New drug combo aims to shrink pancreatic tumors before surgery
NCT ID NCT05908747
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether adding the drug surufatinib to standard chemotherapy can help shrink pancreatic tumors enough to allow successful surgery. It involves 29 adults with locally advanced or borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. The main goal is to see how many tumors can be completely removed with clear margins.
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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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29 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2023
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- 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 75 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: * Histologically or cytologically confirmed high-risk resectable or borderline resectable pancreatic cancer; * 18-75 years old (including 18 and 75 years old); * No BRCA1/2 or PALB2 mutation; * No previous systematic treatment or radiotherapy; * Eastern Cooperation Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1; * Life expectancy ≥ 6 months; * At least one measurable lesion according to RECIST version 1.1; * Adequate organ and bone marrow functions: -Absolute neutrophil count≥1.5x10\^9/L; -Platelet count≥100x10\^9/L; -Hemoglobin≥9g/dL; -Serum bilirubin≤1.5x the upper limit of normal (ULN); -Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)≤2.5x ULN; -Serum creatinine≤1.5x ULN or endogenous creatinine clearance rate ≥ 60ml / min; -INR≤1.5×ULN, PT and APTT≤1.5×ULN; * Women of childbearing age need to take effective contraceptive measures. Exclusion Criteria: * With distant metastasis; * Have received blood transfusion treatment, blood products and hematopoietic factors, such as albumin and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) within 14 days before enrollment; * Have received any surgery or invasive treatment or operation within 4 weeks before enrollment (except venous catheterization, puncture and drainage, etc.); * Allergic to the study drug or any of its adjuvants; * researchers judged clinically significant electrolyte abnormalities; * History of serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: -Cerebrovascular accident (excluding lacunar cerebral infarction, minor cerebral ischemia or transient ischemic attack), myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, and poorly controlled arrhythmia (including QTc interval ≥ 450ms for male and ≥ 470ms for female) occurred within 6 months before the first administration of the study drug (QTc interval was calculated by fridericia formula); -New York Heart Association (NYHA) cardiac function classification \> grade II or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 50%; * With active ulcer, intestinal perforation and intestinal obstruction; * Uncontrollable malignant ascites (defined as ascites that cannot be controlled by diuretics or puncture according to the judgment of the investigator); * Clinically significant electrolyte abnormalities judged by researchers; * With active bleeding or obvious evidence of bleeding tendency; * Hypertension that cannot be controlled by drugs: systolic blood pressure ≥ 150 mmHg and / or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 100 mmHg; * Women who are pregnant or lactating; * Urinary protein ≥ ++, or the 24-hour urine protein quantification is greater than 1.0g; * Concurrent tumors within 5 years (except treated cervical carcinoma in situ, basal cell carcinoma); * Any disease or state that affects the absorption of drugs, or the subject cannot take oral drugs; * Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; * History of clinically significant hepatic disease, including, but not limited to, known hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with HBV DNA positive (copies ≥1×10\^4/ml or \>2000 IU/ml); known hepatitis C virus infection with HCV RNA positive (copies ≥1×10\^3/m); hepatitis and cirrhosis; * Have any other disease, metabolic disorder, physical examination anomaly, abnormal laboratory result, or any other conditions that makes the subject not suitable for enrolling according to the judgment of the investigator.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300000, China
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