Active clinical trials for "Neoplasms"

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought severe challenges for myeloma patients. Myeloma patients are considered ultra-high risk for COVID-19 and fall into the strictest group for shielding. When on treatment, but also during times of active surveillance, patients have to regularly and frequently leave shielding and visit the hospital for blood tests to monitor their disese. This is specifically for quantification of circulating tumour protein biomarker tests for paraprotein (PP) and/or serum free light chains (sFLCs) by specialised biochemistry units. This research aims to evaluate the potential use of an at-home patient administered technique to sample blood. The purpose of the blood sampling technique is to monitor your disease status. We want to test if it is possible to monitor a patient's disease status using this alternative blood collection method when compared to monitoring disease status using the traditional blood collection methods (venous blood sampling). The new VAMS method is not intended to be used interchangeably or will not replace the current method. This study is to evaluate an alternative sample type that may be used to improve the patient pathway, especially during these uncertain times.

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is a potentially curative treatment for a variety of hematological malignancies. However, patients who have received this treatment have a persistent deficit in humoral immunity up to one year post-transplant. To date, the design of new therapeutic strategies to improve immune recovery in allo-HSCT patients is still hampered by the fact that post-transplant regenerative hematopoiesis has never been studied, and more generally by our currently limited knowledge on the development and function of human B lymphocytes. The main objective of our study is to study early B-cell progenitor reconstitution after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Previous prospective randomized controlled study demonstrated higher accuracy rate of diagnosing early gastric cancers by Magnifying image-enhanced endoscopy than conventional white-light endoscopy. Nevertheless, it is difficult to differentiate early gastric cancer from noncancerous lesions for beginner. we developed a new computer-aided system to assist endoscopists in identifying early gastric cancers in magnifying optical enhancement images.

The treatment of locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancers is highly individualized to each patient and their pattern of disease, and this decision is often made at the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meeting . The PelvEx collaborative was designed with the intent to provide greater international consensus on appropriate treatment decisions for this cohort. However, we propose that international variation exists in how certain patients will be evaluated, assessed and ultimately treated despite having the same disease. We plan to measure this variation in order to provide a greater understanding of the differences that exist.

Retrospective observational cohort study investigating Single modality Trans Oral Robotic surgery for primary oropharyngeal cancer: exploring the impact of surgical Margins on local disease recurrence.

Successful outcomes in CML require both prolonged adherence to oral TKI therapy by patients and careful monitoring of treatment responses by their physicians. Patient Reported Outcomes(PRO) assessment is important to facilitate decisions in the current treatment landscape of CML.

Skin melanoma is a common form of skin cancer. Its diagnosis is usually clinically suspected and then affirmed by histopathological examination. In some cases, the histopathological analysis of these lesions is equivocal, and the malignant or benign nature of the proliferation is difficult to determine with certainty. In these cases, the use of expensive ancillary tests, which are hardly accessible and take a long time to set up (FISH - CGH-array), is usually required. Anti-PRAME immunostaining, an inexpensive and readily available technic, has recently been described as highly sensitive and specific for diagnosing malignant melanocytic proliferations. Knowledge on its utility for evaluating ambiguous melanocytic neoplasms remains limited. Our study aims to improve the current body of knowledge on the utility of PRAME immunohistochemistry for evaluating challenging samples of melanocytic proliferation. The secondary objective is to determine the PRAME immunoreactivity profile for each histological subtype of melanocytic proliferations (spitzoid tumors, cellular blue nevi, dysplastic nevi ...)

This is a prospective, case-control study intended to develop and validate a blood-based multi-omics assay and computational model for early detection of gastric cancer. Approximately 450 subjects who receive esophageogastroscopy (EGD) will be enrolled and assigned to three arms including gastric cancer, precancerous lesion, and healthy control based on the diagnosis of EGD and histological results. Cell free DNA will be extracted from peripheral blood of all participants and assayed by next-generation sequencing for biomarkers including somatic mutation, methylation, and chromosome instability signals. In the first stage a multi-omics models will be developed for classification between malignancy group and control groups, and between precancerous group and healthy control. Sensitivity and specificity of the model will be evaluated in an independent validation group in the second stage.

Sonazoid as a new generation of ultrasound contrast agent.This study based on the features of Sonazoid specific angiography and higher mechanical index, the role of Sonazoid in the early diagnosis of Endometrial carcinoma was explored.

Minimally-invasive surgery (MIS) techniques have revolutionised the approach to rectal cancer surgery. With increasing experience, surgeons have began to utilise these platforms increasingly in the context of pelvic exenteration (PE). This observational retrospective review plans to assess the volume of PE being performed on a global basis and to assess the comparative outcomes associated with each technique in order to assess the optimal approach to radical pelvic surgery.