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Pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma (PACC) occurs in the secretion glands of the pancreas. The rare disease accounts for only 0.5–1 percent of all pancreatic malignancies. A clinical trial led by Christine Campo Alewine, M.D. Ph.D., Lasker Clinical Research Scholar in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, is now enrolling for PACC to test a drug that was approved previously by the Food and Drug Administration to treat similar cancers. The trial will take place at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and there is no cost for participation.
For more information, please contact the NCI Medical Oncology Referral Office at (240) 760-6050 or ncimo_referrals@nih.gov
Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT05286827
NCI Protocol ID: 000596
Official Title: Phase II Study of Olaparib in Subjects With Advanced Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma
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