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Triple threat: new combo aims to stop pancreatic cancer spread

NCT ID NCT02648282

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This phase II trial tested a combination of a pancreatic cancer vaccine (GVAX), an immunotherapy drug (pembrolizumab), and focused radiation (SBRT) in 58 patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer. The goal was to see if this approach could delay the spread of the cancer to other parts of the body. Participants had already received standard chemotherapy before joining the study.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
pancreatic cancer vaccine (GVAX) plus pembrolizumab (immunotherapy) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
What this could lead to
If successful, this combination could delay or prevent the spread of pancreatic cancer, offering a new treatment option for patients with locally advanced disease.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-phase trial (58 participants) with no control group, so results may not be definitive. The combination therapy carries risks of serious side effects, including immune-related toxicities.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 2

Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.

Participants

58 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jul 2016

Finished

Jun 2022

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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. Locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma 2. Patients must have received mFOLFIRINOX or Gemcitabine/ Abraxane based chemotherapy for 4 cycles with last dose of therapy between 2-5 weeks of study enrollment. 3. Age \>18 years 4. No metastatic disease 5. ECOG Performance Status of 0 to 1 6. Adequate organ function as defined by study-specified laboratory tests 7. Patients must be able to have fiducials placed for SBRT 8. Must use acceptable form of birth control through the study 9. Signed informed consent form 10. Willing and able to comply with study procedures Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who have been off of mFOLFIRINOX or gemcitabine/abraxane therapy for more than 49 days 2. Patients who have had more than one line of chemotherapy 3. Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to ongoing or active infection, systematic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia or psychiatric condition that would limit compliance with study requirements 4. Patient who have had prior treatment with IL-2, interferon, anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137, anti-OX-40, anti-CD40, or anti-CTLA-4 antibodies 5. Patients receiving active immunosuppressive agents or chronic use of systemic corticosteroids within 14 days prior to first dose of study drug 6. Patients who have received growth factors, including but not limited to granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), erythropoietin, etc. within 14 days of study drug administration 7. Patients with history of any autoimmune disease:inflammatory bowel disease, (including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease), rheumatoid arthritis, systemic progressive sclerosis (scleroderma), systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) autoimmune vasculitis, CNS or motor neuropathy considered to be of autoimmune origin. 8. Patients who have known history of infection with HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C 9. Patients with evidence of interstitial lung disease 10. Patients on home oxygen 11. Patients with oxygen saturation of \<92% on room air by pulse oximetry 12. Pregnant or lactating 13. Conditions, including alcohol or drug dependence, or intercurrent illness that would affect the patient's ability to comply with study visits and procedures

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States

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