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Prospective Screening for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma in High-Risk Individuals

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · NCT06122896

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Early Phase 1
Target enrollment
5000
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
November 21, 2023
Record last updated
May 29, 2026

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What the study is about

The purpose of this research is to see if adding blood-based tests and symptom review to standard-of-care pancreatic cancer screening procedures can identify cancer early among individuals with increased risk.

Being studied: Screening Blood Tests; Endoscopic Ultrasound; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography

Conditions: Pancreatic Cancer; Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma; PDAC; PDAC - Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma; Pancreatic Neoplasm

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Participants must meet any of the following:

  • Individuals with pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variants in STK11, and age ≥30 years.
  • Individuals with pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variants in CDKN2A, and age ≥40 years (or 10 years younger than the earliest exocrine pancreatic cancer diagnosis in the family, whichever is earlier).
  • Individuals with pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variants in one of the other pancreatic cancer susceptibility genes (ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, EPCAM, PALB2, TP53), and age ≥50 years (or 10 years younger than the earliest exocrine pancreatic cancer diagnosis in the family, whichever is earlier) AND
  • Exocrine pancreatic cancer in ≥1 first- or second-degree relative from the same side of (or presumed to be from the same side of) the family as the identified pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant.
  • Individuals with pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in PRSS1 AND a clinical phenotype consistent with hereditary pancreatitis, and age ≥40 years (or 20 years after onset of pancreatitis, whichever is earlier).
  • Individuals with familial pancreatic cancer including:
  • Family history of exocrine pancreatic cancer in ≥2 first-degree relatives from the same side of the family, even in the absence of a known pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant, OR
  • Family history of exocrine pancreatic cancer in 1 affected first-degree relative and 1 second-degree relative, even in the absence of a known pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant, OR
  • Family history of exocrine pancreatic cancer in ≥3 first- and/or second-degree relatives from the same side of the family, even in the absence of a known pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant.
  • Individuals who are undergoing clinically recommended pancreatic cancer surveillance.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Individuals with active or prior pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma diagnosis.
  • Individuals with any active metastatic cancer.
  • Individuals who are unable to give informed consent.
  • Individuals who are under the age of 18 (infants, children, teenagers).
  • Individuals unable to tolerate Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography and Endoscopic Ultrasound.
  • Pregnant women are unlikely to be undergoing screening procedures and will not be considered eligible but can consent to the study at a later date.

Recruiting US locations

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, MA 02215

    Site contact: Matthew Yurgelun, MD · 617-582-8673 · matthew_yurgelun@dfci.harvard.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Matthew Yurgelun, MD · 617-582-8673 · matthew_yurgelun@dfci.harvard.edu
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