Status:

COMPLETED

Combination Chemotherapy in Patients With Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome and Tumors of the Pancreas

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Conditions:

Islet Cell Adenoma

Neoplasm Metastasis

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Patients with Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome suffer from ulcers of the upper gastrointestinal tract, higher than normal levels of gastric acid, and tumors of the pancreas known as non-beta islet cell tumo...

Detailed Description

Heretofore morbidity and risk of death in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome were caused by severe ulcer disease. The advent of specific drugs to cure ulcer disease now extends life until metastases from the ...

Eligibility Criteria

INCLUSION CRITERIA

Subjects selected for this study will be patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome who are being evaluated under the protocol entitled "Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Abnormalities of Gastric Secretion" (80-DK-0123).

Histologically proven gastrinoma;

Evidence of metastatic disease or locally invasive tumor by angiography, ultrasound, computerized axial tomography, MRI scan or bone scan;

Progression of the tumor during the preceding 6 months.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA

The following pre-existing conditions will exclude patients from the study:

Congestive heart failure;

Proteinuria greater than 1 gram/day;

Serum creatinine greater than 1.5 mg%;

Platelet count less than 100,000/mm3;

White blood count less than 2500/mm3;

Pregnancy.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 1978

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

August 1 2003

Estimated Enrollment :

999 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00001165

Start Date

September 1 1978

End Date

August 1 2003

Last Update

March 4 2008

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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892