Tirelizumab in Combination With Chemoradiation in Patients With Unresectable Gastric Cancer or Gastroesophageal...
Locally Advanced Gastric CancerTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of chemoradiotherapy combined with tirelizumab in the treatment of initial unresectable locally advanced gastric cancer or gastroesophageal junction cancer.
Characterisation of the Intratumoral Microbiome in Gastric Adenocarcinoma: to a Personalised Medicine...
Gastric AdenocarcinomaIn this study, gastric tumours and adjacent healthy mucosa will be collected from gastric cancer patients operated on for curative purposes. From this material, presence and characterisation of intratumoral bacteria will be determined. Intratumoral microbiota composition will be compared with healthy adjacent tissue, and the intratumoral microbiota composition will also be compared between different tumor types. The different bacterial signatures that we will characterise may be used as biomarkers.
HAIC Combined With Toripalimab and Donafenib for Advanced BTC
Biliary Tract AdenocarcinomaThis is a single center, single arm, phase II, prospective study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy (HAIC) combined with PD-1 inhibitor immunotherapy Toripalimab and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Donafenib in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer.
Minimally Invasive Molecular Approaches for the Diagnosis of Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal...
Barrett EsophagusEsophageal AdenocarcinomaThis study will evaluate if the sponge capsule device can accurately detect the presence of Barrett's Esophagus and prevalent dysplasia/adenocarcinoma detection, in a screening population, with and without chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Surveillance vs. Endoscopic Therapy for Barrett's Esophagus With Low-grade Dysplasia
Barretts Esophagus With DysplasiaBarrett Esophagus1 moreThe purpose of this study is to learn the best approach to treating patients with known or suspected Barrett's esophagus by comparing endoscopic surveillance to endoscopic eradication therapy. To diagnose and manage Barrett's esophagus and low-grade dysplasia, doctors commonly use procedures called endoscopic surveillance and endoscopic eradication therapy. Endoscopic surveillance is a type of procedure where a physician will run a tube with a light and a camera on the end of it down the patients throat and remove a small piece of tissue. The piece of tissue, called a biopsy, is about the size of the tip of a ball-point pen and is checked for abnormal cells and cancer cells. Endoscopic eradication therapy is a kind of surgery which is performed to destroy the precancerous cells at the bottom of the esophagus, so that healthy cells can grow in their place. It involves procedures to either remove precancerous tissue or burn it. These procedures can have side effects, so it is not certain whether risking those side effects is worth the benefit people get from the treatments. While both of these procedures are widely accepted approaches to managing the condition, there is not enough research to show if one is better than the other. Barrett's esophagus and low-grade dysplasia does not always worsen to high-grade dysplasia and/or cancer. In fact, it usually does not. So, if a patient's dysplasia is not worsening, doctors would rather not put patients at risk unnecessarily. On the other hand, endoscopic eradication therapy could possibly prevent the worsening of low-grade dysplasia into high-grade dysplasia or cancer (esophageal adenocarcinoma) in some patients. Researchers believe that the results of this study will help doctors choose the safest and most effective procedure for their patients with Barrett's esophagus and low-grade dysplasia. This is a multicenter study involving several academic, community and private hospitals around the United States. Up to 530 participants will be randomized. This study will also include a prospective observational cohort study of up to 150 Barrett's esophagus and low grade dysplasia patients who decline randomization in the randomized control trial but undergo endoscopic surveillance (Cohort 1) or endoscopic eradication therapy (Cohort 2), and are willing to provide longitudinal observational data.
Personalized Optimization of Systematic Prostate Biopsy
Prostate AdenocarcinomaTargeted biopsy combined systematic biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis of prostate cancer. Excessive cores in systematic biopsy increases the risk of puncture trauma, bleeding and infection. On the basis of establishing a model with DRS stratification to reduce the cores of systematic biopsy, we propose the (12 cores -x) model innovatively. We hope that through this prospective study to verify the efficacy of the model and provide patients with a new biopsy model with high accuracy and fewer complications. In this study, patients with suspected prostate cancer were randomly divided into two groups. Experimental group received targeted biopsy combined personalized systematic biopsy, and the control group received targeted biopsy combined systematic biopsy. The differences of the detection rate of Prostate cancer between the two groups were compared.
Efficacy of EsoGuard Assay on Esophageal Surface Cells Collected With EsoCheck vs EGD for the Diagnosis...
Barrett EsophagusEsophageal Adenocarcinoma2 moreThe study will assess the performance of the combined system, i.e., the use of the EsoGuard assay (lab developed test) on cells collected using the EsoCheck (501k cleared device) to detect Barrett's Esophagus (BE), with or without dysplasia, and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) as compared to Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) plus biopsies in both confirmed cases of BE/EAC and in controls (subjects without a prior diagnosis but undergoing screening for BE/EAC)
Near-infrared Imaging With Indocyanine Green for Detection of Peritoneal Metastases for Gastric...
Gastric CancerGastric Adenocarcinoma2 morePeritoneal disease at initial presentation for patients with gastric adenocarcinoma (GA) is frequent, with 15-31% of patients presenting with peritoneal metastases (PM) at surgical exploration. The prognosis of patients with PM is poor, overall survival (OS) ranging from 8 to 13 months, reinforcing the importance of optimal patient selection before surgical management of GA. Indocyanine Green (ICG) fluorescence imaging for intraoperative detection of PM has been described in recent literature as a useful tool in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for peritoneal malignancies to increase the detection of PM during surgery. However, the role of ICG for patients with GA, and its role during diagnosic laparoscopy (DL), remain unknown.
Utility and Usability of ActivSight™ Laser Speckle Imaging in Visualization of Tissue Perfusion...
Esophagus CancerEsophageal Cancer8 moreActivSight™ combines an innovative form factor and proprietary software to deliver precise, objective, real-time visualization of blood flow and tissue perfusion intraoperatively for laparoscope-based surgery. A small adaptor that fits between any existing laparoscope and camera systems and a separate light source placed along any current commercial system will deliver objective real-time tissue perfusion and blood flow information intraoperatively. Primary Objective: To determine the feasibility of ActivSight™ in detecting and displaying tissue perfusion and blood flow in the conduit and foregut anastomoses in esophageal resection/reconstructive surgery. The investigators will compare the precision and accuracy among the naked eye inspection, ICG and LSCI in assessing the vascularity of the conduit.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to Predict Outcomes of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)...
PDAC - Pancreatic Ductal AdenocarcinomaThe purpose of this study is to assess if Six-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (6D-MRI) is effective in predicting outcomes in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).