Vitamin C to Chemotherapy Related Anemia in Pancreatic Cancer

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of low-dose vitamin C on improving the quality of life for metastatic pancreatic cancer patients receiving gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel chemotherapy.

Timeline

Start

2023-08-20

Primary completion

2025-08-15

Completion

2026-08-15

Publications

• Results Magri A, Germano G, Lorenzato A, Lamba S, Chila R, Montone M, Amodio V, Ceruti T, Sassi F, Arena S, Abrignani S, D'Incalci M, Zucchetti M, Di Nicolantonio F, Bardelli A. High-dose vitamin C enhances cancer immunotherapy. Sci Transl Med. 2020 Feb 26;12(532):eaay8707. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aay8707.
• Results Drisko JA, Serrano OK, Spruce LR, Chen Q, Levine M. Treatment of pancreatic cancer with intravenous vitamin C: a case report. Anticancer Drugs. 2018 Apr;29(4):373-379. doi: 10.1097/CAD.0000000000000603.
• Results Cieslak JA, Cullen JJ. Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer with Pharmacological Ascorbate. Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2015;16(9):759-70. doi: 10.2174/138920101609150715135921.
• Wang X, Zhu X, Liu Y, Liu H, Xiao Z, Luo G. Efficacy of vitamin C on chemotherapy-related anemia in pancreatic cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2024 Jul 29;25(1):512. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08345-w.

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