Trial Comparing Adjuvant Chemotherapy With Gemcitabine Versus mFolfirinox to Treat Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (Ductal Adenocarcinoma)
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (Ductal Adenocarcinoma) focused on measuring National multicentric phase III superiority trial
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically proven pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Intraductal papillary mucinous tumor of the pancreas (IPMT) with invasive components are eligible.
- Macroscopically complete resection (R0 or R1 resection).
- Patients aged from 18 to 79 years.
- WHO performance status 0-1.
- No prior radiotherapy and no previous chemotherapy.
- Full recovery from surgery and patient able to receive chemotherapy: adequate oral nutrition of ≥1500 calories per day and free of significant nausea and vomiting.
- Adequate hematologic function (Absolute neutrophil count ANC ≥1,500 cells/mm³, platelets ≥100 000 cells/mm³ and hemoglobin ≥10 g/L - possibly after transfusion -).
- Serum total bilirubin ≤1.5 times the institutional upper limit of normal.
- Creatinine level <130 micromol/L (14.7 mg/L).
- Patient of child-bearing potential (for female patient: study entry after a menstrual period and a negative pregnancy test) must agree to use two medically acceptable methods of contraception (one for the patient and one for the partner) during the study and for 4 months after the last study treatment intake for women and 6 months for men.
- Interval since surgery between 21 and 84 days.
- Patient information and signed informed consent.
- Public or private health insurance coverage.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other types of non-ductal tumor of the pancreas, including endocrine tumors or acinar cell adenocarcinoma, cystadenocarcinoma and malignant ampulloma.
- Metastases (including ascites or malignant pleural effusion).
- Macroscopic incomplete tumor removal (R2 resection).
- CA 19-9 > 180 U/ml within 21 days of registration on study.
- No heart failure or coronary heart disease symptoms.
- No major comorbidity that may preclude the delivery of treatment or active infection (HIV or chronic hepatitis B or C) or uncontrolled diabetes.
- Pre-existing neuropathy, Gilbert's disease or genotype UGT1A1 * 28 / * 28.
- Inflammatory disease of the colon or rectum, or occlusion or sub-occlusion of the intestine or severe postoperative uncontrolled diarrhea.
- Concomitant occurrence of another cancer, or history of cancer except in situ carcinoma of the cervix treated or basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma.
- Fructose intolerance.
- Persons deprived of liberty or under guardianship.
- Psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially. hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule.
Sites / Locations
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre
- BCCA - Vancouver Cancer Centre
- CancerCare Manitoba, St. Boniface General Hospital
- Dr Leon Richard Oncology Centre
- The Royal Victoria Hospital - Cancer Care Program
- Juravinski Cancer centre at Hamilton Health Sciences
- Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston General Hospital
- Ottawa Health Research Institute
- Niagara Health System
- Department of Medical Oncology Health Sciences North
- General Surgery - TGH Site, Univ. Health Network
- CHUM - Hopital Notre-Dame
- McGill University (Department of Oncology)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
- Allain Blair Cancer Centre
- Saskatoon Cancer Centre, University of Saskatchewan
- The Moncton Hospital
- CHUQ - Hotel-Dieu de Quebec
- Algoma District Cancer Program, Sault Area Hospital
- CHU Nord
- ICO Paul Papin
- Hôpital Avicenne
- Institut Bergonié
- CHU Côte de Nacre
- Hôpital Beaujon
- Hôpital Louis Pasteur
- CHU de Dijon - Site Bocage
- CHD Vendée
- Hôpital Huriez
- Centre Léon Bérard
- Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse
- Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz
- CHU Nord
- CHU Timone Adulte
- Fondation Ambroise Paré / Hôpital Européen
- Institut Paoli Calmettes
- CH Layné
- CHU De ST Eloi
- CRCL Val d'Aurelle
- Centre Antoine-Lacassagne
- CHR Orléans - La Source
- Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph
- Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière
- Hôpital Saint-Jean
- Hôpital Haut-Lévêque
- Centre hospitalier de Reims
- CHU Rouen
- Centre René Gauducheau
- Centre Paul Strauss
- Hôpital Trousseau
- Centre Alexis Vautrin
- Hôpital de Brabois-CHU de Nancy
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Arm A GEMCITABINE
Arm B mFOLFIRINOX
Arm A : Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m² IV infusion over 30 minutes, weekly, during 3 weeks + 1 week of rest (= 1 cycle) repeated 6 times (i.e., 6 cycles) during 24 weeks
Arm B : mFOLFIRINOX every 14 days, 12 cycles, 24 weeks. Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin®) 85 mg/m² D1 over 2 hours, followed by Irinotecan (Campto®) 150 mg/m² D1 over 90 minutes to begin 30 min. after the Folinic acid infusion is started. Folinic acid 400 mg/m² (racemic mixture) (or 200 mg/m² if L-folinic acid is used), IV infusion over 2 hours. 5-FU 2.4 g/m² IV continuous infusion over 46 hours (1200 mg/m²/ day)