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NCT06065891: PALN
Para-aortic Lymph Node Metastasis in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
NA trial testing PALN resection in Pancreas Cancer in 300 participants. Currently enrolling.
5 September 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Jon Unosson |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | na |
| Design | single group |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 300 |
| Start date | 5 September 2023 |
| Primary completion | 5 September 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 5 September 2028 |
| Sites | 6 locations across Denmark, Sweden |
Drugs / interventions tested
- PALN resection
Conditions studied
- Pancreas Cancer — all drugs for Pancreas Cancer →
- Pancreas Adenocarcinoma — all drugs for Pancreas Adenocarcinoma →
- Lymph Node Metastasis — all drugs for Lymph Node Metastasis →
Sponsor
Jon Unosson
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Pancreas Cancer or Pancreas Adenocarcinoma. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Lymph node metastases are a strong prognostic predictor for pancreatic cancer. Para-aortic lymph nodes (PALN) are the final nodes for periampullary cancers before the cancer cells enter the systemic lymphatic circulation. Some consider these nodes to be regional lymph nodes and dissect them as a part of a routine lymphadenectomy for pancreatic cancer. Others argue that metastases to these nodes represent systemic disease and recommend that radical surgery including extended lymphadenectomy should be abandoned. The aim of this study is to define the incidence and clinical consequences of PALN metastasis in patients submitted to a tentative curative resection for carcinoma of the head of the pancreas by systematically resecting paraaortic lymph nodes. Primary outcome 1\) To determine incidence of PALN metastasis in patients submitted to a tentative curative resection Secondary outcomes 1. To determine prognosis of patients with PALN metastasis after a curative resection 2. To determine incidence of metastasis in reginal lymph nodes in patients submitted to a tentative curative resection. 3. To determine prognosis of patients with metastasis in regional lymph nodes in patients submitted to a tentative curative resection. 4. To address the question of how to optimize the frozen section analyses of PALN as related to the final pathology report. 300 patients are planned to be included in the trial.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Advances in molecular imaging and targeted therapeutics for lymph node metastasis in cancer: a comprehensive review.
Wu Y, Shang J, Zhang X, Li N. · · 2024 · cited 5× · PMID 39702277 · DOI 10.1186/s12951-024-02940-4
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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 NCT06065891 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Jon Unosson
- Last refreshed: 4 October 2023
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