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"nct_id": "NCT00425360",
"official_title": "A Prospective, Phase III, Controlled, Multicentre, Randomised Clinical Trial Comparing Combination Gemcitabine and Capecitabine Therapy With Concurrent and Sequential Chemoimmunotherapy Using a Telomerase Vaccine in Locally Advanced and Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer [TELOVAC]",
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