Active clinical trials for "Uterine Cervical Neoplasms"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, performance and usability of the Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System and Cervical Applicator as incorporated into the physician's current standard treatment practice and in replacement of high-dose-rate after-loaders using Iridium-192 or low-dose-rate Cesium treatments. Data will be collected on treatment delivery, safety, and acute toxicity. Our hypothesis is that the treatment is safe as incorporated into the physician's current standard of practice.

[F-18] Fluorothymidine PET imaging will be used to create a radiation therapy treatment plan to avoid active bone marrow in the pelvis. This will be done to evaluate if sparing bone marrow will help maintain blood counts. This would impact chemotherapy administration.

The following is an open label, non comparative, pilot study of palliative treatment as a second, third line or more of treatment in patients with recurrent, persistent or Metastatic Cervical Cancer; it has a limited sample of 15 patients with the primary goal of evaluating the response (defined as: Complete, partial or stable disease) to treatment with a Monoclonal Antibody, Nimotuzumab, on a weekly basis + CDDP 50mg/m2/BSA as a single agent every 3 weeks for patients with good renal function (Creatinine clearance => 60) or Gemcitabine 800 mg/m2/BSA in patients with renal failure (Creatinine clearance <60). Secondary objectives consist of evaluating disease-free survival, overall survival and assess patient tolerance to treatment with Nimotuzumab.

The treatment of high grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN) 2, 3 is defined according to the colposcopic evaluation of the patient. In case colposcopy findings are satisfactory (visible squamocolumnar junction), both ablative and excisional methods are adequate. In the middle of the 20th century, lateral hemostatic sutures were added to the cold knife conization surgical technique to reduce blood loss. Some authors recommend that these branches should be ligated, but it remains unclear whether these sutures are actually effective in reducing bleeding.This study compared blood loss during cold knife conization of the cervix with and without lateral hemostatic sutures.

The purpose of the study is to assess the safety, tolerability and the HPV-specific immune responses of different doses of ISA101 vaccine with or without pegylated IFNα as combination therapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel. To qualitatively assess the safety profile and the HPV-specific immune responses of ISA101b vaccine compared to ISA101 at the same dose levels. To assess the safety and the HPV-specific immune responses of ISA101b vaccine with carboplatin, paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab.

The treatment of cervical tumors depends on the stage of the disease. In advanced forms (nodal and / or local extension to the vagina and / or parameters) , radiotherapy associated with curietherapy , plays a major role. Until recently this association was the standard treatment for advanced stage uterine cancer. With this combination, rates of local failures (evolutionary prosecution and local recurrences) were 20 to 50% in stages IIb and 50-75 % for stage III. More than 50% for patients with a cervical cancer locally advanced (FIGO stages II / IV) . The standard treatment, external radiotherapy followed by curietherapy allows expect survival rates at 5 years for approximately 30-45 %. For ten years, numerous studies have evaluated the addition of concurrent chemotherapy to radiotherapy in cancer of the cervix. More than 19 randomized trials have been published. A meta-analysis of these trials was undertaken to assess the role of radiochemotherapy in cancers of the cervix. The first meta-analysis published by the Cochrane Collaborative Group, taking into account 4580 patient, shows an improvement in survival, both in terms of progression free survival and overall survival for patients treated with radio chemotherapy respectively 16% and 12 % (p < 0.0001). The rate of metastasis is also decreased (p < 0.0001). Survival rates were significantly better when platinum salt was used ( p < 0.0001 ) . However, no clinical benefit of chemoradiotherapy has been demonstrated for tumors stages [1, 2] locally advanced, possibly due to small number of patients. The investigators have previously shown that antiviral agents used in preclinical models, Cidofovir® causes the selective radiosensitization of cells infected by the papillomavirus (HPV). This trial proposes to study a new concept to increase radiochemotherapy efficiency: the modulation of the expression of viral oncoproteins HPV virus by an antiviral agent.

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays and other types of radiation to kill tumor cells. Specialized radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying two different methods of radiation and their side effects and comparing how well they work in treating endometrial and cervical cancer after surgery.

The purpose of this study is to determine the maximum tolerated dose of integrated boost radiation therapy when given with concurrent chemotherapy (cisplatin).

This phase II trial is studying how well giving bevacizumab together with radiation therapy and cisplatin works in treating patients with previously untreated locally advanced cervical cancer. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, 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. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of cervical cancer by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving bevacizumab together with radiation therapy and cisplatin may kill more tumor cells.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the anti-tumor activity of 852A when used to treat metastatic breast, ovarian, endometrial or cervical cancer not responding to standard treatment.