Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy and Interferon Alfa in Treating Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fluorouracil and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of tumor cells. Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation from x-rays and other sources to kill tumor cells. Combining chemotherapy with interferon alfa and giving them with radiation therapy after surgery may kill any remaining tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy and interferon alfa in treating patients who have resected stage I, stage II, or stage III pancreatic cancer.

Timeline

Start

2003-03

Primary completion

2007-07

Completion

2011-02

Publications

• Results Picozzi VJ, Abrams RA, Decker PA, Traverso W, O'Reilly EM, Greeno E, Martin RC, Wilfong LS, Rothenberg ML, Posner MC, Pisters PW; American College of Surgeons Oncology Group. Multicenter phase II trial of adjuvant therapy for resected pancreatic cancer using cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and interferon-alfa-2b-based chemoradiation: ACOSOG Trial Z05031. Ann Oncol. 2011 Feb;22(2):348-54. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdq384. Epub 2010 Jul 29.
• Results Picozzi VJ, Abrams RA, Traverso LW, et al.: ACOSOG Z05031: initial report of a multicenter, phase II trial of a novel chemoradiation protocol using cisplatin, 5-FU, and alpha- interferon as adjuvant therapy for resected pancreas cancer. [Abstract] American Society of Clinical Oncology 2008 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, 25-27 January 2008, Orlando, FL. A-125, 2008.
• Results Picozzi VJ, Abrams RA, Traverso LW, et al.: ACOSOG Z05031: report on a multicenter, phase II trial for adjuvant therapy of resected pancreatic cancer using cisplatin, 5- FU, and alpha-interferon. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 26 (Suppl 15): A-4505, 2008.

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