Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma"

The drug ABR-217620/naptumomab estafenatox is a fusion of two proteins, one that recognizes tumor cells and one that triggers an attack on the tumor cells by activating some white blood cells belonging to the body's normal immune system. This results in an accumulation of white blood cells in the cancer that can fight the cancer. This study will compare the safety and effectiveness (assessed by tumor status and survival) of ABR-217620/naptumomab estafenatox when given with standard therapy IFN-alpha to IFN-alpha alone in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

The primary purpose of this protocol is to determine the effect of BMS-582664 on patients with hepatocellular carcinoma with varying levels of hepatic impairment

The present clinical trial is a dose comparison of a multi-component active immunotherapy designed to stimulate an immune reaction to specific tumor associated antigens which are highly expressed on a large number of solid cancers.

The purpose of this study is to test the safety of RAD-001 and Sunitinib given in combination for renal cell cancer. We also want to find out what effects (good and bad) the combination of RAD-001 and Sunitinib have on you and your tumor. RAD001 is a pill that works by shutting down some of the pathways in the cell that make tumors grow. Sunitinib is a pill that works by shutting off the signal in the cancer cells that tell the cells to grow blood vessels. Without this signal, the blood vessels to the tumors shrink down.

The aim of the study is to evaluate, after radiological progression, efficacy in patients treated with Sorafenib at a dose of 600 mg bid compared to that in patients treated with best supportive care. Primary efficacy objective is progression free survival from randomization.

This phase II trial studies the side effects and how well pazopanib hydrochloride works in treating patients with stage IV or recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer. Pazopanib hydrochloride may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor.

This phase 2 trial is evaluating the antineoplastic activity of tivozanib (AV-951) in treating patients with recurrent or metastatic renal cell cancer. Tivozanib (AV-951) is a VEGF-receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor.

The primary objective of this study is to explore the efficacy of BIBW 2992 compared with cetuximab (Erbitux) in patients with metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer after failure of platinum-containing therapy. In addition, the trial aims to clarify the influence of EGFR genotype on tumor response to the treatment regimens.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether ramucirumab is effective treatment in participants with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who have developed progressive disease or become intolerant to tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy.

The prognosis for patients with metastatic or locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is poor. The role of conventional systemic chemotherapy has been very limited because most chemotherapeutic agents are in-effective and relative toxic to HCC patients who tend to have poor organ function reserves due to liver cirrhosis. The molecular-targeted therapy, which aims at deranged signaling pathways of cancer cells or their microenvironment, holds promise for HCC. Sorafenib (BAY 43-9006), a novel bi-aryl urea, is a potent inhibitor of VEGFR2 and Raf kinase. The clinical activity of sorafenib in HCC has been tested in a phase II study (Bayer study 10874), which enrolled a total of 137 advanced HCC patients. There were 4% of documented partial response, 5% of minor response, and 55% of stable disease. The 6- month progression -free for the cohort was 40%. Currently, there are two on-going large-scale randomized trials of sorafenib in advanced HCC patients worldwide.