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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 26 November 2012
Main ID:  NCT00544193
Date of registration: 13/10/2007
Primary sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center
Public title: Gemcitabine and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer
Scientific title: Pilot Study of Gemcitabine and IORT/EBRT in Locally Advanced Upper Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Date of first enrolment: December 1997
Target sample size: 16
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00544193
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:   Stephen I. Shibata, MD
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Affiliation:  Beckman Research Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Diagnosis of any of the following upper gastrointestinal malignancies:

- Localized pancreatic adenocarcinoma

- Stage I, II, or III disease

- Parapancreatic node involvement and locally recurrent disease allowed

- Locally advanced biliary, gallbladder, or ampullary adenocarcinoma

- Stage II, III, or locally recurrent disease

- Histologically confirmed locally advanced gastric adenocarcinoma

- T3, T4, or node positive OR locally recurrent disease

- Histologically confirmed locally advanced duodenal cancer

- Stage II or III disease

- Locally advanced, but unresectable cancers may be included on protocol if appropriate
for intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT)

- Other histologies may be considered for this protocol except for lymphoma, sarcoma,
or neuroendocrine tumors

- Patients with evidence of metastatic disease are eligible if there is significant
local disease warranting surgery and IORT

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- Karnofsky performance status > 60%

- Life expectancy > 4 months

- Absolute neutrophil count > 1,500/mm^3

- Platelet count > 100,000/mm^3

- Serum creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL

- ALT < 3 x normal

- Bilirubin < 2 x normal

- Must be able to give voluntary informed consent

- No severe intercurrent illness that would make the patient inappropriate for
laparotomy or otherwise inappropriate for treatment on protocol

- Prior history of malignancy allowed

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for mitomycin C)

- Prior gemcitabine hydrochloride allowed



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
Gallbladder Cancer
Gastric Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Small Intestine Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride
Genetic: polymerase chain reaction
Other: immunohistochemistry staining method
Procedure: conventional surgery
Radiation: intraoperative radiation therapy
Radiation: radiation therapy
Primary Outcome(s)
Feasibility [Time Frame: No]
Measurement of biochemical parameters in tumors that may correlate with the effectiveness of therapy [Time Frame: No]
Tolerance [Time Frame: Yes]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
97087
CHNMC-97087
P30CA033572
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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