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Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

NCT00878657 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2014-05-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Specialized radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving intensity-modulated radiation therapy together with gemcitabine may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of intensity-modulated radiation therapy and to see how well it works when given together with gemcitabine in treating patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

gemcitabine hydrochloride

Pre-Chemoradiation (Induction) Chemotherapy Gemcitabine will be given weekly for seven doses at a dose of 1000 mg/m2/wk (Days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43) unless toxicity develops. Chemoradiation gemcitabine will be given 400 mg/m2, infused over 30 minutes, within 120 minutes before radiotherapy. Post-chemoradiation chemotherapy, patients will receive two cycles of gemcitabine. A cycle will be defined as three weeks of gemcitabine at 1000 mg/m2/d, once weekly, followed by a one-week rest.

RADIATION

intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Dose escalation levels (cohorts) for this study: Dose Level 1: GTV plus drainage areas 45 Gy, Boost GTV 50.4 Gy Dose Level 2: GTV plus drainage areas 45 Gy, Boost GTV 54.0 Gy Dose Level 3: GTV plus drainage areas 45 Gy, Boost GTV 59.4 Gy Dose Level 4: GTV plus drainage areas 45 Gy, Boost GTV 64.8 Gy Dose Level 5: GTV plus drainage areas 45 Gy, Boost GTV 70.2 Gy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Salma Jabbour, MD · Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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