < 3.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), o\tTotal serum bilirubin < 3 x ULN, (for patients with total serum bilirubin between 1.5 and 3 x ULN, the dose of irinotecan will be adjusted in accordance with the SmPC). o\tSerum albumin >30 g/L, o\tHemoglobin >9.0 g/dl, o\tAbsolute neutrophil count (ANC) >1.5 G/L, o\tPlatelets >100 G/L, o\tCreatinine clearance > 50 mL/min (according to CKD-EPI)\n- Measurable pancreatic lesion according to RECIST 1.1 (CT scan or MRI < 28 days),\n- WHO PS 1 or 0\n- Histologically proven pancreas ductal adenocarcinoma\n- Available FFPE from pancreatic tumor sample with > 10% of tumor cells (assessed by a local expert pancreatic pathologist)\n- No prior chemotherapy or radiation for pancreatic cancer (except one cycle of mFOLFIRINOX during waiting time for GEM + signature) or resection of pancreatic cancer\n- Age ≥18 years old and ≤ 80 years old if geriatric standardized evaluation validates the study chemotherapy regimen administration for patients between 75-80\n- Written informed consent obtained from patient before any protocol related intervention"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Strictly resectable or locally advanced PDAC according to NCCN criteria\n- Known Gilbert's syndrome or known homozygosity for UGAT1A1*28 polymorphism\n- Treatment with millepertuis\n- Uncompensated asthma\n- Potentially severe infection < 7 days\n- Inflammatory bowel disease and/or intestinal obstruction\n- Known severe allergy to contrast dye (for CT or MRI) without possible substitution\n- Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to one of the excipients of one of the study treatments\n- Treatment with brivudine within 4 weeks prior to the administration of protocol treatment\n- Concomitant treatment with a strong inhibitor (i.e. ketoconazole) or inducer (i.e. rifampicin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, apalutamide) of cytochrome P450 3A4 or 2C8 (CYP3A4 or CYP2C8)\n- Patient who has received a live attenuated vaccine (against yellow fever, chickenpox, shingles, measles, mumps, rubella, tuberculosis, rotavirus) in the 6 weeks prior to randomization\n- Distant metastases (including inter aortic lymph nodes)\n- Patient with sensitive peripheral neuropathy with functional discomfort\n- Impossibility of undergoing medical monitoring during the trial for geographical, social, or psychological reasons\n- Patient who is under judicial protection and patient who is legally institutionalized or under guardianship or not able to give consent\n- Any condition that contraindicates the use of IRINOTECAN, OXALIPLATIN, 5 FU, GEMCITABINE or NAB-PACLITAXEL\n- Partial or complete DPD deficiency (uracilemia ≥ 16 ng/mL)\n- Any progressive pathology not stabilized over the past 6 months: liver impairment, renal impairment, respiratory or cardiac failure\n- Other concomitant cancer or a history of cancer during the previous 3 years, except for localized cancer in situ, basal or squamous cell skin cancer adequately treated\n- Other interventional clinical trial except for non-interventional trial (ie not modifying 1-year EFS)\n- QT/QTc interval > 450 msec for men and > 470 msec for women\n- Pregnant or breastfeeding woman"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- 1-year EFS in the GEM + randomized population","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- ORR is defined as % of patients with a complete or a partial response","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Defined as percentage of patients with a complete or partial response"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- TRG evaluated by Ryan Simplified TRG on the primary tumor after surgery.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Tumor Regression Grade evaluated by Ryan Simplified TRG on the primary tumor after surgery"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Resection rates will be evaluated after 4 months of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in both arms","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Resection rates assessed after 4 months of neoadjuvant chemotherapy"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- OS is defined as the time between the date of randomization and the date of death (whatever the cause)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall Survival: time from randomization to death from any cause"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- PFS is defined as the time between the date of randomization and the date of first recurrence or death (all causes). PFS will be evaluated on patients without resection","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Progression-Free Survival: time from randomization to first recurrence or death; evaluated for patients without resection"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- DFS is defined as the time between the date of randomization and the date of first recurrence or death. DFS will be evaluated on patients with resection","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Disease-Free Survival: time from randomization to first recurrence or death; evaluated for patients with resection"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- TTR is defined as the time between the date of randomization and the date of first recurrence or death linked to the cancer","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time To Recurrence: time from randomization to first recurrence or death linked to the cancer"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Percentage of NAC completion (4 months planned) is defined as the percentage of patients who received the 4 cycles of NAC","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Percentage of patients who received the planned 4 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Percentage of adjuvant chemotherapy is defined as the percentage of patients who received at least one dose of adjuvant chemotherapy","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Percentage of patients receiving at least one dose of adjuvant chemotherapy"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Toxicities during the NAC will be collected before each NA cycle and will be graded according to NCI-CTCAE v5.0","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Toxicities collected before each neoadjuvant cycle and graded per NCI-CTCAE v5.0"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Quality of life will be assessed with QLQC30 and QLQPAN26. It is defined as the time between the date of randomization and the date of death or date of first deterioration by more than five points on the global health scale in comparison with the score at baseline","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quality of life assessed with QLQ-C30 and QLQ-PAN26; defined as time from randomization to death or first deterioration >5 points on global health scale vs baseline"}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 110
- Recruitment Window Months
- 66
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent obtained from the patient before any protocol-related intervention. Patients must be ≥18 years and provide their own consent; informed consent and subject information materials (L1_SIS and ICF and other questionnaires) are provided as part of trial documentation.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 26
- Total Number Of Participants
- 110
France
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 05-09-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 17-10-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 42
- Number Of Sites
- 26
- Number Of Participants
- 110
Sites
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens Picardie
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Vincent HAUTEFEUILLE
- Principal Investigator Email
- hautefeuille.vincent@chu-amiens.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Vincent HAUTEFEUILLE
- Contact Person Email
- hautefeuille.vincent@chu-amiens.fr
- Site Name
- Hoptial La Timone
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Laétitia DAHAN
- Principal Investigator Email
- laetitia.dahan-recherche@ap-hm.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Laétitia DAHAN
- Contact Person Email
- laetitia.dahan-recherche@ap-hm.fr
- Site Name
- Institut Regional Du Cancer De Montpellier
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Fabienne PORTALES
- Principal Investigator Email
- fabienne.portales@icm.unicancer.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Fabienne PORTALES
- Contact Person Email
- fabienne.portales@icm.unicancer.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Caen Normandie
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Anne-Laure BIGNON
- Principal Investigator Email
- bignon-al@chu-caen.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Anne-Laure BIGNON
- Contact Person Email
- bignon-al@chu-caen.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Et Universitaire De Limoges
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Clémentine PEYRAMAURE
- Principal Investigator Email
- clementine.peyramaure@chu-limoges.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Clémentine PEYRAMAURE
- Contact Person Email
- clementine.peyramaure@chu-limoges.fr
- Site Name
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris – Hopital Cochin
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Anna PELLAT
- Principal Investigator Email
- anna.pellat@aphp.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Anna PELLAT
- Contact Person Email
- anna.pellat@aphp.fr
- Site Name
- Hopital Beaujon
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Louis DE MESTIER
- Principal Investigator Email
- louis.demestier@aphp.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Louis DE MESTIER
- Contact Person Email
- louis.demestier@aphp.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Toulouse
- Department Name
- Hepatogastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Nadim Fares
- Principal Investigator Email
- fares.n@chu-toulouse.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Nadim Fares
- Contact Person Email
- fares.n@chu-toulouse.fr
- Site Name
- CHRU De Nancy
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Marie MULLER
- Principal Investigator Email
- m.muller7@chru-nancy.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Marie MULLER
- Contact Person Email
- m.muller7@chru-nancy.fr
- Site Name
- Institut Paoli Calmettes
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Brice CHANEZ
- Principal Investigator Email
- chanezb@ipc.unicancer.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Brice CHANEZ
- Contact Person Email
- chanezb@ipc.unicancer.fr
- Site Name
- Institut Gustave Roussy
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Alice BOILEVE
- Principal Investigator Email
- alice.boileve@gustaveroussy.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Alice BOILEVE
- Contact Person Email
- alice.boileve@gustaveroussy.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Regional Et Universitaire De Brest
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Pierre Guillaume POUREAU
- Principal Investigator Email
- pierre-guillaume.poureau@chu-brest.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Pierre Guillaume POUREAU
- Contact Person Email
- pierre-guillaume.poureau@chu-brest.fr
- Site Name
- CHU Besancon
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Angélique VIENOT
- Principal Investigator Email
- a3vienot@chu-besancon.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Angélique VIENOT
- Contact Person Email
- a3vienot@chu-besancon.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier De La Cote Basque
- Department Name
- Hepato-Gastro-Entérology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Franck AUDEMAR
- Principal Investigator Email
- faudemar@ch-cotebasque.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Franck AUDEMAR
- Contact Person Email
- faudemar@ch-cotebasque.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Dijon
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Jean-Louis JOUVE
- Principal Investigator Email
- jean-louis.jouve@chu-dijon.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Jean-Louis JOUVE
- Contact Person Email
- jean-louis.jouve@chu-dijon.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Poitiers
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- David TOUGERON
- Principal Investigator Email
- david.tougeron@chu-poitiers.fr
- Contact Person Name
- David TOUGERON
- Contact Person Email
- david.tougeron@chu-poitiers.fr
- Site Name
- Hospices Civils De Lyon
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Marion CHAUVENET
- Principal Investigator Email
- marion.chauvenet@chu-lyon.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Marion CHAUVENET
- Contact Person Email
- marion.chauvenet@chu-lyon.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Gaël ROTH
- Principal Investigator Email
- Groth@chu-grenoble.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Gaël ROTH
- Contact Person Email
- Groth@chu-grenoble.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Reims
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Olivier BOUCHÉ
- Principal Investigator Email
- obouche@chu-reims.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Olivier BOUCHÉ
- Contact Person Email
- obouche@chu-reims.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire De Tours
- Department Name
- DIGESTIVE SURGERY
- Principal Investigator Name
- Petru BUCUR
- Principal Investigator Email
- p.bucur@chu-tours.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Petru BUCUR
- Contact Person Email
- p.bucur@chu-tours.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rouen
- Department Name
- Digestive surgery
- Principal Investigator Name
- Lilian SCHWARZ
- Principal Investigator Email
- Lilian.Schwarz@chu-rouen.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Lilian SCHWARZ
- Contact Person Email
- Lilian.Schwarz@chu-rouen.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Saint Etienne
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Nicolas WILLIET
- Principal Investigator Email
- nicolas.williet@chu-st-etienne.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Nicolas WILLIET
- Contact Person Email
- nicolas.williet@chu-st-etienne.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nice
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Anne-Claire FRIN
- Principal Investigator Email
- frin.ac@chu-nice.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Anne-Claire FRIN
- Contact Person Email
- frin.ac@chu-nice.fr
- Site Name
- Hôpital Claude Huriez - CHU de Lille
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Anthony TURPIN
- Principal Investigator Email
- anthony.turpin@chru-lille.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Anthony TURPIN
- Contact Person Email
- anthony.turpin@chru-lille.fr
- Site Name
- Hopital Saint Antoine
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Léo MAS
- Principal Investigator Email
- leo.mas@aphp.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Léo MAS
- Contact Person Email
- leo.mas@aphp.fr
- Site Name
- HIA Sainte Anne
- Department Name
- Gastroenterology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Caroline PRIEUX-KLOTZ
- Principal Investigator Email
- caroline.klotz@intradef.gouv.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Caroline PRIEUX-KLOTZ
- Contact Person Email
- caroline.klotz@intradef.gouv.fr
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Fondation Franc.Cancerologie Digestive
- Organisation Type
- Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- France
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Apexelsin 5 mg/ml powder for dispersion for infusion.
- Active Substance
- PACLITAXEL
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS
- Route
- INTRAVENOUS
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/24/1835/001)
- Maximum Dose
- 125 mg/m2
- Investigational Product Name
- GEMCITABINE HIKMA 38 mg/ml, solution à diluer pour perfusion
- Active Substance
- GEMCITABINE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS
- Route
- INTRAVENOUS
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation 34009 550 742 2 9)
- Maximum Dose
- 1000 mg/m2
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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