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Filter by:This clinical trial is an interventional, active-treatment, open-label, multi-center, Phase 1/2 study. The study objectives are to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics (PK) of CYT-0851 in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies and advanced solid tumors and to identify a recommended Phase 2 dose as a monotherapy and in combination with chemotherapy for evaluation in these patients.
Survivors of childhood cancer often suffer treatment-related toxicities, including chronic health conditions, high symptom burden and emotional distress, and decremented functional status and quality of life. Although some patient-reported outcome (PRO) tools are available for survivors of childhood cancer younger than 18 years old, very few studies have been designed to evaluate longitudinal measurement properties of these PRO tools. In this study the investigators propose to recruit participants from a cohort of diverse childhood cancer survivors who were treated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (St. Jude) to improve assessment tools for PROs and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The purpose of this study is to measure the link between Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) and clinical assessments of childhood cancer survivors over time. PROMIS is a questionnaire that measures patient-reported outcomes in adults and children. The study plans to enroll 300 children. Surveys will be completed by the children and their parents/legal guardians (a total of 600 surveys). PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: 1. To evaluate the longitudinal construct validity of the PROMIS Pediatric measures for childhood cancer survivors by testing the association of change in PROMIS PRO scores and the change in health status measured by objective clinical assessment. Age at baseline and sex will be included in the analysis. 2. To establish clinically meaningful classifications of the PROMIS Pediatric measures for childhood cancer survivors by referring PROMIS PRO scores to health status measured by clinical assessment. Age at baseline and sex will be included in the analysis. 3. To estimate the minimally important differences (MIDs) of the PROMIS Pediatric measures by referring to the change of health status evaluated by anchor-based anchors and patient-based anchors for childhood cancer survivors. Age at baseline and sex will be included in the analysis.
Participants will take part in a 12 week intervention, with at least one follow up at 24 +/- 2 weeks. Each participant will be provided with support, motivation and professional guidance about improving physical activity (PA) levels and will be given a commercially available PA tracker. The PA tracker will also include a smartphone or web-based application, where participants can upload their exercise performed each day, and keep up to date with their goals using their smartphone or by logging on to their computer. The aim of the study is to find out how useful and effective technology with support from a healthcare professional is in helping cancer survivors to become more physically active. This study will measure objective PA levels of the participants at the start of the study and at the end. The acceptability of using this intervention to promote PA in cancer survivors will also be investigated.
This is a community-based cluster randomized control trial aimed to investigate the impact of lifestyle modification (diet, physical activity, alcohol drinking and smoking) on the development of dementia, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease in an intermediate risk population in mixed urban-rural areas of Ubon Ratchathani.
Scientists have developed an instrument which works like an "electronic nose". It is able to "sniff" smells and separate different smells by their electronic "signature". Studies using an electronic nose strongly suggest that smelling samples taken from humans (e.g. urine/ stool/ sweat/ tears) can identify different electronic smell signature from people with different diseases and in the future might be a new and easier way to diagnose serious conditions at an earlier stage. In a very small study, it has been successfully shown that using an electronic nose to sniff a stool sample does seem to identify people before they have had any radiotherapy - who will go on to get serious bowel side effects of radiotherapy. If this finding is correct, this is very important as it would allow the cancer doctors the option to change the way they give radiotherapy if they knew that a person was at very high risk of serious side effects from the treatment and to start treatment for the side effects at a much earlier stage. In this study the investigators want to confirm in a larger study whether the previous findings are correct, and to see whether similar results can be obtained by sniffing urine rather than stool (that would be much easier for everyone) and identify exactly which part of the complicated "smell" signature is different in the people who will get side effects. This may lead for the investigators to able to identify why people are making this specific smell and then do something about changing the smell before treatment starts. The likeliest cause for the production of a smell which predisposes to side effects is a specific group of germs living in the bowel. If these germs can be identified, then there are many possible ways of changing these germ populations in advance of radiotherapy. Enormous improvements have been made in treating cancer in recent years leading to hugely improved survival, however, treatment not infrequently can lead to side effects. Of all the possible long term physical side effects of cancer treatment, gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are the most common and can have a great impact on daily activity. It is becoming increasingly clear that development of side effects in the bowel is not just related to the dose and way the radiotherapy is delivered.
This is a phase II multi-center, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial. The investigators are doing this study to see if a new drug, abatacept, can be used together with a calcineurin inhibitor (cyclosporine or tacrolimus) and methotrexate to provide better protection against Acute Graft versus Host Disease (aGvHD) without causing more infections.
This an an open-label study to define the safety profile and the maximum tolerated dose and confirm the clinical effective dose of palifosfamide-tris given intravenously in combination with etoposide and carboplatin in a wide range of cancers which etoposide and carboplatin are normally given. Once the maximum dose of palifosfamide-tris is determined,a Phase II study using the 3 agents combined will begin.
The COSMIC trial is a prospective, mono-centric, phase II trial evaluating toxicity and efficacy in the combined treatment with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and carbon ion (C12) boost. Primary endpoint is mucositis ≥ CTC°3, secondary endpoints are local control, disease-free survival, and toxicity. Planned accrual of the trial includes 54 patients with histologically proved (≥R1-resected, inoperable or Pn+) salivary gland malignancies. Treatment consists of 24 GyE carbon ions (8 fractions) and 50 Gy IMRT (2.0 Gy/ fraction).
This study will gain information about a rare disorder called KSHV-associated multicentric Castleman s disease (MCD). KSHV, a virus, causes several kinds of cancer, including some forms of MCD. KSHV stands for the Kaposi s sarcoma herpes virus, also called human herpes virus-8, or HHV-8. Researchers want to understand the biology of KSHV-MCD to identify how this disease causes illness and to find ways to treat it. There is no standard therapy effective for all cases of KSHV-MCD. The disease is often fatal, and about half the people who have it die within 2 years of diagnosis. Participants ages 18 and older may be eligible for this study. Participation entails more drawing of blood and having repeated tumor biopsies than if patients received treatment in a non-research setting. Researchers would like to learn more about the relationship of KSHV and Castleman s disease symptoms, and they want to obtain at least three biopsies in this study. There are some side effects of experimental therapy that participants may take for KSHV-MCD. Zidovudine, or Retrovir , is used at a high dose. It is given orally or through a vein, four times daily, for 7 days or longer. Zidovudine can cause nausea, vomiting, decreased bone marrow function, and decreased blood counts. Combined with valganciclovir, or Valcyte , it is likely to be more toxic to bone marrow. Valganciclovir can cause problems with bone marrow function, leading to low blood counts, sterility, and defects in a fetus. Combined with zidovudine, valganciclovir may cause more toxicity to the bone marrow. It is given twice daily for 7 days or longer. Bortezomib, or Velcade , is given for a few seconds by a rapid push through a needle into the vein. It is given twice weekly for four doses and then stopped for 1 week. Bortezomib can sometimes cause low blood pressure; it also can cause gastrointestinal problems and a low blood platelet count. Rituximab and liposomal doxorubicin are drugs given by a catheter into a vein. Interferon-alpha is given by injection into the skin. Those drugs are not experimental, but their use in Castleman s disease is experimental. Some participants may be treated with a combination of chemotherapy followed by interferon-alpha. Interferon-alpha is infected into the skin by a needle. The natural form of interferon is produced by the body and helps to control viral infections. KSHV decreases the effect of the body s interferon, and the researchers want to see if giving higher doses of interferon will help to control KSHV infection. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan, for research purposes only, may be done up to three times a year. A radioactive sugar molecule called fluorodeoxyglucose, or FDG, is used. It is believed that activated lymphocytes that may be found in participants disease might use more FDG because these cells burn more glucose fuel. This study may or may not have a direct benefit for participants. However, detailed assessments made throughout the study may provide information to help the doctors treat KSHV-MCD better.