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Prospective Screening for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma in High-Risk Individuals
RecruitingEarly phase 1Healthy volunteers welcome
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
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.
About the study
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.
What is being tested
- Screening Blood Tests (other)
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (diagnostic test)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (combination product)
- Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (combination product)
Sponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Participants: 5,000 · Started: Nov 21, 2023
Contact the study team
- Matthew Yurgelun, MD · Phone: 617-582-8673
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06122896
Locations in the U.S.
| Massachusetts | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston (Not yet recruiting) Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.