An interventional study of Glucose Measurements via Blood Draw in Pancreatic Cancer, PDAC - Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Hyperglycemia, sponsored by British Columbia Cancer Agency. Recruiting at 2 sites in Canada. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-14.
Sponsored by British Columbia Cancer Agency · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study will investigate the prevalence of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) in approximately 50 participants with pancreatic cancer. Sugar levels will be monitored with blood draws prior to each cycle of anti-cancer treatment until treatment ends or the participant's cancer worsens. Participants may receive any first-line systemic therapy for pancreatic cancer, including treatments given as part of another clinical trial. If treatment is needed to manage blood sugar levels, the treatment will be given according to the standard of care. All participants will be enrolled into the same group.
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Adequate bone marrow and organ function as defined by the following laboratory values:
Exclusion Criteria:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per 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).
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.
Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.
Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
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.
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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.
The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.
“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.
The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.
Neoadjuvant treatment is given before the main treatment (usually surgery), often to shrink a tumour. Adjuvant treatment is given after it, to lower the chance of the cancer coming back.
Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).
Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.
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.
Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per 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).
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Creatinine clearance (CrCl)
How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)
Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.
Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Bilirubin
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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.
RECIST
The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.
“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Life expectancy
The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Adjuvant and neoadjuvant
Neoadjuvant treatment is given before the main treatment (usually surgery), often to shrink a tumour. Adjuvant treatment is given after it, to lower the chance of the cancer coming back.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Brain metastases
Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).
Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Participants will have glucose levels measured using blood drawn prior to each cycle of systemic therapy.
Procedure: Glucose Measurements via Blood Draw
Blood glucose levels will be measured using blood drawn prior to each cycle of systemic therapy. Anti-cancer treatment can follow standard care protocols or be given within another clinical trial. Anti-hyperglycemic treatment will be administered when indicated by and following standard care protocols.
Proportion of participants who experience at least one episode of hyperglycemia
The proportion of participants who experience at least one episode of hyperglycemia. Hyperglycemia is defined by standard non-fasting criteria: random plasma glucose greater than or equal to 11.1 mmol/L or hemoglobin A1c greater than or equal to 6.5%.
Time frame: From baseline (up to 2 weeks prior to first dose) until progression of disease, assessed up to 24 months.
Percentage of glucose measurements above the target range
The percentage of random plasma glucose measurements that are greater than or equal to 11.1 mmol/L or hemoglobin A1c measurements that are greater than or equal to 6.5%.
Time frame: From baseline (up to 2 weeks prior to first dose) until progression of disease, assessed up to 24 months.
Overall response rate (ORR) of the cohort, as defined by RECIST 1.1
The proportion of participants who have a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) to first-line systemic therapy, as defined by RECIST 1.1.
Time frame: From the date of the screening scan (within 28 days of first dose) until the date of confirmed progression, assessed up to 24 months.
Progression-free survival (PFS) of the cohort from the initiation of first-line systemic therapy
The length of time from the first dose of first-line systemic therapy until the date of progressive disease (PD), as defined by RECIST 1.1.
Time frame: From the date of first dose of first-line systemic therapy until the date of confirmed progression, assessed up to 24 months.
Overall survival (OS) of the cohort from the initiation of first-line systemic therapy
The length of time from the initiation of first-line systemic therapy that participants survive.
Time frame: From the date of first dose of first-line systemic therapy until the date of death or end of study, assessed up to 24 months.
Overall response rate (ORR) of the cohort, as defined by RECIST 1.1 and stratified by prognostic and metabolic gene expression subtypes of PDAC
The proportion of participants stratified by prognostic and metabolic gene expression subtypes of PDAC who have a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) to first-line systemic therapy, as defined by RECIST 1.1.
Time frame: From the date of the screening scan (within 28 days of first dose) until the date of confirmed progression, assessed up to 24 months.
Progression-free survival (PFS) of the cohort stratified by prognostic and metabolic gene expression subtypes of PDAC from the initiation of first-line systemic therapy
The length of time from the first dose of first-line systemic therapy until the date of progressive disease (PD), as defined by RECIST 1.1, for participants stratified by prognostic and metabolic gene expression subtypes of PDAC.
Time frame: From the date of first dose of first-line systemic therapy until the date of confirmed progression, assessed up to 24 months.
Overall survival (OS) of the cohort stratified by prognostic and metabolic gene expression subtypes of PDAC from the initiation of first-line systemic therapy
The length of time from the initiation of first-line systemic therapy that participants survive stratified by prognostic and metabolic gene expression subtypes of PDAC.
Time frame: From the date of first dose of first-line systemic therapy until the date of death or end of study, assessed up to 24 months.
Overall response rate (ORR) of the cohort, as defined by RECIST 1.1 and stratified by clinical features (i.e. type 2 diabetes), pathological profiles, and genomic profiles
The proportion of participants stratified by clinical features (i.e. type 2 diabetes), pathological profiles, and genomic profiles who have a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) to first-line systemic therapy, as defined by RECIST 1.1.
Time frame: From the date of the screening scan (within 28 days of first dose) until the date of confirmed progression, assessed up to 24 months.
Progression-free survival (PFS) of the cohort, stratified by clinical features (i.e. type 2 diabetes), pathological profiles, and genomic profiles from the initiation of first-line systemic therapy
The length of time from the first dose of first-line systemic therapy until the date of progressive disease (PD), as defined by RECIST 1.1, for participants stratified by clinical features (i.e. type 2 diabetes), pathological profiles, and genomic profiles.
Time frame: From the date of first dose of first-line systemic therapy until the date of confirmed progression, assessed up to 24 months.
Overall survival (OS) of the cohort stratified by clinical features (i.e. type 2 diabetes), pathological profiles, and genomic profiles from the initiation of first-line systemic therapy
The length of time from the initiation of first-line systemic therapy that participants survive stratified by clinical features (i.e. type 2 diabetes), pathological profiles, and genomic profiles.
Time frame: From the date of first dose of first-line systemic therapy until the date of death or end of study, assessed up to 24 months.
Amount of insulin, measured in molar, for participants from screening until the end of study visit
The quantity of insulin, measured in molar from immunoassays, from blood samples collected throughout the study.
Time frame: From the date of screening blood sample collection until the date of the end of study blood sample collection (an average of 6 months).
Amount of proinsulin, measured in molar, for participants from screening until the end of study visit
The quantity of proinsulin, measured in molar from immunoassays, from blood samples collected throughout the study.
Time frame: From the date of the screening blood sample collection until the date of the end of study blood sample collection (an average of 6 months).
Amount of C-peptide, measured in molar, for participants from screening until the end of study visit
The quantity of C-peptide, measured in molar from immunoassays, from blood samples collected throughout the study.
Time frame: From the date of the screening blood sample collection until the date of the end of study blood sample collection (an average of 6 months).
Amount of circulating biomarkers, measured in molar, for participants from screening until the end of study visit
The quantity of circulating biomarkers, measured in molar from immunoassays, from blood samples collected throughout the study.
Time frame: From the date of the screening blood sample collection until the date of the end of study blood sample collection (an average of 6 months).
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