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Filter by:The study will examine whether the provision of psychosocial support services for cancer patients in acute care can be optimized by the use of a structured combination of screening procedures with physician interviews and structured patient pathways. There is strong evidence that a third of all cancer patients in acute care are suffering from mental health conditions and that a third expresses the need for professional psycho-oncological support. However, physicians and nurses do not always identify these patients in need for support. Screening questionnaires are significantly better to identify distressed patients however the use of screenings alone does not necessarily improve the patients' emotional well-being. Purpose of this study is to evaluate a psychosocial stepped care model which aims to decrease the patients' distress.
The Visual Management for Radiotherapy Practice (VMRTP) aims to analyze, predict, visualize and shorten the waiting times for radiotherapy patients. The hypothesis is that this can be done by the introduction of models that can predict a patient being at risk for waiting too long as well as visual management tools that visualize the radiotherapy process.
This study is a prospective, multicenter, observational study to characterize utilization patterns of the FoundationOne™ test by oncologists under conditions of routine clinical practice in the US. The study will also examine impact of test results on subsequent clinical decisions regarding choice of therapy. The planned duration of the study is at least 2 years with 1 year for patient recruitment and a minimum 1-year follow-up period for each patient. Any patient for whom the treating physician has ordered a FoundationOne™ test and a report is delivered is eligible for participation on the study. Eligible patients from participating sites will be enrolled sequentially during the 1-year enrollment period. Sites will be required to maintain an enrollment log of all patients for whom the FoundationOne™ test has been ordered and document patient disposition and reasons for non-participation. All treatment decisions and clinical assessment will be made at the discretion of the treating physician per usual care and are not mandated by study design or protocol. Informed consent will be obtained from eligible patients prior to study entry.
Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a chemical in the body that is involved in the promotion of cancer. SNX-5422 is an experimental drug that blocks Hsp90.
The purpose of this study is to find a way of detecting infection earlier in patients receiving bone marrow transplant. This is accomplished by continuous individualized monitoring of heart rate, respiratory rate and temperature variability in this patient population. The investigators are collecting data to determine whether or not subtle differences in heart rate, respiratory rate and temperature will help physicians to detect infection earlier in order to begin faster treatment before a patient's condition deteriorates. Blood tests will also be performed to check for certain biomarkers that may indicate infection
This study is being done to investigate the safety, tolerability and anti-tumor activity of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in participants with advanced triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) (Cohort A), advanced head and neck cancer (Cohorts B and B2), advanced urothelial cancer (Cohort C), or advanced gastric cancer (Cohort D). Additionally, for Cohort D, data is presented for Asian Pacific (AP) participants. Only participants with programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expressing tumors were enrolled in Cohorts A, B, C and D. Participants in Cohort B2 were enrolled irrespective of PD-L1 status. The primary study hypothesis is that pembrolizumab is safe and well-tolerated.
Cognitive impairment associated with chemotherapy is an important reported post-treatment side-effect among breast and other cancer survivors. As some patients report cognitive complaints before the administration of their therapy, some authors suggest an association with psychological risk factors such as distress. Distress, a multifactorial unpleasant emotional experience of a psychological (cognitive, behavioral and emotional), social and/or spiritual nature that may interfere with the ability to cope with cancer effectively, its physical symptoms and its treatment, can easily be assessed by the Distress Thermometer. In this trial we aim to determine if the Distress Thermometer, accompanied by the 38-item Problem List, could predict cancer-related cognitive impairment in patients with hematologic malignancies, and in patients with gynecological, urological, breast, lung or gastro-intestinal cancer receiving curative radiotherapy, chemotherapy, radiochemotherapy, anti-hormonal or targeted therapy.
The purpose of the study is to assess the clinical effectiveness of Fentanyl ETHYPHARM when used to relieve breakthrough pain (BTP) in opioid-treated cancer patients.
In this double-blinded randomized clinical trial study, investigators assessed probiotic used to prevent or delay radiation induced grade moderate to severe diarrhea with patient treated for pelvic cancer.
The purpose of this study is to test the safety of an investigational drug called LB-100 for Injection for treatment of solid tumors, when given with or without docetaxel. LB-100 is a small molecule that in laboratory and animal studies has shown activity when used by itself or together with drugs approved to treat some types of cancer (chemotherapeutic agents). Docetaxel is a drug that has been approved for the treatment of some types of cancer; one of the trade names for docetaxel is Taxotere®. The study is in 2 parts. Part 1: Patients will receive injections of LB-100. Part 2: Patients will receive injections of LB-100 and docetaxel. This is the first study where LB-100 for Injection will be used in humans.