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Filter by:To determine the efficacy of a CBT-I intervention in improving sleep and other quality of life outcomes during cancer treatment. To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a CBT-I intervention among newly diagnosed cancer patients.
This is an observational study. This protocol will determine the feasibility of using a novel nano-material based fiber-optic dosimeter (nanoFOD) device, with dimensions less than 1 mm wide, to measure real-time, pin-point, in-vivo radiation dose given during external beam delivery of radiation therapy treatments.This new protocol is similiar in design to Pro00050297 with the significant difference being the monitoring will be performed during external baem radiotherapy.
Objective: to describe and compare the implementation of two cancer survivorship care tools: (1) 'My Care Plan': a patient-initiated tool and (2) 'Survivorship Care Plan Builder': a provider-initiated tool. The results of this study will be used to (1) provide an initial assessment of the two survivorship care planning tools and (2) inform the design and conduct of a larger study.
Women who are diagnosed with cancer during their reproductive lifespan might be confronted with impaired fertility. Nowadays a number of fertility preservation options are available. Decisions about whether and how to protect fertility have to be made in a very short time period, right after cancer diagnosis and before start of treatment. The psychological impact for patients is considerable. This project aims at developing a standardized decision-aid tool to support the decision-making process about fertility preservation in young cancer patients. It is designed as an online decision-aid tool. A web-based tool is perfectly designed for this target group and offers new possibilities providing flexible and individually tailored information. The aim of the study is to examine the benefits of the online decision-aid tool compared with standard counseling (usual care). Decisional conflict is measured immediately after counseling as well as one month later. One year after counseling, decisional regret is being evaluated additionally. If the decision-aid tool proves to be helpful and useful, the online design allows making it available for a wide range of concerned patients.
This is a Phase 1, open-label, first-in-human, safety and pharmacokinetic study of PTC596 in patients with advanced cancer.
Theranostics is the use of a diagnostic test to decide which patients will benefit from a certain treatment. The current standard treatment for patients with myeloma is induction chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplant. Although there are options for timing of treatments, patient outcomes are variable and the investigators do not currently know which patients benefit from which treatment schedule. There is evidence to suggest that residual disease on imaging after treatment is an indicator for a worse prognosis, however the best time point for this imaging is currently not known. This study is designed to show if there is an optimum time point for correlation between imaging and prognosis. Several studies have indicated that MRI is better at detecting disease than FDG PET/CT and the investigators will confirm this when patients are first diagnosed, by performing both FDG PET/CT and whole body diffusion weighted MRI. Patients will then be followed up with whole body diffusion weighted MRI after induction chemotherapy and 3 months post autograft. The investigators will look at the amount of disease present on these scans and correlate this with outcomes. There are likely to be other factors which influence patient outcomes (such as genetics) and the investigators will also look at some of these. Patients who undergo autograft have regular blood tests and marrow samples taken as part of routine care, the investigators will use some of these samples (without compromising the patients treatment) to analyses some of these other factors. If the investigators are able to determine a correlation of genetic factors with outcome this information could be used in future research. Theranostics is the use of a diagnostic test to decide which patients will benefit from a certain treatment. The current standard treatment for patients with myeloma is induction chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplant. Although there are options for timing of treatments, patient outcomes are variable and the investigators do not currently know which patients benefit from which treatment schedule. There is evidence to suggest that residual disease on imaging after treatment is an indicator for a worse prognosis, however the best time point for this imaging is currently not known. This study is designed to show if there is an optimum time point for correlation between imaging and prognosis. Several studies have indicated that MRI is better at detecting disease than FDG PET/CT and the investigators will confirm this when patients are first diagnosed, by performing both FDG PET/CT and whole body diffusion weighted MRI. Patients will then be followed up with whole body diffusion weighted MRI after induction chemotherapy and 3 months post autograft. The investigators will look at the amount of disease present on these scans and correlate this with outcomes. There are likely to be other factors which influence patient outcomes (such as genetics) and the investigators will also look at some of these. Patients who undergo autograft have regular blood tests and marrow samples taken as part of routine care, the investigators will use some of these samples (without compromising the patients treatment) to analyses some of these other factors. If the investigators are able to determine a correlation of genetic factors with outcome this information could be used in future research.
This aim of study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of olanzapine for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients receiving moderately emetogenic chemotherapy by a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
While the majority of women in the general population can breastfeed successfully, the investigators have limited knowledge about the correlates and sequelae of lactation success among women treated for pediatric malignancies. Childhood cancer treatments are known to cause late effects that frequently involve the endocrine system. Because normal lactation is dependent upon interplay of multiple endocrine factors, the investigators anticipate more breastfeeding difficulties in survivors that have diabetes, growth hormone deficiencies, thyroid disorders and obesity. In order to more fully inform clinicians and female survivors, the study of the burden of lactation failure is needed to begin to address the impact of pediatric cancer therapy on lactation success/failure and to examine the association of specific endocrine disorders on lactation outcomes.
"Purpose: The overall prognosis of oncology patients admitted to intensive care has improved greatly in recent years, leading to a wider admission policy. Due to a decrease in mortality in intensive care, more and more patients returning oncological circuit for the continuation of treatment of the underlying disease The existence of sequelae after the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) stay, whether renal, cardiac, respiratory or other, may influence the continuation of the optimal anti -cancer treatments and thus reduce the chances of recovery or evolution without tumor progression. However, no studies have evaluated the effects of resuscitation on subsequent cancer treatment strategies. It would thus become better appreciate the long-term oncology patients discharged alive from the hospital after a stay in intensive care. Main purpose of research : Assess the feasibility of a anti-tumor therapy for patients with progressive solid tumors, after an intensive care stay for other reason than elective surgery monitoring or securing an invasive procedure. The possibility of making an anti -cancer treatment will be evaluated by the treating oncologist and classified total, partial or absent from that defined before or during the ICU stay Secondary objective of the research : Evaluate the percentage of patients discharged alive from the ICU and dying in the hospital. Evaluate survival, lifestyle and physical and psychological effects of these patients after discharge from the hospital over a period of one year. It is understood that all these secondary endpoints will interfere with the existence of an evolutionary neoplasia not only with the ICU stay. They will therefore be interpreted with caution. Study Type: observational Study Design: Prognostic study of routine care, national, prospective, cohort type "
Women of reproductive age who seek to freeze eggs for future pregnancy attempts may be eligible to participate in a study investigating pregnancies that result from frozen eggs.