Trial of Gemcitabine With or Without MSC1936369B in Pancreatic Cancer



Status:Completed
Conditions:Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:7/14/2017
Start Date:November 30, 2009
End Date:April 30, 2015

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Phase II Randomized Trial of MEK Inhibitor MSC1936369B or Placebo Combined With Gemcitabine in Metastatic Pancreas Cancer Subjects

The research trial is testing the experimental treatment MSC1936369B in combination with
Gemcitabine, in subjects with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The study will be run in
two parts:

Safety Run-In: Will determine the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) and the recommended Phase II
dose of MSC1936369B, when combined with gemcitabine, in subjects with metastatic pancreatic
adenocarcinoma.

Phase II: Will assess the anti-tumor activity of MSC1936369B combined with gemcitabine
compared to gemcitabine alone as first line treatment in subjects with metastatic pancreatic
adenocarcinoma.


Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subject has provided signed informed consent. Fully understands requirements of the
trial and willing to comply with all trial visits and assessments.

2. Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
and availability of tumor sample.

3. Evidence of disease (not necessarily measurable disease). Complete tumor assessment
including chest X ray, CT scan of abdomen and other scans as necessary to document all
sites of disease performed within 28 days prior to trial entry/randomization.

4. Age ≥ 18 years.

5. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative blood pregnancy test at the
screening visit. For the purposes of this trial, women of childbearing potential is
defined as: "All female subjects after puberty unless they are post-menopausal for at
least two years, are surgically sterile or are sexually inactive."

6. Female subjects of childbearing potential and male subjects with female partners of
childbearing potential must be willing to avoid pregnancy by using an adequate method
of contraception for 2 weeks prior to screening, during and four weeks after the last
dose of trial medication. Adequate contraception is defined as two barrier methods, or
one barrier method with a spermicide, or intrauterine device. The use of hormonal
contraceptives should be avoided in female subjects of childbearing potential due to a
possible drug-drug interaction.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Bone marrow impairment as evidenced by hemoglobin less (<) 9.0 gram per deciliter
(g/dL), neutrophil count < 1.5 x 10^9/ liter (L), platelets < 100 x 10^9/L.

2. Renal impairment as evidenced by serum creatinine > 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN),
and/or calculated creatinine clearance < 60 mL/min.

3. Liver function abnormality as defined by total bilirubin > 1.5 x ULN, or aspartate
aminotransferase/ alanine aminotransferase (AST/ALT) > 2.5 x ULN, for subjects with
liver involvement AST/ALT > 5 x ULN.

4. Serum calcium > 1 x ULN.

5. History of central nervous system (CNS) metastases, unless subject has been previously
treated for CNS metastases, is stable by CT scan without evidence of cerebral edema,
and has no requirements for corticosteroids or anticonvulsants.

6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) greater than 1.

7. Significant cardiac conduction abnormalities, including QT interval corrected for
heart rate (QTc) prolongation of > 480 milliseconds (ms) and/or pacemaker.

8. Retinal degenerative disease (hereditary retinal degeneration or age-related macular
degeneration), history of uveitis or history of retinal vein occlusion.
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