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Filter by:Background: A person s white blood cells can be modified in a lab to recognize certain changes in their tumor. Many of these cells are collected from the person, modified, then given back to the person. This may help treat some cancers. Objective: To learn if a person s white blood cells modified with T-cell receptors can cause solid tumors to shrink. Eligibility: People ages 18-70 who have cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary tract, ovary, breast, or lung that has spread, or who have glioblastoma. Design: Participants will be screened and have their cells prepared for treatment in another protocol. Participants will be hospitalized one week before treatment. They will stay approximately 3 - 4 weeks after treatment. Participants will get the modified white blood cells and chemotherapy through an IV catheter, which is a small plastic tube inserted in a vein. Participants will take drugs by mouth to prevent infection. They will receive filgrastim as a shot or injection under the skin. Participants will have tests before, during, and after treatment: Heart, blood, and urine tests Chest X-ray Physical exam Scans: They will lie in a machine that takes pictures of the body. Possible apheresis: The participant s blood is removed through a needle in an arm. The blood goes through a machine that removes the white blood cells. The rest of the blood is returned through a needle in the other arm. Participants will have visits about 6 and 12 weeks after treatment. If they are responding to treatment, they will then have visits every 3-6 months for 3 years. Then they will join another study and be followed about 12 more years.
Radical radiation therapy for prostate cancer is a common treatment that has shown to improve clinical outcomes in a post-operative setting. However, radiation therapy after surgery poses a greater risk for bladder and rectum injury for patients with prostate or bladder cancer. For prostate cancer patients, the risk is further amplified when pelvic nodes are part of the target irradiated volume. For bladder cancer patients, the risk of injury increases when more of the bladder is part of the target volume. Using an adaptive radiation therapy approach allows for correcting any shifts in the target volume. ART approach uses images from treatment to adapt the treatment plan. This study will use Adaptive Radiation Therapy for patients who receive pelvic nodal radiotherapy for either prostate or bladder cancer. Their treatment plans will adapted using MRI scans and CBCT scans taken during their first week of radiotherapy to account for any shifts in the target volume. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of ART approach and its and on treatment plan quality metrics for pelvic radiotherapy. Acute and late toxicities will also be evaluated. 40 participants (minimum of 10 bladder cancer patients) will be enrolled. The participants will be followed for a period of 5 years post radiation therapy, during which they will have PSA as per standard practice, along with follow-up questionnaires (EPIC for prostate cancer patients and BUSS for bladder cancer patients).
A multi-institutional, prospective, randomised, open-label, superiority, comparative, active-controlled, phase 3 study. The study will compare Synergo RF-induced hyperthermia-chemotherapy (SHTC) plus mitomycin C (MMC) to standard treatment of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy as first-line adjuvant treatment for intermediate and high-risk NMIBC, and will evaluate recurrence and progression rate over two years of follow-up.
Purpose/Goal: To investigate how long course radiation therapy (RT), both with or without chemotherapy, affects the immune system, and to determine if acupuncture can modify these effects in patients undergoing curative radiation therapy for gastrointestinal (GI) or genitourinary (GU) cancers. Clinical or Research Questions: 1. Does RT reduce immune biomarkers in treated subjects? 2. Which biomarkers are most affected by treatment? 3. Is acupuncture a feasible option to help ameliorate any biomarker effects? 4. Does RT affect subject symptoms? 5. Is acupuncture a feasible option to help ameliorate any symptom effects?