About this trial
The purpose of this study is to find the highest dose of a drug, samuraciclib, that can be given with standard of care chemotherapy (gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel) without causing very severe side effects. This is done by starting at a dose lower than the one that is used when samuraciclib is taken by itself without chemotherapy. The main question it aims to answer is:
• For patients with newly diagnosed metastatic pancreatic cancer, what is the safety and tolerability of samuraciclib with gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel?
Participants will:
* Undergo a tumor biopsy. * Be treated with samuraciclib in combination with their standard of care chemotherapy (gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel). * Donate research blood samples.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age ≥ 18 years at the time of screening.
Written informed consent and any locally required authorization (eg, data privacy) obtained from the patient prior to performing any protocol-related procedures, including screening evaluations.
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 at the time of screening.
Must have life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks at the time of screening.
Disqualifiers
Participants receiving any other study agents concurrently with the study drugs.
Known homologous recombination deficient pancreatic cancer, including germline or somatic BRCA1/2 or PALB2 mutations
Concurrent enrolment in another therapeutic clinical study. Enrolment in observational or supportive care studies will be allowed.
History of a malabsorption syndrome or uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea that may interfere with the absorption of oral study medication in the opinion of the investigator.
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Samuraciclib + Gemcitabine & Nab-Paclitaxel
DrugStarting dose level: Samuraciclib 240 mg taken orally, once daily. Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 and nab-paclitaxel 125 mg/m2 on days 1, 8 and 15.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Frequencies of adverse events (AEs), as graded by CTCAE v6.0 and reported by dose level
Percentages of adverse events (AEs), as graded by CTCAE v6.0 and reported by dose level
Frequencies of dose-limiting toxicities reported by dose level
Percentages of dose-limiting toxicities reported by dose level
Secondary outcomes
Objective response rate (ORR)
Defined as the proportion of participants who achieve a Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 best overall response of confirmed complete response (CR) or confirmed partial response (PR)
Progression-free survival (PFS)
Defined as the duration of time from start of treatment to time of disease recurrence/progression (PD) or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Overall survival (OS)
Defined as the duration of time from time of diagnosis to death.
Duration of overall response (DOR)
Defined as the duration of time from when measurement criteria are met for CR or PR (whichever is first recorded) until the date that recurrent/progressive disease (PD) is objectively documented (taking as reference for PD the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started).
Other outcomes
Comparison of PDAC transcriptional subtype (basal vs classical) between baseline and 8 week sample
Evaluate translational biomarkers related to CDK7 inhibition with samuraciclib by comparing tissue and blood samples at pre-treatment and at 8 weeks.
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