New drug cocktail aims to boost pancreatic cancer surgery success
NCT ID NCT07436741
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This Phase 3 trial tests whether adding the targeted drug surufatinib to standard chemotherapy before surgery helps more patients with high-risk pancreatic cancer have their tumors completely removed. About 106 adults with resectable or borderline resectable pancreatic cancer will be randomly assigned to receive either surufatinib plus chemo or chemo alone before and after surgery. The main goal is to see if the combination leads to a higher rate of clean surgical margins (R0 resection).
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- surufatinib (a targeted cancer drug) combined with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more effective pre-surgery treatment to shrink pancreatic tumors, making complete removal more likely and potentially improving long-term outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage Phase 3 trial with only 106 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. Adding surufatinib to chemo could increase side effects, and the treatment may not improve survival or cure the cancer.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 106 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
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 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 pancreatic cancer resection, systemic therapy, or local radiation therapy; * 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; * 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; * 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
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
RECRUITINGTianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300000, China
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