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A trial looking at nelfinavir and chemoradiotherapy for pancreatic cancer (SCALOP-2)

Overview

Cancer types:

Pancreatic cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at a higher dose of radiotherapy and a drug called nelfinavir for pancreatic cancer. It was for people whose cancer couldn’t be removed with surgery. But it hadn’t spread to another part of the body.

The trial was supported by Cancer Research UK. It was open for people to join between 2016 and 2020. The research team presented the results at a conference in 2022.

Recruitment start: 8 March 2016

Recruitment end: 27 April 2020

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 Somnath Mukherjee

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Celgene Ltd

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

National Radiotherapy Trials Quality Assurance Group (RTTQA)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Oxford Clinical Trials and Research Unit (OCTRU)

University of Oxford

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/07/040.

Last reviewed: 7 September 2023

CRUK internal database number: 10078

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