FL118 for Treating Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Who can take part

• Age ≥ 18 years old
• Have a histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced PDAC (locally advanced/unresectable or metastatic for part A (dose escalation) and metastatic for part B (dose expansion)
• Progression on or intolerance to 1st line therapy for advanced disease. Note that completion of adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy within 6 months from relapsed disease is considered one line of therapy for locally advanced/unresectable or metastatic disease
• Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
• Have a life expectancy of greater than 3 months
• Have measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria present
• Patient willing to undergo tumor biopsy at baseline and on treatment if there is a lesion that can safely be biopsied based on investigator assessment. If this is not feasible, adequate archival tumor tissue must be available
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC): ≥ 1,500/mL
• Platelets: ≥ 100,000/mL
• Hemoglobin: ≥ 9 g/dL
• Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min (per Cockroft-Gault equation)
• Total bilirubin: ≤ 1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN) or, direct bilirubin ≤ ULN for subjects with total bilirubin levels > 1.5 ULN
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]): ≤ 2.5 X ULN or, ≤ 5 X ULN for subjects with liver metastases
• Albumin: ≥ 3 gm/dL
• For females of reproductive potential (those who have not been surgically sterilized or have not been free from menses for > 1 year): use of highly effective contraception for at least 1 month prior to screening and agree to use such a method during study participation and, for an additional 6 months after the end of FL118 oral administration
• For males of reproductive potential: use of condoms or other methods to ensure effective contraception with partner during the study participation and for an additional 3 months after the end of FL118 oral administration
• Be willing and able to comply with all study procedures and, availability for the duration of the study
• Participant must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure

Who cannot take part

• Has a major surgical procedure within 4 weeks prior to the planned first day of study drug dosing
• Received a prior treatment intended for antitumor effect (medication, surgery, radiotherapy, etc.) within 2 weeks prior to the planned first day of study drug dosing (or patient who received mitomycin C or nitrosourea within 6 weeks prior to the planned first day of study drug dosing)
• Has congestive heart failure (class III or IV New York Heart Association), acute coronary syndrome, acute cerebrovascular episode, acute peripheral vascular disease, or clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia within 6 months prior to the planned first day of study drug dosing
• Has difficulty taking oral medications, a digestive malabsorptive condition other than pancreatic exocrine insufficiency controlled with pancreatic enzyme replacement, or concurrent disease that significantly affects gastrointestinal function
• Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy
• Has a history of organ transplantation
• Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial
• Has clinically significant venous thromboembolic event (VTE), defined as lower extremity deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, within the past 3 months. Patients who are on a stable anticoagulant dose for VTE prophylaxis or treatment for at least 14 days are allowed to participate
• Bowel obstruction or perforation within the past 3 months
• Refractory malignant ascites or pleural effusions (requiring weekly para- or thoracentesis or indwelling catheter for palliation). Patients with less frequent/as needed para- or thoracentesis are allowed to participate
• Any condition which in the investigator's opinion deems the participant an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug
• Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the screening visit through the trial period after the last dose of trial treatment