40
Participants
Start Date
February 17, 2015
Primary Completion Date
November 7, 2018
Study Completion Date
November 14, 2022
Gemcitabine/nab-Paclitaxel
Prospective, single arm study ; eligible subjects will recieve 2 cycles of neoadjuvant Gemcitabine/nab-Paclitaxel. All chemotherapy administered to study subjects is standard of care. The chemotherapy combination, gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel, is considered to be a standard-of-care, non-investigational chemotherapy combination; chemotherapy dosing and treatment schedule will be managed by the treating medical oncologist. Restaging will be completed post chemotherapy.
Radiation therapy
5 fractions of hypofractionated IGRT or IMRT at 5Gy per fraction will be delivered before surgery. Restaging will be completed post radiation therapy.
Sugical resection
Surgical resection of the pancreas post radiation therapy
Adjuvant chemotheapy
Adjuvant chemotherapy may be given after surgery at the clinical discretion of the medical oncologist
Duke Cancer Center, Durham
Lead Sponsor
Duke University
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