Cancer of the Pancreas Screening Study (CAPS 3)

Completed

Conditions studied: Pancreatic Neoplasm, Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

In brief

The purpose of this study is to find the best and most sensitive screening modality (CT, MRI, EUS)for very small pre-cancerous pancreatic lesions and to treat these small lesions before they turn into cancer. Another purpose of this study is to search for common markers on DNA that would increase the chance of someone developing pancreatic cancer, and locate proteins in pancreatic juice that indicate tumor development.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00438906

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

200

Starts

2006-12-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-06-18

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Persons with a verified family history of 2 or more first degree relatives with primary site pancreatic cancer(PC), age 40-80 years old or if 1 first degree relative also has at least 2 second degree relatives affected with PC.
• Persons with a verified BRCA2 gene mutation or FAMM/p16 gene mutation, age 40-80 years old, and family history of pancreatic cancer.
• Persons with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome, 30-80 years old, and family history of pancreatic cancer.

You may not qualify if…

• Persons with pancreatic cancer, or suspicious symptoms.
• Persons who have had pancreas specific imaging protocol performed in the past three years.
• Persons medically unable to have an endoscopy, CT or MRI procedure

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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