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Filter by:This clinical trial will compare the efficacy and safety of the combination of AMG 386 and FOLFIRI with FOLFIRI alone in second line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.
The goal of this clinical research study is to find the highest safe dose of the combination of TAS-106 and carboplatin that can be given to patients with advanced cancer or cancer that has spread. Objectives: Primary Objectives: To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of the combination of TAS-106 and carboplatin administered by intravenous infusion every 3 weeks. To perform Pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis of TAS-106 and carboplatin Secondary objectives: To assess the antitumor activity of TAS-106 combined with carboplatin To investigate the relationship between selected biomarkers and efficacy and safety outcomes.
This study is being carried out in patients with advanced solid tumours to assess which of two different types of imaging scans best measures activity of an experimental drug called Cediranib. The study compares the imaging tests: Dynamic Contrast Enhanced CT (DCE-CT) and Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI). It looks at which of these scans is the most accurate and best predicts a response to the treatment. Cediranib is thought to work by stopping blood flow to cancers, and both of these scans assess blood flow. Studying the response of cancers by measuring changes in their blood flow may provide useful information that will guide the way we manage cancers in the future.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and side effects of the CryoSpray Ablation(TM) System (CSA(TM) System) to treat neoplastic lesions on the parietal pleural surface.
OBJECTIVES: Primary Objectives • Determine the safety and toxicity profile of co-administration of disulfiram and copper gluconate for the treatment of refractory malignancies that have metastasized to the liver. Secondary Objectives - Determine if disulfiram and copper gluconate induce measurable responses for the treatment of hepatic metastases from solid tumors. - Qualitative assessment of the induction of S-glutathionylation in proteins of circulating leukocytes in patients treated with disulfiram and copper gluconate.
This study will confirm safety and tolerability and determine the MTD of BGT226 in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumor.
Rationale: Often, incurable cancer patients suffer from severe symptoms as (neuropathic) pain and fatigue with polypharmaceutic interventions as a consequence. Regarding neuropathic pain in incurable cancer patients, pregabalin has been registered for neuropathic non-cancer pain, and amitriptyline is not registered for neuropathic pain, but is recommended as the drug of first choice in the Dutch handbooks of palliative care. As a consequence of an adaptation of a Dutch law (July 2007) about off-label medication prescription, off-label medication is not allowed anymore unless a standard or protocol exists. No clinical trials for this patient group have been published before. Objective: To compare efficacy, side effects and costs of a strategy with amitriptyline as drug of first choice versus a strategy with pregabalin as drug of first choice. Study design: An open label, randomised non-inferiority trial Study population: Incurable cancer patients with neuropathic pain Intervention: When a patient decides to take part in the study, he will be allocated randomly to one of the two study groups. A minimisation algorithm will be used, that balances for the cause of neuropathic pain (tumour related versus treatment related), type of treatment (ongoing chemo- or radiotherapy versus not ongoing chemo- or radiotherapy) and institution. Each drug will be prescribed in a step up procedure. Patients will be followed during 8 weeks. Main study parameters/endpoints: Neuropathic pain, as measured with the mean VAS and McGill questionnaire, strategy success, costs per strategy, side effects, quality of life and concomitant analgesic drugs. Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation, benefit and group relatedness: There are hardly any risks for the patients. The drugs in both arms already are usual care for the target population. If there is no or a too small effect, the drug of the other arm will be added, which strategy also is already usual care. All other medication, except for Tricyclic Antidepressants Drugs (TADs) and Anti Epileptic Drugs (AEDs), as well as radiotherapy and chemotherapy are allowed. The patient has to visit the hospital 2 times during the study period. The patient had to fill in a pain diary daily (5 min), cost diary and EQ-5D every other week (10 min), related questionnaires as HADS, McGill and EORTC-QLQ-C30 monthly (20 min).
Bevacizumab might influence the dynamic vessel function after being administered intravenously.
Chemotherapy adversely affects quality of life in cancer patients. Both stress management training and exercise training have been shown to improve quality of life. These two types of training have not been directly compared for chemotherapy patients. This study seeks to evaluate the separate and combined effects of stress management training and exercise training on quality of life during chemotherapy treatment. Participants receive either a home-based, self-administered program in 1 of 3 types (stress management, exercise, or stress management + exercise) or usual care (reading materials). It is hypothesized that the combined program (stress management + exercise) will be significantly associated with better quality of life than the usual care group, the exercise only group, and the stress management only group. All participants are assessed at 3 timepoints: before they begin chemotherapy, 6 weeks after their first chemotherapy infusion, and 12 weeks after their first infusion.
This study will characterize the safety, tolerability, biological activity, and pharmacokinetics of LBH589 in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors whose disease has progressed despite standard therapies, or for whom no standard therapy exists.