Chemotherapy for Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer (LAPC) With Additional Chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) for Patients With Borderline Resectable Tumours

October 29, 2020 updated by: Per Pfeiffer

Chemotherapy for Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer With Additional Chemo-radiotherapy for Patients With Borderline Resectable Tumours

Treating patients with initial local non-resectable pancreatic cancer with a combination of oxaliplatin, irinotecan & 5-FU(FOLFIRINOX), consolidated with chemoradiotherapy in potentially resectable patients, will result in a high rate of tumor shrinkage allowing subsequent resection in patients with initial borderline resectable tumors and improved overall survival for all patients.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the third most common gastrointestinal malignancy and one of the top ten leading causes of cancer deaths in the Western world. Patients with PC can be divided into three subgroups; resectable (rPC), locally advanced (LAPC) and metastatic (mPC). For patients with rPC surgery offers the best chance for long term survival. However it is estimated that only 20% of patients have rPC at the time of diagnosis. For patients with LACP, invasion of local large vessels is most often the cause for non-resectability. The median survival of these patients is between 6 to 12 months and long term survival in is extremely rare. The optimal treatment of LAPC is controversial. Treatment strategies vary between attempts to "downstage" the tumour to rPC, or treat the patients in a palliative setting only. Phase II studies and retrospective series have evaluated various treatments regimens and strategies including chemotherapy and radiotherapy (RT) alone or in combination - chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Results from these trials give no clear answer regarding the best treatment strategy. However, data from several studies shows that treatment of LAPC may result in shrinkage of the tumour, and thus potentially lead to a resection; also data suggests that CRT after chemotherapy improves treatment efficacy. Recent data from patients with mPC has show a combination of oxaliplatin, irinotecan and 5-FU (FOLFIRINOX) increases response rates from 10% to 30% and median survival to 11.1 months. The promising efficacy makes it natural to attempt this treatment in patients with LAPC.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

56

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Denmark
      • Aarhus, Denmark, 8000
        • Aarhus University Hospital
      • Herlev, Denmark, 2730
        • Herlev University Hospital
      • Odense, Denmark, 5000
        • Odense University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria: (major)

  • non-metastatic pancreatic cancer
  • Performance status 0-1
  • Bilirubin < 1.5 UNL
  • Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria: (major)

  • no prior abdominal radiotherapy
  • no prior chemotherapy for pancratic cancer
  • no severe comorbidity
  • patients must be able to undergo potential abdominal surgery

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: FOLFIRINOX
Drug: Oxaliplatin, irinotecan, 5-FU & leucovorin
FOLFIRINOX followed by 50 gy/27 F in combination with capecitabine in patients with borderline resectable tumors

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
2 year survival rate
Time Frame: 2 years
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Per Pfeiffer

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Per Pfeiffer, Professor, Odense University Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 18, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 18, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

July 19, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 2, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 29, 2020

Last Verified

October 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • DPSG 2010-01

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