Conditions: Pancreatic Cancer
Keywords: Pancreatic cancer Dasatinib chemotherapy Locally advanced
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 202
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer who receive dasatinib added to standard of care (gemcitabine) live longer, compared to patients who receive standard of care (gemcitabine) plus placebo; i.e. gemcitabine alone.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: One arm will receive standard of care treatment (ie, GEM 1000 mg/m2 by intravenous \[IV\] infusion weekly for 3 weeks of a 4-week cycle) plus dasatinib 100 mg by mouth once daily (QD). arm 2: The other arm will receive standard of care treatment (ie, GEM 1000 mg/m2 by intravenous \[IV\] infusion weekly for 3 weeks of a 4-week cycle) plus matched placebo by mouth once daily (QD).

Interventions: intervention 1: dasatinib intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: GEM 1000 mg/m2 by intravenous \[IV\] infusion weekly for 3 weeks of a 4-week cycle plus dasatinib 100 mg (or matched placebo) by mouth once daily (QD). Subjects will continue to receive study treatment until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or study termination. intervention 2: Matching Placebo

Protocol document: