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Filter by:The purpose of the study is to assess the characteristics of parents who enroll in parenting interventions and to assess the utility and efficacy of a self-directed Triple-P intervention for parents of children with a diagnosis of cancer. The study aims to recruit parent(s) or primary caregiver of children with a diagnosis of cancer.Participants will be parents of children aged between 3-10 years who have had a diagnosis of cancer for 6 months or more. Recruitment will take place nationally via cancer voluntary groups/charities and other relevant organisations. The project will be advertised through these organisations and their various media outlets such as newsletters and social media pages (e.g. Facebook). All data collection will take place online. Following completion of the initial survey, parents will have the option to opt in to a case series whereby 10 parents will have the opportunity to receive the Triple P Every parents self- directed workbook to complete over 10 weeks.
An estimated 90,000 patients are suffering from long term gastrointestinal problems after cancer treatments, and whilst the National Cancer Survivorship Initiative have been working to develop specific pathways of care, these pathways lack in both specialised tariff funding and awareness. This study aims to assess the economic and personal impact on patients suffering from stomach and/or bowel problems after cancer treatment prior to referral to the Gastrointestinal and Nutrition Team (GIANT) at the Royal Marsden Hospital. All patients referred to the GIANT service (including private patients but excluding re referrals) will be offered participation in the study. The study will consist of a 9 page patient retrospective questionnaire, asking questions about investigations and medications prescribed over the past year, as well as costs and methods of trying to treat their symptoms themselves, and the personal cost to themselves of their symptoms through loss of work and emotional impact. As this questionnaire asks patients questions about the past year, and thus can be difficult to answer accurately, patient answers will be validated for reliability by sending a 1 page questionnaire to their GP asking the same questions about clinic visits concerning stomach/bowel problems, investigations and medications prescribed in the past year. Once this data is collected from the participants, and the study has finished, the average cost of clinical interventions, economic impact, and personal impact, will be calculated. The results from this study will be useful in helping to show the economic burden of GI symptoms, and will provide evidence as to the economic benefit of specialised clinics for the consequences of cancer treatment; highlighting the need for a nationally recognised algorithm for management.
This is a Phase I, open-label, two-arm, dose escalation study of PLX038 intravenous infusion administered to patients with refractory or relapsed solid tumors. This study will explore two different dosing schedules: Arm 1, once every 3 week (q3w), and Arm 2, once weekly for 2 consecutive weeks of a 4-week cycle.
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol is being designed to offer ovarian tissue cryopreservation to female pediatric patients (birth-17 years of age) with fertility threatening medical diagnoses or facing surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy that may cause loss of reproductive potential. Because this procedure is currently considered experimental, the establishment of an IRB protocol under which this opportunity can be offered is needed.
The overall purpose of this study is to determine the overall response rate, efficacy and safety of the combination of eribulin and Lenvatinib.
Background: Some people with brain tumors have seizures related to the tumor. This is called tumor-related epilepsy. Usually brain tumors are treated by removing as much of the brain tumor as possible without causing problems. Researchers think this may improve the outcome for people with brain tumors. It may completely relieve or greatly reduce the number of seizures they have. Objectives: To evaluate people with brain tumors that are associated with seizures and to offer surgical treatment. Also, to study how surgery affects seizures. Eligibility: People age 8 and older who have a brain tumor with associated seizures. They must be willing to have brain surgery to treat their epilepsy. Design: Participants will be screened with a review of their medical records. Participants will have a medical history and physical exam. Participants will be admitted to the hospital at NIH. They will have Medical history Physical exam Neurological exam Tests of memory, attention, and thinking Questions about their symptoms and quality of life Blood drawn They may also have: MRI or CT scan. They will lie on a table that slides in and out of a machine that takes pictures. For part of the MRI, they will get a dye through an intravenous (IV) catheter. Video electroencephalography monitoring. Electrodes will be placed on the scalp. The participant s brain waves will be recorded while doing normal activities. Participants will be videotaped. Participants will keep a seizure diary before and after surgery. Participants will have surgery to remove their brain tumor and the brain area where their seizures start. They will stay in the hospital up to a week after surgery. Participants have for follow-up visits at NIH.
This is a study comparing two methods of dressing a post operative wound that are currently in practice. One method is a traditional dry gauze dressing. The other method is using a negative pressure dressing that provides gentle suction on the wound. The investigators will attempt to determine how well the use of post-operative negative pressure dressing reduces wound healing problems in patients who have surgery after radiation for a sarcoma in the thigh or leg.
The POST's public health impact is likely to be substantial because it will improve cancer survivorship planning, which is currently an important deficiency in cancer care recognized by the Institute of Medicine and the American College of Surgeons. The POST may have many potential benefits for patients such as: 1. improved long-term health outcomes; 2. improved psychosocial outcomes and quality of life; 3. smoother transitions back into old and new life roles; and 4. improved continuity and coordination of care between providers. Most importantly, the POST's influence may reach beyond the patients it directly serves as it could help scientists and health care providers understand the potential benefits of cancer survivorship planning and how to best design and implement survivorship planning when patients are ending treatment for cancer.
This study is for patients who have participated in a previous study and who continue to receive benefit to have continued access to study drug and/or treatment.
In the REaCT-Vascular Access Trastuzumab study (REaCT-VA), the investigator will use a novel method to allow comparisons of established standard of care vascular access strategies using the "integrated consent model" as part of a pragmatic clinical trial. The investigator wishes to address a non-pharmacologic issue regarding standard of care vascular access devices. Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC lines) versus subcutaneously implanted devices (PORTs).