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The aim of the PELICAN trial is to investigate the survival benefit of RFA plus standard palliative chemotherapy as compared to palliative chemotherapy alone in patients with LAPC after 2 months of induction chemotherapy.


Clinical Trial Description

Pancreatic cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death in the Netherlands. Each year around 900 patients in the Netherlands are diagnosed with irresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC), which has a median survival of 7.9 months. Standard treatment is palliative chemotherapy, which offers only a very limited survival benefit. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a new ablative technique for LAPC, which is feasible and safe and has been suggested to improve survival. A randomized controlled trial has not yet been performed.

The aim of the PELICAN trial is to investigate the survival benefit of RFA plus standard palliative chemotherapy as compared to palliative chemotherapy alone in patients with LAPC after 2 months of induction chemotherapy. In a randomized controlled parallel-group superiority multicenter phase III clinical trial.

The intervention will be RFA followed by chemotherapy (gemcitabine monotherapy, nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine or FOLFIRINOX). The comparison will be standard palliative treatment consisting of gemcitabine monotherapy, nab-gemcitabine plus gemcitabine or FOLFIRINOX Primary endpoint: Overall survival. Secondary endpoints: Progression free survival, complications, pain, radiological tumor response, CA-19.9 and CEA response, quality of life, immunomodulation and total direct and indirect costs. ;


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NCT number NCT03690323
Study type Interventional
Source Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Contact IQ Molenaar, Prof. Dr.
Phone 0031683904242
Email pelican@dpcg.nl
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date April 7, 2015
Completion date May 2020

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