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Filter by:This is a study of gefitinib plus olaparib gefitinib in combination with olaparib (AZD2281) versus gefitinib alone, in patients with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) mutation positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
The goal of this clinical research study is to compare 2 types of radiotherapy, stereotactic body photon radiotherapy (SBRT) and stereotactic body proton radiotherapy (SBPT). Researchers would like to compare the side effects, quality of life, and cancer control.
When considering 1st line gefitinib treatment for NSCLC, the investigators need epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutational status of the tumor. But most patients do not give us such information at the time of diagnosis, because it requires tumor tissue and some time period for EGFR examination. So, investigators develop a protocol of 1st line gefitinib treatment for NSCLC according to FDG-PET response. If a patient shows 20% or more decrease of peak standard uptake value (SUV) after 1 week's gefitinib treatment, he or she will be continued the treatment. If a patient shows less than 20% decrease of SUV, he or she will be switched to other chemotherapy.
The investigators have characterized in preclinical Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) models the proteomic expression profile associated with exposure to Aurora and Polo-like kinase inhibitors. The identification of proteomic expression patterns in patients with NSCLC would be an important step in defining the possible role of these agents as potential targeted therapies for this clinically important disease. This study proposes to evaluate resected non-small cell lung cancer specimens for these proteomic expression profiles.
Tumour angiogenesis has been identified to play a critical role in tumour growth and this knowledge has led to the identification of new targets for cancer therapy. Multiple angiogenic factors are involved in the regulation of angiogenesis, among them VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) and its receptor are of crucial relevance. The inhibition of VEGF signaling by monoclonal antibodies or small molecules (kinase inhibitors) has already been successfully established for the treatment of different cancer entities and multiple new drugs are being tested in clinical trials. The ever-expanding list of antiangiogenic agents being available in the near future will raise the questions when to use which agent and in which sequence. As a consequence biomarkers are going to be indispensible tools for choosing the most effective drugs and to predict dosing and resistance. The present project is based on an academic clinical trial in which patients suffering from different cancer types (colorectal cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell cancer and hepatocellular cancer) treated routinely with antiangiogenic agents will be included. Consecutive serum and blood probes will be taken and will be examined and correlated with functional imaging and the clinical course. The following parameters have been selected: soluble markers in the plasma (VEGF, bFGF, ICAM, sVGFR-2 IL-8, SDF1 and Dickkopf 3) and cellular parameters like circulating endothelial cells (CEC) and circulating endothelial progenitor cells (CEPs). In conclusion, the present project is screening for potential biomarkers and biomarker combinations relevant for antiangiogenic drugs in different tumour types. The predictive value of such profiles should then be evaluated in larger cohorts. In the future such profiles could possibly help clinicians to use these agents more effectively and therefore also more economically.
Substantial progress has been made in the treatment of cancer through the use of targeted therapies, but what works for one patient might not work for another patient. Certain drugs are now being developed that target specific molecules in the body that are believed to be part of the disease. Biomarkers are specific characteristics of the cancer that may help provide prognostic information (i.e. how well patients will be regardless of the treatments given) or help predict sensitivity or resistance to a specific treatment. The study will collect archival tumor samples (previously collected biopsy or surgical tumor samples) to provide biomarker data about a patient's cancer, in order to help their physicians to identify which clinical trials of molecularly targeted therapies may be most appropriate for the patient in the future.
This study will enroll patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-EGFR mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) lung cancer after failure of at least one but no more than two prior approved treatment regimens. Patients will be randomized to receive one of two doses of vaccine or placebo to be dosed twice weekly for 18 weeks (36 doses total) and patients will also receive erlotinib 150mg taken orally once daily for the duration of the trial. The study will examine the immune effects, safety and efficacy of two different doses of HS110 vaccine in combination with erlotinib versus erlotinib alone.
Intercalated administration of Iressa® (gefitinib) on days 5-18 of chemotherapy cycle improve the efficacy of Pemetrexed/platinum regimen given as first-line treatment for never-smokers with advanced (stage IIIB/IV) lung adenocarcinoma.
This is an open-label multi-center Phase 2 efficacy and safety study of crizotinib in East Asian patients with advanced Non-Squamous NSCLC harboring a translocation or inversion event involving the ALK gene locus who have received only one prior chemotherapy regimen for advanced NSCLC and this regimen must have been platinum-based. Primary objective of this study is to assess the anti-tumor activity and safety profile of crizotinib. Secondary objectives are to evaluate clinical efficacy including median progression-free survival (PFS) and 1-year PFS rate, overall survival (OS), disease control rate (DCR) at 6 and 12 weeks, time to response (TTR), and duration of response (DR).
Cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy given concurrently with radiotherapy is the standard of care for patients with inoperable stage III NSCLC. The most common chemotherapeutic agents used concurrently with radiotherapy have been vinorelbine, vinblastine, and etoposide in conjunction with cisplatin or weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin. No randomized phase III trials of concurrent chemoradiotherapy have shown the superiority of one chemotherapy regimen over another. The clinical trial is to compare radiotherapy concurrently with PE (etoposide and cisplatin) and PC (paclitaxel and carbplatin) for local advanced NSCLC (stage IIIA/IIIB). It is a randomized, multicenter, open labeled phase III clinical trial. All patients receive conformal radiotherapy or intensity modulated radiotherapy with conventional fraction. The chemotherapy regimens are PE (etoposide 50mg/m2 d1-5, 29-33 and cisplatin 50mg/m2 d1,8,29 and 36 29-33 ) and PC (paclitaxel 45mg/m2 weekly over 1hour and carbplatin AUC =2mg/mL/min over 30min weekly). The primary purpose is to evaluate objective response rate, complications, progression-free survival, overall survival. The second purpose is to evaluate quality of life and cost.