Vilastobart+Retifanlimab in BRCA or PALB2 Deficient PC
EKLAVYA-HRD
A Phase 2 Study of Fc Enhanced checKpoint bLockade With CTLA4 Antibody Vilastobart in Combination With PD-1 antibodY RetifAnlimab in BRCA or PALB2 Deficient Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (EKLAVYA-HRD)
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Brief Summary
This is a single arm, open-label, non-randomized multi-institution phase II trial of a Fc enhanced CTLA4 antibody, vilastobart, in combination with PD-1 antibody, retifanlimab, in patients with BRCA1, BRCA2 or PALB2 deficient pancreatic cancer (PC).
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for phase_2
Started Jan 2027
Typical duration for phase_2
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 10, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 14, 2026
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2027
ExpectedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 31, 2028
Study Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 31, 2030
August 14, 2026
August 1, 2026
2 years
August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Objective response rate (ORR)
The primary endpoint is objective response rate for combination of vilastobart with retifanlimab. Response is measured using RECISTv1.1 and evaluated independently. Evaluation of the primary endpoint will follow a Simon's two-stage design. The objective response rate will be reported with an exact binomial 95% confidence interval.
Up to 1 year from baseline.
Secondary Outcomes (6)
Progression free survival (PFS)
From Day 1 through end of follow up (up to 3 years from registration)
Overall survival (OS)
Up to 3 years from registration
Duration of response (DoR)
From Day 1 through end of follow up (up to 3 years from registration)
Overall clinical benefit
From baseline through up to 1 year.
Safety and tolerability of vilastobart and retifanlimab
From baseline through up to 1 year
- +1 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (1)
Vilastobart + Retifanlimab
EXPERIMENTALThis arm involves screening, study treatment with the study drugs, study visits, and follow-up visits for up to 3 years from time of joining study. Participants will receive up to 4 doses of Vilastobart, and Retifanlimab every three weeks until disease progression, intolerable side effects, or for a total of one year. Premedication for all vilastobart doses is required. For participants who experience disease progression on retifanlimab monotherapy or after completion of therapy on trial may be considered for re-induction with vilastobart and retifanlimab. Treatment beyond disease progression will be permitted for first instance of progressive disease by RECIST only if patients remain clinically stable from their disease and ongoing treatment is considered appropriate by patient, treating physician, and Sponsor Investigator.
Interventions
100mg administered once every 6 weeks (Day 1 of every 6-week cycle) by intravenous infusion (IV) over about 90-140 minutes. This will continue for up to 4 6-week cycles (4 doses).
375 mg administered once every 3 weeks (Days 2 and 23 of every 6-week cycle) by intravenous infusion over about 30 minutes. This will continue for up to 12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Participant must have histologically proven metastatic pancreatic cancer. Histologies including acinar cell carcinoma, carcinoma, ductal carcinoma, ductal adenocarcinoma, poorly differentiated or adenosquamous carcinoma are allowed.
- Participant must have a germline or somatic pathogenic alteration in BRCA1, BRCA2, or PALB2 on tumor next generation sequencing (NGS) performed using a CLIA certified assay. Somatic pathogenic alterations detected on circulating tumor DNA need confirmation on tumor tissue NGS. Germline pathogenic alterations in BRCA1, BRCA2 or PALB2 do not require further confirmation on tumor NGS. All genomic reports be verified in writing (via email) by site and/or overall PI.
- Participants must have measurable disease per RECIST version 1.1.
- Participant must have at least one disease site which is amenable to safe biopsy and must agree to pre- and on-treatment biopsies (core, incisional, or excisional biopsy) of tumor site. In select cases biopsies can be waived after discussion with the Sponsor Investigator.
- Participant must have had at least one but not more than two lines of cytotoxic chemotherapy for metastatic disease. Receipt of neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy within the last 12 months may count as one line of therapy in metastatic setting for patients with recurrent disease who are being considered for the study. Receipt of targeted therapy such as KRAS inhibitor, or PARP inhibitor is not counted line of therapy. Recycling of the same agents from prior lines of cytotoxic chemotherapy after disease progression does not count as a new line of therapy.
- Participant must have had prior platinum containing chemotherapy with at least a best response of stable disease. Participants with primary disease progression on platinum chemotherapy are ineligible.
- Age ≥18 years
- ECOG performance status of 0-2.
- Participants must meet the following organ and marrow function as defined below:
- absolute neutrophil count ≥1,000/mcL
- platelets ≥75,000/mcL
- total bilirubin ≤ 1.5x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN). For patients with liver metastases or confirmed/suspected Gilbert syndrome, total bilirubin ≤ 3 × ULN
- AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 2.5 × institutional ULN. For patients with liver metastases, AST and ALT ≤ 5 × ULN
- glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥30 mL/min/1.73 m\^2
- For participants with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated.
- +17 more criteria
You may not qualify if:
- Participants with neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas are excluded.
- Prior anticancer therapy:
- Received prior treatment with anti-CTLA-4 therapy
- Received prior immune-checkpoint anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy
- Received prior approved systemic anticancer therapy within 2 weeks or within its 5 half-lives prior to study treatment, whichever is shorter. Note: Long-standing hormonal therapy for prostate, breast, uterine, and adrenal cancer may be permitted to continue if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the patient, after discussion with the Sponsor Investigator.
- Received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to study treatment. Note: Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤ 2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-CNS disease
- Participants who have not recovered from adverse events due to prior anti-cancer therapy (i.e., have residual toxicities \> Grade 1) with the exception of alopecia or stable, Grade ≤ 2 non-autoimmune chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
- Participants with uncontrolled intercurrent illness that would interfere with ability to participate in the opinion of the treating investigator.
- Participants with psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
- Has an active infection requiring systemic intravenous or oral therapy within 7 days of cycle 1 day 1.
- Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, yellow fever, rabies, BCG, and typhoid (oral) vaccine. COVID-19 vaccination should not be given within 7 days of trial drug initiation.
- Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic immunosuppression in excess of physiologic maintenance doses of corticosteroids (\> 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent).
- Physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy at doses ≤ 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency and in the absence of active autoimmune disease is permitted.
- Participants with asthma that requires intermittent use of bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids, or local corticosteroid injections may participate.
- Participants using topical, ocular, intra-articular, or intranasal corticosteroids (with minimal systemic absorption) may participate.
- +16 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Massachusetts General Hospitallead
- Xilio Development, Inc.collaborator
- Incyte Corporationcollaborator
- Lustgarten Foundationcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Harshabad Singh, MBBS MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 2
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Principal Investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 10, 2026
First Posted
August 14, 2026
Study Start (Estimated)
January 1, 2027
Primary Completion (Estimated)
December 31, 2028
Study Completion (Estimated)
December 31, 2030
Last Updated
August 14, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
- Time Frame
- Data can be shared no earlier than 1 year following the date of publication.
- Access Criteria
- Contact the Partners Innovations team at http://www.partners.org/innovation
The Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center encourages and supports the responsible and ethical sharing of data from clinical trials. De-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript may only be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement. Request may be directed to: sharshabad@mgb.org. The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on ClinicalTrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.