
“I think it’s really important that people keep signing up to these type of trials to push research forward.”
Please note - this trial is no longer recruiting patients. We hope to add results when they are available.
This study is to find out more about the drug everolimus (also known Afinitor) as a treatment for neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas.
Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are a rare group of cancers that make and release hormones. They are normally found in the . This trial is looking at neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas.
Doctors may treat neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas with a drug called everolimus. It is a type of biological therapy. It stops a protein called mTOR from working properly which can help to stop cancer growing.
We know that everolimus can help people who have pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours that can’t be removed with surgery, or have spread to another part of the body. In this study, researchers want to
You may be able to join this study if all of the following apply
You cannot join this study if you can’t take everolimus for some reason (your doctor can advise you about this).
This phase 4 trial will recruit up to 40 people. Everybody taking part has everolimus.
The study team will collect information from your routine hospital appointments and tests for the first 3 years you take everolimus. If you stop taking everolimus during that time, they will collect information for a month after you stop the treatment.
They will also ask you to fill out some questionnaires before you start treatment, each time you go to hospital in the first 6 months, and a month after you stop taking everolimus (if this happens within the first 3 years).
The questionnaires will ask about side effects and how you’ve been feeling. This is called a quality of life study.
You complete the questionnaires on a computer at the hospital. A member of the study team will help you with using the computer.
There are no extra hospital visits. You complete the quality of life questionnaires at planned hospital appointments.
We have more information about the possible side effects of everolimus.
Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.
Dr J. Ramage
Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)
NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer
Novartis
If you have questions about the trial please contact our cancer information nurses
Freephone 0808 800 4040
“I think it’s really important that people keep signing up to these type of trials to push research forward.”