Active clinical trials for "Pancreatic Neoplasms"

This is an open label, phase II trial study of adjuvant GVAX pancreas vaccine in patients with pancreatic cancer.

This study will assess the efficacy of treating locally advanced pancreatic cancer using Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (using Trilogy) and Gemcitabine

Primary Objective: 1. To assess resectability rate in patients undergoing gemcitabine plus Avastin-based chemoradiation followed by pancreaticoduodenectomy for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Secondary Objectives: To assess disease free survival and overall survival To assess margin resection rate (R0 vs. R1) in these patients To assess patterns of failure

The primary objective of the trial is to identify the dose of gemcitabine given as a 2-hour intravenous (iv) infusion that can be administered in combination with ZD1839 250 mg once daily and a standard course (45 Grays [Gy]) of radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced, unresectable pancreatic cancer.

The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of everolimus in the treatment of advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET) not responsive to cytotoxic chemotherapy. All patients were treated with everolimus until either tumor progression was documented using a standard criteria that measures tumor size called Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid tumors (RECIST), or until unacceptable toxicity occurred, or until the patient or investigator requested discontinuation of treatment.

The purpose of this study is to test a new treatment of pancreatic cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. This treatment is a Phase I dose escalation research study which will combine one drug at increasing doses with a fixed dose of a second drug and radiation therapy. The drug that will be used at increasing doses is gemcitabine whereas 5-fluorouracil will remain the same for all patients.

The primary objective is to determine the nature and degree of the toxicity of weekly dosing of topotecan in escalating dose levels by cohorts of 3-6 patients in combination with a fixed dose of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (Doxil). The secondary objective is to determine the activity of weekly topotecan and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in advanced solid tumors.

The study hypotheasis is that curcumin, a natural compound with a potent antiproliferative effect, can improve the efficacy of the standard chemotherapy gemcitabine in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. That is why the patients are given a daily oral dose of 8 gr of curcumin along the chemotherapeutic protocol of weekly gemcitabine.

Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as CCI-779, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. This phase II trial is studying how well CCI-779 works in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. It is not yet known whether gemcitabine is more effective with or without cetuximab in treating pancreatic cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying giving gemcitabine together with cetuximab to see how well it works compared to giving gemcitabine alone as first-line therapy in treating patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.