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Filter by:Background: Small cell carcinoma of the bladder (SCCB) and other high-grade neuroendocrine tumors (HGNET) of the urinary tract are rare but aggressive cancers. Average survival for people diagnosed with SCCB or HGNET is about 1 year. Lurbinectedin and avelumab are drugs that are approved to treat other cancers. Researchers want to see if these drugs can help people with SCCB or HGNET. Objective: To test lurbinectedin with or without avelumab in people with SCCB or HGNET. Eligibility: Adults aged 18 years and older with SCBB or HGNET that returned and spread after treatment. Design: Participants will be screened. They will have a physical exam. They will have blood tests and imaging scans. They may need to have a new biopsy: A small needle will be used to collect a tissue sample from the tumor. Both study drugs are given through a tube attached to a needle inserted into a vein. If participants have already received a drug like avelumab they will receive only lurbinectedin. If patients have not been previously treated with a drug like avelumab they will receive both lurbinectedin and avelumab. All participants will receive their treatment once every 3 weeks for up to 10 years. They will also receive other drugs to relieve adverse effects. Biopsies, blood tests, and imaging scans will be repeated during some study visits. Participants may also have urine tests and tests of their heart function. Participants may remain in the study as long as the treatment is helping them. If they stop treatment, they will have safety visits 14, 30, and 90 days after their last dose. Additional follow-up visits will continue 5 to 10 years.
The purpose of the study is to investigate the ability of mass spectrometry imaging to locate aggregates of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) ex-vivo, and to distinguish areas containing these carcinomas from normal skin. It is suggested that non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) cells show a different profile of endogenous lipids than healthe skin tissue which can be used as identifying biomarkers. If that hypothesis is correct it will be possible in the future to develop real-time tissue diagnosis and treatment of NMSC using mass spectrometry guided surgery. Method between 60 and 100 patients with BCCs, SCCs, and actinic keratoses (AK) will be recruited. For patients referred for Mohs surgical procedure at the Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, to treat BCCs or SCCs, three skin sections (5-10 um thick) of the tissue that is already removed will be use in our study. One section will be HE stained so we know exactly where the regions of interest are. Two sections will be used for MS analysis (MSI spectrum and REIMS spectrum). When patients are referred for a procedure to have treated several actinic keratoses (grade 1, 2 or 3) at Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital we will take an extra punch biopsy (2-4 mm) depending on the size of the lesion. The biopsy is embedded and sectioned. We will use 3 skin sections (5-10 um thick) we will again use one section for HE staining and two for MS analysis. Multivariate statistical analysis will be performed on all mass spectra using Matlab or similar program. Linear discriminant analysis will be used to identify spectral differences between pre-malignant, cancer and normal tissue. Classification performance will be recorded with a leave-one- patient- out cross- validation scheme.
The purpose of this study is to explore the safety and feasibility of anti-programmed cell death ligand 1(PD-L1) immunotherapy, Adebrelimab, combined with cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 blockade, Dalpiciclib, as a new neoadjuvant treatment regimen for patients with resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).
This phase II trial tests how well ARX788 works in treating patients diagnosed with HER2-low, locally advanced unresectable or metastatic breast cancer. ARX788 is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that is given by infusion (diluted and injected slowly into veins). Antibodies are proteins which are naturally produced by the body's immune system to help fight infections. ARX788 consists of antibodies that have been attached to a toxin that has the potential to kill cancer cells. ARX788 sticks to a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER2), which is found on some breast cancer cells. Giving ARX788 may be safe and effective in treating patients with HER2-low locally advanced unresectable metastatic breast cancer.
This phase II trial tests how well EMLA topical cream works in treating pain in patients with skin cancers receiving Technetium 99 injections for a lymphoscintigraphy mapping procedure. A lymphoscintigraphy mapping procedure is used to find the main or lead lymph node (tissue that fight infection) so it can be removed and checked for tumor cells. Using lymphoscintigraphy to highlight and then surgically remove lymph nodes is standard way to treat skin cancer for many patients. The Technetium 99 injections used for lymphoscintigraphy can be briefly painful due to the sensitivity of the nerve endings in the skin. The EMLA topical cream, which contains a numbing medicine to block pain from nerve endings, has been studied in breast cancer patients with a difference in pain reported, but this is the first time it has been studied in patients undergoing lymphoscintigraphy for skin cancer. This study may help researchers learn whether the use of EMLA cream may improve the associated pain at the time of the lymphoscintigraphy procedure.
This is a Phase I/II open-label, efficacy and safety study of bicalutamide in combination with sunitinib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who have been treated with a receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (RTKI) and experienced disease progression.
This Phase Ib/II clinical study is an open-label, multi-cohort, two-stage trial designed to assess the safety and efficacy of different doses of TT-00420 tablets in combination with Toripalimab injection for treating patients with advanced urological tumors. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of TT-00420 tablets at the optimal dose combined with Toripalimab in treating different types of advanced urological tumors.
The trial is designed as a single-arm, open-label, phase I study investigating an off-the-shelf, multi-peptide-base HCC vaccine plus Montanide, combined with Durvalumab in patients with very early, early and intermediate stage of HCC. The investigational agents will be applied without concomitant anti-tumour therapy with the intention to reduce risk of recurrence/progression in patients who have received all indicated standard treatments.
The aim of this trial is to carry out the first prospective multicentric study which evaluates the efficacy and the safety of SBRT in HCC patients enlisted for LT and not suitable for other bridging interventional treatments (RF or TACE). The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is increasing worldwide and is currently the first indication for Liver transplantation (LT). HCC patients access to LT is not only determined by the underlying liver function but also by the alpha-fetoprotein (aFP) score which allows to better identify patients with high risk of recurrence. LT is the best curative treatment as it can cure both the tumor and the underlying liver disease. However, the access to LT is limited due to organ shortage and preserved liver function for the majority of the patients with HCC. Bridging therapies, such as ablation by radiofrequency (RF) or microwaves, or trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE), are carried out routinely to prevent the risk of tumor progression and drop-out during the waiting time (the drop-out rate being 20%). Nevertheless, only 50 to 70% of patients in France will have access to these treatments due to specific contraindications. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has emerged as a non-invasive alternative and potentially efficient treatment of single or bilocular HCC. SBRT is a high-precision technique allowing to deliver a precise high dose irradiation on moving intrahepatic lesions. RTS is feasible only when the hepatic reserve is sufficient to avoid radic hepatitis. Advantages of SBRT, as compared to TACE or RF, are 1) to preserve the hepatic artery, which can be altered by TACE 2) to allow access to complex tumors locations or superficial lesions not feasible by RF 3) to avoid any tumor spread related to punctures 4) to avoid general anesthesia. However, SBRT has not been validated as bridging therapy before LT in a prospective study. Thus, this study is the first prospective multicentric study to evaluate this treatment modality in HCC patients enlisted for LT not suitable to RF or TACE.
Post-menopausal women with biopsy-proven DCIS will be enrolled into two cohorts. One cohort will receive neoadjuvant therapy with an aromatase inhibitor alone for about 12 weeks prior to surgery at 12 weeks. The second cohort will receive neoadjuvant therapy with an aromatase inhibitor and MUC1 vaccination (MUC1 peptide + Hiltonol®) pre-operatively at baseline, and weeks 2 and 10, followed by surgery at about 12 weeks. Patients in the vaccine cohort will be offered an optional boost vaccine 6 months after surgery.