Two Chemotherapy Regimens Compared With Observation in Treating Patients With Completely Resected Pancreatic Cancer

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2001
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known which chemotherapy regimen is more effective, or whether chemotherapy is more effective than observation, in treating pancreatic cancer after surgery. PURPOSE: Phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two chemotherapy regimens with no further therapy in treating patients who have completely resected pancreatic cancer.
Epistemonikos ID: 501f2983ad43e582b3a0ff3ec3d106792482cf55
First added on: Apr 12, 2018