Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outcomes
Outline
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Gemcitabine With or Without Dalteparin in Treating Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Basic Trial Information

Phase	Type	Status	Age	Sponsor	Protocol IDs
Phase III	Supportive care, Treatment	Completed	18 and over	NCI	URCC-U2200 NCI-5012, NCI-CCC-99-45, NCI-P02-0212, URCC 5012, NCT00031837

Objectives

1. Compare the quality of life of patients with unresectable or metastatic pancreatic cancer treated with gemcitabine with or without dalteparin.
2. Compare the survival of patients treated with these regimens.
3. Compare the incidence of venous thromboembolic complications in patients treated with these regimens.
4. Determine the safety of dalteparin, in terms of bleeding complications, in these patients.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

• Histologically or cytologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma or poorly differentiated carcinoma of the pancreas that is considered ineligible for curative resection

Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy:

• Not specified

Chemotherapy:

• No prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease
• Prior adjuvant chemotherapy allowed

Endocrine therapy:

• Not specified

Radiotherapy:

• At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered

Surgery:

• Prior surgical resection allowed
• At least 4 weeks since prior surgery with non-curative intent and recovered
• More than 30 days since prior neurologic or ophthalmologic surgery

Other:

• At least 2 weeks since prior low-molecular-weight heparin
• More than 30 days since prior experimental therapeutic agent
• No concurrent heparin or warfarin for pre-existing condition

Patient Characteristics:

Age:

• 18 and over

Performance status:

• ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

• Not specified

Hematopoietic:

• WBC greater than 3,500/mm³
• Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm³
• No clinically significant bleeding disorder
• No prior heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Hepatic:

• Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL
• AST less than 3 times normal

Renal:

• Creatinine less than 2.0 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

• No prior hemorrhagic stroke
• No uncontrolled hypertension (sustained blood pressure greater than 200 mm Hg systolic or 110 mm Hg diastolic)

Other:

• Not pregnant or nursing
• Negative pregnancy test
• Fertile patients must use effective contraception
• No other active malignancy
• No gastrointestinal bleeding within the past 30 days
• No contraindications to anticoagulation

Expected Enrollment

A total of 400 patients (200 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 40 months.

Outcomes

Quality of life as measured by FACT-Hep version 4 every 4 weeks

Survival
Frequency of symptomatic venous thromboembolic complications
Safety as measured by the occurrence of bleeding complications

Outline

This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to disease stage (unresectable nonmetastatic vs metastatic). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

• Arm I: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes once weekly on weeks 1-7 for the first course only. Beginning on week 9, patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes once weekly for 3 weeks. Treatment then repeats every 4 weeks for up to 6 months in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.



• Arm II: Patients receive gemcitabine as in arm I and dalteparin subcutaneously once daily for 6 months in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline and every 4 weeks during study therapy.

Patients are followed every 4 weeks.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

University of Rochester Cancer Center CCOP Research Base

Kishan Pandya, MD, Protocol chair		Ph: 585-275-5345

Registry Information
Official Title		A Prospective Randomized Controlled Multicenter Study of the Effect of Dalteparin on Quality of Life in Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer
Trial Start Date		2002-10-09
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov		NCT00031837
Date Submitted to PDQ		2002-01-03
Information Last Verified		2007-01-24
NCI Grant/Contract Number		CA037420

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