Clinical trials for pancreatic cancer

Clinical trials can be an important treatment option for people with pancreatic cancer. In this section we explain what clinical trials are, what they involve and how to find a clinical trial.

Clinical trials are medical research studies involving people.
Most pancreatic cancer trials are looking at different treatment options.
Clinical trials for pancreatic cancer are important because they show us what treatments and care do and don’t work. They help to improve future pancreatic cancer treatments and medical knowledge.
You may have access to new treatments through a clinical trial. But the new treatments may not be any better than the treatments that are already available.
Each trial has strict rules for who can take part. Not all trials are suitable for everyone.

Use our Clinical trial finder to search for clinical trials for pancreatic cancer in the UK.

Search for trials

Email us at publications@pancreaticcancer.org.uk for references to the sources of information used to write this information.

We would like to thank the following people who reviewed our
information about clinical trials for pancreatic cancer.

Claire Taylor, Research Nurse Team Leader, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Joanne Mayhew, HPB Research Nurse, Cambridge Cancer Trials Centre
Pippa Corrie, Consultant and Associate Lecturer in Medical Oncology, Cambridge Cancer Trials Centre, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Pancreatic Cancer UK Lay Information Reviewers
Pancreatic Cancer UK Specialist Nurses

Published January 2025

Review date January 2028