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Review

Therapeutic Application of Monoclonal Antibodies in Pancreatic Cancer: Advances, Challenges and Future Opportunities

by
Gustavo A. Arias-Pinilla
1,2 and
Helmout Modjtahedi
2,*
1
Department of Oncology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK
2
School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University London, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE, UK
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Cancers 2021, 13(8), 1781; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13081781
Submission received: 17 March 2021 / Revised: 31 March 2021 / Accepted: 4 April 2021 / Published: 8 April 2021
(This article belongs to the Collection The Development of Anti-cancer Agents)
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Pancreatic cancer is a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. In the majority of patients, cancers are diagnosed at advanced stages of disease and are resistant to current treatments. Therefore, more effective and less toxic therapeutic agents are urgently needed. Monoclonal antibody (mAb)-based technology is an important tool in the discovery of novel therapeutic targets and development of novel therapeutic agents including antibody-based drugs. In this article, we review the therapeutic potential of monoclonal antibody-based agents when used as single agents or in combination with other treatments in pancreatic cancer, factors contributing to the poor response to therapy and emerging opportunities for more effective treatment with antibody-based agents.

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer remains as one of the most aggressive cancer types. In the absence of reliable biomarkers for its early detection and more effective therapeutic interventions, pancreatic cancer is projected to become the second leading cause of cancer death in the Western world in the next decade. Therefore, it is essential to discover novel therapeutic targets and to develop more effective and pancreatic cancer-specific therapeutic agents. To date, 45 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been approved for the treatment of patients with a wide range of cancers; however, none has yet been approved for pancreatic cancer. In this comprehensive review, we discuss the FDA approved anticancer mAb-based drugs, the results of preclinical studies and clinical trials with mAbs in pancreatic cancer and the factors contributing to the poor response to antibody therapy (e.g. tumour heterogeneity, desmoplastic stroma). MAb technology is an excellent tool for studying the complex biology of pancreatic cancer, to discover novel therapeutic targets and to develop various forms of antibody-based therapeutic agents and companion diagnostic tests for the selection of patients who are more likely to benefit from such therapy. These should result in the approval and routine use of antibody-based agents for the treatment of pancreatic cancer patients in the future.

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1. Introduction

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most common and aggressive cancer types, with a five-year survival rate of only 2–9% [1]. Worldwide, there were an estimated 458,918 new cases of pancreatic cancer and 432,242 deaths in 2018 [2,3]. In the absence of reliable biomarkers for use in the screening and early detection of pancreatic cancer, and more effective and less toxic therapeutic agents, it has been projected that pancreatic cancer will not only rise in incidence but also will take over breast, prostate and colorectal cancers and become the second leading cause of cancer death in the Western world by 2030 [1,4,5].
Treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer involves surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Although surgery is the only curative treatment, around 80% of patients are diagnosed at late stages of the disease and are not eligible for surgical resection. Adjuvant treatment with chemotherapy is beneficial given the high rate of locoregional relapse after surgery alone. Gemcitabine-based therapy was traditionally the mainstay for treatment of pancreatic cancer [6]. However, the results of the recently published ESPAC-4 trial showed that the combination of gemcitabine plus capecitabine increased median overall survival compared to gemcitabine alone (28.0 vs 25.5 months) with an acceptable toxicity profile, and an estimated 5-year survival of 28.8% for the combination group compared to 16.3% with gemcitabine monotherapy, making this combination the new standard of care in the adjuvant setting [7]. Treatment for borderline resectable or locally advanced unresectable tumours seems to yield better results with chemotherapy (e.g., FOLFIRINOX) rather than chemoradiotherapy, although more robust evidence from trials is needed [8].
Patients with metastatic disease are treated with either FOLFIRINOX or gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel as first-line in patients with good performance status [9,10]. Erlotinib was approved by the FDA for use in metastatic pancreatic cancer patients based on a study that showed a modest improvement in median survival in patients who received erlotinib plus gemcitabine compared to gemcitabine alone (6.4 vs 5.9 months) but the clinical relevance is controversial [11]. The combination of liposomal irinotecan, fluorouracil and folinic acid (NAPOLI-1 regimen) is the only currently approved second-line chemotherapy for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer based on a phase 3 trial that showed median overall survival of 6.1 months for the triple combination compared to 4.2 months in patients receiving fluorouracil and folinic acid [12]. Therefore, it is essential to discover novel targets and to develop more effective, less toxic and pancreatic cancer specific therapeutic agents for the long-term benefit of patients with pancreatic cancer.
The advent of hybridoma technology by Köhler and Milstein in 1975, which allows the production of unlimited quantity of an antibody against any target antigen, has revolutionised many areas of biomedical research and medicine [13]. Further technological advances in genetic engineering allowed the production of less immunogenic and more effective types of mAbs (e.g., chimeric, humanised, fully human mAbs, antibody fragments and bispecific antibodies) for use in the treatment of patients with a range of diseases including cancer [14,15,16,17,18]. Indeed, mAb-based therapy is currently one of the two major types of targeted therapy and an attractive therapeutic alternative for the treatment of patients with a wide range of cancers. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of monoclonal antibody-based agents that have been approved for the treatment of human cancers and the current state of preclinical and clinical studies with monoclonal antibody-based agents in pancreatic cancer. We shall also highlight some of the contributing factors for the poor response to therapy with mAbs, and emerging opportunities for more effective treatment of pancreatic cancer with antibody-based agents in combination with other treatments.

2. Therapeutic Antibodies Approved in Cancer

Over the past few decades, monoclonal antibody-based agents have been approved and used routinely in the treatment of a wide range of human diseases including cancer, infectious, autoimmune and metabolic diseases. Monoclonal antibody-based drugs can be developed by a variety of approaches such as hybridoma technology, phage display technology, the use of transgenic mouse or the single B-cell technique [17,19,20].
Depending on the target antigen and the antibody format, monoclonal antibody-based drugs can produce their anti-tumour activity by several mechanisms (Figure 1). Some mAbs are directed against growth factor receptors with high levels of expression in tumours cells and inhibit tumour growth by blocking the binding of growth factor to its receptor (e.g., anti-EGFR mAbs cetuximab and panitumumab), or by inhibiting receptor dimerization (e.g., anti-HER-2 mAb pertuzumab), consequently inhibiting the downstream cell signalling pathways. In contrast, other antibodies halt tumour growth by inhibiting angiogenesis (e.g., anti-VEGF blocking mAb bevacizumab), stimulating apoptosis (e.g., anti-CD20 mAb rituximab) or delivering lethal doses of radioisotopes (e.g., ibritumomab tiuxetan), or toxins to tumour sites (e.g., brentuximab vedotin, an anti-CD30 mAb conjugated to anti-microtubule agent monomethyl auristatin E). Other mAbs induce tumour killing by immune-mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC)/complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC, e.g., rituximab, trastuzumab) and immune checkpoint inhibition through targeting of PD-1/PD-L1 and CTLA-4 (e.g., nivolumab, pembrolizumab, atezolizumab, ipilimumab). Finally, other therapeutic mAbs are used as component of CAR-T cells, or as bispecific antibodies that induce tumour killing by simultaneous targeting of two different antigens on tumour cells, or bispecific immune cell engager by targeting one antigen on tumour cells and another antigen on T cells (e.g., catumaxomab, blinatumomab, Figure 1).
To date, 45 mAbs have been approved in the USA and/or the European Union (EU) for the treatment of patients with a wide range of cancers (Table 1). In particular, there has been a great deal of research interest in this area in recent years and a growing number of mAb approvals for different indications. Indeed, with the exception of checkpoint inhibitors, nearly half of the approved therapeutic antibodies are directed against one of the following six target antigens: CD19, CD20, the two members of the human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) family namely EGFR and HER-2, VEGF and VEGFR (Table 1). Interestingly, several immune checkpoint inhibitors such as anti-CTLA-4 mAb ipilumumab, anti-PD-1 mAbs pembrolizumab and nivolumab, and anti-PD-L1 mAbs avelumab and durvalumab have been approved for a wide range of cancer types. Moreover, additional mAbs have been approved outside the USA and EU for treatment of various cancer types including nimotuzumab (in head and neck cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer and glioma) and vivatuxin (in lung cancer) [16].
However, despite such advances, to date no antibody-based drugs have been approved for the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer [21]. Some of the contributing factors are the harsh desmoplastic microenvironment of pancreatic cancer, the heterogeneous nature of tumours and the lack of reliable predictive biomarkers and companion diagnostic tests to select patients who are more likely to respond to such therapy [22,23,24,25]. In the following sections, we discuss the results of preclinical studies and clinical trials with antibody-based agents in pancreatic cancer. We will also highlight the importance of antibody-based technology and other approaches in the discovery of cell surface antigens with high levels of expression in pancreatic cancer (i.e., additional therapeutic targets) and in the development of mAb-based targeted therapy for patients with pancreatic cancer.

3. Preclinical Studies

Over the past few decades, the therapeutic and diagnostic potential of monoclonal antibodies against pancreatic cancer has been investigated both in vitro and in vivo and the results are summarised in Table 2.
The results from cell proliferation assays in human pancreatic cancer cell lines, cell line-based xenografts and patient-derived tumour xenografts have demonstrated antitumour activity either as single agents or in combination with cytotoxic drugs. The results of in vitro studies have supported the therapeutic potential of mAbs targeting integrin α3 [26], MUC4 [27], MUC1 [28], and MUC13 [29] when used alone or in combination with cytotoxic drugs. Furthermore, mAbs targeting EGFR, TROP2 and α6β4 have been used for radioimmunotherapy and have shown effective localisation of primary tumours and metastatic sites in mouse models [30,31,32].
Moreover, in vivo, naked and conjugated versions of anti-tissue factor mAbs have shown significant antitumour activity in mouse models [33,34,35,36]. Similarly, treatment with mAbs targeting podocalyxin [37], HER2 [38], glypican-1 [39], cell surface plectin 1 [40], galectin-9 [41], RON [42], BAG3 [43], CLDN18.2 [44], mesothelin [45], vimentin [46] and doublecortin-like kinase 1 [47] inhibited the growth of pancreatic tumours in xenograft models. On the other hand, mAbs have also been studied as platforms for cancer theranostics (i.e., a combination of diagnostics and therapeutic) in several animal models [48]. An array of immunoconjugates with radiolabelled antibodies have been used for in vivo imaging using antibody-based PET and SPECT techniques and the results of mAbs targeting CA19.9 and CD147 have shown promise in mouse models [49,50,51]. The main findings are summarized in Table 3.

4. Clinical Trials Evaluating the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Potential of Monoclonal Antibodies in Pancreatic Cancer

As the results of some preclinical studies summarised in Table 2 were encouraging, several monoclonal antibodies entered different stages of clinical trials in patients with pancreatic cancer. Table 4, Table 5 and Table 6 summarise the results of phase I/II, phase III and ongoing clinical trials with various antibody-based agents (the results of studies in Table 4 and Table 5 are presented in chronological order with the most recent studies at the top of the tables). In the following sections, the antigens targeted by these antibodies (Figure 2), the biological significance of the antigens and the results of completed clinical trials with such antibodies are discussed.

4.1. Clinical Trials with Antibodies Targeting Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor (IGF-IR)

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signalling activates intracellular pathways such as PI3K (phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase), Rac, AKT, and MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase), regulating the processes involved in cellular proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. IGF axis has been implicated in various cancer types including pancreatic, breast and prostate cancer, melanoma and Ewing sarcoma and has been associated with the development of resistance to other cancer treatments [68,69,70].
Ganitumab (AMG 479) is a fully human IgG1 mAb that binds to the extracellular domain of the type I insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-IR), interfering with the binding of IGF-1 and IGF-2 ligands, thus inhibiting downstream signalling including PI3K/Akt pathway and leading to inhibition of tumour cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis [71,72]. In a phase 2 study, ganitumab in combination with gemcitabine showed trend towards improved OS compared to gemcitabine alone in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer [73], although the GAMMA phase 3 trial failed to further validate those results [74].
On the other hand, cixutumumab (IMC-A12), a fully human IgG1/λ mAb against IGF-IR [75], was evaluated in combination with erlotinib and gemcitabine in a phase 1b/2 study in metastatic pancreatic cancer patients but did not demonstrate survival benefit [76]. Furthermore, dalotuzumab (MK-0646), an IgG1 humanised mAb specific to IGF-1R was evaluated in combination with gemcitabine in a phase 1/2 study that demonstrated improved OS but not PFS compared to gemcitabine plus erlotinib [77]. Future trials are needed to evaluate the combination of dalotuzumab with standard of care gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel and FOLFIRINOX.

4.2. Clinical Trials with Anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Antibodies

HER family members (which includes EGFR, HER2, HER3 and HER4) are activated by its ligands in an autocrine, paracrine or juxtacrine manner, which involves conformational changes leading to homo- or heterodimerisation of HER members and activation of downstream signalling pathways [70,78]. HER family plays a major role in cancer progression and development, regulating several hallmarks of cancer and therefore becoming an attractive therapeutic target [78]. EGFR (also known as ErbB1/HER1) is commonly upregulated in several cancer types including pancreatic cancer, and thus EGFR-targeted therapies have been developed, including monoclonal antibodies against the extracellular domain of EGFR and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) [70,79].
Cetuximab is a recombinant human/mouse chimeric EGFR antagonist mAb of IgG1 isotype that binds to the extracellular ligand-binding domain of the EGFR, blocks the binding of EGF and other ligands to the EGFR and the ligand-induced phosphorylation and activation of EGFR and downstream cell signalling molecules, ultimately leading to tumour growth inhibition and apoptosis [80]. It is FDA approved for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (Table 1). Phase 2 trials in patients with pancreatic cancer showed that the addition of cetuximab to docetaxel/irinotecan or gemcitabine did not offer any survival benefit [81,82]. Similarly, a phase 3 study in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer showed that the addition of cetuximab to gemcitabine did not improve outcomes [83]. In contrast, a phase 2 study reported that cetuximab and bevacizumab in combination with gemcitabine, cisplatin and fluorouracil lengthens overall survival by ~6 months and PFS by ~3 months in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer [84]. However, a recent systematic review and meta-analysis concludes that adding cetuximab to standard therapy for the treatment of pancreatic cancer is not beneficial [85]. Tumour heterogeneity and lack of reliable predictive biomarkers for the response to therapy may be some of the contributing factors for these discouraging results to date.
Panitumumab is a fully human antibody of IgG2 isotype (i.e. has no ADCC function) to the EGFR. Like cetuximab, it also inhibits the binding of ligands to the EGFR and subsequent downstream cell signalling pathways but it has no ADCC and CDC functions [86]. It is FDA approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (Table 1). A phase 1 study showed that the addition of panitumumab to gemcitabine-based chemoradiotherapy has manageable toxicity and suggests some efficacy in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer [87]. In addition, a phase 2 trial evaluating the combination of panitumumab, erlotinib and gemcitabine compared with erlotinib and gemcitabine alone in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer demonstrated significant improvement in overall survival (8.3 vs. 4.2 months) although this regimen was associated with increased toxicity [88]. On the other hand, panitumumab-IRDye800, a fluorescently labelled antibody, which previously was found to be highly sensitive and specific for detection of tumours within 5mm in head and neck cancers [89], demonstrated in a phase 1 trial that is safe and might allow direct visualisation during pancreatic cancer surgery [90].
Nimotuzumab is an IgG1 humanised mAb directed against the extracellular domain of EGFR that has also been reported to induce an adaptive immune response [91]. Phase 2 studies have shown that nimotuzumab is safe and well tolerated alone and in combination with gemcitabine, and the combination regimen showed significant improvement in 1-year OS and PFS rates [92,93]. On the other hand, matuzumab (formerly EMD 72000) is a humanised IgG1 mAb to EGFR that demonstrated being safe and well tolerated in a phase 1 trial in combination with gemcitabine [94]. The results of future clinical trials using more reliable biomarkers for the response to therapy with anti-EGFR mAbs may lead to the approval of anti-EGFR mAbs in a more specific population of pancreatic cancer patients.

4.3. Clinical Trials with the Anti-Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) Antibody Trastuzumab

HER2, another member of the HER family of growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases, is considered to play a vital role in carcinogenesis. HER2 amplification and/or overexpression has been associated with the development of pancreatic cancer, with reported rates of overexpression ranging between 4 and 50% [70,95].
Trastuzumab is a humanised IgG1 antibody that targets the extracellular domain of HER2, triggers receptor internalisation and degradation, exhibits ADCC activity and inhibits the MAPK and PI3K/Akt pathways leading to increased cell cycle arrest and cell growth suppression [96]. It is FDA approved for treatment of breast cancer and metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (Table 1). The results of Phase 1/2 clinical trials of trastuzumab in combination with cetuximab or capecitabine did not demonstrate improvement in objective response and/or survival rates in pancreatic cancer patients [97,98].

4.4. Clinical Trials with the Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Antibody Bevacizumab

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a major driver of tumour angiogenesis and as such, has attracted interest for use in cancer therapy. VEGFA is secreted by tumour cells and surrounding stroma and binds to VEGFR2 (VEGF receptor-2) activating the Ras-Raf-MAPK-ERK signalling pathway stimulating the proliferation and survival of endothelial cells, leading to angiogenesis and formation of leaky and structurally abnormal blood vessels [99].
Bevacizumab is a humanised IgG1 monoclonal antibody that targets VEGF, neutralizing the ligand and preventing the interaction with its receptor on the surface of endothelial cells, ultimately inhibiting endothelial proliferation and angiogenesis [86]. It is FDA approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, glioblastoma, metastatic renal cell carcinoma, metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer, cervical cancer, and epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer (Table 1). Unfortunately, the results of phase 3 trials have shown that the addition of bevacizumab to gemcitabine or to gemcitabine-erlotinib did not improve overall survival in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer [100,101].

4.5. Clinical Trials with Anti-Cytotoxic Lymphocyte-Associated Antigen-4 (CTLA-4)

Cytotoxic lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) is an immune checkpoint protein constitutively expressed on regulatory T cells that modulates T cell activation and suppressive properties of APCs (antigen presenting cells). CTLA-4 binds competitively to B7 ligands (CD80 and CD86) expressed on APCs with higher affinity than the co-receptor CD28, which activates naive T cells (Figure 1). CTLA-4 blockade would result in regulatory T cell depletion, T cell enhancement and tumour reduction [102,103].
Ipilimumab is an IgG1 monoclonal antibody against the extracellular domain of CTLA-4 that prevents T cell suppression by inhibitory immune checkpoints, resulting in a potent anti-tumour effect by enhancing effector cells and inhibiting regulatory activity of T cells [86,102]. It has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with melanoma, advanced renal cell carcinoma and microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) metastatic colorectal cancer (Table 1). Despite the fact that a phase 2 trial of ipilimumab alone in locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer showed to be ineffective [104], a subsequent study of ipilimumab combined with GM-CSF cell-based vaccines (GVAX) showed improved median overall survival and 1-year OS compared to ipilimumab alone, warranting further studies [105].
On the other hand, tremelimumab (CP-675,206) is a fully human IgG2 mAb directed against CTLA-4 without FDA approvals at present. A phase 1 trial of tremelimumab plus gemcitabine in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer demonstrated to be safe and tolerable [106], while a phase 2 study with tremelimumab monotherapy did not show activity in metastatic pancreatic cancer patients who had tumour progression following first-line chemotherapy [107].

4.6. Clinical Trials with Anti-Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD-1) Receptor and Anti-PD-L1 Ligand Antibodies

The programmed cell death-1 receptor (PD-1) is expressed on the surface of immune effector cells and upon binding to its ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2, suppresses proliferation and immune response of T-cells. Activation of this pathway allows evasion of immune response by cancer cells, and blockade of the axis enhances anti-tumour activity [108].
Pembrolizumab is a humanised anti-PD1 IgG4 mAb approved for the treatment of melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, classical Hodgkin lymphoma, urothelial carcinoma, gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, cervical cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, squamous cell lung cancer, endometrial carcinoma, BCG-unresponsive high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, tumour mutational burden-high (TMB H) solid tumours, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, MSI-H or dMMR colorectal cancer and locally recurrent unresectable or metastatic triple negative breast cancer whose tumours express PD-L1, with a number of indications that is rapidly expanding (Table 1). A phase 1b study of pembrolizumab in combination with the oncolytic virus pelareorep and chemotherapy showed encouraging efficacy [109] and a phase 2 trial is currently ongoing (NCT03723915, Table 6). On the other hand, a phase 1b/2 study of gemcitabine, nab-paclitaxel, and pembrolizumab showed median PFS and OS of 9.1 and 15.0 months respectively, in chemotherapy-naive pancreatic cancer patients, which indicates a slight improvement compared to previous results for gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel regimens [110]. Pembrolizumab is also currently being evaluated in phase 1 and 2 trials in combination with either olaparib (NCT04548752), paricalcitol +/– gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel chemotherapy (NCT02930902) or PEGPH20, a PEGylated version of human recombinant PH20 hyaluronidase (NCT03634332, Table 6).
The COMBAT phase 2 trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of pembrolizumab in combination with the CXCR4 antagonist BL-8040 (motixafortide) in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer and demonstrated disease control rate (DCR) of 34.5%. In the group receiving study drugs as second-line therapy, the median OS was 7.5 months and 6-month survival rate was 56.3%, suggesting that this combination warrants further investigation. Preliminary results show that along with chemotherapy this combination may provide additional benefit (ORR 32%, DCR 77%) [111]. A phase 2 study will be further evaluating the efficacy of pembrolizumab in combination with BL-8040 (NCT02907099).
Nivolumab is a humanised IgG4 anti-PD1 mAb approved for the treatment of melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, classical Hodgkin lymphoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma, colorectal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, small cell lung cancer, oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma and unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (Table 1). A phase 1 study of nivolumab in combination with nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer showed that the combination was safe although the efficacy does not support further investigation [112]. Several studies investigating nivolumab in combination with other agents are underway. For instance, a phase 1/2 trial evaluating nivolumab plus mFOLFIRINOX in patients with borderline resectable disease (NCT03970252), a phase 1/2 study investigating the combination of nivolumab plus BMS-813160 (a CCR2/CCR5 dual antagonist) with or without GVAX (an allogeneic GM-CSF–transfected pancreatic tumour vaccine) in locally advanced pancreatic cancer (NCT03767582), and phase 1 trials evaluating the safety and tolerability of the combination of nivolumab with either intratumoural SD-101 (a TLR9 agonist) and radiation therapy (NCT04050085), or SX-682 (a small-molecule dual-inhibitor of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2) in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer (NCT04477343, Table 6).
Clinical trials are also ongoing evaluating anetumab ravtansine (an anti-mesothelin ADC) and nivolumab either alone or in combination with ipilimumab or gemcitabine (NCT03816358), and a phase 1/2 study evaluating the combination of APX005M (a CD40 agonistic mAb), gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel with or without nivolumab (NCT03214250, Table 6).
On the other hand, durvalumab (MEDI4736) is a human IgG1κ mAb that selectively blocks PD-L1 binding to PD-1 and CD-80, potentiating an immune response to tumour cells [113]. A phase 2 trial evaluating durvalumab with or without tremelimumab in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer was well tolerated but did not progress further as the threshold for efficacy was not met in the first part of the study [114]. In addition, a phase 1/2 trial evaluating the combination of guadecitabine and durvalumab in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, pancreatic cancer or cholangiocarcinoma is currently ongoing (NCT03257761, Table 6).
Other anti-PD1 antibodies are also being evaluated in clinical trials in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer including a phase 1/2 study of spartalizumab in combination with the anti-IL6 mAb siltuximab (NCT04191421), a phase 2 trial of camrelizumab in combination with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine (NCT04498689), a phase 1 study of the mAb SHR-1210 in combination with paclitaxel-albumin and gemcitabine (NCT04181645), a phase 2 trial of dostarlimab (TSR-042) in combination with niraparib (NCT04493060), a phase 1 trial of spartalizumab in combination with nab-paclitaxel, gemcitabine and the anti-IL-1β mAb canakinumab (NCT04581343), a phase 1 study of zimberelimab (AB122) in combination with AB680 (a CD73 inhibitor), nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine (NCT04104672), and a phase 3 trial of anti-PD-1 antibody plus modified FOLFIRINOX (NCT03983057). See Table 6.
Finally, a phase 2 trial is evaluating INCMGA00012 (a humanised mAb antagonistic to PD-1) in patients with unresectable or metastatic adenosquamous pancreatic cancer, a rare and more aggressive pancreatic cancer subtype, with worse survival outcomes than pancreatic adenocarcinoma (NCT04116073) [115].

4.7. Clinical Trial with Anti-Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) Antibody Ficlatuzumab

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a glycoprotein produced by mesenchymal cells of stromal origin that, upon binding to its receptor, leads to dimerisation and phosphorylation of c-MET with subsequent activation of signalling pathways such as MAPK and PI3K, regulating cell proliferation, migration and invasion [116]. Expression of HGF and c-MET are upregulated in pancreatic cancer and are associated with poor prognosis [117,118].
Ficlatuzumab (AV-299) is a humanised hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) IgG1κ mAb that interferes with the binding of HGF to c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase, inhibiting phosphorylation, cell proliferation, migration and invasion [119]. Ficlatuzumab is currently being evaluated in a phase 1b trial in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer (NCT03316599, Table 6).

4.8. Clinical Trial with Anti-Lysyl Oxidase-Like 2 (LOXL2) Antibody Simtuzumab

Lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2) is an extracellular matrix-remodelling enzyme that catalyses the cross-linking of collagen and elastin components and is expressed in desmoplastic tumours. LOXL2 promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and downregulates E-cadherin expression in various cancer types [120,121,122]. It is thought to promote tumour angiogenesis and metastases, has been associated with pancreatic cancer progression and has been reported as a prognostic biomarker in patients who have undergone surgical resection [120,121]. Simtuzumab is a humanised IgG4 mAb that targets LOXL2, inhibiting its enzymatic activity. A phase 2 randomised trial evaluating simtuzumab in combination with gemcitabine failed to show improvement in PFS, OS or ORR in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer [121].

4.9. Clinical Trials with Anti-Death Receptor 5 (DR5) Antibodies

Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a transmembrane protein that, upon binding to death receptors DR4 and DR5, activates the caspase cascade leading to apoptotic cell death via the extrinsic pathway [123]. Thus, agonistic antibodies against DR4 and DR5 have shown to induce apoptosis in tumour cells and enhance tumour sensitivity to chemotherapy, radiotherapy and targeted therapy [123].
Conatumumab (AMG655) is a fully human IgG1 antibody to human death receptor 5 (DR5) that induces apoptosis by caspase activation [124]. A phase 2 study of the combination of gemcitabine plus conatumumab in patients with previously untreated metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma showed trend towards improved 6-month survival rate (59% compared to 50% in the gemcitabine plus placebo arm) although 12-month survival rate, OS and ORR were not significantly different [73].
Tigatuzumab (CS-1008) is a humanised IgG1 version of TRA-8, a murine agonist mAb to DR5 [125]. A phase 2 study of tigatuzumab in combination with gemcitabine in patients with unresectable or metastatic pancreatic cancer, showed PFS rate at 16 weeks of 52.5% and median OS of 8.2 months. These results are similar to previous studies with gemcitabine in combination with other agents, suggesting that this combination may be clinically active although no definitive conclusions were drawn on the benefit of adding tigatuzumab [126].

4.10. Clinical Trials with Anti-CA19-9 Antigen (CA19-9) Antibodies

Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), also known as sialyl Lewis A (sLea), is the most widely used and best validated diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in pancreatic cancer, being a useful predictor of tumour stage and resectability, response to therapy and overall survival. However, the predictive positive value is low and is therefore not used in the screening of asymptomatic patients. It has been implicated with the pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer, making it an attractive therapeutic target [127,128]. Preliminary phase 1 data of MVT-5873 (HuMab-5B1), a fully human IgG1 mAb targeting sLea, showed encouraging response as single agent or in combination with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine in CA19-9 positive pancreatic cancer patients [114]. In addition, the radiolabelled mAb HuMab-5B1 (MVT-2163), which recognises the cancer antigen CA19-9, demonstrated visualisation of primary tumours and metastases by immune-PET in a phase 1 study [129]. Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials evaluating MVT-5873 in patients with CA19-9 overexpressing tumours are currently ongoing (NCT03801915, NCT03118349 and NCT02672917, Table 6).

4.11. Clinical Trial with Anti-Guanylyl Cyclase C (GCC) Antibody

Guanylyl cyclase C (GCC) is a transmembrane G protein cell surface receptor that plays a role in the regulation of fluid and electrolyte balance. It is highly expressed in colorectal cancer and in around 60–70% of pancreatic cancers [130,131]. TAK-264 (MLN0264) is an antibody-drug conjugate consisting of a fully human IgG1 mAb against GCC, conjugated to MMAE (monomethyl auristatin E) that, once internalised, leads to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis [130]. A phase 2 study of the ADC TAK-264 in patients with advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer expressing GCC showed a manageable safety profile but low efficacy, which does not support further studies [132].

4.12. Clinical Trial with Anti-SLC44A4 Antibody ASG-5ME

SLC44A4 (CTL4) is a protein differentially expressed in prostate and pancreatic cancers with low expression in normal tissues [60]. ASG-5ME is an ADC formed by a human IgG2 antibody against SLC44A4 conjugated with monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) [60]. A phase 1 study of ASG-5ME in patients with advanced pancreatic and gastric cancers showed that it was well tolerated but had limited efficacy [133].

4.13. Clinical Trial with Anti-CD40 Antibody Selicrelumab

CD40 (cluster of differentiation 40) is a cell surface molecule, member of the tumour necrosis factor family, that is expressed on antigen-presenting cells such as dendritic cells and myeloid cells, and in a variety of cancer types with very low or no expression in normal cells [134]. CP-870,893 (selicrelumab) is a fully human IgG2 CD40-agonist mAb. A phase 1 study of CP-870,893 plus gemcitabine in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer showed that it was well tolerated and was associated with preliminary evidence of efficacy [135].

4.14. Clinical Trial with Anti-Prostate Stem Cell Antigen (PSCA) Antibody AGS-1C4D4

Prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored cell surface protein associated with various cancer types such as prostate, bladder, gastric and pancreatic cancer, that has been proposed as a biomarker for detection of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) and for cytological examination of specimens in pancreatic cancer patients [136,137]. AGS-1C4D4, a fully human IgG1κ mAb against PSCA, was evaluated in a phase 2 trial in combination with gemcitabine and demonstrated an improvement in 6-month survival rate in the combination arm versus gemcitabine alone (60.9% vs 44.4%) [138].
The list of currently ongoing clinical trials with antibody-based agents in combination with other therapeutics in patients with pancreatic cancer are summarised in Table 6. The results of such trials should help to unravel whether treatment with such agents lead to long-term therapeutic benefits in pancreatic cancer patients and the underlying mechanism of response or resistance to such therapeutic interventions.

5. Challenges and Future Opportunities with Antibody Therapeutics in Pancreatic Cancer

As the results of preclinical and clinical studies discussed above and presented in summary tables suggest, the application of monoclonal antibody-based agents in the treatment of pancreatic cancer is more likely to be successful when used in combination with other therapies such as cytotoxic drugs, other mAbs, cancer vaccines and/or oncolytic viruses. In addition, simultaneous targeting of signalling pathways, the tumour stroma and the incorporation of immune checkpoint inhibitors could yield better results by modifying the immunosuppressive environment of pancreatic tumours [70,177,178,179,180,181].
Remarkable responses to immunotherapy have been shown in patients with several types of solid tumours including melanoma [182,183], non-small cell lung cancer [184,185,186] and renal cell carcinoma [184,185,186]. However, immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors in unselected pancreatic cancer patients has not demonstrated clinical efficacy, partly due to the strong immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment and the poor antigenicity of tumour-associated antigens that elicit immune response [103,187]. Pancreatic cancer microenvironment is characterised by dense desmoplasia, hypovascularity and scanty immune effector cells [178,188,189]. Therefore, targeting the tumour stroma is of paramount importance to increase drug delivery, promote T-cell infiltration and activation, and overcome the barriers posed by tumour immune-escape mechanisms and the immunosuppressive environment [190]. The CXCRL12/CXCR4 axis has been implicated in all stages of pancreatic cancer development and contributes to survival, metastasis, chemoresistance and the highly atypical pancreatic cancer microenvironment, which makes this disease particularly difficult to treat [191]. Thus, systemic therapies along with simultaneous targeting of the CXCRL12/CXCR4 axis might be an attractive therapeutic approach.
On the other hand, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has emerged in recent years as an attractive alternative for cancer treatment (please see Leonardi et al., in this special issue [192]). CD19 targeted CAR T cells have been approved for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia [193], relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma [194,195,196] and relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma [197]. More recently, the B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed genetically modified autologous CAR T-cell therapy idecabtagene vicleucel has been approved for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma [198]. Other studies have evaluated the feasibility of various chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-modified T cells recognising antigens such as mesothelin [199] and glypican-1 [200] in solid tumours including pancreatic cancer. Currently, several clinical trials are underway with CAR T cells targeting mesothelin (NCT03638193, NCT03323944), CEA (NCT03818165, NCT04037241, NCT02850536) and claudin 18.2 (NCT04404595, NCT04581473) and the results should unravel whether such treatments can be of therapeutic value in patients with pancreatic cancer. In particular, results of clinical trials evaluating the combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors, cancer vaccines and agents that target the immunosuppressive microenvironment in pancreatic cancer are eagerly anticipated. Preclinical studies in subcutaneous and metastatic pancreatic cancer mouse models demonstrated that the combination of a T-cell vaccine, a PD-1 antagonist and a CD40 agonist mAb was able to eradicate most tumours, favouring antitumour immunity by reprogramming immune resistant tumours [201]. This might become a promising approach in the clinical setting.
A better understanding of the biology of pancreatic cancer and the interplay between pancreatic cancer cells, stellate cells and the microenvironment would provide a more solid rationale for the development of new therapeutics including mAb-based agents. Indeed, to improve survival rates, it is clear that there is an urgent need for the discovery of additional cell surface antigens with high levels of expression in patients at different stages of pancreatic cancer. There are currently several approaches for the discovery of membranous proteins such as monoclonal antibody technology or membrane proteomics analysis of isolated proteins by SDS-PAGE and mass spectrometry [66,202]. Indeed, using monoclonal antibody technology and human pancreatic cancer cell lines established from primary tumours and metastatic sites, both as the source of tumour immunogen and in the antibody screening, we have reported recently the development of three novel antibodies. We found that the antigens recognised by these three novel mAbs were CD109, integrin α3 and CD26, with high levels of expression in several human pancreatic cancer cells and Pancreatic Cancer Tissue microarray [26,66]. Indeed, antibody-based screening will help not only in the discovery of additional therapeutic cell surface antigens with high levels of expression at different stages of pancreatic cancer (i.e., therapeutic targets) but also in the development of antibody-based agents for therapy. Moreover, such antibodies would be excellent tools for investigating the diagnostic, prognostic and predictive values of such antigens and investigating their roles in the complex biology of pancreatic cancer [58].

6. Summary and Concluding Remarks

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancer types, with mortality rates that almost equal its incidence. Despite some advances in diagnosis and treatment, its five-year survival rate has not improved substantially over the past few decades. Due to its rising incidence, pancreatic cancer is predicted to become the second leading cause of cancer death by 2030 in many countries [1,4]. Therefore, in order to improve prognosis for patients with pancreatic cancer, it is vital to avoid modifiable risk factors, to discover novel biomarkers/screening methods for its earlier detection, to identify additional targets, and to develop more specific therapeutic agents and companion diagnostic tests for the selection of a more specific population of patients who are more likely to benefit from therapeutic interventions with mAb-based agents.
The development of monoclonal antibodies against overexpressed cell surface antigens in pancreatic cancer is an attractive strategy for use in both diagnosis and treatment [58]. Since the invention of the hybridoma technology, efforts have been made to develop mAbs for the treatment of different cancer types. Despite success in the application of this form of therapy and subsequent approval by regulatory bodies in haematological malignancies and various solid tumours, none of these mAbs have been approved for pancreatic cancer as of yet (Table 1).
Monoclonal antibodies therapy offers some advantages over other forms of therapy such as target specificity, reduced toxicity and the potential to trigger immune system activation. However, the modest efficacy, the lack of biomarkers predictive of response and the high cost of antibody production are currently some of the major drawbacks of the use of this form of therapy [14,15].
In pancreatic cancer, as well as in other solid tumours, monoclonal antibodies used as single agents have limited efficacy. Therefore, different treatment combinations have been used in an attempt to improve activity and deliver better survival outcomes (Table 4 and Table 5). Various approaches have been postulated including the combination of two or more mAbs directed against different targets, the combination of mAbs with standard of care chemotherapy, the combination of mAbs with radiotherapy to sensitise tumours, the simultaneous targeting of the vasculature and stroma, the targeting of coinhibitory receptors on effector T cells, and the use of bispecific antibodies to bring effector T cells and NK cells in proximity to tumour cells.
To date, monoclonal antibodies targeting IGF-IR, HER2 and VEGF, or combinations of these, have not shown encouraging results in pancreatic cancer patients [74,76,97,98,100,101]. In contrast, the anti-EGFR mAbs panitumumab and nimotuzumab have shown to improve survival outcomes in combination with chemotherapy and/or the tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib in phase 2 trials [88,92,93]. Finally, while studies with other mAbs targeting LOXL2 and Notch2/3 receptors have not provided support for further studies in pancreatic cancer [121,203], the results of early phase trials evaluating the efficacy of the anti-DR5 mAbs conatumumab and tigatuzumab [73,125], the anti-CD40 mAb selicrelumab [135], and the anti-PSCA mAb AGS-1C4D4 [138] were encouraging and need to be validated in future studies.
Of the antibody-drug conjugates tested in clinical trials in pancreatic cancer patients, none of them showed significant clinical activity, including the anti-SLC44A4 antibody-drug conjugate ASG-5ME [133], the anti-guanylyl cyclase C antibody-drug conjugate TAK-264 [132], the anti-MUC16 antibody-drug conjugate DMUC5754A [204], and the anti-mucin antibody-drug conjugate 90Y-clivatuzumab tetraxetan based on an interim analysis of a phase 3 trial (NCT01956812). Early trials have also shown the potential of mAbs as diagnostic tools in pancreatic cancer. For instance, the use of an anti-CEA antibody as a fluorescent-labelled agent for intraoperative direct visualisation of tumours [205], and the use of the anti-CA19-9 mAb HuMab-5B1 (MVT-2163) as imaging probe, which allows visualisation of primary and metastatic tumours by immuno-PET [129]. Further clinical studies are currently underway (NCT03801915, NCT03118349 and NCT02672917).
Monoclonal antibodies bind with high affinity and specificity to their target antigens and these properties have been exploited for their use as theranostics, whereby tumours are identified by radiolabelled antibodies on imaging and subsequently treated with conjugates targeting the same antigen. See reviews by King et.al. and Dammes & Peer for further detail [206,207]. Antibody-based theranostic pairs have been developed targeting a variety of antigens including carcinoembrionic antigen (CEA) [208], tissue factor [35], CUB domain containing protein 1 (CDCP1) [209] and Met [210]. For instance, Knutson and colleagues have reported the development of a theranostic monoclonal antibody specific for CEA, conjugated to paclitaxel and a PEGylated near-infrared fluorophore (DyLight™ 680-4xPEG, Thermo Fisher Scientific, #46603, Rockford, IL, USA). They demonstrated that this theranostic mAb was able to detect BxPC-3 pancreatic tumour xenografts and inhibit tumour growth in mouse models [208]. On the other hand, Ferreira et.al. reported the use of labelled monoclonal antibody constructs targeting tissue factor that demonstrated high uptake in BxPC-3 tumour xenografts in PET imaging (86Y-DTPA-ALT836) and led to slow tumour growth in mice (90Y-DTPA-ALT836) [35]. Similarly, the novel human antibody 4A06 (which recognises CDCP1) radiolabelled with zirconium-89 (89Zr-4A06) was able to detect CDCP1 expression, while the therapeutic constructs of the antibody (177Lu-4A06 and 225Ac-4A06) inhibited the growth of pancreatic subcutaneous xenograft tumours in mice [209]. Furthermore, targeting of Met by the mAb onartuzumab labelled with zirconium-89 (89Zr) demonstrated tumour uptake of 89Zr-DFO-onartuzumab in Met overexpressing subcutaneous and orthotopic pancreatic tumours by immunoPET, while the construct 177Lu-DTPA-onartuzumab induced significant tumour growth delay and improved survival in treated animals. 89Zr-DFO-onartuzumab was able to predict treatment response to 177Lu-DTPA-onartuzumab [210]. Similar theranostic approaches using small molecule inhibitors, peptides or nanoparticles targeting integrin αvβ6 [211], fibroblast activation protein [212,213], GPC1 [214] and IGF1 receptor [215] have also been investigated in mouse models of pancreatic cancer,
Most of the currently ongoing clinical trials for pancreatic cancer treatment are evaluating anti-PD1 antibodies in combination with cytotoxic drugs, other mAbs or antibody-drug conjugates, cancer vaccines or PARP inhibitors (Table 6). While pembrolizumab has shown some evidence of activity in phase 2 trials in combination with chemotherapy [110], or a CXCR4 antagonist plus chemotherapy [111], the combination of nivolumab plus chemotherapy has shown disappointing results in a phase 1 trial [112]. Interestingly, the combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors with GM-CSF cell-based vaccines and the oncolytic virus pelareorep has shown promising results in early phase trials [105,109], and subsequent studies evaluating this approach are underway (NCT03723915 and NCT03767582, Table 6).
The lack of reliable predictive biomarkers and companion diagnostic tests to identify patients who are more likely to benefit from this form of therapy, and the development of intrinsic or acquired resistance to mAb-based drugs are some of the factors contributing to the poor response to therapy with not only antibody-based agents but also other forms of therapy. In addition, other factors might impact the efficacy of therapeutic antibodies such as impaired tumour penetration and heterogenous distribution in tumours [216]. In an attempt to overcome these, strategies such as smaller antibody fragments (e.g., Fab fragments, single-chain variable fragments and single-domain antibodies, mini-bodies and nanobodies) have been investigated, although they pose unique challenges due to higher clearance rates and significantly shorter half-lives than full-size antibodies [216]. On the other hand, the smaller size antibody fragments are ideal for use in cancer imaging [217,218].
In summary, at present, no antibody-based drugs have yet been approved for the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer. However, we believe that the results of ongoing clinical trials with antibody-based products, the discovery of other cell surface antigens with high levels of expression at different stages of the disease, a better understanding of the complex biology of pancreatic cancer, its microenvironment, the immune system and the mechanisms of resistance, together with technological advances in the development of various forms of antibody-based agents (e.g., bispecific/multi-specific, antibody fragments such as mini-bodies and nanobodies, radiolabelled antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates) would lead to the approval of monoclonal antibody-based products when used alone or in combination with other therapeutic interventions in patients with pancreatic cancer in the near future.

Author Contributions

Both authors contributed substantially to the conceptualization and writing of the article and revised it critically for intellectual content. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work has been supported by Kingston University London.

Data Availability Statement

No new data were created or analyzed in this study. Data sharing is not applicable to this article.

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the support of Kingston University London, UK.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Mechanisms of action of monoclonal antibody-based products. (A) Targeting growth factor receptors, blocking the binding of an activating ligand and inhibiting receptor homo- and heterodimerization; (B) Targeting of tumour vasculature receptor or its ligands inhibiting angiogenesis; (C) Induction of apoptosis by recruitment of immune effector cells (ADCC) or activation of the complement cascade (CDC), and the use of antibody-based molecules to engineer T lymphocytes (CAR T cells); (D) Immune checkpoint inhibition by blockade of the PD-1/PD-L1 axis or CTLA-4 inhibitory receptors, increasing cytotoxic T cell activity; (E) Simultaneous targeting of two antigens, one on tumour cells and one on effector T cells, by using bispecific antibodies (BITE, bispecific T-cell enhancing); and (F) Delivery of payloads such as toxins and radioisotopes to tumour cells. Created with BioRender.com (accessed on 17 March 2021).
Figure 1. Mechanisms of action of monoclonal antibody-based products. (A) Targeting growth factor receptors, blocking the binding of an activating ligand and inhibiting receptor homo- and heterodimerization; (B) Targeting of tumour vasculature receptor or its ligands inhibiting angiogenesis; (C) Induction of apoptosis by recruitment of immune effector cells (ADCC) or activation of the complement cascade (CDC), and the use of antibody-based molecules to engineer T lymphocytes (CAR T cells); (D) Immune checkpoint inhibition by blockade of the PD-1/PD-L1 axis or CTLA-4 inhibitory receptors, increasing cytotoxic T cell activity; (E) Simultaneous targeting of two antigens, one on tumour cells and one on effector T cells, by using bispecific antibodies (BITE, bispecific T-cell enhancing); and (F) Delivery of payloads such as toxins and radioisotopes to tumour cells. Created with BioRender.com (accessed on 17 March 2021).
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Figure 2. Antigens targeted by antibodies in patients with pancreatic cancer. Created with BioRender.com (accessed on 17 March 2021).
Figure 2. Antigens targeted by antibodies in patients with pancreatic cancer. Created with BioRender.com (accessed on 17 March 2021).
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Table 1. Monoclonal antibodies approved in the U.S. and/or European Union for cancer treatment.
Table 1. Monoclonal antibodies approved in the U.S. and/or European Union for cancer treatment.
MAb Generic Name (Trade Name)Target Antigen/IsotypeCancer Type IndicationDate of Approval
Rituximab (Rituxan®)CD20/Chimeric IgG1B-cell lymphoma, NHL1997
Diffuse large B-cell, CD20+, NHL2006
CLL2010
Previously untreated follicular, CD20+, B-cell NHL2011
Trastuzumab (Herceptin®)HER-2/Humanised IgG1Metastatic breast cancer1998
Early-stage breast cancer2006
HER2 overexpressing metastatic gastric or GEJ adenoca2010
Gentuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg®)CD33/Humanised IgG4AML2000 *
Newly diagnosed, relapsed or refractory CD33+ AML2017
Alemtuzumab (Campath®)CD52/Humanised IgG1B-CLL2001
Ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin®)CD20/Murine IgG1; conjugated to 90YNHL2002
Tositumomab-I131 (Bexxar®)CD20/Murine IgG2a; conjugated to 131INHL2003 *
Cetuximab (Erbitux®)EGFR/Chimeric IgG1Metastatic CRC2004
Locally or regionally advanced HNSCC or recurrent or metastatic HNSCC2006
Recurrent locoregional disease and/or metastatic HNSCC (first-line)2011
K-ras wild-type, EGFR-expressing metastatic CRC (first-line)2012
Bevacizumab (Avastin®)VEGF/Humanised IgG1Metastatic CRC2004
Locally advanced, metastatic or recurrent NSCLC2006
Metastatic HER-2 negative breast cancer2008
Metastatic RCC2009
GBM2009
Metastatic CRC2013
Persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer2014
Platinum-resistant, recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer2014
Stage III or IV epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer after initial surgical resection2018
Panitumumab (Vectibix®)EGFR/Human IgG2Metastatic CRC2006
Ofatumumab (Arzerra®)CD20/Human IgG1CLL2009
CLL (previously untreated)2014
Recurrent or progressive CLL2016
Catumaxomab (Removab®)EpCAM/
CD3/Bi-specific Rat IgG2b/mouse IgG2a		Malignant ascites (in Europe)2009
Ipilimumab (Yervoy®)CTLA-4/Human IgG1Unresectable or metastatic melanoma2011
Cutaneous melanoma with pathological involvement of regional lymph nodes2015
Intermediate or poor risk, previously untreated advanced RCC (in combination with nivolumab)2018
MSI-H or dMMR metastatic CRC (in combination with nivolumab)2018
Brentuximab vedotin (Adcentris®)CD30/Chimeric IgG1; conjugated to monomethyl auristatin EALCL and HL2011
cHL (as consolidation post-auto-HSCT)2015
pcALCL or CD30-expressing MF2017
Previously untreated stage III or IV cHL2018
Previously untreated systemic ALCL or other CD30-expressing peripheral T-cell lymphomas2018
Pertuzumab (Perjecta®)HER-2/Humanised IgG1HER-2 positive metastatic breast cancer2012
HER-2 positive, locally advanced, inflammatory, or early-stage breast cancer (in combination with trastuzumab as neoadjuvant therapy)2013
HER-2 positive early breast cancer at high risk or recurrence2017
Denosumab (Xgeva®)RANKL/Human IgG2Unresectable giant cell tumour of bone2013
Ado-trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla®)HER-2/Humanised IgG1; conjugated to DM1HER-2 positive, metastatic breast cancer2013
HER-2 positive breast cancer with residual invasive disease2019
Obinutuzumab (Gazyva®)CD20/Humanised IgG1CLL (previously untreated)2013
FL2016
Previously untreated stage II bulky, III or IV FL2017
Ramucirumab (Cyramza®)VEGFR-2/Recombinant IgG1Advanced or metastatic, gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma2014
Metastatic NSCLC2014
Metastatic CRC2015
HCC2019
First-line treatment of metastatic NSCLC (in combination with erlotinib)2020
Pembrolizumab
(Keytruda®)		PD-1 receptor/Humanised IgG4Unresectable or metastatic melanoma and disease progression following ipilimumab2014
Unresectable and metastatic melanoma (initial treatment)2015
Metastatic NSCLC2016
Recurrent or metastatic HNSCC2016
Refractory cHL2017
Previously untreated metastatic non-squamous NSCLC2017
Locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma2017
Unresectable or metastatic MSI-H or dMMR solid tumours2017
Recurrent locally advanced or metastatic gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma2017
Recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer2018
Refractory PMBCL2018
First-line treatment metastatic non-squamous NSCLC2018
First-line treatment metastatic squamous NSCLC2018
HCC2018
Recurrent locally advanced or metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma2018
Melanoma with involvement of lymph nodes following complete resection2019
First-line treatment stage III or metastatic NSCLC2019
First-line treatment advanced RCC2019
Metastatic or unresectable recurrent
HNSCC		2019
Metastatic SCLC2019
Advanced oesophageal squamous cell cancer2019
Advanced endometrial carcinoma that is not MSI-H or dMMR2019
BCG-unresponsive, high-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ with or without papillary tumours2020
Unresectable or metastatic tumour mutational burden-high (TMB H) solid tumours2020
Recurrent or metastatic CSCC not curable by surgery or radiation2020
First-line treatment unresectable or metastatic MSI-H or dMMR CRC2020
R/R cHL2020
Locally recurrent unresectable or metastatic TNBC whose tumours express PD-L12020
Blinatumomab (Blincyto®)CD19/Bispecific CD19-directed CD3 T-cell engagerPhiladelphia chromosome-negative R/R B-cell precursor ALL2014
R/R B-cell precursor ALL2017
B-cell precursor ALL in first or second complete remission with MRD >/= 0.1%2018
Nivolumab (Opdivo®)PD-1 receptor/Human IgG4Unresectable or metastatic melanoma2014
BRAF V600 wild-type, unresectable or metastatic melanoma (in combination with ipilimumab)2015
Metastatic NSCLC2015
Advanced RCC2015
cHL2016
Recurrent or metastatic HNSCC2016
Locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma2017
MSI-H or dMMR metastatic CRC2017
HCC2017
Melanoma with involvement of lymph nodes or metastatic disease following complete resection2017
Intermediate or poor risk, previously untreated advanced RCC (in combination with ipilimumab)2018
Metastatic SCLC2018
HCC (in combination with ipilimumab)2018
First-line treatment metastatic NSCLC whose tumours express PD-L1 (in combination with ipilimumab)2020
Unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell
carcinoma (ESCC)		2020
Unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (first-line; in combination with ipilimumab)2020
First-line treatment advanced renal cell carcinoma (in combination with cabozantinib)2021
Dinutuximab (Unituxin®)GD2/Chimeric IgG1High-risk neuroblastoma2015
Daratumumab (Darzalex®)CD38/Human IgG1MM2015
Newly diagnosed MM ineligible for autologous SCT2019
Newly diagnosed MM eligible for autologous SCT2019
Necitumumab (Portrazza®)EGFR/Human IgG1Metastatic squamous NSCLC (first-line)2015
Elotuzumab
(Empliciti®)		SLAMF7/Humanised IgG1MM2015
Atezolizumab (Tecentriq®)PD-L1/Humanised IgG1Locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma2016
Metastatic NSCLC2016
First-line treatment metastatic non-squamous NSCLC2018
Unresectable locally-advanced or metastatic TNBC2019
Extensive-stage SCLC2019
Unresectable or metastatic HCC (in combination with bevacizumab)2020
BRAF V600 mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma2020
Olaratumab
(Lartruvo®)		PDGFRα/Human IgG1Metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma2016
Avelumab (Bavencio®)PD-L1/Human IgG1Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma2017
Locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma2017
Advanced RCC2019
Maintenance treatment in locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC)2020
Durvalumab (Imfinzi®)PD-L1/Human IgG1Locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma2017
Unresectable stage III NSCLC2018
Extensive-stage SCLC2020
Rituximab+hyaluronidase human (Rituxan hycela®)CD20/Chimeric IgG1Follicular lymphoma, DLBCL and CLL2017
Inotuzumab ozogamicin (Besponsa®)CD22/Humanised IgG4; conjugated with calicheamicinR/R B-cell precursor ALL2017
Mogamulizumab (Poteligeo®)CCR4/Humanised IgG1R/R mycosis fungoides or Sezary syndrome2018
Moxetumomab pasudotox-tdfk (Lumoxiti®)CD-22/Immunotoxin; IgG1 fragment fused to Pseudomonas exotoxin PE38R/R hairy cell leukaemia2018
Cemiplimab-rwlc (Libtayo®)PD-1/Human IgG4Metastatic CSCC or locally advanced CSCC who are not candidates for curative surgery or curative radiation2018
Locally advanced and metastatic basal cell carcinoma2021
First-line treatment of advanced NSCLC whose tumors have high PD-L1 expression2021
Trastuzumab + hyaluronidase oysk (Herceptin Hylecta®)HER-2/Humanised IgG1HER-2 overexpressing breast cancer2019
Polatuzumab vedotin-piiq (Polivy®)CD79b-directed ADC; conjugated to MMAER/R DLBCL2019
Enfortumab vedotin-ejfv (Padcev®)Nectin-4-directed ADC; conjugated to MMAELocally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer2019
Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu®)HER-2 directed ADC; conjugated to topoisomerase inhibitorUnresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer2019
Locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma2021
Isatuximab-irfc (Sarclisa®)CD38MM2020
Sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (Trodelvy®)Trop-2 directed ADC; conjugated to SN-38Metastatic TNBC2020
Daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj (Darzalex faspro®)CD38/Human IgG1Newly diagnosed or R/R MM2020
Tafasitamab-cxix (Monjuvi®)CD19/Humanised Fc-modified cytolyticR/R DLBCL2020
Belantamab mafodotin-blmf (Blenrep®)BCMA/ADC conjugated to microtubule inhibitor monomethyl auristatin F (MMAF)R/R MM2020
Naxitamab (Danyelza®)GD2/Humanised IgG1R/R high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow (in combination with GM-CSF)2020
Margetuximab-cmkb (Margenza®)HER2/Fc engineered chimeric IgG1Metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer2020
ADC: antibody drug conjugate; ALCL: anaplastic large cell lymphoma; ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; AML: acute myeloid leukaemia; auto-HSCT: autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; BCG: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin; B-CLL: B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; BCMA: B-cell maturation antigen; cHL: classical Hodgkin lymphoma; CLL: chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; CRC: colorectal cancer; CSCC: cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; CTLA-4: cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4; DLBCL: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; dMMR: mismatch repair deficient; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; EpCAM: epithelial cell adhesion molecule; FL: follicular lymphoma; GBM: glioblastoma multiforme; GD2: surface disialoganglioside GD2; GEJ: gastroesophageal junction; GM-CSF: granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; HER-2: human epidermal growth factor receptor-2; HNSCC: head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; MM: multiple myeloma; MMAE: monomethyl auristatin E; MRD: minimal residual disease; MSI-H: microsatellite instability-high; NHL: non-Hodgkin lymphoma; NSCLC: non-small-cell lung cancer; pcALCL: primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma; PDGFRα: platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha; PD-1: programmed death-1 receptor; PD-L1: programmed death ligand-1; PMBCL: primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma; RANKL: receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand; RCC: renal cell carcinoma; R/R: relapsed or refractory; SCLC: small cell lung cancer; SCT: stem cell transplant; SLAMF7: signalling lymphocytic activation molecule F7; TNBC: triple-negative breast cancer. VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGFR-2: vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2. * withdrawn; Taken from: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/resources-information-approved-drugs/hematologyoncology-cancer-approvals-safety-notifications. Updated as of 12 March 2021.
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Table 2. Monoclonal antibodies against pancreatic cancer in preclinical studies for use as therapeutic tools.
Table 2. Monoclonal antibodies against pancreatic cancer in preclinical studies for use as therapeutic tools.
mAb NameTarget AntigenSource/ImmunogenFindingRef.
Humanised anti-TF mAb conjugated with MMAETF-Significantly inhibited tumour growth in an orthotopic xenograft model, and extended survival in a murine peritoneal dissemination model.[34]
h-RabMab1Alternatively spliced TF-Orthotopic pancreatic tumours in mice treated with h-RabMab1 were 60% smaller than tumours in control group.[33]
Humanised anti-hTM4SF5 mAbTM4SF5Established based on the mouse mAb mEC2-C obtained by immunisation with the cyclic peptide hTM4SF5EC2-CReduced cell viability and cell motility, and modulated the expression of EMT markers (vimentin and E-cadherin) in pancreatic cancer cells that endogenously express TM4SF5.[52]
Panitumumab labelled with 111In or 177Lu -EGFR-Radioimmunotherapy with panitumumab labelled with Auger electron-emitting 111In or β particle-emitting 177Lu inhibited the growth of subcutaneous PANC-1 human pancreatic cancer xenografts in mice.[30]
PcMab-60PODXLSoluble PODXLDemonstrated antitumour activity in Mia PaCa-2 xenograft mouse models.[37]
7EIL-20-Prolongs survival and attenuates PD-L1 expression in a transgenic mouse and an orthotopic pancreatic cancer model. Combination of 7E and an anti-PD-1 mAb increases efficacy in inhibiting tumour growth in the orthotopic model.[53]
H2Mab-19HER2Purified recombinant extracellular domain of HER2Reduces tumour development in MiaPaCa-2 xenograft model.[38]
90Y-DTPA-ALT836TF-Slow tumour growth compared to the control groups and had significantly smaller tumour volumes 1-day post-injection.[35]
Anti-GPC-1 mAb conjugated with MMAFGlypican-1 (GPC-1)-Induces significant tumour growth inhibition against GPC-1-positive pancreatic cell lines (BxPC-3 and T3M-4) and patient-derived tumour models.[39]
KU44.22BIntegrin α3CFPAC-1 pancreatic cancer cellsInhibits proliferation of Capan-2 pancreatic cancer cells and increases migration of CFPAC-1 and BxPC-3 cancer cells in vitro.[26]
6E8 and E9MUC4MUC4beta domainDecreased proliferation and migration of MUC4 expressing pancreatic cancer cells.[27]
TAB004MUC1Pancreatic tumour lysate isolated from an adenocarcinoma developed by a mouse that was transgenic for human MUC1TAB004 + Lip-MSA-IL-2 significantly improved survival and slowed tumour growth compared to controls in a human MUC1 transgenic mouse model of pancreatic cancer.[54]
TROP2-IR700TROP2-Photoimmunotherapy with the humanised anti-TROP2 mAb conjugated to the photosensitizer IR700 significantly inhibits tumour growth in pancreatic cancer and cholangiocarcinoma xenografts.[31]
ZB131Cell surface plectin 1-Decreases tumour volume 5-fold in xenografts, and induces complete tumour regression in subcutaneous syngeneic pancreatic cancer mouse models.[40]
TAB004MUC1-TAB004 treatment had minimal effect as single agent on most of pancreatic cancer cell lines except for Capan-2. However, when combined with gemcitabine, paclitaxel, or 5-FU, it significantly increased anti-tumour efficacy.[28]
Anti-Gal-9 mAbGalectin-9-Induced significant reduction in tumour size in orthotopic pancreatic cancer mouse models.[41]
28H1FAP-The dual-labeled mAb (conjugated with either DTPA for imaging studies or with DTPA and the photosensitizer IRDye700DX for therapy studies) targets pancreatic tumours in mice with good signal-to-background ratios and favourable biodistribution, and it efficiently induces cell death.[55]
RC68EGFR-The RC68-based antibody-drug conjugates induced death of EGFR-positive pancreatic cancer cell lines and inhibited the growth of BxPC-3 xenografts.[56]
H-Zt/g4-MMAERON-Inhibited the growth of pancreatic cancer xenografts regardless of chemoresistance or metastatic status.[42]
BAG3-H2L4BAG3BAG3- multiple antigenic peptidesSignificantly inhibits the growth of Mia PaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cell xenografts[43]
ZolbetuximabCLDN18.2-Slow tumour growth, improve survival and attenuate development of metastases in xenograft models. Gemcitabine enhanced zolbetuximab-induced ADCC.[44]
1849-ICG conjugateTF-A single dose of 1849-ICG conjugate accompanied by NIR light exposure inhibited tumour growth in vivo without noticeable adverse effects.[36]
90Y-labeled 059-053CD147Human antibody libraryCombined treatment using 90Y-labeled 059-053 with gemcitabine significantly suppressed tumour growth and prolonged survival with tolerable toxicity in a BxPC-3 xenograft mouse model of refractory pancreatic cancer.[57]
AmatuximabMesothelin-Supressed the development of peritoneal metastases and exhibited synergistic killing in combination with gemcitabine in a peritoneal metastatic pancreatic cancer model.[45]
Anti-hMUC1 antibodyMUC1rhMUC1-EC192 proteinSpecifically targets MUC1-C pancreatic cancer cells in vitro and in vivo and suppresses the growth of tumours in Capan-2 xenogratfs mouse models.[58]
PritumumabVimentinB lymphocytes isolated from a regional draining lymph node of a patient with cervical carcinomaInhibits subcutaneous pancreatic cancer xenografts models. The binding of the antibody to pancreatic cancer cells and tissue induces ADCC.[46]
7E3Neuregulin 1 (NRG1)rhNRG1β1-EDCInhibits migration and growth of pancreatic cancer cells co-cultured with CAFs in orthotopic pancreatic tumour xenografts.[59]
CBT-15GDoublecortin-like kinase 1 (DCLK1)KLH-linked peptides targeting the DCLK1 extracellular domainSignificantly inhibited SW1990 pancreatic cancer xenograft growth.[47]
90Y-ITGA6B4α6β4Human antibody library constructed using a phage-display systemA single dose of 90Y-ITGA6B4 inhibited tumour growth in mice bearing BxPC-3 human pancreatic cancer xenografts overexpressing α6β4.[32]
ASG-5MESLC44A4B300.19 cells engineered to express SLC44A4The ADC induced potent antitumour activity in both cell line– and patient-derived xenograft models of pancreatic and prostate cancers. Combination studies of ASG5ME and nab-paclitaxel increased antitumour activity compared to single agents alone.[60]
Novel mAbs against AGR2 and C4.4AAGR2 and C4.4AUnconjugated antigenic peptidesReduced tumour growth and metastasis and led to regression of xenograft tumours in mice, resulting in increased survival.[61]
90Y-TSP-A01Transferrin receptor (TfR)Human antibody librariesInduced almost complete response in mice bearing Mia PaCa-2 tumours (high TfR expression), but it had limited efficacy on BxPC-3 tumours (low TfR expression).[62]
BNC101LRG5-BNC101 as single agent partially inhibited tumour growth in AsPC1 and PANC-1 pancreatic cancer models, while when used in combination with gemcitabine, it significantly inhibited tumour growth in both models. In contrast, BNC101 as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy had no antitumour activity in the LGR5 negative BxPC3 xenograft tumours.[63]
TCC56MUC13PAN2 cellsThe ADC can be efficiently internalised and induces cell death in TCC-PAN2 cells.[29]
Pa65-2CHCMIA PaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cellsInhibited tumour growth and angiogenesis in NOD/SCID mice bearing MIA PaCa-2-derived pancreatic cancer xenografts.[64]
ADCC: antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity; AGR2: anterior gradient 2; CAFs: cancer-associated fibroblasts; EGFR: Epidermal growth factor receptor; GPC-1: glypican-1; ICG: indocyanine green; LGR5: leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor 5; MMAE: monomethyl auristatin E; MMAF: monomethyl auristatin F; MUC1: mucin 1; MUC5AC: mucin 5AC; PC: pancreatic cancer; NIR: near-infrared photoimmunotherapeutic; PODXL: podocalyxin; TfR: transferrin; TF: tissue factor; TM4SF5: transmembrane 4 superfamily member 5 protein; TROP2: tumour-associated calcium signal transducer 2.
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Table 3. Monoclonal antibodies against pancreatic cancer in preclinical studies for use as diagnostic tools.
Table 3. Monoclonal antibodies against pancreatic cancer in preclinical studies for use as diagnostic tools.
mAb NameTarget AntigenSource/ImmunogenFindingRef.
89Zr-DFO-anti-γH2AX-TATCA19.9Fully human 5B1 mAb, generated from blood lymphocytes from a patient immunised with a sLea – KLH vaccinePET imaging allows monitoring of tumour radiobiological response in a BxPC-3 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma subcutaneous xenograft mouse model.[51]
6G5j mAb conjugated to LICOR-IRDye800CEACAM-Selectively labels pancreatic cancer in nude mouse models.[65]
KU44.22BIntegrin α3CFPAC-1 pancreatic cancer cellsImmunodetects integrin α3 by IHC in tumour cell pellets and pancreatic cancer tissue microarrays.[26]
KU44.13ACD26CFPAC-1 pancreatic cancer cellsImmunodetects CD26 by IHC in tumour cell pellets and pancreatic cancer tissue microarrays.[26]
KU42.33CCD109BxPC-3 pancreatic cancer cellsImmunodetects CD109 by Western blot and IHC in tumour cell pellets and pancreatic cancer tissue microarrays.[66]
89Zr-Df-ALT-836TF-Demonstrated high binding affinity and TF-specificity, and persistent accumulation in BxPC-3 xenografts in mice.[67]
89Zr-059-053CD147Human antibody phage-display library89Zr-059-053 highly accumulated in CD147-expressing tumours and clearly visualised subcutaneous and orthotopic xenografts.[50]
CEACAM: carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecules; IHC: immunohistochemistry; MUC1: mucin 1; PET: positron emission tomography.
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Table 4. Phase I/II clinical trials of monoclonal antibodies alone or in combination with other drugs in pancreatic cancer (www.clinicaltrials.gov accessed on 17 March 2021).
Table 4. Phase I/II clinical trials of monoclonal antibodies alone or in combination with other drugs in pancreatic cancer (www.clinicaltrials.gov accessed on 17 March 2021).
Condition/Stage of DiseaseTherapeutic InterventionnPhOutcomesRef.
Metastatic PCDurvalumab + tremelimumab vs. durvalumab65IIORR: 3.1 vs. 0%
Not enrolled in part B because the threshold for efficacy was not met in part A		[114]
Metastatic PCOlaratumab + nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine10IWell tolerated and manageable toxicity[139]
Advanced PCGemcitabine + MK-0646 (arm A) vs. gemcitabine + MK-0646 + erlotinib (arm B) vs. gemcitabine + erlotinib (arm C)81I/IIPFS: 1.8 vs. 1.8 vs. 1.9 months
OS: 10.4 vs. 7.1 vs. 5.7 months (p = 0.02)		[77]
CA19-9 positive PCMVT-5873 + nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine38ISingle agent MVT-5873 appears safe and tolerable at biologically active doses[140]
Metastatic PCGemcitabine + nab-paclitaxel + pembrolizumab17Ib/IImPFS: 9.1 months
mOS: 15.0 months
(in chemo-naive)		[110]
Resected PCCetuximab or bevacizumab + gemcitabine + chemoradiation127IImOS: 17 months (both arms)
DFS: 11 months		[141]
Locally advanced or metastatic PCGemcitabine + nimotuzumab vs. gemcitabine + placebo192IIbmOS: 8.6 vs. 6.0 months (p = 0.03)
mPFS: 5.1 vs. 3.6 months (p = 0.02)		[92]
Advanced or metastatic PCTAK-264 (MLN0264)43IIORR: 3%[132]
Metastatic PCGemcitabine + simtuzumab (700 mg) vs. gemcitabine + simtuzumab (200 mg) vs. gemcitabine + placebo240IImPFS: 3.7 (p = 0.73) vs. 3.5 (p = 0.61) vs. 3.7 months
mOS: 7.6 (p = 0.28) vs. 5.9 (p = 0.69) vs. 5.7 months
ORR: 13.9 (p = 0.16) vs. 14.5 (p = 0.20) vs. 23.5%		[121]
Refractory colon and PCNEO-102 (ensituximab)19 (4 PC)ISafe and well tolerated[142]
Unresectable PCBevacizumab + erlotinib +
capecitabine + RT		17ISafe and well tolerated[143]
PC not amenable to curative treatmentBevacizumab + cetuximab + leucovorin + gemcitabine + cisplatin + fluorouracil vs. leucovorin + gemcitabine + cisplatin + fluorouracil59IImOS: 13.2 vs. 6.8 months (p = 0.03)
TTP: 10.7 vs. 3.1 months (p = 0.004)		[84]
Advanced pancreatic and gastric cancersASG-5ME50IWell tolerated with limited evidence of antitumour activity[133]
Locally advanced PCNeoadjuvant gemcitabine plus capecitabine, followed by either: capecitabine or UFT + RT (A) or capecitabine or UFT + cetuximab + RT (B).17IImOS: 15.8 vs. 22.0 months (p > 0.05)
mPFS: 10.4 vs. 12.7 months (p > 0.05)		[144]
Metastatic PCIrinotecan + docetaxel vs
irinotecan + docetaxel + cetuximab		87IIORR: 4.5 vs. 7%
mPFS: 3.9 vs. 4.5 monthsmOS: 6.5 vs. 5.3 months		[82]
Locally advanced PCCetuximab + gemcitabine + RT34IImOS: 15.3 months[145]
Metastatic PC90Y-clivatuzumab tetraxetan + gemcitabine vs. 90Y-clivatuzumab tetraxetan alone58IbmOS: 2.7 vs. 2.6 months (7.9 vs. 3.4 months in patients who received multiple cycles; p = 0.004)[146]
Locally advanced PCPanitumumab + gemcitabine-based CRT14IManageable toxicity
mPFS: 8.9 months
mOS: 12.3 months		[87]
Metastatic PCTrastuzumab + cetuximab (after failure of first-line gemcitabine)49I/IImPFS: 1.8 months
mOS: 4.6 months		[97]
Metastatic PCGemcitabine + erlotinib + cixutumumab vs. gemcitabine + erlotinib116Ib/IImPFS: 3.6 vs. 3.6 months (p = 0.97)
mOS: 7.0 vs. 6.7 months (p = 0.64)		[76]
Metastatic PCTremelimumab + gemcitabine34ISafe and acceptable tolerability profile[106]
Metastatic PCGanitumab + gemcitabine6IbTolerable and acceptable safety profile[147]
Borderline and locally advanced PCNeoadjuvant bevacizumab + gemcitabine30IINo survival benefit in patients undergoing resection[148]
Locally advanced or metastatic PCGemcitabine + capecitabine + bevacizumab + erlotinib44IIORR: 23%
mPFS: 8.4 months
mOS: 12.6 months		[149]
Unresectable locally advanced or metastatic PCGemcitabine + nimotuzumab18-mOS: 9.3 months
mPFS: 3.7 months		[150]
Unresectable or metastatic PCTigatuzumab (CS-1008) + gemcitabine62IIORR: 13.1%
mPFS: 3.9 months
mOS: 8.2 months		[126]
Advanced PCCP-870,893 + gemcitabine22ISafe and well tolerated
mPFS: 5.2 months
mOS: 8.4 months
ORR: 19%		[135]
Locally advanced or metastatic PCIpilimumab vs. ipilimumab + GVAX30IbmOS: 3.6 vs. 5.7 months (p = 0.07)[105]
Potentially resectable PCGemcitabine + bevacizumab followed by RT + bevacizumab59IImOS: 16.8 months (19.7 months after resection)
mPFS: 6.6 months (12.9 months after resection)		[151]
R0 or R1-resected PCGemcitabine + cetuximab76IIDFS at 18 months: 27.1%
mDFS: 10.0 months
mOS: 22.4 months		[81]
Metastatic PCGemcitabine vs. gemcitabine + AGS-1C4D4196II6-month SR: 44.4 vs. 60.9% (P = 0.03)
mOS: 5.5 vs. 7.6 months (p = 0.12)
mPFS: 3.2 vs. 3.8 months (p = 0.27)
ORR: 13.1 vs. 21.6%		[138]
Advanced PCEverolimus + cetuximab + capecitabine43I/IIORR: 6.5%
mOS: 5.0 months		[152]
Advanced PCBevacizumab + gemcitabine + 5-FU42IIPFS at 6 months: 49%
mPFS: 5.9 months
mOS: 7.4 months		[153]
Metastatic PCGemcitabine + ganitumab vs. gemcitabine + conatumumab vs. gemcitabine + placebo125II6-month SR: 57 vs. 59 vs. 50%
mOS: 8.7 vs. 7.5 vs. 5.9 months
mPFS: 5.1 vs.. 4.0 vs. 2.1 months
ORR: 10 vs. 3 vs. 3%		[73]
Localized or locally advanced PCNeoadjuvant cetuximab + gemcitabine + IMRT37IImOS: 24.3 (resected patients) vs. 10 months (not resected)[154]
Stage III or IV PC90Y-clivatuzumab tetraxetan + low-dose gemcitabine42-The combination is feasible
DCR: 58%
mOS: 7.7 months		[155]
HER2 overexpressing metastatic PCTrastuzumab + capecitabine17IIPFS after 12 weeks: 23.5%
mOS: 6.9 months		[98]
Advanced PCBevacizumab + cetuximab + gemcitabine vs. bevacizumab + cetuximab61IImPFS: 3.5 vs. 1.9 months
mOS: 5.4 vs. 4.2 months		[156]
Locally advanced or metastatic PCGemcitabine + oxaliplatin + cetuximab41IIORR: 24%
mPFS: 6.9 months
mOS: 11.3 months		[157]
Locally advanced or metastatic PCNimotuzumab56IImPFS: 6.7 weeks
PFS after 1 year: 10.3%
mOS: 18.1 weeks		[93]
Metastatic PCCetuximab + gemcitabine + oxaliplatin64IImOS: 263 vs.. 162 days (WT vs. KRAS mutation)
mPFS: 104 vs. 118 days (WT vs. KRAS mutation)		[158]
Locally advanced PCCetuximab + gemcitabine +
oxaliplatin followed by cetuximab + capecitabine + RT		69IImOS: 19.2 months
1-year OS: 66%		[159]
Advanced PC90Y-clivatuzumab tetraxetan21IWell tolerated with manageable hematologic
toxicity		[160]
Locally advanced or metastatic PCBevacizumab + gemcitabine + oxaliplatin55IImPFS: 4.9 months
mOS: 11.9 months
ORR: 36%		[161]
Localised PCGemcitabine + bevacizumab + RT32IImPFS: 9.9 months
mOS: 11.8 months		[162]
Locally advanced PCGemcitabine + cetuximab + RT16ISafe and well tolerated
mOS: 10.5 months		[163]
Gemcitabine-refractory metastatic PCBevacizumab alone vs. bevacizumab + docetaxel32IImPFS: 43 vs. 48 days
mOS: 165 vs. 125 days
The study was stopped due to futility.		[164]
Locally advanced or metastatic PCIpilimumab27IINo responders but one subject experienced a delayed response after initial progressive disease.[104]
Gemcitabine-refractory metastatic PCBevacizumab + erlotinib36IIOS at 6 months: 22%[165]
Locally advanced or metastatic PCGemcitabine + capecitabine + bevacizumab + erlotinib20ImOS: 12.5 months
mPFS: 9.0 months
ORR: 50%		[166]
Locally advanced, unresectable PCBevacizumab + capecitabine + RT82IImOS: 11.9 months
1-year survival: 47%
mPFS: 8.6 months; RR: 26%		[167]
Metastatic or
locally advanced unresectable PC		Bevacizumab + gemcitabine + capecitabine50IIORR: 22%
mPFS: 5.8 months
mOS: 9.8 months		[168]
Metastatic PCCetuximab + gemcitabine + oxaliplatin64IIORR: 33%
mPFS: 3.9 months
mOS: 7.1 months		[169]
Inoperable PC (head)Radiolabelled anti-CEA I131 KAb201 mAb25I/IIORR: 6%
mOS: 5.2 months		[170]
Chemotherapy-naive metastatic PCGemcitabine + cisplatin + bevacizumab52IImTTP: 6.6 months
mOS: 8.2 months
1-year survival: 36%		[171]
Advanced PCCetuximab + gemcitabine + cisplatin vs. gemcitabine + cisplatin alone84IIORR: 17.5 vs. 12.2% (p = 0.55)
mPFS: 3.4 vs. 4.2 months (p = 0.85)
mOS: 7.5 vs. 7.8 months (p = 0.74)		[172]
Untreated stage III or IV PCMatuzumab + gemcitabine17IWell tolerated
mOS: 3.7 months		[94]
Locally Advanced PCBevacizumab + capecitabine-based chemoradiotherapy48ISafe and well tolerated, required capecitabine dose reduction
ORR: 20%
mOS: 14.4 months		[173]
Advanced PCBevacizumab + gemcitabine52IIORR: 21%
mPFS: 5.4 months
mOS: 8.8 months		[174]
Advanced PCCetuximab + gemcitabine41IIORR: 12%
mPFS: 3.8 months
mOS: 7.1 months		[175]
Unresectable, measurable PCMurine mAb 17-1A28IIAcceptable toxicity. Lack of efficacy of treatment[176]
CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; DCR: disease control rate; DFS: disease free survival; GVAX: GM-CSF cell-based vaccines; IMRT: intensity-modulated radiotherapy; mOS: median overall survival; mPFS: median progression-free survival; mTTP: median time to progression; mTTF: median time to treatment failure; n: number of patients; ORR: Objective response rate; PKs: pharmacokinetics; PR: partial response; RAIT: radioimmunotherapy; SD: stable disease; SR: survival rate; TTP: time to progression; WT: wild-type.
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Table 5. Phase III clinical trials of monoclonal antibodies alone or in combination with other drugs for pancreatic cancer treatment (www.clinicaltrials.gov accessed on 17 March 2021).
Table 5. Phase III clinical trials of monoclonal antibodies alone or in combination with other drugs for pancreatic cancer treatment (www.clinicaltrials.gov accessed on 17 March 2021).
Condition/Stage of DiseaseTherapeutic InterventionnPhOutcomesRef.
Metastatic PC (GAMMA trial)Gemcitabine + placebo vs.. gemcitabine + ganitumab (12 mg/kg) vs. gemcitabine + ganitumab (20 mg/kg)800IIImOS: 7.2 vs. 7.0 (p = 0.49) vs. 7.1 months (p = 0.40)[74]
Advanced PC (CALGB 80303 trial)Gemcitabine + bevacizumab vs. gemcitabine + placebo602IIImOS: 5.8 vs. 5.9 months (p = 0.95)
mPFS: 3.8 vs. 2.9 months (p = 0.07)ORR: 13 vs. 10%		[101]
Unresectable locally advanced or metastatic PC (SWOG S0205 trial)Gemcitabine vs. gemcitabine + cetuximab745IIImOS: 5.9 vs. 6.3 months (p = 0.19)
mPFS: 3.0 vs. 3.4 months (p < 0.18)
mTTF: 1.8 vs. 2.3 months (p < 0.006)
ORR: 14 vs. 12% (p = 0.59)		[83]
Metastatic PCGemcitabine + erlotinib + bevacizumab vs. gemcitabine + erlotinib + placebo607IIImOS: 7.1 vs. 6.0 months (p < 0.21)
mPFS: 4.6 vs. 3.6 months (p < 0.0002)
ORR: 13.5 vs. 8.6% (p < 0.06)		[100]
n: number of patients.
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Table 6. Selected ongoing clinical trials evaluating monoclonal antibodies alone or in combination with other drugs in pancreatic cancer (www.clinicaltrials.gov accessed on 17 March 2021).
Table 6. Selected ongoing clinical trials evaluating monoclonal antibodies alone or in combination with other drugs in pancreatic cancer (www.clinicaltrials.gov accessed on 17 March 2021).
Trials IdentifierTherapeutic Interventionn1PhStudy Status (Completion Date)
Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 mAbs
NCT02930902Pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1 mAb) + paricalcitol vs.. pembrolizumab + paricalcitol + chemotherapy10IActive, not recruiting (12/2022)
NCT03723915Pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1 mAb) + pelareorep30IIActive, not recruiting (06/2021)
NCT04548752Olaparib + pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1 mAb) vs. olaparib88IINot yet recruiting (03/2025)
NCT02907099BL-8040 + pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1 mAb)23IIActive, not recruiting (12/2022)
NCT03634332PEGPH20 + pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1 mAb)35IIRecruiting (01/2021)
NCT04477343SX-682 (dual-inhibitor CXCR1/CXCR2) + nivolumab (anti-PD-1 mAb)20IRecruiting (10/2022)
NCT03970252Nivolumab (anti-PD-1 mAb) + mFOLFIRINOX36I, IIRecruiting (04/2022)
NCT04050085SD-101 (TLR9 agonist) + radiation therapy + nivolumab (anti-PD-1 mAb)6IRecruiting (11/2021)
NCT03767582Nivolumab + CCR2/CCR5 dual antagonist vs.
Nivolumab + GVAX + CCR2/CCR5 dual antagonist		30I, IIRecruiting (03/2022)
NCT03214250APX005M (CD40 agonistic mAb) + nivolumab (anti-PD-1 mAb) + gemcitabine + nab-paclitaxel vs. APX005M + gemcitabine + nab-paclitaxel.129I, IIActive, not recruiting (09/2022)
NCT03373188Surgery vs. VX15/2503 + surgery vs. VX15/2503 + ipilimumab (anti-CTLA-4 mAb) + surgery vs. VX15/2503 + nivolumab (anti-PD-1 mAb) + surgery32IRecruiting (12/2022)
NCT04191421Siltuximab (anti-IL-6) + spartalizumab (anti-PD-1 mAb)42I, IIRecruiting (12/2022)
NCT04581343Canakinumab (anti-IL-1β mAb) + spartalizumab (anti-PD-1 mAb) + nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine10IRecruiting (03/2022)
NCT04116073INCMGA00012 (anti-PD-1 mAb)25IIRecruiting (08/2028)
NCT03983057mFOLFIRINOX + anti-PD-1 antibody vs. mFOLFIRINOX830IIIRecruiting (04/2022)
NCT04498689Camrelizumab (anti-PD-1 mAb) + nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine117IIRecruiting (12/2022)
NCT03989310Manganese primed anti-PD-1 antibody + nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine20I, IIRecruiting (03/2021)
NCT04104672AB680 (CD73 inhibitor) + zimberelimab (anti-PD-1 mAb) + nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine150IRecruiting (01/2024)
NCT04181645SHR-1210 (anti-PD-1 mAb) + paclitaxel-albumin + gemcitabine20IRecruiting (07/2022)
NCT04493060Niraparib + TSR-042 (anti-PD-1 mAb)20IINot yet recruiting (12/2023)
NCT03816358Anetumab ravtansine (anti-mesothelin ADC) + nivolumab (anti-PD-1 mAb) vs. anetumab ravtansine + nivolumab + ipilimumab vs. anetumab ravtansine + nivolumab + gemcitabine64I, IIRecruiting (04/2021)
Anti-CLDN18.2 mAb
NCT03816163Zolbetuximab (anti-CLDN18.2 mAb) + nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine vs. nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine141IIRecruiting (10/2022)
Anti-PDGFRα mAb
NCT03086369Olaratumab (anti-PDGFRα mAb) + nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine vs. placebo + nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine186Ib, IIActive, not recruiting (01/2022)
Anti-CA19.9 mAb
NCT03801915MVT-5873 (anti-Sialyl Lewis/CA19.9 mAb)105IIRecruiting (12/2023)
NCT03118349MVT-5873 (anti-Sialyl Lewis/CA19.9 mAb) + MVT-10757IActive, not recruiting (12/2020)
NCT02672917MVT-5873 (HuMab-5B1)108IRecruiting (12/2020)
Anti-OX40 mAb
NCT04387071CMP-001 (TLR9 agonist) + INCAGN01949 (anti-OX40 mAb)42I, IINot yet recruiting (07/2023)
Anti-HGF mAb
NCT03316599Ficlatuzumab (anti-HGF mAb) + gemcitabine + nab-paclitaxel26IbActive, not recruiting (11/2023)
1 Estimated enrolment. mFOLFIRINOX: modified FOLFIRINOX. Taken from: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/home (accessed on 17 March 2021). Updated as of 10 January 2021.
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