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A Registry Study of NanoKnife IRE for Stage 3 Pancreatic Cancer

Registry to Evaluate Effectiveness and Safety of the NanoKnife System for the Ablation of Stage 3 Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03899649
Acronym
DIRECT
Enrollment
532
Registered
2019-04-02
Start date
2019-05-08
Completion date
2025-04-30
Last updated
2025-02-12

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

Conditions

Stage III Pancreatic Cancer

Keywords

Pancreas Cancer, Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Advanced Pancreatic Cancer, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal, Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer, Cancer of Pancreas, Pancreatic Tumor, Pancreatic Carcinoma, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer, LAPC

Brief summary

This multicenter, observational study will evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the NanoKnife System when used for the ablation of Stage 3 pancreatic adenocarcinoma (Stage 3 PC). Eligible patients will be recruited over a 36-month period and participating institutions will enroll and provide data on consecutive patients that meet inclusion and exclusion criteria. Each patient will be followed up for the duration of the study or until death. The study will include two (2) cohorts: patients who received standard of care (SOC) and received irreversible electroporation (IRE) \[IRE cohort\], and patients who were treated with SOC and did not receive IRE \[SOC cohort\].

Interventions

DRUGSOC

Standard of Care treatment

Irreversible Electroporation

Sponsors

Angiodynamics, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Provisions of signed and dated informed consent form 2. Patient is 18 years of age and older 3. Patient has a diagnosis of Stage 3 PC cytologically or pathologically confirmed per American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging criteria 4. Patient has a tumor evaluated as Stage 3 according to National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines, based on radiographic imaging or exploratory surgery 5. Maximum axial and anterior to posterior tumor dimension of ≤3.5cm after SOC 6. Patient has received 3 months of SOC per each participating institution's guidelines 7. Patient has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 8. Patient has an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification of physical health status of 1 or 2. 9. Patients at IRE sites who are deemed eligible for IRE and receive ablation using the NanoKnife System 10. Patient shows no evidence of disease progression based on NCCN guidelines after completing three (3) months of SOC

Exclusion criteria

1. Participation in an interventional trial for pancreatic cancer during the study data collection period 2. Pregnant or lactating patients or male or female patients of reproductive potential who are not willing to employ highly effective birth control from screening to 6 months after the last dose of chemotherapy 3. Patients who are unable to tolerate general anesthetic with full skeletal muscle blockade 4. Patients with the presence of implanted cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators, electronic devices or implanted devices with metal parts in the thoracic cavity at the time of IRE

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall SurvivalTime (in months) from time of enrollment to the date of death for any reason, assessed up to 24 months.To evaluate the effectiveness of the NanoKnife System when used for the ablation of Stage 3 PC in real world treatment settings, by testing the hypothesis that IRE with the NanoKnife System improves overall survival (OS)

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 23, 2026