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Sotorasib in Combination with Chemotherapy for Second Line Treatment of KRAS G12C Mutated Metastatic or Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer

Trial Status: approved

This phase Ib/II trial tests the safety, side effects, and effectiveness of sotorasib in combination with standard chemotherapy (irinotecan sucrosofate, fluorouracil and leucovorin or gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel) for the treatment of pancreatic cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) or that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Sotorasib is a drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of the KRAS G12C mutant, a mutation in some tumor cell types that plays a key role in tumor cell proliferation. Sotorasib may inhibit growth of KRAS G12C-expressing tumor cells. Chemotherapy drugs such as irinotecan sucrosofate, fluorouracil, and leucovorin work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Gemcitabine is a chemotherapy drug that blocks the tumor cells from making deoxyribonucleic acid and may kill cancer cells. Nab-paclitaxel is an albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation of paclitaxel which may have fewer side effects and work better than other forms of paclitaxel. Giving sotorasib in combination with chemotherapy may be more effective at treating metastatic pancreatic cancer than giving either treatment alone.