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Testing the Addition of Pembrolizumab, an Immunotherapy Cancer Drug to Olaparib Alone as Therapy for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer That Has Spread with Inherited BRCA Mutations

Pancreatic

This phase II trial studies whether adding pembrolizumab to olaparib (standard of care) works better than olaparib alone in treating patients with pancreatic cancer with germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). BRCA1 and BRCA2 are human genes that produce tumor suppressor proteins. These proteins help repair damaged deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and, therefore, play a role in ensuring the stability of each cells genetic material. When either of these genes is mutated, or altered, such that its protein product is not made or does not function correctly, DNA damage may not be repaired properly. As a result, cells are more likely to develop additional genetic alterations that can lead to some types of cancer, including pancreatic cancer. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Olaparib is an inhibitor of PARP, a protein that helps repair damaged DNA. Blocking PARP may help keep tumor cells from repairing their damaged DNA, causing them to die. PARP inhibitors are a type of targeted therapy. The addition of pembrolizumab to the usual treatment of olaparib may help to shrink tumors in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations.
Pancreatic
II
Cardin, Dana
NCT04548752
SWOGGIS2001


ATHN Transcends: A Natural History Cohort Study of the Safety, Effectiveness, and Practice of Treatment in People with Non-Neoplastic Hematologic Disorders

Not Available
IV
Wheeler, Allison
NCT04398628
NCBH2303-TRANSCENDS

A Natural History Cohort Study of the Safety, Effectiveness, and Practice of Treatment for People with Severe Von Willebrand Disease (VWD)

Hematologic

Hematologic
N/A
Wheeler, Allison
VICCNCBH19121

von Willebrand Factor in Pregnancy (VIP) Study: A Multicenter Study of Wilate Use in von Willebrand Disease for Childbirth

Hematologic

Hematologic
N/A
Wheeler, Allison
VICCNCBH2005

Prospective Validation of a Venous Thrombosis Risk Assessment Model in Critically Ill Children from the CHAT Registry

Hematologic

Hematologic
N/A
Wheeler, Allison
VICCNCBH2010

Open-Label Study Investigating Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Concizumab Prophylaxis in Children Below 12 Years with Haemophilia A or B with or without Inhibitors

Benign Hematologic

Benign Hematologic
III
Wheeler, Allison
VICCNCBH21108

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