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Table 3 Recent major and pivotal clinical trials for targeted therapy in PDAC

From: Molecular alterations and targeted therapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Agent

Therapeutic mechanism

Target

Study phase

Numbers of patients (with PDAC)

Efficacy

Clinical trial

Reference

Erlotinib

Tyrosine kinase inhibition

EGFR

Phase III

436

DFS and OS not improved

CONKO-005

DRKS00000247

Phase III

449

OS not improved

LAP07

NCT00634725

Vandetanib

EGFR, RET, VEGFR2

Phase II

142

OS not improved

 

EudraCT2007-004299-38, ISRCTN96297434

Nimotuzumab

Monoclonal antibody

EGFR

Phase IIb

186

Longer OS in KRASWT, HR = 0.69

 

EudraCT2007-000338-38, OSAG101-PCS07, NCT00561990

MK-0646

IGF-1R

Phase II

75

OS improved

 

NCT00769483

MCLA-128 (Zenocutuzumab)

ERBB3

Phase II

recruiting

  

NCT02912949

Selumetinib and MK-2206

Oncogenic pathway inhibition

PI3K and MEK

Phase II

137

PFS and OS not improved

SWOG S1115

NCT01658943

Olaparib

Synthetic lethality

PARP

Phase III

164

Longer PFS, HR = 0.53

POLO trial

NCT02184195

Pembrolizumab

Immune checkpoint blockade

PD-1

Phase Ib

24

ORR = 0

KEYNOTE-028

NCT02054806

Phase II

22

ORR = 18.2

KEYNOTE-158

NCT02628067

CAR T

Target tumour-associated antigens

HER2

Phase I

2

SD = 2

 

NCT01935843

Mesothelin

Phase I

5

SD = 3, PD = 2

 

NCT02159716

CD133

Phase I

7

PR = 2, SD = 3, PD = 2

 

NCT02541370

  1. PDAC pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; DFS disease-free survival; OS overall survival; KRASWT KRAS wild-type; PFS progression-free survival; HR hazard ratio; ORR objective response rate; PD-1 programmed death-1 receptor; SD stable disease; PR partial response; PD progressive disease