Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for A Study of Gemcitabine/Nab-paclitaxel and Radiation Therapy Followed by Surgery in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: A Study of Gemcitabine/Nab-paclitaxel and Radiation Therapy Followed by Surgery in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Official Title: A Phase I/II Study Evaluating the Feasibility and Safety of Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine/Nab-paclitaxel (GA) and Concurrent Gemcitabine and Radiation Therapy Followed By Pancreatic Resection and Major Arterial Resection for Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas (ARCAP) in Patients With Advanced Disease

Study ID: NCT02481635

Conditions

Pancreatic Cancer

Interventions

Study Description

Brief Summary: This is a phase 1 (the first phase in testing a new drug, to see how safe a new drug or new indication/population ) and phase 2 (the second phase in testing a new drug or new indication/population to see how effective the drug is) study of neoadjuvant (treatment before the main treatment) with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (abraxane) and gemcitabine and radiation therapy before surgery and then gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel after surgery in patients with pancreatic cancer that has grown to involve one of the major artery branches.

Detailed Description: Gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel are chemotherapy drugs that are currently approved by Health Canada for use in combination for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. However, the combination of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel as a neoadjuvant treatment prior to gemcitabine and radiation is experimental. Surgery to remove or reconstruct the major artery is also experimental.