Lidocaine Infusion in Pancreatic Cancer

Recruiting now · Early Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pancreatic Cancer

In brief

This study elucidates the effects of the intravenous (IV) lidocaine infusion on the biology of pancreatic circulating tumor cells (CTCs) isolated from patients undergoing robotic pancreatectomy for all types of pancreatic cancer. A prospective randomized controlled double blinded trial design will be used for the proposed study.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04048278

Run by

University of Illinois at Chicago

People needed

46

Starts

2018-11-08

Expected to finish

2028-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Has histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the pancreas that is considered resectable as well as other types of pancreatic cancer (malignant endocrine and exocrine tumors)
• Has measurable disease, defined as at least 1 tumor that fulfills the criteria
• Patients diagnosed with resectable cancer, but upon initial phase of surgical exploration found to have metastatic disease
• Has read, understood and signed the informed consent form (ICF) approved by the Independent Review Board/Independent Ethics Committee (IRB/IEC)
• Prior systemic treatments for metastatic disease are permitted, including targeted therapies, biologic response modifiers, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, or investigational therapy.

You may not qualify if…

• Has American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status > 3
• Has hypersensitivity or allergy to amide-linked local anesthetics
• Has a second or third degree heart block
• Has severe sinoatrial block
• Is currently being treated with any of the following class I antiarrhythmic drugs; quinidine, flecainide, disopyramide, or procainamide
• Has been treated with amiodarone in the past
• Has Adams-Stoke syndrome
• Has Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
• Has a history of blood clots, pulmonary embolism, or deep vein thrombosis unless controlled by anticoagulant treatment
• Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positivity or untreated and uncontrolled hepatitis B or C

Where it is running

• University of Illnois at Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States (enrolling)

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