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NCT02930902
Pembrolizumab and Paricalcitol With or Without Chemotherapy in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer That Can Be Removed by Surgery
Phase 1 trial testing Gemcitabine Hydrochloride in Resectable Pancreatic Carcinoma in 9 participants. Completed in 3 January 2023.
3 January 2023
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 1 |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | non randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 9 |
| Start date | 20 February 2017 |
| Primary completion | 3 January 2023 |
| Estimated completion | 3 January 2023 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Gemcitabine Hydrochloride — full drug profile →
- Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
- Nab-paclitaxel (nab-paclitaxel) — full drug profile →
- Paricalcitol (PARICALCITOL) — full drug profile →
- Pembrolizumab (pembrolizumab) — full drug profile →
- Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
Conditions studied
- Resectable Pancreatic Carcinoma — all drugs for Resectable Pancreatic Carcinoma →
- Stage I Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 — all drugs for Stage I Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 →
- Stage IA Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 — all drugs for Stage IA Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 →
- Stage IB Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 — all drugs for Stage IB Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 →
Sponsor
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center — full company profile →
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Resectable Pancreatic Carcinoma or Stage I Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This phase Ib trial studies the side effects and best way to give pembrolizumab and paricalcitol with or without chemotherapy in patients with pancreatic cancer that can be removed by surgery. Monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may find tumor cells and help carry tumor-killing substances to them. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving pembrolizumab and paricalcitol with or without chemotherapy before surgery may help to control the disease.
Publications & conference data
8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Challenges and Opportunities for Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy.
Bear AS, Vonderheide RH, O'Hara MH. · · 2020 · cited 500× · PMID 32946773 · DOI 10.1016/j.ccell.2020.08.004 -
Tumor microenvironment participates in metastasis of pancreatic cancer.
Ren B, Cui M, Yang G, Wang H, et al · · 2018 · cited 442× · PMID 30060755 · DOI 10.1186/s12943-018-0858-1 -
The Extracellular Matrix and Pancreatic Cancer: A Complex Relationship.
Weniger M, Honselmann KC, Liss AS. · · 2018 · cited 208× · PMID 30200666 · DOI 10.3390/cancers10090316 -
Current and future immunotherapeutic approaches in pancreatic cancer treatment.
Farhangnia P, Khorramdelazad H, Nickho H, Delbandi AA. · · 2024 · cited 153× · PMID 38835055 · DOI 10.1186/s13045-024-01561-6 -
Immune Checkpoint Inhibition for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Current Limitations and Future Options.
Kabacaoglu D, Ciecielski KJ, Ruess DA, Algül H. · · 2018 · cited 152× · PMID 30158932 · DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01878 -
The PDAC Extracellular Matrix: A Review of the ECM Protein Composition, Tumor Cell Interaction, and Therapeutic Strategies.
Perez VM, Kearney JF, Yeh JJ. · · 2021 · cited 103× · PMID 34692532 · DOI 10.3389/fonc.2021.751311 -
The Extracellular Matrix in Pancreatic Cancer: Description of a Complex Network and Promising Therapeutic Options.
Ferrara B, Pignatelli C, Cossutta M, Citro A, et al · · 2021 · cited 94× · PMID 34503252 · DOI 10.3390/cancers13174442 -
The Paradoxical Web of Pancreatic Cancer Tumor Microenvironment.
Lafaro KJ, Melstrom LG. · · 2019 · cited 67× · PMID 30558722 · DOI 10.1016/j.ajpath.2018.09.009
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02930902 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Last refreshed: 9 February 2023
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