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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine the effect that oxygen has when administered to patients complaining of shortness of breath, where the underlying cause of this symptom is advanced cancer. The study tests the hypothesis that oxygen improves shortness of breath more than air in this population. Both oxygen and air will be administered to patients in random order and in a blinded fashion, with patients asked to rate their shortness of breath before and after each gas. Finally patients will be asked which gas they prefer.
This is a double -blind randomized crossover study to provide evidence for the expert advice based recommendation of the Expert Working Group of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) that patients during treatment with IR morphine are given a double dose at bed-time that replaces the next 4-hourly dose during night. In addition to the primary, blinded clinical part of the study, an experimental part is also included. This part consists of two open study days were morphine IR is given in the same fashion as the clinical study. The aim is to study whether pharmacokinetic data supports the clinical data. The use of a double-bedtime IR morphine dose is equal to regularly scheduled IR morphine every 4-hour during night in respect to pain relief during night for patients with pain caused by malignant disease
In a previous study, we found that acupuncture may decrease fatigue. The aim of this study is to determine whether acupuncture is helpful in reducing fatigue in cancer patients treated with chemotherapy. We will also study how fatigue, quality of life, mood, level of physical activity. This study will involve about 88 patients.
This cancer vaccine research study involves the injection of the NY-ESO-1b peptide along with 2 other agents to help stimulate the immune system. Peptides are small fragments of protein. NY- ESO-1 peptides are normally found in the testis and the placenta. They have also been found on various types of cancer cells. The purpose is to stimulate the immune system to react against the peptides that are found on cancer cells.
This is a Phase III open-labed, multicenter, prospective, randomised study, and comparative 3-arms of 140 patients (i.e. 420 total patients). Study period (date of first inclusion/last inclusion): 3 years Treatment period : 3 months
The purpose of the study is to study the safety and efficacy of MedPulser Electroporation with bleomycin treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous foci of cancer.
In this phase I study we will characterize the safety, tolerability, maximum tolerated dose and dose-limiting toxicity of weekly bolus topotecan when administered in combination with two different dosing schedules of carboplatin. We will also evaluate any antitumor activity of these combination regimens.
This phase I study will characterize the safety, tolerability, and maximum tolerated dose and dose-limiting toxicity of weekly bolus Topotecan when administered in combination with to different dosing regimens of docetaxel. We will also evaluate any anti-tumor activity of the combination regimen.
Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin as well as Carboplatin have been showed efficacy in monotherapy as in combination therapy of gynaecologic tumours. As there is no common standard in the therapy of recurrent ovarian carcinoma, tumours of the uterus nor for non-epithelial ovarian tumours at time of designing of this study, this trial shall evaluate the new and well tolerated combination therapy consisting of Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin and Carboplatin.
Cancer patients on morphine for chronic pain, with side effects or unsatisfactory pain relief, will be rotated to Methadone. We will try to find out what is the best methode to rotate, and the equivalent dosage.