Can emotional support help pancreatic cancer patients through chemo?

NCT ID NCT07124611

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether adding psychosocial (emotional) support to standard prehabilitation helps patients with localized pancreatic cancer during neoadjuvant therapy (chemotherapy/radiation before surgery). Sixty adults will receive nutritional advice, physical therapy, and psychosocial care. The main goal is to see if this approach is feasible and acceptable to patients.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

psychosocial care

What this could lead to

If successful, this could show that adding emotional support to standard prehabilitation helps pancreatic cancer patients better cope with treatment side effects.

What could go wrong

This is a small feasibility study (60 people) at one center, so results may not apply widely. The main goal is just to see if patients accept the program, not to prove it improves health.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

malignant pancreatic neoplasm pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma pancreatic neoplasm

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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

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