Status:

RECRUITING

Perioperative Intervention to Reduce Metastatic Processes in Pancreatic Cancer Patients Undergoing Curative Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Sheba Medical Center

Conditions:

Pancreatic Neoplasms

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-80 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

In Israel, of the \~1000 patients diagnosed annually with pancreatic cancer (PC), approximately 250 (25 percent) will be eligible for curative surgery, of which 80 percent will succumb to post-surgica...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Newly diagnosed Stage I or II adenocarcinoma of the head, neck, or uncinated- process of the pancreas.
  • Surgically resectable disease (R0 or R1) by spiral CT chest and abdomen scan, No distant metastases
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 to 1
  • Signed informed consent form
  • Willing and able to comply with study procedures
  • Men and women from age 20 up to age 80

Exclusion

  • Patients with metastatic disease, known prior to surgery
  • Patients with history or concomitant malignant disease of any type (except for the current pancreatic cancer
  • Patients who were treated with chemotherapy in the last 10 years for any reason
  • Patients in whom surgical resection is planned without curative intent
  • Patients exhibiting levels Carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 above 500
  • Patients with renal failure, measured by creatinine level \>1.5
  • Patients with significant heart failure (NYHA functional class 3 or higher),
  • Patients with significant liver failure (known cirrhosis)
  • Patients suffering from active asthma
  • Patients with known allergy to any medication from the non-steroidal anti- inflammatory or beta-blockers drug group
  • Patients treated chronically with any type of a beta-adrenergic blocker or a cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitor
  • Patients with bradycardia or second or third degree atrioventricular block (AV) block
  • Patients with a history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or established diagnosed transient ischemic attack (TIA)
  • Patients with prinzmetal's angina
  • Patients with right sided heart failure owing to pulmonary hypertension
  • Patients with significant diagnosed cardiomegaly
  • Patients with (current) pheochromocytoma
  • Patients with chronic Digoxin treatment
  • Patients with active peptic disease
  • Patients with peripheral vascular disease
  • Pregnant woman
  • Special population with impaired judgment
  • Patients currently actively participating in any other clinical trial
  • contraindication for Whipple procedure
  • Patients suffering from sick sinus syndrome
  • Patients with borderline resectable tumors, as defined by one of the following:
  • an infiltration \>180° of the portal vein
  • abutment of the tumor to the superior mesenteric artery
  • infiltration of the superior mesenteric artery or the celiac trunk

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 20 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

210 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03838029

Start Date

November 20 2019

End Date

January 1 2026

Last Update

November 20 2019

Active Locations (3)

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1

Sourasky Medical Center

Tel Aviv, Israel, 6423906

2

Sheba Medical Center

Tel Litwinsky, Israel, 45858

3

Asaf Harofeh Medical Center

Ẕerifin, Israel, 70300