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Filter by:The study was designed to assess the effect of jaundice on the ability of G17DT to generate antibodies before and after treatment of biliary obstruction due to advances pancreatic cancer.
The purpose of the study is to determine whether positron emission tomography (PET), using the new imaging drug [124 I] PSCA-Minibody can be used for imaging prostate, pancreatic or bladder cancer that has spread to the bones and soft tissues (e.g., lymph nodes, lungs, etc.). The PET imaging drug tested in this study binds to the cell marker called Prostate Stem Cell Antigen (PSCA), which is present on certain prostate, pancreatic and bladder cancers.
Background: EUS-guided fine needle aspiration (EUSFNA) is a well established technique for tissue acquisition and diagnosis with excellent safety profile. The overall diagnostic yield of EUSFNA exceeds 80%, with higher rates in EUSFNA of lymph nodes, where rates of >90% may be expected, as compared to pancreatic masses, where lower diagnostic rates were reported. To maximize the diagnostic yield, at least 3 needle passes are required for lymph nodes and at least 4 passes for pancreatic masses. Olympus has recently made commercially available a new 22 gauge FNA needle (EZ Shot 2 with side port) with a side port at the needle tip. The theoretical basis for introduction of the side port is to increase the diagnostic yield. Preliminary unpublished retrospective data suggested the yield might be raised. However, there are no prospective multicenter randomized controlled studies to ascertain the validity of the assumption. Aim: To determine whether there is a difference in diagnostic yield between EZ-Shot 2 and EZ-Shot 2 with side port in patients with pancreatic masses for evaluation. Methods: Patients with pancreatic masses referred for EUSFNA will be recruited prospectively and randomized to either EZ-Shot 2 or EZ Shot 2 with sideport for the first puncture, and then the alternative needle will be used for repeated punctured. The cytological and diagnostic yield at first pass for both needles will be compared. Clinical significance: This will determine whether the new needle design can further improve the diagnostic yield of EUSFNA of pancreatic masses.
This pilot study will aim to determine whether circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can be captured using the novel cMET based ferrofluid. The primary objective of this pilot study will be to describe the numbers of c-MET expressing cells that can be detected by the c-MET CTC capture technique. These data will be separated by disease site. The investigator will also describe the detection rates of both the c-MET CTC capture and the EpCAM CTC capture techniques in each patient, also separated by disease site.
This study tests regorafenib as a single agent in the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer patients who have progressed after prior chemotherapy with gemcitabine. The prognosis for these patients is particularly grim, no other standard treatment options exist, and novel approaches are desperately needed.
A standard treatment for your cancer is called FOLFIRINOX (this utilizes the FDA approved chemotherapy drugs fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin and irinotecan). In this study you will receive the chemotherapy treatment FOLFOX-A (fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, leucovorin and Abraxane ®) which substitutes irinotecan for the FDA approved chemotherapy drug Abraxane ®. Even though Abraxane is FDA approved for pancreatic cancer, the combination of Abraxane with the other 3 drugs is being investigated. Your doctors are studying the activity and side effects of FOLFOX-A in advanced (metastatic) pancreatic cancer.
The aim for this study is to implement electroporation therapy (NanoKnife) treatment for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Electroporation therapy (NanoKnife) will be given in addition to standard chemotherapy.
<Background/aims> Rapid onsite evaluation (ROSE) of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration and biopsy (EUS-FNAB) specimens by attending cytopathologists has been demonstrated to improve diagnostic yields of EUS-FNAB. The practice of ROSE, however, varies across EUS programs in Unites States, Europe and other areas of world. The investigators have a plan to perform prospective evaluation of the yield of EUS-FNAB in the absence of ROSE, in which the adequacy of specimens will be assessed by a single endosonographer. <Methods> All EUS-FNAB procedures will be performed by an experienced endosonographer and the adequacy of specimens obtained during EUS-FNAB will be also assessed by a same endosonographer. A specimen will be considered adequate if there is an adequate number of representative cells from the lesion. Samples considered to be adequate will be then interpreted as malignancy, highly atypical suggestive of malignancy, atypical favor reactive change, or negative for malignancy. Performance characteristics of EUS-FNAB including sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy will be determined by comparing EUS-FNAB results with the final diagnoses of the lesions, based upon the surgical pathology or clinical follow-up of more than 6 months with repeat imagings.
The objective of this phase 2 study is to evaluate the feasibility of an early palliative care intervention for metastatic cancer patients. Feasibility will be assessed in terms of percentage of patients that accept the proposal of the early palliative care intervention and that effectively start to be followed in the palliative care out-patient clinic. The study will be performed in a consecutive series of newly diagnosed patients affected by lung cancer (NSCLC or SCLC, stage IIIb, IV), mesothelioma (stage II, IV), pancreas (stage IV), stomach (stage IIIb-IV).
This phase I/II trial is designed to efficiently identify the regimen limiting toxicity (RLT) and recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) for the combination of the immunotherapeutic agent indoximod when administered in combination with standard of care chemotherapy gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel in subjects with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. All subjects will receive the same standard gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel regimen, plus indoximod in doses increasing from 600 mg twice daily to, potentially, 1200 mg twice daily.