Active clinical trials for "Lung Neoplasms"

This randomised, controlled, open-label, prospective trial is designed to assess the efficacy and safety of icotinib maintenance therapy after sequential Icotinib plus chemotherapy versus Icotinib maintenance therapy after chemotherapy in stage IIIB/IV non-small cell lung cancer patients with EGFR mutation.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate S1 capsule plus Cisplatin as adjuvant treatment in stageⅡ and Ⅲa non-small cell lung cancer. It is the first study in the world to investigate the safety and efficacy of S1 capsule using in stageⅡ and Ⅲa non-small cell lung cancer patients after the complete resection.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether sequential application of low-dose short-term sunitinib and chemotherapy is effective in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer after failure of conventional therapy. Safety of this regimen will also be evaluated.

This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of icotinib as adjuvant therapy in treating such patients. The primary endpoint is to compare the recurrence-free survival after 1-year or 2-year treatment with icotinib.

This phase I trial studies the best dose of radiation therapy in treating patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. Radiation therapy uses high energy x rays to kill tumor cells. Specialized radiation therapy, such as stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. SBRT has been shown to provide excellent results when used in early stage lung cancer, but has not yet been applied to patients with more advanced disease.

The overall objective of this proposal is to develop a non-invasive, inexpensive and accurate device that detects VOCs in exhaled breath for lung cancer screening. Toward this goal, the team will design and fabricate a biophotonic platform consists of arrays of silicon micro-ring resonator sensors coated with polymers with different organic functionalities, in which each sensor is widely responsive to a variety of VOCs for the detection of lung cancer by means of breath testing. The team will identify signature VOCs as lung cancer biomarkers by comparison VOC contents between alveolar gas that directly sampled from the nodule or mass and exhaled breath using gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry. The specific aims of this proposal are as followings: Aim 1: To develop a biophotonic platform for the detection of VOCs Aim 2: To achieve multiplex detection of VOCs with high sensitivity and specificity using a novel biophotonic device. Aim 3: To evaluate the device as a lung cancer screening tool by testing both healthy and lung cancer breath samples

RATIONAL: Preliminary results fron the Study MESOT-TREM-2012 indicate a promising activity of tremelimumab in malignant mesothelioma (MM) patients. PURPOSE: The proposed study MESOT-TREM-2012 aims to explore the efficacy of a more intensive schedule of treatment with tremelimumab in 29 MM patients. Subjects will receive investigational product every 4 weeks (wks) for 6 doses, followed by doses every 12 wks until confirmed disease progression.

Background: - Brain metastases are cancer cells that have spread to the brain from primary cancers in other organs. These tumors can be removed surgically. However, researchers are trying to find better ways to treat brain metastases. A new drug, GRN1005, has been designed to cross into the brain and deliver the cancer treatment drug paclitaxel to treat tumors. Researchers want to see how well GRN1005 works on brain metastases from breast or lung cancer. Objectives: - To test the safety and effectiveness of GRN1005 in treating brain metastases from breast or lung cancer. Eligibility: - Individuals at least 18 years of age who have breast or lung cancer that has spread to the brain. Design: Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine samples will be collected. Tumor tissue samples may also be collected. Imaging studies will also be performed. Participants who have breast cancer will be divided into two groups. Those whose cancer contains the HER2 protein will be treated with the drug Herceptin as well as GRN1005. Those without HER2 will have only GRN1005. Participants who have lung cancer will also have only GRN1005. All participants will have two doses of GRN1005, each 3 weeks apart. On the day the second dose of GRN1005 is given, participants will undergo surgery to remove the brain tumors. Treatment will be monitored with frequent blood tests and imaging studies.

Erlotinib with concurrent radiotherapy has superior efficacy and comparable safety profile in unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with activating mutation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in exon 19 or 21 versus etoposide plus cis-platin with concurrent radiotherapy.

RATIONALE: Sunitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor. It is not yet known whether sunitinib is effective in treating non-small cell lung cancer. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying sunitinib to see how well it works when given as maintenance therapy in treating patients with stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer which is previously treated with combination chemotherapy.