Pancreatic Cancer Evolution Upon Treatment

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

This project aims at evaluating the different subtypes of pancreatic cancer on EUS-tissue acquisition of pancreatic cancer patients, and their possible modifications throughout time. The study takes advantage of a systematic evaluation of pancreatic cancers through diagnostic EUS-guided fine needle biopsy (FNB) sampling of the mass performed during a restaging EUS. FNB samples represent a valuable source of cancer cells, both for the histological diagnosis and as the source of tumor macromolecules, including DNA and RNA. Study design This is a prospective study enrolling patients with non-metastatic pancreatic cancer who already underwent diagnostic EUS with tissue acquisition and rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) by cytologist positive for pancreatic cancer, with a first sample acquired for diagnostic purposes and a second sample stored for RNA extraction acquired with the already approved protocol BIOGASTRO. As recommended by guidelines, patients will follow the standard pathway of treatment, being sent to chemotherapy and will then undergo restaging of the lesion and re-evaluation of vascular invasion by CT and EUS. During this second session of EUS a new specimen of the tumor will be sampled for diagnostic purposes, with a second pass undergoing for RNA extraction.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Age ≥ 18 years

• Willing to sign informed consent

• Patient with CT scan or MRI or EUS defining the lesion as locally advanced

• Patient who already underwent EUS-TA for solid lesion of the pancreas positive for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)

• Patient undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy

• Patient primarily followed at San Raffaele Hospital

Locations
Other Locations
Italy
IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital
RECRUITING
Milan
Contact Information
Primary
Livia Archibugi, MD
archibugi.livia@hsr.it
+39-02-26432471
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-07-14
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 80
Treatments
Experimental: Repetition of EUS-FNA or FNB for RNA extraction
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: IRCCS San Raffaele

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