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Filter by:Patients with colorectal livermetasteses and heavy tumour burden and progression on 1st line chemotherapy have no other available treatment in Norway today other than 2nd line chemotherapy. The Investigators will randomize patients to HAI-floxuridine (FUDR), or liver-Tx, in addition to 2nd line chemotherapy versus 2nd line chemotherapy alone (Excalibur 1) or systemic chemotherapy with HAI/FUDR versus systemic chemotherapy alone (Excalibur 2). Primary endpoint is overall survival at 2yrs.
The experimental drug regimen in this study includes a PD-1 antibody (tislelizumab) single-drug induction treatment period and a PD-1 antibody + AVD combined treatment period. 1. PD-1 antibody (tislelizumab) single-drug induction treatment period (first 2 courses for all patients + 3-6 courses for CR patients): PD-1 antibody (tislelizumab), specification: 100mg/bottle. Usage and dosage: intravenous drip, 200mg each time, QD, D1. In the above PD-1 antibody single-drug regimen, 21 days are regarded as a treatment cycle, and all patients first receive 2 courses of PD-1 antibody single-drug induction treatment; 2. PET/CT mid-term efficacy evaluation used for guiding follow-up treatment options: PET/CT efficacy evaluation before the 3rd course of treatment (PET/CT2): CR patients: continue to receive PD-1 antibody monotherapy, and then receive 4 courses of PD-1 antibody therapy; PR patients: sequential 4 courses of PD-1 antibody + AVD combined chemotherapy; PD+SD patients: out group, and receive other anti-lymphoma therapy deemed suitable by the investigators; After the 6th course, patients not out of the group receive PET/CT3 efficacy evaluation: CR patients: end the treatment and enter the follow-up; PR patients: receive 2 more courses of PD-1 antibody + AVD combined chemotherapy, and then enter the follow-up. 3. PD-1 antibody + AVD combined treatment period (3rd-6th/8th course for PR patients): PD-1 antibody, specification: 100mg/bottle. Usage and dosage: intravenous drip, 100mg each time, QD, d1, d15. AVD regimen Doxorubicin 25mg/m2, d1, d15 intravenous injection Vindesine 3mg/m2, d1, d15 intravenous injection Dacarbazine 0.375mg/m2, d1, d15 intravenous drip In this combined treatment regimen, every 28 days is a treatment cycle, and the PD-1 antibody is used in combination with AVD in D1 and D15 of each treatment cycle.
Esophageal cancer is the most prevalent cancer globally with poor survival outcome. The prognosis with surgery alone is poor, accounting for 30-40% of overall survival at 5 year. Either neoadjuvant chemotherapy (nCT) or chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) has been shown as efficatious therapy to improve patients outcomes in esophageal or esophagogastric junction cancer as compared with surgery alone. The purpose of this study was to explore the optimal neoadjuvant treatment modalities including PD-1/PD-L1 antibody or targeted drug for patients with esophageal or esophagogastric junction cancer.
Definitive chemoradiotherapy is the standard of care in unresectable esophageal or esophagogastric cancer. A multidisciplinary approach, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, is important for these patients. Morerover, molecular targeting agents does not show clear efficacy in EC up to now. Nowadays, the pace of development of cancer immunotherapies is accelerating. Clinical evidence of the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive immunotherapies herald the onset of a new era in cancer immunotherapy. There have also been recent developments to provide a promising frontier in extending the use of immunotherpay or targeting agents to radiotherapy. The purpose of this study was to explore the optimal treatment modalities including PD-1/PD-L1 antibody or targeted drug for patients with unresectable esophageal or esophagogastric junction cancer.
This study is a prospective, randomized, comparative clinical trial conducted by Wuhan Union Hospital and aim to compare the therapeutic effects of Lobaplatin and Paclitaxel in advanced gastric cancer patients with D2 surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
The purpose of this study is to evaluate topotecan and melphalan for retinoblastoma patients.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is the first line treatment for locally advanced breast cancer (BC). Besides making breast conserving surgery feasible, its main aim is to achieve a pathological complete response (pCR). Previous studies demonstrated that a pCR correlated with a higher disease-free survival. Tumor response may vary among different BC subtypes and only 30% of BC respond completely to NAC. Treating chemo-resistant disease with NAC may cause patient harm due to drug toxicity and surgery delay. It is therefore very important to promptly identify those women who will not benefit from NAC. Mammography and ultrasound proved ineffective in monitoring changes in lesion size due to therapy-induced fibrosis. MRI is the most accurate imaging technique for assessing early clinical response by measuring tumor size, however its accuracy is lower post NAC. This necessitates the need for a new technique able to non invasively assess the effectiveness of NAC. Optical techniques are sensitive to the biological changes that occur within the tumor after NAC administration. These changes occur prior to tumor size reduction. Optically estimated total hemoglobin concentration correlates with the histological analysis of vasculature as well as with tumor-associated angiogenesis which can affect tumor changes during NAC. Other promising biomarkers related to tissue composition (water, lipid, collagen content) and structure (scattering) may also be evaluated by optical techniques. The aim of the study is to monitor the effectiveness of NAC in BC patients with a near infrared spectroscopic imaging platform which allows to non-invasively detect changes in vascularization and size of BC and to characterize the presence of temporal changes in regional concentrations of relevant biomarkers (oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin, water, lipid and collagen concentration, scattering) within tissue during NAC. This optical imaging technique will provide a non-invasive, safe and relatively inexpensive tool to monitor patients' response to NAC and to predict their outcome.
In the structure of malignant liver lesions, two main groups are distinguished - primary liver cancer and metastatic liver damage. The five-year survival rate of patients with malignant liver tumors does not exceed 6%. The main and radical method of treatment today is liver resection. However, surgical treatment is possible only in 10-25% of patients. At the same time, recurrence of malignant tumors is observed in 60-80% of cases within five years after surgery, and the number of candidates for repeated liver resection does not exceed 10%. The high toxicity of systemic chemotherapy limits its use in this group of patients. In this connection, minimally invasive and at the same time effective methods of local treatment of malignant liver tumors have been introduced into clinical practice. These methods include: hepatic artery chemoinfusion, chemoembolization and oil chemoembolization. Currently, a large world experience has already been accumulated in the application of the above methods of treatment. However, any, even minimally invasive, surgical manipulation can be associated with the development of complications of varying severity. If complications arise, there is a risk of interruption of palliative care, which entails a significant reduction in life expectancy. According to domestic and foreign literature, the occurrence of complications after intra-arterial chemoembolization occurs in 0.4-10% of patients, and after intra-arterial chemoinfusion - in 5-30% of patients. In the overwhelming majority of scientific works, the description of the complications that have arisen is reduced to listing the latter. Currently, in the Russian and foreign scientific literature there is no systematization of complications, there is no single clinical classification, algorithms for the prevention and treatment of complications arising after local intravascular methods of treatment of patients with malignant liver tumors. The study and systematization of complications arising after intra-arterial chemoembolization and chemoinfusion of the hepatic artery in patients with malignant liver tumors will make it possible to create prevention and treatment algorithms. Thus, it will help prevent interruption of palliative care and increase the life expectancy of this cohort of patients.
The purpose of this research is to determine whether a 16-week high intensity interval training (HIIT) exercise program will improve brain health among women undergoing chemotherapy and also improve cardiovascular (heart) function. The names of the study interventions involved in this study are/is: - High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
This study is a randomized controlled trial, taking place at the University Hospital Basel (CH). It aims at the alleviation of breast cancer patients' life quality during chemotherapy. The intervention group will participate in 10 sessions of structured hypnotherapy during the course of chemotherapy in addition to the standard of care. The control group will have access to the standard of care without any additional treatment. The main goal of the study is to investigate whether quality of life is higher among patients in the intervention group. Additionally, it will be analyzed if the interventions have a positive effect on chemotherapy side effects, symptoms of anxiety and depression and the immune system. Finally, the relative dose intensity (RDI) as well as treatment schedule adherence will be assessed. There are no risks to be expected from the intervention itself. In the case of positive findings, the standard of psycho-oncological care can be updated by integrating structured hypnotherapeutic interventions into the treatment of patients with breast cancer.