Active clinical trials for "Pancreatic Neoplasms"

DAYBREAK is a prospective, multi-omics, observational study aimed at early detecting pancreatic cancer by combined assays for biomarkers of cfDNA methylation, serum protein markers, blood miRNA markers and others, in which of 450 participants will be enrolled. The development and validation of the model will be conducted in participants with early stage cancers and benign disease through a two-stage approach. The sensitivity and specificity of the model in pancreatic cancer early detection will be evaluated.

In this work, the investigators count through the integrated multi-omics analysis to identify different tumor subgroups in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and carcinomas regardless of their grade and stage. To achieve this, they will resort to the use of next-generation sequencing approaches (RNAseq, then use of MCP Counter for the absolute quantification of the eight populations of immune cells in the tumor microenvironment), alterations in epigenetics with study of the methylome by MeDIP, ChIPseq, telomere (ALT) study, as well as correlation with peripheral blood neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and immunohistochemistry data such as Ki67, p53, Rb, DAXX, ATRX, PDL1, immune cell labeling. This will be done on frozen or paraffin material. This work will provide a more complete biological picture of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and carcinomas.

Based on the cell free nucleic acid analysis information of blood samples and genetic mutation profile of EUS-FNB tissue from pancreatic cancer, the concordance between them is evaluated. And based on this information, biomarkers for diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of pancreatic cancer are explored.

A pancreaticoduodenectomy is performed in patient with pancreatic cancer. The most common and serious complication is leakage between the intestine and the remnant pancreas after this procedure. It occurs in 20-30%. The result is often prolonged hospital and ICU stay, reoperations and deaths (3-5%). To detect a leakage early before the patient becomes seriously ill, thereby initiating treatment is therefore very important. By inserting a thin microdialysis catheter near the anastomosis between pancreas and intestine before closure of the abdominal wall, the investigators will analyze substances such as lactic acid, pyruvate, glycerol, etc. and if these substances may reveal anastomosis leakage at an early stage. Observational studies have shown that if a leakage occurs, glycerol concentration in the microdialysate will rise significant after few hours, and changes in lactic acid and pyruvate values will change as a sign of inflammation. The investigators want to conduct a randomized study comparing patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy and using microdialysis in half of the included population.

The Quebec Pancreas Cancer Study is a prospective clinic-based study consisting of clinical, family history and epidemiologic data, with accompanying biospecimens, from patients diagnosed with either pancreas cancer, a related cancer or a related pre-cancerous condition, and their families.

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in many cases is completely unforeseen by the patient, who often faces a disease that is already at an advanced stage, with poor prognosis. The clinical visit during which the diagnosis is communicated together with the first information regarding the planned treatments is of paramount importance. It is hypothesized that the clarity of such information is able to influence patients's engagement and thus the compliance. AIMS: The aim of this study is to collect quantitative data on the level of PDAC patient engagement and the rate of understanding of the information received from the doctor, and investigate the possible association between these two variables and with the patient's level of compliance. METHODS: This is a single-center, observational, cross-sectional cohort study focused on patients diagnosed with PDAC, approved by the Ethics Committee of the San Raffaele Hospital. As no preliminary data are available on the association between PDAC patient's understanding rate and their level of engagement and of compliance no power calculation is possible. This is a pilot study, aimed at enrolling at least 45 PDAC patients during a 3 months frame. CONCLUSION: COMMUNI.CARE will be the first study specifically investigating whether there is a relation between PDAC patients' rate of understanding, their engagement and compliance at time of diagnosis.

The aim of this study is to validate both retrospectively and prospectively a newly proposed scoring system for perineural and vascular invasion in pancreatic ductal cancer and correlate it with disease free survival, early recurrence, site of recurrence, overall survival and neoadjuvant treatment.

PaCaReg is a multicenter registry trial aiming in the assessement of clinical, epidemiological and biological profiles in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

This is a prospective, multi-centre, translational and observational study. Two cohorts of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are eligible to enroll 1) Upfront resectable PDAC 2) Advanced (unresectable PDAC or metastatic). Patients will have tissue either at resection or from a biopsy at enrolment processed for whole genome sequencing, RNA sequencing and for establishment of patient derived organoids (PDOs). Background epidemiological history and outcome data will be prospectively annotated. Serial blood and stool samples will be collected for exploratory analyses. All electronic medical record information will also be collected. Data will be used to determine if an integrated correlative analysis of whole genome sequencing/RNAsequencing (WGS/RNAseq) and PDOs in the enrolled population will increase the number of patients receiving a precision-matched treatment in Ontario

Currently, there is no Brazilian or Latin American epidemiological data, such as clinical-pathological characteristics, standard treatments and outcomes of gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer in the region. The study aims to create a Latin American multicenter database to analyze epidemiological, clinical, and pathological data, treatments, outcomes, and biological information from patients with gastric and pancreatic cancer.