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Filter by:While some authors recommend diuretics as the first treatment to initiate for symptoms caused by malignant ascites (MA), their prescription is variable. No randomized, controlled study has assessed their benefit in this context. According to literature, diuretics may bring relief in about 40% of cases, regardless of primary tumor. The purpose of our study is to assess the effectiveness of diuretic treatment according to Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG) measured before treatment. Judgment criteria is the time elapsed between recurrent MA that requires paracentesis. The investigators will also examine whether SAAG and serum levels of renin and aldosterone can predict symptom response to diuretics.
To collect and analyze effects and side effects in patients undergoing radiotherapy. This study investigates how analysis of effects and side effects will influence outcome of patients. These retrospectively collected data allow to adapt and improve radiotherapy treatment regimens .
This study is looking at the feasibility of performing frailty assessments on elderly patients with advanced cancers
Melatonin may represent an effective complementary treatment to standard anticancer treatments in order to reduce asthenia, depression, sleep disturbances, cognitive impairment and performance status as part of quality of life. Moreover, melatonin has been evaluated in several clinical trials in cancer patients with no side effects. It could be particularly of interest in elderly cancer patients as they exhibit a significant deficiency of melatonin production . The investigators propose to perform a prospective and randomized study to study the effect of a melatonin supplementation on the quality of life of elderly advanced/metastatic cancer patients (age ≥ 70) treated for a locally advanced or metastatic cancer.
This pilot clinical trial studies the Navigated Early Survivorship Transition (NEST) intervention in improving survivorship care planning in patients with newly diagnosed cancer and their caregivers. A survivorship care planning session (SCPS) delivered to survivors and their primary caregivers may improve psychosocial well-being, patient and caregiver engagement, and adherence to treatment and follow-up recommendations. It is not yet known whether a NEST intervention or usual care is better in improving survivorship care planning in patients with newly diagnosed cancer.
This study is a dose escalation, and cohort expansion study in subjects with advanced cancer for which no standard therapy exists. Subjects must have received prior treatment for cancer that has not worked, or has stopped working.
The objective of this study, which will be realised in vitro on human samples, is to test 2 cell sources isolated from peritoneum for adult mesothelial cells (peritoneal samples) and from adipose tissue for the adipose stem cells (adipose tissue samples). The latter will be differentiated towards the mesothelial phenotype and morphotype. The 2 routes will be compared and the most satisfactory one will be chosen to make a non-stick patch.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, anti-tumor activity, and identify a tolerable dose of AMG 228 in subjects with advanced solid tumors.
This was an open-label, single-arm, Phase II study in which amcasertib (BBI503) was administered to adult, asymptomatic patients with recurrent ovarian cancer who had elevated CA-125.
The purpose of this study is to find out if postoperative chemotherapy in patients with high-grade appendix cancer after surgery improves outcomes. The postoperative chemotherapy will consist of 5-FU (with leucovorin) or capecitabine with bevacizumab. These drugs are approved for use in people with colon cancer, and they are used at UCSD for some patients with appendix cancer. The purpose of this study is to explore the safety and efficacy of the postoperative chemotherapy treatment on cancer.