Tg01 Vaccine / Qs-21 Stimulon™ With Or Without Balstilimab As Maintenance Therapy Following Adjuvant Chemotherapy In Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer

Running, not enrolling · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Pancreas Cancer

In brief

Researchers want to discover if the new drug "TG01" will work with participants' bodies to help their immune system attack any cancer cells that might still be in the blood stream after surgery for pancreatic cancer. The researchers will also investigate whether or not "TG01" combined with the other study drug, "Balstilimab", will show even greater efficacy. TG01 and Balstilimab are both experimental treatments and are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as treatment in the United States, or elsewhere, for pancreatic cancer or any other type of cancer. Balstilimab has been studied in other cancers and has shown signs of efficacy. Another drug will be used in this study called "QS-21". It is not intended to treat any disease but is used in this study to improve the action of the study drug TG01. QS-21 has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be mixed with a vaccine used to prevent shingles. It has not been approved to be mixed with the study drug, TG01. Participants will undergo eligibility screening, weekly visits during treatment when receiving the study drug or study drug combination, two safety follow-up visits, at about 30 and 90 days after the last dose of study treatment, and long term follow up for about 12 months after the last dose of study treatment.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT05638698
Run by: University of Kansas Medical Center
People needed: 24
Starts: 2022-12-15
Expected to finish: 2025-12-01
Last updated by the study team: 2024-09-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Ability of participant OR Legally Authorized Representative (LAR) to understand this study, and participant or LAR willingness to sign a written informed consent
Males and females age ≥ 18 years
ECOG Performance Status 0 - 1 within 28 days prior to registration (Appendix A)
Surgically resected stage I/II/III Pancreatic Cancer
Life expectancy of at least 6 months
Screening tumor tissue positive or known pathogenic or likely pathogenic RAS mutation resulting in amino acid substitution in codon 12A, 12C, 12D, 12R, 12S or 13D . Mutations must be considered pathogenic or likely pathogenic by a reference database such as ClinVar or OncoKb.org.(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation;https://www.oncoKb.org). Local RAS test results are acceptable and central confirmation is not required prior to treatment.
No evidence of recurrent cancer on screening imaging studies
Positive for Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) as assessed by Signatera circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) despite prior standard therapy including surgery and chemotherapy/radiation therapy where applicable
Prior cancer treatment must be completed at least 14 days prior to registration and the subject must have recovered from all reversible acute toxic effects of the regimen (other than alopecia) to Grade ≤ 1 or baseline.
Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to initiating treatment. See also section with title CHILD BEARING POTENTIAL /PREGNANCY
Adequate organ function, measured within 28 days prior to enrollment and defined as follows:
Hgb ≥ 8g/dL
Creatine clearance ≥ 50ml/min (measured or calculated by the Cockroft-Gault method)
Leukocytes >1.5K/UL
Absolute Neutrophil Count >1.5K/UL NOTE: Patients with established diagnosis of benign neutropenia are eligible to participate with ANC between 1000-1500 if in the opinion of treating physician the trial treatment does not pose excessive risk of infection to the patient.
Platelets >100K/UL
Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN OR direct bilirubin ≤ 1 x ULN
Aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase ≤ 2.5 x ULN unless liver metastases are present, in which case they must be ≤ 5 x ULN
Women of child-bearing potential and men with partners of child-bearing potential must agree to practice sexual abstinence or to use the forms of contraception listed in Child-Bearing Potential/Pregnancy section for the duration of study participation and for 30 days after the last dose of TG01/QS-21 immunotherapy and 90 days after the last dose of Balstilimab.

You may not qualify if…

Simultaneously enrolled in any therapeutic clinical trial
Current or anticipating use of other anti-neoplastic or investigational agents while participating in this study
Diagnosed with a psychiatric illness or is in a social situation that would limit compliance with study requirements
Is pregnant, planning pregnancy, or breastfeeding
Has a known allergic reaction to any excipient contained in the study drug formulation
Has received an investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to study drug administration
Is currently receiving any agent with a known effect on the immune system, unless at dose levels that are not clinically immunosuppressive (e.g. Prednisone at 10 mg/day or less, or as inhaled steroid at doses used for the treatment of asthma
Has any other serious illnesses or medical conditions such as, but not limited to:
Any uncontrolled infection
Uncontrolled cardiac failure classification New York Heart Association (NYHA) III or IV
Uncontrolled systemic and gastro-intestinal inflammatory conditions
Inadequate bone marrow function with suspected inability to mount an immune response to vaccination
Severe intercurrent disease which might affect immunocompetence
Unacceptable values of the hematological or chemical tests (in relation to the ability to generate an immune response), as judged by the investigator
Active or prior documented autoimmune disease within the past 2 years. Note: subjects with vitiligo, Grave's disease, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment or hypothyroidism (i.e.
following Hashimoto syndrome) stable on hormone replacement are not excluded.
Active or prior documented inflammatory bowel disease (i.e. ulcerative colitis)
History of adverse reactions to peptide vaccines
Positive tests for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B or C infection
Planning to receive yellow fever or other live (attenuated) vaccines during the course of the study.
Have any other active malignancies (except for adequately treated carcinoma of the cervix or basal or squamous cell skin cancer) which in the opinion of the investigator is likely to require treatment within 3 years

Where it is running

University of Kansas Cancer Center - Clinical Research Center — Fairway, Kansas, United States
University of Kansas Cancer Center - Overland Park — Overland Park, Kansas, United States
University of Kansas Cancer Center - Westwood — Westwood, Kansas, United States
University of Kansas Cancer Center - North — Kansas City, Missouri, United States
University of Kansas Cancer Center - Lee's Summit — Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States

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