Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma"

A first-in-human, unblinded, phase I trial of Paclitaxel-loaded tumor penetrating microparticles (TPM) in peritoneal carcinomatosis patients who are not eligible for standard-of-care therapeutic interventions.

Following basal cell carcinoma, Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (CSCC) is the most common skin cancer and its incidence remains on a steady rise. The vast majority of CSCC lesions are treated with surgical resection and have a cure rate exceeding 90 percent in early-stage disease. In stark contrast, the 5-year overall survival rate is below 50% for locally advanced patients and less than 10 percent for those with distant metastases. Although the commonly used cisplatin-based combination chemotherapies may achieve an overall response rate of up to 80%, the efficacy is usually not durable. Moreover, the use of chemotherapy is limited due to the many adverse events, especially in elderly patients, who are the largest population of concern for CSCC. The purpose of this study was to assess safety, efficacy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic CSCC given HLX07 (Recombinant Humanized Anti-EGFR Monoclonal Antibody Injection).

Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) have shown promising outcomes in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).In China, Oxaliplatin combined with 5-fluorouracil is commonly used in continuous hepatic arterial perfusion chemotherapy.But the 5-FU requiring a long infusion and Calcium folate is also needed to sensitize 5-FU. Moreover, 5-FU regimen was associated with a variety of adverse events, which limited its application in HAIC.Compared to 5-fluorouracil, raltetrexed is less toxic, has a stronger anti-tumor effect and can be administered in just two to three hours. However, the comparison of the two drugs in HAIC to treat advanced HCC has not been reported. In this study, we will evaluate the the progression-free survival(PFS)、objective response rate（ORR）、 disease vacancy rate（DCR）、overall survival (OS) and safety in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (Ad-HCC) who are undergoing hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) of Raltetrexed plus oxaliplatin (SALOX) compared with oxaliplatin, fluorouracil/leucovorin (FOLFOX) treatment by designing prospective, multi-center phase III clinical study.

This phase II/III compares the standard therapy (chemotherapy plus cetuximab) versus adding bevacizumab to standard chemotherapy, versus combination of just bevacizumab and atezolizumab in treating patients with head and neck cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic or advanced stage) or has come back after prior treatment (recurrent). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as atezolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Bevacizumab is in a class of medications called antiangiogenic agents. It works by stopping the formation of blood vessels that bring oxygen and nutrients to tumor. This may slow the growth and spread of tumor. Cetuximab is in a class of medications called monoclonal antibodies. It binds to a protein called EGFR, which is found on some types of cancer cells. This may help keep cancer cells from growing. Cisplatin and carboplatin are in a class of chemotherapy medications known as platinum-containing compounds. They work by killing, stopping, or slowing the growth of cancer cells. Docetaxel is in a class of chemotherapy medications called taxanes. It stops cancer cells from growing and dividing and may kill them. The addition of bevacizumab to standard chemotherapy or combination therapy with bevacizumab and atezolizumab may be better than standard chemotherapy plus cetuximab in treating patients with recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancers.

Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (cSCC) is typically associated with a high tumour mutation burden, with the majority caused by Ultraviolet (UV) exposure (Pickering et al., 2014). The use of this trial using neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab in patients with cSCC who will otherwise undergo highly morbid radical surgical resection has multiple potential advantages, including: Reduction in surgical and radiotherapy morbidity by reducing tumour burden and allowing the appropriate selection of patients to undergo post-operative radiotherapy; Provision of immediate information about pathological response and Access to tissue to provide insight into resistance mechanisms and identification of biomarkers of response. The Investigators hypothesized that the use of neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab could reduce tumour burden allowing appropriate selection of patients undergoing radical surgical resection and adjuvant radiotherapy.

This is a prospective, open label, phase II, randomised, non-comparative clinical trial, evaluating changes in tumour-responsive T-cells following neoadjuvant stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) with or without pembrolizumab, prior to nephrectomy, in patients with localised primary clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).

The purpose of this study is to better understand the immune response to basal cell carcinoma (BCC) treated with Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) in order to develop new methods of treating BCC. Previous research suggests that PDT alters the immune response, possibly in a way that could promote better tumor clearance when combined with other treatments. Overall, participation in this study will help the study team better understand the anti-tumor immune response when BCC is treated with PDT.

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of TheraSphereTM yttrium [90Y] glass microsphere in the Chinese patients with inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma.

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted approval for Rahika® (Capmatinib) film-coated tablet 150 and 200 mg for the treatment of adult patients with advanced/metastatic NSCLC whose tumors have a mutation that leads to MET exon 14 skipping mutation with condition to perform a Phase IV clinical trial in Indian patients. As recommended by DCGI, this Phase IV study has been planned to evaluate the safety and efficacy of capmatinib in treatment of adult Indian patients with advanced/metastatic NSCLC whose tumors have a MET exon 14 skipping mutation positive advanced NSCLC in any line of therapy.

Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma often die from intrahepatic disease because current treatment options are limited. Local treatment using 166Ho-radioembolization (166Ho-RE) offers a safe and effective treatment. Because 166Ho-microspheres are used as a scout dose for treatment simulaton and for the actual treatment itself, a tailored approach can be used. This concept has proven to be more predictive than the 90Y-radioembolization concept (current standard-of-care), which is a based on a surrogate scout dose (i.e. 99mTc-MAA). A personal treatment plan may be used for 166Ho-radioembolization to optimize efficacy, based on scout dose distribution. However, individualized treatment planning inherently leads to treatment doses that deviate from the currently approved 'one-size-fits-all' approach (i.e. 60 Gy average absorbed dose for all patients). Therefore, safety of individualized 166Ho-RE will be evaluated first to validate safety and confirm safety thresholds. These thresholds will be used in subsequent randomized controlled studies.