Changes in Muscle Tissue in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00369460

Last Updated: 2015-10-12

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

9 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-01-31

Study Completion Date

2009-07-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Measuring changes in muscle tissue in patients with cancer may help doctors predict how well patients will respond to treatment, and may help the study of cancer in the future.

PURPOSE: This pilot study is evaluating changes in muscle tissue in patients with pancreatic cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Demonstrate a decrease/increase of fat-free mass (FFM) by 10% from baseline, based on tumor progression/regression, within each patient with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic carcinoma.
* Determine the correlation between changes in FFM and 6-month survival.
* Confirm the frequency of lymphocytopenia in patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic carcinoma.
* Demonstrate an interaction between pretreatment total lymphocyte count, treatment response, and 6-month survival in patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic carcinoma.
* Collect adjuvant information, such as weight, body mass index, age, ECOG performance status, gait speed, concomitant medications, CA19-9, and total lymphocyte count, in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a pilot study.

Patients will have weight, body mass index, age, ECOG performance status, gait speed, concomitant medications, CA19-9, and total lymphocyte count measured before start of cancer treatment of the patient's choosing.

Patients will be re-assessed at approximately 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and with any change in tumor burden.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 17 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Pancreatic Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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physiologic testing

Weight, body mass index, age, ECOG performance status, gait speed, concomitant medications, CA19-9, and total lymphocyte count measured before start of cancer treatment of the patient's choosing. Patients will be re-assessed at approximately 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and with any change in tumor burden.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Biopsy-proven inoperable locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* ECOG performance status 0-3
* Must be able to stand unassisted on a scale
* Must not have pacemaker or implanted defibrillator

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* Prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy allowed
* No concurrent use of any of the following:

* Corticosteroids

* Steroids as anti-emetics associated with chemotherapy allowed
* Anabolic steroids
* Thalidomide
* Megesterol
* Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)

* Nutritional supplements without EPA allowed
* Juven
* Concurrent enrollment in other clinical trials allowed
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Joanna M. Brell, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P30CA043703

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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CASE8205

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CASE8205

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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