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The role of the microbiome in pancreatic cancerpersonalized therapy prognosis

Recruiting
Conditions
K80-K87
Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas
Registration Number
DRKS00028995
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Heidelberg. Dept. Allgemeine, Viszerale und Transplantations Chirurgie
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria

Pancreatic diseases (pancreatitis, IPMN, PDAC).

Exclusion Criteria

Neuroendocrine tumors, not pancreatic disease.

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Determination of the fecal, and intra-tumoral microbiome in patients with tumor precursor lesions (pancreatitis and IPMN patients) and in pancreatic carcinoma patients. Stool samples from healthy volunteers and healthy pancreatic tissue from the transplantation programs will be used as microbiome controls. Comparisons will be made between the different bacterial strains (the microbiome) and the pancreatic cancer prognosis. Stool samples are collected just before surgery and tissue are collected during the surgery. Healthy volunteers serve as controls for the stool samples. Unused pancreatic tissue from the transplant program serves as control tissue. The respective microbiome will be determined by 16s sequencingon stool and tissue and compared to disease (pancreatitis, IPMN versus pancreatic cancer).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Determination of risk bacteria strains in stool and/or tissue of pancreatitis and IPMN patients with increased pancreatic cancer risk.
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