Overview

Second Line Chemotherapy for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
No validated second-line chemotherapy for the treatment of locally advanced/metastatic pancreatic cancer is actually available,after the failure of a gemcitabine(+/- Cisplatin or Oxaliplatin)-based regimen. Irinotecan seems to be a moderately active drug in the treatment of this disease Recently was reported some interesting results using a potentially non -cross resistant regimen (FOLFIRI) which could be useful even as second-line chemotherapy. An exploratory study in this setting seem warranted.
Phase:
Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Gruppo Italiano per lo studio dei Carcinomi dell'Apparato Digerente
Collaborators:
Hospira, Inc.
Hospira, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer