A Phase 2 interventional study of Neoadjuvant chemotherapy of gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, sponsored by Wakayama Medical University. Status unknown at 18 sites in Japan. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 79 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-10-03.
Sponsored by Wakayama Medical University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
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Gemcitabine plus nub-paclitaxel (GA) regimen was recently presented at an international oncology meeting and represents a new standard regimen in the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Therefore, it was decided to consider the balance of safety and efficacy on survival time as a preoperative chemotherapy, the investigators use the NAC-GA regimen includes only two cycles (three times weekly and one week rest) of GA regimen.
Gemcitabine plus nub-paclitaxel (GA) regimen was recently presented at an international oncology meeting and represents a new standard regimen in the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer. GA is one of the high response rate treatment regimen, the investigators considered as a promising treatment as neoadjuvant chemotherapy. On the other hand, incidences of grade 3 or 4 neutropenia, febrile neutropenia and peripheral neuropathy were significantly higher in the g group compared with gemcitabine group. Therefore, it was decided to consider the balance of safety and efficacy on survival time as a preoperative chemotherapy, the investigators use the NAC-GA regimen includes only two cycles (three times weekly and one week rest) of GEMABR regimen. The investigators also evaluate Recurrence free survival from the first day of protocol therapy, safety of the protocol therapy(Adverse effect), morbidity based on Clavien Dindo classification of more than Grade 3, response rate, preoperative/postoperative tumor marker (CA19-9, CEA), rate of mornalization, reduction rate of SUVmax value on PET-CT (limited only for PET-CT available institutions), chemotherapeutic effect grade based on Evans classification, resection rate, R0 resection rate, surgical data (operative time, blood loss, transfusion, postoperative hospital day), the overall morbidity rates (Reoperation, rate of re-admission, mortality), number of patient rate in postoperative adjuvant therapy (entry rate, completion rate), dose intensity for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.
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The following criteria must be satisfied in laboratory tests within 14 days of registration
Exclusion Criteria:
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The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
Your pathology report is the document that shows this.
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.
“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Histologically or cytologically confirmed
The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
Your pathology report is the document that shows this.
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Measurable disease
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
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Line of therapy
A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.
“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ECOG performance status
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hemoglobin (Hb)
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
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ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy of gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel: Enrolled patients were administered a 30-min intravenous infusion of nab-paclitaxel at a dose of 125 mg/m2, followed by a 30-min intravenous infusion of gemcitabine at a dose of 1000 mg/m2, on day 1, 8, and 15 evey 4 weeks as one cycle of regimen.
Drug: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy of gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel
Enrolled patients were administered a 30-min intravenous infusion of nab-paclitaxel at a dose of 125 mg/m2, followed by a 30-min intravenous infusion of gemcitabine at a dose of 1000 mg/m2, on day 1, 8, and 15 evey 4 weeks as one cycle of regimen.
Also known as: NAC-GA for BRPC
Overall survival time from the first day of protocol therapy
Time frame: Up to 60 months
Recurrence free survival from the first day of protocol therapy
Time frame: Up to 60 months
Adverse effect
Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0.
Time frame: Up to 30 weeks
Morbidity based on Clavien Dindo classification of more than Grade3
Time frame: Up to 30 weeks
Response rate
Time frame: Up to 12 weeks
Chemotherapeutic effect grade based on Evans classification
Time frame: Up to 12 weeks
Resection rate
Time frame: Up to 30 weeks
R0 resection rate
Time frame: Up to 30 weeks
Intraoperative blood loss
Time frame: Up to 30 weeks
The overall morbidity rates based on Clavien Dindo classification
Time frame: Up to 50 weeks
Number of patient rate in postoperative adjuvant therapy
Time frame: Up to 30 weeks
Dose intensity
Time frame: Up to 12 weeks
Plan to share: No
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The record gives a start of Oct 2016, a primary completion of Sep 2021 and a completion of Sep 2021. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.
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