New chemo cocktail aims to boost pancreatic cancer surgery success

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 of age * Have histologically or cytologically confirmed pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) that is borderline resectable (BR) using the National Comprehensive Cancer Network criteria * Have a documented Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≤ 1 * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500 cells/uL without the use of hematopoietic growth factors * Platelet count ≥ 100,000 cells/uL * Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL * Plasma total bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal (ULN) (biliary drainage is allowed for biliary obstruction) * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN * Creatine clearance of \> 30 mL/min (per Cockroft-Gault equation) * Plasma albumin ≥ 3 g/dL * Have measurable or evaluable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria * Participants of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraceptive methods (e.g., hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately * Participant must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an independent ethics committee/institutional review board approved written informed consent form (ICF) prior to receiving any study related procedure Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have had previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy for PDAC * Patients with resectable, unresectable, or metastatic PDAC * Presence of germline glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1 (\*28 or \*6) or dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) polymorphisms (DPYD\*2A \[rs3918290, c.1905+1G\>A, IVS14+1G\>A\], c.2846A\>T \[rs67376798, D949V\], c.1679T\>G \[rs55886062, DPYD\*13, I560S\], and c.1236G\>A \[rs56038477, E412E, in haplotype B3\]) known to significantly impact CPT-11 and fluorouracil metabolism and associated with increased risk for toxicities * 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 * Pregnant or nursing female participants * Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements * Any condition which in the investigator's opinion deems the participant an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug