Surgery Plus Celiac Nerve Block for Long-term Pancreatic Cancer Pain Control

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pancreas Cancer, Biliary Tract Cancer

In brief

This is a randomized study of surgery plus chemical nerve block versus surgery plus placebo for pain control in subjects with pancreatic cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02002806

Run by

Indiana University

People needed

150

Starts

2012-01-01

Expected to finish

2019-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• This study will be offered to all patients scheduled to undergo open or laparoscopic operative resection of a presumed pancreatic (any location; i.e., head, body, or tail) or distal biliary tract cancer.
• Physiologic suitability for major abdominal surgery
• Aged 18 years and older
• Written informed consent
• Ability to understand and comply with study guidelines.

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy
• Previous, preoperative celiac nerve block
• Neoadjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy
• Incomplete tumor resection (R2 resection, grossly positive resection margin)
• Presumed ampullary or duodenal cancer based on preoperative work-up or intraoperative findings
• Benign tumors, neuroendocrine tumors, soft tissue tumors based on preoperative work-up or intraoperative findings
• Known metastatic disease

Where it is running

• Indiana University — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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