Active clinical trials for "Brain Neoplasms"

This is an open-label, single centre, Phase I study to determine the brain exposure of [11C]osimertinib in patients with EGFRm NSCLC with brain metastases.

Measuring precision radiation delivery through cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and intra-fraction motion management (IFMM) incorporated on a GammaKnife unit via the Leksell Coordinate Frame (LCF) and relocatable mask system (RMS) immobilization devices.

It is important to predict the influence of the neuromuscular blocking agents on the motor evoked potential. Investigator will investigate the dose-response relationship between the degree of the neuromuscular blockade and the motor evoked potential in patients undergoing brain tumor surgery using the population approach. Investigator will investigate the influence of the other factors such as the impedence, reactance, muscel amount, and age on the motor evoked potential.

The main objective is to detect with TESLA multiparametric 3 MRI, the MRI secondary changes to protontherapy irradiation and to correlate them with TEL mapping, physical dose and biological dose. A model should thus be able to be proposed at the end of the study.

This was a retrospective, noninterventional cohort study of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of metastatic NSCLC with MET Exon 14 skipping mutation and brain metastases (BM) who received treatment with capmatinib in real-world practice settings. The study population consisted of patients with histologically confirmed stage IIIB, IIIC, or IV MET Exon 14 skipping mutated NSCLC with BM. The date of the initiation of therapy with capmatinib after the date of initial BM diagnosis at or after the initial advanced or metastatic NSCLC diagnosis defined the study index date. The 12-month period before the study index date defined the baseline period to assess baseline demographic and clinical characteristics. Study measures were assessed at the index and during the baseline and postindex date periods. The index date needed to occur between 1 May 2020 and the date of data abstraction, provided the selected patients meet the requirement of a minimum of 6 months follow-up time available after capmatinib initiation; the exceptions to this are those patients who died during this period.

PET-MRI scanning regarding amino acid metabolic profile, functional and morphological details will be performed on set intervals to patients with brain tumor & brain metastases in order to try to optimize the study protocol, distinguish between pseudo-response to anti-angiogenic therapy and tumor progression, and most importantly try to distinguish between progressive tumor and treatment related effects.3 cohort of patients will be included in the study.

This aim of this study is to improve the outcomes for patient with gliomas undergoing neurosurgery by maximising the extent of resection whilst minimising neurological morbidity. This will be achieved through the use of advanced MRI, fMRI and DTI, performed at two stages of the patients' clinical management.

This pilot clinical trial studies how well head and neck maskless immobilization device works in immobilizing patients with head and neck cancers or intracranial tumors undergoing radiation therapy. Maskless immobilization device may help to prevent movement of head during radiation therapy and immobilize patients with the same accuracy and reliability as the standard thermoplastic mask routinely used for patients receiving radiation therapy.

In this research study the investigators want to learn more about the quality of life before, during and after cancer treatment in patients with central nervous system brain tumors. Often CNS tumors and cancer treatment can cause many physical and emotional problems and side effects. Some of these problems and treatment side effects can cause a change in a patient's qualify of life and overall well-being. Quality of life questionnaires are used to measure well-being and ability to carry out daily activities by asking patients to answer several questions about their physical, emotional, and social well-being. In this research study we want to find out if patient's answers to these questions change over the course of your treatment. We also want to see if doctors and nurses can use these answers to the questions to help patients feel better and increase their activity during cancer treatment.

In patients undergoing craniotomy, 0.9% normal saline is commonly administered in order to reduce cerebral edema. Excessive administration of 0.9% normal saline has been to reported to cause hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis. On the other hand, hypovolemia due to insufficient fluid replacement for perioperative loss can also result in metabolic acidosis by lactic acid accumulation. However, the guideline for perioperative fluid management has not been yet established. The investigators hypothesized that intraoperative fluid management according to SVV(Stroke Volume Variation)could reduce perioperative metabolic acidosis compared to those by CVP(Central Venous Pressure). Therefore, the study is trying to determine if intraoperative fluid administration based on SVV could reduce metabolic acidosis when compared with CVP in patients undergoing craniotomy due to brain tumor who receive 0.9% normal saline as main fluid regimen.