Ultrasound-Guided Verteporfin Photodynamic Therapy for the Treatment of Unresectable Solid Pancreatic Tumors or Advanced Pancreatic Cancer, VERTPAC-02 Study
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- STATUS
- Recruiting
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- End date
- Jul 8, 2024
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- participants needed
- 30
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- sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Summary
This phase II trial studies how well ultrasound-guided verteporfin photodynamic therapy works for the treatment of patients with solid pancreatic tumors that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable) or pancreatic cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced). Photodynamic therapy is a type of laser device that is guided by ultrasound imaging and used in combination with the drug verteporfin that may be less invasive and as effective as current treatment methods for patients with pancreatic cancer.
Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To show that endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided photodynamic therapy (PDT) to the pancreas is effective at direct ablation of advanced or locally advanced and small volume metastatic pancreatic tumors in a multicenter setting.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To evaluate the predictability of tumor necrosis as a function of delivered energy, based on pre-PDT contrast computed tomography (CT) scans.
TERTIARY OBJECTIVE:
I. Evaluate the safety of chemotherapy given two days after PDT.
QUARTERNARY OBJECTIVE:
I. Demonstrate that cancer biomarkers in pre- versus (vs.) post-PDT are surrogate markers of response.
- OUTLINE
Patients receive verteporfin intravenously (IV) and undergo fluorescence imaging and after 60 minutes undergo EUS-guided PDT.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 14 days, and at 3, 6, and 12 months.
Details
| Condition | Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma, Metastatic Pancreatic Carcinoma, Pancreatic Neoplasm, Stage II Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v8, Unresectable Pancreatic Carcinoma |
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| Treatment | verteporfin, questionnaire administration, quality-of-life assessment, photodynamic therapy, fluorescence imaging, Endoscopic Ultrasound, Verteporfin PDT |
| Clinical Study Identifier | NCT03033225 |
| Sponsor | Mayo Clinic |
| Last Modified on | 8 September 2023 |
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