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Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial Landscape

Pancreatic cancer is a disease in which malignant cells form in the tissues of the pancreas, an organ located behind the stomach. While relatively rare, it is often diagnosed at later stages, making treatment challenging.

The clinical trial landscape for pancreatic cancer is active, with 1,527 trials registered since 2008, and 642 currently active (recruiting, enrolling, or active but not recruiting). Activity is heavily concentrated in early-phase trials, with 315 active Phase 1 trials out of 787 total, and 415 active Phase 2 trials out of 921 total.

Phase 3 trials account for 70 active trials out of 133 total, while Phase 4 trials are less common, with only 10 active trials out of 23 total. Revolution Medicines, Inc. leads industry sponsorship with 9 active trials, followed by AstraZeneca (7 active), Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc. (6 active), Seagen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer (6 active), and Eli Lilly (4 active).

The high volume of Phase 1 and 2 trials suggests a strong focus on novel therapeutic approaches and early-stage drug development in this indication.

Trial activity

654 active / 1,562 total since 2008
Active by phase 73 Ph3 / 136 400 Ph2 / 908 170 Ph1 / 494 11 Ph4 / 24

Competitive Intelligence

This Pancreatic Cancer competitive landscape maps 6 companies against 5 mechanisms of action (MOA) across 8 active drug-development programs. Each cell is the lead program for a company–mechanism pair — its trial phase, modality, combination, and nearest readout. Read down a column to see who is competing on the same mechanism in Pancreatic Cancer, across a row to see one company's mechanistic spread, and click any cell for the full program list and trial links.

Beta 6 companies 5 mechanisms 8 programs mapped all shown mechanisms rule/db-classified ⏰ 2 due ≤6 mo click any cell → asset tearsheet
At a glance

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) shows 8 programs across 6 companies and 5 mechanisms. The most contested mechanism is Claudin 18.2 (6 programs).

Key findings
  • 55% of Claudin 18.2 programs (6 of 11) are combos with novel agents — class-extension work, not class-validation.
  • Top 3 mechanisms (Claudin 18.2, KRAS G12D, Chemo (Gem/nab-paclitaxel)) account for ~24% of programs — class concentration is low.
  • Astellas Pharma Global Development runs 5 programs — the deepest pipeline in this view.
  • Jiangsu Healthy Life Innovation Medical Technology has the highest composite score (100) — most-imminent / most-advanced asset weighted higher than program count.
  • 15 hot readouts in next 6 months — most imminent: Can-Fite BioPharma (A3 ADENOSINE RECEPTOR).
  • 18 trials are stale (overdue without status change) — possible class-maturity inflection or operational issue.
  • 48 single-program mechanisms in the long tail — 17 are Ph2+ first-in-class first-mover bets.
  • 44 NME candidates in the long tail.
  • Most-novel-of-novel: Eleison Pharmaceuticals LLC. Alkylating agent (Ph3) — first-in-class within scope + NME candidate.

Forward catalysts next 18 months⏰ 2 due ≤6 mo

Nearest first. ⚖ Confirmed FDA PDUFA dates (curated calendar, primary sources) and 📅 estimated readouts (ClinicalTrials.gov primaryCompletionDate — a timing proxy, not a confirmed action date). Red = due within 6 months.

Company × Mechanism

Each cell = a company’s most-advanced program in that mechanism. Click for the asset tearsheet.
Unverified (lowTrust) cells:
Ph1 Ph2 Ph3 Ph4 ⚠ lowTrust +combo
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Claudin 18.2
Pan-RAS / RAS(ON) multi
FAK
KRAS G12D
VEGFR/Aurora B/CSF1R (multi-kinas…
Astellas Pharma Global Develo…
Revolution Medicines
Amplia Therapeutics Limited
CARsgen
Chipscreen
Verastem

Phase 3 leaders · most advanced

  1. recruiting Pfizer NCT06989437
  2. active Arcus Biosciences, Inc. NCT06608927
  3. recruiting Immuneering Corporation NCT07562152
  4. recruiting GE Healthcare NCT07219238
  5. recruiting NRG Oncology NCT06958328

Beyond the grid Beta

What the matrix leaves out — rare mechanisms with only one player, small & emerging sponsors, and programs we haven’t classified yet.

Single-company mechanisms — BD white space 2 found

Mechanisms only ONE company is pursuing in this indication — the uncrowded / first-in-class bets the matrix cap hides. ⚡ first-in-class · ⚠ unverified mechanism. ⚡ first-in-class is computed across 61 mapped landscapes — scope-limited, not a global claim.
⚡ first-in-class · 🌱 first-in-indication · 🆕 NME candidate · ✅ AI-classified + verified · ⚙️ AI-classified, unverified · first-in-class computed across 61 mapped landscapes
Single-program mechanisms (48) — one program each — earliest-stage, sorted by phase
PhaseMechanismCompanyModalityReadoutTrial
Ph3 Albumin-bound taxane ⚡ 🌱 ⚙️ CSPC ZhongQi Pharmaceutic… IV ⏰ 2Q26 NCT06492941
Ph3 Alkylating agent ⚡ 🌱 🆕 ⚙️ Eleison Pharmaceuticals L… IV ⏰ 2Q26 NCT01954992
Ph2+Ph3 c-MET ADC 🌱 🆕 AbbVie IV 2Q31 NCT07490301
Ph3 FAP imaging 🌱 🆕 SOFIE Radioligand 4Q27 NCT07217717
Ph2+Ph3 GDF-15 (cachexia) 🌱 🆕 Pfizer 1Q28 NCT06989437
Ph3 MEK / pan-RAF ⚡ 🌱 🆕 Immuneering Corporation 2Q28 NCT07562152
Ph2+Ph3 Multikinase (VEGFR/FGFR/CSF1R) ⚡ 🌱 🆕 Hutchmed IV 2Q28 NCT06361888
Ph3 P-selectin inhibitor ⚡ 🌱 🆕 ⚙️ Quercis Pharma 4Q27 NCT06861088
Ph2+Ph3 TGF-β2 antisense 🌱 🆕 Oncotelic ⏰ 2Q26 NCT06079346
Ph3 Tissue factor ADC ⚡ 🌱 🆕 Lepu Biopharma 2Q27 NCT07138846
Ph2 A3 ADENOSINE RECEPTOR ⚡ 🌱 🆕 Can-Fite BioPharma ⏰ 3Q26 NCT06387342
Ph2 Botanical extract (BioLite) 🌱 🆕 Rgene Corporation IV 2Q27 NCT03301805
Ph1+Ph2 CD40 agonist ⚡ 🌱 🆕 Alligator Bioscience AB ⏰ 2Q26 NCT04888312
Ph2 Corticosteroid 🌱 Corcept IV 3Q27 NCT07259317
Ph2 CSF1R ⚡ 🌱 🆕 Abbisko 4Q25 NCT06111274
Ph2 CTLA-4 (Fc-enhanced) 🌱 🆕 Nelum IV 1Q29 NCT07578337
Ph2 CXCL12 (anti-CXCL12 L-RNA aptamer) ⚡ 🌱 🆕 TME Pharma IV 1Q28 NCT04901741
Ph2 EphA2 ADC ⚡ 🌱 🆕 BicycleTx Limited 1Q29 NCT07450859
Ph1+Ph2 FAK inhibitor 🌱 🆕 InxMed (Shanghai) IV 4Q25 NCT05827796
Ph2 GMCI / gene therapy 🌱 🆕 Candel 4Q25 NCT02446093
Ph1+Ph2 HISTONE DEACETYLASE ⚡ 🌱 🆕 CG Oral ⏰ 2Q26 NCT05249101
Ph2 IL-2 🌱 🆕 Salspera IV 4Q30 NCT04589234
Ph2 IL-21 ⚡ 🌱 🆕 Hangzhou Converd 4Q28 NCT07006077
Ph2 KRAS 🌱 🆕 Verastem IV 2Q27 NCT07644559
Ph2 KRAS G12C 🌱 🆕 Allist ⏰ 4Q26 NCT06008288
Ph2 KRAS G12D degrader 🌱 🆕 ⚙️ Ranok Therapeutics (Hangz… ⏰ 4Q26 NCT07303465
Ph2 mRNA neoantigen vaccine 🌱 🆕 Roche / Genentech IM 1Q31 NCT05968326
Ph2 Nanofiber-based chemotherapy ⚡ 🌱 🆕 ⚙️ CEBIOTEX 3Q28 NCT06538857
Ph1+Ph2 PARP 🌱 🆕 Onconic IV 2Q30 NCT05257993
Ph1+Ph2 PAUF mAb ⚡ 🌱 🆕 Prestige Biopharma Limited IV 1Q26 NCT05141149
Ph2 PD-1 / VEGF bispecific 🌱 🆕 Akeso 3Q27 NCT07114315
Ph1+Ph2 PD-L1 (avelumab) 🌱 Vaccinex IV 4Q28 NCT05102721
Ph2 PD-L1 / VEGF-A bispecific antibody 🌱 🆕 BioNTech IV 4Q27 NCT07255404
Ph2 PD-L1 ADC 🌱 🆕 Shanghai Henlius 1Q28 NCT07301229
Ph1+Ph2 Radioprotectant ⚡ 🌱 🆕 ⚙️ Xerient Pharma 3Q29 NCT07157033
Ph1+Ph2 RAGE ⚡ 🌱 🆕 Cantex 1Q25 NCT05766748
Ph1 Anti-CD73 (ONO-7913) 🌱 🆕 Ono IV ⏰ 4Q26 NCT06532344
Ph1 Autologous DC therapy ⚡ 🌱 🆕 ⚙️ Diakonos Oncology Corpora… ⏰ 2Q26 NCT04157127
Ph1 B7-H6 bispecific 🌱 🆕 Boehringer Ingelheim ⏰ 4Q26 NCT06882746
Ph1 FAP radioligand ⚡ 🌱 🆕 ⚙️ Chengdu New Radiomedicine… 4Q27 NCT06278454
Ph1 IL-15 superagonist 🌱 🆕 ImmunityBio IV 2Q27 NCT07488884
Ph1 Integrin αvβ3 🌱 ProDa IV 2Q27 NCT06182072
Ph1 Local paclitaxel device ⚡ 🌱 🆕 PanTher ⏰ 3Q26 NCT06673017
Ph1 Multi-antigen T-cell ⚡ 🌱 🆕 Marker 3Q28 NCT06549751
Ph1 MYC ⚡ 🌱 🆕 Peptomyc S.L. IV ⏰ 2Q26 NCT06059001
Ph1 Oncolytic virus 🌱 🆕 ⚙️ Boehringer Ingelheim 1Q27 NCT05846516
Ph1 PD-1 (nivolumab) 🌱 🆕 Ono IV 3Q27 NCT06532331
Ph1 TLR9 agonist ⚡ 🌱 🆕 ⚙️ TriSalus Life Sciences 3Q27 NCT05607953
Emerging & small-cap sponsors (19) — few programs here — partnering / M&A radar
PhaseMechanismCompanyModalityReadoutTrial
Ph1 MTAP / PRMT5 Amgen IV ⏰ 4Q26 NCT06360354
Ph3 Chemo (FOLFIRINOX/FOLFOX/FOLFIRI) Angiodynamics IV 2Q25 NCT03899636
Ph1+Ph2 Claudin 18.2 Anova Innovation Limited IV 3Q27 NCT07444541
Ph2 🇨🇳 VEGFR Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmac… Oral ⏰ 4Q26 NCT06767813
Ph1 Claudin 18.2 Dong-A ST 1Q28 NCT07481357
Ph2 Chemo (FOLFIRINOX/FOLFOX/FOLFIRI) EXACT Therapeutics AS IV ⏰ 4Q26 NCT06850623
Ph3 🇨🇳 Claudin 18.2 FutureGen Biopharmaceutic… IV 2Q30 NCT07383922
Ph3 🇨🇳 KRAS G12D Genfleet Therapeutics (Sh… 2Q27 NCT07262567
Ph3 KRAS G12D Incyte Corporation 3Q28 NCT07522073
Ph3 🇨🇳 Claudin 18.2 Innovent Biologics (Suzho… 2Q27 NCT07066098
Ph1+Ph2 Chemo (Gem/nab-paclitaxel) Jacobio Oral 4Q29 NCT07640295
Ph3 🇨🇳 Chemo (Gem/nab-paclitaxel) Jiangsu Healthy Life Inno… IV ⏰ 4Q26 NCT05653453
Ph3 🇨🇳 KRAS G12D Jiangsu HengRui Medicine 2Q29 NCT07232875
Ph1 Claudin 18.2 Legend 4Q27 NCT05539430
Ph2 Chemo (FOLFIRINOX/FOLFOX/FOLFIRI) OncoSil Medical Limited IV 1Q26 NCT05466799
Ph3 🇨🇳 VEGFR Shanghai Chia Tai Tianqin… IV 2Q28 NCT07165951
Ph3 🇨🇳 Chemo (Gem/nab-paclitaxel) Shanghai Yizhong IV 3Q27 NCT06752811
Ph2 Chemo (Gem/nab-paclitaxel) SynerGene IV ⏰ 4Q26 NCT02340117
Ph1+Ph2 MTAP / PRMT5 Tango IV 2Q27 NCT06922591
Unclassified programs (32) — mechanism not captured yet
PhaseMechanismCompanyModalityReadoutTrial
Ph3 Quemliclustat, Placebo, Nab-paclitaxelunclassified Arcus Biosciences, Inc. NCT06608927
Ph2+Ph3 Navlimetostat, Gemcitabine, Nab-paclitaxelunclassified Bristol-Myers Squibb NCT07076121
Ph3 Ivonescimab, AK117, Albumin-bound Paclitaxel, Gemcitabine, Ivon…unclassified Akeso NCT06953999
Ph3 Irinotecan Hydrochloride Liposome Injection (II); Oxaliplatin; …unclassified Jiangsu HengRui Medicine … NCT07238283
Ph3 QLS31905, Nab-paclitaxel., Gemcitabineunclassified Qilu Pharmaceutical Co., … NCT07079228
Ph2+Ph3 SBP-101, Nab-paclitaxel, Gemcitabineunclassified Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. NCT05254171
Ph3 Liposomal Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin, S-1unclassified CSPC Ouyi Pharmaceutical … NCT06571461
Ph3 HR070803; Oxaliplatin; 5Fluorouracil; Calcium folinate, nab-pac…unclassified Jiangsu HengRui Medicine … NCT05751850
Ph3 Immuncell-LC, Gemcitabineunclassified GC Cell Corporation NCT04969731
Ph2+Ph3 DN022150+AG( Stage I ), DN022150+AG(Stage II), placebo+AG(Stage…unclassified Jiangxi Kvvit Pharmaceuti… NCT07656376
Ph1+Ph2 EB-DNK101 dual-targeting CAR-NK cells (MSLN + MUC1), EB-DNK102 …unclassified Beijing Biotech NCT07480928
Ph1+Ph2 AK112, Cadonilimab, nab-paclitaxel, gemcitabine, AK112, Cadonil…unclassified Akeso NCT06646055
Ph1+Ph2 E-EDV-D682, EDV-GC, Gemcitabineunclassified Engeneic Pty Limited NCT07049055
Ph1+Ph2 MR001, Irinotecan Liposome Injection combined with 5-FU/LV, Nab…unclassified Shenzhen Majory Biotechno… NCT07235202
Ph1+Ph2 RR001unclassified EIR Biotherapies s.r.l. NCT06861452
Ph2 N-803, Aldoxorubicin HCl, PD-L1 t-haNKunclassified ImmunityBio, Inc. NCT04390399
Ph1+Ph2 Spevatamig (PT886), Paclitaxel, Gemcitabineunclassified Phanes Therapeutics NCT05482893
Ph1+Ph2 Initial Feasibility Study to Treat Borderline Resectable Pancre…unclassified CivaTech Oncology NCT02843945
Ph2 TQB2916 Injection, Chemotherapyunclassified Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmac… NCT06962267
Ph1+Ph2 BEY1107unclassified BeyondBio Inc. NCT03579836
Ph1+Ph2 EF-009unclassified Everfront Biotech Co., Lt… NCT04381130
Ph1+Ph2 Gemcitabine, Nab paclitaxel, NLM-001unclassified Nelum Corp NCT04827953
Ph2 AK104, AK104, Gemcitabineunclassified Akeso NCT05859750
Ph1+Ph2 YL-13027, HY-0102, Gemcitabineunclassified Shanghai YingLi Pharmaceu… NCT06662669
Ph2 CEND-1, Gemcitabine, Nab paclitaxelunclassified Qilu Pharmaceutical Co., … NCT06261359
Ph2 HRS-7058unclassified Shandong Suncadia Medicin… NCT07589569
Ph1+Ph2 EB-DNK101 dual-targeting CAR-NK cells (MSLN + MUC1), EB-DNK102 …unclassified Beijing Biotech NCT07627711
Ph1 A First-in-Human Study to Evaluate Implantable Iontophoresis Ch…unclassified Continuity Biosciences, L… NCT07481383
Ph1 Systematic chemotherapyunclassified NRT MedTech Australia Pty… NCT07555587
Ph1 Padeliporfin VTP Treatment for Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocar…unclassified Impact Biotech Ltd NCT05919238
Ph1 OMTX705, Nab-paclitaxel + Gemcitabine, Tislelizumab (i.v. 200mg)unclassified Oncomatryx Biopharma S.L. NCT07377045
Ph1 AK154, Cadonilimab, Ivonescimab (SMT112 or AK112) Injectionunclassified Akeso NCT06913218
Drugs in this landscape: zolbetuximab

Sponsor activity

Who is running trials now — green active, blue completed, red failed/terminated.

Sorted by active Active Done Failed
Revolution Medicines, Inc. 10 0 0
AstraZeneca 7 7 1
Astellas 7 1 0
Eli Lilly 4 7 1
Bristol-Myers Squibb 4 5 0
Seagen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer 4 0 2
Akeso 4 0 0
Novartis 3 5 5
Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd. 3 4 1
AbbVie 3 0 1
Qilu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 3 1 0
CARsgen Therapeutics Co., Ltd. 3 1 0
Chipscreen Biosciences, Ltd. 3 0 0
Pfizer 2 5 5
ImmunityBio, Inc. 2 1 5

All 15 active Pancreatic Cancer sponsors

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How the field has grown

New-trial starts peaked in 2025 (154 registered). The right-hand chart shows median Phase 3 enrollment by start year — the number in parentheses is that year's Phase 3 trial count (93 in total), so single-trial years (and years with no Phase 3 starts) are obvious. Both are by trial start date; the current year is partial.

New trials started by year

2016
80
2017
78
2018
79
2019
79
2020
76
2021
102
2022
82
2023
116
2024
140
2025
154
2026
104

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Median Phase 3 enrollment by start year

2016 (3)
140
2017 (3)
567
2018 (9)
218
2019 (5)
211
2020 (5)
43
2021 (5)
408
2022 (2)
556
2023 (8)
100
2024 (15)
210
2025 (24)
392
2026 (14)
399

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Full trial pipeline

Every active and completed trial across Phase 1–4, with enrollment analytics. Sortable, filterable, exportable with Pro.

NCT06989437 RECRUITING
A Study to Learn About the Medicine Ponsegromab in Adults With Cancer of the Pancreas Which Has Spread and Caused Significant Body Weight Loss and Fatigue
Pfizer n=982
NCT06608927 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
Study of Quemliclustat and Chemotherapy Versus Placebo and Chemotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Arcus Biosciences, Inc. n=610
NCT07562152 RECRUITING
Atebimetinib + GnP as a First Line Treatment in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Immuneering Corporation n=510
NCT07219238 RECRUITING
Study to Evaluate the Diagnostic Performance of GEH300079 (68Ga) Injection PET/CT for Detection of PC in Patients With Colorectal, Gastric, Ovarian, or Pancreatic Cancers (PERISCOPE)
GE Healthcare n=175
NCT06958328 RECRUITING
Testing Higher Dose Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
NRG Oncology n=356
NCT07252232 RECRUITING
Study of Daraxonrasib (RMC-6236) in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
Revolution Medicines, Inc. n=500
NCT07076121 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
A Study Comparing Navlimetostat (BMS-986504) in Combination With Nab-paclitaxel and Gemcitabine Versus Placebo in Combination With Nab-paclitaxel and Gemcitabine in Participants With Untreated Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma With Homozygous MTAP Deletion (MountainTAP-30)
Bristol-Myers Squibb n=470
NCT06625320 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
Phase 3 Study of Daraxonrasib (RMC-6236) in Patients With Previously Treated Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
Revolution Medicines, Inc. n=500
NCT07217717 RECRUITING
Using 18F-FAPI PET to Detect Metastatic Disease in Patients That Have Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
SOFIE n=200
NCT07409272 RECRUITING
A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Setidegrasib, Given With Either mFOLFIRINOX or NALIRIFOX Chemotherapies, in People With Pancreatic Cancer
Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc. n=614
NCT07491445 RECRUITING
Study of Daraxonrasib and Daraxonrasib + GnP as First-line Treatment in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Revolution Medicines, Inc. n=900
NCT06998940 RECRUITING
Studying Chemotherapy With or Without Panitumumab for Unresectable, Locally Advanced, or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Without KRAS Mutations
SWOG Cancer Research Network n=94
NCT07490301 RECRUITING
A Study to Assess Intravenous (IV) Telisotuzumab Adizutecan in Combination With Fluorouracil, Folinic Acid, and Oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) Compared to Standard of Care in Adult Participants With First-Line Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
AbbVie n=900
NCT06953999 RECRUITING
A Phase III Study of Ivonescimab + Chemo With/Without AK117 in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Akeso n=999
NCT07445295 NOT YET RECRUITING
Chiauranib Plus PD-1 Inhibitor, Albumin-paclitaxel and Gemcitabine in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Chipscreen Biosciences, Ltd. n=558
NCT05836870 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
Tele-PancFit: A Multi-site Trial of Video-based Strengthening Exercise Prehabilitation for Patients With Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center n=58
NCT07436741 NOT YET RECRUITING
Surufatinib Plus Gemcitabine and Nab-paclitaxel vs. Gemcitabine Plus Nab-paclitaxel in Neoadjuvant Therapy for High - Risk Resectable or Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital n=106
NCT07429643 NOT YET RECRUITING
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Loco-regional Chemotherapy Injection as Adjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.
Assiut University n=20
NCT07044453 RECRUITING
Risk-adapted Adjuvant Chemotherapy Guided by the Tumour Stage for Operated Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With mFOLFIRINOX
University Hospital, Rouen n=390
NCT04340141 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
Testing the Use of the Usual Chemotherapy Before and After Surgery for Removable Pancreatic Cancer
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology n=358
NCT06752811 RECRUITING
Polymeric Micellar Paclitaxel for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Shanghai Yizhong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. n=416
NCT07383922 NOT YET RECRUITING
A Study of FG-M108+Chemotherapy vs Placebo+Chemotherapy in Claudin18.2-positive Pancreatic Cancer
FutureGen Biopharmaceutical (Beijing) Co., Ltd n=524
NCT06861088 RECRUITING
The Effect of Kinisoquin™ on Thromboembolic Events in Patients With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Quercis Pharma AG n=480
NCT07336953 NOT YET RECRUITING
A Phase III, Randomized, Clinical Trial of GnP Combined With SBRT and Serplulimab Versus GnP as First-Line Treatment for Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (WGOG-PAN 006/ICSBR-2)
West China Hospital n=198
NCT06115499 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
The PLATINUM Trial: Optimizing Chemotherapy for the Second-Line Treatment of Metastatic BRCA1/2 or PALB2-Associated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology n=10
NCT06361888 RECRUITING
A Phase II/III Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Surufatinib Combined With Camrelizumab, Nab-paclitaxel, and Gemcitabine in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Hutchmed n=502
NCT07165951 RECRUITING
Clinical Trial Comparing TQB2868 Injection Combined With Anlotinib Hydrochloride Capsules With Placebo Combined With Chemotherapy as First-line Treatment for Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (mPDAC)
Shanghai Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Technology Development Co., Ltd. n=566
NCT07272109 NOT YET RECRUITING
Active Anti-diabetic Treatment Plus Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer Related Diabetes
Fudan University n=210
NCT07238283 RECRUITING
Irinotecan Hydrochloride Liposome Injection (II)in Combination With Oxaliplatin, 5-FU/LV Versus AG for First-line Treatment of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd. n=662
NCT06783140 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
Study of NABPLAGEM vs. Nab-Paclitaxel/Gemcitabine in BRCA1/2 or PALB2 Pancreatic Cancer
University Health Network, Toronto n=10
NCT07262567 RECRUITING
Phase III Study to Compare GFH375 and Chemotherapy in Patients With KRAS G12D-Mutant Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Genfleet Therapeutics (Shanghai) Inc. n=320
NCT07232875 NOT YET RECRUITING
HRS 4642 Injection Combined With AG Versus Placebo Combined With AG Therapy in First-Line Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd. n=588
NCT03257033 RECRUITING
Intra-arterial Gemcitabine vs. IV Gemcitabine and Nab-Paclitaxel Following Radiotherapy for LAPC
RenovoRx n=190
NCT07079228 RECRUITING
A Study to Compare QLS31905 and Chemotherapy With Placebo and Chemotherapy in Participants With Pancreatic Cancer
Qilu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. n=602
NCT07155525 RECRUITING
Tissue Adhesive Glue Modified Cyanoacrylate (Glubran® 2) in Soft Pancreas
Minia University n=194
NCT07155629 NOT YET RECRUITING
Neoadjuvant Treatment vs Upfront Surgery for Left-Sided Pancreatic Cancer
Helsinki University Central Hospital n=381
NCT07081360 RECRUITING
Neoadjuvant vs Upfront Surgery for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer and Periampullary Cancer
Minia University n=262
NCT07138846 NOT YET RECRUITING
A Study Comparing MRG004A Plus Best Supportive Care Versus Placebo and Best Supportive Care in the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Lepu Biopharma Co., Ltd. n=231
NCT07066098 RECRUITING
A Multicenter Study of IBI343 Monotherapy Versus Placebo in Subjects With Previously Treated, Claudin (CLDN) 18.2-positive, Pancreatic Cancer(G-HOPE-002)
Innovent Biologics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. n=201
NCT06018883 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
Vitamin C to Chemotherapy Related Anemia in Pancreatic Cancer
Fudan University n=100
NCT06095141 RECRUITING
Cisplatin to Patients With Pancreatic Cancer and Homologous Recombination Deficiency
Fudan University n=30
NCT06250972 RECRUITING
Radiotherapy to Patients With CA19-9-elevated Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Fudan University n=210
NCT07098598 RECRUITING
Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis With FAPI-PET Imaging
Turku University Hospital n=100
NCT06999512 NOT YET RECRUITING
Impact of Comprehensive Geriatric Management on Morbidity and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients Undergoing Major Hepatectomy and Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Cancer
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris n=526
NCT06897644 RECRUITING
Gemcitabine Plus Nab-paclitaxel as Switch Maintenance Versus Continuation of Modified FOLFIRINOX as 1st Line Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.
Gruppo Oncologico del Nord-Ovest n=340
NCT05482516 RECRUITING
Evaluating Novel Therapies in ctDNA Positive GI Cancers
Georgetown University n=20
NCT06946420 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
SENECA: First Line metaStatic pancrEatic caNcer Primary and Distant (if Oligometastatic) lEsion direCted rAdiotherapy
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS n=108
NCT05653453 RECRUITING
Clinical Study of Tumor Treating Fields Combined with Gemcitabine and Albumin-bound Paclitaxel in the First-line Treatment of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Jiangsu Healthy Life Innovation Medical Technology Co., Ltd n=512
NCT03899636 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
A Pivotal Study of Safety and Effectiveness of NanoKnife IRE for Stage 3 Pancreatic Cancer
Angiodynamics, Inc. n=528
NCT06782412 RECRUITING
Multicenter Validation Trial of [18F]AlF-FAPI-74 for PET Imaging of Cancer-associated Fibroblasts Through Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitors (FAPI) in Different Tumor Types
KU Leuven n=109
NCT06427447 RECRUITING
Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Versus Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer (ADJUPANC)
Changhai Hospital n=770
NCT01954992 RECRUITING
Glufosfamide Versus 5-FU in Second Line Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Eleison Pharmaceuticals LLC. n=480
NCT05314998 NOT YET RECRUITING
Adjuvant Trial in Patients With Resected PDAC Randomized to Allocation of Oxaliplatin- or Gemcitabine-based Chemotherapy by Standard Clinical Criteria or by a Transcriptomic Treatment Specific Stratification Signature
John Neoptolemos n=394
NCT06714604 RECRUITING
Standard or Prolonged Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Before Surgery for BR/LAPC
Sahlgrenska University Hospital n=432
NCT05529940 RECRUITING
NeoFOL-R Trial (Perioperative Versus Adjuvnat FOLFIRINOX in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer)
Seoul National University Hospital n=609
NCT06601283 RECRUITING
Vitamin C Plus Cordyceps to Chemotherapy Related Anemia in Pancreatic Cancer
Fudan University n=50
NCT06598033 RECRUITING
Vitamin C Plus Cordyceps to Quality of Life in Patients With Terminal Stage Pancreatic Cancer
Fudan University n=50
NCT02919787 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
Nordic Pancreatic Cancer Trial (NorPACT) - 1
Oslo University Hospital n=140
NCT05254171 RECRUITING
Study of Nab-Paclitaxel and Gemcitabine With or Without SBP-101 in Pancreatic Cancer
Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. n=600
NCT04927780 ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
Perioperative or Adjuvant mFOLFIRINOX for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Erasmus Medical Center n=378
NCT06571461 NOT YET RECRUITING
Liposomal Irinotecan in Combination With Oxaliplatin and S-1 Versus Gemcitabine Combined With Capecitabine as Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer
CSPC Ouyi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. n=408
NCT06079346 RECRUITING
A Study of OT-101 With mFOLFIRINOX in Patients With Advanced and Unresectable or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Oncotelic Inc. n=455
NCT06492941 NOT YET RECRUITING
A Study of Docetaxel for Injection (Albumin Bound) in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
CSPC ZhongQi Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. n=142
NCT06409429 NOT YET RECRUITING
Nimotuzumab Combined With GX as Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer
Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital n=146
NCT05751850 RECRUITING
HR070803 in Combination With Oxaliplatin, 5-FU/LV Versus AG for First-line Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd. n=778
NCT06391892 RECRUITING
Liquid Biopsy (ctDNA) Guided Treatment in Localized Pancreatic Cancer: Neoadjuvant CTX vs. Upfront Surgery
Elisabethinen Hospital n=100
NCT06217042 NOT YET RECRUITING
HR070803 in Combination With Oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil/LV Versus GX as Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer
Fudan University n=524
NCT06017284 RECRUITING
Thalidomide to Chemotherapy Related Nausea and Vomiting in Pancreatic Cancer
Fudan University n=100
NCT05268692 RECRUITING
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer Followed by GS and GnP
Kochi University n=500
NCT04969731 RECRUITING
Safety and Efficacy of Immuncell-LC With Gemcitabine in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
GC Cell Corporation n=408
NCT07621718 RECRUITING
Study of Zoldonrasib + Chemo of Investigator's Choice vs Placebo + Chemo of Investigator's Choice as First-line Treatment in Metastatic KRAS G12D-mutated Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma ( RASolute 305 )
Revolution Medicines, Inc. n=670
NCT07632118 RECRUITING
Radiotherapy With GX Regimen as Adjuvant Therapy for High-risk Patients Following Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital n=288
NCT07656376 NOT YET RECRUITING
Clinical Trial of DN022150 Combined With AG Chemotherapy as First-line Treatment for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer With KRAS G12D Mutation
Jiangxi Kvvit Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. n=465
NCT05131776 TERMINATED
EUS-guided Intra-tumour Injection of OncoSil for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma.
Chinese University of Hong Kong n=2
NCT01013649 COMPLETED
Gemcitabine Hydrochloride With or Without Erlotinib Hydrochloride Followed by the Same Chemotherapy Regimen With or Without Radiation Therapy and Capecitabine or Fluorouracil in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer That Has Been Removed by Surgery
National Cancer Institute (NCI) n=546
NCT03943667 COMPLETED
Gemcitabine and Paclitaxel vs Gemcitabine Alone After FOLFIRINOX Failure in Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
UNICANCER n=211
NCT03269994 COMPLETED
Does Cefoxitin or Piperacillin-Tazobactam Prevent Postoperative Surgical Site Infections After Pancreatoduodenectomy?
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center n=967
NCT03434678 COMPLETED
Use of Epidurals Intraoperatively for Patients Undergoing Pancreas Resection
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center n=133
NCT00806611 COMPLETED
Intraoperative Celiac Plexus Neurolysis for Patients With Operable Pancreatic and Periampullary Cancer
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University n=438
NCT03750669 COMPLETED
Sequential Use of AG and mFOLFIRINOX as Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University n=324
NCT01746979 COMPLETED
Clinical Trial Testing TH-302 in Combination With Gemcitabine in Previously Untreated Subjects With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
ImmunoGenesis n=693
NCT03468335 COMPLETED
2nd-line Therapy With Nal-IRI After Gem/Nab-pac in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer - Predictive Role of 1st-line Therapy
AIO-Studien-gGmbH n=151
NCT03984214 COMPLETED
Efficacy and Safety of Dronabinol in the Improvement of Chemotherapy-induced and Tumor-related Symptoms in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Arbeitsgemeinschaft medikamentoese Tumortherapie n=109
NCT04229004 COMPLETED
A Multi-center Trial to Evaluate Multiple Regimens in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network n=502
NCT02457156 COMPLETED
Cattell-Warren Versus Blumgart Techniques of Pancreatico-jejunostomy Following Pancreato-duodenectomy
University of Liverpool n=295
NCT02349412 COMPLETED
Early Palliative Care With Standard Care or Standard Care Alone in Improving Quality of Life of Patients With Incurable Lung or Non-colorectal Gastrointestinal Cancer and Their Family Caregivers
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology n=405
NCT04935359 COMPLETED
Study of Efficacy and Safety of NIS793 in Combination With Standard of Care (SOC) Chemotherapy in First-line Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) - daNIS-2
Novartis Pharmaceuticals n=511
NCT03512756 TERMINATED
A Randomized Phase 2/3 Multi-Center Study of SM-88 in Participants With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Tyme, Inc n=130
NCT03941093 COMPLETED
Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Neoadjuvant Treatment With Pamrevlumab in Combination With Chemotherapy (Either Gemcitabine Plus Nab-paclitaxel or FOLFIRINOX) in Participants With Locally Advanced, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer
Kyntra Bio n=284
NCT01231347 COMPLETED
QUILT-2.014: Gemcitabine and AMG 479 in Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
NantCell, Inc. n=800
NCT01827553 COMPLETED
Pancreatic Carcinoma: Chemoradiation Compared With Chemotherapy Alone After Induction Chemotherapy
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School n=830
NCT02395016 COMPLETED
A Study of Nimotuzumab Combinated With Gemcitabine in K-RAS Wild-type Locally Advanced and Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Biotech Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. n=90
NCT04300114 TERMINATED
A Study of Maintenance Treatment With Fluzoparib in gBRCA/PALB2 Mutated Pancreatic Cancer Whose Disease Has Not Progressed on First Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd. n=5
NCT02539537 COMPLETED
A Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing Folfirinox to Gemcitabine in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma
UNICANCER n=171
NCT04592861 TERMINATED
Carbon Ion RT for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Albert Einstein College of Medicine n=5
NCT04329949 TERMINATED
Study of Relacorilant in Combination With Nab-Paclitaxel in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Corcept Therapeutics n=43
NCT05074589 COMPLETED
Irinotecan Liposome in Combination With 5-FU/LV Versus 5-FU/LV in Second-line Therapy for Gemcitabine-Refractory Pancreatic Cancer
Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd. n=298
NCT02101021 TERMINATED
Gemcitabine and Nab-paclitaxel Combined With Momelotinib in Participants With Previously Untreated Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Sierra Oncology LLC - a GSK company n=25
NCT03126435 COMPLETED
EndoTAG-1+GEM vs GEM in Patients With Locally Advanced/Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Failed on FOLFIRINOX
SynCore Biotechnology Co., Ltd. n=218
NCT02948309 COMPLETED
Mistletoe Therapy in Primary and Recurrent Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer
Karolinska University Hospital n=290
NCT03504423 COMPLETED
Study Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of FFX Versus Combination of CPI-613 With mFFX in Patients With Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals n=528
NCT01926197 COMPLETED
Phase 3 Study of FOLFIRINOX (mFFX) +/- SBRT in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Stanford University n=27
NCT03665441 COMPLETED
Study of Eryaspase in Combination With Chemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy Alone as 2nd-Line Treatment in PAC
ERYtech Pharma n=512
NCT01526135 COMPLETED
Trial Comparing Adjuvant Chemotherapy With Gemcitabine Versus mFolfirinox to Treat Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
UNICANCER n=493
NCT03673137 COMPLETED
Phase II/III of Randomized Controlled Clinical Research on IRE Synchronous Chemotherapy for LAPC
Fuda Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou n=120
NCT01956812 TERMINATED
Phase 3 Trial of 90Y-Clivatuzumab Tetraxetan & Gemcitabine vs Placebo & Gemcitabine in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Gilead Sciences n=334
NCT03536182 WITHDRAWN
Trial of Carbon Ion Versus Photon Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
NCT04151719 WITHDRAWN
An Extension Study of Methylnaltrexone Bromide (MNTX) in Participants With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Bausch Health Americas, Inc.
NCT04083651 WITHDRAWN
A Study of Methylnaltrexone Bromide (MNTX) in Participants With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Bausch Health Americas, Inc.
NCT03649035 WITHDRAWN
Eus-guided Cryothermal Ablation in Stage III Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Istituto Clinico Humanitas
NCT02195232 COMPLETED
Cancer Associated Thrombosis and Isoquercetin (CATIQ)
Jeffrey Zwicker, MD n=64
NCT02436668 COMPLETED
Study of Ibrutinib vs Placebo, in Combination With Nab-paclitaxel and Gemcitabine, in the First Line Treatment of Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (RESOLVE)
Pharmacyclics LLC. n=430
NCT03766295 COMPLETED
Masitinib Plus Gemcitabine in Pancreatic Cancer
AB Science n=377
NCT02340728 COMPLETED
Endoscopic Biliary Co-axial Stent Placement Plus/Minus Use of Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) for Clearance of Occluded Self Expandable Metal Stents (SEMS) in Patients With Distal Biliary Obstruction From Unresectable Biliary-pancreatic Malignancies
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center n=24
NCT02923921 COMPLETED
Study of Pegilodecakin (LY3500518) With FOLFOX Compared to FOLFOX Alone Second-line Tx in Participants With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Eli Lilly and Company n=567
NCT01072981 COMPLETED
Immunotherapy Study for Surgically Resected Pancreatic Cancer
NewLink Genetics Corporation n=722
NCT01836432 TERMINATED
Immunotherapy Study in Borderline Resectable or Locally Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer
NewLink Genetics Corporation n=302
NCT01438476 COMPLETED
Postoperative Thoracic Epidural Analgesia Versus Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia For Liver and/or Pancreas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center n=178
NCT00844649 COMPLETED
Phase III Study of ABI-007(Albumin-bound Paclitaxel) Plus Gemcitabine Versus Gemcitabine in Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
Celgene n=861
NCT01314027 TERMINATED
Adjuvant Versus Neoadjuvant Plus Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
University of Zurich n=38
NCT02404363 TERMINATED
Safety and Efficacy of Clopidogrel in Locally Advanced and Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Treated With Chemotherapy
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris n=39
NCT02117479 TERMINATED
Study of Ruxolitinib in Pancreatic Cancer Patients (Janus 1)
Incyte Corporation n=321
NCT03239184 COMPLETED
Bioinformation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer
Fuda Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou n=120
NCT00789633 COMPLETED
Masitinib in Combination With Gemcitabine for Treatment of Patients With Advanced/Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
AB Science n=353
NCT01900327 TERMINATED
Neoadjuvant Treatment in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf n=32
NCT01458717 COMPLETED
Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Patients With Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Seoul National University Hospital n=58
NCT02284139 COMPLETED
Pilot Trial of EGF Ointment for the Patients With EGFR-i Related Skin Side Effects
Dong-A University Hospital n=90
NCT02119663 TERMINATED
A Study of Ruxolitinib in Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Incyte Corporation n=86
NCT02988635 COMPLETED
Early Palliative Care on Quality of Life of Advanced Cancer Patients
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma n=281
NCT01360853 COMPLETED
Gemcitabine and ON 01910.Na in Previously Untreated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Traws Pharma, Inc. n=160
NCT01494506 COMPLETED
Study of MM-398 With or Without 5-FU/LV, Versus 5-FU/LV in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals n=417
NCT00994110 COMPLETED
Placebo Controlled Trial of SOM230 for the Reduction of Post-Pancreatectomy Fistula, Leak, and Abscess
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center n=439
NCT00634725 COMPLETED
Gemcitabine With or Without Capecitabine and/or Radiation Therapy or Gemcitabine With or Without Erlotinib in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery
GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group n=820
NCT01598584 WITHDRAWN
Mirtazapine Plus Gemcitabine Versus Gemcitabine in Metastasis Pancreatic Cancer
Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
NCT01419002 TERMINATED
Study to Evaluate if Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy Improves Recurrence Free Survival in Pancreatic Head Cancer
CHIR-Net n=5
NCT01362582 TERMINATED
Comparing Parenteral Nutrition vs Best Supportive Nutritional Care in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer
National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg n=32

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Frequently asked

Common questions about the Pancreatic Cancer landscape

How many companies are developing Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) treatments?
6 companies have active or registered Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) programs in TheraRadar's competitive landscape (83 classified trials). The most active are Astellas Pharma Global Development, Revolution Medicines, and Amplia Therapeutics Limited.
What mechanisms of action are being developed for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)?
5 distinct mechanisms of action appear across the Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) pipeline, including Claudin 18.2, Pan-RAS / RAS(ON) multi, FAK, KRAS G12D, and VEGFR/Aurora B/CSF1R (multi-kinase).
What is the most crowded mechanism in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)?
Claudin 18.2 is the most contested mechanism in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC), with 6 programs mapped to it.
Are there upcoming Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) clinical readouts or FDA decisions?
Near-term Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) catalysts include zolbetuximab (data readout, Aug '26); avutometinib (VS-6766) (data readout, Aug '26). Dates combine estimated trial primary-completion readouts and confirmed FDA decision dates.
Where does TheraRadar's Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) landscape data come from?
Programs are derived from industry-sponsored ClinicalTrials.gov registrations (2008–present) and classified by mechanism of action using a curated rule set plus an LLM pipeline. Every cell links to its underlying trials, so each program is verifiable.
Is the Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) heatmap free to use?
Yes — viewing and searching the Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) heatmap is free. A TheraRadar Pro subscription adds advanced filters, row/column selection, and one-click export to PowerPoint, PDF, and CSV.
How this is built — methodology & limits

These grids are only as good as the data and the classification behind them — so here is exactly what goes in, what stays out, how every assignment is made, and where the limits are.

Where the data comes from

Every heatmap is built from the public ClinicalTrials.gov registry, via its official API — interventional drug and biologic trials with a start date of 2008 or later. The master index holds over 145,000 trials and is refreshed weekly (see the “updated” date on this page). A disease landscape draws only from the active, Phase 1–3, industry-sponsored slice of that index.

  • In scope: industry-sponsored trials in Phase 1, 2, or 3, with an active status (recruiting, active-not-recruiting, not-yet-recruiting, or enrolling by invitation). Phase 4 sits in the index but is left out of the landscapes.
  • Filtered out: deeply stale programs (a primary completion date more than two years past with no update to completed or terminated); basket trials and incidental mentions (a trial counts toward a disease only when that disease is genuinely the subject of study — not a secondary cohort, an organ-of-origin overlap, or a passing mention); and healthy-volunteer studies.

We do not exclude trials by sponsor geography. Where a sponsor is based in China, the program is flagged on the page rather than hidden, so you can weigh it yourself. An automated test fails the weekly refresh if the underlying index is more than 14 days old, so a published grid is never built on a stale index.

How a trial is matched to a disease

Matching uses a structured medical ontology, not keyword guessing, and is designed so that no trial is ever silently dropped — every trial that clears the filters gets a classification, even if that is just “Other.” It runs as an ordered sequence of steps, stopping at the first that applies:

  1. Healthy-volunteer studies are set aside as non-disease trials.
  2. Ontology match — each tracked disease is linked to its official identifiers in the standard medical taxonomy (MeSH), so a trial can be matched even when its text uses a synonym.
  3. Curated disease patterns — a hand-maintained library of over 150 disease-name patterns covers the more granular indications across oncology, hematology, infectious disease, cardiometabolic, immunology, and neuropsychiatry.
  4. Basket guard — a trial matching four or more distinct diseases, or carrying explicit basket language (“tumor-agnostic,” “all solid tumors,” “pan-cancer”), is grouped into a single advanced-solid-tumor category rather than over-counted across every cancer it touches.
  5. Therapeutic-area roll-up — a trial with no specific match, but which the taxonomy still places under a broad area, is assigned to that area (“Oncology — other,” “Immunology — other,” …), checking cancers first so a site-specific tumor isn’t filed under its anatomical system.

A “drop-if-parent-present” rule keeps a generic name from drowning out a subtype: a trial matching both lupus and lupus nephritis is reported only as lupus nephritis. Internal abbreviations are translated to the plain disease names used across the site (for example, “CRC” becomes “Colorectal Cancer”), and the same classifier is shared by every heatmap, so the same trial always maps to the same disease wherever it appears.

How a drug is matched to its mechanism

Mechanism of action is the hardest part to get right, so it is assigned in layers — leaning on curated and public data first, with AI as a last resort:

  1. Curated rulebook (first). A rulebook we maintain — over 600 drug-to-mechanism rules — is checked first, matching on drug names, trial acronyms, sponsor trial identifiers, and intervention lists. First match wins, which stops a combination trial from being counted several times.
  2. Public molecular-target data. Where no rule applies, each intervention’s target is looked up in a public target database, with verbose or gene-symbol labels normalized into consistent short forms so one target isn’t split across several columns.
  3. Standard-of-care backbones. A small set of rules recognizes common combination scaffolds (checkpoint-inhibitor monotherapy, standard chemotherapy regimens, established standard-of-care agents) so they aren’t mistaken for the experimental arm.
  4. AI as a last resort, then cross-checked. Only for genuinely opaque sponsor code-names that none of the first three steps can resolve do we ask an AI model to propose a mechanism — applied only above a fixed confidence bar, then automatically cross-checked against the sponsor’s own pipeline page. Where AI and the sponsor agree, the program is marked sponsor-verified. Where they contradict, the label is discarded entirely — not shown, not counted.

New mechanism rules are independently double-verified before they’re trusted — a second, adversarial pass set up to disprove the first — and each is checked so it can’t mislabel an unrelated trial. Drugs whose mechanism isn’t publicly disclosed are shown openly as “Emerging — not yet disclosed” rather than guessed at: for a tool meant to support real decisions, “we don’t yet know” is a more trustworthy answer than a confident guess.

Where AI is used — and where it isn’t

The disease and mechanism matching above is driven first by deterministic rules and public ontologies, not AI. AI plays three bounded, disclosed roles: (1) an optional extra check that a trial genuinely studies the disease, on top of the ontology match; (2) inferring a trial’s treatment setting on the competitive grids when the rules don’t cover it, only above a fixed confidence bar; and (3) the last-resort mechanism step above, always cross-checked against the sponsor’s disclosures. Wherever an AI label reaches a cell, the page marks it (⚙️ or ✅) — AI is never the silent, sole source of what you see.

What the on-page markers mean

  • ✅ Sponsor-verified — AI proposed the mechanism and it matched the sponsor’s own pipeline page. High-trust.
  • ⚙️ AI-classified — AI proposed it above the confidence bar but it has not yet been cross-checked against the sponsor. Useful; verify before citing. It never means a person reviewed it.
  • ⚡ First-in-class — the mechanism hasn’t appeared in any other disease landscape we’ve built. This reflects the scope of landscapes published so far (the tooltip lists exactly which were scanned), not an absolute claim about the whole market.
  • 🌱 First-in-indication — the only program competing on that mechanism within this disease.
  • 🆕 NME candidate — the interventions match no drug in our approved-drug index, suggesting a new molecular entity. The index is incomplete — a signal, not a regulatory fact.
  • 🔗 Combination · 👶 Pediatric · 🔥 Hot (readout within six months) · ⏳ Stale (completion date passed but still marked active — often a stalled program).

Sponsor names are resolved through a curated parent/subsidiary map; unrecognized sponsors appear under their raw registry name. The registry records the sponsor at a trial’s inception, so names are as originally filed and may not reflect later acquisitions. To keep large grids legible, mechanisms with a single program are listed separately rather than crowding the main grid, and very small players are listed below it — presentation choices only; nothing is removed from the underlying counts.

How we score programs — “what’s about to move”

Each program carries a 0–100 score that deliberately ranks imminence over raw stage — the most decision-relevant signal on a competitive grid. It is the sum of:

  • Clinical phase — up to 40 points (Phase 3 = 40, Phase 2 = 25, Phase 1 = 10).
  • Readout proximity — up to 60 points (next readout <6 months = 60, 6–12 months = 45, 1–2 years = 30, distant = 5).
  • Stale penalty — the score is halved if a trial is past its expected readout but still listed as active.

Cell colour on the grid is driven by this score, so a Phase 2 program about to read out can — correctly — outrank a dormant Phase 3 one. It answers “what’s about to move,” not just “what’s furthest along.”

What each grid plots

  • Indication landscape (this page) — one disease — companies (rows) × mechanism of action (columns): who is competing, and on what mechanism.
  • Company portfolio — one company — diseases (rows) × mechanism (columns): where it is active, and what it is betting on.
  • MOA platform — one mechanism family — drugs (rows) × diseases (columns): who is working on this class, and where.
  • Competitive landscape — one disease — mechanism (rows) × clinical setting (columns), aggregated across companies; setting columns are tailored per disease (e.g. lines of therapy in oncology; biologic-naïve vs. biologic-experienced in IBD).

What we don’t claim

  • First-in-class is editorial, not absolute — “not seen in the landscapes we’ve built,” not “novel across the industry.”
  • NME candidate is a signal, not a filing — absent from our (incomplete) approved-drug index.
  • Disease matching is automated and not exhaustively validated per disease — ontology and pattern matching can occasionally include or miss a trial.
  • AI-classified mechanisms are machine-proposed — unconfirmed unless they also carry ✅.
  • Sponsor names are as-filed and may lag current ownership.
  • Grids are as fresh as their last rebuild from the weekly index — no faster continuous refresh is claimed.

Data: ClinicalTrials.gov v2 API + FDA Drugs@FDA (approved-drug index). Spot an error? [email protected].

Data: ClinicalTrials.gov · Trials registered 2008 onwards · Industry sponsors only