Status:

UNKNOWN

Induction Chemotherapy, FOLFIRINOX Followed With Concurrent Capecitabine and Radiation Therapy in Inoperable Locally Advanced Cancer of the Pancreas

Lead Sponsor:

Assiut University

Conditions:

Cancer of Pancreas

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

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, fol...

Detailed Description

Design \& Methodology: 1. Nature of the study: It is ( prospective cohort study). 2. Study subjects: \*Target Population: Patients, fulfilling the inclusion criteria for the research, will be...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Disease characteristics:
  • Histological and radiological confirmation of locally advanced cancer pancreas
  • Inoperable disease
  • Disease must be able to be encompassed within a radical radiotherapy treatment volume
  • Not metastatic
  • Patient characteristics:
  • ECOG performance status 0 or 1
  • Life expectancy \> 3 months.
  • Glomerular filtration rate ≥ 60 mL/min.
  • WBC \> 3,000/mm³.
  • Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,500/mm³.
  • Hemoglobin \> 10.0 g/dL.
  • Platelet count \> 100,000/mm³.
  • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Gamma-glutamyl-transferase \< 1.5 times ULN.
  • Transaminases ≤ 1.5 times ULN.
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN.
  • No medically unstable conditions (e.g., unstable diabetes, uncontrolled arterial hypertension, infection, hypercalcemia, or ischemic heart disease)
  • Not pregnant or nursing.
  • No other previous or current malignant disease likely to interfere with protocol treatment or comparisons
  • No prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

Exclusion

  • ECOG performance status \> 2
  • Life expectancy \< 3 months.
  • Glomerular filtration rate \< 30 mL/min.
  • Absolute neutrophil count \< 1,500/mm³.
  • Alkaline phosphatase \> 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Gamma-glutamyl-transferase \> 1.5 times ULN.
  • Transaminases\>1.5 times ULN.
  • Bilirubin \>1.5 times ULN.
  • medically unstable conditions (e.g., unstable diabetes, uncontrolled arterial hypertension, infection, hypercalcemia, or ischemic heart disease)
  • pregnant or nursing.
  • prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

April 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

1 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02311439

Start Date

October 1 2014

End Date

April 1 2017

Last Update

December 8 2014

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Assiut University Hospitals

Asyut, Asyut Governorate, Egypt, 71516