New cocktail aims to tackle tough pancreatic cancer
NCT ID NCT06941857
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests a new drug called NC410 combined with standard chemotherapy (FOLFIRINOX) and immunotherapy drugs (nivolumab with or without ipilimumab) in 20 people with metastatic pancreatic cancer who have not had prior treatment. The main goal is to check safety and identify any unexpected side effects. Researchers will also track how long the cancer stays under control.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- NC410 (a biologic) plus FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy (oxaliplatin, irinotecan, folinic acid, fluorouracil) plus nivolumab with or without ipilimumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new combination treatment that improves outcomes for people with metastatic pancreatic cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial focused on safety, not yet proven to work. The combination may cause significant side effects and may not improve survival.
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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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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 years * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 - 1. * Metastatic histologically or cytologically confirmed pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. * Have metastatic disease * Must not have received prior systemic treatment for pancreatic cancer. * Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1. * Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function defined by study-specified laboratory tests and procedures. * Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum pregnancy test. * For both Women and Men, must use acceptable form of birth control while on study. * Must understand the study regimen, its requirements, risks and discomforts and is able and willing to sign the informed consent form in accordance with regulatory and institutional guidelines. Exclusion Criteria: * Have had prior chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer or prior chemotherapy within 5 years of enrollment for other cancer diagnoses. * Has received radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer. * Are receiving or have received any investigational agent or used an investigational device within 28 days prior to Day 1 of treatment in this study. * Has undergone major surgery, other than diagnostic surgery (i.e. surgery done to obtain a biopsy for diagnosis or an aborted Whipple), within 28 days prior to Day 1 of treatment in this study. * Is expected to require any other form of systemic or localized antineoplastic therapy while on study. * Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CTLA4, or anti-Lag-3 antibodies. * Has received a live vaccine or live-attenuated vaccine within 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug. * Prior tissue or organ allograft regardless of need for immunosuppression, including corneal allograft. * Has uncontrolled acute or chronic medical illness. * Has history of central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. * Has known additional malignancy that is progressing and requires active treatment. * Has active autoimmune disease. * Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent). * Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator. * Requirement for daily supplemental oxygen. * History of interstitial lung disease, non-infectious pneumonitis or uncontrolled lung diseases including pulmonary fibrosis, acute lung diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma requiring medication, etc. * Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). * Active or chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C. * Unable to undergo venipuncture and/or tolerate venous access. * Has known psychiatric or substance use disorder that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial. * Pregnant or breastfeeding * A WOCBP who has a positive urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to study drug initiation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States
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