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A trial looking at Acelarin and gemcitabine for pancreatic cancer that has spread (ACELARATE)

Overview

Cancer types:

Pancreatic cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is comparing a new drug called Acelarin with gemcitabine for people with pancreatic cancer. It is for people whose cancer has spread elsewhere in the body (metastatic pancreatic cancer). This trial is supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 26 November 2015

Recruitment end: 9 June 2021

How to join

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

Chief investigators

Professor Daniel Palmer

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

NuCana Biomed Ltd

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust.

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/15/013

Last reviewed: 16 Jul 2025

CRUK internal database number: 13343

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