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Pancreatic CancerNCT01127815

Identify the Clinical Significance and Potential Implications of Peritoneal Washing Cytology (PWC) in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

An observational study of Pancreatic Cancer, run by National Taiwan University Hospital.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

Pancreatic cancer is a disease with an extremely poor prognosis. Such poor results are largely due to a high incidence of local or peritoneal recurrence even after curative R0 resection. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 to 90 years
Conditions the study is for
Pancreatic Cancer
How many people
300 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Mar 2010to Dec 2011
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 20 to 90 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: operated in Surgical Department of National Taiwan University Hospital

Who may be able to join

  • Patients with pancreatic cancers, other non-ductal pancreatic cancers , and benign pancreatic tumors (as negative control population) operated in Surgical Department after IRB proof and receiving patients' informed consent.

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant women

About this study

Official title: Identify the Clinical Significance and Potential Implications of PWC in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is a disease with an extremely poor prognosis. Such poor results are largely due to a high incidence of local or peritoneal recurrence even after curative R0 resection. If occult microscopic metastasis or residual cancer could be predicted correctly and identify the high risk of peritoneal recurrence, we may have chance to treat these patients by different multimodal locoregional or adjuvant therapy to improve the treatment outcome.

Read the detailed description

The purpose of this study has three specific aims: (1) to determine the relationship between peritoneal washing cytology (PWC) results and clinicopathologic parameters of pancreatic cancers, (2) to identify the predictive value of PWC and postoperative drainage cytology on the peritoneal recurrence or outcomes, (3) to dissect the molecular mechanism of peritoneal recurrence, especially on the PWC-inducing peritoneal seeding process.

Keywords
Peritoneal washing cytology, pancreatic cancer, peritoneal metastasis, anoikis, to determine the relationship between PWC results and clinicopathologic parameters of pancreatic cancers, to identify the predictive value of PWC and postoperative drainage cytology on the peritoneal recurrence or outcomes, to dissect the molecular mechanism of peritoneal recurrence, especially on the PWC-inducing peritoneal seeding process.
Medical subject headings
Pancreatic Neoplasms

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 May 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2010
  3. Primary completionMar 2011 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2011 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Enrolment
300 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01127815
Sponsor's protocol ID
201004002R
Status last verified
May 2010
First submitted
20 May 2010
Last updated
21 May 2010
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Pancreatic Cancer, run by National Taiwan University Hospital.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 May 2010. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 May 2010.

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