The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and impact on survival with treatment with 90-Y glass microspheres in conjunction with leucovorin, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) as second-line treatment with in patients gemcitabine-refractory metastatic pancreatic cancer with predominantly liver metastases.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
9
The usual treatment if gemcitabine chemotherapy has failed is chemotherapy with a drug combination called FOLFOX (folinic acid, 5-FU and oxaliplatin) given through a vein every 2 weeks for 6-10 cycles. Participants will receive this treatment.
TheraSpheres are a medical device containing yttrium-90 (Y-90), a radioactive material that has been used previously in the treatment of liver tumors. Y-90 is incorporated into very tiny glass beads called microspheres and is injected into the liver through the blood vessels supplying the liver. TheraSpheres have restricted approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of hepatocellular liver cancer; but has not yet been approved for the treatment of pancreatic cancer that has spread to the liver.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida, United States
Median Overall Survival (OS)
OS, defined as the time from study enrollment to death from any cause, will be analyzed and summarized with the survival probabilities over time using Kaplan-Meier method. Confidence intervals for the median OS rates at different time points will be constructed when appropriate.
Time frame: Up to 29 months
Rate of Progression Free Survival (PFS)
PFS defined as the time from study enrollment to progression in the liver by modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) or death, whichever occurs first will be analyzed and summarized with the survival probabilities over time using Kaplan-Meier method. Confidence intervals for the median PFS rates at different time points will be constructed when appropriate.
Time frame: Up to 29 months
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
The overall response: ORR = complete response (CR) + partial response (PR). Rate will be summarized using both point estimates and exact confidence intervals based on the binomial distribution by groups.
Time frame: Up to 29 months
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