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Near-term implementable finding

pRECIST: Guidelines for Response Criteria for Use in Trials Testing Therapeutics in Pancreatic Cancer.

New assessment guidelines designed specifically for pancreatic cancer trials address weaknesses in standard tumor measurement criteria.

This paper proposes pRECIST, a set of modified response criteria designed specifically for evaluating therapeutics in pancreatic cancer clinical trials. The guidelines address known limitations of standard RECIST criteria in pancreatic cancer assessment.

What the study was

Study design
Guideline/Consensus
Population
Pancreatic cancer clinical trial patients
Category
Treatment Innovation
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Pancreas

Why it surfaced

Novel trial response criteria for pancreatic cancer — directly implementable in clinical trials. Addresses real gap in trial design.

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