Study of Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-VEC) in Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is an area of great unmet need. PDA accounts for 90% of pancreatic tumors in 2016. The standard of care for pancreas cancer is cytotoxic chemotherapy, but this is not particularly effective with best response rates reported of 20-30% and no significant long-term 5-year survival for patients who are not surgical candidates. Talimogene laherparepvec (previously known as OncoVEXGM-CSF) is an intratumorally delivered oncolytic immunotherapy comprised of an immune-enhanced herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) that selectively replicates in solid tumors. Talimogene laherparepvec was the first oncolytic viral therapy to be approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of cancer, specifically melanoma. There is the potential that talimogene laherparepvec could exert a systemic effect mitigating the potential of PDA to metastasize. This is a phase 1 dose escalation study to evaluate the safety of talimogene laherparepvec in PDA. To find out which doses are safe, all participants enrolled in this study will receive up to 4 injections of T-Vec. At least two doses will be evaluated in this study, depending on how many side effects are seen at each dose. Participants will not be able to pick the dose, as this will be determined based on the study experience with participants enrolled previously.