Active clinical trials for "Neoplasm Metastasis"

Secondary hyperparathyroidism can persist following successful renal transplantation and can cause high blood calcium, kidney dysfunction or failure and excessive bone loss among other problems. If the condition does not resolve, surgery is frequently required to remove the parathyroid glands, with all the inherent risks of surgery. Cinacalcet, a medicine used to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with kidney disease, may be effective in treating this condition in the renal transplant recipient. We will study the effect of cinacalcet on calcium, bone and renal function in a 6 month treatment protocol.

The objective of this trial is to assess the efficacy and safety of loading doses versus standard dose of intravenous Bondronat in reducing pain in patients with lung cancer and bone metastatic disease.

The primary aim of this study is to investigate whether the addition of the new anti-cancer drug bevacizumab (Avastin) to the combination of the chemotherapeutic agents capecitabine (Xeloda) and oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) reduces (slows down) the recurrence of metastatic disease after a radical resection of liver metastases in patients with colorectal cancer.

The surgical strategy for the treatment of synchronous colorectal cancer liver metastases has not still been defined. The purpose of this study is to compare two treatment strategies in which liver resection is performed either during, or 12 to 14 weeks after the primary resection. Endpoints include the rate of severe complications and survival.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread by blocking blood flow. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Radiofrequency ablation uses high-frequency electric current to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known if chemotherapy is more effective with or without radiofrequency ablation in treating liver metastases. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying combination chemotherapy, bevacizumab, and radiofrequency ablation to see how well they work compared to combination chemotherapy and bevacizumab alone in treating unresectable liver metastases in patients with colorectal cancer.

The primary purpose of the study is to evaluate if motexafin gadolinium with whole brain radiation therapy followed by a stereotactic radiosurgery boost is a safe and effective treatment.

The main purpose of this research study is to see if the study drug, named CP-724,714, can help in the treatment of certain breast cancers that have spread to other locations in the body. Other goals of this study are to measure how long it may take for the cancer to get worse (progress), to see if there are any side effects from the study drug, to check the amount of study drug in the blood at different times, and to check to see if there is any relationship between certain blood tests and how patients may respond to the study drug. About 25 subjects at 4 sites (hospitals and clinics) in Bulgaria and Russia will be involved in the trial. Participation in this study can last up to 48 weeks, depending on the participant's toleration of the study drug and the response of her tumor(s) to the study drug. All participants will receive CP-724,714, at a daily dose of 250 mg (4 pills) every 12 hours.

The aim of the study is to determine whether the use of the CEST sequence would have diagnostic performance equivalent to the reference method of T2* infusion with contrast injection in the diagnosis of radionecrosis of lung cancer brain metastases.

This is a correlative study to characterize serum metabolites associated with bone deposition, growth and turnover in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic CRPC who are not currently receiving bone targeting agents.

This study evaluates the impact of essential oils massage on anxiety of patients who are suffering from cancer at a metastasis stage. Half of patients will be massaged first by essential oils and then by oil only. The other half will be massaged first by oil and then by essential oils.