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Filter by:What Matters Most is a study that aims to determine how best to help women of lower socioeconomic status make high-quality decisions about early stage breast cancer treatments. What Matters Most will be comparing two decision aids used in the clinic visit to usual care (what normally happens in the clinic). The first decision aid (Option Grid) presents evidence-based information about lumpectomy and mastectomy in a tabular format using text only. The second decision aid (Picture Option Grid) presents evidence-based information about lumpectomy and mastectomy using pictures, pictographs and simplified text. What Matters Most aims to show that the interventions can reduce disparities in decision-making and treatment choice between women of high and low SES.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of a fixed dose of SPI-2012 in patients with early-stage breast cancer receiving docetaxel and cyclophosphamide (TC) chemotherapy, as measured by the serum concentration of SPI-2012 on specific days following drug administration.
This pilot clinical trial studies how well provider training works in increasing patient tobacco cessation counseling and referrals for patients with cancer undergoing radiation therapy. Health care provider training in motivational interviewing techniques and utilizing tobacco cessation resources may help doctors understand how health care providers can effectively increase their confidence in talking to patients about tobacco cessation counseling.
The goal in this Phase 1 dose-escalation trial of the anti-IL-6R monoclonal antibody tocilizumab in combination with trastuzumab and pertuzumab in subjects with metastatic HER2 positive breast cancer is to determine the safety, tolerability and recommended Phase 2 dose of tocilizumab given with trastuzumab and pertuzumab every 3 weeks.
The overall objective of the proposed research is to pilot test the feasibility and acceptability of a set of more scalable technology-supported physical activity promotion intervention strategies in breast cancer survivors using tMultiphase Optimization Strategy Trial (MOST) methodology. MOST involves highly efficient randomized experimentation to assess the effects of individual intervention strategies, and thereby identify which strategies and what strategy levels make the important contributions to the overall program's effect on physical activity. This information then guides assembly of an optimized physical activity program, that achieves target outcomes with least resource consumption and participant burden. The resulting intervention will have great potential for scalability because it uses technology (smartphones) participants already own and requires no on-site visits.
Doxorubicin and epirubicin are part of the class of chemotherapy agents called anthracyclines that are commonly used to treat breast cancer. Although these treatments work well against the tumor, they are known to cause damage to the heart muscle, resulting in diminished heart function that can be permanent, and may also damage the blood vessels and skeletal muscles. The purpose of this study is to determine whether short-term application of these interventions with specific timing relative to the receipt of each treatment can prevent the negative effects of anthracycline treatment on the heart, aorta (largest artery leaving the heart), and skeletal muscle, and reduce treatment symptoms. Fifty-six early stage breast cancer patients who will receive anthracycline treatment will be randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups who will: 1) perform a single 30-minute aerobic exercise session 24 hours prior to each treatment; 2) eat a diet consisting of 50% less calories for 48 hours prior to each treatment; or 3) receive usual cancer care. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will be used to precisely measure the function of the heart, aorta, and the lower leg skeletal muscle at rest, and again during exercise to allow detection of more subtle signs of damage. We will also measure exercise capacity (i.e. aerobic fitness), microscopic damage to the heart muscle cells, a marker released into the blood in response to anthracycline-related heart damage, tumor size in patients receiving chemotherapy before surgery, quality of life and fatigue. These measures will be performed before treatment, at the end of treatment and 1 year later.
This is a phase 1b/2 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of ETBX-011 vaccine used in combination with ALT-803 in subjects with locally advanced or metastatic CEA-expressing cancers whose tumor has recurred after standard-of-care treatment.
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a single preoperative high-dose steroid injection on complications in the immediate postoperative phase after breast cancer surgery, with removal of the breast (mastectomy). Primary outcome is the proportion patients who require transfer to the post anaesthesia care unit (PACU) and the proportion that can be transferred directly to the ward. Secondary outcomes are organospecific complications in the postanesthesia phase, pain and nausea the first 5 days, seroma and wound infection the first 14 days and readmissions the first 30 days after surgery. The investigators hypothesize that the frequency of transfer to the PACU and organospecific complications will be lower among patients receiving high dose dexamethasone. The investigators hypothesize, that there will be no difference in wound infections, seroma or readmissions.
This study retrospectively looks at changes in Echocardiographic parameters while using transtuzumab
Comparing changes in biomarkers from a diagnostic core needle biopsy to surgical pathology specimen or repeat core needle biopsy.