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Filter by:Information on the prevalence of advanced/metastatic renal cell carcinoma and its symptom burden is limited in commercially insured adult patients. Additionally, limited information exists on economic burden of adverse events associated with treatments for advanced/metastatic renal cell carcinoma. An objective of the current study is to estimate the incidence, prevalence, and symptom burden associated with advanced/metastatic RCC in a US "real-world" setting. Another objective is to quantify the economic burden of severe adverse events with agents used in management of first line advanced/metastatic RCC (sunitinib, sorafenib, bevacizumab, and pazopanib). This study will employ a retrospective cohort design. Analyses of health insurance claims data from a large commercially insured population will be employed in the current study. Study subjects will consist of all persons, aged ≥18 years, with evidence of advanced RCC between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2009; these persons will be identified based in part on case-ascertainment algorithms. Analyses will be directed at estimating annual rates of incidence and prevalence of advanced/metastatic RCC, as well as symptom burden and costs of common severe adverse events associated with treatments used in management of advanced/metastatic RCC (sunitinib, sorafenib, bevacizumab, and pazopanib).
Background: - One way tumors are able to grow is by forming new blood vessels that supply it with nutrients and oxygen. - Vandetanib (ZD6474) is an experimental drug that blocks certain proteins on the surface of tumor and blood vessel cells that are involved with the formation of new blood vessels. - Blocking these proteins may prevent the tumor cells or blood vessels from continuing to grow. Objectives: - To determine whether vandetanib can cause tumors to shrink or stabilize in patients with advanced kidney cancer. - To determine how vandetanib may work in people with kidney cancer and to develop tests that may be helpful in studying kidney cancer. Eligibility: -Patients 18 years of age or older with advanced clear cell kidney cancer whose disease has worsened after treatment with one or more of the following drugs: sunitinib, sorafenib, interleukin-2 and temsirolimus; or patients who have had to stop treatment with these drugs due to unacceptable side effects; or patients who are unable to receive standard treatment. Design: - Patients take a vandetanib pill once a day in 28-day cycles. - Patients are followed in the clinic every 2 weeks during the first month of treatment and then every 4 weeks for a physical examination, blood and urine tests, electrocardiogram and a review of any drug side effects. - Patients have imaging scans (computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) about every 8 weeks to monitor tumor growth. MRI scans are also done to look at tumor blood flow when treatment begins, 24 hours after the first dose of treatment, and again about 4 and 8 weeks after starting treatment - Optional tumor biopsies (surgical removal of a sample of tumor tissue) may be done before starting vandetanib treatment and after 4 weeks of treatment to look for drug effects on the tumor.
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors such as sunitinib are used in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma and have significant off-target effects with cardiac toxicity and resultant ventricular cardiac dysfunction being a major concern. However, the mechanisms of these effects in humans remains poorly defined, as are the clinical methods to risk stratify and identify patients who will ultimately suffer from cardiac dysfunction. The goal of this multi-center study is to characterize the cardiovascular measures of cardiac function; 2) comprehensive measures of arterial function and left ventricular afterload; 3) biomarkers reflective of the pathophysiologic alterations. Through this work, the investigators will translate our basic understanding of sunitinib cardiotoxicity to humans and identify early predictors of sunitinib cardiotoxicity.
The principal objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of temsirolimus use in patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Mantle Cell Lymphoma.
This study will be a single arm phase II clinical trial of 8 weeks of daily, oral neo-adjuvant pazopanib prior to nephrectomy in 39 evaluable patients with histologically confirmed localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pharmacodynamic and biologic properties of BMS-936558 in subjects with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
The current study will test single agent IL-2 in stage IV melanoma and kidney cancer.
The purpose of this study is to measure how active BMS-936558 (nivolumab) is against Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) as measured by the disease not progressing and whether a dose response relationship exists.
The objective of this Non-Interventional study is to evaluate the effectiveness & safety of Nexavar in advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) patients under daily-life treatment conditions based on age of the patient (older (age >70 years) and younger patients (age <70 years). Specifically investigated are the tumor status, duration of Nexavar ® treatment (number of cycles) and incidence of Hand foot Skin Reaction.
RATIONALE: The identification of gene mutations in young patients with pleuropulmonary blastoma syndrome may allow doctors to better understand the genetic processes involved in the development of some types of cancer, and may also help doctors identify patients who are at risk for cancer. PURPOSE: This research study studies gene mutations in samples from young patients with pleuropulmonary blastoma syndrome at risk for developing cancer.