Active clinical trials for "Neuroendocrine Tumors"

Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are rare and include a heterogeneous group of neoplasms derived from the endocrine system found in the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas and lung. Gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) NETs represent the majority of neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN) and the annual incidence of all GEP-NETs has been estimated to 6.98 per 100,000 person-years in 2012 and is steadily rising. While data on the incidence of metastatic GEP-NET is limited, more than 50% of patients with GEP-NET have metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. Incorrect and delayed diagnoses are still common. Treatment options include surgery, locoregional interventions, and systemic treatment. The Lyon Real world Evidence in Metastatic NeuroEndocrine Tumours study (LyREMeNET) is a descriptive observational cohort study. The main objective is to assess the healthcare resources use and the corresponding costs for management of patients with metastatic GEP and lung NETs. The secondary objective is to describe the clinical characteristics, prognostic factors, treatment patterns, and the overall survival among patients with metastatic GEP and lung NETs.

The biology of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors can change during the disease course. This evolution of disease can manifest through increases in tumor proliferation rate, resistance to medical therapy and/or a change in tumor hormone secretion. This study aims to characterize how the biology of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors change over time, measured by; patient symptoms, biochemistry, contrast enhanced computed tomography, FDG-PET and core needle biopsy with histopathological analysis (Ki67 index and tumor cell differentiation). Uptake on 18F-FDG-PET will be correlated directly to tumor cell proliferation rate. Fraction of patients with spatial heterogeneity in FDG uptake as well as metachronous changes in all collected data will be documented. Biomaterial from whole blood and core needle biopsies will be characterized on the molecular level, and those findings will be integrated to the above specified clinical parameters.

The purpose of this study is to determine if the measurement (with a standard nuclear camera) of radioactivity normally present in the nervous system of your heart at four hours after the injection of radioactive drug for your diagnostic I-123 MIBG scan is any different than radioactivity measured in your heart at one and/or two hours after your diagnostic scan injection. If equivalent information to the conventional 4 hr H/M ratio could be collected by obtaining H/M ratios at 1 or 2 hour windows, it would greatly facilitate patient acceptance of the procedure since the requirements for obtaining a valid H/M ratio would be considerably less time-consuming. One hour before being injected with the drug (I-123 MIBG) for your MIBG scan, you will be given a standard dose of non-radioactive iodine (Lugol's solution) to block your thyroid from receiving the small amount of radiation that is a normal part of the MIBG scan. You will then be injected with MIBG, and you will have 10 minute pictures of your chest at 15 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, and 4 hours in addition to the standard 24 hour pictures. These pictures will be taken in the Nuclear Medicine Section, Department of Radiology at Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner. The experimental (research) part of this study is having the extra 10-minute pictures of your chest at 15 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, and 4 hours. Normally, pictures are only taken 24 hours after the injection. Therefore the research is limited to the four extra pictures taken, and involve no additional injections or I-123 drug beyond that you will be receiving regardless of whether you are part of this research.

This study evaluates a range of endoscopic image enhancement techniques for assessing conditions involving the gastrointestinal tract. This study aims to determine: (i) the accuracy of different techniques to diagnose or grade severity of several gastrointestinal conditions (ii) if image-enhancement techniques could potentially replace investigations currently used in daily practice (e.g. biopsy) with a view to reduce costs and shorten the interval to initiate treatment

Neuroendocrine cancer remains a poorly known entity. Comprehensive treatment is multidisciplinary involving surgery, radiological and nuclear medicine, and medical. A national network for the management of sporadic and hereditary malignant neuro-ENdocrine Tumor (RENATEN) is in charged of coordinating this specific care. This is part of the French National Cancer INstitute (INCa) Rare Cancer Plan. The project is in the form of an analysis of elderly population (75 years or over) with a diagnosis of neuroendocrine cancer in the western part of the France (Brittany, Pays de Loire, Normandy, Center and a part of New Aquitaine areas) representing a population of more than 12 millions of inhabitants. Oncogeriatric evaluations, specialized meetings, ...would be analysed in order to improve the care of rare cancer patients.

Neuro-endocrine tumours (NET) are the most frequent tumours of the small intestine. In spite of their small size, these tumours have the particularity of forming mesenteric metastasis and ganglionic secondary lesions along the superior mesenteric axis, which is in close proximity to the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). Surgery is the only curative treatment. The complete resection being a factor for good patient prognosis, risks of subsequent local complications (occlusion, bleeding) must be discussed. The limiting factor for resectability is arterial vascular invasion considering the risk of postoperative small bowel syndrome. At the moment, the choice of imaging examination and its protocol is not standardized, nor the description of the tumoral mesenteric and ganglionic extension, especially the criteria defining a lymph node as lymphadenopathy. In addition, the complexity of SMA's anatomy and the absence of criteria for arterial invasion defining arterial invasion may lead to a misinterpretation of the preoperative imaging , and thus to an incomplete planning of the surgical procedure. To correct this absence of radiological standardization, the investigating team has developed a reading grid for Computed Tomography (CT) aimed to facilitate preoperative planning of small bowel NET. The main objective of the current study is to improve the semiotic description of the mesenteric and ganglionic tumoral extension of small intestine NET using a technically optimized imaging examination and a standardized reading grid in order to plan the best surgical procedure which would allow maintaining a minimal length of small intestine needed to yield a satisfying quality of life and nutritional status. The secondary objective of this study is to evaluate the reproducibility of the standardized scanner's reading grid.

More than 50% of intestinal NETs are metastatic at the time of diagnosis, the liver being the main affected organ in 50-90% of cases. Initial liver tumor burden and slope of the tumor growth rate are two major prognostic factors in patients with intestinal NETs, followed by tumor grade at pathology. They are used in routine practice by oncologists to adapt patient treatment. Unlike other tumors, most NETs metastases are slow-growing tumors. Previous studies have shown that approximately half of the patients diagnosed with liver metastases showed no progression over a period of 3 to 6 months. The aim of this non randomised retrospective cohort study is to investigate whether the volumetric monitoring of the total tumor burden compared to the RECIST 1.1 criteria (used in routine practice by radiologists) at baseline and early follow-up (3 to 6 months) is more suitable for NETs, making possible to predict the prognosis at the onset of the disease, and also allowing a better adaptation of the treatment. The secondary objectives are to evaluate if the initial volume of the liver tumor is a prognostic factor of time to progression, to correlate the initial liver tumor volume and the number of liver lesions to the blood concentration of Chromogranin A (CgA), the presence of extra-abdominal disease and to correlate the tumor growth rate (TGR) and KI 67 (%) at base-line.

This is a psychosocial screening application to usual care in a cohort of neuroendocrine tumor patients. The application involves monitoring using the NCCN Distress Thermometer(DT), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HADS), Self-Perceived Burden Scale(SPBS) and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale(CD-RISC). These assessments will be completed at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months and 24 months. Patients will have the option of filling out questionnaires more frequently if desired.

Investigator determined the factor of surgery associated with the survival of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.

The purpose of this study is to show the tumor free long term survival of patients with isolated non-resectable liver metastases of neuroendocrine tumors after neo-adjuvant radio receptor treatment and following liver transplantation.