💬In plain words
What the trial is, and whether it could suit you
There is a growing number of patients diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancers who are also simultaneously being treated with GLP-1 Receptor Agonists (RA)s. To date, no clinical trial data exists to establish safety and/or feasibility with use of GLP-1 RAs during chemotherapy in the metastatic setting. The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, preliminary efficacy, and correlative analyses of combining GLP-1 RAs with standard chemotherapy in patients with metastatic pancreatic, colorectal, or hepatocellular cancers in the first-line setting.
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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria:
* Histological or cytological diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma or colorectal adenocarcinoma. Previous tumor tissue testing is acceptable. Please refer to the "additional HCC cohort criteria" below.
* The subject has disease that is not amenable to curative-intent management (e.g., oligometastatic disease)
* Measurable disease per RECIST v1.1 as determined by the investigator
* Patients must be appropriate candidates for first-line, SOC treatment.
* SOC treatment as defined by NCCN® guidelines or institutional standard is allowable, however, options restricted to:
* Colorectal: FOLFOX or FOLIFIRI +/- bevacizumab
* Pancreatic: mFOLFIRINOX
* HCC: Tremelimumab/Durvalumab
* Patients are eligible who received prior perioperative chemotherapy for curative intent treatment and recurred ≥ 6 months since last dose of chemotherapy.
* ≥ 18 years old on day of consent
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
* Adequate archival frozen or fixed tissue available from primary or metastatic site for genotypic analysis (at least 15 unstained slides and/or tumor block)
* Adequate hematologic and organ function laboratory values as follows:
* The ANC ≥ 1500/mm3 without colony stimulating factor support;
* Platelets ≥ 75,000/mm3;
* Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL;
* Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 ´ the ULN. For subjects with known Gilbert's disease, bilirubin ≤ 3.0 mg/dL;
* Serum albumin ≥ 2.8 g/dl;
* ALT and AST ≤ 3.0 ´ ULN;
* Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 ´ ULN or creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 40 mL/min. For creatinine clearance estimation, the Cockcroft and Gault equation should be used:
* Male: CrCl (mL/min) = (140 - age) × wt (kg) / (serum creatinine × 72);
* Female: Multiply above result by 0.85;
* The subject is capable of understanding and complying with the protocol requirements and has signed the informed consent document
* Sexually active subjects (men and women) must agree to use medically accepted barrier methods of contraception (eg, male or female condom) during the study and for 4 months after the last dose of study drug(s), even if oral contraceptives are also used. All subjects of reproductive potential must agree to use both a barrier method and a second method of birth control or practice abstinence during the study and for 4 months after the last dose of study drug(s);
Additional Inclusion Criteria for HCC Cohort ONLY:
* Histologically or radiologically confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma (per AASLD/EASL criteria)
* Unresectable or advanced HCC not amenable to curative surgery or locoregional therapy.
* Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage B or C.
* Child-Pugh Score Class A; or Child-Pugh Class B7 or B8 at discretion of treating physician
* Patients with HBV infection, characterized by positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and/or hepatitis B core antibodies (anti-HBcAb) with detectable HBV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (≥10 IU/mL or above the limit of detection per local or central lab standard), must be treated with antiviral therapy, as per institutional practice to ensure adequate viral suppression (HBV DNA \<2000 IU/mL) before enrolment. Patients must remain on antiviral therapy for the duration of their participation in the EAP and for 6 months after the last dose of EAP medication. Patients who test positive for anti-hepatitis B core (HBc) with undetectable HBV DNA (\<10 IU/mL or under the limit of detection per local or central lab standard) do not require anti-viral therapy before enrolment. These participants will be tested at every cycle to monitor HBV DNA levels and initiate anti-viral therapy if HBV DNA is detected (≥10 IU/mL or above the limit of detection per local or central lab standard). HBV DNA detectable patients must initiate and remain on anti-viral therapy for time they are on the EAP and for 6 months after the last dose of EAP medication.
o Note: Testing required for subjects with a known history otherwise not required.
* Patients with HCV infection must have confirmed diagnosis of HCV characterized by the presence of detectable HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) or anti-HCV antibody upon enrolment (management of this disease is per local institutional practice).
Exclusion Criteria
* The subject has received cytotoxic chemotherapy (including investigational cytotoxic chemotherapy) or biologic agents (eg, cytokines or antibodies) for metastatic and/or unresectable disease.
* BMI \< 25 kg/m2
* For colorectal cancer only - Microsatellite instability high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) tumors.
* For colorectal cancer only - BRAF V600E mutant tumors.
* A personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) or Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN2).
* A prior hypersensitivity reaction to semaglutide or any of the excipients in WEGOVY®. Serious hypersensitivity reaction, including anaphylaxis and angioedema, have been reported with WEGOVY®.
* Cachexia
* Subjects on insulin.
* Subjects with a history of diabetic retinopathy
* Known brain metastases or cranial epidural disease unless adequately treated with radiotherapy and/or surgery (including radiosurgery) and stable for at least 4 weeks before the first dose of study treatment. Eligible subjects must be neurologically asymptomatic and without corticosteroid treatment at the time of the start of study treatment
* The subject has uncontrolled, significant intercurrent or recent illness including, but not limited to, the following conditions:
o Cardiovascular disorders including:
* For patients being considered for bevacizumab (or bevacizumab biosimilar) only:
* Concurrent uncontrolled hypertension defined as sustained blood pressure (BP) \> 150 mm Hg systolic or \> 100 mm Hg diastolic despite optimal antihypertensive treatment within 7 days of the first dose of study treatment;
* thromboembolic event requiring therapeutic anticoagulation (Note: subjects with a venous filter (eg, vena cava filter) within 6 mon