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Filter by:The objective of the study is to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of cancer detection when MIRA technology is combined with mammography, by evaluating the area under the ROC curve (AUC) of mammography vs. mammography plus MIRA. This evaluation will be done in a Reader Study on a subset of women with histology confirmed cancer and healthy women with dense breast.
This is a pilot phase 1b study to investigate the safety and side effects of combining the ROR1-targeting monoclonal antibody, cirmtuzumab, with paclitaxel for patients with HER2 negative, metastatic breast cancer. Cirmtuzumab is a type of drug called a monoclonal antibody. This drug is designed to attach to a protein called receptor-tyrosine-kinase like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1) on the surface of breast cancer cells. Cirmtuzumab blocks the growth and survival of the breast cancer cells in laboratory tests. ROR1 is rarely expressed on healthy cells. Cirmtuzumab is considered experimental and is not approved by United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The manufacturer recommends two different regimens of prophylactic dexamethasone to prevent hypersensitivity and fluid retention reactions caused by docetaxel: a 3-day regime of dexamethasone 8mg twice a day starting the day before chemotherapy for breast cancer and for prostate cancer 3 times 8mg dexamethasone on the day of docetaxel infusion, given the concurrent use of prednisone 2dd5mg. There is little evidence that supports this high dose regimen used nowadays. There is need to re-evaluate this high dosage of dexamethasone for three main reasons. First, dexamethasone can give side effects such as manifestation of latent diabetes mellitus, immunosuppression, personality changes, irritability, euphoria, or mania and mood swings. Second, dexamethasone is an immune suppressor, which might inhibit chemotherapy-induced apoptosis and compromise the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents. Third, dexamethasone is a CYP3A4 inducer, which might increase docetaxel clearance. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of reducing prophylactic of dexamethasone around docetaxel infusion.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if the study drug palbociclib has anti-tumor activity against the breast cancer that has spread to the brain and also to determine the overall radiographic response rate in the CNS. Palbociclib is an anti-cancer medication that has been shown to stop cancer cells from growing. It has been approved in hormone positive breast cancer, along with other hormone therapies and has been found to be effective. The preclinical studies suggest that the drug may also have activity in other types of breast cancer, such as HER2 positive breast cancer. The purpose of this study is to see if the study drug is effective in patients with brain metastasis, who have HER2-positive breast cancer.
Patients with a history of metastatic breast cancer who are candidates for participation in the companion therapeutic trial, UPCC 06115 "A Phase I Trial of Ribociclib (LEE011) and Weekly Paclitaxel in Patients with Rb+ Advanced Breast Cancer" may be candidates for this imaging study. Patients may participate in this study if they are at least 18 years of age, most participants will be receiving care at the clinical practices of the University of Pennsylvania. Patients that meet the eligibility criteria will be approached about study participation regardless of race or ethnic background. The investigators anticipate enrolling up to 20 participants with metastatic breast cancer who meet eligibility requirements for this study and for the companion therapy trial UPCC 06115 "A Phase I Trial of Ribociclib (LEE011) and Weekly Paclitaxel in Patients with Rb+ Advanced Breast Cancer", Accrual will likely occur over approximately 4 years. Positron emission tomography (PET/CT) imaging will be used to evaluate proliferative activity in sites of metastatic disease using the investigational radiotracer [18F]fluorothymidine (FLT). Imaging will occur prior to starting therapy on the separate therapeutic protocol UPCC 06115. Patients may undergo a second FLT PET/CT scan following a 3-day run of ribociclib (LEE011) (day -6 to -4) on Day -3 (± 1 day) and a third FLT PET/CT scan on cycle 1 day 1 (-1 day) before starting treatment with Paclitaxel to compare changes in FLT uptake measures.
- This is a prospective, single-center, non-randomized, non-controlled study. - The estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR), HER2 status and Ki67 index of CNB specimen are critical biomarkers for making neoadjuvant therapy strategy in invasive breast cancer. The concordance of these biomarkers between CNB and surgical specimen was varied in previous retrospective reports. The aim of this study is to determine the discordance of these biomarkers between CNB and surgical specimen and the influence of making treatment strategy by the discordance.
The trial population of this study is composed of women aged more than 18, who have developed a newly node-negative (or pN1mi), Estrogen Receptor (ER)-positive, Her2-negative invasive breast cancer with uncertainty on the indication of adjuvant chemotherapy using standard assessments. Obtaining material for test is at no risk as done from the surgery material. Tumor molecular EndoPredict (EP)clin analysis will allow to obtain information on the expression of 8 breast cancer related genes and will provide important prognosis indications. Clinical validation studies have demonstrated that molecular assays are useful for stratifying patients into risk categories and helpful in making clinical treatment decisions in ER+/node-negative breast cancer patients.
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy affecting women in the US. Surgical management is the mainstay of therapy, and in general consists of resection of the primary tumor with either a partial mastectomy (aka "lumpectomy") or a total mastectomy. The investigators hypothesize that routine shave margins during partial mastectomy will significantly reduce positive margin rate. A positive margin means that cancerous cells were detected at the edge of the excised area. This generally mandates a return to the operating room for re-excision.
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether cells from a biopsy taken from the patient skin can be transformed into cardiomyocytes the changes in cardiomyocyte (heart muscle cells) when grown in a special culture medium outside of the body. The structure and function of these cells will then be studied to determine why some patients with breast cancer who are treated with chemotherapy including anthracycline (e.g. Doxorubicin) and anti-HER2 therapy (e.g. Herceptin) develop decreased heart function.
Many women with breast cancer now live for decades after their breast cancer treatment. In view of this, modern breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy for breast cancer aims to reproduce as natural a breast shape as possible. Keeping a natural breast appearance has been shown to be very important to a woman's emotional and psychological recovery. Breast cancer treatment often includes a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, anticancer tablets such as Tamoxifen, and newer targeted drugs such as Herceptin. Radiotherapy is usually given after surgery. However, radiotherapy after mastectomy and breast reconstruction can damage the 'new' breast giving a less good breast shape and appearance in the longer term. Also, if recovery is slow following surgery, the radiotherapy is delayed which may reduce its effectiveness. Changing the order of treatments has been shown to be safe and effective for chemotherapy, Herceptin and anticancer tablets but we have very little information on giving radiotherapy before breast cancer surgery. The investigators want to find out if giving radiotherapy before mastectomy and reconstruction alters surgical complication rates and they want to evaluate the appearance of the reconstructed breast when radiotherapy is given before surgery.