Clinical trial · Interventional
A Study of First Line Treatment With Tarceva (Erlotinib) in Combination With Gemcitabine in Patients With Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
An Open Label Study to Evaluate the Effect of First Line Treatment With Tarceva in Combination With Gemcitabine on Overall Survival and Disease Progression in Patients With Locally Advanced, Unresectable or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): poor recruitment
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This single arm study will assess the efficacy and safety of Tarceva + gemcitabine in patients with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic pancreatic cancer. Patients will receive Tarceva 100mg po daily, in combination with gemcitabine 1000mg/m2 iv weekly for 8 weeks, followed by weekly for 3 weeks of each 4 week cycle. The anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression, and the target sample size is \<100 individuals.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pancreatic Cancer | Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| erlotinib [Tarceva] | Drug | Erlotinib | ALIAS |
| gemcitabine | Drug | Gemcitabine | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- 1
- interventionNames
- Drug: erlotinib [Tarceva]
- Drug: gemcitabine
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Overall survival; time to progression
- timeFrame
- 6 months
Secondary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Duration of response; disease-free survival
- timeFrame
- Event driven
- measure
- AEs, lab parameters
- timeFrame
- Throughout study
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * adult patients, \>=18 years of age; * pancreatic cancer, surgically unresectable or with metastases; * no previous chemotherapy (except concomitant with radiotherapy); * ECOG 0-2. Exclusion Criteria: * pancreatic cancer without histologic or cytologic confirmation; * surgical resection possible; * previous chemotherapy not concomitant with radiotherapy; * ECOG 3-4.
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