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Filter by:This early phase I trial studies the direct effects on cancer cells of the drugs binimetinib and palbociclib, in patients with KRAS-positive lung, colorectal, or pancreatic cancer that can be removed by surgery (operable). Binimetinib and palbociclib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving binimetinib and palbociclib may halt the growth of cancer cells and improve access of the immune system cells, a patient's own cells that fight infection and cancer, into the tumor.
This phase II trial studies the effect of re-irradiation with NBTXR3 in combination with pembrolizumab in treating patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer that cannot be removed by surgery (inoperable) and has come back (recurrent). NBTXR3 is a drug that is designed to improve the effectiveness (how well something works) of radiation therapy. The drug is injected into a tumor and activated (turned on) by radiation. Stereotactic body radiation therapy uses special equipment to position a patient and deliver radiation to tumors with high precision. This method may kill tumor cells with fewer doses over a shorter period and cause less damage to normal tissue. Radiation therapy, such as intensity modulated radiation therapy or intensity modulated proton therapy, uses high energy to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving NBTXR3 activated by radiation together with pembrolizumab may help to control head and neck squamous cell cancer.
9-ING-41 is a small molecule potent selective GSK-3β inhibitor with antitumor activity. This study investigates 9-ING-41 in combination with carboplatin chemotherapy in patients with incurable, recurrent or metastatic salivary gland carcinomas (SGC). Patients with advanced SGC (including all histologic subtypes and adenoid cystic carcinoma [ACC]) will receive 9-ING-41 intravenously (IV) along with carboplatin IV at standard dosing together on Day 1, and 9-ING-41 alone on Day 4 of a 21-day cycle. Participants will be enrolled to two histologic cohorts: Cohort 1 will be comprised of those with ACC, and Cohort 2 will include patients with non-ACC SGC (or all other salivary gland cancer histologies). Treatment will continue until progression of disease, death, or discontinuation of therapy for any reason.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the experimental immunotherapy agent cemiplimab-rwlc when given after completion of chemotherapy and radiation treatment and determine if it will improve progression free survival and cure rates in patients with PD-L1 positive locally advanced head and neck cancer.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of combination therapy with dabrafenib and trametinib (anti-BRAF and anti-MEK inhibitors) in the neoadjuvant treatment of BRAF-positive anaplastic thyroid cancer. The prognosis in patients with ATC is poor due to the rapid and invasive tumor growth and the rapid development of metastases. Dabrafenib is an antineoplastic agent, a selective RAF kinase inhibitor that competes with ATP. Oncogenic substitutions of the amino acid valine at position 600 (V600) BRAF lead to constitutive activation of the RAS / RAF / MEK / ERK pathway and stimulation of tumor cell growth. Trametinib is a reversible, highly selective, allosteric inhibitor of the activation of mitogen-activated, extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 (MEK1) and 2 (MEK2). Dabrafenib and trametinib inhibit two kinases in the signaling pathway, BRAF, and MEK. The combination of the two drugs provides effective inhibition of proliferative signal conduction. The investigators hypothesize that the combination treatment with these two drugs - dabrafenib and trametinib - can improve the response rate in the neoadjuvant mode in ATC without significant regimen-limiting toxicity and with better follow-up locoregional control.
The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of the combination of lenvatinib with pembrolizumab, and to establish a safe and effective systemic treatment regimen for patients with metastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) / poorly differentiated thyroid cancer (PDTC). Lenvatinib is an anti-angiogenic and antiproliferative drug used in differentiated thyroid cancer. It blocks proliferative genes such as RET and PDGFR and further inhibits major proliferation pathways such as VEGF receptor signaling and FGFR1-4. Pembrolizumab is an immune checkpoint inhibitor that targets PD-1 located on lymphocytes. The response to pembrolizumab treatment is associated, among other things, with increased expression of PD-L1, as well as with the frequency of somatic mutations in the respective tumors. Patients with ATC / PDTC show high expression of PD-L1.
This trial investigates whether an online intervention, iConquerFear, can reduce fear of cancer coming back (recurrence) and anxiety in patients with renal cell carcinoma that is restricted to the site of origin, without evidence of spread (localized). This intervention is an online adaptation of a highly effective face-to-face treatment for fear of recurrence that teaches strategies for: controlling worry and excessive threat monitoring, modifying unhelpful beliefs about worry, developing appropriate monitoring and screening behaviors, addressing cancer-related existential change, promoting values-based goal setting, and reducing uncertainty by providing information about cancer and treatment. The information learned may help others with renal cell carcinoma who also have a fear of cancer recurrence.
T Cell Receptor-engineered T-cell therapy (TCR T-cell therapy) offers a potentially transformative approach to treating cancer, but is currently limited by the lack of known targets (Maus and June, 2016; Ping et al., 2018). Arguably the most clinically meaningful way to discover new targets and TCRs for TCR T-cell therapy is to study the tumorinfiltrating lymphocytes of patients that are actively responding to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. These T cells are clonally expanded as a result of checkpoint inhibition and are responsible for the patient's clinical response. The goal of this study is to acquire tumor and blood samples from up to 40 patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) malignancies who respond to ICI therapy. T cells will be isolated from these samples and the targets of their TCRs determined using TScan's genome-wide, high-throughput target ID technology. The expected outcome of this study is the discovery of a collection of new targets for TCR T-cell therapy, along with associated TCRs that will then be developed as novel therapies for patients with similar malignancies.
The purpose of the protocol is to assess the Overall Survival (OS) at 1 year in patients after cabozantinib initiation.
This phase II trial investigates how well pamiparib and temozolomide work in treating patients with hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell (kidney) cancer. Poly adenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase (PARPs) are proteins that help repair DNA mutations. PARP inhibitors, such as pamiparib, can keep PARP from working, so tumor cells can't repair themselves, and they may stop growing. Chemotherapy drugs, such as temozolomide, 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 pamiparib and temozolomide may help treat patients with hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer.