A Pilot, Prospective, Non-randomized Evaluation of the Safety of Anakinra Plus Standard Chemotherapy

Summary

The study's overall objectives are to evaluate the safety of anakinra in combination with standard chemotherapy regimens in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarinoma, as well as to collect preliminary immune modulation and clinical activity information, overall survival, and serious adverse events related to the study drug.

Timeline

Start

2013-12

Primary completion

2017-12

Completion

2021-06

Publications

• Background Allantaz F, Chaussabel D, Stichweh D, Bennett L, Allman W, Mejias A, Ardura M, Chung W, Smith E, Wise C, Palucka K, Ramilo O, Punaro M, Banchereau J, Pascual V. Blood leukocyte microarrays to diagnose systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis and follow the response to IL-1 blockade. J Exp Med. 2007 Sep 3;204(9):2131-44. doi: 10.1084/jem.20070070. Epub 2007 Aug 27.
• Background Aspord C, Pedroza-Gonzalez A, Gallegos M, Tindle S, Burton EC, Su D, Marches F, Banchereau J, Palucka AK. Breast cancer instructs dendritic cells to prime interleukin 13-secreting CD4+ T cells that facilitate tumor development. J Exp Med. 2007 May 14;204(5):1037-47. doi: 10.1084/jem.20061120. Epub 2007 Apr 16.
• Background Beatty GL, Chiorean EG, Fishman MP, Saboury B, Teitelbaum UR, Sun W, Huhn RD, Song W, Li D, Sharp LL, Torigian DA, O'Dwyer PJ, Vonderheide RH. CD40 agonists alter tumor stroma and show efficacy against pancreatic carcinoma in mice and humans. Science. 2011 Mar 25;331(6024):1612-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1198443.
• Background Bennett L, Palucka AK, Arce E, Cantrell V, Borvak J, Banchereau J, Pascual V. Interferon and granulopoiesis signatures in systemic lupus erythematosus blood. J Exp Med. 2003 Mar 17;197(6):711-23. doi: 10.1084/jem.20021553.
• Background Chaussabel D, Quinn C, Shen J, Patel P, Glaser C, Baldwin N, Stichweh D, Blankenship D, Li L, Munagala I, Bennett L, Allantaz F, Mejias A, Ardura M, Kaizer E, Monnet L, Allman W, Randall H, Johnson D, Lanier A, Punaro M, Wittkowski KM, White P, Fay J, Klintmalm G, Ramilo O, Palucka AK, Banchereau J, Pascual V. A modular analysis framework for blood genomics studies: application to systemic lupus erythematosus. Immunity. 2008 Jul 18;29(1):150-64. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2008.05.012.
• Background Coussens LM, Zitvogel L, Palucka AK. Neutralizing tumor-promoting chronic inflammation: a magic bullet? Science. 2013 Jan 18;339(6117):286-91. doi: 10.1126/science.1232227.
• Background De Monte L, Reni M, Tassi E, Clavenna D, Papa I, Recalde H, Braga M, Di Carlo V, Doglioni C, Protti MP. Intratumor T helper type 2 cell infiltrate correlates with cancer-associated fibroblast thymic stromal lymphopoietin production and reduced survival in pancreatic cancer. J Exp Med. 2011 Mar 14;208(3):469-78. doi: 10.1084/jem.20101876. Epub 2011 Feb 21.
• Background Kalos M, Levine BL, Porter DL, Katz S, Grupp SA, Bagg A, June CH. T cells with chimeric antigen receptors have potent antitumor effects and can establish memory in patients with advanced leukemia. Sci Transl Med. 2011 Aug 10;3(95):95ra73. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3002842.
• Background Kuraishy A, Karin M, Grivennikov SI. Tumor promotion via injury- and death-induced inflammation. Immunity. 2011 Oct 28;35(4):467-77. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.09.006.
• Background La Torre M, Nigri G, Ferrari L, Cosenza G, Ravaioli M, Ramacciato G. Hospital volume, margin status, and long-term survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Am Surg. 2012 Feb;78(2):225-9.
• Background Laheru D, Jaffee EM. Immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer - science driving clinical progress. Nat Rev Cancer. 2005 Jun;5(6):459-67. doi: 10.1038/nrc1630.
• Background Lee HC, Ziegler SF. Inducible expression of the proallergic cytokine thymic stromal lymphopoietin in airway epithelial cells is controlled by NFkappaB. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jan 16;104(3):914-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607305104. Epub 2007 Jan 9.
• Background Maker AV, Katabi N, Qin LX, Klimstra DS, Schattner M, Brennan MF, Jarnagin WR, Allen PJ. Cyst fluid interleukin-1beta (IL1beta) levels predict the risk of carcinoma in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas. Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Mar 15;17(6):1502-8. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-1561. Epub 2011 Jan 25.
• Background Palucka AK, Gatlin J, Blanck JP, Melkus MW, Clayton S, Ueno H, Kraus ET, Cravens P, Bennett L, Padgett-Thomas A, Marches F, Islas-Ohlmayer M, Garcia JV, Banchereau J. Human dendritic cell subsets in NOD/SCID mice engrafted with CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors. Blood. 2003 Nov 1;102(9):3302-10. doi: 10.1182/blood-2003-02-0384. Epub 2003 Jul 17.
• Background Palucka AK, Ueno H, Connolly J, Kerneis-Norvell F, Blanck JP, Johnston DA, Fay J, Banchereau J. Dendritic cells loaded with killed allogeneic melanoma cells can induce objective clinical responses and MART-1 specific CD8+ T-cell immunity. J Immunother. 2006 Sep-Oct;29(5):545-57. doi: 10.1097/01.cji.0000211309.90621.8b.
• Background Palucka K, Banchereau J. Cancer immunotherapy via dendritic cells. Nat Rev Cancer. 2012 Mar 22;12(4):265-77. doi: 10.1038/nrc3258.
• Background Pascual V, Allantaz F, Arce E, Punaro M, Banchereau J. Role of interleukin-1 (IL-1) in the pathogenesis of systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis and clinical response to IL-1 blockade. J Exp Med. 2005 May 2;201(9):1479-86. doi: 10.1084/jem.20050473. Epub 2005 Apr 25.
• Background Pedroza-Gonzalez A, Xu K, Wu TC, Aspord C, Tindle S, Marches F, Gallegos M, Burton EC, Savino D, Hori T, Tanaka Y, Zurawski S, Zurawski G, Bover L, Liu YJ, Banchereau J, Palucka AK. Thymic stromal lymphopoietin fosters human breast tumor growth by promoting type 2 inflammation. J Exp Med. 2011 Mar 14;208(3):479-90. doi: 10.1084/jem.20102131. Epub 2011 Feb 21.
• Background Ramilo O, Allman W, Chung W, Mejias A, Ardura M, Glaser C, Wittkowski KM, Piqueras B, Banchereau J, Palucka AK, Chaussabel D. Gene expression patterns in blood leukocytes discriminate patients with acute infections. Blood. 2007 Mar 1;109(5):2066-77. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-02-002477. Epub 2006 Nov 14.
• Background Sebens Muerkoster S, Werbing V, Sipos B, Debus MA, Witt M, Grossmann M, Leisner D, Kotteritzsch J, Kappes H, Kloppel G, Altevogt P, Folsch UR, Schafer H. Drug-induced expression of the cellular adhesion molecule L1CAM confers anti-apoptotic protection and chemoresistance in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. Oncogene. 2007 Apr 26;26(19):2759-68. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210076. Epub 2006 Nov 6.
• Background Vence L, Palucka AK, Fay JW, Ito T, Liu YJ, Banchereau J, Ueno H. Circulating tumor antigen-specific regulatory T cells in patients with metastatic melanoma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Dec 26;104(52):20884-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710557105. Epub 2007 Dec 18.
• Background Yu CI, Gallegos M, Marches F, Zurawski G, Ramilo O, Garcia-Sastre A, Banchereau J, Palucka AK. Broad influenza-specific CD8+ T-cell responses in humanized mice vaccinated with influenza virus vaccines. Blood. 2008 Nov 1;112(9):3671-8. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-05-157016. Epub 2008 Aug 19.

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