Immunovia has developed since 2016 a clinical prospective study program in the three main risk groups for pancreatic cancer as follows:
These three large clinical studies cover today more than 10 000 subjects recruited at >30 sites in the US and Europe.
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PanFAM-1 is a multicenter prospective study for early detection of pancreatic cancer in individuals presenting hereditary/familial risk factors that has been designed in close collaboration with global Key Opinion Leaders in familial/hereditary pancreatic cancer.
The main goal of the study is to provide actionable information to the clinicians regarding diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Furthermore, the study will deliver clinical performance data for IMMray™ PanCan-d from a cohort of highrisk asymptomatic individuals compared with currently used surveillance methods i.e. imaging technologies.
We have concluded sample collection across the 23 global study sites (starting December 2017 and ending April 2021) with a total of over 3 000 samples from 1 265 subjects. For further information about the PanFAM-1 study results, please read our latest press release from June 27, 2022.
The 23 participating partners in PanFAM-1 are:
PanSYM-1 started in November 2018 as a prospective validation study for the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in patients with nonspecific but concerning symptoms and other risk factors. The sample collection was conducted at the University College Hospital, London, and The Royal Free Hospital. The study was intended to demonstrate that IMMray™ PanCan-d was equal or better than the standard of care diagnostic pathway. The target sample collection size was 2 000, which was not achieved due to the impact of Covid-19 on patient attendance at the hospitals enrolled in the study. Due to the shortage of samples, the primary endpoints, sensitivity, and specificity of the IMMray™ PanCan-d assay as compared to the standard of care could not be evaluated as intended. Study samples were instead included in the Commercial Test Model and other studies of IMMray™ PanCan-d. In particular more than 200 patient samples from PanSYM-1 were used in the performance study announced on 29th of March 2021 that showed 92 percent specificity and 80 percent sensitivity in discriminating early stage I/II pancreatic cancer from high-risk symptomatic patients. This underscores the promising potential IMMray™ PanCan-d has in this patient group. We are currently investigating our options to fully validate the promising results for IMMray™ PanCan-d in the symptomatic risk group. At the same time, we continue to work with our Key Opinion Leader-network to focus on pancreatic cancer detection in symptomatic patients.
PanDIA-1 started in January 2018 as the world’s most comprehensive prospective sample collection for early detection of pancreatic cancer in the new onset diabetes type 2 high risk group. In December 2021, 6 000 samples had been collected from new onset diabetes patients, of which approx. 5 100 are above the age of 50 years. The samples were collected from new onset diabetic patients starting at the time of diabetes diagnosis over a 3-year period, the time span during which patients with new-onset diabetes type 2 have up to 6-8 times higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer than the normal population. In collaboration with ANDIS (All New Diabetics in Skåne) and ANDIU (All New Diabetics in Uppsala) the team is currently obtaining the associated clinical records related to the collected samples. Please read our latest press release from June 30, 2022, for the latest update of the PanDIA-1 study.
