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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of natural killer T (NKT) cell-based autologous adoptive immunotherapy in subjects with metastatic, treatment-refractory breast cancer, glioma, hepatocellular carcinoma, squamous cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer or prostate cancer.
The purpose of this study is to determine if fine needle aspiration or fine needle biopsy is more efficacious and cost-effective than the other while maintaining diagnostic accuracy in the setting of solid gastrointestinal lesions.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether duct-to-mucosa is better than invagination in pancreaticojejunostomy after pancreaticoduodenectomy. This single-centre, open, randomized controlled trail is conducted following ISGPF criteria for pancreatic fistula (PF). The duration of the study is supposed to start from Jan 5th 2012 and last to Dec 2014, until 100 or more cases are accessible. Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, peri-ampullar carcinoma or other benign or malignant diseases which need to operate pancreaticoduodenectomy will be included. Main outcomes are pancreatic fistula rate, mortality, morbidity, reoperation and hospital stay. The investigators assumption that duct-to-mucosa is better than invagination.
In this Phase II study a dose of 2.8 mg (eight 0.35 mg siG12D-LODERs) will be administered in 12-week cycles to patients with unresectable or borderline resectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer combined with chemotherapy treatment. Primary Outcome: - ORR at 6 months.
Pancreatoduodenectomy carries high morbidity rates even in high-volume centers. Postoperative complications often preclude or delay adequate oral nutrition and nutritional support may be required. However, the role of perioperative nutritional supplementation in well-nourished patients remains controversial. The purpose of this study is to compare the influence of early enteral and oral nutrition on postoperative course and complications after pancreatoduodenectomy. 96 patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy will be randomized to receive early enteral nutrition (EN group) or early oral nutrition (PerOs group). The EN group will receive standard enteral diet administered through a nasojejunal tube. Enteral nutrition will be started on the 1st postoperative day and increased daily by 20-40 ml up to the estimated level. The PerOs group will receive oral diets beginning from the 2nd postoperative day and oral intake will be advanced as tolerated.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations on the efficacy of erlotinib and gemcitabine in metastatic pancreatic cancer.
ViP is a double blinded clinical trial which will compare gemcitabine and vandetanib chemotherapy with gemcitabine alone in patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic carcinoma.
Chemotherapy is often used to help shrink the cancer temporarily and may improve survival for patients with incurable pancreas cancer that has spread to other organs. In Canada, the gemcitabine chemotherapy is used to treat pancreas cancer that has spread. The combination of oxaliplatin with other chemotherapies, including 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan has also been studied and has benefit for patients with advanced pancreas cancer. To date, there is no test that can be done on a patient's tumour to tell if chemotherapy will work in pancreatic cancer. Human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hENT1) has been shown to be a possible predictor that gemcitabine may or may not work but this needs to be proven in a randomized study where patients get treated with gemcitabine or a different kind of chemotherapy while their tumours get tested for hENT1. This study is being done because we want to prove that hENT1 can predict if gemcitabine will work in advanced pancreas cancer and if it can, we also would like to show that a different chemotherapy combination called FOLFOX (a combination of 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin) will be helpful for patients whose tumours don't have hENT1.
The purpose of this registry is to record information and evaluate the impact of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Guided Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) on the management of pancreatico-biliary disorders. The registry will evaluate efficacy, safety and technical success of the Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)Guided Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures. The safety and efficacy of various EUS-Guided ERCP procedures have been assessed in a series of studies. This multi-center registry has been initiated: - To document the impact of EUS-Guided ERCP procedures on the management of pancreatico-biliary disorders including malignancies. - To assess the clinical and technical success rates of EUS-Guided ERCPs for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Design is retrospective and prospective registry study. Procedures that will be captured include: 1. EUS-Coils placement 2. EUS Glue injection 3. EUS-Fiducial placement 4. EUS-Neurolysis 5. EUS-Stent placement 6. EUS-alcohol injection 7. EUS-fluid collection, abscess or cavity drainage 8. EUS guided ductal drainage 9. EUS-guided Ablation 10. EUS-guided anastomosis 11. EUS Guided ERCP for gallbladder, pancreatic duct or biliary duct drainage
The objective of this protocol is to establish a multicenter registry to evaluate the impact of radiofrequency ablation in the management of patients with pancreatico-biliary disorders including malignancies.