Gemcitabine With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Summary

This randomized phase III trial is studying gemcitabine and bevacizumab to see how well they work compared to gemcitabine alone in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies such as bevacizumab can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by stopping blood flow to the tumor. Combining gemcitabine with bevacizumab may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known whether gemcitabine is more effective with or without bevacizumab in treating pancreatic cancer.

Timeline

Start

2004-06

Primary completion

2006-06

Completion

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Publications

• Quintanilha JCF, Wang J, Sibley AB, Jiang C, Etheridge AS, Shen F, Jiang G, Mulkey F, Patel JN, Hertz DL, Dees EC, McLeod HL, Bertagnolli M, Rugo H, Kindler HL, Kelly WK, Ratain MJ, Kroetz DL, Owzar K, Schneider BP, Lin D, Innocenti F. Bevacizumab-induced hypertension and proteinuria: a genome-wide study of more than 1000 patients. Br J Cancer. 2022 Feb;126(2):265-274. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01557-w. Epub 2021 Oct 6.
• Quintanilha JCF, Liu Y, Etheridge AS, Yazdani A, Kindler HL, Kelly WK, Nixon AB, Innocenti F. Plasma levels of angiopoietin-2, VEGF-A, and VCAM-1 as markers of bevacizumab-induced hypertension: CALGB 80303 and 90401 (Alliance). Angiogenesis. 2022 Feb;25(1):47-55. doi: 10.1007/s10456-021-09799-1. Epub 2021 May 24.

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