Clinical trial · Interventional
Nab-paclitaxel and Gemcitabine vs Gemcitabine Alone as Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer (the "Apact" Study)
A Phase 3, Multicenter, Open-label, Randomized Study of Nab-Paclitaxel Plus Gemcitabine Versus Gemcitabine Alone as Adjuvant Therapy in Subjects With Surgically Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to compare whether there is a delay or prevention of recurrence or death in participants with surgically removed pancreatic cancer who then take nab-Paclitaxel in combination with gemcitabine compared to those who take gemcitabine alone.
Conditions
Conditions (10)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Digestive System Diseases | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Digestive System Neoplasms | Digestive System Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Endocrine Gland Neoplasms | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Endocrine System Diseases | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Gemcitabine | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Neoplasms by Site | Neoplasm by Site | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Pancreatic Diseases | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pancreatic Neoplasms | Pancreatic Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemcitabine | Drug | Gemcitabine | ALIAS |
| nab-Paclitaxel | Drug | Nab-paclitaxel | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- nab-Paclitaxel 125 mg/m^2 plus gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2
- description
- Participants received nab-Paclitaxel 125 mg/m\^2 administered as an intravenous (IV) infusion over 30 to 40 minutes, followed by gemcitabine 1000 mg/m\^2 as an IV infusion over 30 to 40 minutes on Days 1, 8 and 15 of each 28-day treatment cycle for 6 cycles, unless there was evidence of radiologic disease recurrence, unacceptable toxicity, subject or physician decision, withdrawal of consent, or death.
- interventionNames
- Drug: nab-Paclitaxel
- Drug: Gemcitabine
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m^2
- description
- Participants received gemcitabine 1000 mg/m\^2 administered as an IV infusion over 30 to 40 minutes on Days 1, 8 and 15 of each 28-day treatment cycle for 6 cycles, unless there was evidence of radiologic disease recurrence, unacceptable toxicity, subject or physician decision, withdrawal of consent, or death.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Gemcitabine
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Histologically confirmed resected ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma with macroscopic complete resection (R0 and R1). Subjects with neuroendocrine (and mixed type) tumors are excluded. 2. Pancreatic cancer surgical staging: Tumor (T) 1-3, Lymph Node (LN) N0-1, Metastasis (M) 0. 3. Subject should be able to start treatment no later than 12 weeks postsurgery. 4. ≥18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF). 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. 6. Acceptable hematology parameters: * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500 cell/mm\^3 * Platelet count ≥100,000/mm\^3 * Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥9 g/dL 7. Acceptable blood chemistry levels: * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/ serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and alanine transaminase (ALT)/ serum glutamic -pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≤2.5 × upper limit of normal range (ULN) * Total bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal (participants with Gilbert's syndrome can have bilirubin of up to 1.5 x ULN) * Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN * Serum creatinine within upper limits of normal or calculated clearance ≥50 mL/min/1.73 m\^2. If using creatinine clearance, actual body weight should be used for calculating creatinine clearance (eg, using the Cockroft-Gault formula). For subjects with a body mass index (BMI) \>30 kg/m2, lean body weight should be used instead 8. Cancer antigen (CA)19-9 \<100 U/mL assessed within 14 days of randomization 9. Acceptable coagulation studies as demonstrated by prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) within normal limits (±15%) Exclusion Criteria: A subject will not be eligible for inclusion in this study if any of the following criteria apply: 1. Prior neo-adjuvant treatment or radiation therapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma 2. Presence of or history of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma 3. Any other malignancy within 5 years prior to randomization, with the exception of adequately treated in-situ carcinoma of the cervix, uteri, or nonmelanomatous skin cancer (all treatment of which should have been completed 6 months prior to randomization) 4. Active, uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection(s) requiring systemic therapy, defined as ongoing signs/symptoms related to the infection without improvement despite appropriate antibiotics, antiviral therapy, and/or other treatment 5. Known infection with hepatitis B or C, or history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, or subject receiving immunosuppressive or myelosuppressive medications that would in the opinion of the investigator, increase the risk of serious neutropenic complications 6. History of allergy or hypersensitivity to nab-paclitaxel or gemcitabine or any of their excipients 7. Serious medical risk factors involving any of the major organ systems, or serious psychiatric disorders, which could compromise the subject's safety or the study data integrity. These include, but are not limited to: 1. History of connective tissue disorders (eg, lupus, scleroderma, arteritis nodosa) 2. History of interstitial lung disease, slowly progressive dyspnea and unproductive cough, sarcoidosis, silicosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypersensitivity pneumonitis or multiple allergies 3. History of the following within 6 months prior to Cycle 1 Day 1: a myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina pectoris, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III-IV heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, clinically significant cardiac dysrhythmia or electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormality, cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, or seizure disorder
References
Publications (6)
- BACKGROUNDYoung R, Mainwaring P, Clingan P, Parnis FX, Asghari G, Beale P, Aly A, Botteman M, Romano A, Ferrara S, Margunato-Debay S, Harris M. nab-Paclitaxel plus gemcitabine in metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Australian subset analyses of the phase III MPACT trial. Asia Pac J Clin Oncol. 2018 Oct;14(5):e325-e331. doi: 10.1111/ajco.12999. Epub 2018 Jun 22. PMID 29932294
- BACKGROUNDReni M, Zanon S, Balzano G, Passoni P, Pircher C, Chiaravalli M, Fugazza C, Ceraulo D, Nicoletti R, Arcidiacono PG, Macchini M, Peretti U, Castoldi R, Doglioni C, Falconi M, Partelli S, Gianni L. A randomised phase 2 trial of nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine with or without capecitabine and cisplatin in locally advanced or borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Eur J Cancer. 2018 Oct;102:95-102. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.07.007. Epub 2018 Aug 24. PMID 30149366
- BACKGROUNDFernandez A, Salgado M, Garcia A, Buxo E, Vera R, Adeva J, Jimenez-Fonseca P, Quintero G, Llorca C, Canabate M, Lopez LJ, Munoz A, Ramirez P, Gonzalez P, Lopez C, Reboredo M, Gallardo E, Sanchez-Canovas M, Gallego J, Guillen C, Ruiz-Miravet N, Navarro-Perez V, De la Camara J, Ales-Diaz I, Pazo-Cid RA, Carmona-Bayonas A. Prognostic factors for survival with nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine in metastatic pancreatic cancer in real-life practice: the ANICE-PaC study. BMC Cancer. 2018 Nov 29;18(1):1185. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-5101-3. PMID 30497432
- BACKGROUNDSonbol MB, Ahn DH, Goldstein D, Okusaka T, Tabernero J, Macarulla T, Reni M, Li CP, O'Neil B, Van Cutsem E, Bekaii-Saab T. CanStem111P trial: a Phase III study of napabucasin plus nab-paclitaxel with gemcitabine. Future Oncol. 2019 Apr;15(12):1295-1302. doi: 10.2217/fon-2018-0903. Epub 2019 Feb 15. PMID 30768369
- DERIVEDTempero MA, Pelzer U, O'Reilly EM, Winter J, Oh DY, Li CP, Tortora G, Chang HM, Lopez CD, Bekaii-Saab T, Ko AH, Santoro A, Park JO, Noel MS, Frassineti GL, Shan YS, Dean A, Riess H, Van Cutsem E, Berlin J, Philip P, Moore M, Goldstein D, Tabernero J, Li M, Ferrara S, Le Bruchec Y, Zhang G, Lu B, Biankin AV, Reni M; APACT Investigators. Adjuvant nab-Paclitaxel + Gemcitabine in Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Results From a Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Apr 10;41(11):2007-2019. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.01134. Epub 2022 Dec 15.