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Filter by:Treatment for patients with mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) with specific domain tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has given place to objective clinical response, increase in progression-free survival (PFS) compared to cytotoxic chemotherapy. However, despite clinical success with different TKIs, most patients eventually develop acquired resistance to these agents after an average period of time of 10 months. Recently metformin, an oral hypoglycemic agent, has been associated with reduction in the global risk of incidence and mortality of different types of cancer, by exercising anti-tumor properties. Its role as a chemo-preventive and adjuvant drug in overcoming acquired resistance to chemotherapy, target therapy and immunotherapy in NSCLC is still under discussion. However, preclinical data support the role as an adjuvant drug in the treatment of NSCLC in combination with chemotherapy or EGFR-TKIs. This evidence led to examine the effects of metformin in combination with EGFR-TKIs in a NSCLC cellular line panel, obtaining a different sensibility to the unique use with EGFR-TKIs. The combination of metformin and TKIs reduced the colony forming capacity and proliferation, and induced a huge pro-apoptotic effect in NSCLC cellular lines and resistance in EGFR-TKIs. This suggests that metformin may reduce the resistance to TKIs. A retrospective study in patients from our institution from 2008 to 2014, showed significant clinical benefit in patients who used metformin, improving the global survival. Based on these considerations, we propose a phase II randomized study to assess the effect and safety of metformin in combination with TKIs as second line therapy in patients with NSCLC in advanced stages with EGFR mutation. The main objective of this study is to assess the progression-free survival period in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in treatment with TKIs and metformin versus TKI alone.
This study evaluated the tolerance, safety and efficacy of Apatinib plus Docetaxel as the second-line treatment in locally advanced or metastatic gastric cancer (including Gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) Adenocarcinoma).
This randomized phase II/III trial studies docetaxel, antiandrogen therapy, and radiation therapy to see how well it works compared with antiandrogen therapy and radiation therapy alone in treating patients with prostate cancer that has been removed by surgery. Androgen can cause the growth of prostate cells. Antihormone therapy may lessen the amount of androgen made by the body. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving antiandrogen therapy and radiation therapy with or without docetaxel after surgery may kill any remaining tumor cells.
The purpose of this study is to see if patients treated with both regional chemotherapy using the HAI pump and intravenous chemotherapy are able to have their liver tumors removed surgically (resected), versus treatment with only intravenous chemotherapy.
The purpose of this study is to look at patient outcomes when docetaxel is started prior to ADT with degarelix.
This study will assess if endoscopic ultrasound radiofrequency application in patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer and chemotherapy confers survival benefit when compared to patients receiving best medical care and chemotherapy .
This Endoscopic Ultrasound guided Biliary Drainage (EUS-BD) vs. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP-TP) trial (BILPAL) is a randomized controlled multicenter trial that will provide evidence whether or not traditional ERCP biliary drainage is to be performed in patients with obstruction in bile duct due to unresectable pancreatic head or periampullary tumor.
This study aims to elucidate the relationship between the microbiome, inflammation, and the microenvironment in Barrett's esophagus (BE) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), with the end goal of developing a non-endoscopic testing strategy based on pathogenic factors to identify patients at highest risk for EAC. To accomplish this the investigators will enroll 100 patients with known BE (50 with dysplasia or EAC) and 50 subjects without BE undergoing upper endoscopy. Prior to endoscopy each subject will undergo three minimally invasive potential screening and surveillance tests: saliva (oral microbiome), breath test (exhaled volatile organic compounds), and tethered capsule sponge sampling (methylated DNA markers). The study will evaluate these novel tests in combination with clinical and anthropometric factors to describe an optimal strategy for BE screening and monitoring.
The differences in patient's clinicopathological characteristic between high and low prevalence of gastric cancer region should be further examined to elucidate factors that associate with poor survival rate of patients with gastric cancer. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate characteristics of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma and factors associated with different outcome in Thailand and Japan to find a clue to improve patients' survival in low prevalence country such as Thailand. This is a retrospective cohort study. It was conducted at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand and Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease, Japan. Eligible cases were selected by using standardized search protocols: formal computer searches of all patients seen at out-patient clinic and/or hospitalized for gastric cancer between 2010 and 2014.Two physicians, who were informed the definition of each variable, individually reviewed chart of patients.
To evaluate the concordance of sensitizing mutations detected between paired plasma and tissue samples; the correlation between the clonal status of sensitizing mutations and targeted therapy response; and the prognostic impact of the relative abundance of sensitizing / resistance mutations.