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NCT02047474CompletedPhase 2

Combination Chemotherapy Before and After Surgery in Treating Patients With Localized Pancreatic Cancer

Phase II Study of Peri-Operative Modified Folfirinox in Localized Pancreatic Cancer

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This phase II trial studies how well combination chemotherapy before and after surgery works in treating patients with localized pancreatic cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as leucovorin calcium, fluorouracil, irinotecan hydrochloride, and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving combination chemotherapy before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Giving these treatments after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
46 (actual)
First submitted
24 Jan 2014
Start date
25 Mar 2014
Primary completion date
16 Aug 2022
Lead sponsor
Yale University
NCT number
NCT02047474

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 46
  • From 25 Mar 2014 to the primary completion date, 16 Aug 2022
  • 9 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Who the study is looking for

  • Pathologic or cytologic documentation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
  • Resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma disease as defined as follows:
    • No evidence of extrapancreatic disease by cross sectional imaging, PET scan, or laparoscopy, including nodal involvement beyond the peripancreatic tissues and/or distant metastases;
    • No evidence of tumor extension to superior mesenteric artery, hepatic artery, celiac axis, aorta, or inferior vena cava, and no evidence of occlusion or encasement of the superior mesenteric vein or superior mesenteric vein/portal vein confluence, as assessed by computed tomography (CT) using pancreatic protocol (or magnetic resonance imaging \[MRI\] in patients who cannot undergo CT) and EUS
  • No prior treatment (chemotherapy, biological therapy, or radiotherapy) for resectable pancreatic cancer
  • No prior treatment with oxaliplatin, irinotecan (irinotecan hydrochloride), fluorouracil or capecitabine
  • Patients who received chemotherapy \> 5 years ago for malignancies other than pancreatic cancer are eligible
  • There is no evidence of the second malignancy at the time of study entry
  • \> 4 weeks since major surgery
  • No other concurrent anticancer therapy
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status: 0-1
  • No other malignancy within past five years except basal cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical carcinoma in situ, or non-metastatic prostate cancer
  • Paraffin block or slides must be available
  • Adequate organ function
  • No interstitial pneumonia or extensive and symptomatic interstitial fibrosis of the lung
  • No \>= grade 2 sensory peripheral neuropathy
  • No uncontrolled seizure disorder, active neurological disease, or known central nervous system (CNS) disease
  • No significant cardiac disease, including the following: unstable angina, New York Heart Association class II-IV congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within six months prior to study enrollment
  • No history of chronic diarrhea
  • Not pregnant and not nursing
  • No other medical condition or reason that, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude study participation
  • Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,500/uL
  • Platelet count \>= 100,000/uL
  • Hemoglobin \>= 9 g/dL
  • Creatinine \< 1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN) or
  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \> 30 ml/min
  • Bilirubin =\< 1.5 X ULN
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =\< 3 X ULN
  • Negative pregnancy test in women of childbearing age

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (9)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Fairfield
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FairfieldUnited StatesUnknown status
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Guilford
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GuilfordUnited StatesUnknown status
Smilow Cancer Hospital at St. Francis Hospital
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HartfordUnited StatesUnknown status
Yale University
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New HavenUnited StatesUnknown status
Smilow Cancer Hospital at North Haven
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North HavenUnited StatesUnknown status
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Orange
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OrangeUnited StatesUnknown status
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Torrington
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TorringtonUnited StatesUnknown status
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Trumbull
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TrumbullUnited StatesUnknown status
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Waterbury
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WaterburyUnited StatesUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.