Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma"

The goals of this clinical study are to learn about the safety, tolerability, dosing and effectiveness of the study drug, magrolimab in combination with other anticancer therapies in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

The purpose of this study is to explore the efficacy and safety of a combination of GP chemotherapy and tislelizumab in neoadjuvant therapy of locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.

This early phase I trial studies the direct effects on cancer cells of the drugs binimetinib and palbociclib, in patients with KRAS-positive lung, colorectal, or pancreatic cancer that can be removed by surgery (operable). Binimetinib and palbociclib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving binimetinib and palbociclib may halt the growth of cancer cells and improve access of the immune system cells, a patient's own cells that fight infection and cancer, into the tumor.

Metastatic lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide with a 5-year survival of less than 5%. With the approval of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) inhibitors in advanced lung cancer, such as pembrolizumab, there has been an improvement in overall response rates (ORR) and survival compared to chemotherapy. However, there is still a need for improvement in response rates in first-line treatments for patients with stage 4 NSCLC without genetically targetable alterations, especially in those patients with PDL-1 <50%. This trial is important because it seeks to discover whether the responses seen in first line treatments with PD-1 inhibitors + chemotherapy can be augmented with the addition of GM-CSF during the maintenance phase with pembrolizumab +/- pemetrexed.

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common malignancy in the world. Major hepatectomy (resection of > 3 liver segments) is needed if tumor is close to major blood vessels within liver. Despite low mortality, open major hepatectomy (OMH) is associated with high tumor recurrence rate, and short survival. Immunosuppression due to surgical stress and blood transfusion, and dissemination of tumor cells because of tumor manipulation all contribute to tumor recurrence. Laparoscopic major hepatectomy (LMH) is a newly developed minimally invasive technique for HCC. Apart from less wound problems and shorter recovery time than open surgery, LMH may have potential oncological benefits of prolonging survival. These could be related to the reduced intraoperative blood loss, less immunosuppression due to surgical stress, and less tumor manipulation. Hence, LMH could be a better treatment option than OMH for HCC. Objectives: To compare the long-term oncological outcome between laparoscopic and open major hepatectomy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma To achieve the comparison under the study design of multi-center randomized trial involving 5 high-volume centers in Asia-Pacific region Primary outcome is 2-year recurrence-free survival. Secondary outcome as intraoperative blood loss, blood transfusion, 30-day and hospital mortality, postoperative morbidities according Clavien-Dindo classification, hospital stay, quality of life, overall and recurrence-free survival rates up to 5 years after surgery To compare the perioperative changes in stress-related cytokines, which help to clarify the stress response and immunosuppression and their correlations with overall and recurrence-free survival rates Hypothesis: Laparoscopic major hepatectomy is associated with less surgical stress, less immunosuppression and thus less tumor recurrence and better survival than open major hepatectomy. Study design: This is an open-labelled prospective randomized trial involving 106 patients in each treatment arm (Total number of patients recruited: 212). The study will involve 5 surgery centers in Asia-Pacific region (2 centers in Hong Kong, 3 centers in Mainland China Foshan, Shanghai and Sichuan). Subjects: Patients with HCC undergone major hepatectomy. Recruitment centres involved: Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Surgery, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong Department of Surgery, West China Medical School of Sichuan University Department of Biliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital & Institute, Second Military Medical University Department of Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Foshan Intervention: Consented patient will be randomized 1:1 to one of the two treatment arms: Laparoscopic group: LMH Open group: OMH The randomization schedule will be generated by the Clinical Trials Centre (CTC) of principle investigator's center, prior to the start of the study. Main outcome measure: The primary objective is to test the hypothesis that LMH is associated with less surgical stress, less immunosuppression and thus less tumor recurrence and better survival than OMH. The primary outcome measure is 2-year recurrence-free survival. Data analysis: Statistical plan and data monitoring Statistical analysis will be performed using SPSS version 11.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Ill). The 2-year recurrence-free survival (primary outcome) will be evaluated by Kaplan-Meier method and compared by the log-rank test between studied groups. Expected results: The result of this study provides level 1 evidence on the best treatment option for HCC, which needs major hepatectomy. Such information will influence the evidence-based policy in professional practice in the management algorithm for HCC. Since postoperative complications and tumor recurrence are substantial after OMH, potential benefits of LMH tested in this study will help to alleviate these problems.

This phase II trial studies the effect of pemetrexed and pembrolizumab in treating patients with salivary gland cancer that has come back (recurrent) and/or has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Chemotherapy drugs, such as pemetrexed, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether pembrolizumab, an immunotherapy drug, in combination with the chemotherapy drug, pemetrexed, has an effect on advanced salivary gland cancer.

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and how well nivolumab, fluorouracil, and interferon alpha 2b work for the treatment of fibrolamellar cancer (liver cell cancer) that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as fluorouracil, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Interferon alpha 2b may help stimulate the immune system to fight cancer. Giving nivolumab, fluorouracil, and interferon alpha 2b may work better in treating unresectable fibrolamellar cancer compared to fluorouracil and interferon alpha 2b alone.

This is a prospective, open-labelled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of camrelizumab combined with apatinib mesylate in the induction treatment of patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma who were judged surgically unresectable or appropriate for non-surgical definitive therapy. The objective response rate (ORR) and safety will be evaluated as the primary endpoints, the 2-year overall survival (OS) rate and progression free survival (PFS) rate will be the second endpoints.

This phase I trial studies how well cemiplimab before and after surgery works in treating patients with high risk cutaneous squamous cell cancer. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as cemiplimab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving cemiplimab before surgery may improve risk of the cancer returning in patients with high risk cutaneous squamous cell cancer.

The investigational drug to be studied in this protocol, BCA101, is a first-in-class compound that targets both EGFR with TGFβ. Based on preclinical data, this bifunctional antibody may exert synergistic activity in patients with EGFR-driven tumors.