NCT04194268Completed
Pancreatic Cancer and Carbon Ion Radiotherapy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Irradiation of non-operable pancreatic cancer with carbon ions (C12). This therapy is expected to be more effective than the current Gold Standard of photon irradiation applied in the case of non-operable pancreatic cancer.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 25 (actual)
- First submitted
- 9 Dec 2019
- Start date
- 3 Dec 2019
- Primary completion date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital Heidelberg
- Diseases
- Pancreatic cancer
- NCT number
- NCT04194268
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 25
- From 3 Dec 2019 to the primary completion date, 16 Oct 2025
- 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
- Previous radiotherapy of the upper abdomen
- Active medical implants (e.g. pacemaker, defibrillator), contradicting radiotherapy at HIT
Other
- No clear difference between tumor edge and upper gastrointestinal tract in baseline imaging
- Extensive lymphatic metastases
- Disability of subject to understand character and individual consequences of the clinical trial
- Distant metastases
- Participation in another clinical study or observation period of competing trials, respectively
Who the study is looking for
- Histologically confirmed, inoperable primary or local recurrent pancreatic cancer
- Written informed consent (must be available before enrollment in the trial)
- Karnofsky performance score \> 60 or ECOG-status 0/1 (at least: patient should be able to take care of himself, although daily-life activity or work is not possible)
- Age ≥ 18 years
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hopsital Heidelberg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Heidelberg | Germany | Unknown status |
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