DCE-MRI Guided Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The goal of this study is to test whether chemotherapy guided by a new imaging method named DCE-MRI can more effectively reduce a pancreatic tumor, enabling curable surgery, over the conventional method when a tumor is categorized as borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. UAB radiological research team has been studying a cutting-edge imaging technique named dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, or DCE-MRI, for over 10 years. This technique has been globally used to calculate the blood flow of various tissues, including tumors. Blood flow often serves as a critical indicator showing a disease status. For example, a pancreatic tumor typically has low blood flow, so it can be used as an indicator to identify the presence of a pancreatic tumor. In addition, an effective therapy can result in the increase of blood flow in a pancreatic tumor during the early period of treatment. Therefore, the investigators may be able to determine whether the undergoing therapy is effective or not by measuring the change of blood flow in the pancreatic tumor and deciding whether to continue the therapy or try a different one.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 19
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Adult patients (age 19 years or older).

• Patients with newly diagnosed and untreated borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.

• Patients with signed informed consent.

Locations
United States
Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham
RECRUITING
Birmingham
Indiana
Indiana University Medical Center
RECRUITING
Indianapolis
Contact Information
Primary
Sebastian Eady, BS
smeady@uabmc.edu
205-996-2636
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-10-10
Estimated Completion Date: 2029-03
Participants
Target number of participants: 50
Treatments
Experimental: borderline-resectable pancreatic cancer (BRPC)
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Alabama at Birmingham

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