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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to test the oxycodone/naloxone combination compared to oxycodone alone in patient's specific type of "chronic cancer pain".
Despite intensive research efforts, there are still no simple and effective screening tools to detect early lung cancer. The majority of newly diagnosed patients have higher stage, often disseminated, non-resectable disease. A better understanding of the natural biology and molecular abnormalities in early lung lesions may aid in the development of more effective screening tools. This study will investigate the effectiveness of bronchoscopy by white light (WL) alone and in combination with Lung Imaging Fluorescence Endoscopy (LIFE) for the detection of early lung lesions in patients with a high risk for developing lung cancer. LIFE is a FDA approved adjunct to WL bronchoscopy for the screening of lung cancer and this study will provide a standardized setting in which a direct comparison between a combination of WL and LIFE versus traditional WL bronchoscopy can be made. In addition, the study will set the stage for the collection of a unique set of biopsy specimens that will be used to learn more about the natural biology and the molecular changes in early lung lesions. We will study abnormalities in p53 by immunohistochemistry and by molecular analyses. The p53 results will be compared with histological grade and with genomic instability. Measures for genomic instability will be the loss of chromosomal information and cellular aneuploidy. Recent advances in molecular pathology, such as the development of Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM), have made the molecular profiling of these extremely small lesions feasible. The information obtained by these techniques will be used for comparison with clinical and exposure information. Future plans include the culturing of bronchial epithelial cells to study genomic instability in the multistep process of cancer progression. It is our hope that the application of these new technologies will improve the early detection of human lung cancer and provide insight into the natural biology and molecular changes of early lung lesions which may progress towards overt cancers.
Due to arguments showing that angiogenesis could be involved in progression of metastatic thyroid carcinoma and to objective response during previous studies with sunitinib (an angiogenic oncology drug also known as Sutent), this study, THYSU, is justified to evaluate the efficacy of sunitinib in metastatic thyroid carcinoma. Furthermore, the standard treatment of metastatic thyroid carcinoma when a general treatment is to be prescribed is limited to radioiodine. When radioiodine becomes ineffective, there is no standard treatment despite some use of chemotherapy. The objective of the trial is to determine the objective tumor response rate (efficacy) in patients with locally advanced or metastatic anaplastic, differentiated or medullary thyroid carcinoma treated with sunitinib; a secondary objective is to evaluate the safety of sunitinib in these patients. The THYSU trial is a phase II, French multi-center study. This trial's plan is to enroll 75 patients with locally advanced or metastatic anaplastic, differentiated or medullar thyroid carcinoma.
RATIONALE: Vaccines may help the body build an effective immune response to kill cytomegalovirus infections. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of vaccine therapy in treating patients who have undergone a donor stem cell transplant and have cytomegalovirus infection that has not responded to therapy.
Hsp90 is a chemical in the body that is involved in promotion of cancer. SNX-5422 is an experimental drug that blocks Hsp90. It is being evaluated for safety and efficacy in patients with cancer.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether CG5503 (tapentadol) is effective and safe in the treatment of chronic tumor related pain compared to placebo.
This is a Phase I, open-label, first time in human study of GSK923295, in adult subjects with cancers that do not respond to standard therapy. This study will be conducted in two stages; a dose-escalation stage (Stage 1) and an expansion cohort stage (Stage 2).
The purpose of this study is to determine whether treatment with ZACTIMA (vandetanib) in combination with FOLFOX is more effective than FOLFOX alone for colorectal cancer in patients who have failed therapy with an irinotecan and fluoropyrimidine containing regimen.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Cryoablation kills cancer cells by freezing them. Giving chemotherapy together with cryoablation may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well giving cyclophosphamide together with cryoablation works in treating patients with advanced or metastatic epithelial cancer.
The purpose of this study is to investigate E7107 in patients with solid tumors. This is an open label, dose-escalation study of E7107. The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of the single agent will be established by determining the occurrence of dose limiting toxicities during the first three weeks of therapy (Cycle 1). Patients in this study will be treated at multiple dose levels, starting at 0.6 mg/m^2. Patients will receive E7107 as a 30-minute intravenous infusion on Days 1 and 8 every 21 Days.