Active clinical trials for "Pancreatic Neoplasms"

Erlotinib is an orally available, reversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Association of chemoresistance with the activity of certain tyrosine kinases (e.g. ErbB-1 and Src) has been described for pancreatic cancer and makes a strong case for combining gemcitabine with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. In a phase III trial, the addition of erlotinib to gemcitabine improved survival compared with gemcitabine alone in advanced pancreatic cancer (MJ Moor et al). Also, gemcitabine in combination with oxaliplatin is superior to gemcitabine alone in terms of progression free survival and response rate in one phase III trial (Louvet et al). Taken together, combining erlotinib with gemcitabine and oxaliplatin may further improve the overall survival and clinical benefit of advanced pancreatic cancer.

This study is being done to determine whether or not addition of the oral medication, pioglitazone to standard chemotherapy, results in improvement of blood tests that measure the body's ability to utilize sugar (glucose and insulin metabolism). In addition the investigators want to determine whether or not treatment with pioglitazone results in (1) improvement in the size of the tumor, (2) weight gain, (3) improved ability to function during the day and (4) quality of life.

This study is designed to determine the maximum tolerated dose of vitamin C when given with a standard chemotherapy for people who have metastatic pancreatic cancer.

The study hypothesis is that chemoradiation based on 2 drugs will improve local control and long-term survival in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer. That is why gemcitabine and irinotecan are combined in an induction phase of 2 months and then this IrinoGem combination is given for 3 more cycles, in reduced doses,concurently with irradiation.

MTC-DOX is Doxorubicin or DOX, a chemotherapy drug, that is adsorbed, or made to "stick", to magnetic beads (MTCs). MTCs are tiny, microscopic particles of iron and carbon. When DOX is added to MTCs, DOX attaches to the carbon part of the MTCs. MTC-DOX is directed to and deposited in the area of a tumor, where it is thought that it then "leaks" through the blood vessel walls. Once in the surrounding tissues, it is thought that Doxorubicin becomes "free from" the magnetic beads and will then be able to act against the tumor cells. The iron component of the particle has magnetic properties, making it possible to direct MTC-DOX to specific tumor sites in the liver by placing a magnet on the body surface. It is hoped that MTC-DOX used with the magnet may target the chemotherapy drug directly to liver tumors and provide a treatment to patients with cancers that have spread to the liver.

Radiotherapy plus Single-Agent Chemotherapy/Radiosensitization. Involved-field irradiation using 4-15 MV photons; plus Gemcitabine, NSC-613327.

The aim of the proposed study is to understand the palliative care needs of patients with pancreatic cancer, to investigate whether early palliative care can improve patient outcomes and reduce use of health care services, and to understand the psychological health of carers and their satisfaction with care. A quasi-experimental design is used, introducing palliative care for patients with pancreatic cancer within three weeks from diagnosis. The patients are recruited in Dept. of Surgery, Hospital of North Zealand, which covers the northern catchment area of the Capital Region of Copenhagen, Denmark. Patients are seen by the palliative care team on home-visits every four weeks throughout their trajectory, and quality of life is evaluated using the following quality of life questionnaires (QLQs): European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire for Cancer Patients receiving palliative care (EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL), European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire for Pancreatic Cancer Patients (EORTC QLQ-PAN26), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). For carers, mental health is evaluated using HADS and satisfaction with care is evaluated using the Family Caregivers' Satisfaction With Palliative Care in Advanced Cancer Questionnaire (FAMCARE-2). The primary outcome is health care service use (acute hospital admissions, days in hospital). Secondary outcomes are survival and place of death. Data are compared with historical control patients treated in the same hospital before introduction of early palliative care. These outcomes are readily available from patient records and are expected to carry a very low risk of bias. Palliative care needs at referral in the study group will be compared with palliative care needs in the subgroup of historical control patients referred to palliative care on-demand. For outcomes where unbiased historical control data are not available a prospective observational approach is used. These include symptom burden, weight, psychological health and satisfaction with care. The minimum sample size needed to show a clinically significant decrease in acute hospital admissions is 70, 35 participating in the prospective study and 35 historical control patients. The study will include 40-50 patients and their carers from September 2019 to September 2020.

This study aims to establish radiomics database for pancreas cancer from multiparametric MRI including DCE-MRI obtained by using incoherent undersampling and radial acquisition for clinical staging as well as quantitative analysis.

This research study is looking at people with cancer of the pancreas to find clinical factors that can explain the presence of genetic mutations

This is a non-randomized natural history protocol in which patients undergoing surgery or endoscopy for suspected/ diagnosed pancreaticobiliary strictures are assigned to a) control (chronic pancreatitis, no pancreatic neoplasm, primary sclerosing cholangitis), b) non-carcinoma (bile duct stones, papillary stenosis, ), c) carcinoma non-pancreatic (ampullary and distal bile duct or cholangiocarcinoma) and d) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (pancreatic cancer.