Active clinical trials for "Stomach Neoplasms"

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, 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. Cetuximab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for their growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin and irinotecan, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving cetuximab together with cisplatin and irinotecan may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving cetuximab together with cisplatin and irinotecan works in treating patients with metastatic esophageal cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer, or gastric cancer that did not respond to previous irinotecan and cisplatin.

This single arm study will assess the efficacy and safety of Xeloda in combination with oxaliplatin as first-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced and/or metastatic gastric cancer who have had no prior chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic disease. Eligible patients will receive Xeloda 1000mg/m2 po twice daily, D1-D10 every 2 weeks (10 days treatment followed by 4 days rest period) plus oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2/day iv, D1 every 2 weeks. The anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression, and the target sample size is <100 individuals.

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether cetuximab (Erbitux®) with cisplatin and capecitabine (Xeloda) as 1st line treatment in the advanced gastric cancer is effective.

Gastric cancer have poor prognosis and majority of patients resistant to 5-FU/DDP based first-line chemotherapy in China. There was no recommended second-line chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer. Taxane is promising in gastric cancer. Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel (Abraxane，ABI-007) has good convenience to use and been approved in breast cancer in many countries. The investigator then initiated a prospective phase Ib/IIa clinical trial with nab-paclitaxel plus TS-1 as the second-line treatment in advanced gastric cancer to observe the safety and efficacy.

The purpose of the study is to determine the most tolerable and safe dose of ZD6474 (Zactima, Vandetanib) when given with standard chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery in patients with cancer of the esophagus

This phase II trial studies how well pralatrexate and oxaliplatin work in treating patients with esophageal, stomach, or gastroesophageal junction cancer that cannot be removed by surgery or has spread from the primary site (place where it started) to other places in the body. Pralatrexate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving pralatrexate with oxaliplatin may be an effective treatment for esophageal, stomach, or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

The primary objective of the study is to assess the safety and tolerability of cediranib in combination with Cisplatin plus a Fluoropyrimidine (Capecitabine or S-1) in Japanese patients with previously untreated locally advanced or metastatic unresectable gastric cancer (GC).

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of cixutumumab when given together with everolimus and octreotide acetate in treating patients with advanced low- or intermediate-grade neuroendocrine cancer. Monoclonal antibodies, such as cixutumumab, may find tumor cells and help carry tumor-killing substances to them. Everolimus may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Octreotide acetate may interfere with the growth of tumor cells and slow the growth of neuroendocrine cancer. Giving cixutumumab together with everolimus and octreotide acetate may be a better treatment for neuroendocrine cancer.

The purpose of this study is to determine the dose limiting toxicity and the maximum tolerable dose of the radiochemotherapy with Docetaxel and Oxaliplatin in patients with adenocarcinoma of the gastric-oesophageal junction.

The primary objective of this study is to compare median overall survival of the test arm (docetaxel and S-1) to the control arm (S-1 only) in subjects with advanced or recurrent gastric cancer.