Status:
COMPLETED
Hair Loss Prevention Study for Pancreatic Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
HonorHealth Research Institute
Conditions:
Alopecia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Pilot study intended for hair loss prevention in patients with pancreatic cancer who are receiving treatment containing nab-paclitaxel, gemcitabine and cisplatin.
Detailed Description
Patients with pancreatic cancer who are receiving treatment containing nab-paclitaxel, gemcitabine and cisplatin will experience hair preservation with the use of the Paxman scalp cooling device, at t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial
- \>18 years of age on day of signing informed consent
- Diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and scheduled to receive treatment with a regimen containing nab-paclitaxel, gemcitabine and cisplatin
Exclusion
- Grade 1 alopecia
- Existing history of scalp metastases or the presence of scalp metastases is suspected
- No history of previous cancers within the past 5 years
- CNS malignancies (either primary or metastatic)
- Cold sensitivity, cold agglutinin disease, cryoglobulinemia, cryofibrinogenemia, cold migraine, cold urticaria, post-traumatic cold dystrophy
- Imminent bone marrow ablation chemotherapy
- Imminent skull radiation
- Previously received or scheduled to undergo skull irradiation
- Severe liver or renal disease from any etiology as patient may not be able to metabolize or clear the metabolites of the chemotherapeutic agent
- Skin cancers including melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma and Merkel cell carcinoma
- Small cell carcinoma of the lung
- Solid tumors that have a high likelihood for metastasis in transit
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 13 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
9 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04492800
Start Date
December 13 2019
End Date
December 31 2021
Last Update
February 24 2022
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HonorHealth Research Institute
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85258