Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to kill cancer cells. A chemotherapy cycle is the period of time during which a patient receives a specific chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherapy cycles typically involve a series of treatment sessions
Below are examples of pancreatic cancer trials being conducted by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology: A021501: This randomized phase II trial studies how well combination chemotherapy (mFOLFIRINOX) with or without hypofractionated radiation therapy before surgery works in patients
The Alliance A021101 trial is a phase II clinical trial designed to investigate the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery for patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer is a type of pancreatic cancer that is
FOLFIRINOX is a chemotherapy regimen that is commonly used to treat pancreatic cancer. It is a combination of four different chemotherapy drugs: FOL = FOLinic acid (also called leucovorin) F = Fluorouracil (also called 5-FU) IRIN = IRINotecan OX = OXaliplatin The FOLFIRINOX regimen is usually given on
Wake Forest Baptist Health will be joining the Alliance clinical trial A021806. This phase III that compares perioperative chemotherapy (given before and after surgery) versus adjuvant chemotherapy (given after surgery) for the treatment of pancreatic cancer that can be removed