New radiation implant shows promise for tough pancreatic cancers
NCT ID NCT04002479
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new device that delivers a special type of radiation directly into pancreatic tumors. It is for people with advanced pancreatic cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. The main goals are to see if the procedure is safe and possible to do. About 37 participants will be enrolled.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 37 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2020
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically and/or cytologically proven locally advanced (Stage II or III) or metastatic (Stage IV) pancreatic, adenocarcinoma * Inoperable pancreatic cancer due to at least one of the following: a) unresectability, b) metastatic disease, c) medically unfit for surgery * ECOG performance status ≤ 2 * Measurable lesion per RECIST (version 1.1) criteria * Maximum lesion of 4cm in the longest diameter (including primary tumor and regional lymph nodes) * ≥ 18 years of age * Estimated life expectancy of at least 12 weeks * Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) will have evidence of negative pregnancy test * Subjects are willing to sign an informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Prior chemotherapy does not exclude the patient * Prior abdominal radiation therapy * Concomitant chemotherapy or immunotherapy * Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer and medically fit for surgery * Connective tissue disease (scleroderma, lupus) * Patients with significant comorbidities that the treating physician deems may conflict with the endpoints of the study (e.g., poorly controlled autoimmune diseases, vasculitis, etc.) * Patients undergoing systemic immunosuppressive therapy excepting intermittent, brief use of systemic corticosteroids * Volunteers participating in another interventional study in the past 30 days which might conflict with the endpoints of this study or the evaluation of response or toxicity of DaRT * High probability of protocol non-compliance (in opinion of investigator) * Patients not willing to sign an informed consent form * Women who are pregnant or lactating
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Jewish General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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