Clinical Trials Logo

Clinical Trial Summary

Pancreatic cancer has an unfavorable prognosis with a reduced possibility of long-term survival. The only treatment with curative potential is surgery, but it is only possible in 15-20% of cases. There are patients with clear criteria for surgical entry, others at the limit of the possibility of surgery, and patients with such advanced disease (either locally or with metastasis) that surgery is not indicated. The objective of neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment (received before surgery) is to reduce the tumor before surgery and reduce the risk of subsequent metastases and local recurrences, in borderline tumors or those resectable with high-risk criteria. The FOLFIRINOX scheme, composed of 5-fluorouracil / folinic acid, oxaliplatin and irinotecan, is recommended as neoadjuvant treatment, but the response is still low. This study will use a modified FOLFIRINOX (NALIRINOX) regimen with a form of irinotecan attached to liposomes that allows greater action on tumor cells. Mutations in the KRAS gene are associated with a greater growth capacity of tumor cells and are present in 90% of pancreatic cancers in advanced stages. They would be less frequent in earlier phases but little is known about the impact that chemotherapy treatment and subsequent surgery could have on the increase or decrease of these mutations, as well as their implication. The follow-up of these mutations with repeated pancreatic biopsies is not viable, but it can be monitored by simple blood samples in which the genetic material of the tumor can be analyzed.


Clinical Trial Description

n/a


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT04010552
Study type Interventional
Source Fundación de investigación HM
Contact
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Start date May 1, 2019
Completion date November 2023

See also
  Status Clinical Trial Phase
Recruiting NCT05518903 - An Investigational Scan (68Ga-FAPI-46 PET/CT) for the Imaging of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Patients With Localized Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Phase 2
Enrolling by invitation NCT04875325 - Recurrent Disease Detection After Resection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Using a Standardized Surveillance Strategy N/A
Completed NCT02178709 - A Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX Phase 2
Recruiting NCT05055323 - A Study to Determine if the Drug, Pyrvinium Pamoate, is Safe and Tolerable in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Phase 1
Active, not recruiting NCT03970252 - Nivolumab in Combination With Chemotherapy Pre-Surgery in Treating Patients With Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Early Phase 1
Active, not recruiting NCT04484909 - NBTXR3 Activated by Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Locally Advanced or Borderline-Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Phase 1
Not yet recruiting NCT02978547 - The Effects of Neoadjuvant Metformin on Tumour Cell Proliferation and Tumour Progression in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Phase 2
Active, not recruiting NCT04481204 - New and Emerging Therapies for the Treatment of Resectable, Borderline Resectable, or Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer, PIONEER-Panc Study Phase 2