Active clinical trials for "Adenocarcinoma"

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether Paclitaxel Plus Capecitabine With Capecitabine Maintenance Treatment as 1st line treatment in he advanced gastric cancer is effective and safe.

The primary purpose of the study is to determine the impact of chemotherapy on the ability of your surgeon to completely remove the cancer as well as the impact on your survival. Furthermore the investigators will be assessing the side effects of this chemotherapy strategy. Finally the investigators will determine the ability of specialized imaging technology (PET scan) to document and predict the response of the tumor to this chemotherapy. Standard therapy for patients with your condition usually consists of surgery (removal of the tumor) followed by combination chemotherapy and radiotherapy. More recently, standard options available to patients with cancer of the stomach or lower esophagus have been expanded to include chemotherapy without radiotherapy prior to and following surgery. While it is believed that chemotherapy prior to surgery is a good option for patients with stomach, it is not known what is the optimal chemotherapy regimen to offer patients prior to surgery to improve the likelihood of cure while limiting side-effects to patients.

Pemetrexed was known to be effective to pulmonary adenocarcinoma and gefitinib was known to be more effective to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with clinical characteristics such as adenocarcinoma, never smoker and female. The investigators try to evaluate which drug (pemetrexed vs gefitinib) is more efficious to NSCLC patients with clinical characteristics such as adenocarcinoma and never smoking history as second- or further-line therapy.

RATIONALE: LMB-9 immunotoxin can locate tumor cells and kill them without harming normal cells. This may be an effective treatment for advanced pancreatic, esophageal, stomach, colon or rectal cancer. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of LMB-9 immunotoxin in treating patients who have advanced pancreatic, esophageal, stomach, colon, or rectal cancer.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of PD-1 antibody combined with apatinib mesylate in patients with unresectable, local advanced recurrent or metastatic serum AFP-elevated gastric adenocarcinoma, who have at least received first-line antitumor therapy or whose standard treatment is intolerable.

This registry is intended to measure the effect of myPlan Lung Cancer™ test has on influencing treatment decisions of Oncologists when added to standard clinical-pathological parameters in patients with early stage NSCLC. The sponsor is conducting two parallel registries, with one directed at Surgeons (ONC003) and the other at Oncologists (ONC006). This registry is specific to Oncologists (ONC006).

The purpose of this study is to study the efficacy of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in the treatment of patients with locally advanced gastric cancer after radical gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy. It is a multicentric and randomised phase III trial.

The purpose of this study is to find out if postoperative chemotherapy in patients with high-grade appendix cancer after surgery improves outcomes. The postoperative chemotherapy will consist of 5-FU (with leucovorin) or capecitabine with bevacizumab. These drugs are approved for use in people with colon cancer, and they are used at UCSD for some patients with appendix cancer. The purpose of this study is to explore the safety and efficacy of the postoperative chemotherapy treatment on cancer.

The purpose of this study is to compare effects of erlotinib and pemetrexed as maintenance therapy for lung adenocarcinoma. Primary Outcome is the progression free survival (PFS). Based on prediction of different potential benefit groups, this study may help the oncologist to optimize and improve the maintenance therapy plan for lung adenocarcinoma.

Second-line chemotherapy represents an option in gastric cancer, especially for patients with adequate performance status. Two randomized phase III trials comparing 2nd-line docetaxel with best-supportive care have reported a benefit in favor of chemotherapy. Capecitabine is a fluoropyrimidine carbamate, which has a broader spectrum of antitumor activity than other fluoropyrimidines. In gastric cancer xenografts. metronomic capecitabine inhibited angiogenesis, growth of gastric cancer and improved survival with less toxicity. Given its potential low toxicity, the combination of docetaxel and metronomic capecitabine needs to be evaluated to assess efficacy and tolerability in patients with advanced gastric cancer previously treated with a fluoropyrimidine-based and platinum-based chemotherapy.