Vapreotide in Treating Patients Undergoing Elective Pancreatic Resection

Stopped early · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Pancreatic Cancer, Perioperative/Postoperative Complications

In brief

RATIONALE: Drugs such as vapreotide may prevent complications following pancreatic resection. It is not yet known if vapreotide is more effective than no further therapy in preventing side effects of pancreatic resection. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying vapreotide to see how well it works compared to a placebo in preventing complications in patients undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00014651

Run by

Mayo Clinic

Starts

2001-03-01

Expected to finish

2002-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-08-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• Moffett Cancer Center (South) — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Chicago Cancer Research Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Loyola University Medical Center — Maywood, Illinois, United States
• Johns Hopkins Oncology Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Taubman Health Care Center — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
• NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
• Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Texas Medical Branch — Galveston, Texas, United States
• University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States
• Virginia Mason Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States
• Medical College of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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