New combo therapy shows promise for tough pancreatic cancer
NCT ID NCT03264404
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a combination of two drugs, pembrolizumab (an immunotherapy) and azacitidine (a drug that affects gene activity), in people with advanced pancreatic cancer that had worsened after initial treatment. The goal was to see if this combination could help control the cancer. About 36 participants received both drugs on a regular schedule. This was an early-phase trial to check safety and effectiveness, and it was not a cure.
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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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36 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2017
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- 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: * Be willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial. * Age ≥18 years of age on day of signing informed consent. * Have confirmed diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma * Have a predicted life expectancy of greater than 3 months. * Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1. * Have a performance status of 0 or 1 using the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Scale within 3 days of first dose of study drug. * Have documented radiographic progression to or documented intolerance of first line systemic chemotherapy which included either gemcitabine or Fluorouracil (5-FU) based regimen (including capecitabine). * Subjects who have documented disease recurrence within 6 months of completing neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy for limited disease will be eligible for study. Subjects who recur greater than 6 months after completing adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy will not be eligible unless they receive additional chemotherapy for advanced disease. Exclusion Criteria: * Is currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy, or herbal/complementary oral or IV medicine within 2 weeks of the first dose of treatment. * Has received chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 14 days of first dose of study medication.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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