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A study of GDC-0449 before surgery for pancreatic cancer (HIPPoS)

Overview

Cancer types:

Pancreatic cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This study looked at having a drug called GDC-0449 before surgery to remove cancer of the pancreas. It was for people who have the most common type of pancreatic cancer called adenocarcinoma.

Recruitment start: 14 February 2011

Recruitment end: 9 August 2012

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 D Tuveson

Supported by

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Roche-Genentech

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 19 May 2016

CRUK internal database number: 7994

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