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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 31.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2021 Sep 30;40(3):837–862. doi: 10.1007/s10555-021-09981-3

Table 1:

Selected Clinical Trials Examining Novel Immunotherapy Regimens in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Study NCT Registry Number Study Agent(s) Standard Agent(s) Subjects Treatment Setting Phase Status/Results
Multimodal IO Regimens
NCT03329248
NCT03586869
Metronomic chemo (aldoxorubicin, gem, NP, oxal, 5FU, and cy)
haNK
aPD-L1
PD-L1 t-haNK
SBRT mPDAC Metastatic
≤2nd line
Ib/II Closed
mOS 8.0 mo
mPFS 6.6 mo
1 CR (treated with PD-L1 t-haNK)
NCT04390399 Aldoxorubicin
N-803 (IL-15)
PD-L1 t-haNK
Chemo (gem+NP [1st line] or NAPOLI-1 [2nd line])
SBRT
mPDAC Metastatic
Maintenance (group A)
2nd line (group B)
≤3rd line (group C)
II Open
NCT03767582 CCR2/CCR5i
aPD-1
± GVAX
Chemo
SBRT
LA-PDAC Neoadjuvant & Adjuvant II Open
NCT03153410 GVAX
aPD1
CSF1Ri
Chemo (neoadj)
SBRT (neoadj)
BR-PDAC Neoadjuvant & Adjuvant Pilot Open
NCT03006302 CRS-207
IDOi
aPD-1
± GVAX
mPDAC Metastatic
≤2nd line
II Open
Anti-Tumor Vaccines
NCT04853017 Peptide Vaccine (Shared Neoantigen [KRAS], adj AMP-CpG) rPDAC
[KRAS/N RAS mut]
NED Maintenance I/II Open
NCT03948763 mRNA Vaccine (Shared Neoantigen [KRAS], lipid-based)
± aPD-1
mPDAC [mKRAS] Not specified I Open
NCT04799431 Peptide vaccine (Personalized Neoantigen, adj pICLC)
aPD-1
mPDAC Maintenance Pilot/I Not yet Open
NCT02600949 Peptide vaccine (Personalized Neoantigen, adj imiquimod) mPDAC Maintenance
≤2nd Line
Pilot Open
NCT03468244 mRNA Vaccine (Personalized Neoantigen) Advanced PDAC ≤2nd Line Pilot Open
NCT03592888 Autologous DC Vaccine, (Shared KRAS Neoantigens) rPDAC [mKRAS] Adjuvant I Open
NCT04627246 Autologous DC Vaccine, (Personalized Neoantigen)
aPD-1
Chemo rPDAC Adjuvant I Open
NCT04157127 Autologous DC Vaccine* (Personalized Tumor Lysate, adj peg-IFN)
*perinodal injection
Chemo rPDAC Adjuvant I Open
NCT04111172 TAA-encoding Viral Vaccine (Shared, adj il-PADRE [TH1 epitope]) Chemo rPDAC Adjuvant II Open
NCT03806309 Peptide vaccine (Shared TAA/TSA, adj il-PADRE [TH1 epitope)
± aPD-1
± FOLFIRI LA or mPDAC Maintenance II Open
NCT03376659 TAA-encoding Viral Vaccine (Shared, adj TRICOM)
+ aPD-L1
Maintenance Chemo mPDAC
Maintenan ce
Maintenance II Enrolled
Prelim results expected soon
NCT03161379 GVAX
aPD1
Chemo
SBRT
BR-PDAC Neoadjuvant II Open
NCT03190265 CRS-207
aPD-1
aCTLA4
± GVAX
Chemo
SBRT
mPDAC ≤2nd line II Open
NCT02451982 GVAX
a4-1BB
aPD-1
Chemo
SBRT
rPDAC Neoadjuvant & adjuvant II Open
Prelim results expected soon
Immune Agonists and Adjuvants
NCT04807972 aCD40 agonist
± aPD-1
Chemo mPDAC 1st Line II Open
NCT03329950 aCD40 agonist
± aPD-1
± FLT3L
±Chemo mPDAC 1st line (aCD40 + Chemo arm)
Refectory (other groups)
I/II Open
NCT03214250 aCD40 agonist
± aPD-1
Chemo mPDAC 1st line II [Prelim]
No improvement in PFS/OS/ORR when aCD40 added to SOC chemo + PD-1
NCT03193190 aCD40 agonist
aPD-L1
Chemo mPDAC 2nd line I/II Open
NCT02376699 aCD40 agonist
aPD-1
Chemo mPDAC 1st Line II Enrolled
Prelim results expected soon
NCT04387071 aOX40 agonist + TLR9 adjuvant (intratumoral) LA or mPDAC 2nd Line II Not Yet Open
NCT04612530 Electroporation
CpG adj
aPD-1
mPDAC (hepatic mets) Maintenance I Open
NCT04050085 TLR9 agonist (intratumoral)
aPD-1
SBRT mPDAC Refractory I Open
NCT03983954 Superantigen fAb
aPD-L1
mPDAC Refractory I Open
NCT03225989 TMZ-CD40L and 4–1BBL-encoded Virus Chemo LA or mPDAC ≤1st line I/II Open
TME Cellular/Signaling Modulators
NCT04390763 TGFβ antagonist
± aPD-1
Chemo mPDAC 1st line II Open
NCT03821935 GARP-TGFβ1 antagonist
± aPD-1
LA or mPDAC Refractory I Open
NCT04581343 aIL-1β antagonist
aPD-1
Chemo mPDAC 1st line I Open
NCT04543071 CXCR4i
aPD-1
aPD1 Chemo mPDAC 1st line II Open
NCT02826486 CXCR4i
aPD-1
± Chemo mPDAC ≥2nd line I/II Enrolled
[Prelim]
DCR 77%, ORR 32% w/chemo
DCR 34%, ORR 3% w/o chemo
NCT03193190 CXCR4i
aPD-L1
mPDAC ≥2nd line II
NCT04477343 CXCR1|2i
aPD-1
mPDAC Maintenance I Open
NCT03257761 Epigenetic modifier (DNMTi)
aPD-L1
mPDAC ≥2nd line Ib Open
NCT03250273 Epigenetic modifier (HDACi)
aPD-1
mPDAC ≥2nd line II Enrolled
Interim results expected soon
NCT04060342 CD11b modulator
± aPD-1
± Chemo mPDAC 1st line (for chemo combo) I/II Open
NCT03193190 aIL-6 antagonist
aPD-L1
Chemo mPDAC 1st line II Open
NCT03727880 FAKi
aPD-L1
Chemo rPDAC Neoadjuvant & Adjuvant II Open
NCT03496662 CCR2/CCR5i
aPD-1
Chemo BR or LA-PDAC Neoadjuvant
1st line
I/II Open

Key (selected terms): adj – vaccine/immune adjuvant; AMP-CpG – amphiphilic-CpG (pathogen-associated molecular pattern); BR-PDAC – borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; CRS-207 – live, attenuated double-deleted Listeria vaccine targeting mesothelin; CSF-1R, colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor; Cy – cyclophosphamide; DC – dendritic cell; DCR – disease control rate; DNMTi - DNA methyltransferase inhibitor; FAKi – focal adhesion kinase inhibitor; Gem – gemcitabine; GVAX - GM-CSF secreting allogeneic pancreatic tumor cell vaccine; haNK – high affinity natural killer cells; HDACi - histone deacetylase inhibitor; IDOi - indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase inhibitor; IO – immunotherapy, immuno-oncology; LA-PDAC – locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; mPDAC – metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; NAPOLI-1- 5FU and leucovorin plus liposomal irinotecan; NP – nab-paclitaxel; ORR – objective responsive rate; OS – overall survival; Oxal – oxaliplatin; PD-L1 t-haNK – PD-L1 targeted high affinity natural killer cells; PFS – progression-free survival; pICLC - polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid; rPDAC– resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; SOC – standard of care; TAA – tumor-associated antigen; TLR – toll-like receptor; TME – Tumor Microenvironment; TSA – tumor-specific antigen or neoantigen.