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Tips for using our Pancreatic
Cancer Clinical Trials Database
The Pancreatica.org Clinical Trials Database
is the largest compilation of clinical trials against pancreatic
cancer in the world. A major reason why it is so large is that
we are following hundreds of drugs in development against pancreatic
cancer as they have moved into human trial testing and are advancing
through clinical trial phases.
At any given time, almost all of the Phase
II and III pancreatic cancer clinical trials which are found
in the Cancer.gov (PDQ) listing, are also found and noted in
our database. The full PDQ protocol summaries of these trials
can be accessed by direct link from the individual Pancreatica.org
trial displays.
In any case, IT IS A VERY LARGE DATABASE
-- and thus has to be approached with some care. The database
is presented in an advanced search mode (so that you can use
more than one search criteria at the same time).
IF YOU ASK FOR TOO MUCH, a download of
this amount of information can take a long time. Our suggestion
is to use at least two of the advanced search criteria (for example,
"Phase 1" and "New York") which will limit
the number of downloaded trials.
IF YOU ASK FOR TOO LITTLE, no trials will
show up in response to your query (thus, you may need to use
fewer search criteria).
BE CAREFUL to show only the advanced search
criteria that you wish queried. In other words, the resting state
of each criteria line should be blank. It is easy to overlook
this when doing a series of searches.
You can also check out further hints at
How to use the Database.
Pancreatica.org receives no remuneration
related to patients joining any of the clinical trials which
are listed on this site. Although aspects of the database are
updated regularly, major updates are only done on a periodic
basis (several times per year). Thus, some trial information
may not be current. If you find information which is not current,
or if you find mistakes (or wish to make constructive additions
or corrections), please contact the Webmaster.
Patients are strongly encouraged to work closely with their own
physicians and health care providers in making treatment decisions.
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