Active clinical trials for "Colorectal Neoplasms"

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective in treating patients who have undergone surgery for high-risk colorectal cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying chemotherapy given after surgery in treating patients with high-risk stage II or stage III colorectal cancer.

to evaluate the acceptability of CT-colonography compared to colonoscopy for the detection of advanced adenomas in subpopulations at high risk of colorectal.

The purpose of this study is to test how long participants with colorectal cancer live without progressive disease when being treated with IMC-1121B (ramucirumab) and the modified FOLFOX-6 chemotherapy.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of adecatumumab alone or following FOLFOX in patients with R0 resected liver metastases from CRC (colorectal carcinoma) and to compare the effect to FOLFOX alone.

This is a multicenter study designed to evaluate the response rate of S-1 plus Leucovorin (1 week on and 1 week off) as first -line treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

FC-6 is a Phase II, multi-center clinical trial for patients with unresectable, wild-type K-RAS, colorectal cancer with metastases confined to the liver. Liver metastases must be determined by FC-6 criteria to be unresectable, and the colorectal cancer (CRC) tumor (primary or metastatic) must be found to be wild-type K-RAS. Patients with mutant K-RAS tumors are ineligible. K-RAS testing can be done through the local hospital or a tumor sample can be submitted to the FC-6 central lab (Esoterix Clinical Trial Services). A primary aim of this study is to evaluate the surgical conversion rate using cytotoxic combination chemotherapy and biologic therapy with cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody targeted against the epidermal growth factor receptor. A second primary aim is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a chemotherapy/targeted therapy regimen in this patient population. Secondary aims include determination of clinical response rate, recurrence-free survival for patients undergoing complete resection and/or ablation of liver metastases, and overall survival.

OBJECTIVES: Primary Objectives 1.To evaluate the safety and feasibility of the sequential use of a DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) inhibitor (decitabine) with a targeted biological agent against EGFR (panitumumab) for KRAS wild type tumors in the second or third line treatment of advanced metastatic colorectal cancer. Secondary Objectives To examine re-expression or a reduction in promoter methylation in genes involved in tumor suppressor pathways known to be important in colorectal cancer (CRC) or involved in EGFR signaling pathway. Evaluate overall response (OR = CR +PR) according to RECIST criteria at 2, 4, and 6 cycles. Progression free survival, measured as the first evidence of tumor growth from the start of treatment will also be assessed. Measure CEA levels at the beginning of each cycle to examine if they correlate with treatment response or disease progression.

A Phase I/II study of an in-situ therapeutic cancer vaccine. Vaccines contain a source of antigen and and adjuvant. In this study the source of tumor antigen comes from the killing of a selected tumor by cryoablation (killing using extreme cold) and the adjuvant is intentionally mis-matched immune cells (AlloStim-TM) engineered to produce inflammatory cytokines.

The primary objective is to determine the dose of aflibercept to be further studied in combination with irinotecan/5-fluorouracil/isovorin (FOLFIRI) in Japanese patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Secondary objectives of this study are to assess the safety profile of aflibercept, to determine the pharmacokinetics of aflibercept, to make a preliminary assessment of antitumor effects.

This multi-center, open-label, non-randomized, non-placebo-controlled, Phase I study will define the safety profile and tumor response profile of the multi-kinase inhibitor BAY73-4506 as oral treatment in combination with the chemotherapy regimen mFOLFOX6 or FOLFIRI in patients with metastatic CRC. It will also determine the impact of the combined administration on the concentration of drugs over time (pharmacokinetics) of BAY73-4506, oxaliplatin, 5 FU, and irinotecan. This study will be conducted at approximately 5 - 8 study centers in Germany. Up to 60 patients will be enrolled into this study to ensute that at least 12 - 15 patients for each combination regimen can be evaluated for safety and pharmacokinetics. For this reason a minimum of 20 patients will receive mFOLFOX6 in combination with BAY73-4506 and at least 20 patients will receive FOLFIRI in combination with BAY73-4506.