2022-06-29
2023-09-12
2023-09-12
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NCT05360745
Fundacion para la Excelencia y la Calidad de la Oncologia
Fundacion para la Excelencia y la Calidad de la Oncologia
INTERVENTIONAL
Quality of Life With Nutritional Supplementation in Patients With Locally Advanced/Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer.
Metastatic pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis, with approximately one-third of patients experiencing poor quality of life at six months. ARACOMPLEX® is a food supplement that contains maca extract, vitamin complexes and ions, and this nutritional contribution seems to favor the improvement of the patient's quality of life. To verify this statement, this experimental study is carried out in patients with locally advanced/metastatic pancreatic cancer.
This study is composed of two phases: pilot phase and experimental phase. The pilot phase is also composed of two stages: first stage of pilot phase and second stage of pilot phase. There are 22 patients recruited within the first stage of the pilot phase. 11 patients will be treated with ARACOMPLEX® and 11 patients will be treated with placebo. If the results are positive, a second stage of the pilot phase will take place until 43 patients are recruited in each treatment group, that is, 32 more patients in each group. The placebo group in the pilot phase is not analyzed. In the experimental phase, a total of 234 patients are required, that is, 117 patients in each of the two study groups (ARACOMPLEX® and placebo). This phase will include the patients who participated in the pilot phase (86 patients, 43 randomized patients in each group) and 148 additional patients (74 patients in each group) up to a total of 234 patients (117 patients in each group). If the results obtained from the analysis of the data from the first stage of the pilot phase are satisfactory, according to the protocol, the sponsor will present these results to the ethics committee, at the same time that also an addition of investigational sites, to move on to the second stage of the pilot phase. The approval or authorization of the ethics committee is required to progress to the second stage of the pilot phase. The criteria for moving to the second stage is that more than 7 responders patients are achieved, after 6 months of treatment, out of the 11 patients in the experimental group. The responder patient is the one who meets an improvement in quality of life (difference of at least 10 points of quality improvement on the EORTC QLQ-C30 scale) between baseline and final time. If the expected successful results are not obtained, the study will be closed and a new study will be proposed based on the data provided at this stage. If the results obtained from the data analysis from the second stage of the pilot phase are satisfactory, according to the protocol, the sponsor will present these results to the ethics committee, at the same time as also an addition of investigational sites, if applicable. The ethics committee will be responsible for authorizing or approving the transition from the second stage of the pilot phase to the experimental phase. The criteria for moving on to the experimental phase is that more than 30 responders patients are achieved, after 6 months of treatment, out of the 43 patients in the experimental group. The responder patient is the one who meets an improvement in quality of life (difference of at least 10 points of quality improvement on the EORTC QLQ-C30 scale) between baseline and final time. In this study, the data of the patients included in the pilot phase will be counted, that is, the data of the 86 patients (ARACOMPLEX® and placebo), for which 148 additional patients are required in this phase (74 more patients in the ARACOMPLEX® group and 74 more in the placebo group) to reach a total of 234 patients.
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
| Study Registration Dates | Results Reporting Dates | Study Record Updates |
|---|---|---|
2022-04-20 | N/A | 2023-09-12 |
2022-04-29 | N/A | 2023-09-14 |
2022-05-04 | N/A | 2023-09 |
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Primary Purpose:
Supportive Care
Allocation:
Randomized
Interventional Model:
Parallel
Masking:
Double
Arms and Interventions
| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
|---|---|
| EXPERIMENTAL: Experimental arm ARACOMPLEX® (food supplement). 2 tablets per day, during 6 months. | DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT: ARACOMPLEX®
|
| PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Control arm Placebo. 2 tablets per day, during 6 months. | DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT: placebo
|
| Primary Outcome Measures | Measure Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Change in quality of life | To assess the degradation of quality of life at 6 months using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) scale in patients with locally advanced/metastatic pancreatic cancer receiving chemotherapy and supplementation with ARACOMPLEX® (PILOT PHASE) and compared with patients that are treated with chemotherapy and placebo (EXPERIMENTAL PHASE). The EORTC QLQ-C30 includes the "Global Health Status/Quality of life" scales, which are composed by items 29 and 30, and they are scored from 0 (worse) to 100 (better). | 6 months |
| Secondary Outcome Measures | Measure Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Nutritional status assessment | Measured by the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) | Baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months. |
| Functional status assessment | Measured by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale. The score is from 0 (better) to 5 (worse outcome, death) | Baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months. |
| Functional status assessment | Measured by the Karnofsky scale.The score is from 100 %, normal activity and no evidence of disease, to 0 %, dead. Values ≤ 40% mean that patient is unable to care for self and requires equivalent of institutional or hospital care; diseases may be progressing rapidly. | Baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months. |
| Tumor response assessment | Measured by the RECIST criteria v.1.1 | Assessment at the end of the third and sixth chemotherapy cycles, as per normal clinical practice. |
| Compliance treatment | Measured as the percentage of tablets taken from the previous visit: (number of tablets taken since the last visit (n) / number of days since the last visit (N) ) x 100. | 1 month, 3 months and 6 months. |
| Adverse events due to chemotherapy | The assessment of adverse events due to chemotherapy is performed according to the CTCAE criteria, and are those reported as per usual clinical practice. | 1 month, 3 months and 6 months. |
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person’s general health condition or prior treatments.
Ages Eligible for Study:
ALL
Sexes Eligible for Study:
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
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