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A trial looking at ATRA and chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer (STARPAC)

Overview

Cancer types:

Pancreatic cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 1

Details

This trial looked at a treatment called all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) for pancreatic cancer. It was for people whose cancer had grown into surrounding tissue or spread to another part of the body.

The trial was open for people to join between 2016 and 2018. The team published the results in 2020.

Recruitment start: 20 January 2016

Recruitment end: 27 February 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 Hemant KocherĀ  Dr David Propper

Supported by

Medical Research Council (MRC)

Celgene Corporation

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Barts Health NHS Trust

Queen Mary University of London

Last reviewed: 26 January 2024

CRUK internal database number: 13611

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