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We propose a Phase I trial of Tivantinib plus FOLFOX for the treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors followed by a Phase II portion for patients with first-line metastatic GE cancer. We hypothesize that the response rate (RR) will be improved from 45% to at least 65% under this regimen.
Combining Erb inhibitors, such lapatinib, and TS inhibitors, such as capecitabine, may be a beneficial contribution to current treatment paradigms since preclinical data suggest that lapatinib alone can decrease TS mRNA and is synergistic with capecitabine in some cell lines, which may contribute to clinical benefit. The study described in this protocol has been designed to establish the anti-tumor activity of Lapatinib with or without capecitabine in the treatment of Her2 overexpressing metastatic gastric- and gastro-esophageal cancer, and to search for molecular correlates that may be associated with response to this compound. The majority of patients with metastatic gastric and gastro-esophageal cancer undergo first-line combined chemotherapy (e.g. platin derivates and fluoropyrimidines, sometimes combined to a taxane), but the role of second-line chemotherapy has not yet been defined. Therefore, progression during or shortly after first-line chemotherapy is a medical condition no standard medical approach exists. The overexpression of EGFR and Her2 in gastric and gastroesophageal cancer make these indications prime candidate for treatment with the dual ErbB1/2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) Lapatinib.
Due to evidence available both in terms of efficacy and safety of low molecular weight heparin, its use for the prevention of thromboembolic disease in cancer patients undergoing surgical intervention, and its extended use in higher doses for the prevention of recurrent thromboembolism in cancer patients with established thrombosis, with a view that the potential benefits for survival in cancer patients from low molecular weight heparin therapy comes because of a biological activity, the dose of 1mg/Kg (50% of the full treatment dose) for a period of 6 months coincident with 6 cycles of chemotherapy, has been chosen for this study.
This is a Phase II open-label study to determine the anti-tumor efficacy and tolerability of FOLFOX in combination with bevacizumab (Avastin(TM))in patients with metastatic or unresectable gastroesophageal and gastric adenocarcinoma. Our primary objective is to determine the time to progression in patients treated with FOLFOX in combination with bevacizumab.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if a combination of the investigational drug oxaliplatin with 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) (given at the same time as radiation therapy) is as effective as a combination of these two drugs given before and during radiation therapy in the treatment of esophageal or gastroesophageal cancers. The safety of these combinations of therapy will also be compared. Objectives: Primary objective: Compare the Pathologic Complete Response rate and % of patients with <50% residual cancer in the resected surgical specimen between Arms A and B. Secondary objectives: 1. Compare 1-year and 3-year survival rates, median survival time, R0 resection rates, safety, and local plus systemic relapse rates between Arms A and B 2. Perform exploratory correlative studies on blood, adjacent normal and cancer tissue to assess predictive markers of response and outcome. 3. Evaluate the joint effects, including possible interactive effects, of proton-versus-photon therapy and treatment arm on overall survival, R0 resection rates, safety, and local plus systemic relapse rates.
The combination of cisplatin and irinotecan has significant anti-tumor activity in esophageal cancer. Oxaliplatin has been shown to have activity in combination with 5-Fluorouracil (5FU) and radiation in treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancer. Oxaliplatin also has better side effects profile than cisplatin and may be able to overcome tumors that have developed cisplatin resistance. The standard treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancer has been cisplatin, 5FU and radiation followed by possible esophagectomy. However, a large portion of these patients will relapse and the tumor may develop resistance to cisplatin and/or the cumulative toxicity from previous treatment forbids the use of cisplatin again. Weekly combination of oxaliplatin and irinotecan has been shown to be active and well tolerated in elderly population with refractory colorectal cancer. Therefore, we propose this phase II trial of a weekly oxaliplatin and irinotecan to test the effectiveness and the tolerability of this regimen in metastatic and/or recurrent esophageal cancer.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pegamotecan (PEG-camptothecin) in patients with pathologically-diagnosed locally advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction who have relapsed or progressed following one prior chemotherapy treatment regimen.