Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, United States
Location status: Recruiting
NCT Number: NCT06984562
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) is safe and effective in treating patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
The main questions the study aims to answer are:
* Can ART improve how well radiation therapy targets the most aggressive cancer cells, while protecting the healthy tissue around the tumor? * Can ART help reduce the side effects that participants may experience during treatment?
Participants will:
* Undergo CT scans to plan the exact location of the radiation treatment. During this process, 1-3 small markers may be placed in or near the tumor to help with the planning. * Have a tumor biopsy, which involves taking a small sample of tissue from the cancer. * Receive 5 radiation treatments every other day over a 2-week period. * Provide blood samples before, during, and after your radiation treatment.
Interested in participating?
Request Info18 year and older
All sexes
Interventional
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, United States
Location status: Recruiting
Healthy volunteers accepted: No
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
*All patients must have been reviewed in the multidisciplinary conference and determined to have unresectable disease by a pancreatic surgeon and to have received or be ineligible for induction chemotherapy based on medical oncology assessment. Documentation of this review in EPIC meeting minutes will satisfy this requirement.
Exclusion criteria
Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) creates a personalized radiation plan for each treatment session. This means the plan can change from day to day to more precisely target the tumor while protecting the surrounding healthy tissue.
By closely shaping the radiation to match the tumor's location, ART may reduce the amount of radiation reaching nearby normal tissues. This can allow for higher, more focused doses of radiation to the tumor itself, which may help improve treatment effectiveness while reducing side effects.
Time frame: From start of radiation to 3 months after the end of radiation treatment
Time frame: From the start of radiation to 5 years after end of radiation treatment
Time frame: From the start of radiation to death or last contact (up to 5 years after end of treatment).
Time frame: From start of radiation to end of long-term follow up (up to 5 years)
Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.
Jianli Hu, MD, PhD
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Joshua Meyer, MD
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Fox Chase Cancer Center
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Adaptive Radiation for Locally Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: Phase I Dose Escalation Study
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