Can an Anti-Inflammatory drug help pancreatic cancer patients keep weight on?
NCT ID NCT05336266
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether ketorolac, a common anti-inflammatory drug, is safe and can help stabilize or increase weight in people with advanced pancreatic cancer who are experiencing cachexia (severe weight loss). About 28 participants will take the drug four times daily for five days. The goal is to see if this approach is feasible and improves quality of life.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Early phase 1
The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very small group.
- Participants
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28 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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: 1. Diagnosis of advanced and refractory pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) referred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC). 2. Cachexia defined as ≥5% weight loss in the presence of chronic illness, within any 6-month period prior to screening or as documented by the medical physician based on standard diagnosis of cachexia. 3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≤ 2 or Karnofsky performance status \>50%. 4. Patient must have adequate renal function per below lab values: * Creatinine OR measured or calculated creatinine clearance (glomerular filtration rate can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl) ≤1.5 × upper limit of normal OR ≥30 mL/min for participant with creatinine levels \>1.5 × institutional ULN. 5. Patient must have access to WiFi for the Smart Scale. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements in the opinion of the investigator. 2. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, or of childbearing potential and not willing to use adequate methods of contraception during the study. 3. Has any known allergies or hypersensitivity to the study drug or allergic reactions to surgical steel or elastomer/rubber. 4. Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator. 5. Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial. 6. Concurrent use of any other NSAIDs while on study. 7. Active peptic ulcer disease, recent gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation, or a history of peptic ulcer disease or gastrointestinal bleeding. 8. Have suspected or confirmed cerebrovascular bleeding, tendency to bleed or bruise easily, incomplete hemostasis (how you body stops bleeding), and at high risk of bleeding.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cedars- Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States
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