Safety Study of Adjuvant Gemcitabine Started One Week After Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy for Adenocarcinoma

October 5, 2016 updated by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Phase II Study of Adjuvant Gemcitabine Started One Week After Laparoscopic

We believe that laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for cancer allows quicker recovery and significantly reduces the chances of postoperative wound breakdown. This will shorten the wait time required to begin adjuvant therapy to one week after surgery thereby combating the micrometastasis unseen at the time of surgery. Prognosis for patients with pancreatic cancer will therefore improve along with decreasing the incidence of locoregional recurrence.

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Detailed Description

Gemcitabine-based chemo¬therapy remains the cornerstone for treatment of locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer. Other novel chemotherapeutic combinations have been investigated in clinical trials, but the overall conclusions are that these agents have failed to improve outcomes. Our hypothesis is that nodal and hematologic micrometastasis make pancreas cancer a systemic problem at the time of surgery. Waiting the traditional six weeks to begin adjuvant therapy allows this very aggressive cancer to metastasize while the patient is waiting to begin therapy. This leads to the increased incidence of locoregional recurrence and poor prognosis. We believe that laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for cancer allows quicker recovery and significantly reduces the chances of postoperative wound breakdown. This will shorten the wait time required to begin adjuvant therapy to one week after surgery thereby combating the micrometastasis unseen at the time of surgery. Prognosis for patients with pancreatic cancer will therefore improve along with decreasing the incidence of locoregional recurrence.

Methods: We will perform a prospective, non-randomized phase II study with patients undergoing laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Gemcitabine will be given as a single-agent chemotherapy regimen one week following laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy according to the protocol designed by our medical oncologist. Six cycles of gemcitabine will be given. The patients will be followed in the medical oncology clinic weekly. Our Primary outcome variable will be all cause postoperative morbidity. Our sample size will be small (6-10 patients) as this is a Phase II study. Early termination rules include development of prohibitive toxicity or death. Our endpoints are an improvement in overall survival, quality of life, progression free survival, or disease free survival. Exclusion criteria will include patients with T4 or M1 disease, R2 resection margin, preoperative therapy, or if adjuvant therapy status was unknown.

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Interventional

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  • Phase 2

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231
        • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 90 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female patients older than 18 with clinical diagnosis of distal pancreas adenocarcinoma

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with T4 or M1 disease, R2 resection margin, preoperative therapy, or if adjuvant therapy status was unknown.

Study Plan

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Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

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Experimental: Patients with distal pancreatic cancer
Patients with distal pancreatic cancer amenable to a laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
Drug: Gemcitabine/Gemzar
Six cycles of Gemcitabine will be given. Each cycle of Gemcitabine comprises of Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 as a 30 minute infusion once weekly for 3 weeks with a fourth week off.
Procedure: Laparoscopic Distal pancreatectomy
Laparoscopic resection of the distal pancreas

What is the study measuring?

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
To determine if it is safe to administer gemcitabine to patients with pancreatic cancer one week after laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy.
Time Frame: 1 year
1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
To determine the if the 1-year survival in patients with pancreatic cancer is improved with administration of gemcitabine one week following laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
Time Frame: 1 year
1 year

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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

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  • Principal Investigator: Martin A Makary, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University Department of Surgery

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December 9, 2009

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January 7, 2010

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January 11, 2010

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October 6, 2016

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October 5, 2016

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October 1, 2016

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