Status:

COMPLETED

Gemcitabine With or Without Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Nonmetastatic Pancreatic Cancer That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive

Conditions:

Pancreatic Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 120 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine, fluorouracil, and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Compare the overall survival of patients with nonresectable, nonmetastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas treated with gemcitabine hydrochloride with vs without fluorouracil, c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
  • No neuroendocrine or other histologies
  • No extra-abdominal metastases
  • No hepatic or peritoneal metastases by celioscopy
  • Peritoneal carcinomatous (cytology positive by peritoneal lavage) may be allowed
  • Nonresectable disease meeting ≥ 1 of the following criteria:
  • Arterial invasion
  • Mesenteric-portal vein invasion \> 15 mm and or less than hemicircumference
  • Satellite adenopathies encompassed in the radiation field
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • WHO performance status 0-2
  • Bilirubin \< 1.75 mg/dL
  • Creatinine \< 1.5 mg/dL
  • WBC \> 1,500/mm³
  • Platelet count \> 100,000/mm³
  • No major organ disorder, including cardiac or coronary insufficiency
  • Prothrombin time \> 80%
  • No psychiatric or social condition that would preclude study therapy
  • No other malignancy except nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No contraindications to radiotherapy or chemotherapy
  • No intractable pancreatic pain not relieved by morphine and/or analgesic radiotherapy
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • No prior adjuvant or palliative chemotherapy or radiotherapy
  • Prior surgical diversion of the biliary and/or digestive tract allowed

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2000

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    January 1 2007

    Estimated Enrollment :

    190 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00416507

    Start Date

    March 1 2000

    End Date

    January 1 2007

    Last Update

    May 30 2016

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