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Panitumumab, Chemotherapy, and External-Beam Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer That Cannot be Removed by Surgery

NCT00601627 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2017-04-05

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Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as panitumumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fluorouracil, capecitabine, and gemcitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. External-beam radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Panitumumab may also stop the growth of pancreatic cancer by blocking blood flow to the tumor and make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Giving panitumumab together with chemotherapy and radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving panitumumab together with chemotherapy and external-beam radiation therapy works in treating patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer that cannot be removed by surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

panitumumab

DRUG

capecitabine

DRUG

fluorouracil

DRUG

gemcitabine hydrochloride

RADIATION

radiation therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • George Kim, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2013-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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