Vitamin C to Quality of Life in Patients With Terminal Stage Pancreatic Cancer

Recruiting now · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer, Terminal Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of vitamin C in improving the quality of life for metastatic pancreatic cancer patients who are resistant to chemotherapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06018896

Run by

Fudan University

People needed

20

Starts

2023-08-25

Expected to finish

2026-08-15

Last updated by the study team

2024-06-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
• Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 80 years.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2.
• Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic pancreas adenocarcinoma.
• Tumor progression after two lines of chemotherapy.
• Adequate organ performance based on laboratory blood tests.
• Presence of at least of one measurable lesion in agreement to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST) criteria.
• The expected survival ≥ 1 months.
• Women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation.

You may not qualify if…

• Active second primary malignancy or history of second primary malignancy.
• The diagnosis was confirmed by pathology as non-adenocarcinoma of pancreas.
• Inflammation of the digestive tract, including pancreatitis, cholecystitis, cholangitis, etc.
• Pregnant or nursing women.
• Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency.
• Severe and uncontrollable accompanying diseases that may affect protocol compliance or interfere with the interpretation of results.
• Renal insufficiency or dialysis
• Other serious accompanying illnesses, which, in the researcher's opinion, could seriously adversely affect the safety of the treatment.
• Patients who are unwilling or unable to comply with study procedures.

Where it is running

• Shanghai Cancer Center — Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China (enrolling)

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