Adjuvant Versus Neoadjuvant Plus Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
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Purpose
The outcome of patients with resected pancreatic cancer has significantly been improved by adjuvant chemotherapy. However, a large proportion of patients cannot receive adjuvant chemotherapy due to surgical complications. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to be safe and effective and can be applied to all patients. This study should test neoadjuvant chemotherapy in a randomized manner.
Patients with resectable cytologically proven adenocarinoma of the pancreatic head are randomized to arm A or B.
Patients randomized to arm A receive an 8-week neoadjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine/oxaliplatin followed by surgery. Thereafter, all patients receive adjuvant gemcitabine for six months.
Patients randomized to arm B undergo surgery and receive the same adjuvant treatment as in arm A.
The primary study-endpoint is the recurrence-free survival. Tumor recurrence are determined by computed tomography in a defined protocol.
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| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Pancreatic Cancer |
Drug: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with gemcitabine/oxaliplatin Drug: adjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine |
Phase 3 |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Adjuvant Gemcitabine Versus NEOadjuvant Gemcitabine/Oxaliplatin Plus Adjuvant Gemcitabine in Resectable PAncreatic Cancer: a Randomized Multicenter Phase III Study (NEOPAC Study) |
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: 9 months after inclusion ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]by computed tomography
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: 12, 15, 21, 27, 33, 39, ... months after inclusion ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]by computer tomography
- histological response [ Time Frame: Pancreatic resection ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Histology
- overall survival [ Time Frame: 1, 3 and 5 years after inclusion ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- complication rates after surgery [ Time Frame: 60 days postoperative ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- feasibility of adjuvant chemotherapy [ Time Frame: within 8 postoperative weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 310 |
| Study Start Date: | September 2009 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | September 2014 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | September 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Experimental: neoadjuvant + adjuvant chemotherapy
neoadjuvant chemotherapy is based on gemcitabine/oxaliplatin adjuvant therapy is based on gemcitabine
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Drug: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with gemcitabine/oxaliplatin
Patients with resectable cytologically proven adenocarinoma of the pancreatic head are randomized to arm A or B. Patients randomized to arm A receive an 8-week neoadjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine/oxaliplatin. Thereafter, surgery is performed if the restaging does not reveal a contraindication. Finally, all patients receive adjuvant gemcitabine for six months. Other Names:
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Active Comparator: adjuvant chemotherapy
adjuvant therapy is based on gemcitabine
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Drug: adjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine
Patients randomized to arm B undergo surgery and receive the same adjuvant treatment as in arm A.
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Detailed Description:
Due to the improvement in the recurrence-free and overall survival by adjuvant chemotherapy, surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy is currently considered the standard treatment for resectable pancreatic cancer. However, a significant proportion (>25%) of patients cannot receive adjuvant treatment due to the morbidity of pancreas surgery. Neoadjuvant (preoperative) chemotherapy appears particularly attractive since it can be applied to all patients and has resulted in a significant histological tumor response with a median survival superior to adjuvant chemotherapy in a recent prospective phase II trial.
The aim of this study is to determine the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer.Eligible patients are randomized to:
arm A: neoadjuvant chemotherapy + resection + adjuvant chemotherapy arm B: resection + adjuvant chemotherapy Neoadjuvant chemotherapy consists of gemcitabine (1000mg/m2) and oxaliplatin (100mg/m2) on days 1, 15, 29 and 43, while adjuvant chemotherapy is based on gemcitabine 1000mg/m2 for 6 months.
If the restaging protocol excludes distant metastases, a diagnostic laparoscopy is performed, followed by a Whipple operation in the absence of distant metastases.
The primary study end-point is the recurrence-free survival after study inclusion, and this is defined by the interval between the date of written informed consent until recurrence. Secondary end-points are the overall survival and the surgical complication rate. Interim analyses are performed after the inclusion of 100 and 200 patients without interrupting patient accrual. An independent data monitoring committee will review the results of each interim analysis and will decide about the study cessation or continuation.
Patients will be followed-up according to the protocol below in order to assess tumor recurrence.
Quality of life will be assessed by the QLQ-30 questionnaire of the EORTC at study entry, after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, start and end of the adjuvant chemotherapy and at each follow-up study visit. Representative histological samples are reviewed and stored by the reference pathologist at the University Hospital of Zurich. These samples will also be used to determine the histological response and extent of cytopathic effects. Furthermore, the nutritional status is assessed from all patients by the prealbumin serum levels at study entry and prior to surgery. Further translational research is desired and will be individually organized by each center.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion criteria:
- resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head (requiring duodeno-pancreatectomy)
- T1-3, Nx, M0 (UICC 6th version, 2002)
- infiltration of the portal vein (<180°) is not an exclusion criterion
- cytologic or histologic confirmation of adenocarcinoma
- age >18 years
- written informed consent
Exclusion criteria:
- contraindication for Whipple procedure
- an infiltration >180° of the portal vein
- abutment of the tumor to the superior mesenteric artery
- infiltration of the superior mesenteric artery or the celiac trunk
- chronic neuropathy > grade 2
- WHO performance score >2
- uncorrectable cholestasis (bilirubin > 100mmol/l despite drainage attempts for more than four weeks prior to inclusion)
- female patients in child bearing age not using adequate contraception (oral or subcutaneous contraceptives, intrauterine pessary (IUP), condoms)
- pregnant or lactating women
- mental or organic disorders which could interfere with giving informed consent or receiving treatments
- Second malignancy diagnosed within the past 5 years, except non-melanomatous skin cancer or non-invasive cervical cancer
- percutaneous biopsy of the primary tumor
Contacts and Locations| Contact: Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD, PhD | +41 44 255 3300 | clavien@access.unizh.ch |
| Belgium | |
| University Hospital of Gent | Not yet recruiting |
| Gent, Belgium | |
| Contact: Frederick Berrevoet, MD | |
| France | |
| University Hospital of Marseille | Not yet recruiting |
| Marseille, France | |
| Contact: Jean-Robert Delpero, MD | |
| University Hospital of Strasbourg | Not yet recruiting |
| Strasbourg, France | |
| Contact: Philippe Bachellier, MD | |
| Germany | |
| University Hospital Mainz | Not yet recruiting |
| Mainz, Germany, 55131 | |
| Contact: Stefan Heinrich, MD 0049 6131 17 2738 stefan.heinrich@unimedizin-mainz.de | |
| Sub-Investigator: Stefan Heinrich, MD | |
| Switzerland | |
| University Hospital of Zurich | Recruiting |
| Zurich, Switzerland | |
| Contact: Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD, PhD 0041 44 255 3300 clavien@access.unizh.ch | |
| Sub-Investigator: Mickael Lesurtel, MD | |
| Sub-Investigator: Bernhard Pestalozzi, MD | |
| Sub-Investigator: Stefan Heinrich, MD | |
| Study Director: | Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD, PhD | UniversitaetsSpital Zuerich |
More Information
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| Responsible Party: | Clavien Pierre-Alain, Prof. Dr., VIS Klinik f. Viszeralchirurgie |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01314027 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | NEOPAC |
| Study First Received: | September 29, 2010 |
| Last Updated: | March 10, 2011 |
| Health Authority: | Switzerland: Swissmedic |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Pancreatic Neoplasms Digestive System Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Pancreatic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases Adjuvants, Immunologic Gemcitabine Oxaliplatin Immunologic Factors |
Physiological Effects of Drugs Pharmacologic Actions Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents Therapeutic Uses Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Enzyme Inhibitors Immunosuppressive Agents Radiation-Sensitizing Agents |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013