A Trial of Cabozantinib (XL184) and Gemcitabine in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Inclusion Criteria:

1. pathologically confirmed pancreatic carcinoma.
2. locally advanced unresectable disease, metastatic disease, or recurrent disease following surgical therapy.
3. ≥ 18 years old.
4. Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks.
5. ECOG performance status ≤1 (Karnofsky ≥70%) (See Appendix A).
6. adequate organ and marrow function as follows:
7. capable of understanding and complying with the protocol requirements and has signed the informed consent document.
8. use medically accepted barrier methods of contraception
9. women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at screening.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas.
2. more than 1 prior systemic treatment regimen for pancreatic cancer. may have received prior neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy, including gemcitabine, provided 6 months have elapsed from completion of that treatment and the start of study therapy.
3. Previous gemcitabine therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer. Patients who have had chemotherapy within 4 weeks, nitrosoureas/mitomycin C within 6 weeks, or monoclonal antibody within 6 weeks prior to planned initiation of study treatment.
4. prior treatment with a small molecule kinase inhibitor or a hormonal therapy within 14 days or five half-lives of the compound or active metabolites, whichever is longer, before the first dose of study treatment.
5. have received an investigational agent within 28 days of the first dose of study treatment or 5 half-lives of the compound or active metabolite, whichever is longer.
6. have received radiation therapy within 14 days of study treatment.
7. have not recovered from toxicity due to all prior therapies (i.e., return to pretherapy baseline or to CTCAE Grade 0 or 1) except alopecia and non-clinically significant AEs.
8. known brain metastases.