Obesity and pancreatic cancer: A matched-pair survival analysis

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00021299

Enrollment

100

Registered

2020-04-27

Start date

2019-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

C25.9 E66.9

Interventions

Group 1: Patients with BMI <30 kg/m^2. Patients underwent pancreatic resection for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and their postoperative short- and longterm outcomes were retrospectively compared

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Resection of a histologically proven pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Recruiting time: 08-12-1997 - 12-27-2018.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Age < 18 years

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary endpoints included intraoperative outcome, postoperative morbidity, pathological characteristics, postoperative length of hospital stay (LOS) and adjuvant chemotherapy.	—

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary endpoint was defined as the overall survival difference of patients with obesity and without obesity after resection of histologically confirmed PDAC.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactEmrullah Birgin

Universitätsmedizin Mannheim - Chirurgische Klinik

emrullah.birgin@umm.de+49 621 383 2225

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026