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Kunzmann, Volker

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3615-7566

Mayo Clinic

Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

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Adjuvant nab -Paclitaxel + Gemcitabine in Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Results From a Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Trial
Tempero, Margaret A. , Pelzer, Uwe , Oh, Do‐Youn , Li, Chung‐Pin , Tortora, Giampaolo , Chang, Heung-Moon, Lopez, Charles D. , Bekaii‐Saab, Tanios , Ko, Andrew H. , Santoro, Armando , Noel, Marcus Smith , Dean, Andrew , Riess, Hanno, Philip, Philip, Moore, Malcolm J. , Goldstein, David , Ferrara, Stefano, Bruchec, Yvan Le, Lu, Brian , Epstein, Richard A. , Vasey, Paul L., Shapiro, Jeremy, Burge, Matthew , Chua, Yu Jo , Harris, Marion , Prager, Gerald W. , Dittrich, Christian , Längle, Friedrich, Philipp‐Abbrederis, Kathrin, Greil, Richard , Stöger, Herbert, Girschikofsky, Michael , Kuehr, Thomas, Laethem, Jean–Luc Van, Laurent, Stéphanie , Ko, Yoo Joung, Dowden, Scot, Kavan, Petr , Tehfe, Mustapha Édouard, Kubala, Eugen, Kohoutek, Milan, Yilmaz, Mette, Parner, Vibeke K., Salminen, Tapio , Soveri, Leena‐Maija , Korkeila, Eija, Taı̈eb, Julien , Artru, Pascal , Guimbaud, Rosine , Turpin, Antony, Kunzmann, Volker , Kreth, Florian, Oettle, Helmut, Karthaus, Meinolf , Folprecht, Gunnar , Kullmann, Frank , Reiser, Marcel , Heinemann, Volker , Wörns, Marcus‐Alexander , Schulz, H. , Garlipp, Benjamin , Chan, Lam Stephen, Juhász, Balázs , Landherr, László, Pintér, Tamás , Kahán, Zsuzsanna , McDermott, Raymond, Power, Derek G. , Siena, Salvatore, Milella, Michèle , Bagalá, Cinzia, Roila, Fausto, Fanello, Silvia, Wilmink, Johanna W. , Groot, Jan Willem de, Creemers, G.J., Rodrigues, Tânia , Tai, David , Mercadé, T. Macarulla, Medina, Manuel Hidalgo, Mena, Alfredo Carrato, Santasusana, Joan Maurel, Oncala, Maria Jose Flor, Martín, Carlos Gómez , Muñoz, Andrés, García, Ruth Vera, Alés, Inmaculada, Rivera, Fernando , Sastre, Javier , Wu, Cheng‐Chung, Tien, Yu‐Wen , Chan, De-Chuan , Hwang, Tsann‐Long , Evans, Jeffry, Wadsley, Jonathan , Chiorean, E. Gabriela , Bendell, Johanna C. , Kindler, Hedy L. , Fernando, Nishan H., Beg, Muhammad Shaalan , LoConte, Noelle K. , Posey, James , Malhotra, Rajat, Sohal, Davendra , Brenner, Warren, Womack, Mark, Seth, Rahul , lyer, Renuka, Bahary, Nathan , Marsh, Robert , Chua, Cynthia C., Reeves, J. N. , Manji, Gulam A. , Sahai, Vaibhav , Messersmith, Wells A. , Zakari, Ahmed, Bullock, Andrea J. , Musher, Benjamin , Kim, Edward , Bajor, David J., Huyck, Tim, Hatoum, Hassan , Xiong, Henry, Pasche, Boris , Lacy, Jill , Olowokure, Olugbenga, Cohn, Allen Lee, Richards, Donald , Martin, Robert C.G. , Paulson, Andrew Scott , Fanta, Paul T. , Krishnamurthi, Smitha , Fuloria, Jyotsna, McDermott, Ray , Turpin, Anthony , O'Reilly, Eileen M , Winter, Jordan Michael , Oh, Do-Youn , Li, Chung-Pin , Tortora, Giampaolo , Bekaii-Saab, Tanios S , Santoro, Armando , Park, Joon Oh , Dean, Andrew , Van Cutsem, Eric , Berlin, Jordan D. , Tabernero, Josep , Biankin, Andrew V , LoConte, Noelle , Taieb, Julien , McDermott, Ray , Prager, Gerald W , Sahai, Vaibhav , O’Reilly, Eileen M. , Frassineti, Giovanni Luca , Shan, Yan‐Shen , Cutsem, Eric Van , Tabernero, Josep , Li, Mingyu , Zhang, George , Biankin, Andrew V. , Reni, Michele , Vasey, Paul, Pavlakis, Nick , Tebbutt, Niall C. , Längle, Friedrich, Dhani, Neesha C. , Tehfe, Mustapha , Pfeiffer, Per , Osterlund, Pia J. , Tougeron, David , Caroli‐Bosc, François‐Xavier , Walter, Thomas , Bachet, Jean‐Baptiste , Block, Andreas, Venerito, Marino , Trojan, Jörg , Lerch, Markus M. , Schulz, Holger, Yau, Thomas , Juhasz, Balazs, Bodoky, Gyorgy , Gianni, Luca , Siena, Salvatore , Falcone, Alfredo , Berardi, Rossana , Costanzo, Francesco Di , Ardizzoni, Andrea , Maiello, Evaristo , Barroso, Eduardo , Sarmento, Cristina, Chee, Cheng Ean , López López, Rafael , Sáez, Berta Laquente, Chan, De‐Chuan , Evans, Jeffry, Corrie, Pippa G. , Cardin, Dana B. , Noonan, Anne M. , George, Thomas J. , Arena, Francis P. , McWilliams, Robert R. , Seth, Rahul, Ramirez, Robert A. , Reeves, James, El-Khoueiry, Anthony B. , Weaver, Robert, Dreicer, Robert , Borad, Mitesh J. , Huyck, Timothy K., Xiong, Henry Q., Oberstein, Paul E.

Journal of Clinical Oncology | December 15, 2022 | Volume: 41 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 2007-2019

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PURPOSE This randomized, open-label trial compared the efficacy and safety of adjuvant nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine with those of gemcitabine for resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01964430 ). METHODS We assigned 866 treatment-naive patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to nab-paclitaxel (125 mg/m 2 ) + gemcitabine (1,000 mg/m 2 ) or gemcitabine alone to one 30-40 infusion on days 1, 8, and 15 of six 28-day cycles. The primary end point was independently assessed disease-free survival (DFS). Additional end points included investigator-assessed DFS, overall survival (OS), and safety. RESULTS Two hundred eighty-seven of 432 patients and 310 of 434 patients completed nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine and gemcitabine treatment, respectively. At primary data cutoff (December 31, 2018; median follow-up, 38.5 [interquartile range [IQR], 33.8-43 months), the median independently assessed DFS was 19.4 ( nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine) versus 18.8 months (gemcitabine; hazard ratio [HR], 0.88; 95% CI, 0.729 to 1.063; P = .18). The median investigator-assessed DFS was 16.6 (IQR, 8.4-47.0) and 13.7 (IQR, 8.3-44.1) months, respectively (HR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.694 to 0.965; P = .02). The median OS (427 events; 68% mature) was 40.5 (IQR, 20.7 to not reached) and 36.2 (IQR, 17.7-53.3) months, respectively (HR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.680 to 0.996; P = .045). At a 16-month follow-up (cutoff, April 3, 2020; median follow-up, 51.4 months [IQR, 47.0-57.0]), the median OS (511 events; 81% mature) was 41.8 ( nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine) versus 37.7 months (gemcitabine; HR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.687 to 0.973; P = .0232). At the 5-year follow-up (cutoff, April 9, 2021; median follow-up, 63.2 months [IQR, 60.1-68.7]), the median OS (555 events; 88% mature) was 41.8 versus 37.7 months, respectively (HR, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.678 to 0.947; P = .0091). Eighty-six percent ( nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine) and 68% (gemcitabine) of patients experienced grade ≥ 3 treatment-emergent adverse events. Two patients per study arm died of treatment-emergent adverse events. CONCLUSION The primary end point (independently assessed DFS) was not met despite favorable OS seen with nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine.
Reduction in primary pancreatic and metastatic tumor burden in the phase III MPACT trial of nab-paclitaxel (nab-P) plus gemcitabine (Gem) versus Gem alone.
Kunzmann, Volker , Ramanathan, Ramesh K., Goldstein, David , Penenberg, Darryl, Ferrara, Stefano, Lu, Brian , Hoff, Daniel D. Von

Journal of Clinical Oncology | March 7, 2019 | Volume: 33 | Issue: 15_suppl | Pages: e15299-e15299

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A phase I safety and pharmacokinetic (PK) study of nab-paclitaxel (nab-P) plus gemcitabine (Gem) for patients (pts) with advanced pancreatic cancer (APC) who have cholestatic hyperbilirubinemia (CH) secondary to bile duct obstruction.
Riess, Hanno, Kunzmann, Volker , Philip, Philip Agop, Seufferlein, Thomas , McGovern, D., Chen, Peng , Romano, Alfredo, Ramanathan, Ramesh K.

Journal of Clinical Oncology | February 24, 2017 | Volume: 34 | Issue: 4_suppl | Pages: TPS474-TPS474

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TPS474 Background: In pts with APC, the distal common bile duct is frequently obstructed, which can lead to elevated bilirubin levels. Normalization of bilirubin by stenting can take weeks, so treatment options that could be initiated in pts with elevated bilirubin are desirable. In a phase III trial of pts with metastatic PC, nab-P + Gem demonstrated superior efficacy vs Gem alone for all endpoints, including overall survival (OS; median, 8.7 vs 6.6 months; hazard ratio, 0.72; P < 0.001). This study will be the first to analyze safety and PK profiles of nab-P + Gem in pts with APC and CH secondary to bile duct obstruction. Methods: Treatment-naive pts (≈ 12 to 40) with APC, Karnofsky performance status ≥ 70, and CH due to bile duct obstruction are eligible. Pts with a biliary stent must have 2 stable (within 20% of each other) bilirubin readings within 48 to 72 hours of each other taken between 5 and 21 days after stenting. Exclusion criteria consist of brain metastases, any other active malignancy, infection requiring systemic therapy, a history of myocardial infarction, or current use of medications known to be strong inducers of CYP3A4 and CYP2C8. Pts will enter 1 of 2 cohorts based on bilirubin level: cohort 1, > 1.5 to 3 × upper limit of normal (ULN), or cohort 2, > 3 to 5 × ULN. Cohort 2 will proceed only after review of safety and PK data from cohort 1 by a safety monitoring committee (SMC) and a decision has been made to proceed. The starting doses are nab-P 100 mg/m2 and Gem 800 mg/m2 for cohort 1 and nab-P 75 mg/m2 and Gem 600 mg/m2 for cohort 2. Treatment will be administered on days 1, 8, and 15 of each 28-day cycle. Doses in each cohort will be modified according to tolerability as determined by the SMC. The primary endpoints are determination of maximum tolerated dose for each cohort and PK profile. Secondary endpoints include investigator-assessed objective response rate, progression-free survival, OS, PK profile of Gem, and safety. The exploratory endpoint is change in serum CA19-9 level from baseline. Enrollment is ongoing. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02267707. Clinical trial information: NCT02267707.