PELICAN trial; local ablative treatment of an inoperable pancreascarcinoma; lokale verbranding van een niet-operabel alvleeskliertumor
Recruiting
- Conditions
- stage IIIRFAPancreatic cancerradiofrequency ablationtreatmentpancreascarcinomainoperablelocally irresectable
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON27800
- Lead Sponsor
- Olympus Medical Systems: CelonPowerSystem; CelonProSurge probes
- Brief Summary
not yet
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 228
Inclusion Criteria
1.Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
2.Locally irresectable tumor (according to the Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group criteria; www.dpcg.nl)
Exclusion Criteria
1.WHO performance status ≥ 3
2.Distant metastases on abdominal or thoracic CT scan*
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Overall survival
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Clinical<br /><br>•Postoperative complications<br /><br>•Toxicity of post-randomization chemotherapy<br /><br>•Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pain score<br /><br>•Symptom free survival<br /><br>2.Pathophysiological<br /><br>•Objective Tumor Response (RECIST criteria [38,39])<br /><br>•Progression free survival (RECIST criteria [38,39])<br /><br>•CA 19-9 & CEA response<br /><br>•Immunomodulating factors<br /><br>3.Additional:<br /><br>•Time between randomization and start of study treatment<br /><br>•Quality of life as measured by validated questionnaires<br /><br>•Indirect and direct health costs