Active clinical trials for "Colorectal Neoplasms"

The objective of our PILOT study is to evaluate the impact of a controlled (monitored) randomized anesthesia during cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC to oxaliplatin in order to treat adenocarcinomas of colorectal origin. The combination of NOL monitoring, BIS monitoring and continuous hemodynamic monitoring (FloTrac EV1000 system) can improve patient safety by reducing the length of hospital stay by decreasing total hypnotic doses and intraoperative opioids and side effects following anesthesia.

Patients with advanced colorectal cancer often experience high levels of debilitating pain and pain-related psychological distress. Pain in cancer patients is typically treated with analgesics. There is growing agreement that non-pharmacological pain management strategies are needed to treat pain in advanced cancer patients. Recent evidence suggests Virtual Reality (VR) experiences can lead to reductions in acute pain; however, VR has not been tested in advanced cancer patients having persistent pain. VR could represent a valuable addition to our current armamentarium of treatments for persistent pain in palliative care patients. VR provides individuals with an immersive computer-generated environment that can reduce pain, tension and distress. The proposed study builds upon and extends preliminary research in healthy participants conducted by Luana Colloca, MD, PhD. Dr. Colloca is a consultant on this project and the proposed study would be the first to extend VR Blue to a clinical population and test its effects on clinical pain. The objective is to gather initial data on advanced colorectal cancer patients' immediate response to a single VR session. The investigators will examine feasibility, acceptability, safety, and impact of exposure to VR Blue on the clinical pain experience of advanced colorectal cancer patients. The study will collect data on pain, tension and distress pre-, midpoint, and post-VR. The investigators will also examine how pre- to post-VR changes in key cognitive variables (i.e., pain catastrophizing, pain self-efficacy) relate to VR-related changes in pain, tension and distress. The investigators will also collect qualitative data following participants' VR experience to better understand patients' preferences, thoughts and feelings about the VR experience. Data will be used to optimize VR Blue for future study, including developing an intervention to support a multi-session VR protocol for advanced colorectal cancer patients. The proposed study represents the first step in a program of clinical research that seeks to test the efficacy of VR in improving pain and pain-related symptoms in advanced colorectal cancer patients. In the proposed study, the investigators will collect quantitative and qualitative data on the impact of VR Blue on pain and pain-related outcomes in 20 advanced colorectal cancer patients.

This is a non-randomized, open-label, Phase II trial investigating axitinib as a single-agent maintenance therapy following standard first-line FOLFOX/bevacizumab therapy for patients with mCRC.

Laparoscopic technique and epidural anesthesia have been proposed to improve postoperative outcome following colorectal cancer surgery. The investigators hypothesize that the inflammatory response is attenuated by laparoscopic surgery and epidural anesthesia compared to traditional open surgery under general anesthesia.

Laparoscopic colon surgery has been performed widely. As a minimal invasive approach, single incision (Embryonic NOTES) colon surgery has been attempted. However, there are not sufficient evidences for single incision colon surgery in colon cancer. The investigators are researching the efficacy and safety of single incision laparoscopic sigmoidectomy in sigmoid colon cancer.

The primary objective is to determine the maximum tolerated dose/recommended phase II dose of the combination regimen of NK012 and 5-fluorouracil in patients with advanced solid tumors.

This is a study to evaluate the efficacy (effectiveness) and the safety of regorafenib when given in combination with chemotherapy mFOLFOX6 as first line therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). mFOLFOX6 is an approved chemotherapy. Regorafenib is an oral (i.e. taken by mouth) multi-targeted kinase inhibitor. A kinase inhibitor targets certain key proteins that are essential for the survival of the cancer cell. By specifically targeting these proteins, regorafenib may stop cancer growth. The growth of the tumor may be decreased by preventing these specific proteins from functioning. The primary endpoint (the most meaningful result to be tracked) of this study is based on the rate of response, i.e. the disease getting smaller. The aim is to show that the therapy of colorectal cancer with mFOLFOX6 in combination with regorafenib improves the response rate observed for the standard therapy only.

This phase I trial will use the combination of irinotecan and BKM120 in patients with advanced colorectal cancer who have failed on or have become intolerant of at least one line of therapy for advanced colorectal cancer and who are candidates for irinotecan therapy.

The purpose of this research study is for the participant to give their own T cells (a type of blood cell in the body that can fight infections and possibly cancer) to them after they have been removed, grown in a lab, and then coated with an experimental drug. This study will determine the highest dose of EGFR2Bi coated T cells that can be given without causing severe side effects. Initially a group of 3 participants will receive the same dose of study drug. If no serious side effects occur, the next group of participants will receive a slightly higher dose of study agent. The following groups of participants will receive higher doses of the study drug until a dose is reached where there are unacceptable side effects and maximum tolerated dose is found, or the planned highest dose level is reached with no side effects.

Chemotherapy Treatment alone with DNA damaging drugs might be as effective as chemotherapy combined with surgery in colorectal cancer (CRC) avoiding surgery complications.