Active clinical trials for "Neoplasm Metastasis"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of an investigational agent, P10s-PADRE, a peptide mimotope-based vaccine in subjects with metastatic cancer.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a mobile health educational intervention for Human PapillomaVirus (HPV) Vaccination promotion and cervical cancer screening in Primary Care settings is a feasible behavioral intervention to integrate as a primary and secondary cervical cancer prevention approach.Study Design: The investigators will conduct an open feasibility proof-of-concept trial using a single experimental group with all subjects receiving the behavioral intervention being studied. Outcome measures. The primary outcome of interest is receipt of the first dose and completion of the three-dose series of HPV vaccine within 6 month of intervention, this will be evaluated by Electronic medical review review.

Background: A cancer treatment has been developed called "gene transfer" or "gene therapy." It involves taking white blood cells from a person (called apheresis), genetically modifying the cells in a lab to recognize cancer, and then giving the cells back to the person. Researchers want to see if this treatment can help people with metastatic squamous cell anal cancer. Objective: To see if treating cancer with a person s own white blood cells that have been genetically modified can cause tumors to shrink. Eligibility: People who have metastatic squamous cell anal cancer for which standard treatments have not worked. Design: Participants will have had a tumor biopsy and apheresis to collect white blood cells under a separate protocol. Participants will stay at the hospital for 3 to 4 weeks. They will have an intravenous (IV) catheter placed in a large vein in the upper chest. Participants will get chemotherapy drugs (fludarabine and cyclophosphamide), the cell infusion, and aldesleukin through the IV. Pembrolizumab is given before and for three doses given every three weeks after the cell infusion. Aldesleukin will help the cells grow. Participants will take an antibiotic, antiviral, and antifungal by mouth. They will get an injection of filgrastim. It will stimulate the formation of white blood cells. Participants will have blood and urine tests. They will have physical exams. Their symptoms will be reviewed. They will have imaging scans. About 6 and 12 weeks after they finish treatment, participants will have safety follow-up visits. These visits will take 1 to 2 days. Participants will return to the Clinical Center every 3 to 6 months for 3 years, and then as determined by their doctor. They will be followed long term for up to 15 years on a separate study.

Background: About one-third to one-half of all people dying of extrathoracic malignant diseases have cancer that has spread to the lungs. Surgery may help some people. But most people with pulmonary metastases do not survive long. Researchers want to see if a combination of drugs can help. Objective: To find a safe dose of Azacytidine, when taken as a fine mist that is inhaled (aerosolized Azacytidine), together with Bintrafusp Alfa to treat cancers that have spread to the lungs. Eligibility: Adults ages 18 and older who have cancer that has spread to the lungs, cannot be cured with surgery, and has not responded to standard treatments. Design: Participants will get Azacytidine by breathing treatments once a day for 3 days each week, for 3 weeks. The 3-week period is 1 cycle. Each course of treatment is 3 cycles. Once per cycle, participants will get Bintrafusp Alfa via IV. An IV is a small tube that is put into an arm vein. Participants will keep a diary of any side effects. Participants can take the study drugs for as long as they can continue treatment. Participants will have medical histories and physical exams. They will give blood, urine, and lung lining fluid samples. Tumor samples will be taken via bronchoscopy. They will have lung function tests. Participants will have an imaging scan that shows how spray particles move in their airway when they inhale. They will have tumor imaging scans of the chest and brain. Participants will have a follow-up visit 30 days after they stop treatment....

This trial is a randomized, 2-arm, phase II study to determine the effect, if any, of the timing of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) relative to immune checkpoint inhibitor (IO) therapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that has spread (metastasized) to the brain.

Background: Breast cancer ranks first among cancer types seen in women in our country and all over the world, and second after lung cancer in cancer-related deaths. Despite the recent increase in its incidence, mortality has decreased due to early diagnosis and advances in neoadjuvant therapy. Classically, lymph node status, tumor size, histological type and grade, age, and ethnicity are prognostic factors for this type of cancer. Bone marrow activation results from malignancies and inflammation. Tumor-related inflammation has gained importance in each stage of tumorigenesis. Host-dependent systemic inflammatory response has been found to be effective in carcinogenesis, tumor development and progression. Inadequately controlled or uncontrolled inflammatory activity may be responsible for malignant transformation. Inflammatory cell stimulation occurs in lymph node metastasis and distant organ metastases like primary tumor.As the cornerstone of the adaptive immune system, lymphocytes inhibit tumor cell proliferation, migration and destroy metastatic lesions. Monocyte-macrophages inhibit angiogenesis, tumor growth and distant spread. On the other hand, tumor-induced neutrophils can accelerate tumor metastasis. Many studies have examined the relationship between the ratios between different cell types, such as the platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), with malignant tumors(4,10).Apart from these, mean platelet volume (MPV), which can be automatically studied in routine blood counts and shows platelet activation, has been used to show tumor activity in breast, stomach, colon and ovarian cancers. Recent studies have identified the delta neutrophil index (DNI), which indicates the percentage of immature granulocytes (IG) in peripheral blood due to increased bone marrow activation in inflammatory conditions.It is based on counting granulocyte precursor cells under microscope. With the technological developments,IG count and DNI can be automatically evaluated from complete blood count parameters in automated systems. In this study,the investigators aimed to determine the diagnostic value of preoperative IG number and DNI level before clinical detection of axillary lymph node metastasis, which plays an important role in the prognosis of breast cancer, and to compare these parameters with other routine inflammation markers such as white blood cell count (WBC), MPV, NLR and PLR. Material - Methods:Patients who were older than eighteen and operated for breast pathology in Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University,Department of General Surgery between February 2015 and February 2020 were evaluated retrospectively.Patient data were obtained from patient epicrisis forms and preoperative laboratory and postoperative pathology results recorded in the computer system.Demographic data of the patients,routine blood tests,preoperative imaging methods, preoperative tumor size,presence of axillary lymph node metastasis and distant organ metastasis,presence of pathological axillary lymph node metastasis in the postoperative period were evaluated. In the preoperative period, patients without axillary metastases and who did not receive neoadjuvant treatment were examined by dividing them into two groups as pathologically non-metastatic(Group NM) and metastasized(Group M) in axillary lymph node sampling. White blood cell(WBC)count,neutrophil count,lymphocyte count,platelet count,mean platelet volume(MPV),IG count and DNI(IG percentage)were measured using an automated hematological analyzer from blood samples obtained at the preoperative previous month of surgery.Neutrophil to lymhpocyte ratio(NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio(PLR) were manually calculated from the complete blood cell results.

The aim of this study is to assess pain response after combining stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and pedicle screw fixation in a 48-hour window for the treatment of painful unstable metastases of the thoracic and/or lumbar spine.

The goal of this phase 1 open label clinical trial is to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of CodaLytic, an intratumorally-administered oncolytic virus, in patients with metastatic or otherwise inoperable breast cancer. The main questions it aims to answer are: How safe is CodaLytic when administered in escalating dosing groups into targeted lesions? What is the impact of CodaLytic on lesion response and disease progression? Eligible participants will be enrolled into four (4) escalating dose groups and treated with Codalytic through injection into a selected lesion(s) over twelve (12) weeks and then followed for up to one (1) year after the first dose. A safety committee will review the safety profile of each dosing group before the next dose-escalation. Study procedures will include physical examinations, injection site assessments, biopsies, imaging, and collection of blood/urine to assess safety, the body's immune response, and efficacy.

This will be a phase II trial testing if the combination of SBRT and L19-IL2 improves the progression free survival in patients with limited metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Treatment will be divided in two cohorts: patients eligible for ablative stereotactic body radiotherapy to all metastatic sites (treatment with curative intent) and patients not eligible for stereotactic body radiotherapy to all sites (life prolongation).

Genetic mutations associated with cancer are being discovered and new treatments are being created to treat people whose cancer tumors have certain genetic mutations. Genetic sequencing of a tumor can be done, and in this study that information is sent to a company called "N-of-One." They will match each patient's tumor's genetic profile to targeted therapies. The targeted therapies may be use of FDA-approved drugs, off-label use of FDA-approved drugs, or use of experimental drugs in clinical research studies open at various locations in the region. The purpose of the study is to compare the length of time it takes for a tumor to grow in people who receive the standard treatment for metastatic cancer to the length of time it takes for a tumor to grow in people who receive a drug specifically targeted for their cancer's genetic mutation. Investigators will do a kind of genetic testing called "DNA sequencing". Everyone who takes part in this trial will have genetic testing done on their cancer tumor tissue here at Dartmouth. The results of the DNA sequencing will be sent to N-of-One as noted above. The treatment participants get will depend on the results of the DNA sequencing and the availability of targeted therapies that match the genetic profile of the tumor identified by the DNA sequencing. If there is no genetic mutation that can be identified with current DNA sequencing, participants will receive the standard treatment for metastatic cancer. If there is a genetic mutation that can be identified with current DNA sequencing and a drug has been developed for this mutation, participants may be able to receive that drug. If there is more than one drug available, the participant and his/her oncologist will decide which is the best one for the participant. Because there are many drugs that may be used in this study, the investigator cannot advise in advance whether or not the drug a participant might receive has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).