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Quintiles |
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Information provided by: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00227604 |
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as S-1, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well S-1 works as second-line therapy in treating patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Pancreatic Cancer |
Drug: S-1 |
Phase II |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label |
Official Title: | An Open-Label, Non-Randomized, Multicenter, Two-Stage, Phase 2 Study of S-1 as 2 Line Therapy for Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer |
Estimated Enrollment: | 50 |
Study Start Date: | November 2004 |
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
Secondary
OUTLINE: This is an open-label, non-randomized, multicenter study.
Patients receive oral S-1 twice daily on days 1-14. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 6 weeks for up to 6 months.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 21-50 patients will be accrued for this study.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
Performance status
Life expectancy
Hematopoietic
Hepatic
Renal
Cardiovascular
Other
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
Chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy
No prior radiotherapy to a target lesion unless the following are true:
Surgery
Other
No concurrent drugs that may interact with S-1, including any of the following:
Principal Investigator: | Dawn Buchanan | Taiho Pharma U.S.A., Incorporated |
Study ID Numbers: | CDR0000442387, QUINT-TPU-S1201, TAIHO-QUINT-TPU-S1201 |
Study First Received: | September 26, 2005 |
Last Updated: | July 23, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00227604 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
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