Clinical Trial: Tomotherapy in Locally Advanced Gallbladder and Pancreatic Cancers

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Concurrent Chemo-radiation Using Tomotherapy Based IMRT in Locally Advanced Gallbladder and Pancreatic Cancers :A Phase II Study

Brief Summary:

SUMMARY

PROJECT TITLE: Concurrent chemo-radiation using Tomotherapy based IMRT in locally advanced Gallbladder and Pancreatic cancers: A Phase II study

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

Primary To assess the radiological response by dose escalated IMRT in locally advanced inoperable gallbladder and pancreatic cancers.

Secondary

1. To assess the resectability rate with microscopic negative margin (R0).
2. To assess the acute and late toxicities (Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability)
3. To study the locoregional control in the patients undergoing R0 resection
4. To study overall survival

DESIGN: Phase II study

STUDY POPULATION: All patients of age >18 years years diagnosed with non metastatic locally advanced inoperable gall bladder and pancreatic cancer

STUDY SIZE: 60 patients

METHODOLOGY: Sixty cases will be screened and taken for study if eligible after taking the informed consent.

Patients will receive radiotherapy using Tomotherapy based IMRT with concurrent chemotherapy Gemcitabine weekly. The response will evaluated at 6 weeks post chemoradiation and if operable will undergo surgery, if still inoperable or metastatic will receive palliative chemotherapy.

PROJECT PERIOD:

Number of Patients with Grade III adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability