Active clinical trials for "Breast Neoplasms"

The purpose of this study is to find out what effects, administering infusions of AUY922 with hormonal therapy (letrozole) and oral targeted drug (lapatinib) will have on the patients with advanced breast cancer known as ER+ HER2 +.

In addition to the axillary lymph node, the internal mammary lymph node (IMLN) chain is also the first-echelon nodal drainage site for metastasis and provides important prognostic information in breast cancer patients. The internal mammary sentinel lymph node biopsy (IM-SLNB) provides a less invasive method of assessing the IMLN than surgical dissection. But the low visualization rate of IMSLN has been a restriction of IM-SLNB. This clinical trial is carried out to improve the visualization rate of IMSLN with modified techniques: (1) The radiotracer is injected intraparenchymally into 2~4 quadrants of breast. (2) The radiotracer is injected in a high volume. (3) The radiotracer should be injected under ultrasonographic guidance.

Aromatase inhibitors are the most effective adjuvant anti-hormonal therapy for estrogen receptor positive (ER+) post-menopausal breast cancer patients, with proven superiority over tamoxifen in terms of disease-free survival, time to recurrence, and contralateral breast cancer. However, approximately half of the women who take this drug will develop significant joint pains, termed Aromatase Inhibitor-Induced Arthralgia (AIA). Though this medicine should be taken for 5 years, the joint pain can be so troublesome that up to 13% may prematurely discontinue it because of the arthralgia, thus sacrificing their best chance of recurrence-free survival. Nonetheless, neither the etiology nor optimal management of AIA is clearly understood, leaving both doctor and patient rather frustrated. The investigators therefore propose to test the hypothesis that AIA can be effectively treated by a new clinical algorithm, and that effective treatment of the problem will lead to improved compliance with Aromatase Inhibitor (AI) therapy. The algorithm is a clinical pathway for treating AIA which incorporates, in a rational and step-wise manner, a series of interventions based on the available evidence. Interventions include acupuncture, pain medication, weight bearing exercise, and other commonly used therapies for AIA. The investigators will enroll 100 women who are beginning adjuvant AI therapy and assess each woman's baseline joint pains via a questionnaire as well as grip strength measurement. The investigators will then periodically repeat these tests during AI therapy in order to systematically quantify and characterize AIA. Those women who develop AIA during the course of the study will be placed on the clinical algorithm, and the investigators will observe whether their joint pains significantly improve (as measured by questionnaire and grip strength measurement) after institution of the algorithm. The investigators will also determine whether their compliance is improved compared to historical controls, and at least non-inferior to the women in the study who do not develop AIA. Finally, the investigators will measure serum estrogen level at baseline and then periodically during AI therapy to investigate whether more dramatic decline in estrogen level after initiation of an AI leads to significant AIA and earlier time to onset. This study targets a very common cause of pain among breast cancer survivors and aims to offer an effective treatment strategy to alleviate pain and improve quality of life as well as medication compliance.

This pilot clinical trial studies vorinostat before surgery in treating patients with triple-negative breast cancer. Vorinostat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving enzyme inhibitor therapy before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed

Women who are overweight or do not exercise are at higher risk for breast cancer after menopause. This study will test a new electronic device that measures the body's movement and works alongside a website to help women increase their physical activity level. If effective, this system could be tested in larger studies aiming to reduce breast cancer risk by reducing or preventing obesity.

The study will evaluate [68Ga]ABY-025 for PET imaging of HER2 expression in subjects with HER2-positive or HER2-negative breast cancer.

The primary objective of this investigation is to determine whether diets designed to increase plasma n3 concentrations (a low fat diet, with or without n3 fatty acid enrichment), will favorably affect sex hormone distribution in women in a direction associated with reduced risk of sex hormone-mediated cancer development. Specifically, we hypothesize that an increased concentration of circulating n3 fatty acids will reduce the biochemical markers associated with increased risk for developing certain sex hormone mediated cancers such as breast cancer

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the administration of the PhytoMed™ complement reduces CRP in women with histologically confirmed AJCC Stage 0-IIIA breast cancer which has been completely surgically resected and without evidence of disease as determined by their physician

This clinical trial studies positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) or PET/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in measuring tumors in patients undergoing clinical imaging or with newly diagnosed breast cancer. New diagnostic procedures, such as PET/CT or PET/MRI, may be more effective than MRI alone in measuring tumors in patients undergoing clinical imaging or with newly diagnosed breast cancer.

This phase II trial studies the effects of paclitaxel combined with phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor BKM120 in patients with stage II or III breast cancer that is described as estrogen receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2)-negative and endocrine therapy resistant. Drugs such as paclitaxel stop the growth of tumors by blocking cancer cell division. PI3K inhibitor BKM120 inhibits some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and may improve the response of endocrine resistant tumors to treatment. Giving paclitaxel and PI3K inhibitor BKM120 before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed.