Bevacizumab and Erlotinib in Treating Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer That Did Not Respond to Previous Treatment With Gemcitabine

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Pancreatic Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of pancreatic cancer by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving bevacizumab together with erlotinib may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving bevacizumab together with erlotinib works in treating patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer that did not respond to previous treatment with gemcitabine.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00365144
Run by
University of California, San Francisco
People needed
36
Starts
2006-02-01
Expected to finish
2010-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2018-01-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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