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A trial looking at two different ways of joining the pancreas to the bowel during surgery for pancreatic cancer (PANasta)

Overview

Cancer types:

Pancreatic cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared two ways of joining what remains of the pancreas to the bowel during surgery for pancreatic cancer.

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

This trial was open for people to join between 2015 and 2017. The team published the results in 2022.

Recruitment start: 24 April 2015

Recruitment end: 2 August 2017

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 Christopher Halloran

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University of Liverpool

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/13/019.

Last reviewed: 14 February 2023

CRUK internal database number: 11736

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