Safety and Effectiveness Study of CPI-613 and/or Gemcitabine to Treat Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Inclusion Criteria

• •Histologically and cytologically confirmed, measurable metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma
• •Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status being 0-2
• •Expected survival \>2 months
• •18 years of age or older of both genders
• •Women of child-bearing potential (i.e., women who are pre-menopausal or not surgically sterile) must use accepted contraceptive methods (abstinence, intrauterine device \[IUD\], oral contraceptive or double barrier device) during the study, and must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 1 week prior to treatment initiation. (Note: Pregnant patients are excluded because the effects of CPI-613 on a fetus are unknown.)
• •Fertile men must practice effective contraceptive methods during the study, unless documentation of infertility exists.
• •At least 2 weeks must have elapsed from any prior surgery or hormonal therapy. Must have fully recovered from the acute toxicities of any prior treatment with any anti-cancer drugs, radiotherapy or other anti-cancer modalities (returned to baseline status as noted before most recent treatment). Patients with persisting, stable chronic toxicities from prior treatment ≤Grade 1 are eligible, but must be documented as such.
• •Laboratory values ≤2 weeks must be:
• •* Adequate hematologic (white blood cell \[WBC\] ≥3500 cells/mm3 or ≥3.5 bil/L; platelet count ≥150,000 cells/mm3 or ≥150 bil/L; absolute neutrophil count \[ANC\] ≥1500 cells/mm3 or ≥1.5 bil/L; and hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥9 g/dL or ≥90 g/L).
• •* Adequate hepatic function (aspartate aminotransferase \[AST/SGOT\] ≤3x upper normal limit \[UNL\], alanine aminotransferase \[ALT/SGPT\] ≤3x UNL (≤5x UNL if liver metastases present), bilirubin ≤1.5x UNL).
• •* Adequate renal function (serum creatinine ≤2.0 mg/dL or 177 μmol/L, and blood urea nitrogen \[BUN\] ≤25 mg/dL).
• •* Adequate coagulation ("International Normalized Ratio or INR must be \<1.5"), unless treated with anticoagulants.
• •No evidence of active infection and no serious infection within the past month; no systemic fungal, bacterial, viral or other infection not controlled (defined as exhibiting ongoing signs/symptoms related to the infection and without improvement, despite appropriate antibiotics or other treatment.
• •Consent to participating the study by signed informed consent form