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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00303758
Date of registration: 15/03/2006
Primary sponsor: Fondation Francaise de Cancerologie Digestive
Public title: Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery
Scientific title: Essai Randomise Comparant Deux Stategies De Chimiotherapie Dans Les Cancers Pancreatiques Avances: LV5FU2 Simplifie + Cisplatine Suivi de Gemcitabine, Versus Gemcitabine Suivi de LV5FU2 Simplifie + Cisplatine en Can de Progression
Date of first enrolment: October 2005
Target sample size: 202
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00303758
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:   Jean-Francois Seitz, MD
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Affiliation:  CHU de la Timone
Name:   Pascal Hammel, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Hopital Beaujon
Name:   Jean-Louis Legoux, MD
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Affiliation:  Hopital Haut Leveque
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the pancreas or ampulla

- Metastatic disease

- Unresectable disease

- Measurable disease, meeting the following criteria:

- No prior radiotherapy to the only site of measurable disease

- Diameter > 10 mm by spiral CT scan or MRI OR > 20 mm by conventional methods

- No brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- ECOG performance status 0-2

- Life expectancy > 2 months

- No contraindication to chemotherapy

- Creatinine clearance > 60 mL/min

- Absolute neutrophil count = 1,500/mm³

- Platelet count = 100,000/mm³

- Alkaline phosphatase < 5 times normal

- Bilirubin = 3 mg/dL

- No coronary insufficiency

- No symptomatic cardiac disease

- Good hydration possible

- No Child-Pugh class B or C cirrhosis

- No other malignancy except for basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the
cervix

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Negative pregnancy test

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- See Disease Characteristics

- No prior palliative or adjuvant chemotherapy

- At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy

- No radiotherapy during or for 4 weeks after study therapy

- No other concurrent anticancer therapy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pancreatic Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: cisplatin
Drug: fluorouracil
Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride
Drug: leucovorin calcium
Primary Outcome(s)
Overall survival [Time Frame: No]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Duration of hospitalization [Time Frame: No]
Percentage of patients needing second-line therapy [Time Frame: No]
Progression-free survival [Time Frame: No]
Quality of life [Time Frame: No]
Toxicity [Time Frame: Yes]
Secondary ID(s)
CDR0000453841
EU-20543
FFCD-0301
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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