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Filter by:This is a study to evaluate the safety and clinical activity of ThisCART19 (Allogeneic CAR-T targeting CD19) in patients with refractory or relapsed CD19 positive B cell malignancies.
RDT aims to take advantage of the relatively safer toxicity profiles of both lower dose radiation therapy and systemic ALA to treat non-superficial lesions in a manner similar to photodynamic therapy. The doses of radiation administered in this study will be lower than those typically used to treat cancer. However, with administration of ALA, which has been shown to be selectively concentrated in neoplastic cells, it is reasonable to expect responses in the target lesion(s) with relative sparing of nearby normal structures. A similar therapy is currently being used in a single institution in China. Members of the Fox Chase Cancer Center have visited the Chinese medical site multiple times and have gained first-hand experience with this therapy. Based on thus-far unpublished data, this treatment appears to be both safe and well-tolerated. There have been marked responses seen in some of these patients, but this therapy has not yet been investigated in a more formalized clinical trial setting, nor has it been used on Western patients. Thus, while these findings are encouraging, much work is necessary to determine the efficacy and role of this intervention.
Patients may be considered if the cancer has come back, has not gone away after standard treatment or the patient cannot receive standard treatment. This research study uses special immune system cells called AGAR T cells, a new experimental treatment. The body has different ways of fighting infection and disease. No single way seems perfect for fighting cancers. This research study combines two different ways of fighting cancer: antibodies and T cells. Antibodies are types of proteins that protect the body from infectious diseases and possibly cancer. T cells, also called T lymphocytes, are special infection-fighting blood cells that can kill other cells, including cells infected with viruses and tumor cells. Both antibodies and T cells have been used to treat patients with cancers. They have shown promise, but have not been strong enough to cure most patients. Investigators have found from previous research that they can put a new gene (a tiny part of what makes-up DNA and carries your traits) into T cells that will make them recognize cancer cells and kill them. In the lab, investigators made several genes called a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), from an antibody called GPC3. The antibody GPC3 recognizes a protein found solid tumors including pediatric liver cancers. This CAR is called GPC3-CAR. To make this CAR more effective, investigators also added a gene that includes IL15. IL15 is a protein that helps CAR T cells grow better and stay in the blood longer so that they may kill tumors better. The mixture of GPC3-CAR and IL15 killed tumor cells better in the laboratory when compared with CAR T cells that did not have IL15 .This study will test T cells that investigators made (called genetic engineering) with GPC3-CAR and the IL15 (AGAR T cells) in patients with GPC3-positive solid tumors such as yours. T cells made to carry a gene called iCasp9 can be killed when they encounter a specific drug called Rimiducid. The investigators will insert the iCasp9 and IL15 together into the T cells using a virus that has been made for this study. The drug (Rimiducid) is an experimental drug that has been tested in humans with no bad side-effects. The investigators will use this drug to kill the T cells if necessary due to side effects. This study will test T cells genetically engineered with a GPC3-CAR and IL15 (AGAR T cells) in patients with GPC3-positive solid tumors. The AGAR T cells are an investigational product not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The purpose of this study is to find the biggest dose of AGAR T cells that is safe, to see how long they last in the body, to learn what the side effects are and to see if the AGAR T cells will help people with GPC3-positive solid tumors.
This is a Phase 1/2a, open-label, study to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of intratumoral T3011 given alone and in combination with intravenous pembrolizumab in partients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors.
Surgery is the first choice of treatment for early-stage primary pulmonary malignancies, but up to 15% of all patients, and 33% of patients greater than 75 years of age, are not surgical candidate's due to locally advanced disease, poor cardiopulmonary reserve and significant medical co-morbidities. Some patients are also unwilling to undergo surgery. This has prompted the development of alternatives to surgery so that local control of unresectable tumors can be achieved. Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is currently an alternative therapy for these patients with 3-year survival rates of between 42 and 60%. SBRT has excellent local control rates and a favorable toxicity profile relative to other surgical and non-surgical therapies. Radiation pneumonitis (RP), amongst others, is one of the major toxicities which can limit the maximal radiation dose that can be safely delivered to thoracic tumors. Reported rates of SBRT induced RP requiring clinical intervention range from 0% to 29% and life-threatening toxicities have been reported in up to 12% of cases in various studies. The potential for toxicities from SBRT could limit the number of times a patient could be treated with SBRT for residual, recurrent or new pulmonary lesions over time. Following the first report of thermal ablation for lung malignancies in 2000, this modality has been used to treat primary and secondary malignancies and has emerged as an effective, low-cost, safe and repeatable alternative to SBRT for local tumour control. The most widely practised technique is radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Microwave ablation (MWA) is a relatively new therapy and offers all the advantages of RFA, but with significant additional advantages 3. These include reduced procedure times, lower complication rates, increased ablative temperatures, improved propagation of thermal energy particularly in the lung, improved efficacy in lesions that are in close proximity to blood vessels due to reduced heat-sink effect, and less procedure associated pain 2,3. Using high energy MWA to treat 87 pulmonary tumors, Egashira et al achieved a primary technical success rate of 94% and technique effectiveness of 98% at a median of 15 months. MWA is performed by Interventional Radiologists using CT guidance. The treatment is performed under general anaesthesia and is repeatable. Multiple lesions can be ablated in one treatment session. Patients can potentially be discharged the same day of treatment, if there are no adverse events. MWA is a relatively new treatment option that could be considered in situations where the patient is not a candidate for further treatment with surgery, SBRT or chemotherapy, or the patient declines the recommended standard available treatments. Objectives for Phase I: The primary objective for Phase I of this study will be to demonstrate the Safety of MWA performed for treatment of lung malignancy in patients not suitable for surgery, chemotherapy or SBRT. Primary objective (Safety): to determine the proportion of patients experiencing local adverse events at one week definitively related to the mwa procedure. Secondary objective (Feasibility): To determine the proportion of patients in whom technical success of MWA was achieved by assessing completion of ablation on CT at the time of the procedure, indicated by replacement of tumor by ground glass change (including a 5mm ablation zone in normal surrounding lung parenchyma). Objectives for Phase II Primary objective (Efficacy): To demonstrate efficacy by measuring the proportion of patients demonstrating absence of residual tumor on follow up CT at 1 month after MWA. Secondary objective: To determine the proportion of patients needing re-treatment for recurrent tumor at 1 month post MWA.
The primary objective: association study of characteristics of tumoral microenvironment and immunity of digestive cancers with patients' overall survival (OS).
This is a retrospective/prospective, cohort, non-interventional observational study. This means that all patients with documented COVID and HM diagnosed between February 2020 and study initiation will compose the retrospective part, while those diagnosed after study approval will enter prospective part. The total duration of the study will be 12 months. The study population will must be older than 18 years of age with HM and SARS-CoV-2 infection. All patients with documented SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID) and history or active hematological malignancies, who refer to any Hematological Unit will be included.
This phase IIa trial studies how well dendritic cell vaccines against Her2/Her3 and pembrolizumab work for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer or HER2+ breast cancer that has spread to the brain (brain metastasis). Dendritic cell vaccines work by boosting the immune system (a system in the body that protect against infection) to recognize and destroy the cancer cells. . Pembrolizumab is an "immune checkpoint inhibitor" which is designed to either "unleash" or "enhance" the cancer immune responses that already exist by either blocking inhibitory molecules" or by activating stimulatory molecules. Giving dendritic cell vaccines and pembrolizumab may shrink the cancer.
The efficacy of HIPEC in prevention of local recurrence, distant metastasis or peritoneal metastasis in locally advanced gastric cancer is not definite. The hypothesis of the trial is that radical gastrectomy combined with HIPEC is superior to only radical gastrectomy in terms of overall survival.
The ProTarget study is a phase II, prospective, non-randomized clinical trial with the primary purpose of investigating the safety and efficacy of commercially available cancer drugs that target specific changes in cancer cell DNA to treat patients with advanced cancer. The primary endpoint is anti-tumor activity or stable disease documented after 16 weeks of experimental drug treatment. The drugs used in the trial have been approved by EMA/FDA for the treatment of certain cancers. Choice of drug is based on whether the patient's cancer cells contain precisely the DNA change (i) targeted by the EMA/FDA-approved drug or (ii) related to sensitivity to the EMA/FDA-approved drug. The trial drug is thus not approved by the EMA/FDA or in Denmark for the treatment of the patient's cancer - it is so-called "off-label use". The secondary purposes are: - To detect side effects in patients treated with commercially available targeted cancer drugs. - Performing biomarker analyzes, including (but not limited to) whole-genome analysis (WGS) on a fresh tumor tissue sample (biopsy) at baseline and progression. - To investigate mechanisms of resistance using recurrent / serial fresh tumor biopsies for WGS and so-called liquid biopsies, which are blood samples in which the cancer cell DNA is analyzed. The secondary endpoints include response duration, progression-free survival, and overall survival.