Active clinical trials for "Liver Neoplasms"

This study will determine whether lenalidomide has activity in patients with advanced liver cancer that have had growth of their cancer after sorafenib.

The purpose of this study is to determine the maximum tolerated dose and dose limiting toxicity of 5-FU in combination with Oxaliplatin delivered via isolated hepatic perfusion.

The purpose of this study is to provide supervised access to treatment with TheraSphere® to eligible patients with primary and metastatic cancer and evaluate response to treatment, survival and toxicity. The study has the following objectives: Provide supervised access to treatment with TheraSphere to eligible patients with primary and metastatic cancer to the liver. Evaluate patient experience and toxicities associated with TheraSphere treatment Evaluate predisposing factors that may influence results and toxicity

When colon or rectal cancer has spread to the liver, the cancer in the liver can sometimes be removed surgically. However, the cancer has a chance or reoccurring in the liver or elsewhere in the body. This study will determine if giving chemotherapy treatment before the surgery can reduce the chances that the cancer will come back.

This is a Phase III trial comparing hepatic intra-arterial injection of Yttrium-90 microspheres (selective internal radiation [SIR] spheres) versus infusional intravenous (IV) 5FU in colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver only and refractory to standard IV chemotherapy.

Studies have demonstrated that the rate of change in stroke volume variation (SVV) can be used to determine the volume of body fluids during major abdominal surgery. Anaesthesiologists can use SVV as a guide for the appropriate administration of intraoperative fluids to improve postoperative prognoses. Liver surgery is a major abdominal operation, and the amount of blood lost is typically higher than that during other general abdominal surgeries. Blood loss is positively correlated with the intraoperative fluid infusion volume, and greater blood loss is associated with more postoperative complications. Additionally, comorbid liver disease or cirrhosis can increase the complexity of liver tumour resection, causing difficulty in assessing intravascular volume and determining the appropriate intraoperative infusion volume.

This study has two purposes. One is to conduct a phase IV biomarker validation study in which the investigators will prospectively survey a cohort of patients at risk for liver cancer using semi-annual abdominal ultrasound and GALAD Score for 5 years. The GALAD score is a serum biomarker-based panel that can aid in early detection among patients with a high risk for liver cancer. One is to establish a bio-repository of longitudinally collected bio-specimens from patients with fibrosis/cirrhosis as a reference set for future research.

This pilot clinical trial studies positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) in finding beads after Yttrium-90 bead therapy in patients with primary liver cancer or cancer that has spread to the liver (metastatic) that can not be removed by surgery. Imaging procedures, such as PET/CT after Yttrium-90 bead therapy, may help see if the beads are present in the lung and compare the results with the pre-therapy imaging.

Synchronous colorectal cancer with liver metastases, defined as the diagnosis of a primary colorectal tumour and liver metastases within 12 months, is a common problem faced by colorectal and hepatobiliary surgeons.(Adam) The "traditional approach" is to perform staged resections unless the liver resection required is limited (i.e. small wedges of peripheral lesions). The downside of performing staged vs. simultaneous resections is that patients must undergo two major operations instead of one, which limits a patient's ability to return to their pre-surgical state of health in a timely fashion, increasing health care costs (Ejaz) and delaying the start of adjuvant chemotherapy. The disadvantages of a simultaneous approach include longer operating room times potentially increasing the major postoperative complication rate including blood transfusions, surgical site infections, anastomotic leaks and post-hepatectomy liver failure. Recent data from tertiary cancer centres suggest that simultaneous resection of the colon and rectum along with liver resection of any magnitude is feasible and safe.(Silberhumer) Although encouraging, this data comes from specific patients from a highly selected institution, results that are perhaps not generalizable. This proposal is a feasibility study consisting of a pilot single arm prospective study at two different large-volume Hepatobiliary Centres of patients with synchronous colorectal cancer with liver metastases undergoing simultaneous resection of the colon or rectum and liver to evaluate their complication rates (including the calculation of the comprehensive complication index), quality of life, cost evaluation, and proportion of eligible patients recruited over a 12-month period. The results of this pilot study will provide us with the information necessary to build a large multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing staged vs. simultaneous resection for synchronous colorectal cancer liver metastases.

MTC-DOX is Doxorubicin or DOX, a chemotherapy drug, that is adsorbed, or made to "stick", to magnetic beads (MTCs). MTCs are tiny, microscopic particles of iron and carbon. When DOX is added to MTCs, DOX attaches to the carbon part of the MTCs. MTC-DOX is directed to and deposited in the area of a tumor, where it is thought that it then "leaks" through the blood vessel walls. Once in the surrounding tissues, it is thought that Doxorubicin becomes "free from" the magnetic beads and will then be able to act against the tumor cells. The iron component of the particle has magnetic properties, making it possible to direct MTC-DOX to specific tumor sites in the liver by placing a magnet on the body surface. It is hoped that MTC-DOX used with the magnet may target the chemotherapy drug directly to liver tumors and provide a treatment to patients with cancers that have spread to the liver.