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Filter by:This is an open-label, randomized, controlled, multi-national, multi-center, parallel-arm trial comparing tivozanib to sorafenib in subjects with advanced RCC. The study is designed to compare the PFS, OS, ORR, DR, safety and tolerability, and kidney specific symptoms/health outcome measurements of tivozanib and sorafenib.
Everolimus indirectly inhibits angiogenesis by reducing VEGF production. VEGF can be non-invasively visualized and quantified with serial 89Zr-bevacizumab PET imaging in patients. The investigators hypothesize that a decline in VEGF early during everolimus treatment in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma predicts treatment efficacy. 89Zr-bevacizumab PET scans will be performed at baseline, after 2 and 6 weeks of everolimus treatment in 14 adult patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
This phase II trial studies the effects of temsirolimus in treating patients with cervical cancer that cannot be cured by standard therapy. Temsirolimus interferes with a protein in cells that is part of one pathway that sends signals to stimulate cell growth and survival. By blocking this protein cancer cells may stop growing or die.
Rationale: Diagnostic procedures, such as MRI, may help doctors predict a patient's response to treatment and help plan the best treatment. Purpose: This clinical trial is studying MRI in predicting response to sunitinib malate in patients with locally advanced or metastatic kidney cancer.
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that chloroquine will reduce the ability of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) to survive and spread. Participants will receive either chloroquine standard dose (500mg/week) or chloroquine low dose (250mg/week) for 1 month prior to surgical removal of the tumor.
Rationale: Diagnostic procedures, such as positron emission tomography, using the drug fluorine F 18-EF5 to find oxygen in tumor cells may help in planning cancer treatment. Purpose: This clinical trial studies fluorine F 18-EF5 positron emission tomography in assessing hypoxia in patients with newly diagnosed stage I, stage II, stage III, or stage IV squamous cell cancer of the oral cavity, oropharynx, and larynx.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide with an estimated 626,000 new cases per year worldwide, accounting for 5.7% of new cancer cases. Although resection and transplantation offer the best 5-year survival rates, not all patients are suitable surgery candidates. Other treatments include pericutaneous ethanol injection (PEI), radiofrequency ablation (RFA), and transarterial oily chemoembolization (TOCE), all of which enhance the survival rate and aid in shrinkage of the tumor. The very low survival rate among HCC patients, 3-5%, reflects the inadequacy of conventional therapies for the disease and highlights the necessity of finding new treatments or modifying the current treatment. The hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes liver disease that can range in severity from a mild illness that lasts several weeks (acute hepatitis B) to a long-term chronic illness. An estimated 2 billion people have been infected with HBV worldwide, resulting in more than 350 million individuals with chronic, long-term liver infections. Patients with chronic HBV infection are at a great risk for the development of cirrhosis, hepatic failure, and HCC. There is no cure for hepatitis B and care is mostly palliative. There are several anti-viral and interferon drugs, such as Entecavir and Interferon α therapy, which can help some patients. However, these drugs are costly, thousands of dollars per year, and are not widely available in many countries, especially in the developing world. Vaccination is available and effective and is recommended for all individuals at risk for HBV infection. However, vaccination is only effective in individuals who have not been exposed to HBV. Hepatitis B is closely linked to liver cancer, which is almost always fatal. MGN-3/Biobran is an arabinoxylan extracted from rice bran that is treated enzymatically with an extract from Shiitake mushrooms. MGN-3 demonstrated anti-cancer activity in vivo in mice and humans. The present study was carried out to examine whether combining the current conventional treatment with a food supplement, arabinoxylan rice bran (MGN-3/Biobran), may improve the outcome of the disease and increase the survival rate of patients with HCC or HBV. We hypothesize that a combinatory treatment of conventional therapy with MGN-3/Biobran will augment the therapeutic effect seen when patients are treated with conventional therapy alone.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether HF10 is safe and effective in the treatment of head and neck cancer or solid tumors with cutaneous and/or superficial lesions.
The objective of this study is to record recurrence in patients treated for nonmelanoma (basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas) skin cancer using the Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System. Additional objectives include evaluate the appearance of the treated area in patients treated for nonmelanoma skin cancer using the Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System and record the occurrence of radiation therapy related skin changes in patients treated for nonmelanoma skin cancer.
This is a phase 1, open-label, dose-escalation clinical trial to evaluate the safety of SGN-75 in patients with CD70-positive relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.