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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to develop new ways to make medical images of the lungs and liver of adults using a technique called four-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (4D-MRI). This technique produces three-dimensional movies of the inside of the chest and abdomen while the patient is breathing. (The fourth dimension is time!) This new way of medical imaging is being developed to help cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. Radiation therapy is used to treat cancerous tumors. For radiation therapy to be effective, the precise size, shape, and location of the tumor within the body must be known. A particular difficulty for radiation treatment of lung and liver cancer is that the tumor moves during treatment because the patient is breathing. Therefore, tumor motion must also be incorporated into the treatment plan. This study aims to improve radiation treatment planning through better targeting and dose estimation based on 4D-MRI. Before this new imaging method can be used for radiation treatment planning, it must be tested in living, breathing volunteers.
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in Austria with 2.868 men and 2.009 women diagnosed in 2016. Reflecting the high mortality of this disease, 2.415 men and 1.534 women died from lung cancer. Therefore, lung cancer is the most common reason for cancer associated death in men and second most common reason in women. This malignant disease can be divided into two main groups: small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). NSCLC is a paradigm for personalized medicine, with an increasing number of targetable gene alterations. Despite this growing diversity of molecular subtypes, in most patients no targetable mutation can be detected. For these patients check-point inhibitors with or without chemotherapy is the mainstay of the initial tumor therapy. Until recently, little progress has been made in the treatment of SCLC in last decades. Recently, an overall survival benefit by the addition of an immune-checkpoint inhibitor to first-line chemotherapy for advanced SCLC has been reported. Despite the progress in the treatment of NSCLC, the performance of predictive biomarkers is weak. Therefore, the development of more precise prediction models is of great importance for the progress of personalized treatment strategies.
The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanisms underlying the complex interaction between Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. Therefore, in order to identify a possible role of immune checkpoints not only in the susceptibility to COPD development but also in its evolution towards lung cancer, will be evaluate the correlation between PD-L1 expression and cigarette smoke exposure in COPD patients. Although there are many epidemiological studies highlighting the interconnections between COPD and lung cancer and the influence of cigarette smoke, the molecular bases of this association are less well defined. Initially they were thought to be driven just by innate inflammation, however, recent studies have also demonstrated the influence of the adaptive immune system. Despite this, the role of immune checkpoints in chronic lung inflammatory diseases such as COPD is less well understood. COPD is currently the 4th leading cause of death worldwide but is assessed to be the 3rd by the end of 2020 resulting in an economic and social burden that is in continuous progression.
Liquid biopsy based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) method has become an increasingly powerful detection tool for clinical research and practice. As a companion diagnostic panel, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assay has the considerable potential to detect the blood tumor mutation burden (bTMB), and bTMB calculated by ctDNA assay is regarded as a novel and promising biomarker for immunotherapy nowadays. Though immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in immunotherapy are highly effective but can induce severe immune-related adverse events (irAEs), which cannot be better predicted in advance. Meanwhile adoptive transfer of T cells transgenic for tumor-reactive T-cell receptors (TCR) is an attractive immunotherapeutic approach. However, clinical translation is so far limited due to challenges in the identification of suitable target antigens as well as TCRs that are concurrent safe and efficient. Definition of key characteristics relevant for effective and specific tumor rejection is essential to improve current TCR-based immunotherapy. This research is to characterize in-depth TCRs derived from HLA-mismatched allogeneic repertoire targeting different myeloperoxidase (MPO)-derived peptides presented by the same HLA-restriction element. Overall the purpose of this trial is to investigate the combined predictive biomarkers (including bTMB and HLA) related to the immunotherapy effects and the biomarker (TCR) associated with adverse reactions during immunotherapy and hold a predictive role, thus further benefit patients receiving immunotherapy, especially in the advanced stage lung cancer patients where tissue samples are unavailable.
This project aims to validate exosomal assays that are based on hypoxia detection as potential biomarkers of early detection. The study analysis will determine whether the assay can detect clinical lung cancer at the time of imaging and interval cancers during subsequent follow up. The study aims to establish preliminary sensitivity/specificity data for the "combined CT/exosomal risk stratification marker" and provide initial data on the potential association of the "combined CT/exosomal risk score" with the subsequent cancer progression and treatment response.
The aim of this study is to evaluate and optimize entry criteria for the proposed programme for early detection of lung cancer in the Czech Republic. An estimated 3200 high-risk (age 55-74 years, >30 pack-years) asymptomatic individuals will undergo baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) and a follow-up LDCT at 1 year. Patients with poor performance status (PS) 2-4, history of malignancy in the past 10 years, chest CT in the past 1 year, bodyweight >140kg will not be included. The patients will fill out a questionnaire with basic data, including smoking history (pack-years), history of previous malignancy, CT imaging of the thorax, and will undergo spirometry. Outcomes of the study include: - optimization of entry criteria, optimization of timing of a follow-up LDCT and management of the patients, proposal of quality assurance indicators - influence of screening on the stage of lung cancer at the time of the diagnosis and life-years lost - cost-effectiveness of the screening program - evaluation of the diagnostic yield for secondary findings (pulmonary fibrosis, cardiovascular risk)
The investigators retrospective collect the clinical data of patients diagnosed with lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma, including primary site, gender, age, smoking history, tumor stage, time of initial treatment, EBV-DNA copy number, first-line treatment and survival status.
This study will evaluate whether LDCT findings differ between firefighters and non-fighters, the relationship between occupational exposures and LDCT findings, and whether a proteomics assay can further risk-stratify screen-detected nodules among a study population of 850 current and retired firefighters and 1,120 matched controls.
The ipilimumab and nivolumab combination is now part of the standard of care for the treatment of melanoma, renal and lung cancer patients. Grade 3/4 adverse events (AEs) occur in 30 to 60% of patients included in clinical trials. Grade 3/4 AEs are more frequently observed (50-60% of patients) in melanoma because ipilimumab is administrated at 3mg/kg in this population. Among these AEs, early detection of immune related AEs is critical to an adequate medical management. In this context, dedicated tools for remote monitoring of these patients are crucial. The investigators developed within the Immucare consortium a simplified medical questionnaire which is addressed weekly to the patients. This questionnaire along with an algorithm gives to the clinician regular feedback on their patients' general symptoms. The investigators herein want to evaluate in a randomized prospective trial the efficacy of this remote monitoring to reduce the time between the start of AE and the reporting to the medical team, which could lead to detect and treat earlier AEs induced by nivolumab and ipilimumab in the melanoma, lung and renal cancer patients' population.
In this study, about 200 pure GGO in women preparing for pregnancy will be included for a 5-year follow-up. The aim of this study is to elucidate the biological nature of pulmonary GGO lesion in women preparing for pregnancy and provide evidence for GGO treatment.