Genetic test may guide chemo choice for pancreatic cancer patients
NCT ID NCT07616362
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase II trial tests whether a genetic signature can personalize chemotherapy for people with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. About 110 participants will receive either a standard chemo regimen or one chosen based on their tumor's genetic profile. The goal is to see if personalized chemo improves event-free survival and increases the chance of successful surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- chemotherapy (nab-paclitaxel/gemcitabine or mFOLFIRINOX)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that using a genetic signature to choose chemotherapy improves survival and surgery rates for people with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase II trial with only 110 participants, so results are preliminary. The genetic test may not reliably predict which chemo works best, and both regimens have significant side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 110 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2031
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 to 80 years
- 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: * Borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (BR-PDAC) defined by National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) criteria v2.2025 on contrast-enhanced CT-scan (including non-contrast acquisition, pancreatic phase and portal venous phase), with stage confirmed by a local pancreatic expert review board including at least medical oncologist/onco-gastroenterologist, pancreatic surgeon and pancreatic expert radiologist. No central review is required, * Measurable pancreatic lesion according to RECIST 1.1 (CT scan or MRI \< 28 days), * WHO PS 1 or 0, * Histologically proven pancreas ductal adenocarcinoma, * Available FFPE from pancreatic tumor sample with \> 10% of tumor cells (assessed by a local expert pancreatic pathologist), * No prior chemotherapy or radiation for pancreatic cancer (except one cycle of mFOLFIRINOX during waiting time for GEM + signature) or resection of pancreatic cancer, * Age ≥18 years old and ≤ 80 years old if geriatric standardized evaluation validates the study chemotherapy regimen administration for patients between 75-80, * Written informed consent obtained from patient before any protocol related intervention, * Acceptation and ability to conform to the protocol requirement during all the duration of the investigation including treatment, scheduled visits, clinical and biological examinations and follow up, * Adequate organ function, as defined by the following: * AST and ALT \< 3.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), * Total serum bilirubin \< 3 x ULN, (for patients with total serum bilirubin between 1.5 and 3 x ULN, the dose of irinotecan will be adjusted in accordance with the SmPC). * Serum albumin \>30 g/L, * Hemoglobin \>9.0 g/dl, * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>1.5 G/L, * Platelets \>100 G/L, * Creatinine clearance \> 50 mL/min (according to CKD-EPI), * Normal Kalemia, calcemia, magnesemia * Women of childbearing potential must agree to use contraception during treatment and for at least 15 months after discontinuation of the experimental treatments. Men who have sexual relationship with women of childbearing potential must agree to use contraception during treatment and for at least 12 months after discontinuation of the experimental treatments. * Patient affiliated to French social security Exclusion Criteria: * Strictly resectable or locally advanced PDAC according to NCCN criteria, * Distant metastases (including inter aortic lymph nodes), * Any condition that contraindicates the use of IRINOTECAN, OXALIPLATIN, 5FU, GEMCITABINE or NAB-PACLITAXEL, * Partial or complete DPD deficiency (uracilemia ≥ 16 ng/mL), * Any progressive pathology not stabilized over the past 6 months: liver impairment, renal impairment, respiratory or cardiac failure. * Other concomitant cancer or a history of cancer during the previous 3 years, except for localized cancer in situ, basal or squamous cell skin cancer adequately treated, * Other interventional clinical trial except for non-interventional trial (ie not modifying 1-year EFS), * QT/QTc (Fredericia Correction) interval \> 450 msec for men and \> 460 msec for women, * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman, * Known Gilbert's syndrome or known homozygosity for UGAT1A1\*28 polymorphism, * Treatment with millepertuis, * Uncompensated asthma, * Potentially severe infection \< 7 days, * Inflammatory bowel disease and/or intestinal obstruction, * Known severe allergy to contrast dye (for CT or MRI) without possible substitution, * Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to one of the excipients of one of the study treatments, * Treatment with brivudine within 4 weeks prior to the administration of protocol treatment, * Concomitant treatment with a strong inhibitor (i.e. ketoconazole) or inducer (i.e. rifampicin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, apalutamide) of cytochrome P450 3A4 or 2C8 (CYP3A4 or CYP2C8), * Patient who has received a live attenuated vaccine (against yellow fever, chickenpox, shingles, measles, mumps, rubella, tuberculosis, rotavirus) in the 6 weeks prior to randomization, * Patient with sensitive peripheral neuropathy with functional discomfort, * Impossibility of undergoing medical monitoring during the trial for geographical, social, or psychological reasons, * Patient who is under judicial protection (patient who is legally institutionalized or under guardianship or curatorship) or not able to give consent. (as refered at art. art. L. 1121-6, art. L. 1121-8, art. L. 1121-8-1 du Code de la Santé Publique)
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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
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hopital Nord Chu Saint Etienne
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France
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Hôpital Beaujon
Clichy, France
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Hôpital Lyon Sud
Pierre-Bénite, France
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Hôpital Rangueil
Toulouse, France
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Institut Paoli Calmettes
Marseille, France
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