View clinical trials related to Lung Cancer.
Filter by:Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer, killing ~1.3 million people worldwide every year. Early diagnosis could increase its survival by 3-4 folds. Therefore the yield of screening for lung cancer is not a question anymore and the urgent unmet need is to define the group that is under a high risk for lung cancer. Our lab is focusing on revealing non-invasive biomarkers as for early detection of lung cancer. This study specifically focuses on biomarkers that are found in exhaled breath. These biomarkers are known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs).The VOCs' profile can discriminate between those who suffer from lung cancer and healthy individuals. It is well established that a cancer cell can activate their glycolysis (glucose degradation) pathway in order to survive. This links malignant processes with this basic biochemical, metabolic cycle. This study will focus on the unique processes incurred by glycolysis in the tumor cells and its effect on the surrounding environment. By better understanding and revealing the exact mechanism, it will become possible to identify the biomarkers released by malignant cells that use glycolysis as a source of energy. This study's goal is to identify and analyze those distinguishing VOCs. The hope is that these VOCs will provide a new innovative possibility of developing the so desperately needed, early-detection lung cancer screening method. This research will collect and analyze the exhaled breath of participants. The exhaled breath will be obtained before and after a glucose challenge test, in which the participant is asked to drink a solution containing water and glucose. This study will involve a total of seventy participants, fifty of which currently suffer from active lung cancer, while the remaining participants belong to a high-risk group.
This clinical trial studies prone patient positioning in reducing tumor motion and improving breathing reproduction in patients with lung cancer undergoing radiation therapy. Prone patient positioning during radiation therapy may help kill tumor cells without harming normal tissue.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether sequential application of low-dose short-term sunitinib and chemotherapy is effective in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer after failure of conventional therapy. Safety of this regimen will also be evaluated.
This is a phase II protocol to determine the safety and feasibility of Intraoperative CT fluoroscopy guidance for lung resection for small nodules.
The data elements for the PDT Registry project include virtually all the elements in the standard hospital-based cancer registry record, although in some cases at a finer level of detail. All data points should be found in the participant's medical record. The principal difference between the PDT Registry data set and that collected by the registries is the inclusion of more information specific to PDT.
Patients (pts) with stage IIIA/IIIB NSCLC received NVBiv 25 mg/m² + CDDP 80 mg/m² on D1 and NVBo 60 mg/m² on D8 every 3 weeks (q3w) for 2 cycles as induction. Pts with response or non change received NVBo 20 mg fixed dose on D1 D3 D5 + CDDP 80 mg/m² on D1 q3w for 2 more cycles during RT(66 Gy/6.5 w).
Empyema following pneumonectomy for Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) is a known problem that occurs in about 2% of pneumonectomy patients.
This study tests the ability of the allogeneic cellular vaccine 1650-G vaccine to enhance immune recognition of tumor cells in patients with lung cancer. The vaccine is combined with an oral medication called beta glucan, an over the counter oral dietary supplement that may also stimulate the immune system in ways that helps the body eradicate cancer cells and reduce risk of recurrent cancer. The primary purpose of this study is to measure the changes in the number of immune cells that might help lower risk of cancer recurrence. The investigators do not yet know if the vaccine is effective in fighting cancer and will not know at the end of this study whether this has been of benefit.
This research study is a Phase II clinical trial, which tests the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug to learn whether the drug works in treating a specific cancer. "Investigational" means that the drug is being studied. It also means that the FDA has not yet approved sunitinib for your type of cancer. Sunitinib has been approved by the FDA for treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors, advanced renal cell carcinoma and advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. While most chemotherapies work by interfering with cancer cell replication, sunitinib works by blocking certain protein signals within the cell. Because sunitinib works differently from standard intravenous chemotherapies, we call it a "targeted therapy." This drug has also been used in other research studies and information from those other research studies suggests that this agent may help to slow the growth of some NSCLC tumors. In this research study, we are looking to see if sunitinib may stop certain NSCLC tumors from growing. The study focuses on a type of NSCLC, adenocarcinoma, which has previously been found to be more sensitive to other kinds of oral targeted therapies. This study will focus specifically on (1) adenocarcinoma tumors that do not carry a mutation in a known cancer gene (EGFR, KRAS, or ALK) and occur in patients that never smoked (less than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime) or (2) adenocarcinoma tumors that have a mutation in the RET gene.
The purpose of this study is to understand real world gefitinib usage patterns, patient characteristics and outcomes and to present these for a Caucasian population