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Filter by:To measure the level of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the blood of colorectal cancer patients after 6 months of receiving therapy with regorafenib and XmAb20717 (also known as vudalimab). ctDNA is genetic material from tumor cells that can be found and measured in the blood
The hypothesis of this study is that an occlusion balloon catheter placed in the stomach via an oral or nasogastric route will be safe and permit tracking of the stomach during radiation therapy.
This study will look at the recurrence-free survival of microsatellite-stable (MSS) colon cancer in patients are ctDNA (circulating tumor DNA) positive and treated with gevokizumab.
The purpose of the study is to determine if a Physical Activity Index (PAI) tool that collects measures on physical activity, strength training and sedentary behavior can be used in a clinical setting to monitor patient behavior and provide specific recommendations on how to achieve and maintain behavior goals. The tool will be used after treatment is completed in breast and colon cancer survivors and will test if physician counseling combined with patient self-monitoring improves physical activity and reduces sedentary behavior over time.
This proposed intervention centers on improving survivorship outcomes among African American and Latinx cancer survivor and caregiver dyads. As a result, there will be four major outcomes. First, as a result of partnership with minority social institutions (e.g. faith leaders), we will develop an in-depth culturally sensitive curriculum and survivorship care plan for Cancer Survivorship and Caregiver Leaders Aimed for Minority Populations (CSC LAMPs). Second, we will increase knowledge and skills by evaluating a comprehensive cancer survivorship training program designed for underserved health professional students. Third, the implementation of this program will improve survivorship outcomes among African American and Latinx cancer survivors with advanced stage cancer and their caregivers. Lastly, this study will build sustainability for underserved minorities with the training of 30 future healthcare providers as a valuable community resource for improving cancer survivorship outcomes. The long-term outcomes of the CSC LAMPs program will generate workforce capacity and diversity in cancer-based clinical practice, research, and community advocacy for underserved minority cancer survivors and caregivers.
This study investigats the gastrointestinal functional outcomes of laparoscopic D3 lymphadenectomy for right colon cancer with the medial border along the left side of superior mesenteric artery (SMA) versus the left side of superior mesenteric vein (SMV). This is a single center, prospective cohort study with a sample size of 264 patients. The primary endpoint is the incidence of diarrhea (evaluated using the Diarrhea Assessment Scale) one month after surgery.
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and clinical activity of NKG2D-based CAR-T cells infusion in the treatment of relapsed/refractory NKG2DL+ solid tumors.
Colorectal cancer is a frequent type of cancer accounting for 600,000 deaths annually. Surgical resection remains the best treatment for long-term survival. However, studies suggest that events in the perioperative period can induce metastasis formation and tumor growth. Tumor cells are released into the blood stream during surgery and the surgical stress may create a favorable environment for dissemination of tumor cells into distant tissue. This is done by a cascade of pro-cancerous catecholamines, prostaglandins and cytokines combined with an impaired anti-cancerous cell mediated immune response. Until recently, focus on the anesthetic management of cancer patients has been limited. Relatively small alterations in the perioperative anesthetic management may play a tremendous role in tumor progression. Optimizing anesthesia to reduce the surgical stress response could improve recurrence rates and long-term outcomes for cancer patients by inhibiting perioperative metastasis formation. Regional anesthesia and amide local anesthetics are suspected to calm the immunologic storm of prostaglandins, catecholamines and cytokines when used in the perioperative phase. Furthermore, volatile inhalational anesthesia is thought to modulate the immune system in a pro-cancerous way, while propofol may have opposite effects. Many of these recent studies are statistically underpowered and susceptible to bias, and experts in cancer treatment and anesthesia have emphasized the need for further research within this specific field. In this study the investigators aim to characterize differences in the immunologic response to surgery between inhalational, total intravenous and epidural anesthesia. This will be done by analyzing blood samples obtained in the perioperative period in patients undergoing different modes of anesthesia. The Investigators will furthermore describe the quality of recovery for patients anesthetized with the different methods
This is a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial to assess the effects of daily 4-gram marine omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (MO3PUFA), through treatment with AMR101 (VASCEPA, icosapent ethyl) on the tumor immune microenvironment and gut microbiome in patients who are diagnosed with colorectal cancer or with a colorectal mass or polyp suspected to be a cancer or advanced adenoma and will undergo surgical resection or interventional endoscopy at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). It uses the novel "window-of-opportunity" clinical trial design to take advantage of the window of time between cancer/mass/polyp diagnosis and surgery to examine the effect of therapeutic agents on tumor pathologic and molecular features unperturbed by prior therapies.
This study is designed to evaluate the short-term and long-term results after single incision laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer(SILSC) compared with conventional laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer(CLSC).