Electric fields zap pancreatic tumors in major trial

NCT ID NCT03377491

Summary

This large, completed Phase 3 trial tested whether adding a portable, battery-operated device to standard chemotherapy could help people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer. The device, worn on the abdomen, delivers low-intensity electric fields (called TTFields) aimed at slowing or stopping tumor growth. Researchers compared survival and quality of life between patients who received the device plus chemo and those who received chemo alone.

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Locations

  • A.O. SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo

    Alessandria, 15121, Italy

  • A.O.U Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

    Torino, 10126, Italy

  • Accelerium S de RL de C.V.

    Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64000, Mexico

  • AdventHealth Neuro Oncology

    Orlando, Florida, 32804, United States

  • Adventist Health St. Helena - Martin-O'Neil Cancer Center (MOCC)

    St. Helena, California, 94574, United States

  • Ajou University Hospital

    Suwon, 16499, South Korea

  • Arizona Oncology Associates, PC- HOPE - US Oncology Research

    Tucson, Arizona, 85711, United States

  • Associated Neurologists of Southern Connecticut, P.C.

    Milford, Connecticut, 06460, United States

  • Astera Cancer Care

    East Brunswick, New Jersey, 08816, United States

  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi

    Florence, 50134, Italy

  • BRCR Medical Center INC

    Plantation, Florida, 33324, United States

  • Bacs-Kiskun County Hospital

    Kecskemét, 6000, Hungary

  • Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Gilbert, Arizona, 85234, United States

  • Bassett Medical Center

    Cooperstown, New York, 13326, United States

  • Baylor Scott and White Medical Center

    Temple, Texas, 76508, United States

  • Beijing Cancer Hospital

    Beijing, 100142, China

  • Bekes County Hospital

    Gyula, 5700, Hungary

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Lynn Cancer Institute

    Boca Raton, Florida, 33486, United States

  • Bonifatius Hospital Hematology and Oncology

    Lingen, 49808, Germany

  • CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University

    Seongnam-si, South Korea

  • Cancer Specialist of North Florida

    Fleming Island, Florida, 32003, United States

  • Cancer and Hematology Centers of Western Michigan, PC

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

  • Carl-von-Basedow-klinikum Saalekrei

    Merseburg, 06217, Germany

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

  • Central Maine Medical Center, Clinical Research Department

    Lewiston, Maine, 04240, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS

    Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1G 1B1, Canada

  • Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud /Site du Scorff

    Lorient, 56322, France

  • Centre Hospitalier de I'Universitaire de de Montreal (CHUM)

    Montreal, Quebec, H2X 3E4, Canada

  • Centre Léon Bérard

    Lyon, France

  • Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer (CLCC) - Centre Paul Strauss

    Strasbourg, 67000, France

  • Centro Hemato-Oncologico Privado CHOP

    Toluca, 50080, Mexico

  • Centro Potosino de Investigación Médica SC,

    San Luis Potosí City, 78250, Mexico

  • Centro de Estudios de Alta Especialidad de Sinaloa, ubicado

    Mazatlán, Sinaloa, 82110, Mexico

  • Centro de Investigación Médica Aguascalientes (CIMA),

    Aguascalientes, 20116, Mexico

  • Centro de Pesquisa Clínica e Ensino Florianópolis LTDA

    Florianópolis, 88020, Brazil

  • Centrum Medyczne MrukMed

    Rzeszów, 35-021, Poland

  • Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital

    Hwasun, 58128, South Korea

  • Clinica Universiatria de Navarra

    Pamplona, 31008, Spain

  • Clinique Sainte Anne - Groupe Hospitalier Saint-Vincent, Strasbourg Oncologie Libérale

    Strasbourg, 67000, France

  • Clinique Universutaire Saint Luc - Institut Roi Albert II

    Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, 1200, Belgium

  • Clinstile S.A. de C.V.,

    Cuauhtémoc, 06700, Mexico

  • Clínica OncoStar - REDE D´OR

    São Paulo, 04543, Brazil

  • Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89619, United States

  • Cotton O'Neil Cancer Center (Stormont-Vail Cancer Center)

    Topeka, Kansas, 66606, United States

  • Dignity Health - Mercy Cancer Centers

    Sacramento, California, 95816, United States

  • Dong-A University Hospital

    Seogu, Busan, 602-715, South Korea

  • FAICIC Clinical Research

    Veracruz, 91900, Mexico

  • Faculté de Médecine Campus Erasme

    Anderlecht, 1070, Belgium

  • Florida Cancer Specialists

    St. Petersburg, Florida, 33705, United States

  • Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute - Colonial Office

    Fort Myers, Florida, 33905, United States

  • Florida Hospital Tampa

    Tampa, Florida, 33613, United States

  • Gabrail Cancer Research Center

    Canton, Ohio, 44718, United States

  • Gachon University Gil Hospital

    Incheon, 21565, South Korea

  • Geisinger Medical Center

    Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822, United States

  • General University Hospital in Prague

    Prague, 128 08, Czechia

  • Grandview Medical Center, Cancer Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35243, United States

  • Greenslopes Private Hospital

    Greenslopes, Queensland, 4120, Australia

  • Groupo Clinicas Oncologicas Integradas (COI) - Barra da Tijuca

    Rio de Janeiro, 22775-001, Brazil

  • Guangdong provincial people's hospital

    Guangzhou, 510000, China

  • HM Hospitales - Centro Integral Oncologico Clara Campal - CIOCC

    Madrid, 28050, Spain

  • Hadassah Medical Center

    Jerusalem, 9112000, Israel

  • Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital

    Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150086, China

  • Henan Provincial Peoples Hospital

    Zhengzhou, China

  • Hopital haut-Léveque CHU Bordeaux - Service d'Hépato- Gastroentérologie et d'Oncologie digestive

    Pessac, Bordeaux, 33604, France

  • Hospital Angeles San Luis

    San Luis Potosí City, 78200, Mexico

  • Hospital General Universitario de Elche

    Elche, Spain

  • Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga

    Málaga, 29010, Spain

  • Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS

    Porto Alegre, 90610, Brazil

  • Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla

    Santander, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Ramon Y Cajal Carretera de Colmenar Viejo

    Madrid, Spain

  • Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

    Porto Alegre, 90035, Brazil

  • Hospitales Star Medica - Luna Parc

    Estado de México, 54750, Mexico

  • Houston Methodist Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Hôpital Privé des Côtes d'Armor

    Plérin, 22190, France

  • Hôpital Fribourgeois/Freiburger Spital

    Fribourg, 1708, Switzerland

  • IRPCc - Instituto Ribeirãopretano de Combate ao Câncer

    Ribeirão Preto, 14015-130, Brazil

  • Illinois Cancer Specialist - US Oncology Research

    Arlington Heights, Illinois, 60005, United States

  • Infirmary Cancer Care

    Mobile, Alabama, 36607, United States

  • Inha University Hospital

    Incheon, 22332, South Korea

  • Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest

    Saint-Herblain, 44805, France

  • Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino - Rio De Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, 22271, Brazil

  • Instituto D´Or de Pesquisa e Ensino - Hospital São Rafael

    São Marcos, 41253-190, Brazil

  • Instituto Oncòlogico Dr. Rosell

    Barcelona, 08028, Spain

  • Instituto Valenciano de Oncología IVO

    Valencia, 46009, Spain

  • Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre

    Porto Alegre, 90020-090, Brazil

  • Jan Mikulicz-Radecki University Teaching Hospital

    Wroclaw, 50-556, Poland

  • Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok County Hospital

    Szolnok, 5000, Hungary

  • Jilin Guowen Hospital

    Jilin, 136100, China

  • KS Winterthur

    Winterthur, 8401, Switzerland

  • Kaleida Health

    Buffalo, New York, 14210, United States

  • Karmanos Cancer Institute

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

  • Keimyung University, Dongsan hospital

    Daegu, 42601, South Korea

  • Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH

    Chemnitz, 09116, Germany

  • Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

    Klagenfurt, Wörthersee, 9020, Austria

  • Klinikum München Bogenhausen, Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Gastroenterologische Onkologie

    München, 81925, Germany

  • Korea University Guro Hospital

    Seoul, 08308, South Korea

  • Landes-Krankenhaus Steyr

    Steyr, 4400, Austria

  • Linyi Cancer Hospital

    Linyi, Shandong, 276000, China

  • London Regional Cancer Program, London Health Sciences Centre

    London, Ontario, N6A 5W9, Canada

  • Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States

  • Maryland Oncology Hematology, P.A - US Oncology Research

    Columbia, Maryland, 21044, United States

  • Masaryk Institute of Oncology

    Brno-střed, 60200, Czechia

  • Mayo Clinic Hospital - Florida

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States

  • Mediadvance Clinical

    Chihuahua City, Chih., 31210, Mexico

  • Medical University Graz

    Graz, 17070, Austria

  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Klinik fur Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie

    Hanover, Germany

  • Methodist Regional Cancer Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75203, United States

  • MidAmerica Division

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64132, United States

  • Monash Medical Centre

    Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia

  • Mount Sinai Medical Center

    Miami Beach, Florida, 33140, United States

  • NYU Langone Arena Oncology

    Lake Success, New York, 11042, United States

  • National Cancer Center

    Gyeonggi-do, 10408, South Korea

  • National Institute of Oncology

    Budapest, 1122, Hungary

  • Nebraska Methodist Hospital

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68114, United States

  • Nemocnice Na Bulovce

    Prague, 180 81, Czechia

  • Nemocnice Nový Jičín

    Nový Jičín, 741 01, Czechia

  • New York Hospital Queens

    Flushing, New York, 11355, United States

  • NorthShore University HealthSystem

    Evanston, Illinois, 60201, United States

  • Norton Cancer Institute, Norton Healthcare Pavilion

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • Novant Health Oncology Specialists

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103, United States

  • Núcleo de Pesquisa Clínica da Rede São Camilo

    São Paulo, 04014-002, Brazil

  • Ochsner Medical Center

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121, United States

  • Oncocenter - Puebla

    Puebla City, 72530, Mexico

  • Oncoclinicas Group Botafogo

    Rio de Janeiro, 22250-040, Brazil

  • Oncology Clinic Clinical Hospital of Przemienienia Pańskiego UM in Poznaniu

    Poznan, 60-596, Poland

  • Oncology and Hematology Associates of Southwest Virginia, Inc., DBA Blue Ridge Cancer Care - US Oncology Research

    Roanoke, Virginia, 24014, United States

  • Oncology and Radiotherapy Clinic University Clinical Center Non-Invasive Medicine Center

    Warsaw, 02-507, Poland

  • Oncology and Radiotherapy Clinic, Oncology Center - Institute

    Warsaw, 02-034, Poland

  • Oncosite - Centro de Pesquisa Clinica Em Oncologia Ltda

    Ijuí, 98700, Brazil

  • OptumCare Cancer Care

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89102, United States

  • Ospedale San Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli Isola Tiberina

    Roma, 00186, Italy

  • Pacific Cancer Medical Center

    Anaheim, California, 92801, United States

  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

    Beijing, China

  • Peking University People'S Hospital

    Beijing, China

  • Phylasis Clinicas Research S. de R.L. de C.V.

    Cuautitlán Izcalli, 54769, Mexico

  • Phylasis Clinicas Research S.de R.L. de C.V. (PCR)-Toluca

    Toluca, 50180, Mexico

  • Piedmont Cancer Institute

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30318, United States

  • Providence Medical Foundation

    Fullerton, California, 92835, United States

  • Queen Mary Hospital

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  • Rabin Medical Center

    Petah Tikva, 4941492, Israel

  • Rambam Health Care Campus, Oncology Institute

    Haifa, 3109601, Israel

  • Renown Regional Medical Center & Renown Institute for Cancer

    Reno, Nevada, 89502, United States

  • Ridley-Tree Cancer Center

    Santa Barbara, California, 93105, United States

  • Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • Saint Elizabeth Healthcare

    Edgewood, Kentucky, 41017, United States

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

    Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea

  • Service d'Oncologie médicale du Pr. Andre, Hôpital Saint-Antoine

    Paris, 75012, France

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Seoul, 03722, South Korea

  • Shanghai Changhai Hospital

    Shanghai, 200433, China

  • Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital

    Shanxi, 030013, China

  • Sheba Pancreatic Cancer Center - SPCC

    Ramat Gan, Israel

  • Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

  • Sourasky Medical Center, Oncology Department

    Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel

  • St. John of God Murdoch Hospital

    Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia

  • Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital Sun Yat-sen University

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China

  • Sutter Cancer Center Sacramento

    Sacramento, California, 95816, United States

  • Sydney Adventist Hospital

    Wahroonga, NSW 2076, Australia

  • Tennessee Cancer Specialists

    Knoxville, Tennessee, 37909-1327, United States

  • Tennessee Oncology

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • Texas Oncology - Baylor - US Oncology Research

    Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States

  • Texas Oncology - Beaumont Mamie McFaddin Ward Cancer Center - US Oncology Research

    Beaumont, Texas, 77702, United States

  • Texas Oncology - Bedford - US Oncology Reasearch

    Bedford, Texas, 76022, United States

  • Texas Oncology - El Paso Cancer Treatment Center Gateway - US Oncology Research

    El Paso, Texas, 79915, United States

  • Texas Oncology - Tyler - US Oncology Research

    Tyler, Texas, 75702, United States

  • The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

    Seoul, 06591, South Korea

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Jiaotong University

    Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

    Zhengzhou, 450052, China

  • The first hospital of Jilin University

    Changchun, 130021, China

  • Toledo Clinic Cancer Centers

    Toledo, Ohio, 44614, United States

  • Tolna County Hospital

    Szekszárd, 7100, Hungary

  • Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhan, Hubei, 430014, China

  • UMass Memorial Medical Center

    Worcester, Massachusetts, 01605, United States

  • UT/Erlanger Oncology & Hematology

    Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37403, United States

  • UZ Leuven

    Leuven, 3000, Belgium

  • Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhan, Hubei, 430000, China

  • Univ. Klinik für Innere Medizin III der PMU

    Salzburg, 5020, Austria

  • Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon - Hospital Universitario "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez"

    Monterrey, 64460, Mexico

  • University Hospital Centre Zagreb

    Zagreb, 10000, Croatia

  • University Hospital Olomouc

    Olomouc, 779 00, Czechia

  • University of Arizona Cancer Center

    Tucson, Arizona, 85724-5024, United States

  • University of Kansas Medical Cancer Center

    Fairway, Kansas, 66205, United States

  • University of Maryland Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

  • Università Campus Bio-Medico di Rome

    Roma, 00128, Italy

  • Universitätsklinikum Ulm

    Ulm, D-89081, Germany

  • VK und K Studien GbR Landshut-Achdorf

    Landshut, 84036, Germany

  • Vall d´Hebron University Hospital

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Virginia Mason Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98101, United States

  • Vista Oncology Inc PS

    Olympia, Washington, 98506, United States

  • Vita Medical Associates, P.C.

    Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, 18015, United States

  • West Virginia University Cancer Institute

    Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506, United States

  • Westmead Hosptial

    Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia

  • White Plains Hospital - Center for Cancer Care

    White Plains, New York, 10601, United States

  • Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and Research Center - US Oncology Research

    Eugene, Oregon, 97401, United States

  • Xingtai People's Hospital

    Xingtai, China

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