Study of Ruxolitinib in Pancreatic Cancer Patients



Status:Completed
Conditions:Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:2/14/2018
Start Date:July 2011
End Date:November 2016

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A Randomized Phase 2 Study of Ruxolitinib Efficacy and Safety in Combination With Capecitabine for Subjects With Recurrent or Treatment Refractory Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (The RECAP Trial)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether ruxolitinib added to capecitabine is
effective in improving the overall survival of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

The study consisted of an open-label, safety run-in period that was composed of 1 patient
cohort with 9 patients/cohort. This phase of the study determined the safety of the
capecitabine/ruxolitinib combination in this patient population.

A randomized, double-blind study with two treatment arms was conducted once the safety run-in
results from the first part of the study showed that the capecitabine/ruxolitinib combination
was safe and additional patients could be treated. All patients have received capecitabine
therapy in addition to the ruxolitinib or placebo (Study Drug).

Treatment for all patients consisted of repeating 21-day cycles. Capecitabine was
self-administered for the first 14 days of each cycle, and the Study Drug was
self-administered during the entire 21-day cycle. Treatment cycles continued as long as the
regimen was tolerated and the patient did not meet any of the discontinuation criteria. In
the event of disease progression, capecitabine therapy was discontinued but the Study Drug
could continue to be administered. Subjects who discontinued treatment with the Study Drug
continued to be followed to obtain information regarding subsequent treatment regimens and
survival.

Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 years of age or older

- Diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic cancer; subjects must have had measurable, or
evaluable disease that was histologically confirmed

- Karnofsky performance status of ≥ 60

- Subjects must have failed 1st-line gemcitabine treatment for metastatic pancreatic
cancer:

o An alternate chemotherapeutic agent was an acceptable substitute as 1st-line therapy
in the event that the subject was intolerant to or ineligible to receive gemcitabine

- ≥ 2 weeks elapsed from the completion of previous chemotherapy, and subjects must have
recovered or been at new stable baseline from any related toxicities

Exclusion Criteria:

- More than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen (not including adjuvant therapy) for metastatic
disease

- Evidence of central nervous system (CNS) metastases (unless stable for > 3 months) or
history of uncontrolled seizures

- Ongoing radiation therapy or prior radiation therapy administered as a second-line
treatment

- Other active malignancy except basal or squamous carcinoma of the skin

- Inability to swallow food or any condition of the upper GI tract that precluded
administration of oral medications

- Inadequate renal, hepatic and bone marrow function demonstrated by clinical
observations and/or laboratory assessments
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