Gemcitabine With or Without CI-994 in Treating Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug or giving drugs in different ways may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of gemcitabine with or without CI-994 in treating patients who have advanced pancreatic cancer.

Timeline

Start

1999-10

Primary completion

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Completion

2001-09

Publications

• Tost J, Ak-Aksoy S, Campa D, Corradi C, Farinella R, Ibanez-Costa A, Dubrot J, Earl J, Melian EB, Kataki A, Kolnikova G, Madjarov G, Chaushevska M, Strnadel J, Tanic M, Tomas M, Dubovan P, Urbanova M, Buocikova V, Smolkova B. Leveraging epigenetic alterations in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma for clinical applications. Semin Cancer Biol. 2025 Feb;109:101-124. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2025.01.003. Epub 2025 Jan 23.

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