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The safety and efficacy of Korean medicine including Rhus vernificlua stokes combined with 1st line chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer patients

The safety and efficacy of first line palliative chemotherapy and Korean medicine including Rhus verniciflua stokes for patients with unresectable advanced pancreatic cancer or metastatic pancreatic cancer: a prospective observational preliminary study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0007496
Enrollment
30
Registered
2022-06-30
Start date
2021-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-09-20

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Kyung Hee University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • 19 years of age or older • Pancreatic cancer (neoplasm) was confirmed by biopsy • Who are diagnosed as stage 3 or 4 of TNM staging based on the 8th edition of the AJCC, and are inoperable • Who are scheduled for combination treatment with 5-FU or gemcitabine-based/mono first palliative chemotherapy and traditional Korean medicine including Rhus verniciflua stokes or within 2 months of starting the treatment • Whose life expectancy is more than 3 months • The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score 0-2 • Those who understand the research content and agree to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Pregnant women, lactating women • Patients with active brain metastases showing clinically significant neurological symptoms or signs •Those who have clinically significant skeletal related events, including pathological fractures and spinal cord compressions, and require radiotherapy or surgical therapy •Those who have been diagnosed with other new primary cancers that may affect the patient's condition within the last 5 years •Who are judged to be inappropriate for the research

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Symptoms and incidence of adverse events based on CTCAE ver 5.0

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Progression free survival;Time to metastasis;overall response rate based on RECIST;overall survival;disease related overall survival;Early end rate according to CTCAE grade 3 or higher;EORTC QLQ C30 (quality of life questionnaire);Pattern questionnaire for tradition Korean medicine

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactEun Hye Kim

Kyung Hee University Oriental Medicine Hospital at Gangdong

eunhye0992@naver.com+82-2-440-7279

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 5, 2026