Randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase II trial of simvastatin and gemcitabine in advanced pancreatic cancer patients

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-130

  Hong, Jung Yong ^a   Nam, Eun Mi ^b   Lee, Jeeyun ^a   Park, Joon Oh ^a   Lee, Sang Cheol ^c   Song, Seo Young ^d   Choi, Seong Ho ^a   Heo, Jin Seok ^a   Park, Se Hoon ^a   Lim, Ho Yeong ^a   Kang, Won Ki ^a   Park, Young Suk ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^d Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gemcitabine; Pancreatic cancer; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; GEMCITABINE; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84892789527     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: 14320843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-013-2328-1     Document Type: Article

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