Pancreatic Cancer

Molecular profiling is being explored in pancreatic adenocarcinoma as a tool to assist with early detection, prognosis, and patient selection in targeted therapy clinical trials.

CancerNetwork® spoke with Allyson J. Ocean, MD, Diane M. Simeone, MD, Manuel Hidalgo Medina, MD, PhD, and Andrew E. Hendifar, MD, about their recent research into the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Diane Simeone, MD, spoke to the need to determine which patients are at risk of developing pancreatic cancer, the importance of early detection, and challenges that need to be addressed in order to improve survival.

For Pancretic Cancer Awareness month, CancerNetwork® spoke with Manuel Hidalgo Medina, MD, PhD, about the importance of the phase 2 COMBAT/KEYNOTE-202 trial examining motixafortide and pembrolizumab plus nanoliposomal irinotecan, fluorouracil, and folinic acid in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

In an interview with CancerNetwork®, Andrew Hendifar, MD discusses a case series analysis focused on real-world outcomes with targeted and standard therapies in a subset of patients with pancreatic cancer and RAF alterations.

For Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, CancerNetwork® spoke with Allyson Ocean, MD, about how family members of patients with pancreatic cancer should seek genetic testing to determine if they are predisposed to pancreatic cancer.

Patients treated with eryaspase for second line advanced pancreatic cancer did not meet the primary end point of overall survival in the TRYbeCA-1 trial.

Research of family registries found that individuals with a germline pathogenic ATM variant gene had greater lifetime risk of developing pancreatic cancer than individuals without the gene.

RenovoCath, which was granted a new 510(k) clearance by the FDA, distributes chemotherapy directly to solid tumors via the arteries, opening avenues for a more targeted treatment.

Patients with recurrent pancreatic cancer could potentially benefit from stereotactic body radiotherapy plus pembrolizumab and trametinib post-surgery.

CancerNetwork® dissects an article from the journal ONCOLOGY® focusing on academic and community molecular profiling practices for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

The phase 1/2a trial reported favorable efficacy data in the first-line setting when compared with existing historical results for treating advanced pancreatic cancer.

Kim discussed the need for further CREB inhibitor combinations to target collateral pathways and improve patient outcomes.

Kim detailed the specifics of his research from the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021 focusing on novel therapies to target mutations and upstream or downstream pathways.

The MD Anderson expert discussed the main takeaway from the data published during the virtual AACR Annual Meeting, while looking forward to what comes next with these genetic drivers.

According to investigators, study findings could help guide treatment decisions and future research, as well as suggest new biomarkers for exploration.

The first-in-class inhibitor of connective tissue growth factor activity is being explored in combination with neoadjuvant gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel as a potential method for downgrading unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

Per a planned interim superiority analysis conducted by an independent data monitoring committee, a trial of Eryaspace will continue without modification with final results anticipated later this year.

Sohal spoke with CancerNetwork® regarding recent clinical data investigating 2 common pancreatic cancer treatment regimens: FOLFIRINOX and gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel.

A study found a number of factors associated with increased recurrence risk for patients with locally advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors following surgical resection, including sex, lymph node metastases, and resection of other organs with tumor involvement.

The FDA placed a clinical hold on patient enrollment and dosing for the ongoing phase 1/2 dose-escalation clinical trial evaluating BPX-601 in patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic or prostate cancer.

Study results suggested that maintenance olaparib (Lynparza) is potentially cost-effective compared with placebo for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer and a germline BRCA mutation.

The latest installment of “Oncology Peer Review On-The-Go” dissects original research published in the journal ONCOLOGY regarding potential barriers to clinical trial enrollment for patients with pancreatic cancer.

This 20-year analysis suggested that weight loss surgery significantly decreases the risk of developing pancreatic cancer in individuals who are obese with diabetes.

This study found that adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resected pancreatic cancer after treatment with neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX was not associated with improved overall survival.