Active clinical trials for "Chordoma"

Thanks to the intrinsic qualities of the proton beam, proton therapy will reduce adverse effects of irradiation. The Proteus®One is the latest generation of proton therapy equipment, enabling the Centre Antoine Lacassagne to expand its range of treatments by carrying out new proton therapy treatments. It has an innovative compact isocentric rotating head (Gantry) that allows the radiation beam to be directed at different angles around the patient. In some cases, two beams are used to treat tumours, and by convention, both beams are delivered during the same session. However, it is necessary to position the patient before each beam, which is time-consuming because 2 beams have to be positioned very precisely each day. The aim of this study is therefore to assess the toxicity of proton therapy delivered by a single daily beam compared with proton therapy delivered by two daily beams, which is the conventional technique.

This phase I trial studies the side effects of nivolumab with or without stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in treating patients with chordoma that has come back or spread from where it started to other places in the body. Monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Stereotactic radiosurgery is a specialized radiation therapy that delivers a single, high dose of radiation directly to the tumor and may cause less damage to normal tissue. It is not yet known whether giving nivolumab with or without stereotactic radiosurgery may work better in treating patients with chordoma.

This phase II trial studies how well nivolumab and relatlimab work in treating participants with chordoma that has spread to other places in the body. Monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab and relatlimab, may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread.

This study will include participants with various types of cancer known as soft-tissue sarcomas. Tissues that can be affected by soft tissue sarcomas include fat, muscle, blood vessels, deep skin tissues, tendons and ligaments. Soft tissue cancers are rare and can occur almost anywhere in the body. Part 1 of this trial will study the safety and the level that adverse effects of the study drug tazemetostat in combination with doxorubicin (current front line treatment) can be tolerated (known as tolerability). It is also designed to establish a recommended study drug dosage for the next part of the study. Part 2 will evaluate and compare how long participants live without their disease getting worse when receiving the study drug plus doxorubicin versus doxorubicin plus placebo (dummy treatment).

Improved local control of chordoma initially treated with surgery or not, thanks to adjuvant radiotherapy oriented by conventional imaging Computed Tomography /Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CT / MRI) and guided by the [18Fluor] ([18F]) Fluoroazomycin Arabinofuranoside (FAZA) Positron Emission Tomography / Computed Tomography (PET / CT) to target the radioresistant hypoxic cells.

There are two types of external radiation treatments; proton beam and photon beam radiation. What type of therapy participants will receive will depend upon the location of their tumor. Standard treatment would involve receiving either proton or photon radiation delivered by a three dimensional (3-D) conformal radiation technique. 3-D conformal radiation therapy is a technique where the beams of radiation used in the treatment are shaped to match the tumor in order to avoid damaging the healthy surrounding tissue. Standard treatment also may include photon radiation delivered by intensity modulated (IMRT) technique. In this research study we are using an investigational technique to deliver proton radiation therapy called intensity modulated proton radiation treatment (IMPT) which is used to target cancer while sparing healthy tissue. With IMPT (and standard IMRT), radiation intensity can be turned down during the treatment. This control over the intensity of the radiation dose has the potential to provide accuracy and allows us to more safely increase the amount of radiation delivered to the tumor. This accuracy may potentially reduce side effects that patients would normally experience with 3-D proton radiation therapy. Surgery is often an important component of the treatment for these tumors and may be integrated with the IMPT.

The objectives of this study are 1) To evaluate the feasibility and acute side effects of proton therapy for chordomas and chondrosarcomas and 2) To evaluate clinical outcomes and long term side effects of proton beam radiation for treatment of chordomas and chondrosarcomas.

This phase II trial studies nivolumab and ipilimumab in treating patients with rare tumors. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab and ipilimumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. This trial enrolls participants for the following cohorts based on condition: Epithelial tumors of nasal cavity, sinuses, nasopharynx: A) Squamous cell carcinoma with variants of nasal cavity, sinuses, and nasopharynx and trachea (excluding laryngeal, nasopharyngeal cancer [NPC], and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck [SCCHN]) B) Adenocarcinoma and variants of nasal cavity, sinuses, and nasopharynx (closed to accrual 07/27/2018) Epithelial tumors of major salivary glands (closed to accrual 03/20/2018) Salivary gland type tumors of head and neck, lip, esophagus, stomach, trachea and lung, breast and other location (closed to accrual) Undifferentiated carcinoma of gastrointestinal (GI) tract Adenocarcinoma with variants of small intestine (closed to accrual 05/10/2018) Squamous cell carcinoma with variants of GI tract (stomach small intestine, colon, rectum, pancreas) (closed to accrual 10/17/2018) Fibromixoma and low grade mucinous adenocarcinoma (pseudomixoma peritonei) of the appendix and ovary (closed to accrual 03/20/2018) Rare pancreatic tumors including acinar cell carcinoma, mucinous cystadenocarcinoma or serous cystadenocarcinoma. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is not eligible (closed to accrual) Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (closed to accrual 03/20/2018) Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and bile duct tumors (closed to accrual 03/20/2018) Sarcomatoid carcinoma of lung Bronchoalveolar carcinoma lung. This condition is now also referred to as adenocarcinoma in situ, minimally invasive adenocarcinoma, lepidic predominant adenocarcinoma, or invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma Non-epithelial tumors of the ovary: A) Germ cell tumor of ovary B) Mullerian mixed tumor and adenosarcoma (closed to accrual 03/30/2018) Trophoblastic tumor: A) Choriocarcinoma (closed to accrual) Transitional cell carcinoma other than that of the renal, pelvis, ureter, or bladder (closed to accrual) Cell tumor of the testes and extragonadal germ tumors: A) Seminoma and testicular sex cord cancer B) Non seminomatous tumor C) Teratoma with malignant transformation (closed to accrual) Epithelial tumors of penis - squamous adenocarcinoma cell carcinoma with variants of penis (closed to accrual) Squamous cell carcinoma variants of the genitourinary (GU) system Spindle cell carcinoma of kidney, pelvis, ureter Adenocarcinoma with variants of GU system (excluding prostate cancer) (closed to accrual 07/27/2018) Odontogenic malignant tumors Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET) (formerly named: Endocrine carcinoma of pancreas and digestive tract.) (closed to accrual) Neuroendocrine carcinoma including carcinoid of the lung (closed to accrual 12/19/2017) Pheochromocytoma, malignant (closed to accrual) Paraganglioma (closed to accrual 11/29/2018) Carcinomas of pituitary gland, thyroid gland parathyroid gland and adrenal cortex (closed to accrual) Desmoid tumors Peripheral nerve sheath tumors and NF1-related tumors (closed to accrual 09/19/2018) Malignant giant cell tumors Chordoma (closed to accrual 11/29/2018) Adrenal cortical tumors (closed to accrual 06/27/2018) Tumor of unknown primary (Cancer of Unknown Primary; CuP) (closed to accrual 12/22/2017) Not Otherwise Categorized (NOC) Rare Tumors [To obtain permission to enroll in the NOC cohort, contact: S1609SC@swog.org] (closed to accrual 03/15/2019) Adenoid cystic carcinoma (closed to accrual 02/06/2018) Vulvar cancer (closed to accrual) MetaPLASTIC carcinoma (of the breast) (closed to accrual) Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) (closed to accrual 09/26/2018) Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) Apocrine tumors/extramammary Paget's disease (closed to accrual) Peritoneal mesothelioma Basal cell carcinoma (temporarily closed to accrual 04/29/2020) Clear cell cervical cancer Esthenioneuroblastoma (closed to accrual) Endometrial carcinosarcoma (malignant mixed Mullerian tumors) (closed to accrual) Clear cell endometrial cancer Clear cell ovarian cancer (closed to accrual) Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) Gallbladder cancer Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type PD-L1 amplified tumors Angiosarcoma High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma (pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor [PNET] should be enrolled in Cohort 22; prostatic neuroendocrine carcinomas should be enrolled into Cohort 53). Small cell lung cancer is not eligible (closed to accrual) Treatment-emergent small-cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer (t-SCNC)

The purpose of this "first-in-human" study of FAZ053 is to characterize the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD) and antitumor activity of FAZ053 administered Intravenously (i.v.)as a single agent or in combination with PDR001 in adult patients with advanced solid tumors. By blocking the interaction between Programmed Death Ligand-1 (PD-L1) and its receptors, Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) and B7.1, FAZ053 inhibits the PD-L1 immune checkpoint, resulting in activation of an antitumor immune response by activating effector T-cells and inhibiting regulatory T-cells. This study has been designed as a Phase I, open-label, multi-center study with a dose escalation part of FAZ053 as single agent and in combination with PDR001, followed by a dose expansion part of FAZ053 as single agent. FAZ053 will initially be dosed every three weeks. A less frequent dosing regimen such as every 6 weeks may be evaluated in parallel. A patient may continue treatment with FAZ053 single agent or in combination with PDR001 until the patient experiences unacceptable toxicity, confirmed disease progression per immune related Response Criteria and/or treatment is discontinued at the discretion of the investigator or the patient.

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if proton beam therapy, with or without photon beam radiation therapy, is effective in the treatment of skull base chordoma. The safety of this treatment will also be studied.