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Filter by:The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the toxicity of the vaccine and the combination of the vaccine and Cyclophosphamide, and to evaluate the immune response induced by the vaccine. The secondary aim is to investigate the clinical tumour response and duration of tumour and immune response.
RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures such as MRI scans may help predict early response to treatment in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying MRI in predicting early response to chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced breast cancer.
Background: - Two experimental drugs, FdCyd (also called 5-fluoro-2'-deoxcytidine), and THU (also called tetrahydrouridine), are undergoing trials to test their effectiveness in treating cancer that has not responded to standard therapies. FdCyd is thought to work by changing how genes work in cancer cells. THU does not have any anticancer effects on its own, but it helps keep the other drug, FdCyd, from being broken down by the body. - These drugs are being tested in several separate clinical trials. Objectives: - To determine if FdCyd and THU can work together to control tumor growth. - To evaluate the safety and tolerability of FdCyd and THU when given together. Eligibility: - Individuals 18 years of age and older who have advanced non-small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, or head and neck cancer that has progressed after receiving standard treatment or for which no effective therapy exists. Design: - The drugs are given over 28-day periods called cycles. FdCyd and THU are given through a vein for about 3 hours each day on days 1, 5 and 8, 12 of each cycle. - Clinical Center visits: FdCyd and THU will be given through a vein on days 1, 5 and 8, 12 of each cycle. During the Clinical Center visits, researchers will perform study tests and procedures to see how the study drugs are affecting the body. - Patients will undergo a number of tests and procedures during the treatment cycle, including physical examinations, blood and urine samples for standard tests, imaging studies (ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scans) to evaluate tumor growth, and blood and urine samples to evaluate the amount of FdCyd and THU in the body and the body's response to the drugs. - Patients may continue to receive FdCyd and THU if their cancer does not grow, if they do not have too many side effects, and if they are willing to do so.
This open-label, randomized, parallel arm study will evaluate the effect of Xeloda administered concurrently with Whole Brain Radiation Therapy (WBRT) and as maintenance therapy in patients with breast cancer and newly diagnosed brain metastases. Patients will be randomized to receive either Xeloda (825 mg/sqm orally bid) on days 1-14 of the 1st 3-week cycle together with 10 days standard WBRT, or WBRT alone. Maintenance therapy will follow with Xeloda (1000 mg/sqm orally bid) on days 1-14 from cycle 2 onwards, or another systemic therapy in the WBRT only group. The anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression and the target sample size is <150.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate radiation therapy directed to a small region of the breast in women who were recently diagnosed with early stage invasive breast cancer.
The purpose of this study is to obtain evidence from test article with efficacy in Metastatic Breast Cancer patients. The average of all changes from baseline to post-treatment evaluations in global health/quality of life (QoL) subscale assessed by self-administered European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire - Core 30 (EORTC-QLQ-C30).
This proposal is for a pilot study of 20 premenopausal women at high risk for breast cancer development who will receive high dose vitamin D3, cholecalciferol 20,000 IU (2 capsules) weekly, or 30,000 IU (3 capsules) weekly, for 1 year. The primary objective of this study is to determine the feasibility of a 1-year intervention of vitamin D in this study population. Secondary objectives include evaluating the biologic effects of vitamin D supplementation on blood based and image-based biomarkers.
This research study hopes to examine the effects of Coenzyme Q10 on doxorubicin (Adriamycin) metabolism during breast cancer treatment.
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with breast cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn how well triptorelin given together with tamoxifen citrate or exemestane works in lowering estrogen levels. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying estrogen levels in premenopausal women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer and are receiving triptorelin and tamoxifen citrate or exemestane on clinical trial IBCSG-2402.
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in peptides and proteins and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This research study is looking at blood samples from patients with malignant melanoma, metastatic breast cancer, advanced lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, or colorectal cancer.