Each year, more than 800 people in Louisiana are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It is the 10th most commonly diagnosed cancer in Louisiana and 12th in the U.S. Because of these historically high mortality rates from the disease, Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center is currently enrolling patients in the CanStem111P trial who are age 18 and older, and who have been recently diagnosed with stage IV, metastatic pancreatic cancer.
CanStem111P is a large, randomized trial evaluating the use of an investigational therapeutic candidate that is hypothesized to affect cancer stem cell pathways in pancreatic cancer. Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center is the only site in Louisiana to offer this trial, which could impact how this deadly form of cancer is treated for generations to come.
“With innovative clinical trials like this, we are bringing novel pancreatic cancer care to the region while also contributing to overall efforts to treat the disease,” said Dr. Vince Cataldo, medical oncologist and hematologist at Lane Cancer Center and a principal investigator in the CanStem111P study. “This is one of many trials we are conducting in an effort to provide treatment options for patients with cancer.”
The trial will compare the treatment of stage IV, metastatic pancreatic cancer with 1. Standard chemotherapy regimen nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine in combination with a new drug, napabucasin, versus treatment with 2. Nab-paclitaxel with gemcitabine alone. The purpose of the trial is to evaluate the use of napabucasin in conjunction with the approved standard of care. The trial is being conducted across the United States, Asia, Europe, and Japan, and will include 1,132 participants worldwide.
Additional key information on CanStem111P includes:
For more information on CanStem111P or other clinical trials, please visit www.marybirdlake.org or contact (225) 215-1353 clinicalresearch@marybird.com.