Impact of Nationwide Enhanced Implementation of Best Practices in Pancreatic Cancer Care (PACAP-1)

Overview

PACAP-1 will evaluate to what extent an enhanced implementation of best practices in pancreatic cancer care leads to a prolonged survival and improvement of quality of life as compared to current practice.

Full Title of Study: “Impact of Nationwide Enhanced Implementation of Best Practices in Pancreatic Cancer Care (PACAP-1): a Multicenter Stepped-wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Treatment
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: July 9, 2020

Detailed Description

Rationale: The Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Project (PACAP) is an initiative of the Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group and was officially launched in July 2014. PACAP is 1 of the largest nationwide collaborative outcomes registration and biobanking projects on pancreatic and periampullary cancer worldwide and includes the Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Audit (DPCA), the Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), an online expert panel, and the Netherlands Cancer Registry (NCR, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organization; IKNL). During the first 3 years of PACAP, regional variations in treatment and guideline (non-)compliance were observed. These differences may lead to differences in survival and quality of life of pancreatic cancer patients throughout the Netherlands. From PACAP data and literature, best practices for pancreatic cancer care have been identified. Objective: The aim of PACAP-1 is to evaluate to what extent an enhanced implementation of best practices in pancreatic cancer care in the Netherlands leads to a prolonged survival and improvement of quality of life as compared to current practice. Study design: The PACAP-1 trial is a nationwide stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. In a per center stepwise and randomized manner, best practices in pancreatic cancer care are implemented in all 17 Dutch pancreatic centers. A regional pancreatic cancer team will be established per pancreatic center that functions as point of contact for peripheral centers in the region. Patient outcomes and compliance will be monitored by the registries founded in the PACAP initiative. Study Population: Prospective cohort of all pancreatic cancer patients diagnosed and treated in the Netherlands. Interventions: Best practices will be implemented in 3 key medical specialties in pancreatic cancer care: medical oncology, surgery and gastroenterology. Best practices will be implemented in centers during a 6 week intensive initiation period which includes monitoring, return visits, provider feedback in combination with education and reminders. The best practices follow the Dutch guideline on pancreatic cancer and the current state of the literature and can be executed without additional overall costs per center. Main study outcomes: The primary outcome is 1-year overall survival. Secondary outcomes include quality of life (first secondary outcome), 3- and 5-year overall survival and success of implementation of every PACAP-1 intervention and participation in DPCG randomized trials.

Interventions

  • Other: Best practices in pancreatic cancer care
    • All best practices follow the current state of the Dutch guideline on pancreatic cancer and the literature.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: Best practice
    • Enhanced implementation of best practices in pancreatic cancer care
  • No Intervention: Current practice
    • Pancreatic cancer care according to current practice

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • 1-year overall survival
    • Time Frame: 1-year
    • Overall survival 1-year after diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

Secondary Measures

  • 3-year overall survival
    • Time Frame: 3-year
    • Overall survival 3-year after diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
  • 5-year overall survival
    • Time Frame: 5-year
    • Overall survival 5-year after diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
  • Complications
    • Time Frame: Through study completion, on average up to 25 months
    • Complications of chemotherapy (toxicity grade 3-4 and type of toxicity) and biliary stent placement
  • Effect of implementation of best practices
    • Time Frame: Through study completion, on average up to 25 months
    • Proportion of patients that underwent the separate best practice interventions if applicable
  • Registry outcomes
    • Time Frame: Through study completion, on average up to 25 months
    • Best practice registrations measured through Patient Reported Outcome Measures
  • Registry outcomes
    • Time Frame: Through study completion, on average up to 25 months
    • Best practice registrations measured through the Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Audit
  • Registry outcomes
    • Time Frame: Through study completion, on average up to 25 months
    • Best practice registrations measured through the Netherlands Cancer Registry
  • Use of smartphone application
    • Time Frame: Through study completion, on average up to 25 months

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria patients:

  • All pancreatic cancer patients Exclusion Criteria patients: – There are no specific exclusion criteria Inclusion Criteria clusters: – All 17 centers of the DPCG. These centers each perform >20 pancreatoduodenectomies (PDs) annually. Each center already has a coordinating role for pancreatic cancer for its region. It is expected that the enhanced implementation of best practices will have an impact in the entire local network Exclusion Criteria clusters: – There are no specific center exclusion criteria

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: N/A

Maximum Age: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Academisch Medisch Centrum – Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
  • Collaborator
    • Dutch Cancer Society
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: M.G. Besselink, Prof. Dr. – Academisch Medisch Centrum – Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Marc Besselink, Prof. Dr., Principal Investigator, Academic Medical Center – Cancer Center Amsterdam

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