This single-arm, Phase II clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of nab-paclitaxel plus S-1 in locally advanced pancreatic cancer who were borderline resectable or unresectable .
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine and capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Giving gemcitabine and capecitabine together with bevacizumab may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the side effects and how well giving gemcitabine and capecitabine together with bevacizumab works in treating patients with pancreatic cancer that can be removed by surgery.
FLOWER is a completely virtual, nationwide, real-world observational study to collect, annotate, standardize, and report clinical data for rare diseases. Patients participate in the study by electronic consent (eConsent) and sign a medical records release to permit data collection. Medical records are accessed from institutions directly via eFax or paper fax, online from patient electronic medical record (EMR) portals, direct from DNA/RNA sequencing and molecular profiling vendors, and via electronic health information exchanges. Patients and their treating physicians may also optionally provide medical records. Medical records are received in or converted to electronic/digitized formats (CCDA, FHIR, PDF), sorted by medical record type (clinic visit, in-patient hospital, out-patient clinic, infusion and out-patient pharmacies, etc.) and made machine-readable to support data annotation, full text searches, and natural language processing (NLP) algorithms to further facilitate feature identification.
The investigators primary aim is to increase chemotherapeutic drug uptake in inoperable tumours
The specific sub-objectives of the studies are:
* To quantify tumour sizes and relate it to the patient survival over time, dependent of treatment method.
* To evaluate and compare the toxic effects and safety of gemcitabine in combination with US contrast agent under sonication with gemcitabine alone.
* Develop and validate new ultrasound perfusion algorithms based on burst- replenishment for diagnosis and monitoring of therapy.
* To quantify gemcitabine and its main metabolites in plasma and in circulating mononuclear cells before, during and after pancreatic sonication, and to quantify the concentration of intracellular endogenous nucleotides in circulating mononuclear cells at the same time points.
* To assess plasma and tissue concentrations of gemcitabine, its main metabolites and endogenous nucleotides in those patients where surgical resection can be performed on standard clinical indications.
This is a phase II, single-arm, open-label, clinical study to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of a combination of liposomal irinotecan (nal-IRI) with oxaliplatin, leucovorin, and 5-fluorouracil (FOLFOX-nal-IRI) for treatment of patients with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma (LAPC).
The prognosis of pancreatic cancer is extremely poor. Current guidelines recommend FOLFIRINOX or modified-FOLFIRINOX as the first-line chemotherapeutic regimen. Studies have shown that immunotherapy with Anti-PD-1 antibody can effectively increase the response rate and prolong patient survival in a number of cancer diseases. Here investigators intend to compare the therapeutic effects of modified-FOLFIRINOX alone and the combination of modified-FOLFIRINOX and Anti-PD-1 antibody in patients with borderline resectable and locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
The purpose of this study is to access the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on postoperative pain in patients undergoing pancreatectomy
Several pancreatic neoplastic cystic lesions, such as IPMN (intrapapilary mucinous neoplasia), cystic neuroendocrine tumors (NET) and mucinous neoplasms, present a carcinogenetic risk, though it is yet unknown if this risk is increased in patients with pancreatic steatosis (PS).
The primary objective of the study is to determine de prevalence of pancreatic steatosis in pancreatic neoplastic cysts and if pancreatic steatosis is increased in those lesions that pose a carcinogenetic risk.
The secondary objective is to evaluate the prevalence of pancreatic steatosis in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
The research purpose of this project is to create a registry, and blood and tissue bank for individuals at high-risk for pancreatic cancer. We plan to conduct histopathological and molecular analysis of resected pancreatic tissue prospectively collected from a cohort of pancreatic cancer patients.
This is a Norwegian prospective observational study that evaluates the resectability rate in patients with borderline resectable and locally advanced pancreatic cancer who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy in a population based cohort. Eligible patients are treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy possibly followed by surgical exploration and resection. All Norwegian centres performing pancreatic surgery have agreed to collaborate in this trial. The assignment of the medical intervention is not at the discretion of the investigator, but follow the national Norwegian guidelines regarding diagnostic work up, oncological and surgical treatment and follow up.
