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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to learn more about personalized cancer therapy including response to treatment and side effects. Information about the tests and treatments a person received, or will receive, for their cancer will be collected from medical records to help the researchers determine whether or not patients respond better when their physicians choose to treat them according to the genetic makeup of their tumor. Optional research tests may be performed on tissue, body cavity fluid, blood or urine provided, discarded biological samples taken during routine care that would normally be disposed of and not saved, or on blood samples collected for this study. These research tests will be used to create a "profile" of the collected specimens which will describe unique characteristics about the genes involved in a person's cancer. The tests will also help researchers look for biomarkers that may help predict how people respond to treatment.
This is an open-label study with 2 parts, plus an extension study following completion of Parts 1 or 2, that is being conducted in approximately 12 subjects (6 subjects in Part 1; 6 subjects in Part 2) with cancer to examine the absorption, metabolism, excretion, and absolute bioavailability of niraparib.
The primary aim of this study is to identify drivers of cancer by performing comprehensive genetic, proteomic, and metabolomic characterization of patient samples as a basis for understanding the underlying cause of disease.
The purpose of this research study is to determine the feasibility of using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging technology to image cancer with [18F]FluorThanatrace ([18F]FTT), a new radioactive tracer compound that has been developed that images poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1) activity.
This is an open label, multi-center, Phase 1/2 study of BBI608 administered in combination with immunotherapy in adult patients with advanced cancers. The goal of the study is to determine the RP2D of BBI608 in combination with each of the immunotherapeutic agents.
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The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of surgical techniques involving minimal entry into the living body approach for tumor reduction and treatment in which highly concentrated anticancer drugs are put directly into the abdomen through a tubes (HIPEC), and to determine if this approach may improve short-term postoperative outcomes, including the development of complications related to surgery within the first 30 days after surgery. Participation in this study is entirely voluntary. Approximately 30 subjects will take part in this single-center study and all will be enrolled at University of California San Diego.
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a nurse telephone interview in the management of cancer patients treated by oral chemotherapy. This is a multicenter prospective randomized controlled pragmatic interventional trial conducted in collaboration with two oncology care facilities. Eligible population consists of all patients suffering from advanced cancer and treated by oral chemotherapy except hormonotherapy. 184 patients will be enrolled in the study. The experimental group will receive a standard followed by a medical oncologist, hematologist or radiation therapist as part of routine care, and telephone interviews by a nurse every 14 +/- 2 days for 6 months. The control group will receive a standard followed by a medical oncologist, hematologist or radiation therapist as part of routine care. The effectiveness of the intervention will be evaluated by a toxicity score of the 9 most common side effects of oral cancer (oral mucositis, hand-foot syndrome, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, pain, asthenia, rash and anorexia) officers from NCI CTCAE v4.0-(Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events) and turned into a single composite criterion (sum of 9 Toxicity grades).
This randomized trial aims to understand how effective a reminder letter is compared to a reminder phone call in improving breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening rates and reducing screening disparities.
Melatonin may represent an effective complementary treatment to standard anticancer treatments in order to reduce asthenia, depression, sleep disturbances, cognitive impairment and performance status as part of quality of life. Moreover, melatonin has been evaluated in several clinical trials in cancer patients with no side effects. It could be particularly of interest in elderly cancer patients as they exhibit a significant deficiency of melatonin production . The investigators propose to perform a prospective and randomized study to study the effect of a melatonin supplementation on the quality of life of elderly advanced/metastatic cancer patients (age ≥ 70) treated for a locally advanced or metastatic cancer.