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Safety of multimodality treatment with a combination ofintraoperative Chemotherapy and surgical Resection in locallyconfined or borderline resectable pancreatic cancer

Phase 1
Recruiting
Conditions
(Borderline) Resectable ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head
C25.0
Head of pancreas
Registration Number
DRKS00015766
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

newly diagnosed, resectable or borderline resectable pancreatic cancer located in the head of the pancreas, without arterial involvement, on cross-sectional Imaging (contrast enhanced CT scan) according to the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) criteria; histologically or cytologically proven pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (including variants); =18 and =75 years of age;
informed consent; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status 0-2; patient considered to tolerate surgery and chemotherapy by a multidisciplinary team; women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation

Exclusion Criteria

distant metastatic disease; renal disease, creatinine clearance < 50 ml/min (estimated
by Cockroft-Gault); abnormal hepatic function as defined by a total bilirubine level > 1.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN), unless the patient has extrahepatic cholestasis due to pancreatic cancer, or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 2.5 x ULN, liver cirrhosis (of any Child-Pugh grade); serious cardiovascular disease (e.g. myocardial infarction in the last 12 months, congestive heart failure NYHA III/IV, unstable angina pectoris); severe COPD, GOLD stage > II; American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score > III; active infection, including cholangitis; abnormal bone marrow function, defined as an absolute white blood cell count < 3/nl or platelet count < 100/nl; pernicious anemia or other megaloblastic anemias where
Vitamin B12 is deficient; immunosuppressive therapy; allergy or known intolerance to 5-FU or calcium folinate; patients with a known lack of dihydropyrimidinedehydrogenase (DPD)-activity or patients treated with DPD inhibitors such as brivudine; current pregnancy or breastfeeding; history of another malignancy in the past 5 years; inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures; (language) problems in understanding the patient information document explaining the present clinical trial; concurrent participation in another clinical study; any condition which could result in an undue risk for the patient in the opinion of the investigator

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
30-day complication rate according to the Clavien-Dindo<br>classification
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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