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Filter by:This single center, single arm and prospective study aimed to establish gene mutation database and select the neoantigens in patients with advanced malignant melanoma, bladder cancer and colorectal cancer. Then, we intended to explore the safety and efficacy of individual tumor antigen-sensitized DC vaccine and their sensitized T cells in these solid cancers.
Early detecting and removing of colorectal advanced adenomas can reduce incidence of colorectal cancer.Use of the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) for colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention is supported by previous studies.However existing instruments have low portability.The purpose of this study is to test the performance of a Point-of-care testing instrument for fecal Immunochemical test(FIT) .
The aim of the study is to examine the effects of anemia correction with intravenous administered iron on clinical outcomes and the immune response on the tumor in patients with planned colonic- or rectal cancer surgery. The study will be performed as a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study with an examination of immune response in tumor and clinical outcomes, between patients with anemia without correction with iron(III)isomaltoside, non-anemic patients, and anemic patients treated with iron(III)isomaltoside prior to surgery. Propensity score matching will ensure identification of controls from a pool of patients treated at the Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital. The two control groups will be: an anemic historical control group (group 1), and a non-anemic concurrent control group (group 2). Group 3 will be the treatment group, with patients with anemia and treated with iron(III)isomaltoside. The study period of cases undergoing i.v. treatment will be 1st of February 2017 to 31st of October 2019 with approximately 70 cases included
This double-blinded clinical randomized trial with a 1:1 recruitment ratio between placebo and the active group will aim to investigate the effects of intravenously administered iron in non-anemic iron deficient patients on physical capacity, immunological cells and their function prior to surgery. A total of 134 patients with colorectalcancer will be included in the study. Study outline: After initial inclusion the patient will undergo baseline testing with cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET), then followed by an infusion of a weight dependent dosage of iron(III)isomaltoside or placebo. Then at the closest possible time to the surgery the patient will have drawn bloodwork and be re-tested by (CPET). The patient will be followed after surgery with evaluation of several outcomes including quality of recovery and complications. Further, the effects of the intervention on the patients immune function will be evaluated by two different methods: 1) by changes in neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio between baseline and preoperative bloodwork and 2) by evaluation mRNA expression in the tumor specimen by the Nanostring pancancer immune panel
Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening program can reduce colon cancer-related mortality. Current CRC screening methods include stool occult blood and DNA testing, blood based tests and radiologic tests. Colonoscopy is considered the gold standard to detect colorectal neoplasms. Previous studies have estimated that cancer mortality to be 68% to 88% lower among persons who undergo screening colonoscopy than among those who do not. However, colonoscopy is an invasive examination, and 10% to 20% of patients fail to tolerate the procedure; therefore, greatly reduces the success rate of completion of colon examination. External controllability of capsule endoscope by means of an applied magnetic field is a possible solution to the maneuvering problem. However, there is no effective system with straight forward clinical applicability till now. This is ascribable to a lack of reliable magnetic instrumentation suitable for such a purpose. We have reported that magnetic field navigator (MFN) can effectively control the locomotion of capsule endoscope. We have demonstrated the feasibility and safety of magnetic-assisted capsule endoscope for the examination of upper gastrointestinal tract. In this study, we develop a magnetic-assisted capsule colonoscope by combination of the integrated circuit complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor imaging sensor, light-emitting diode, and magnetic control technology. This magnetic-assisted capsule colonoscope operation system includes a MFN Platform, high-end hand-controlled joystick, combined circuit component, control interface and software. This magnetic-assisted capsule colonoscope operation system creates a friendly operating environment for the operators, and may establishe a novel screening system for the colon.
Colonoscopy is an exam which can be responsible for pain and discomfort for the patient. Therefore colonoscopy is performed most of the time under general anaesthesia. Moreover, drug-induced sedation comes with adverse effects especially among fragile patients. Besides, monitoring patients during and after sedation is both logistically demanding and costly. Virtual reality offers immersive and three dimensional experiences that distract the attention and might improve patients comfort. The aim of the study is to investigate the use of virtual reality during colonoscopy versus general anaesthesia.
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of camrelizumab combined with trastuzumab and chemotherapy in Patients with HER2-positive advanced colorectal cancer
1. Evaluation of some risk factors (e.g. smoking, heavy metal exposure, and organophosphorus exposure) on CRC. 2. Estimation of KRAS and BRAF genes mutations associated with CRC. 3. Association between different risk factors and gene mutations on different types of CRC.
Bowel cancer, a significant problem in the United Kingdom (UK) with ~ 41,000 diagnoses and ~ 16,000 deaths annually, has a large preventable component (~54%). It is, in part, due to energy imbalance within bowel cells as suggested by associated risk factors: high-fat diet, obesity, physical inactivity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Drugs that decrease bowel cancer risk, like aspirin and metformin, may prevent the disease by mimicking the molecular effects of dietary restriction and exercise. Energy imbalance, through obesity, expands stem cells which may increase bowel cancer. We have shown that aspirin activates an energy molecule, which increases when we exercise, and blocks signalling associated with obesity in bowel cancer. Indeed aspirin in combination with metformin (commonly used in diabetes) has a greater effect on this pathway than either drug alone. To predict which patients may benefit from aspirin and metformin, we need to discover if these drugs may mimic healthy lifestyle changes at a cellular level and which cells are being targeted. This project investigates how aspirin and metformin influence energy molecules in bowel cells to mimic beneficial effects of exercise or dietary restriction. Participants, recruited from Western General Hospital (Edinburgh) colorectal clinics, will have bowel lining and blood samples take initially and then depending on their assigned cohort, after; 24 hours, 7 days, 28 days or a 6-week course of aspirin, metformin or both tablets. Samples will be analysed for energy genes (main outcome). Secondary outcomes will measure effects on quantitative faecal immunochemical tests (qFIT), used to detect blood in the stool, and on gut bacteria. This critical research will inform how aspirin and metformin can be used in specific populations to decrease bowel cancer risk and to develop new drugs to target abnormal energy pathways.
"Nasal polyposis is a chronic inflammation of the sinonasal mucosa which is characterized by the development of polyps in the sinonasal cavities. In the general population, its prevalence is 4% with a clear increase from the age of 50 years. When drug treatment is not effective, and the patient's quality of life is impaired, surgery is proposed. It allows to widen the nasal cavities with aerodynamic and acoustics effects on speech. There are few studies, that have focused on the impact of NP and its treatment on speech. Yet there is a real demand from patients to obtain answers related to the impact of this surgery on their voice. Preoperatively and postoperatively, the resonance will be disturbed: polyps will impacted the quality of the nasal sounds. And after surgery, the new anatomical shape can create an excessive resonance in the nasal cavities. Indeed, there is a diversity of acoustic effects that differ according to the sinuses involved, the nature and type of surgery and the anatomical and physiological specificities of the patient. The impairment of acoustic properties after surgery is diverse and little known. The surgery improves the communication between sinuses and nasal cavities but the real impact on nasal resonance still unknown. The particularity of this pathology stands in the obstruction of the sinonasal cavity by polyps. On this study, it represents a model of nasality disturbance/impairment ? Indeed, all aspects of nasality will be altered : the articulation by the obstruction of the sino-nasal cavities, the aerodynamic by a disturbance of the circulation of the airflow within the nasal cavity, acoustics by an alteration of the resonance of this flow, and finally the perception of speech by others where the comprehension of speech is difficult. Thus, the investigators wish to observe this dysfunction in a multipara metric way in order to have an accurate approach. This population is therefore ideal. In preoperative, it will allow to measure by aerodynamic, articulatory, acoustic, and perceptive data taking this dysfunction, to give precise answers. Then, postoperatively, these measurements will be repeated to observe a return to the expected functioning of the nasal cavity. Indeed, the cavities being no longer congested, a greater flow of nasal air would be expected, which would have acoustic consequences on the resonance of nasal sounds. This could be accentuated because of the new anatomical configuration due to the surgery. Perceptually, the voice after surgery should no longer be considered as pathological. In addition to the linguistics aspect, this population has the particularity of having a strongly impacted quality of life. The investigators would therefore like to measure this impact on quality of life before and after surgery. For this study, the main objective is to measure the articulatory, aerodynamics, acoustics and perceptive impact of the nasal polyposis on speech before and after surgery. the secondaries objectives are to: - Compare the differences in aerodynamic, acoustic, articulatory and perceptual changes between the ""presence of polyps in the nasal and sinus cavities"" group and the ""presence of polyps in the sinus cavities"" group - Compare the modifications on the speech of the pathology before and after surgical treatment - Identify the elements related to the quality of life impacted by this pathology. - Identify the glottic compensation strategies induced by the pathology - Compare preoperative and postoperative nasal resonance and the relationship between nasal and sinus cavities using 3D models - Validate the adequacy of the nasality-speech questionnaire for patients with sinonasal polyposis"