Active clinical trials for "Endometrial Neoplasms"

RATIONALE: Fondaparinux may help prevent blood clots from forming in patients who are undergoing surgery for gynecologic cancer. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well fondaparinux works in preventing blood clots in patients undergoing surgery for gynecologic cancer.

The purpose of this study of MCS110 with PDR001 was to characterize the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and antitumor activity of the combination of MCS110 with PDR001 in adult patients with solid tumors.

This phase II trial studies how well enzalutamide, carboplatin, and paclitaxel work in treating patients with endometrioid endometrial cancer that is stage III-IV or has come back. Androgens can cause the growth of endometrioid endometrial cancer. Antihormone therapy, such as enzalutamide may lessen the amount of androgen made by the body. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin and paclitaxel, 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. Giving enzalutamide, carboplatin, and paclitaxel may work better in treating patients with endometrioid endometrial cancer.

The overall goal of this proposal is to investigate the potential benefit of metformin as a novel therapy for the treatment of endometrial cancer. Investigators will evaluate the effect of short-term metformin treatment on the endometrium of obese women with endometrial cancer by comparing each patient's endometrial biopsy before treatment with metformin to their post-treatment hysterectomy specimen. Participants: Obese women who are to undergo surgical staging for endometrial cancer will also receive short-term treatment (1-4 weeks) with metformin that will continue until the day prior to surgical staging. The effect of metformin on proliferation, apoptosis and downstream signaling pathways will be compared between pre-treatment endometrial biopsies and post-treatment hysterectomy specimens. Tissue microarrays will be constructed and immunohistochemstry performed to evaluate proliferation, apoptosis and changes in critical signaling pathways mediated by metformin, and these findings will be correlated with our in vitro preclinical studies. Fresh tissue will also be obtained, and Western immunoblotting will be used to assess expression of the phosphorylated forms of the downstream targets of metformin. The hypothesis is that treatment with metformin will result in a decrease in proliferative markers and an increase in markers of apoptosis in the endometrial cancer tumors. AMPK phosphorylation and inhibition of critical downstream targets of the mTOR pathway will be seen in the post-treatment hysterectomy specimens. Metabolomic profiling will also be performed of tumors and associated biofluids (i.e. serum and urine) before and after treatment with metformin to identify potential biomarkers of response to this therapy.

[F-18] Fluorothymidine PET imaging will be used to create a radiation therapy treatment plan to avoid active bone marrow in the pelvis. This will be done to evaluate if sparing bone marrow will help maintain blood counts. This would impact chemotherapy administration.

This randomized phase I trial studies how well trametinib with or without GSK 2141795 (protein kinase B [Akt] inhibitor GSK2141795) works in treating patients with endometrial cancer that has come back (recurrent) or does not go to remission despite treatment (persistent). Trametinib and Akt inhibitor GSK2141795 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It is not yet known whether trametinib is a more effective treatment for endometrial cancer when given with or without ATK inhibitor GSK2141795.

The purpose of this study is to test the safety of the investigational drug, selinexor (KPT-330), in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy, where paclitaxel will be given at two different dosing schedules and selinexor will be given at two different dosing schedules. Carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy is a commonly used therapy for the treatment of advanced or recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, primary peritoneal, or endometrial cancer. The investigators want to find out what effects, good and/or bad, selinexor has on the patient and the cancer.

The purpose of this study was to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy when combining MK-3475 and INCB024360 in participants with certain cancers. This study was conducted in 2 phases, Phase 1 and Phase 2.

This is a preoperative window, phase 0 study of short-term atorvastatin treatment in obese women who are to undergo surgical staging for endometrial cancer.

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays and other types of radiation to kill tumor cells. Specialized radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying two different methods of radiation and their side effects and comparing how well they work in treating endometrial and cervical cancer after surgery.