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NCT05721846
PHASE1

Nivolumab With Ipilimumab Combined With TGFβ-15 Peptide Vaccine and Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer

Sponsor: Inna Chen, MD

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Summary

"Non-immunogenicity" of PC with high prevalence of immunosuppressive cells and typically a scarcity of tumor-infiltrating effector lymphocytes is considered as one of the reasons for lacking responsiveness to single-agent immunotherapies. Considering the emerging role of the tumor microenvironment, the combination of checkpoint blocking antibodies with immunomodulation of the tumor microenvironment could lead to better responses in tumor historically resistant to radiation and checkpoint blocking antibody approaches as single modalities. For example, the data from the phase 2 study CheckPAC (NCT02866383) showed durable clinical benefit in a small subgroup of patients after adding SBRT of 15 Gy to a combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab (presented at ASCO GI 2022, San Fransisco) in patients with resistant metastatic PC. Furthermore, we have found that the TGFβ-15 immune response is corelated to clinical benefit, supporting the rationale for combining of TGFβ-15 peptide vaccine with CheckPAC strategy (SBRT of 15 in combination with nivolumab and ipilimumab).

Official title: Phase 1 Study of Nivolumab With Ipilimumab Combined With TGFβ-15 Peptide Vaccine and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Refractory Pancreatic Cancer (CheckVAC)

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

20

Start Date

2023-05-03

Completion Date

2026-12

Last Updated

2025-09-12

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

DRUG

Nivolumab

3 mg/kg (up to 240 mg maximum) as i.v. infusion on day 1 (± 3 days) of each 14-day treatment cycle

DRUG

Ipilimumab

1 mg/kg as i.v. infusion on day 1 cycle 1 and subsequently every 6 weeks (± 3 days)

RADIATION

SBRT

SBRT: 15 Gy x 1 on a single site of disease on day 1 cycle 1

BIOLOGICAL

TGFβ-B-15 peptide

Vaccine (500 μl aqueous solution of 200 μg TGFβ-B-15 peptide mixed to an emulsion with 500μl Montanide ISA-51) as s.c. injection on day 1 of the first 6 cycles and subsequently every 4 weeks (± 3 days)

Locations (1)

Herlev & Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark

Herlev, Denmark