Can emotional support help pancreatic cancer patients through chemo?
NCT ID NCT07124611
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether adding psychosocial (emotional) support to standard prehabilitation helps patients with localized pancreatic cancer during neoadjuvant therapy (chemotherapy/radiation before surgery). Sixty adults will receive nutritional advice, physical therapy, and psychosocial care. The main goal is to see if this approach is feasible and acceptable to patients.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- psychosocial care
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that adding emotional support to standard prehabilitation helps pancreatic cancer patients better cope with treatment side effects.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study (60 people) at one center, so results may not apply widely. The main goal is just to see if patients accept the program, not to prove it improves health.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adults ≥ 18 years of age * Patient: * Newly diagnosed patients with localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) presenting to Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center-Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUMC-CCC) * Plans to initiate neoadjuvant therapy prior to surgical resection * Neoadjuvant therapy (NT) and/or surgery may occur at another facility Exclusion Criteria: * Prisoners * Persons unable to provide consent * Patients unlikely to undergo surgical resection following NT based on anatomical or performance status considerations * Confirmed or presumed metastatic disease * Already received ≥ 2 cycles of chemotherapy
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Conditions
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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