Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma"

This is a Phase 1b/2, multiple-dose study designed to describe safety and efficacy, and to assess PK and immunogenicity of XmAb18087 monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in participants with metastatic Merkel cell (MCC) or locoregional MCC that has recurred after locoregional therapy with surgery and/or radiation therapy, and mAb18087 monotherapy in participants with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) that has progressed after standard therapies. This study was terminated by the sponsor. No participants enrolled in Part B.

The TheraSphere Post-Approval Study is a post-market, prospective, single-arm, open-label, observational study to support the use of TheraSphere for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

This pilot phase I trial studies the side effects and best way to give stereotactic body radiation therapy and T-cell infusion in treating patients with metastatic kidney cancer. Giving total body irradiation before a T-cell infusion stops the growth of cancer cells by stopping them from dividing or killing them. After treatment, stem cells are collected from the patient's blood and stored. Chemotherapy is given to prepare the bone marrow for the stem cell transplant. The stem cells are then returned to the patient to replace the blood-forming cells that were destroyed by the radiation therapy.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of MLN0264 in previously treated Asian participants with Advanced Gastrointestinal (GI) Carcinoma (Phase 1) or Metastatic or Recurrent Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma (Phase 2) Expressing Guanylyl Cyclase C (GCC).

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of the investigational anticancer drug DCR-MYC. DCR-MYC is a novel synthetic double-stranded RNA in a stable lipid particle suspension that targets the oncogene MYC. MYC oncogene activation is important to the growth of many hematologic and solid tumor malignancies. In this study the Sponsor proposes to study DCR-MYC and its ability to inhibit MYC and thereby inhibit cancer cell growth.

Concomitant radio-chemotherapy has become a standard therapy for advanced squamous cell carcinomas of head and neck. Local side effects caused by chemotherapy, like mucositis, increase in combination with radiotherapy. Mucositis, as a painful inflammation and ulceration of the oral mucosa, limits patient´s treatment plan. Studies showed that one third of the patients discontinued Chemotherapy because of the side effects. Accordingly to these side effects, patients eating habits get limited. This requires an increase of pain medication, mostly an opioid derivate, which causes side effects too, which requires other symptomatic medication. This requires a change of nutrition from hard to pappy food and at further impairing, liquid food is needed. A central vein catheter has to be done for parental nutrition and a gastrostomy for enteral nutrition, which means risk of haemorrhage and increased risk of bacteraemias and sepsis for the patient. This would mean a decrease of general condition and a dose reduction or treatment stop is needed. Accordingly, the results are treatment delay and prolongation of hospital stay. Risk of the study will be the known side effects of the products: Mitomycin-C, 5-Fluorouracile, Cetuximab and radiation therapy. These are listed in the particular product description and the description of radiation thera-py. Another risk would be that the primary objective cannot be fulfilled. So the patients would have a lower quality of life than expected. Following benefits are expected. Benefit for patient: Decrease of mucositis and side effects caused by mucositis, also xerostomia, taste disturbances, dietary restrictions, dysphagia Decrease of pain medication and side effects caused by pain medication Decrease of surgical intervention (gastric tube, central venous catheter) and risks caused by the interventions (sepsis, bacteraemia, bleeding, injury of heart and stomach, etc.) Improving of patients social functioning, social eating, social contact No interruptions of therapy Increase of life quality Weight stabilization Benefit for clinical practice: Increase of compliance Fulfilling of complete therapy Hospital stays as planned

Phase II Study of efficacy and safety of buparlisib (BKM120) plus paclitaxel versus placebo plus paclitaxel in recurrent or metastatic Head and Neck cancer previously pre-treated with a platinum therapy.The primary endpoint was PFS and the key secondary endpoint was Overall Survival.

The mTOR (mammalian Target of Rapamycin) protein is the center of the mTOR pathway that plays an important role in cell growth, proliferation, survival and angiogenesis through sensing and integrating energetic signals from cellular environment. The mTOR protein is composed of two complex, mTOR complex 1 (mTOR C1) and mTOR complex 2 (mTOR C2). In regards of mTOR pathway dysregulations observed in TCC development, there is a rational to test BEZ23 in advanced TCC. BEZ235 is a pan-class I PI3K inhibitor that, in addition, binds to the catalytic site of mTOR, inhibiting mTOR C1 and mTOR C2.

Eighty to 90% of SCCHN (squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck) patients in Taiwan were betel quid chewers. Thirty to 40% of them experienced mucositis World Health Organization (WHO) grade 3 from cisplatin/flurouracil (FU) in neoadjuvant chemotherapy setting. This was higher than the 8-11% reported in the Western populations and was related to oral submucous fibrosis from betel quid chewing.Severer toxicities, esp. mucositis, could be anticipated in patients of betel quid chewing treated by concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) with cisplatin/FU.PG2 Injection is proved to be safe for clinical use and is effective in stimulating the recovery of hematopoiesis and immunity from chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression. It also improved the Quality of Life, especially in fatigue, among advanced cancer patients. This study will be investigated the effect of PG2 Injection in relieving the adverse events of concurrent chemoradiotherapy, such as fatigue, myelosuppression, mucositis, body weight loss, and even the compliance of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in treatment of patients with advanced pharyngeal or laryngeal SCCHN.

The purpose of this study is to see how well the study drug, axitinib, helps control renal (kidney) cancer that has come back (recurrent) or spread (metastatic). Patients must have already been treated as a participant in a clinical trial with sunitinib, sorafenib, pazopanib or placebo (sugar pill) after their initial surgery. This study will examine the effect of adjuvant tyrosine kinase inhibition (TKI) therapy (sorafenib, sunitinib or pazopanib) on subsequent exposure to TKI with axitinib in the first-line recurrent or metastatic setting.