A Phase II Trial of Lanreotide for the Prevention of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Hospital, Diabetes
Therapuetic Areas:Endocrinology, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:10/14/2018
Start Date:February 20, 2018
End Date:April 1, 2021
Contact:Karen Adams, BA
Email:knadams1@uw.edu
Phone:2068195339

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This is a single arm investigator-initiated study designed to test the feasibility and
potential efficacy of preoperative lanreotide to reduce the risk of postoperative abscess or
pancreatic leak and fistula. All consenting patients undergoing planned elective
pancreaticoduodenectomy or distal pancreatectomy for malignancy or suspected malignancy will
be treated with a single deep subcutaneous dose of lanreotide prior to planned resection on
the day of surgery. Following this intervention, care will be based on standard treatment
protocols. Sixty-day mortality and morbidity will be collected for all patients.

All patients enrolled in this study will receive SOMATULINE DEPOT 120 mg immediately prior to
planned pancreatic resection. The pharmacist will dispense loaded syringes of the study drug.
The single preoperative dose will be given in the pre-surgical center at the University of
Washington by a trained health care professional. The study drug will be injected via the
deep subcutaneous route in the superior external quadrant of the buttock.

Safety and efficacy will be assessed throughout the study period. Assessment for pancreatic
and non-pancreatic complications will be made at the time of discharge and in follow-up by
the attending surgeon. Patients will be evaluated in clinic postoperatively within 21 days of
discharge for evaluation of the primary endpoint. The research team will perform long term
follow-up by phone or in person with patients at 30 and 60 days (+/- 10 days at each time
point).

SCREENING AND ENROLLMENT

Subjects undergoing planned elective pancreaticoduodenectomy or distal pancreatectomy for
malignancy or suspected malignancy will be identified and screened for eligibility. Eligible
patients who agree to participate will sign a written consent form at this time. At the
initial visit, eligibility will be confirmed and documented in the study record. Informed
consent will be obtained prior to enrollment utilizing the consent form.

STUDY PROCEDURES

1. Screening Visit (Day -60 to -1) Eligible patients will be identified at the Seattle
Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) and the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC)
surgical oncology clinics. At the screening visit, the Research Coordinator (RC) or one
of the investigators will obtain signed informed consent. This will take place prior to
any procedures being performed. Subjects will not receive any compensation for
participation in the study. In addition, subjects will not incur any additional costs as
a result of participation in the study.

• Obtain and document consent from potential subject on study consent form

• Review medical history to determine eligibility based on inclusion/exclusion criteria

• Review medications history to determine eligibility based on inclusion/exclusion
criteria

• Perform physical examination: vital signs, weight, height

• Collect, or obtain from routine care records, the following laboratory studies within
30 days prior to treatment:

o Complete blood count with white blood cell differential and platelet counts;

o Comprehensive profile; prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time
(PT&PTT)

o Female subject of childbearing potential should have a negative urine or serum
pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to study drug administration. If the urine test is
positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required

2. Preoperative Baseline (Day 0) The baseline visit will take place on the day of surgery,
prior to the patient's operation and administration of the study drug. Some subjects
initially consented into the study may be deemed ineligible on the day of surgery prior
to drug administration. The study team will assess inclusion/exclusion criteria prior to
drug administration.

• Verify inclusion/exclusion criteria

• Obtain demographic information, medical history/current condition, medication list

• Collect serum pregnancy test for women of childbearing potential prior to drug
administration, unless testing negative within prior 72 hours (for example, if testing
was performed at Screening Visit within the previous 3 days), or testing has been
performed for routine clinical care

• Draw blood for correlative research (2 light green top tubes (10 ml)) prior to study
drug administration (optional)

3. Preoperative Drug Administration (Day 0) The study drug will be administered and other
study procedures performed after baseline procedures are conducted; prior to the
surgery.

• Administer the study drug

- Administer Symptoms Questionnaire

- Assess vital signs

- Record results of pain on visual analog scale from chart

4. Intraoperative

• Draw blood for correlative research (2 light green top tubes (10 ml)) intraoperatively
immediately following resection (optional)

5. Postoperative Follow-up

5.a Hospital Stay (Postoperative Days 0-7) Subjects who receive the study drug but do not
have a clinical resection performed during their surgery, will have no additional study
procedures performed. The study team will review adverse events related to the study drug
during the immediate postoperative hospital stay only.

Subjects who receive the study drug and have a clinical resection will be followed
postoperatively for 60 days. The initial postoperative assessment will occur during the
subject's hospital stay. Hospital stays will vary widely by patient, but are expected to
range from 3-7 days. The study team will periodically review the patient chart for safety and
outcomes as available for individual subjects during this timeframe.

- Record adverse events as reported by subject or observed by clinical team and/or
investigator. See section 10.2 for list of information to be reviewed for adverse event
monitoring

- Obtain medical history/current condition, medication list on the day of discharge

- Record results of physical examination on the day of discharge

- Collect the following laboratory studies, as available from routine care records:

- Complete blood count with white blood cell differential and platelet counts;

- Comprehensive profile; prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time
(PT&PTT)

- Assess vital signs

- Record results of pain on visual analog scale from chart

- Administer Symptoms Questionnaire on the day of discharge

- Record drain amylase levels from chart, as available

- Record drain output in ml from chart, as available

- Evaluate for day of drain removal from chart, as available

5.b Clinic Follow-up Visit (Post discharge Days 1-21) Subjects will typically have a
clinical follow-up appointment with their University of Washington (UW) Medicine
surgical provider or an external provider within 1 - 21 days following discharge. There
may be more than one clinical appointment during this timeframe. The study team will
review patient charts and collect information on individual subjects as available from
their clinical care. Subjects who are seen at UW Medicine will receive an in-person
symptoms questionnaire to complete. Subjects who have their follow-up care performed
external to UW Medicine will receive a phone call from the research coordinator (RC)
between 1 and 21 after discharge to complete the symptoms questionnaire by phone.
Records from external institutions will be obtained and reviewed for the time frame.

- Record adverse events as reported by subject or observed by clinical team and/or
investigator

- Obtain medical history/current condition, medication list

- Record results of physical examination

- Collect from routine care records the following laboratory studies, as available:

o Complete blood count with white blood cell differential and platelet counts;

o Comprehensive profile; prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time
(PT&PTT)

- Assess vital signs

- Record results of pain on visual analog scale from chart

- Administer Symptoms Questionnaire

6. Long Term Follow-up

6.a Follow-up Phone Call (Postoperative Days 30 & 60) The RC will follow-up with all
subjects by phone at approximately 30 and 60 days postoperative to identify missed
complications. If the RC identifies a missed complication by phone, the investigator or
co-investigator will then contact the subject with a second phone call to discuss the
reported complications in more detail.

Patient charts will be reviewed throughout 60 days postoperative. Some subjects may receive
their follow-up care outside of UW Medicine. In this case, records from external institutions
will be obtained and reviewed for the timeframe.

- Record adverse events as reported by subject or observed by investigator.

- Obtain medical history/current condition, medication list

- Administer Symptoms Questionnaire

- Review clinical charts for complications, as available

SUBJECT WITHDRAWAL

Patients may voluntarily withdraw from the study or be dropped from it at the discretion of
the investigator at any time. Patients may be withdrawn from the study if any of the
following occur:

- Pregnancy discovered after enrollment, but prior to study drug treatment

- Protocol violation

- Subject withdrawal of consent

- Lost to follow-up

- Do not have clinical resection performed post drug administration

- Death

1. Replacement of Subjects Subjects withdrawn from the study prior to administration
of the study drug will be replaced. Subjects withdrawn from the study after
administration of the study drug and who do not have a clinical resection performed
will not be replaced. Other subjects withdrawn prior to complete 60-day follow up
will not be replaced. If subjects do not respond to phone follow-up at 30 or 60
days, three repeated attempts will be made over the 10 days following each of these
time points. Subjects who have incomplete follow up will be included with limited
follow up.

BIOSTATISTICS

1. Sample Size and Power

We estimate the final target sample size will be 98 patients. We aim to screen 154
patients and enroll n=123 patients into this single-arm study to test whether treatment
with lanreotide reduces the risk of postoperative pancreatic fistula. Based upon a 20%
probability of not proceeding with surgical resection after drug treatment due to
findings of metastatic or unresectable disease at surgery, we anticipate that 123
treated patients will yield 98 evaluable patients.

2. Analysis Plan

As a primary method analysis, we will use a one-sample t-test to compare the rate of
postoperative pancreatic fistula among the n=98 patients who were treated with lanreotide and
underwent surgical resection against a published rate of 21% for patients treated with a
placebo in another study, while 9% of patients treated with pasireotide experienced
postoperative pancreatic fistula. The present study has 80% power (one-sided alpha = 0.05) to
detect pancreatic fistula rates smaller than 11.5%, the approximate upper estimate of an 80%
confidence interval of the pancreatic fistula rate of 9% in the study of pasireotide.

As a secondary exploratory analysis, we will use McNemar's test to compare the pancreatic
fistula rate in the present study to that of historical controls at the same institution
matched on pancreatic firmness and duct size.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female patients age ≥ 18 years

- Candidate for planned elective pancreaticoduodenectomy or distal pancreatectomy for
malignancy or suspected malignancy

- Able to provide informed consent

- Able to adhere to dose and schedule of visits

- Female subject of childbearing potential should have a negative urine or serum
pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to study drug administration. If the urine test
is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be
required.

- Female subjects who are at risk of becoming pregnant must agree to use an effective
method of contraception such as double barrier contraception, an injectable, combined
oral contraceptive or an intra-uterine device (IUD). The subject must agree to use the
contraception during the whole period of the study and for eight months after the last
study drug administration. Non childbearing potential is defined as being
postmenopausal for at least 1 year, or permanently sterilized at least 3 months before
study entry.

- Male subjects must agree that, if their partner is at risk of becoming pregnant, they
will use an effective method of contraception.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Use of disallowed concomitant medications

- Has been treated with a Somatostatin analogs (SSA) at any time prior to planned study
drug administration, except if that treatment was for less than 15 days of short
acting SSA or one dose of long acting SSA and the treatment was received more than 6
weeks prior to randomization

- Planned tumor enucleation or total pancreatectomy

- Pregnancy or breastfeeding

- Malabsorption syndrome, short bowel, or chologenic diarrhea uncontrolled by specific
therapeutic interventions

- New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV congestive heart failure, unstable
angina, sustained ventricular arrhythmia, advanced heart block, clinically significant
bradycardia, or acute myocardial infarction within six months before enrollment

- Severe renal insufficiency as defined by a calculated creatinine clearance <30 mL/min

- Known allergic reactions to components of the study drug

- Has been treated with Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) at any time prior
to randomization

- Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medications, such as cyclosporine,
tacrolimus, or prednisone (≥10 mg daily) within 3 months prior to dosing of study drug

- Treatment with another investigational drug within 10 days prior to dosing of study
drug

- Anything that would place the individual at increased risk or preclude the
individual's full compliance with or completion of the study.
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