Safety and Efficacy of Mitazalimab in Combination With Chemotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer Patients
OPTIMIZE-1
An Open-label Phase 1b/2 Study Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Mitazalimab in Combination With Chemotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
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3 countries
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Brief Summary
Phase 1b/2 study to assess the safety and efficacy of mitazalimab in combination with chemotherapy in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_1
Started Sep 2021
Longer than P75 for phase_1
14 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 6, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 17, 2021
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
September 17, 2021
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2026
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 30, 2026
October 8, 2025
October 1, 2025
4.7 years
May 6, 2021
October 6, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Incidence of Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs) (Part 1: Phase 1b Dose escalation)
Number of patients experiencing DLTs
From first dose to end of dose limiting toxicity period (Day 1-21)
Objective response rate (ORR) (Part 2: Phase 2 Dose expansion)
Proportion of patients achieving complete response or partial response at any time during the study
From first dose to 28-56 days after end of study treatment
Secondary Outcomes (8)
Type, frequency and severity of Adverse Events
From informed consent signed to 28-56 days after end of of study treatment
Anti-drug-antibody (ADA) titer in serum (tolerability)
From first dose until 28-56 days after end of study treatment
Cmax of mitazalimab (pharmacokinetics)
From first dose until 28-56 days after end of study treatment
Tmax of mitazalimab (pharmacokinetics)
From first dose until 28-56 days after end of study treatment
AUC(0-T) of mitazalimab (pharmacokinetics)
From first dose until 28-56 days after end of study treatment
- +3 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (1)
Intravenously administered mitazalimab given in combination with chemotherapy
EXPERIMENTALMitazalimab, a human monoclonal antibody targeting CD40, administered intravenously every 14 days, in combination with standard of care chemotherapy modified FOLFIRINOX.
Interventions
Mitazalimab administered intravenously every 14 days in combination with standard of care chemotherapy modified FOLFIRINOX.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Has provided written informed consent
- Is ≥18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF)
- Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- Has a diagnosis of previously untreated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (histologically documented)
- Has measurable disease per RECIST v. 1.1
- Has not received previous chemotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
- Has not received prior abdominal radiotherapy (except for palliative radiotherapy to non-target lesions)
- Has a life expectancy of ≥ 3 months
- Has acceptable hematologic laboratory values defined as:
- Neutrophils ≥ 1.5 x 109/L without growth factor stimulation within 3 weeks prior to the blood test
- Platelets ≥100 x 109/L
- Hemoglobin ≥6.2 mmol/L (\~100 g/L) (may be after transfusion)
- Has acceptable clinical chemistry laboratory values defined as:
- Bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN (biliary drainage is permitted)
- AST ≤3 x ULN (irrespective of hepatic metastases)
- +9 more criteria
You may not qualify if:
- Has other types of non-ductal tumor of the pancreas, including endocrine tumors or acinar cell adenocarcinoma, cyst adenocarcinoma and ampullary carcinoma
- Has other current cancer or history of cancer in the prior 3 years before signing the ICF other than in situ cervical cancer, or basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma treated with local excision only
- Has known CNS metastases or carcinomatous meningitis
- Has contraindication to any constituent of study treatment (mitazalimab and applicable chemotherapy)
- Has a history of chronic diarrhea, inflammatory disease of the colon or rectum, or unresolved partial or complete intestinal obstruction
- Has a history of myocardial infarction within 12 months of the first administration of mitazalimab, uncontrolled angina pectoris, unstable cardiac arrhythmias, or congestive heart failure of New York Heart Association class II or greater
- Has QTc \>450 msec
- Has uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including active infection
- Has a known history of HIV, hepatitis B or active hepatitis C infection
- Is a female patient who is pregnant or nursing
- Has received attenuated vaccine within 28 days before the first dose of study treatment
- Any condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would place the patient at increased risk or preclude the patient's compliance with the study
- Participates in another investigational drug or device study with any intervention within the previous 4 weeks prior to first dose of mitazalimab
- Has received prior treatment with irinotecan or platinum-containing chemotherapy
- Has pre-existing peripheral neuropathy greater than grade 1
- +4 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (14)
Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc
Brussels, Belgium
Hospital Erasme
Brussels, Belgium
UZA Antwerp
Edegem, Belgium
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux - Hôpital Haut-Lévêque,
Bordeaux, France
Centre Lyon Berard
Lyon, France
Institut Paoli-Calmettes
Marseille, France
Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou
Paris, 75015, France
Institute de Cancérologie de Lorraine
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Madrid, Spain
Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Madrid, Spain
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain
Seville, Spain
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
Zaragoza, Spain
Related Publications (2)
Van Laethem JL, Geboes K, Borbath I, Macarulla Mercade T, Lambert A, Cassier P, Prenen H, Mitry E, Blanc JF, Pilla L, Feliu J, Rodriguez Garrote M, Pazo-Cid RA, Gallego I, Smith KE, Nordbladh K, Jimenez DG, Ellmark P, Pico de Coana Y, Ambarkhane SV, Beatty GL, O'Reilly EM. CD40 agonist mitazalimab with mFOLFIRINOX in untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer: Biomarkers associated with outcomes from OPTIMIZE-1. Cell Rep Med. 2025 Oct 21;6(10):102407. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2025.102407. Epub 2025 Oct 7.
PMID: 41061701DERIVEDVan Laethem JL, Borbath I, Prenen H, Geboes KP, Lambert A, Mitry E, Cassier PA, Blanc JF, Pilla L, Batlle JF, Garrote MR, Pazo-Cid RA, Gallego I, Smith KE, Ellmark P, Pico de Coana Y, Ambarkhane SV, Macarulla T. Combining CD40 agonist mitazalimab with mFOLFIRINOX in previously untreated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (OPTIMIZE-1): a single-arm, multicentre phase 1b/2 study. Lancet Oncol. 2024 Jul;25(7):853-864. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00263-8. Epub 2024 Jun 1.
PMID: 38834087DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Yago Pico de Coaña, PhD
Alligator Bioscience AB
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jean-Luc van Laethem, Prof. MD
Hospital Erasme
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 1
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 6, 2021
First Posted
May 17, 2021
Study Start
September 17, 2021
Primary Completion (Estimated)
June 1, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
June 30, 2026
Last Updated
October 8, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-10
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share