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Filter by:Endometrial cancer is the most common pelvic gynecological cancer in so-called developed countries, with 320,000 new cases annually, including more than 1,500 in Belgium. It preferentially affects postmenopausal women. Overall survival at 5 years is 76% but is 95% for early forms, which represent more than 70% of diagnoses. The main risk factors are obesity, diabetes and tamoxifen intake for breast cancer, which explains the increasing incidence. Half a million new annual cases are expected in 2035. The main symptom is postmenopausal metrorrhagia.Among these women, the prevalence of the disease is estimated between 10 and 15%. Currently the recommendations are to make an evaluation by endovaginal ultrasound followed by an endometrial biopsy. The histological type is the main predictor of the severity of the disease and acts as guideline for the treatment.It is therefore essential to have precise biopsy results before starting therapeutic management. The most widely used technique is the blind biopsy by aspiration using a pipette because it is inexpensive, easy, without any specific equipment. However, recent studies showed that this technique has a poor sensitivity in the target population of postmenopausal women. Other studies have shown that targeted biopsies under hysteroscopic control could have a much higher sensitivity. The main objective of this study is thus to compare the performance of the targeted biopsy under hysteroscopy to the performance of the biopsy by aspiration with a pipette, for the diagnosis of endometrial cancer.
This pilot clinical trial studies exercise and diet intervention in promoting weight loss in obese patients with stage I endometrial cancer. Exercise and diet may cause weight loss and minimize the risk of gynecologic surgery related to being overweight in patients with endometrial cancer.
The primary objective of this multicenter, randomized phase II trial is to assess the efficacy, as measured by progression-free survival (PFS), of lenvatinib compared to doxorubicin in advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. The main secondary objective is to evaluate the predictive value of Ang-2 on lenvatinib activity and establishing a cutoff value as potential selection criteria for phase III. Other secondary objectives are to assess the tolerability and safety of lenvatinib in this setting and overall survival, response and disease control.
The purpose of this study is to: 1. Identification and characterization of ovarian carcinoma well-known biomarkers, carcinoma antigen 125 (CA125) and Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) and other potential biomarkers in vaginal fluids obtained from ovarian cancer patients. 2. Quantification and calibration of identified biomarkers in vaginal discharge collected from ovarian cancer patients in comparisons to samples collected from healthy volunteers. 3. Comparison analysis of biomarkers levels in vaginal fluids vs. serum. 4. Quantification and calibration of identified biomarkers in vaginal discharge collected from ovarian cancer patients diagnosed in various stages.
A Single Arm Phase II Trial of BMN 673 for Inoperable, Advanced Endometrial Cancer With Retrospective PTEN, MSI and MRE11 Analysis PTEN= Phosphatase and tensin homolog MSI= Microsatellite instability MRE11= Double-strand break repair protein MRE11A This trial will investigate whether the drug BMN 673 has therapeutic benefit in the treatment of advanced endometrial cancer. Nearly 8,000 patients are diagnosed with endometrial cancer in the UK every year. A significant proportion are either diagnosed with advanced disease which may be inoperable and/or metastatic (i.e spread to other organs outside the endometrium), or curable disease which relapses following first line treatment. There is no established standard of care for these patients as both chemo and hormone therapy has limited effectiveness and survival benefit. Survival rates have not improved in the past 20 years. Furthermore there are no so called 'targeted' drugs licensed for its treatment i.e. drugs that block the growth and spread of cancer by interfering with specific molecules involved in tumor growth and progression. This leaves an unmet need for effective systemic treatments for advanced, inoperable and metastatic endometrial cancer. BMN 673 has been shown to be potentially effective in treating cancers known to behave similarly to endometrial disease, both in the laboratory and in Phase I studies involving patients with advanced cancers. Similarly the drug appears to be relatively tolerable. A Phase II trial such as the one proposed by this application could demonstrate activity that might lead to a new effective treatment for patients with inoperable, advanced, recurrent or metastatic endometrial cancer, while the proposed substudy also presents the possibility of discovering a subset of patients more likely to derive benefit from BMN 673. This trial is for adult women (18 and above) with advanced, inoperable or metastatic endometrial cancer. Patients will be recruited from approximately 15 National Health Service (NHS) Trusts based in the United Kingdom (UK). The study is expected to last approximately 18-24 months in terms of recruitment time, and a maximum of 100 eligible women will be registered. All patients will receive BMN 673 until their disease worsens or their doctor decides they should stop treatment.
The purpose of the first part of this study or the dose escalation portion of the study is to determine what dose of BKM120 and Abraxane is safe to give when the two drugs are used at the same time in patients who are diagnosed with a solid cancer. A solid cancer is a cancer that does not involve the blood, bone marrow or lymph nodes. Dose escalation determines the least toxic and most effect dose of this drug combination for treatment. Once this dose is established, it will be used for the dose expansion phase of the study where we will determine the effect of BKM120 and Abraxane in women diagnosed with a recurrent endometrial or ovarian cancer. We will see whether the combination of both drugs improves the response and survival of patients treated on the two drug regimen. Also we will try to find out whether there are changes in tumors that can help us determine what patients are more likely to respond to BKM120 and Abraxane.
The investigators will explore the chemopreventive role of metformin. The purpose of this study is to determine whether, among patients with endometrial cancer, treatment with the currently approved insulin sensitizing drug metformin increases or decreases pathway activation distal to the insulin receptor in endometrial cancer tissue. This is a phase IIa study of metformin to be used to the pre-operative period of women diagnosed with endometrial cancer by comparing their endometrial biopsy specimens taken at their initial visit and after 4-6 weeks of treatment of metformin on the day of their surgical staging.
This randomized phase II trial studies how well megestrol acetate or levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system works in treating patients with atypical endometrial hyperplasia or endometrial cancer. Progesterone can cause the growth of endometrial cancer cells. Hormone therapy using megestrol acetate or levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system may fight endometrial cancer by lowering the amount of progesterone the body makes. It is not yet known whether megestrol acetate is more effective than levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system in treating atypical endometrial hyperplasia or endometrial cancer.
To test the patient's cancerous tumor to see if it has a FGFR mutation and, if so, to see how their cancer responds to a treatment with the drug ponatinib as well as examine the side effects caused by ponatinib.
This is a phase II open label fixed dose study in subjects with advanced, metastatic, or refractory endometrial or ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer with PI3 kinase pathway activation as demonstrated by PIK3CA gene mutation, PTEN gene mutation, or PTEN null/low protein expression.