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Filter by:Research in test tubes suggests that may affect cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6), an important enzyme that is responsible for eliminating many drugs that cancer patients need to take, including dextromethorphan. The purpose of this study is to test the impact of PF-00299804 on the activity of CYP2D6, and how the human body handles dextromethorphan.
This study designed to evaluate the pharmacokinetics and safety of AG-013736 at single doses and multiple doses
Phase 1 study to determine safety, tolerability, dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs), and recommended Phase 2 dose of AV-299 administered IV as monotherapy to patients with relapsed or refractory solid tumors, lymphoma, or multiple myeloma. The study will also determine the safety, tolerability and DLTs of AV-299 in combination with erlotinib in patients with relapsed or refractory solid tumors.
Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) PET/CT is established as a powerful imaging tool for cancer detection and monitoring response to therapy. Sodium Fluorine-18 (F-18) was used in the 1970s for bone scanning and can be used as a skeletal tracer in current PET/CT scanners. The combined administration of F-18 and F-18 FDG in a single PET/CT scan for cancer detection was not attempted to date. We hope to learn what is the best approach for detection of cancer and thus to improve cancer treatment.
This is an imaging protocol only, not a therapeutic study. The primary goal of the proposed study is to examine the utility of a new imaging study, Positron Emission Tomography with F-18 Fluorothymidine (FLT PET), in the early treatment evaluation of head and neck cancer. FLT uptake in the tumor correlates with the rate of cell proliferation. It is therefore hoped that changes in tumor FLT uptake after therapy will reflect change in the number of actively dividing tumor cells and will provide early assessment of treatment response. Research subjects will undergo one PET scan with FLT. The scan is done prior to any therapeutic intervention (radiation or chemotherapy) can be obtained up to 30 days prior to the start of therapy. The uptake of FLT in the tumor will be analyzed to see if it can be used as a predictor of treatment efficacy and/or outcome. There is an optional biopsy component to this study. Should the attending physicians (primarily the otolaryngologists) believe that the subject can safely undergo an outpatient biopsy, and the subject agrees, a biopsy is performed. The biopsy will be done within 30 days prior to treatment, similar to FLT PET scans. Tissue from the biopsy will be analyzed for markers of cellular proliferation and these markers will be correlated with the findings of FLT PET scan. There will be a 2-year clinical follow-up to assess for treatment outcomes, local control, and overall survival.
This study will evaluate the pharmacokinetics, maximum tolerated dose and anti-tumor activity of RO5083945 in patients with metastatic and/or locally advanced malignant EGFR+ solid tumors. In the first part of the study, groups of patients will be sequentially enrolled to receive ascending doses of RO5083945 administered weekly, every 2 weeks or every 3 weeks. The starting dose of 50mg weekly will be escalated in subsequent groups of patients after a successful assessment of the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of the previous dose. In Part 2 of the study, patients with EGFR+ and mutant KRAS colorectal cancer will be enrolled, and will receive RO5083945 at the recommended dose and regimen identified in Part 1. The anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression, and the target sample size is <100 individuals.
RATIONALE: American ginseng may reduce fatigue in patients with cancer. It is not yet known whether American ginseng is more effective than a placebo in treating cancer-related fatigue. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying American ginseng to see how well it works in treating patients with fatigue caused by cancer.
The purpose of this study is to determine the recommended dose of the combination of AVE8062 with platinum salts (cisplatin or carboplatin) and taxanes (docetaxel or paclitaxel) in patients with advanced solid tumors for which platinum-taxane doublet constitutes mainstay of care.
Patients are being asked to take part in this study because they have been diagnosed with an advanced solid tumor that is not responding to standard treatments. This study will find the highest dose of ixabepilone and dasatinib in combination that can be given without causing severe side effects. Both ixabepilone and dasatinib have individually been tested in many (several thousand) patients, however the combination of the two drugs has not yet been tested in humans. All patients who will take part in this study will receive combined drug therapy of dasatinib and ixabepilone. Dasatinib is a pill that is taken by mouth. Ixabepilone is a medicine that will be given by vein (IV). All participants will receive ixabepilone by vein once every three weeks as well as dasatinib by mouth once daily.
RATIONALE: Sodium thiosulfate may reduce or prevent hearing loss in young patients receiving cisplatin for cancer. It is not yet known whether sodium thiosulfate is more effective than no additional treatment in preventing hearing loss. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying sodium thiosulfate to see how well it works in preventing hearing loss in young patients receiving cisplatin for newly diagnosed germ cell tumor, hepatoblastoma, medulloblastoma, neuroblastoma, osteosarcoma, or other malignancy.