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Filter by:This prospective, observational study will assess the effectiveness and safety of Avastin (bevacizumab) as 1st line therapy in elderly patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer in clinical practice. Therapy with Avastin and standard chemotherapy will be administered according to the treating physician. Data will be collected for approximately 4 years.
a. VEGFRs may be the biomarker which can predict the effect of bevacizumab in non small cell lung cancer
As cytotoxic agents, DTX and PTX have a narrow therapeutic window. BSA dosing leads to great inter-individual PK variability, which is a major contributor for severe toxicity, especially in East-Asian populations. DTX exposures measured by area under plasma concentration-time curve (AUC), PTX exposures measured by the time above a plasma concentration of 0.05 µmol/L (TC>0.05), are the most biologic effects associated PK parameters for DTX and PTX, respectively, which could positively predict related toxicities such as neutropenia, peripheral neuropathy, etc. So, we conducted a randomized clinical trial to compare the effect on related toxicities and efficacy of PK-guided dosing strategy and BSA dosing strategy.
Acknowledging that level I evidence already exists regarding the general beneficial impact on FDG PET in the staging and subsequent management of lung cancer the investigators postulate that fusing PET/CT data sets with RT CT simulation data sets for adult patients with conventionally/clinically assessed stage III non-small cell lung cancer will have a significant impact on GTV as well as normal tissue irradiation. This research will also estimate inter and intra-observer variability of treatment planning, relative to GTV, between and amongst radiation oncologists.
To study the NSCLC evolutionary genomic landscape between primary and metastatic sites and the dynamics of intratumour heterogeneity over time combined with detailed clinical, histopathological and cancer phenotypic annotation for each patient, in order to significantly improve the outcomes of NSCLC patients (e.g. reduce their chance of recurrence and improve survival).
This clinical trial studies computed tomography (CT) in diagnosing patients with lung cancer. Diagnostic procedures, such as CT, may help find and diagnose lung cancer.
This multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of onartuzumab in combination with erlotinib in patients with previously untreated, unresectable stage IIIB or IV non-small cell lung cancer identified to carry and activating EGFR mutation and MET-positive. Patients will be randomized to receive either onartuzumab 15 mg/kg intravenously every 3 weeks in combination with erlotinib 150 mg orally daily or placebo in combination with erlotinib. Anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs.
1. Verify the effect of Erlotinib concurrent whole-brain radiation therapy as first-line treatment for patients with multiple brain metastases from non-small-cell lung cancer to compare with WBRT alone. 2. Verify pre-built EGFR mutation prediction model for NSCLC brain metastases
Rationale: With 1.6 million new cases diagnosed each year and 1.3 million deaths, lung cancer is the leading cancer-related death worldwide and it represents a pressing health issue. Patients with lung cancer are more likely to experience cachexia, a severe debilitating disorder causing fatigue, weight loss, muscle wasting and associated with reduced physical function, increased chemotherapy toxicity and reduced survival. This syndrome occurring in about 80% of advanced cancer patients is the direct cause of death in about 20% of cases. However, despite the importance of cachexia in lung cancer, it has been mainly studied from several assessment methods which do not usually differentiate muscle from other tissues. Aim: To analyze body composition of patients with lung cancer at diagnosis using computed tomography (CT-Scan) image analysis. Methods: This is a retrospective study extending over a period of 3 years conducted at the Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (2009-2012). We listed patients newly diagnosed with lung cancer who had a thoraco-abdominal CT-scan performed in our institution. Following the collection of clinical data from patient records, we used SliceOmatic software to quantify muscle area, visceral fat area and subcutaneous fat area from a single abdominal cross-sectional image at the level of the third lumbar vertebra.
This pilot clinical trials studies azacitidine and entinostat in treating patients with newly diagnosed stage IA-IIIIA non-small cell lung undergoing surgery. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as azacitidine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Entinostat may stop the growth of cancer tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving azacitidine with entinostat may be an effective treatment for non-small cell lung cancer.