Active clinical trials for "Pancreatic Neoplasms"

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin in treating patients who have locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known whether nitrocamptothecin is more effective than gemcitabine for pancreatic cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of nitrocamptothecin with gemcitabine in treating patients who have unresectable locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer.

This single-arm, Phase II clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of nab-paclitaxel plus S-1 in locally advanced pancreatic cancer who were borderline resectable or unresectable .

Recently, a retrospective study reported the efficacy and safety of modified gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (GnP), which were administered biweekly (on days 1 and 15). With 79 patients of metastatic pancreatic cancer, this study reported similar efficacy and improved toxicity profile compared with standard dose GnP (OS 10 months, PFS 5.4 months, Grade ≥3 Neutropenia 19%, Grade ≥3 sensory neuropathy 1.6%). Also, several studies reported that dose reduction of nab-paclitaxel in breast or pancreatic cancer treatment was not related of decreased survival, or related with prolonged survival and increased treatment exposure. However, this finding need to be evaluated in prospective clinical trial. This phase II trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of modified GnP, which omit the day 8 administration of nab-paclitaxel, in metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic cancer patients receive chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells against mesothelin (CARTmeso) or CD19 (CART19) cells administered at 3 days via pancreatic artery infusion or i.v. after preconditioning of cyclophosphamide. Both CART cells are autologous. CARTmeso cells target pancreatic cells which highly express mesothelin, while CART19 cells target tumor-associated B cells expressing cluster of differentiation antigen 19 (CD19) which are mostly immunosuppressive. The investigators hypothesize that this combination therapy may enhance the efficacy of CARTmeso cells in the body. Additionally, a medium dose of cyclophosphamide is used to enhance the engraftment of CART cells.

Pancreatic cancer related pain can be difficult to control, even with high doses of narcotics, whose adverse effects may further impair quality of life. So EUS-CPN(endoscopic ultrasound guided celiac plexus neurolysis) is well established as an effective technique for controlling pain and reducing narcotic requirements in patients with pancreatic cancer. Recently, celiac ganglia can be visualized and accessed by endoscopic ultrasound. So it allows for direct injection into individual celiac ganglia to perform celiac ganglia neurolysis. This more precise delivery of therapeutic drug will offers the potential for enhanced efficacy and safety. To evaluate this hypothesis, this randomized controlled trial aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of EUS-CGN(Endoscopic ultrasound guided celiac ganglia neurolysis) vs. Bilateral EUS-CPN(Endoscopic ultrasound guided celiac plexus neurolysis) in providing relief from pancreas cancer-related pain.

This prospective cohort, phase II, trial is studying induction chemotherapy combination, FOLFIRINOX regimen, consisted of oxaliplatin, irinotecan, leucovorin and fluorouracil (5-FU), for 4 cycles, followed by consolidation concurrent radiotherapy with capecitabine in non-progressed cases, in treating patients with locally advanced cancer pancreas.

In this Phase II study a dose of 2.8 mg (eight 0.35 mg siG12D-LODERs) will be administered in 12-week cycles to patients with unresectable or borderline resectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer combined with chemotherapy treatment. Primary Outcome: - ORR at 6 months.

A prospective evaluation of neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX regimen in patients with non-metastatic pancreas cancer (Baylor University Medical Center and Texas Oncology Experience)

The goal of this study is to identify the maximum tolerated dose and dose-limiting side effects of LCL161 in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel and to provide safety data in patients with measurable metastatic pancreatic cancer.