Status:

UNKNOWN

Internal Radiation Therapy With Y-90 Microspheres, External Radiation Therapy With Tomotherapy, and Fluorouracil in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Pancreatic Cancer and Liver Metastases That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Goshen Health System

Conditions:

Metastatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Specialized radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine tumor response in patients with unresectable, newly diagnosed or recurrent pancreatic cancer and liver metastases treated with selective internal radiotherapy with yt...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed pancreatic cancer with liver metastases
  • Unresectable disease AND meets any of the following criteria:
  • Newly diagnosed disease
  • No prior treatment
  • Received prior treatment and progressed
  • Underwent prior pancreatectomy and progressed
  • Liver-only disease (receives selective internal radiotherapy only)
  • No known CNS metastases
  • No known diffuse peritoneal metastases
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Karnofsky performance status 80-100%
  • Life expectancy \> 3 months
  • WBC ≥ 1,500/mm³
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
  • Bilirubin \< 2 mg/dL (without extrahepatic biliary obstruction)
  • Albumin \> 2 g/dL
  • Creatinine \< 2 mg/dL
  • Not pregnant
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Prior surgery, chemotherapy, and biologic therapy allowed
  • No prior external beam radiotherapy to liver or pancreatic bed

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    20 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00436267

    Start Date

    November 1 2006

    Last Update

    December 19 2013

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    Center for Cancer Care at Goshen General Hospital

    Goshen, Indiana, United States, 46526