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Trial reportCell reports. Medicine2025

CD40 agonist mitazalimab with mFOLFIRINOX in untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer: Biomarkers associated with outcomes from OPTIMIZE-1.

Jean-Luc Van Laethem, Karen Geboes, Ivan Borbath, Teresa Macarulla Mercade, Aurélien Lambert, Philippe Cassier, Hans Prenen, Emmanuel Mitry, Jean-Frédéric Blanc, Lorenzo Pilla and 12 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIClinical Trial, Phase I
In one paragraph

Trial report in Cell reports. Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04888312 (An Open-label Phase 1b/2 Study Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Mitazalimab in Combination With Chemotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04888312 phase1 / phase2active not recruitingnot on this map

An Open-label Phase 1b/2 Study Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Mitazalimab in Combination With Chemotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

TypeinterventionalSponsorAlligator Bioscience ABRan2021 to 2026Enrolled94ConditionsMetastatic Pancreatic Ductal AdenocarcinomaArmsCD40 agonist mitazalimab in combination with chemotherapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. [Novel therapeutic strategies for liver metastases driven by the common microenvironment].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Jean-Luc Van LaethemGastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Oncology, Hopital Universitaire Bruxelles. Erasme Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Karen GeboesGastroenterology Department, UZ Gent - University Hospital Ghent, Gent, Belgium.
Ivan BorbathHepatogastroenterology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (UCLouvain Saint-Luc), Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium.
Teresa Macarulla MercadeMedical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain.
Aurélien LambertInstitut de Cancérologie de Lorraine, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.
Philippe CassierMedical Oncology Department, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.
Hans PrenenOncology Department, UZA - University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
Emmanuel MitryMedical Oncology Department, IPC - Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, Cedex, France.
Jean-Frédéric BlancHepatology, Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology, CHU Bordeaux - Hopital Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France.
Lorenzo PillaDepartment of Hepato-Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France.
Jaime FeliuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Universitario La Paz (IdiPAZ), Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Madrid, Spain.
Mercedes Rodriguez GarroteMedical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
Roberto Antonio Pazo-CidMedical Oncology Department, HospItal Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
Inmaculada GallegoMedical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain.
Karin Enell SmithNon-clinical, Alligator Bioscience AB, Lund, Sweden.
Karin NordbladhClinical Operations, Alligator Bioscience AB, Lund, Sweden.
David Gomez JimenezNon-clinical, Alligator Bioscience AB, Lund, Sweden.
Peter EllmarkScientific, Alligator Bioscience AB, Lund, Sweden; Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: pek@alligatorbioscience.com.
Yago Pico de CoañaMedical, Alligator Bioscience AB, Lund, Sweden.
Sumeet Vijay AmbarkhaneMedical, Alligator Bioscience AB, Lund, Sweden.
Gregory L BeattyDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: gregory.beatty@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Eileen M O'ReillyMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: oreillye@mskcc.org.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Response determinants to immunotherapy in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) remain unclear, limiting treatment advancements. We report a single-arm phase 1b/2 study (OPTIMIZE-1) evaluating the safety and efficacy of the cluster of differentiation 40 (CD40) agonist mitazalimab combined with modified FOLFIRINOX (mFOLFIRINOX), in chemotherapy-naive patients with mPDAC. Patients receive an initial dose of mitazalimab one week before starting biweekly cycles of mFOLFIRINOX plus mitazalimab. The study meets its pre-specified primary endpoint, achieving a confirmed objective response rate (ORR) of 42.1%. Median duration of response, progression-free survival, and overall survival was 12.6 months, 7.7 months, and 14.9 months, respectively. Multi-omic analyses of tumor and blood specimens identify a baseline tumor-intrinsic gene signature related to fibrosis associated with improved survival. Additionally, mitazalimab-induced increases in activated circulating myeloid, B cell, and T cell frequencies correlate with better outcomes. These results may inform future patient stratification strategies supporting a planned randomized confirmatory trial of mitazalimab with mFOLFIRINOX in mPDAC. This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04888312).

Indexed as

Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCD40 AntigensPancreatic NeoplasmsAdultAgedFemaleFluorouracilHumansIrinotecanLeucovorinMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBiomarkers, TumorCD40 AntigensFluorouracilfolfirinoxIrinotecanLeucovorinOxaliplatinbiomarkerCD40 agonistchemotherapyclassical mPDACctKRASimmunotherapymFOLFIRINOXmitazalimabmPDACtumor microenvironment

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PMID41061701
PMCPMC12629792

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