Liquid Biopsy (ctDNA) Guided Treatment in Localized Pancreatic Cancer: Neoadjuvant CTX vs. Upfront Surgery

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-99
SponsorElisabethinen Hospital

About this trial

This study evaluates the clinical prognostic impact (on DFS and OS) of liquid biopsy guided treatment vs. standard of care (physicians choice) in localized pancreatic cancer (despite because of CA 19-9 levels and computed tomography, upfront surgery is recommended by tumor board). ctDNA positive patients will receive neoadjvuant chemotherapy at current gold standard physicians choice instead of upfront surgery, because of assumed high biological risk for early recurrence.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Informed consent

>18 years old

localized pancreatic cancer to go for upfront surgery

Disqualifiers

synchronous secondary malignancy

pregnancy

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Neoadjuvant chemotherapy instead of upfront surgery
  • Upfront surgery

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Elisabethinen Hospital

Lead sponsor

Krankenhaus Barmherzige Schwestern Linz

Sponsor institution

Medical University Innsbruck

Collaborator