Official Title: Vapreotide in Pancreas Surgery A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized Study of Vapreotide to Prevent Post-Surgical Complications in Patients Undergoing Elective Pancreatic Resection Grant Application Title Vapreotide to Prevent Complications of Pancreatic Resection
Status: TERMINATED
Status Verified Date: 2010-08
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Teminated by the DSMB because there are no differences between the control group and the Vapreotide group
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: RATIONALE Drugs such as vapreotide may prevent complications following pancreatic resection It is not yet known if vapreotide is more effective than no further therapy in preventing side effects of pancreatic resection
PURPOSE This randomized phase III trial is studying vapreotide to see how well it works compared to a placebo in preventing complications in patients undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES I Compare the efficacy of vapreotide versus placebo in reducing postoperative pancreatic complications in patients undergoing elective pancreatic resection II Compare the postoperative complications occurring within 45 days after surgery unrelated to the pancreas days of hospitalization and survival at 45 days after surgery number of rehospitalizations and number of postoperative blood units or packed red blood cells administered in patients treated with these regimens
OUTLINE This is a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled multicenter study Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms Arm I Patients undergo surgical resection on day 1 and receive vapreotide subcutaneously twice daily on days 1-7 Arm II Patients undergo surgical resection and receive a placebo as in arm I Patients are followed at days 28 and 45
PROJECTED ACCRUAL A total of 580 patients 290 per arm will be accrued for this study