Feasibility of Biodynamic Imaging for Predicting Therapeutic Effect in Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas

Patrick Joseph Loehrer Sr.

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02205788

1405049285 (Other Identifier)

IUCRO-0479

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if you can use an assay on tumor samples to see different patterns in response to the same chemotherapy treatment.

Full description

To examine the feasibility of using biodynamic imaging (BDI) as a chemosensitivity assay on fresh tumor samples obtained by core needle biopsy from patients planned to receive routine care gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel for treatment of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Ability to understand and willingness to sign an informed consent and authorization for release of health information for research
2. ≥ 18 years old at time of consent
3. Patients with a diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic cancer (mPC) who have not received prior combination chemotherapy. Exception: prior adjuvant chemoradiation with fluorouracil or gemcitabine is allowed.
4. Patients considered for routine care treatment with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (allowed to receive other experimental therapy with gem/nab backbone if participating in another clinical trial)
5. Measurable disease by RECIST v1.1 criteria
6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0-1
7. Willingness to undergo transcutaneous core needle biopsy of metastatic tumor for research purposes
8. Women are eligible to participate if they are of non-childbearing potential or have documentation of a negative pregnancy test (serum or urine β-hCG) within 1 week of the start of protocol treatment.
9. Women and men of childbearing potential must agree to use adequate, highly effective contraceptive measures during protocol treatment
10. Laboratory values: Platelets ≥ 100 K/mm3 international normalized ratio (INR) < 1.2, Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) in normal range, Cr < 2.0, Total bilirubin < 2 times upper limit normal (ULN), transaminases < 5 times ULN

Exclusion criteria

1. History of abnormal bleeding with minor procedures or documented platelet aggregation disorder such as VonWillebrand disease
2. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding