Epigenetic and immune drugs join forces against tough tumors
NCT ID NCT04705818
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed Phase 2 trial tested whether combining an immunotherapy drug (durvalumab) with an epigenetic drug (tazemetostat) can control advanced solid tumors like pancreatic, colorectal, and soft-tissue sarcoma. The study enrolled 164 adults and measured how well the combo shrank or stabilized tumors. The goal is to find a new way to treat cancers that don't respond to standard therapies.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- durvalumab and tazemetostat
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for several hard-to-treat cancers, potentially slowing or stopping tumor growth.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 2 trial with modest enrollment (164 participants). The results may not apply to all cancer types, and side effects from the drug combination could limit its use.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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164 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2021
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Histology: histologically confirmed solid tumors including pancreatic cancer (cohort A), non MSI-H or MMR-deficient colorectal cancer (cohort B), solid tumor with positive IFNG gene expression signature and/or tertiary lymphoid structure positive (cohort C), soft-tissue sarcomas (Cohort D). Other solid tumor types may be included through future amendment of the current version of the study protocol. Note: for cohort C, IFNG gene expression and/or presence of tertiary lymphoid structure will be centrally assessed. Cohort D, diagnosis must be confirmed and reviewed by the RRePS Network.as recommended by the French NCI (Inca). 2. For cohort C, availability of archived FFPE tumor tissue sample for IFNG gene expression assessment and/or determination of the presence of tertiary lymphoid structure, 3. Advanced disease defined as metastatic or unresectable locally advanced disease, 4. Age ≥ 18 years, 5. ECOG, Performance status ≤ 1, 6. Measurable disease according to RECIST 7. Life expectancy \> 3 months, 8. Participant must have advanced disease and must not be a candidate for other approved therapeutic regimen known to provide significant clinical benefit based on investigator judgment, 9. Adequate hematological, renal, metabolic and hepatic functions 10. No prior or concurrent malignant disease diagnosed or treated in the last 2 years except for adequately treated in situ carcinoma of the cervix, basal or squamous skin cell carcinoma, or in situ transitional bladder cell carcinoma, 11. At least three weeks since last chemotherapy, immunotherapy or any other pharmacological treatment and/or radiotherapy, 12. Recovery to grade ≤ 1 from any adverse event (AE) derived from previous treatment, excluding alopecia of any grade and non-painful peripheral neuropathy grade ≤ 2 13. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to inclusion. 14. Both women and men must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception throughout the treatment period and for at least nine months after discontinuation of treatment for women and six months after discontinuation of treatment for men. 15. Voluntary signed and dated written informed consents prior to any specific study procedure, 16. Participants with a social security in compliance with the French law. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Previous treatment with durvalumab or tazemetostat, 2. Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137, or CTLA-4 antibody, 3. EGFR/ALK/ROS mutated NSCLC, 4. Evidence of progressive or symptomatic central nervous system or leptomeningeal metastases, 5. Participation to a study involving a medical or therapeutic intervention in the last 30 days, 6. Previous enrolment in the present study, 7. Participant unable to follow and comply with the study procedures because of any geographical, familial, social or psychological reasons, 8. Known hypersensitivity to any involved study drug or of its formulation components, 9. Active autoimmune disease that might deteriorate when receiving an immunostimulatory agent 10. Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 14 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment, 11. History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (including pneumonitis), drug-induced pneumonitis, organizing pneumonia, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest CT scan or interstitial lung disease with ongoing signs and symptoms at inclusion. History of radiation pneumonitis in the radiation field (fibrosis) is permitted, 12. Has known active tuberculosis, hepatitis B or hepatitis C, 13. Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, 14. Persistent proteinuria \> 3.5 g/24 hours measured by urine protein-creatinine ratio from a random urine sample (≥ Grade 3, NCI-CTCAE v5), 15. Major surgical procedure or significant traumatic injury within 28 days before inclusion, 16. Non-healing wound, non-healing ulcer, or non-healing bone fracture, 17. Participants with evidence or history of any bleeding diathesis, irrespective of severity, 18. Any hemorrhage or bleeding event ≥ CTCAE Grade 3 within 4 weeks prior to inclusion, 19. Arterial or venous thrombotic or embolic events such as cerebrovascular accident (including transient ischemic attacks), deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism within 6 months before inclusion (except for adequately treated catheter-related venous thrombosis occurring more than one month before inclusion), 20. Ongoing infection \> Grade 2 as per NCI CTCAE v5, 21. Uncontrolled hypertension (Systolic blood pressure \> 140 mmHg or diastolic pressure \> 90 mmHg) despite optimal medical management, 22. Congestive heart failure ≥ New York Heart Association class 2, 23. Unstable angina, new-onset angina (begun within the last 3 months), 24. Myocardial infarction less than 6 months before inclusion, 25. Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias, 26. Pregnant or breast-feeding participants, 27. Individuals deprived of liberty or placed under legal guardianship, 28. Prior organ transplantation, including allogeneic stem cell transplantation, 29. Known alcohol or drug abuse, 30. Participants with any condition that impairs their ability to swallow and retain tablets, 31. Other severe acute or chronic medical conditions including immune inflammatory bowel disease, immune pneumonitis, pulmonary fibrosis or psychiatric conditions including recent (within the past year) or active suicidal ideation or behavior; or laboratory abnormalities that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study treatment administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the participant inappropriate for entry into this study, 32. Participant with anti-Vitamine K oral anticoagulation therapy, 33. Suspected or known intraabdominal fistula, 34. Screening QTc interval \> 480 msec is excluded, 35. Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment. 36. Participants with a prior history of myeloid malignancies, including myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), 37. Participants with a prior history of T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) / T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU Brest
Brest, 29200, France
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CHU Poitiers
Poitiers, 86000, France
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Institut Bergonie
Bordeaux, 33076, France
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