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Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent
Able, in the investigator's opinion, to fulfill the procedures and explorations of the study
Age ≥ 18 years old
ECOG 0-2
Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks
Patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, following 7th edition of TNM classification
Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
Measurable disease following RECIST criteria version 1.1
No previous systemic treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer Adjuvant chemotherapy al least 6 months before enrollment is allowed. Patients having neoadjuvant chemotherapy must have completed the treatment at least 4 weeks before trial entry. Toxicities associated to previous treatment must be resolved before enrollment. Progression disease (metastatic disease) must be confirmed after adjuvant treatment

Adequate bone marrow function as determined by:

Hemoglobin: ≥ 9 g/dL. (patients with hemoglobin < 9 g/dL could be transfused before their inclusion on the study)
Platelets: ≥ 100 x 109/L
Absolute Neutrophil account (ANC) ≥ 1,5 x 109/L

Adequate liver function, as determined by:

Serum bilirubin ≤ 1,5 x LSN
AST, ALT ≤ 2,5 x LSN in patients without liver metastasis. In patients with liver metastasis ≤ 5 x LSN
Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2,5 x LSN or ≤ 5 x LSN in patients with liver metastasis. In patients with bone metastasis ≤ 10 x LSN

Adequate renal function, as determined by:

Creatinine clearance using the Cockcroft-Gault formula ≥ 50.0 ml/min
Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test performed within 7 days prior to randomization. Postmenopausal women are defined as those who have been amenorrheic for at least 12 months. Also, both men and women enrolled in this study must use adequate birth control (eg., abstinence, intrauterine device, oral contraceptive or double barrier method or be surgically sterile), starting at the signing of the informed consent and up to at least 6 months after completion of treatment or the last dose, whichever occurs first
Patients must not have undergone a major surgical procedure within 4 weeks prior to study treatment. The surgical wound should be completely healed

Exclusion Criteria:

Local pancreatic cancer (stage IA-IIB) or locally advance cancer (stage III), following the TNM 7th edition classification. Patients with metastatic disease that relapse after the initial diagnosis of local or advance disease could be included in this study
Pancreatic endocrine tumor and ampulloma
Evidence of carcinomatosis meningitis or brain metastasis. In case of clinical suspicious of brain metastasis is mandatory to perform a brain TAC/MR 4 weeks prior de inclusion.
Primary tumors developed 5 years previous to the inclusion, except in situ cervix carcinoma or skin basocellular cancer properly treated

Cardiovascular disease clinically significant (active):

Non-controlled arterial hypertension (Systolic pressure > 150 mg Hg and/or diastolic pressure > 100 mm Hg on repeated pressure measurements)
Cerebrovascular accident/ictus (≤ 6 weeks prior to inclusion)
Myocardial infarction (≤ 6 months prior to inclusion)
Unstable angina
Congestive cardiac insufficiency (grade II or superior following to New York Heart Association (NYHA)
Severe cardiac arrythmia requiring treatment
Significant ophthalmologic anomalies
Deficit in Dihydropyrimidine-Dehydrogenase (DPD)
Unable to take oral drug. Previous surgical process that affect the absorption or make the needed to have intravenous feeding or parenteral nutrition with lipids
Pregnancy women or in lactation period
Antineoplastic treatment (chemotherapy, hormonal treatment, radiotherapy, surgery, biological therapy or tumor embolization) 4 weeks prior the inclusion
Previous treatment with capecitabine or EGFR inhibitor
Metabolic disease or any other disease which, in the investigator's opinion, might interfere with the treatment in study
Known hypersensibility to any study drug (gemcitabine, erlotinib, capecitabine) or to 5-fluorouracile and fluoropyrimidines
Current infection grade ≥ 2 (CTCAE)
Known human immunodeficiency virus infection, or chronic infection with hepatitis B or C virus, or severe uncontrolled intercurrent infection or other severe uncontrolled concomitant diseases
Medical, psychological, psychiatric or sociological conditions that would interfere to the patient participation in the study or in the assessment of the results
Current or 30 days previous to study treatment with other investigational drug or participation in other trial