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NCT Number: NCT05526443

Austrian Registry for Evaluation of Treatment Patterns and Outcome in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)

To systematically collect and analyse real-world data on treatment patterns, clinical outcomes and toxicities among patients with advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) undergoing systematic treatment in Austria

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Medical University Graz Department of Oncology, Graz, Styria, Austria

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About this study

1500 adult patients with locally advanced inoperable and/or metastasized PDAC undergoing first line chemotherapy

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years, female and male
  • ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) Scale 0-2
  • Diagnosis of histologically confirmed locally advanced inoperable and/or metastatic PDAC
  • Patients undergoing palliative 1st line therapy with a platinum- or gemcitabine- based chemotherapy in case of previous (neo)adjuvant therapy also patients who receive nal-Irinotecan/5-FU/Leukovorin as palliative first line are eglible
  • Signed informed consent for prospective patients, for retrospective cases no informed consent is required

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with locally advanced operable PDAC who do not receive palliative chemotherapy
  • Patients with locally advanced borderline resectable PDAC who do not receive palliative chemotherapy

Treatment and study plan

all approved chemotherapeutic agents from second line

Drug

all approved chemotherapeutic agents from second line

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of patients with locally advanced inoperable and/or metastatic PDAC undergoing palliative second line therapy after progression on first line chemotherapy

    Time frame: 24 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. To identify prognostic and predictive features for treatment efficacy

    Time frame: 24 months

  2. To identify prognostic and predictive features for clinical outcome

    Time frame: 24 months

  3. To identify prognostic and predictive features for Neuropathy

    Time frame: 24 months

    Relative frequency of Grade 3 and Grade 4 Adverse Events according to the Common Terminology Criteria of Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be documented

  4. To identify prognostic and predictive features for Febrile Neuropathy

    Time frame: 24 months

    Relative frequency of Grade 3 and Grade 4 Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be documented

  5. To identify prognostic and predictive features for Thrombocytopenia

    Time frame: 24 months

    Relative frequency of Grade 3 and Grade 4 Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be documented

  6. To identify prognostic and predictive features for Anemia

    Time frame: 24 months

    Relative frequency of Grade 3 and Grade 4 Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be documented

  7. To identify prognostic and predictive features for Nausea/Vomiting

    Time frame: 24 months

    Relative frequency of Grade 3 and Grade 4 Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be documented

  8. To identify prognostic and predictive features for Skin toxicity

    Time frame: 24 months

    Relative frequency of Grade 3 and Grade 4 Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be documented

  9. To identify prognostic and predictive features for rash

    Time frame: 24 months

    Relative frequency of Grade 3 and Grade 4 Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be documented

  10. To identify prognostic and predictive features for mucositis

    Time frame: 24 months

    Relative frequency of Grade 3 and Grade 4 Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be documented

  11. To identify prognostic and predictive features for Fatigue

    Time frame: 24 months

    Relative frequency of Grade 3 and Grade 4 Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be documented

  12. To identify prognostic and predictive features for Allergic reactions

    Time frame: 24 months

    Relative frequency of Grade 3 and Grade 4 Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be documented

  13. To identify prognostic and predictive features for all other Adverse Events

    Time frame: 24 months

    Relative frequency of Grade 3 and Grade 4 Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be documented

  14. To investigate the effect of dose density on treatment efficacy of first- and second line therapy

    Time frame: 24 months

  15. To investigate the effect of dose modifications on treatment efficacy of first- and second line therapy

    Time frame: 24 months

  16. To perform a comparative effectiveness analysis of different palliative second line chemotherapy regimens

    Time frame: 24 months

  17. To evaluate treatment behaviours after progression on palliative second line therapy

    Time frame: 24 months

  18. To analyse efficacy of palliative third line therapy

    Time frame: 24 months

  19. To analyse patterns of BRCA testing in real-world practice

    Time frame: 24 months

  20. To analyse the impact of BRCA testing in real-world practice on treatment decisions

    Time frame: 24 months

  21. To analyse the impact of BRCA testing in real-world practice on outcome

    Time frame: 24 months

  22. Prevalence of primary tumor resection in patients with metastatic or locally advanced inoperable pancreatic cancer

    Time frame: 24 months

  23. Prevalence of metastasectomy in patients with metastatic or locally advanced inoperable pancreatic cancer

    Time frame: 24 months

  24. To evaluate the impact of primary tumor resection on outcome

    Time frame: 24 months

  25. To evaluate the impact of metastasectomy on outcome

    Time frame: 24 months

  26. To evaluate the impact of primary granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) use on dose density of FOLFIRINOX

    Time frame: 24 months

  27. To evaluate the impact of primary granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) use on rate of febrile neutropenia

    Time frame: 24 months

  28. To evaluate the impact of primary granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) use on overall outcome

    Time frame: 24 months

  29. To evaluate patterns of molecular profiling in the real world treatment practice of advanced pancreatic cancer

    Time frame: 24 months

  30. To evaluate patterns of next generation sequencing (NGS) in the real world treatment practice of advanced pancreatic cancer

    Time frame: 24 months

  31. To analyse treatment patterns and outcome in the subgroup of very young (<40 years old) patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

    Time frame: 24 months

  32. To analyse treatment patterns and outcome in the subgroup of very old (>75 years old) patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

    Time frame: 24 months

  33. To investigate the impact of diabetes mellitus on treatment efficacy of palliative chemotherapy and disease outcome

    Time frame: 24 months

  34. To investigate the impact of antidiabetic therapy on treatment efficacy of palliative chemotherapy and disease outcome

    Time frame: 24 months

  35. To analyze the mutational landscape of advanced pancreatic cancer and its impact on treatment decision making and clinical outcome

    Time frame: 24 months

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Armin Gerger, Univ.Prof.Dr

CONTACT

[email protected]

+43 316 385 13115

Karin Groller, MPH

CONTACT

[email protected]

+43 316 385 14174

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Medical University of Graz

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Registry information

Acronym: ADPACA

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Sep 2, 2022
Registry last updated
Nov 21, 2025

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