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Italian Multicenter Study Comparing FOLFOXIRI Versus Gemcitabine as Adjuvant Treatment for Resected Pancreatic Cancer

Phase 3
Conditions
Pancreatic Cancer
Interventions
Drug: FOLFOXIRI
Drug: Gemcitabine
Registration Number
NCT02355119
Lead Sponsor
Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana
Brief Summary

Patients with resected pancreatic cancer who fulfill the selection criteria will be randomized to receive one of the two treatment arms for a period of 6 months: Gemcitabine, the standard arm, or FOLFOXIRI (the combination of 5-Fluorouracil/Folinic Acid, Oxaliplatin and Irinotecan), the experimental arm.

A total of 310 patients will be enrolled in about 50 Italian centers.

Detailed Description

Patients with resected stage I-III pancreatic cancer who fulfill the selection criteria will be randomized to receive one of the two treatment arms for a period of 6 months: Gemcitabine, the standard arm, or FOLFOXIRI (the combination of 5-Fluorouracil/Folinic Acid, Oxaliplatin and Irinotecan), the experimental arm.

A total of 310 patients will be enrolled in about 50 Italian centers. All the patients will be followed up during and after the treatment until disease progression and death or for a minimum of 60 months.

Main objective:

To show an increase in disease-free survival with an HR of 0.70 for patients enrolled into the experimental arm compared with standard arm.

Secondary objectives:

To show an increase in overall survival with an HR of 0.70 for patients enrolled into the experimental arm compared with standard arm.

To show the tolerability of the experimental treatment in this setting.

Principal inclusion criteria:

* histological diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

* surgical resection with curative intent within 10 weeks before of enrollment (stage I-III)

* absence of evidence of metastases (cM0)

* age 18-75

* ECOG performance status 0-1

* adequate bone marrow, liver and renal function

* written informed consent

Principal exclusion criteria:

* evidence of metastases

* CA19.9 higher than 2.5 x ULN (upper limit of normal range)

* precedent chemotherapy or radiotherapy

* coexisting malignancies

* relevant coexisting diseases that could contraindicate the participation to the study

* hypersensitivity/intolerance to the drugs in study

* pregnancy or breastfeeding

* neurotoxicity of grade \> 1

* malabsorption syndrome

Primary end-point:

Disease-free survival, defined as the time from enrollment to the evidence of progression of disease or death.

Secondary end-points:

Overall survival, defined as the time from enrollment to the evidence of death. Toxicity, defined according to NCI-CTC

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
310
Inclusion Criteria
  • histological diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
  • surgical resection with curative intent within 10 weeks before of enrollment (stage I-III)
  • absence of evidence of metastases (cM0)
  • age 18-75
  • ECOG performance status 0-1
  • adequate bone marrow, liver and renal function
  • written informed consent
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Exclusion Criteria
  • evidence of metastases
  • CA19.9 higher than 2.5 x ULN (upper limit of normal range)
  • precedent chemotherapy or radiotherapy
  • coexisting malignancies
  • relevant coexisting diseases that could contraindicate the participation to the study
  • hypersensitivity/intolerance to the drugs in study
  • pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • neurotoxicity of grade > 1
  • malabsorption syndrome
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
FOLFOXIRIFOLFOXIRI-
GemcitabineGemcitabineGemcitabine 1000 mg/sqm on days 1,8,15 every 28 days
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Disease free survival (DFS)up to 1 year after last patient in
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall Survival (OS)up to 2 years after last patient in
Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerabilityup to 28 weeks from treatment beginning

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana

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Pisa, PI, Italy

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