Active clinical trials for "Adenocarcinoma"

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as irinotecan, leucovorin, fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin, use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well different regimens of induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy work in treating patients with locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the rectum.

To explore the potential efficacy of 18F-FAPI-04 PET/CT for PDAC tumour staging and compare the results with those obtained using 18F-FDG PET/CT.

This clinical trial aims to evaluate the safety and feasibility of mid-line fascial suturing using MONOFIX sutures in patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery for colorectal cancer.

This phase I trial is to find out the best dose, possible benefits and/or side effects of NHS-IL12 given together with bintrafusp alfa and radiation therapy in treating patients with hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Immunotherapy with NHS-IL12, may induce changes in body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Immunotherapy with bintrafusp alfa, a bifunctional fusion protein composed of the monoclonal antibody avelumab and TGF-beta, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Giving NHS-IL12, bintrafusp alfa, and radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

This is a research study in which bio-specimens (whole blood, plasma and serum from peripheral circulation and portal vein) will be collected from patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma for translational research. These samples will be used for (but not limited to) identification and characterisation of blood-borne biomarkers at the genomic and protein expression level. Examples of such biomarkers are circulating tumour cells (CTCs), CTC clusters and circulating DNA (which can be tumour derived, or from unaffected/normal cells). CTC-enriched blood samples may also be used to generate CTC-derived tumour explant (CDX) models in immunocompromised mice in order to produce suitable disease models in which to test novel therapies and identify new molecular targets. In addition, permission will be sought from study participants for the research team to access clinical information from medical notes to aid in determining the clinical relevance of biomarkers identified during the course of this study. Validated biomarkers are anticipated to be used in designing future biomarker-directed clinical trials in these disease groups.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of pembrolizumab (MK-3745) in combination with chemotherapy (Cisplatin combined with 5-Fluorouracil [FP regimen] or oxaliplatin combined with capecitabine [CAPOX regimen]) versus placebo in combination with chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimens) in the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative advanced gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma in adult Chinese participants. The primary hypotheses of this study are that pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy is superior to placebo plus chemotherapy in terms of overall survival (OS).

The purpose of this study is to see if a combination of paclitaxel protein bound (also known as nab-paclitaxel), gemcitabine, and cisplatin when given with high dose Ascorbic Acid will be safe and effective in individuals with untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer. Vitamin C is a nutrient found in food and dietary supplements. It protects cells and also plays a key role in making collagen (which provides strength and structure to skin, bones, tissues and tendons). High-dose vitamin C may be given by intravenous (IV) infusion (through a vein into the bloodstream) or orally (taken by mouth). When taken by intravenous infusion, vitamin C can reach much higher levels in the blood than when the same amount is taken by mouth. Some human studies of high-dose IV vitamin C in patients with cancer have shown improved quality of life, as well as improvements in physical, mental, and emotional functions, symptoms of fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, and appetite loss. Intravenous high-dose ascorbic acid has caused very few side effects in clinical trials.

Bevacizumab plus capecitabin is a standard maintenance treatment following first-line chemotherapy in the patients with advanced colorectal adenocarcinoma. However, hand-foot syndrome induced by capecitabin will bother the patient to decrease the quality of life. S-1, an alternative of fluoropyrimidine, was proved non-inferior efficacy with lower hand-foot syndrome as first-line chemotherapy in advanced colorectal adenocarcinoma in the studies. The investigators are going to test the efficacy and safety of bevacizumab plus S-1 as maintenance treatment compared with bevacizumab plus capecitabin in colorectal adenocarcinoma

Standard treatment for newly diagnosed operable pancreatic cancer usually involves undergoing surgery first and then receiving chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy. However, the pancreatic cancer often comes back after this treatment. Therefore, the investigators are studying whether giving treatment prior to surgery can help decrease the risk the cancer returns. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) is a highly focused type of radiation therapy commonly used in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. This treatment has been shown to be safe and effective for the preoperative treatment of pancreatic cancer. The purpose of this study is to determine if combining an experimental drug, CCX872-B, with SBRT continues to be safe and whether the combination treatment may be more effective at boosting the participant's immune system's ability to kill the pancreatic cancer.

Preoperative staging for gastric adenocarcinoma is an important procedure to detect advanced disease stateS for the patients in which the surgery may be unnecessary to perform. Although there are many imaging techniques for this purpose, sensitivity and specificity of these techniques still remains to be low.Preoperative detection of peritoneal carcinomatosis and involvement of lymph nodes beyond D2 may prevent surgical procedures. Removal of the determined lymph nodes according to the type of the surgery is the accepted surgical method. However, accurate determination of malignant lymph nodes may prevent dissection of some groups of the lymph nodes. These findings may cause a new definition of gastric lymph node dissection.