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Immunotherapy (EGFR FPBMC) for the Treatment of Locally Advanced, Metastatic, or Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer

Trial Status: active

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of epidermal growth factor receptor bispecific antibody armed fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells (EGFR FPBMC) and tests how well it works in treating patients with pancreatic cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced), that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic), or that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). EGFR FPBMC is a type of immunotherapy that works by activating a person's immune system. They are created from a patient's own immune cells by “arming” the cells with a bispecific antibody produced by chemically joining the anti-T-cell antibody (OKT3) with an anti-pancreatic cancer antibody anti-EGFR (cetuximab). An antibody is a type of protein that helps protect the body from viruses, bacteria, and cancer. The OKT3 arm of the bispecific antibody EGFR FPBMC works by binding and retargeting T cells to kill pancreatic cancer cells that have a protein called EGFR on their surface, as pancreatic cancer cells often have. Giving EGFR FPBMC may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating patients with locally advanced, metastatic, or unresectable pancreatic cancer.