Surgical resection is the only potentially curative treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer. Patients with BRPC have tumors in close contact with the vasculature but not to the extent that resection is prohibited. Nonetheless, retrospective studies have shown that immediate resection in these patients is associated with an increased risk of positive margins, and a margin positive resection does not improve survival over that of patients with unresectable disease. Moreover, even in those patients where a successful resection is achieved, there is a high rate of early metastatic progression suggesting that micrometastatic disease is often present at diagnosis. Therefore neoadjuvant therapy is likely to improve outcomes in patients with BRPC to increase the likelihood of achieving a margin negative resection, provide early control of occult micrometastatic disease, and select those patients without systemic progression who would benefit from surgical resection.
Given the superior outcomes with FOLFIRINOX and the potential for improved local response with SBRT, the investigators propose to evaluate the efficacy of pre-operative modified FOLFIRINOX followed by SBRT in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The investigators hypothesize that pre-operative modified FOLFIRINOX followed by SBRT will improve the rate of R0 resections compared to historical controls treated with standard gemcitabine-based chemotherapy and fractionated radiation prior to surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
9
Patients will receive 8 cycles of mFOLFIRINOX every 2 weeks. mFOLFIRINOX will be dosed as follows: Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2, followed by folinic acid 400 mg/m2 infused over 120 minutes and irinotecan 135 mg/m2 infused over 90 minutes, followed by 5-fluorouracil 300 mg/m2 IV bolus, followed by 2,400 mg/m2 continuous infusion for 46 hours. Levoleucovorin may be substituted for folinic acid at a dose of 200 mg/m2 infused over 120 minutes.
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) will be delivered to the primary tumor and any adjacent involved nodes to 33 Gy in 5 fractions over the course of 2 weeks, and within 4 weeks of chemotherapy.
Smilow Cancer Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Number of Participants With and Without R0 Resection
The primary outcome of this study is the R0 resection count of patients with BRPC treated with neoadjuvant mFOLFIRINOX and SBRT. R0 resection indicates a microscopically margin-negative resection, in which no gross or microscopic tumor remains in the primary tumor bed. When the study results were entered, rate was replaced with count as the manner in which these data were summarized.
Time frame: Up to 40 weeks
Number of Participants Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy Using RECIST
Response to treatment will be assessed by the treating physicians and investigators according to RECIST version 1.1. Counts of participants' RECIST category at their final visit up to 40 weeks below are provided. Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid TumorsCriteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response(CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR.
Time frame: Up to 40 weeks
Number of Participants With and Without Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy
A pathologic complete response is defined as the absence of residual invasive disease at the completion of the neoadjuvant treatment. This was performed only in those that had R0 resection performed.
Time frame: Up to 40 weeks
Number of Participants With and Without Recurrence
Number of participants with and without recurrence following surgery. This outcome was updated when the results were entered.
Time frame: Up to 40 weeks
Number of Participants: Progression Free Survival
Presented are count of patients that had experienced either progression free survival or disease progression through the follow up period.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Number of Participants: Overall Survival
Presented are counts of patients that we either deceased or not deceased at the end of the follow up period.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Grade 3 or Greater Acute and Late Gastrointestinal Toxicity
To determine rates of grade 3 or greater gastrointestinal toxicity, including acute toxicities occurring within 3 months of treatment, and late toxicities occurring over 3 months after completion of radiation. This outcome was clarified when results were entered. The number of patients that experienced at least 1 grade 3 (or greater) event are presented.
Time frame: Up to 40 weeks
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