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Inclusion Criteria:

• Female or male subjects, ≥ 18 years of age, with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, mesothelioma, or mesothelin-positive ovarian or non-small cell lung cancer. As nearly 100% of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and mesotheliomas express mesothelin, immunohistochemical confirmation of mesothelin-positivity is not necessary.
• Subject must have disease, as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) or evaluable by clinical signs/symptoms (e.g., ascites, pleural effusion, or lesions of less than 2 cm) supported by biomarker, radiologic, or pathologic studies conducted within 4 weeks prior to study entry.
• Subject must have failed at least one standard chemotherapy regimen. Patients with pancreatic cancer must have received gemcitabine as part of prior therapy and be considered refractory, or in the case of ovarian cancer be considered platinum refractory or resistant.
• Life expectancy ≥ 3 months, as estimated by the investigator.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status or 0, 1 or 2.
• Female subjects of childbearing potential and all male subjects must consent to use a medically acceptable method of contraception throughout the study period and for 28 days after MORAb-009 administration. A barrier method of contraception must be included.
• Other significant medical conditions must be well controlled and stable in the opinion of the investigator for at least 30 days prior to Study Day 1.
• Laboratory and clinical results within the 2 weeks prior to Study Day 1 as follows:

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L; Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L; Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL; Serum bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL; Aspartate transaminase (AST) ≤ 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN); Alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 5 x ULN; Alkaline Phosphatase ≤ 5 x ULN; Serum creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL. If the elevations of liver functions are due to obstruction of the common bile duct extrinsic to the liver, the subject may be enrolled at the discretion of the investigator even if the elevations are greater than the limits above. Stenting to reduce liver functions to qualifying levels is permitted.

- Subject must be willing and able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known central nervous system (CNS) tumor involvement.
• Evidence of other active malignancy requiring treatment.
• Clinically significant heart disease (e.g., congestive heart failure of New York Heart Association Class III or IV, angina not well controlled by medication, or myocardial infarction within 6 months).
• ECG demonstrating clinically significant arrhythmias (Note: Subjects with chronic atrial arrhythmia, i.e., atrial fibrillation or paroxysmal SVT, are eligible).
• Active serious systemic disease, including active bacterial or fungal infection.
• Active hepatitis or HIV infection.
• Treatment within three months with immunomodulatory therapy (e.g. interferons, immunoglobulin therapy, IL-1RA or systemic corticosteroids). Short term systemic corticosteroids or topical or intra-articular steroids are acceptable, subject to the judgment of the investigator.
• Chemotherapy, biologic therapy, or immunotherapy within 3 weeks prior to dosing with MORAb-009.
• Breast-feeding, pregnant, or likely to become pregnant during the study.

Please refer to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00325494

Maryland
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States; Recruiting

National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-1922, United States; Recruiting

Pennsylvania
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, United States; Recruiting

Study chairs or principal investigators

Martin D. Phillips, M.D., Study Director, Morphotek, Inc.

Study ID Numbers: MORAb-009-001
Last Updated: July 13, 2006
Record first received: May 11, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00325494
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2006-07-19