Official Title: A Study of Gemcitabine Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil in the Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2013-04
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: RATIONALE Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells
PURPOSE Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy in treating adult patients who have stage III or stage IV pancreatic cancer that cannot be removed by surgery
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES I Determine the overall survival in patients with unresectable stage III or IV pancreatic adenocarcinoma treated with gemcitabine cisplatin and fluorouracil II Determine the resectability rate with curative intent in patients with unresectable stage III pancreatic adenocarcinoma treated with this regimen III Assess the tolerability and toxicity of this treatment regimen in this patient population IV Evaluate this regimen in terms of response rate response duration and overall time to disease progression in these patients V Evaluate the quality of life in these patients
OUTLINE Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 8 and 15 followed by cisplatin IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 15 Patients receive fluorouracil as a continuous infusion on days 1-15 Courses repeat every 28 days Quality of life is assessed every 28 days
PROJECTED ACCRUAL A total of 30 patients will be accrued for this study