Alpha Radiation Emitters Device (DaRT) for the Treatment of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-120
SponsorAlpha Tau Medical LTD.

About this trial

A unique approach for cancer treatment including radioactive sources named Alpha DaRT sources: Ra - 224 coated onto stainless steel tubes inserted into the tumor for the treatment of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer .

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Histologically and/or cytologically proven locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Target lesion is technically amenable for Alpha DaRT sources implantation.

Measurable lesion per RECIST (version 1.1) criteria

Stable disease or tumor response per RECIST (version 1.1) criteria compared to before initiation of mFOLFIRINOX

Disqualifiers

Concomitant immunotherapy within the past 4 weeks.

Patients with metastatic disease

Borderline unresectable pancreatic cancer, and/or cases fit for surgical exploration unless patient refuses surgery.

Known hypersensitivity to any of the components of the treatment.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Radiation: Diffusing Alpha Radiation Emitters Therapy (DaRT)

    Device

    Radioactive sources named Alpha DaRT sources: Ra - 224 coated onto titanium tubes inserted into the tumor.

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: DaRT SeedsExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Safety - Serious adverse events

Safety will be determined according to the overall incidence of device related SAEs with severity graded according to CTCAE v5.0 criteria

Time frame
from Day 0 , up to 12 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Efficacy - tumor response

to evaluate the efficacy of the Alpha DaRT sources in advanced pancreatic cancer patients with respect according to Objective tumor response rate according to RECIST 1.1

Time frame
Day 0 , up to 12 months
2

Efficacy - overall survival

to evaluate the efficacy of the Alpha DaRT sources in advanced pancreatic cancer patients with respect according to Overall survival

Time frame
Day 0 , up to 12 months
3

Efficacy - Progression-free survival

to evaluate the efficacy of the Alpha DaRT sources in advanced pancreatic cancer patients with respect according to - Progression-free survival

Time frame
Day 0 , up to 12 months
4

Efficacy - Percentage of R0/R1 resected patients

to evaluate the efficacy of the Alpha DaRT sources in advanced pancreatic cancer patients with respect according to Percentage of R0/R1 resected patients

Time frame
Day 0 , up to 12 months

Other outcomes

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