Active clinical trials for "Colorectal Neoplasms"

The study will compare the diagnostic efficacy of the VCC (PillCam COLON 2) to standard colonoscopy in patients with prior colorectal surgery. The hypothesis is to validate the VCC as a means of screening for colonic polyps after resection, which would avoid a colonoscopy with its associated general anesthesia and potential side effects.

The purpose is to characterise the tolerability of Modufolin (arfolitixorin) in combination with 5-FU alone, in combination with 5-FU and Oxaliplatin, in combination with 5-FU and Irinotecan and in combination with 5-FU, Oxaliplatin and Bevacizumab. Another purpose is to investigate 4 doses of Modufolin to identify the best dose for further assessment.

This study will evaluate the safety and feasibility MRI tracking of a vaccine produced from a persons cancer cells injected intradermally once a day for 3 consecutive days. One of the daily doses will contain a chemical that can be detected by an MRI. That will be either the 1st or 3rd day of the 3 day course. On that day MRI scans will be performed 6 and 24 hours after the injection on that day. Patients may be able to receive booster doses every 1-2 months

The purpose of this study is to test the safety and determine the optimal dose of a new drug, OMP-21M18, when given in combination with FOLFIRI, a standard drug treatment for advanced colorectal cancer. Participants must not have had more than one chemotherapy regimen for their metastatic disease. OMP-21M18 is a humanized monoclonal antibody (a protein made in the laboratory) developed to target cancer stem cells. The way the body handles OMP-21M18 will also be investigated. Up to 32 participants, 21 years or older, at up to 6 centres in Australia and New Zealand, will receive intravenous infusions of OMP-21M18 followed by FOLFIRI every two weeks, until disease progression or limited by drug toxicity. After 8 weeks, participants will undergo assessments to determine their disease status. If there is no evidence of disease progression participants will continue to receive infusions of OMP-21M18 and FOLFIRI every second week, until disease progression.

This is a Phase I trial to study the safety of IMMU-130. IMMU-130 is composed of a drug attached to an antibody. The drug is the active ingredient in irinotecan which is a common chemotherapy drug used for colorectal cancer. Antibodies are proteins normally made by the immune system. They bind to substances that don't belong in the body to prevent harm to the body. The antibody in this study was designed to bind to a marker located on colorectal cancer tumors. The antibody was originally made from mouse proteins, but was changed in the laboratory to be more like human antibodies. This study will investigate how IMMU-130 acts for the treatment of colorectal cancer. The study is mainly being done to see if IMMU-130 is safe.

This is a Phase 1 dose-escalation study with three dose levels to determine the maximum tolerated dose of REOLYSIN® combined with FOLFIRI and bevacizumab.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination of mFOLFOX-6 plus cetuximab for 8 cycles followed by mFOLFOX-6 plus cetuximab or single agent (s/a) cetuximab as maintenance therapy in patients (pts) with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

The main objective is to compare resection rates (R0 or R1) for hepatic metastases in the experimental arm (tri chemotherapy plus targeted therapy) versus the control arm (bi chemotherapy plus targeted therapy); in both arms the targeted therapy is selected according to K-Ras status of the patient's tumor. The secondary objectives are to evaluate the objective response rate (CR and PR) after 4 cycles of treatment, according the RECIST V1.1 evaluation scale. the rate of complete remission (CR) at 6 months after the last study treatment (hepatic surgery or last chemotherapy cycle). the specific rates of resection R0, R1, R2. the complete pathological response Rate, the relapse-free survival rate in (R0 or R1) resected patients, the response duration in non-resected patients, the toxicity according to CTC AE V4 scale except for the neurotoxicity that will be evaluated with the Levi scale, the post operative complications using the DINDO classification, the progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). The objectives of the biological study are: to evaluate tumor-related predictive factors such as somatic mutations (KRAS, BRAF, TP53) and genetic amplification related factors (EGFR), to evaluate patient-related predictive factors in connection with genetic polymorphisms (Fc gamma and VEGF receptors), to evaluate ADCC activity via immunohistochemistry in order to analyze the lympho free and progression-free survival, to study circulating of tumor cells as prognostic factor for metastatic colorectal cancer, non- resectable at presentation.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as leucovorin calcium, fluorouracil, irinotecan hydrochloride, and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Giving bevacizumab together with combination chemotherapy may be a better way to block tumor growth. It is not yet known whether combination chemotherapy is more effective when given together with or without bevacizumab in treating patients with colorectal cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying the side effects of giving bevacizumab together with first-line chemotherapy and to see how well it works in treating older patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

The present study aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of the combination of capecitabine and gemcitabine in heavily pre-treated, treatment resistant metastatic colorectal cancer.