Fluorouracil Plus Radiation Therapy Following Surgery in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00010062

Last Updated: 2009-02-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2000-10-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells left after surgery.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining fluorouracil and radiation therapy in treating patients who have undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the tolerance of adjuvant fluorouracil with concurrent radiotherapy in patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
* Determine survival without local relapse in these patients treated with this regimen.
* Determine overall survival of these patients treated with this regimen.
* Determine the effectiveness of this adjuvant therapy in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive high-dose radiotherapy 5 days a week for 5 weeks. Patients also receive low-dose radiotherapy 4 times a week during the last 2 weeks of the 5-week course of treatment. Patients concurrently receive fluorouracil IV continuously for 5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed for survival.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 40 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Pancreatic Cancer

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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fluorouracil

Intervention Type DRUG

radiation therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma
* Complete macroscopic resection of tumor within past 30 days
* No residual visceral or peritoneal metastasis
* Involvement of Vater's ampulla or extrahepatic bile duct allowed
* No vesicular or intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 to 75

Performance status:

* ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm\^3
* Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm\^3

Hepatic:

* Alkaline phosphatase less than 3 times normal
* Bilirubin less than 1.5 times normal

Renal:

* Creatinine less than 1.5 times normal

Cardiovascular:

* No serious cardiac failure

Pulmonary:

* No serious respiratory failure

Other:

* No other untreatable malignant tumors
* No serious psychological, familial, social, or geographical conditions that would preclude study

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* Not specified

Chemotherapy:

* No prior chemotherapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Endocrine therapy:

* Not specified

Radiotherapy:

* No prior radiotherapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma
* No prior radiotherapy in an anatomically proximal region to treatment area

Surgery:

* See Disease Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Jacques Balosso, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

CHU de Grenoble - Hopital de la Tronche

Locations

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Clinique De Savoie

Annemasse, , France

Site Status

Clinique Floreal

Bagnolet, , France

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Clinique Tivoli

Bordeaux, , France

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Centre Regional Francois Baclesse

Caen, , France

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Clinique Saint - Jean

Cagne-sur-Mer, , France

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Polyclinique Saint Jean

Cagnes-sur-Mer, , France

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Hopital Fontenoy

Chartres, , France

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Hopital Beaujon

Clichy, , France

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Hopital Louis Mourier

Colombes, , France

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Hopital Drevon

Dijon, , France

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Clinique Claude Bernard

Ermont, , France

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Clinique Pasteur

Évreux, , France

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Polyclinique Jeanne d'Arc - service de Radiotherapie Oncologie

Gien, , France

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CHR de Grenoble - La Tronche

Grenoble, , France

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Hopital Saint - Louis

La Rochelle, , France

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Centre Jean Bernard

Le Mans, , France

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Centre Hospital Regional Universitaire de Limoges

Limoges, , France

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Hopital Laennec

Paris, , France

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Hopital Saint Antoine

Paris, , France

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CHU Pitie-Salpetriere

Paris, , France

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Hopital Tenon

Paris, , France

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Clinique Ste - Marie

Pontoise, , France

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Hopital Claude Gallien

Quincy-sous-Sénart, , France

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Polyclinique De Courlancy

Reims, , France

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Clinique Saint Vincent

Saint-Grégoire, , France

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Centre du Rouget

Sarcelles, , France

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C.H. Senlis

Senlis, , France

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Centre Medico-Chirurgical Foch

Suresnes, , France

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Clinique Pasteur

Toulouse, , France

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Hopital de la Ville D'Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-sur-Alzette, , Luxembourg

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Countries

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France Luxembourg

Other Identifiers

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FRE-GERCOR-D98-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20022

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000068438

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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