Active clinical trials for "Breast Neoplasms"

This is a phase II study to assess the efficacy of Aminoflavone prodrug in triple negative and ER+ breast cancer.

The primary objective of this study is to assess whether a combination of chemotherapy, Trastuzumab and RAD001 will result in no evidence of microscopic disease at the time of surgery in 50% of enrolled patients.

This is a pilot study of a specifically designed exercise intervention developed for breast cancer patients with aromatase-inhibitor related joint pain.

This is a phase II Trial of MK-2206 in combination with Endocrine Therapy in patients with Hormone Receptor Breast Cancer. After the maximum tolerated dose is determined in the phase 1b trial (under a separate NCT number), efficacy will be evaluated among 17 patients.

The biological response to treatment with tamoxifen in the preoperative situation is studying in this protocol. This study will enrolls patients with non-metastatic breast cancer HR +. The relationship between the CYP2D6 polymorphism, pharmacokinetics and biological efficacy of TAM will be studied.

This study is designed to gather information on how the prescription drug Lovaza™ which contains omega-3 fatty acids, affects blood and tissue risk biomarkers for breast cancer. This drug is currently approved by the FDA for reducing blood levels of triglycerides.

Metformin is a medication that is commonly used in the treatment of diabetes. Recently small studies in cancer patients without diabetes suggest that metformin may benefit in lowering insulin levels. In those studies of patients with cancer but not diabetes, glucose (or sugar) levels in the blood are generally no lowered. Insulin and insulin-like growth factors affect the growth of cancer cells. This randomized study will compare different interventions; exercise, exercise and metformin, metformin alone, or a control arm. The investigators are not directly testing how either exercise or metformin affects your disease. The investigators are testing how they affect insulin levels in your body as well as other blood markers. The investigators believe that these blood tests may either be related to cancer recurrences or be an early sign of cancer recurrences and they are testing how both exercise and metformin may change those markers.

The principal morbidity following axillary node dissection within the scope of breast cancer surgery is the post-operative development of lymphocele. According to the literature, incidence can vary from 4 to 89% depending on the type of surgery, whether or not a drain is inserted or a compression dressing applied and the time at which the drain is removed… In our experience, the incidence is 40% [IGR (Gustave Roussy Institute) data focusing on 70 patients between November 2008 and February 2009] Encouraging results in terms of reducing postoperative lymphoceles as well as drainage duration and volume using Octreotide have been recorded in two recent studies. A new molecule developed by Novartis Laboratories, namely pasireotide, is a somatostatin analog possessing strong affinity for several somatostatin receptors (30 to 40 times greater for sst1 and sst5, 5 times greater for sst3 and equivalent for sst2) The purpose of this trial is to assess the efficacy of a pre-surgical injection of pasireotide LAR in reducing the postoperative incidence of symptomatic lymphoceles following axillary node dissection. The secondary objectives are to assess the efficacy of prolonged release pasireotide on the duration of postoperative drainage, the daily drainage volume, the total drainage volume, the number of repeated lymphocele aspirations and the volume, the total volume of lymph aspirated, the incidence of postoperative febrile episodes, the length of hospital stay, and the length of time to onset of adjuvant chemotherapy. It is also to assess the safety of prolonged release pasireotide. The primary objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of a preoperative prolonged release pasireotide injection in the reduction in the incidence of symptomatic, postoperative axillary lymphoceles following mastectomy-axillary node dissection.

To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and safety of using a molecular breast imaging (MBI) Gamma Camera in women at high risk of developing breast cancer

Data from this pivotal clinical trial will be used to support a marketing application (i.e., NDA) of Navidea's Lymphoseek for use in anatomical delineation of lymphoid tissue (nodes) in the lymphatic pathway draining the primary site of a tumor. Multicenter, open-label, within-patient comparative study of Lymphoseek and vital blue dye in the detection of excised lymph nodes in patients with known melanoma and breast cancer. All patients will receive a single dose of 50 µg Lymphoseek radiolabeled with 0.5 or 2.0 mCi Tc 99m and vital blue dye.