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Filter by:Hypothesis: Fasting before (48h) and one day after chemotherapy may protect normal cells from the adverse effects of chemotherapy. Design: Within a randomized controlled pilot trial 30 female patients with gynecological cancer (ovarian and breast cancer)and 4-6 scheduled chemotherapies will be randomized to fast 60-72 hours during the first half of chemotherapies or during the second half of chemotherapies and to proceed normocaloric food intake during the other cycles.Sequence of fasting and normocaloric food intake will be randomized. Assessments of adverse effects, quality of life and laboratory values take place 24 and 7 days after each chemotherapy. Statistical analyses compare summarized differences of fasted and non-fasted chemotherapy cycles.
The purpose of the research is to test the efficacy of a patient-controlled cognitive-behavioral intervention for pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance during cancer treatment, and to evaluate moderators and mediators of intervention effects. The intervention uses guided imagery, relaxation exercises, and nature sound recordings, self-administered via an MP3 player. The study will determine (1) if the intervention helps to control symptoms during chemotherapy, (2) if personal and clinical characteristics influence how well the intervention works, and (3) if the cognitive-behavioral strategies reduce markers of stress and inflammation found in blood and saliva.
The study is being conducted to evaluate the effect of rifampin (a strong CYP3A4 inducer) and rabeprazole (a pH elevating agent) on the PK of dabrafenib (a CYP3A4/CYP2C8 substrate). The study will be conducted in subjects with BRAF V600 mutation-positive tumors. Data collected from this study will be used to inform recommendations regarding use of concomitant medications with dabrafenib and future clinical pharmacologic evaluation of dabrafenib.
The purpose of the study is to test an intervention that uses a mobile game to encourage increased physical activity among adults.
The purpose of this study is to collect clinical data, blood samples, and self reported symptoms from patients that experience unusually severe neuropathy after treatment with paclitaxel. This data will be used to develop predictive markers for neuropathy. Blood samples will be used to create induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and eventually artificial nerve cells to be used to study neuropathy in the lab.
The purpose of this clinical trial is to compare a non-pharmaceutical intervention (Integral Attention Program or PAI) versus standard palliative chemotherapy treatment plus PAI in patients with advanced cancer who have already received at least a first course of chemotherapy but had proven therapeutic failure. The study hypothesis is that palliative chemotherapy offers no clear benefits in relation to quality-of-life-adjusted survival compared to a comprehensive care program.
The purpose is to estimate evolution of patients treated by oral neoplastic agents, in term of early or unforeseen recourse to the hospital for adverse events.
The goal of this study is to estimate the prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection among newly diagnosed cancer patients presenting to community and academic oncology clinics.
This is a Phase IIa, open-label, single-arm, multi-center study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of orally administered MEK inhibitor trametinib as the second line in subjects with advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancers (BTC) in Japanese population. The primary endpoint of this study is 12 week non-progressive disease (PD) rate defined as the percentage of subjects without progression at Week 12. As a sub-study, pharmacokinetics (PK) of four tablets of 0.5 milligram (mg) tablet, or one tablet of 2 mg tablet to achieve 2 mg daily regimen will be assessed to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of trametinib in Japanese population. Eligible subjects will be randomized to receive trametinib at the recommended Phase II dose of 2 mg every day as one 2 mg tablet or four 0.5 mg tablets on Day 1. From Day 2 until disease progression or withdrawal from the study treatment, all subjects will receive one tablet of 2 mg trametinib . Disease assessment will be performed every 8 week. Translational research is also planned to evaluate the potential blood or tumor tissue-derived biomarkers for biological activity, and sensitivity or resistance to treatment with trametinib .
Intravenous nutrition is an important therapy for the recovery of many patients. It is indicated when the patients cannot take food by mouth or use their intestines for feeding. It is important to indicate it in the appropriate setting because it's not free of complications and is a costly treatment. Some of the complications are: elevated blood sugar or lipids, elevated liver function tests, infection of the catheter or device used to administer intravenous nutrition. Intravenous nutrition is composed by proteins, lipids, carbohydrates (sugar in the form of glucose) and vitamins. Until recently, Intralipid, a soybean oil-based lipid emulsion was the only lipid available in Canada for this kind of nutrition. Since 2010, a new lipid emulsion (ClinOleic) based on olive-oil has been approved by Health Canada for use in intravenous nutrition. There is an increasing need for hospitals to evaluate the quality of intravenous nutrition administered to hospitalized patients in terms of: assessing indications, prescription, complications, clinical results and costs. The objective of this study is to determine if intravenous nutrition prescribed in hospitalized patients is indicated following existing guidelines in terms of timing of nutrition support, prescription, monitoring and whether it is associated with complications. In addition, length of stay and mortality will be assessed. Also, we will evaluate nutritional, infectious and inflammatory parameters in patients receiving soybean oil-based lipid emulsion (Intralipid) compared to those of patients receiving olive oil-based lipid emulsion (ClinOleic).