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NCT03716531Active, not recruiting

Electron Beam Intraoperative Radiation Therapy Following Chemoradiation in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer With Vascular Involvement

PACER (Pancreatic AdenoCarcinoma With Electron Intraoperative Radiation Therapy): A Phase II Study of Electron Beam Intraoperative Radiation Therapy Following Chemoradiation in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer With Vascular Involvement

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Jul 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This research study is studying an intervention as a possible treatment for pancreatic cancer.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
199 (actual)
First submitted
21 Oct 2018
Start date
19 Mar 2019
Primary completion date
26 Aug 2026
Lead sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
NCT number
NCT03716531

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 199
  • From 19 Mar 2019 to the primary completion date, 26 Aug 2026
  • 6 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

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

Prior treatment

  • Major surgery, excluding laparoscopy, within 4 weeks of the start of study treatment, without complete recovery

Other illness

  • Evidence of disease progression or distant metastases.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • An active infection requiring systemic therapy
  • Other serious medical conditions that the investigator feels might compromise study participation

Other

  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Treatment for other invasive carcinomas within the last five years who are at greater than 5% risk of recurrence at time of eligibility screening. Carcinoma in-situ and basal cell carcinoma/ squamous cell carcinoma of the skin are allowed.

Who the study is looking for

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • ECOG Performance Status 0-1
  • Previous completion of at least three (3) months of EITHER gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel OR FOLFIRINOX (5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, irinotecan and leucovorin)
  • Previous completion of either stereotactic-body radiation therapy (SBRT) (minimum 24 Gy) or external beam irradiation (EBRT) (minimum 45 Gy)
  • Participation in any investigational drug study within 4 weeks preceding the start of study treatment is PERMITTED.
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must use appropriate method(s) of contraception. WOCBP should use an adequate method to avoid pregnancy for 5 months after IORT.
  • Men who are sexually active with WOCBP must use any contraceptive method with a failure rate of less than 1% per year. Men receiving nivolumab and who are sexually active with WOCBP will be instructed to adhere to contraception for a period of 7 months after IORT. Women who are not of childbearing potential, i.e., who are postmenopausal or surgically sterile as well as azoospermic men do not require contraception.
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (6)

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

SiteCityCountrySite status
Massachusetts General Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Chapel HillUnited StatesUnknown status
Ohio State University Medical Center
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ColumbusUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California, Irvine
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IrvineUnited StatesUnknown status
Mayo Clinic- Jacksonville
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JacksonvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Mayo Clinic - Rochester
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RochesterUnited StatesUnknown status

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