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A trial looking at stereotactic body radiotherapy before surgery for pancreatic cancer (SPARC)

Overview

Cancer types:

Pancreatic cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 1

Details

This trial looked at whether stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) could help shrink pancreatic cancer before surgery to remove it. It was for people with cancer that doctors hoped they could remove with surgery, but the operation was likely to be difficult.

The trial was supported by Cancer Research UK. It was open for people to join between 2015 and 2018. The team published the results in 2021.

Recruitment start: 17 April 2015

Recruitment end: 22 March 2018

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Maria A. Hawkins

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Cancer Research UK Oxford Centre

CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology

Oncology Clinical Trials Office (OCTO)

Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU)

University of Oxford

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/14/028.

Last reviewed: 01 Mar 2022

CRUK internal database number: 12660

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