Status:

RECRUITING

Investigating Targetable Metabolic Pathways Sustaining Pancreatic Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This clinical trial investigates the nutrients pancreatic cancers depend on in which to survive and the processes these tumors use (metabolism) to obtain these nutrients. Giving U-13C-glucose during s...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To describe and discover new insights into the glucose, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, amino acid, and lipid metabolic dependencies of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) v...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female patients \>= 18 years of age
  • Pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients, previously diagnosed by biopsy, who are candidates for intended curative resection either with or without neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • Willing to undergo mandatory intraoperative small excisional and core biopsies (4-6 passes) of tumor and normal tissue for research purposes at the time of proposed pancreatectomy
  • 16 patients will be enrolled including 8 with no prior treatment and 8 treated with at least 3 months of neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • All patients must be able to understand the investigational nature of the study and give written informed consent prior to study entry

Exclusion

  • Patients receiving any anti-cancer therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and/or biologic therapy) for 8 patients; the other 8 patients will be treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy but no radiation, biologic or immunotherapy prior to surgery
  • Is currently enrolled, or will enroll in, a different clinical study in which investigational therapeutic procedures are performed or investigational therapies are administered while participating in this study
  • Concomitant active malignancy
  • Is of child-bearing potential who has not had a recent negative pregnancy test done outside of this clinical trial (i.e., as part of standard preparation for diagnosis and treatment for her cancer)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 14 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

16 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05296421

Start Date

March 14 2022

End Date

July 1 2026

Last Update

April 10 2024

Active Locations (2)

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Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (Saint Barnabas Medical Center)

Livingston, New Jersey, United States, 07039

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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08903