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Filter by:Investigators plan to carry out a study to investigate two different pills, Vitamin D and melatonin, and whether they can reduce the spread of cancer cells in the tumors of women with breast cancer. These pills are inexpensive and have very few side effects. A large number of studies using cell cultures and animals have shown that both vitamin D and melatonin can help destroy breast cancer cells. However thoughtful and well-designed studies are necessary on humans to see if they can decrease the spread of breast cancer, and possibly even prevent breast cancer. The proposed study aims to understand the anti-cancer activity of vitamin D and melatonin. This knowledge will assist in creating efficient cancer prevention strategies for Canadians. This study will include women with breast cancer who are being planned for surgery, and will assess whether treatment with vitamin D (dose of 2000 IU per day) in a group of 36 women, or melatonin (dose of 20mg per day) in another group of 36 women, or both pills together in yet another group of 36 women, reduces the spread of cancer cells when compared to a fourth group of 36 women who are treated with sugar pills. To do this we will measure a substance in the blood called Ki67, which provides information about the spread of cancer. Investigators will compare the Ki67 levels in the 4 groups, and all women will receive identical appearing pills so they will not know which treatment they received.
The implementation of a weekly hypofractionated radiation could be an advantageous alternative. The convenience of less treatment days could cause a greater adherence, decrease of costs and increase the offer of radiotherapy to major number of patients in underserved areas. The purpose of this study is to determine in women with diagnosis of initial breast cancer undergoing breast-conserving surgery the effects of the adjuvant radiotherapy using a once a week regimen, with 5 fractions in total. The study will analyze the acute toxicity of radiation, the patient's self referred quality of life, the cosmetic breast appearance, as well the oncological safety. It will also be analyzed the viability of this more contracted regimen in our community setting, regarding the patient's adherence to the treatment.
This phase II trial studies how well trametinib and v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1 (Akt) inhibitor GSK2141795 work in treating patients with triple-negative breast cancer (breast cancer cells that do not have estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, or large amounts of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 [HER2/neu] protein) that has spread to other places in the body. Trametinib and Akt inhibitor GSK2141795 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
This Phase IIIb, open-label, multinational, multicenter study will evaluate the participant's satisfaction and safety with subcutaneously administered trastuzumab in participants with HER2-positive early breast cancer. Participants will receive trastuzumab 600 milligrams (mg) administered subcutaneously every 3 weeks in the adjuvant or neo-adjuvant plus adjuvant setting for 18 cycles (1 year), unless disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs. The trastuzumab regimen could include mono- and/or combination therapy.
This clinical study is designed as an open, single group, multi-center, phase 4 clinical study to assess the safety of eribulin which is approved for the treatment of the patients in Korea with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who had received two to five prior chemotherapy regimens including anthracyclines and taxanes for advanced disease. Subjects who meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria are administered of 1.4 mg/m2 of the investigational product intravenously in 2-5 min on day 1 and day 8 of every 21-day cycle. In case of the progression of disease, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of the consent, or judgment by investigator that the treatment needs to be stopped, the treatment of investigational product is stopped, and treatment termination assessment is performed within 30 days from the last treatment.
The overall objective of this study is to determine the feasibility and tolerability of single dose Intraoperative Electron Radiation Treatment ("IOERT") as definitive therapy when administered at the time of breast conserving surgery for patients with early stage breast cancer.
This phase II trial studies how well trastuzumab and pertuzumab or bevacizumab with combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with stage II-III breast cancer. Monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumors to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, carboplatin, doxorubicin hydrochloride, cyclophosphamide, and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving trastuzumab and pertuzumab or a commercially marketed formulation of bevacizumab without modification with combination chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.
This observational study will evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability and participant reported quality of life of trastuzumab (Herceptin) subcutaneous (SC) therapy in participants with HER2-positive early breast cancer in routine clinical practice. Data from eligible participants will be collected for the duration of their treatment (approximately 1 year) and for 1-2 years of follow-up.
This is a multi-center, randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled trial.
Options for the treatment of patients who have progressed after an anthracycline and a taxane are limited. Capecitabine currently has a role in this setting, yet as many as 80% of patients do not respond to this treatment and those who respond eventually develop clinical resistance. The antitumour activity of vinflunine has been demonstrated in patients with breast cancer after exposure to anthracycline and to taxane. Vinflunine plus capecitabine has been shown to be a feasible combination for patients previously treated with an anthracycline and a taxane. Each drug in combination can be administered at efficacious doses. This population has few therapeutic options with established clinical benefit. The development of a new regimen and potential new standard of care for this group is important. - Primary objective: • to compare in patients with advanced breast cancer pretreated with anthracycline and taxane the efficacy of the combination of vinflunine and capecitabine with capecitabine alone, in terms of progression-free survival. - Secondary objectives: - to evaluate the response rate, the time to response and the duration of response in both arms - to compare the disease control rate between arms - to evaluate the duration of disease control in both arms - to evaluate the overall survival in both arms - to evaluate safety Methodology This multicentre, open-label, randomised, Phase III study will enrol a total of 334 patients with advanced breast cancer who have previously been treated with an anthracycline and a taxane. Patients will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio to receive VFL plus capecitabine (Arm A) or capecitabine alone (Arm B).