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NCT01781728CompletedPhase 2

Palliative Stereotactic Radiation for Pancreatic or Periampullary Adenocarcinoma

Phase II Study to Evaluate Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Palliative Management of Unresectable Recurrent or Residual Pancreatic or Periampullary Adenocarcinoma

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Jul 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The investigators are looking to see if a certain dose of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) may be a viable treatment option for recurrent or residual pancreatic or periampullary adenocarcinoma.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
48 (actual)
First submitted
8 Aug 2012
Start date
1 Jan 2013
Primary completion date
1 Mar 2021
Lead sponsor
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
NCT number
NCT01781728

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 48
  • From 1 Jan 2013 to the primary completion date, 1 Mar 2021
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • no concurrent malignancy other than melanoma

Other illness

  • extensive metastatic disease
  • no uncontrolled intercurrent illness

Other

  • performance status of less than 70
  • children are excluded form the study
  • pregnant or breast feeding women are excluded
  • women who are not post-menopausal and have a positive pregnancy test
  • life expectancy of less than 3 months

Who the study is looking for

  • 18 years of age or older
  • Karnofsky Performance Status greater than or equal to 70%
  • confirmed pancreatic or periampullary adenocarcinoma
  • pancreatic or periampullary tumor less than 8.0 cm in greatest axial dimension
  • Either:
    • standard of care treatment for pancreatic cancer that included radiation therapy
    • \* patients may be receiving continued chemotherapy post initial CRT. or
    • standard of care treatment for pancreatic cancer that did not include radiation therapy \* patients must have attempted chemotherapy upon initial diagnosis
  • acceptable organ and marrow function as determined by blood tests
  • ability to understand and give consent
  • must be a patient to be treated with SBRT only at Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • life expectancy of greater than 3 months

Age in the registry: 18 years to 100 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
BaltimoreUnited StatesUnknown status

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