Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung"

Compared to conventional radiotherapy with photons (CRT), particle therapy (PT) has the potential to inflict maximum damage on tumors with minimum collateral damage to neighboring healthy tissue. Given that the cost of particle therapy (PT) is considerably higher than that of conventional radiotherapy (RT) with photons, it is necessary to establish whether these higher costs are worthwhile in light of the expected advantages. Thus, clear evidence of the situations in which PT outperforms conventional photon treatment is needed. In a previous ROCOCO study (lung stage I-IIIB) an inhomogeneous group of patients with regard to tumor stage and size was included1. Conformal radiotherapy and Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy were used in the comparison. In this study patients with smaller tumors are included (stage I). A stereotactic treatment schedule and more advanced treatment techniques, such as CyberKnife, RapidArc, IMRT and Tomotherapy, are eligible for these kind of lesions. As a result the comparison as demonstrated in our previous study maybe invalid. We propose to investigate to what extend proton and 12C-ion therapy decrease the amount of irradiated normal tissue compared to state of the art photon modalities in stage I lung cancer patients.

There is a growing body of evidence that implicates inflammation as a mechanism of disease progression and reduced survival in patients with advanced cancer. Elevated c-reactive protein levels have been shown to be associated with reduced performance status, specific cancer related symptoms and reduced overall survival. C-reactive protein levels are a surrogate for IL-6 expression. IL-6 is part of an inflammatory signature predicting cancer recurrence. VeriStrat® is a multivariate test which measures protein expression related to a host/tumor interaction mediated by inflammation. The investigators hope to examine the relationship between quality of life outcomes per FACT-L survey and correlate them with changes in c-reactive protein levels and the VeriStrat® status. The hypothesis of this study is that the remarkable survival benefit in the Temel study is mediated by reduced inflammation with improvement of symptom control.

This observational study will investigate the efficacy, safety, tolerability and symptom control of GIOTRIF (Afatinib) in daily routine first-line therapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring EGFR-mutations. Eligible NSCLC patients, for whom the treating physician has decided to initiate treatment with GIOTRIF in first line according to the local label, will be followed up for approximately 24 months.

This clinical trial studies adherence to survivorship care guidelines in health care providers for non-small cell lung cancer or colorectal cancer survivor care. The completion of an educational intervention by health care providers may increase compliance and adherence to National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for survivorship care.

This is a randomized, interventional trial in which the navigation is the intervention. Phase is not applicable. The study is a randomized trial to evaluate the impact of a nurse-led patient navigation intervention in improving rates of receipt of lung-directed therapy with curative intent (LDTCI) among African Americans with early stage lung cancer. Study sites are cluster-randomized to either the usual care study arm or the to the navigation intervention study arm. Randomization occurred at the level of the study site rather than at the level of individual participants. There are two arms.

Investigators propose to assess, retrospectively and prospectively the safety and tolerability profile (number of participants with adverse events) of standard chemotherapy and anti-angiogenic agent bevacizumab (Avastin) as first line treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic Non Small Cell Lung Cancer. All treatment schedules that are going to be assessed are considered by the international guidelines as standard therapy for patients with advanced or metastatic Non Small Cell Lung Cancer.

The primary specific aim is to test the hypothesis that use of a decision aid to enhance informed, shared decision making coupled with quality of life assessment in patients with advanced lung cancer receiving first-, second-, or third-line therapy will lead to a reduction in two major contributors of cost (number of chemotherapy cycles; number of advanced imaging studies) compared with the control arm.

One of the most widely used treatments for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the combination of paclitaxel-cisplatin. These drugs may contribute to taste alterations like dysgeusia. Which alters the feeding of cancer patients, contributing to the anorexia, weight loss and malnutrition, which leads to a prognostic impact in a lower patient response to chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgical treatment as well as increased toxic effects, impacting treatment discontinuation and therefore, morbidity and survival of patients. The objective of this study is to describe the threshold of perception and recognition of basic tastes in patients with NSCLC before treatment with platin and paclitaxel-based chemotherapy and after the second cycle, and analyze the effect in the developement of dysgeusia, as well as the association between these and the nutritional status and quality of life.

The study aimed to elucidate predictive immune related biomarker to the responsiveness to the PD-1 blockade and evaluate the dynamics of immune cells in peripheral blood from NSCLC patients during nivolumab treatment. Hypothesis that The ratio of MDSC after 1st or 2nd cycle can predict the response to nivolumab in NSCLC patients earlier than the tumor assessment by imaging scan. The primary objective is to determine whether myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC) ratio after 1st or 2nd cycle of nivolumab can be accurate predictive biomarkers of nivolumab in advanced NSCLC.

The hypothesis of this study is that functional tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) isolation from resected lung cancer specimens is feasible, allowing determination of tumor antigen-specific T cell reactivities. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility of isolating functional tumor infiltrating lymphocytes s(TILs) to determine tumor antigen-specific T cell re-activities in 30 resected lung tumor specimens. Successful isolation of TILs will be defined as collecting 1x10-6 viable, CD45+ mononuclear cells or greater from tumors containing >/=1 gram of excess tissue. If successful isolation of TILs can be obtained from >/= 66% of resected tumor specimens, the protocol will be considered feasible. The primary exploratory objective is to identify immunologic signatures that predict clinical outcomes from cytotoxic chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy.