Active clinical trials for "Lung Neoplasms"

RATIONALE: Imaging procedures, such as positron emission tomography (PET), may improve the ability to detect the extent of non-small cell lung cancer. PURPOSE: Diagnostic trial to study the effectiveness of PET for detecting lesions in patients who have newly diagnosed stage I, stage II, or stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients who have melanoma or small cell lung, breast, testicular, or kidney cancer that is metastatic or that cannot be treated with surgery.

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development of cancer. Celecoxib may be effective in preventing lung cancer in tobacco smokers. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of celecoxib in preventing non-small cell lung cancer in tobacco smokers.

RATIONALE: Imaging procedures such as computed tomography may improve the ability to detect lung cancer earlier. PURPOSE: Screening and diagnostic study of computed tomography in women who are at risk for lung cancer.

RATIONALE: 13 Cis retinoic acid may prevent the development of cancer cells. PURPOSE: Randomized double-blinded phase II trial to study the effectiveness of 13-cis retinoic acid with or without vitamin E for chemoprevention or observation of cancer in persons at high risk of developing lung cancer.

The aim of EP0057 - 202 is to assess the safety and efficacy of EP0057 in combination with Olaparib (a PARP inhibitor) in two cancers where there is a high unmet need: extensive stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and ATM-negative gastric cancer (GC). EP0057-202 is a non-comparative, multi-arm, multi-centre, open label, Phase 2 study to determine the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of EP0057 in combination with olaparib (an approved PARP inhibitor) in defined patient populations with relapsed* GC and SCLC. *(see Eligibility Criteria for definition of "relapse" for each tumour type/population) The treatment cohorts will open sequentially at the Sponsor's discretion and patients may be enrolled into each cohort concurrently. EP0057 is an investigational nanoparticle-drug conjugate administered intravenously. The rationale for developing EP0057 is to enable selective entry of EP0057 into tumour tissue and as a result create preferential accumulation of EP0057, and therefore of the payload Camptothecin, to translate into maximum tumour cell killing.

The primary purpose of this study is to look at effects, good or bad, of combining two investigational anti-cancer drugs called MPDL3280A and CDX-1401. CDX-1401 is given in combination with a third agent, poly-ICLC, which is another investigational drug that is believed to work together with CDX-1401. All investigational drugs, MPDL3280A and CDX-1401 in conjunction with poly-ICLC, have been evaluated separately in prior studies; however, this is the first study assessing the combination therapy.

Lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United Kingdom, accounting for 22% of cancer deaths. The main treatments for lung cancer are surgery, radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy. Current methods, for assessing lung function in lung cancer patients i.e. spirometry and gas transfer are inadequate. We aim to develop a new technique capable of describing regional lung abnormality using hyperpolarized xenon gas MRI. The study will involve 50 patients diagnosed with lung cancer considered suitable for radical radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy. Participants will be offered hyperpolarized Xe129 MR at baseline, two weeks after commencement of radiotherapy schedules and four followup visits over one year posttreatment. Patients will undertake extensive study measures at baseline and followup visits, including chest CT scans, ventilation/perfusion nuclear medicine scans, gadolinium enhanced MRI scans, pulmonary function tests, breathlessness scores, radiotherapy induced lung toxicity assessments and exercise testing. Participation in these full tests takes a day, allowing patients time to rest between tests and allowing for a period of observation following the final hyperpolarized xenon scan. The investigators will correlate baseline hyperpolarized Xe129 MR imaging with spirometry and breathlessness scores to determine if tolerance for radiotherapy is better predicted by hyperpolarized Xe129 MR imaging. The investigators will evaluate changes in hyperpolarized Xe129 MR imaging before and after radiotherapy (RT) to determine if it provides better monitoring of response compared with spirometry. The study will take place at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals National Health Service Trust and will be funded by the National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. Hyperpolarized Xe129 MR imaging has the potential to inform individual suitability for radiotherapy schedules better than the investigations used currently. In addition, hyperpolarized Xe129 MR imaging has the potential for better monitoring of treatment response and improved detection of radiation induced lung injury, invaluable to treating patients with radiation induced injury.

Phase II study to determine progression free survival (PFS) of nab-paclitaxel administered in combination with gemcitabine, at two different dose combinations as first line therapy in patients with unresectable stage IIIB/stage IV non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

This study therefore aims to assess current treatment recommended by scientific societies [ 6-13 ] , brain MRI with injection of contrast for the diagnosis and monitoring of brain metastases . The recommended dose of this examination gadolinium is from 0.1 to 0.3 mmol / kg [ 14 ] . Sequences infusion different from one center to the other made : some use the infusion T1, other infusion T2 * . No recommendation establishes whether it is preferable to use one or the other of these sequences. No examination is added for the purposes of protocol. Indications for MRI and the number and timing of MRI checks under this protocol are consistent with what is done in practice . The used type of gadolinium and the injected dose will be identical for both sequences infusion . The assessment shall not in any case the contrast but the interpretation of the sequence itself. Special procedures monitoring implemented embodiment correspond to the two sequences instead of infusion (one of T1-weighted and T2 * in the other ) , in the original MRI and MRI of the first control , in order to compare their effectiveness