Can your mood impact pancreatic cancer survival?
NCT ID NCT07529626
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at how ongoing stress, anxiety, and poor sleep might affect the course of pancreatic cancer. Researchers will ask 320 participants to fill out simple questionnaires about their mental well-being and will also measure stress markers in leftover blood samples. The goal is to see if higher stress levels are linked to shorter survival or worse treatment response.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that managing psychological stress improves outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may not lead to direct treatment changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 320 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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.
Who is studied
Patients with newly diagnosed or existing pancreatic cancer or other pancreatic diseases who receive care at the Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University (Shanghai); the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University (Xi'an); and the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (Changsha). Participants are recruited consecutively from inpatient clinics of these three tertiary hospitals in China.
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 years. * Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, or other pancreatic diseases. * Conscious, with basic reading/writing or communication skills, able to understand and complete the questionnaire assessments (either independently, with assistance from research staff, or with help from a family member). * Voluntarily agree to participate in this study and sign a written informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of severe cognitive impairment (e.g., dementia, disturbance of consciousness) or a definite history of psychiatric disorders, judged by the investigator as unable to comply with the study assessments, and without a family member who can help complete the questionnaire assessments. * Presence of other severe, uncontrolled systemic diseases (e.g., severe heart, lung, or kidney failure), with an estimated life expectancy \< 3 months as judged by the investigator. * Inability to understand Chinese or presence of severe visual/hearing impairment that affects completion of the questionnaire assessments, and without a family member who can help complete the questionnaire assessments.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiao Tong University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGXi’an, Shanxi, China
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Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChangsha, Hunan, China
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