Skip to main content
Clinical Trials/ISRCTN60516908
ISRCTN60516908CompletedPhase 3

An open label randomised multicentre phase IIIb trial comparing parenteral substitution versus best supportive nutritional care in subjects with pancreatic adenocarcinoma receiving 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) plus oxaliplatin as second or higher line chemotherapy regarding clinical benefit

niversity of Heidelberg (Germany)0 sites120 target enrollmentStarted: December 11, 2008Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 3
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
120

Study Overview

Brief Summary

2009 Protocol article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943918 protocol

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Written informed consent
  • 2. Histologically confirmed advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma
  • 3. At least one previous chemotherapy (gemcitabine-based)
  • 4. Greater than or equal to 18 years old, either sex
  • 5. Body weight greater than or equal to 50 kg and less than or equal to 95 kg
  • 6. Body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 19 kg/m^2
  • 7. Negative pregnancy test (females of childbearing potential)
  • 8. Willingness to perform double-barrier contraception during study
  • 9. Life expectancy greater than 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Major surgery less than 4 weeks prior to enrolment
  • 2. Weight loss greater than 2% within the last seven days or caloric intake less than or equal to 500 kcal expected within the next five days
  • 3. Prognostic and Inflammatory Nutritional Index (PINI) greater than 10
  • 4. Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • 5. Greater than 4 weeks of parenteral nutrition within the last 6 months
  • 6. Parenteral nutrition less than 4 weeks of enrolment
  • 7. Vulnerable populations (e.g. subjects incapable of giving consent personally)
  • 8. Subject selection conflicts with warnings, precautions and contraindications stated for any investigational product
  • Subjects will be stratified by ECOG PS (stratum 1: PS less than 2, stratum 2: PS greater than or equal to 2).

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Heidelberg (Germany)

Similar Trials

A randomised multicentre clinical phase... | Clinical Trial