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A trial looking at whether chemotherapy can shrink pancreatic cancer making surgery possible (PRICKLE)

Overview

Cancer types:

Pancreatic cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial is looking at using drugs called gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) for pancreatic cancer that has spread into the surrounding tissue. If pancreatic cancer has spread into surrounding tissue, it is called locally advanced cancer. It is not possible to remove locally advanced pancreatic cancer with surgery.

Recruitment start: 11 August 2014

Recruitment end: 30 April 2017

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

Dr Bristi Basu

Supported by

Cambridge Pancreatic Cancer Centre

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Celgene

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University of Cambridge

Last reviewed: 14 September 2017

CRUK internal database number: 12090

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