A Phase 2 Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Acoustic Cluster Therapy With Modified FOLFIRINOX in Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
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Summary
The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy and safety of Acoustic Cluster Therapy (ACT) when given in addition to chemotherapy for treatment of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.
Description
Patients with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer who have not received prior treatment to their pancreatic cancer will receive ACT treatment (the drug PS101 and ultrasound application to the tumor) with up to eight 2-week cycles of modified FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy. ACT treatment will be given on Day 1 of each cycle of chemotherapy. Patients' well-being and side effects will be assessed at the same visits. The objective efficacy of the treatment will be assessed by CT scans every 8 weeks.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Not deemed suitable for primary curative surgery and have radiographic and pathological disease consistent with inoperable LAPC or borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. * Suitable to receive treatment with mFOLFIRINOX according to the Investigator's assessment. Exclusion Criteria: • Any prior anti-cancer treatment for pancreatic cancer (e.g. chemotherapy, surgery, radiation). Palliative bypass procedure and bile duct stenting are allowed.
Interventions
- Combination ProductAcoustic Cluster Therapy
Drug: PS101; Device: Ultrasound
- DrugModified FOLFIRINOX
Chemotherapy
Locations (10)
- HonorHealth Research InstituteScottsdale, Arizona
- Stanford Cancer Center Palo AltoStanford, California
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Division of Hematology/OncologyBoston, Massachusetts
- Henry Ford CentreDetroit, Michigan
- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh, Pennsylvania