Active clinical trials for "Adenocarcinoma"

This phase II trial is studying how well brivanib alaninate works in treating patients with endometrial cancer that has come back (recurred) or is persistent. Brivanib alaninate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor.

This randomized phase II trial studies how well giving irinotecan hydrochloride with or without alvocidib works in treating patients with advanced stomach or gastroesophageal junction cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as irinotecan hydrochloride, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Alvocidib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It is not yet known whether irinotecan hydrochloride is more effective with or without alvocidib.

The purpose of this study is to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of BMS-833923 administered in combination with Cisplatin and Capecitabine as first-line therapy in subjects with inoperable metastatic gastric, gastroesophageal or esophageal adenocarcinomas.

The application of immunotherapeutic strategies that target the most potent antigen presenting cell, the dendritic cell (DC), are likely to substantially increase the magnitude of the anti-tumor immune response. Although there are issues of activation state and antigen load, mechanisms to increase the number of DCs available to the immune system are among the first steps in development of affective DC based immunotherapeutic strategies. The Central Hypothesis of our study is: Administration of Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) to patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma will result in enhance recruitment of DCs to the sentinel lymph node, into the peripheral blood, and/or tumor site. We propose performing a phase I, dose escalation, clinical trial of systemic and intra-tumoral GM-CSF administration for the treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. This trial will be designed to assess toxicity and immunologic effects, principally dendritic cell recruitment. Patients with resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma by clinical staging criteria will be eligible for enrollment. The trial we propose is a phase I clinical trial of the addition of GM-CSF as a biological adjuvant to standard care for patients with potentially resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

In this study, Erlotinib and 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), Leucovorin and Oxaliplatin (a regimen known also as FOLFOX-6) will be the chemotherapy study drugs. The main purpose of this study is to test the safety and effectiveness of this combination of chemotherapy drugs and to see how they affect your cancer. Another purpose of this study is to examine samples from your blood and tumor. This research will be done to better understand how subjects respond to treatment. Specifically, researchers will look at the way your genes and proteins respond to drugs like those used in this study.

This study will determine whether [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) can be used to screen for the activity of novel pancreatic cancer treatments.

Phase III Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Objectives: Primary Objectives: Phase I: Determine the maximal tolerated dose (MTD) of MK-0646 in combination with gemcitabine or gemcitabine plus erlotinib and recommended phase II dose. Phase II: Assess progression-free survival (PFS) with a) gemcitabine plus MK-0646 b) gemcitabine plus erlotinib plus MK-0646 and c) gemcitabine plus erlotinib. Explore IGF1 tissue level as a predictive biomarker for MK-0646 therapy in phase II expansion cohort. Secondary Objectives: Assess overall response rate (ORR), treatment toxicity, and overall survival (OS) with the addition of MK-0646 to gemcitabine or gemcitabine plus erlotinib. Correlate PFS and OS with IGF-1, IGFBP-3 levels and the expression of p-IRS, IGF-1R, EMT biomarkers, Akt, Erk, mTOR, and PI13k in tumor cells. To assess the incidence of single nucleotide polymorphisms of the IgF1R pathway related genes (IGF1, IGF1R, IRS1 and IRS2). These genotypes will be correlated with the clinical endpoints of this study, including OS, ORR and PFS.

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as panitumumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin and docetaxel, work in different ways to kill tumor cells or stop them from growing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving combination chemotherapy together with panitumumab and radiation therapy before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving panitumumab together with docetaxel, cisplatin, radiation therapy, and surgery works in treating patients with newly diagnosed, locally advanced esophageal cancer or cancer of the gastroesophageal junction.

The purpose of this study is to gather information about the use of an investigational drug called Ramucirumab in adenocarcinomas of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction.