Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung"

According to the recent report using EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKI), there is all over survival of the EGFR gene mutation-positive NSCLC in a tendency to extension. However, the real situation and the reason are not clarified.This observational study collects the data of EGFR gene mutation-positive NSCLC approximately 2,000 from the medical record of approximately 20 facilities in Japan and observes the treatment reality of EGFR gene mutation-positive NSCLC.

This is an epidemiological,multicenter study of genomic and expression profiles of patients with newly diagnosed NSCLC.Two hundred and fifty NSCLC patients who fulfill the criteria are to be recruited by investigational sites.Approximately 100 of them will be from retrospectively collected samples with detailed clinical and 2-year follow-up information after surgeries.The demographics,cancer/adjacent normal tissue and matched blood sample will be collected after the patient had provided informed consent.All tissue samples will be analyzed for somatic mutations by exome deep sequencing,mRNA expression profiling by RNA sequencing and chromosome copy number variation by SNP array at the designated laboratories.

There are preliminary data suggesting that patients suffering from non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, treated with metformin, have improved local tumor control. A reduction in the tumor's hypoxia may be responsible for this phenomenon. Therefore, the aim of this study is to test the hypothesis in three cohorts of patients suffering from advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer and all undergoing concurrent radiochemotherapy: 1. Patients with diabetes mellitus treated with metformin only; 2. Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus not treated with metformin; 3. The remaining patients serving as controls. Furthermore, tumor and treatment-related parameters will be correlated with overall survival and morbidity.

This study aims to collect real world outcomes of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) for lung cancer (lobectomy, wedge resection) using ECHELON FLEX™ Powered ENDOPATH® Staplers 45 mm and/or 60 mm (study devices).

In recent years, it has become clear, that also in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a group of patients with less than 5 distant metastases may experience long-term survival when treated radically to all macroscopic cancer sites. Thus has mostly been established for individuals with so-called solitary brain metastases and to a lesser extend in solitary adrenal gland metastases, but in other metastatic subgroups, the same may be applicable. In a prospective survey in the region of the Integral Cancercentre (IKL), we could identify on a yearly base 30 patients with NSCLC who could theoretically be amendable for radical treatment of all oligo-metastatic locations. We therefore want to perform a prospective study in which patients with less than 4 oligo-metastatic sites from a primary NSCLC will be treated radically with the aim to improve long-term survival. As many discussion points remain, even after thorough discussions with chest physicians, pulmonary surgeons and colleagues from diagnostic disciplines, we decided to go for a pragmatic approach, implying that all macroscopic disease sites should be treated radically, being defined as surgery with a R0 resection or in case of an unforeseen R1 resection, followed by radiotherapy, or radiotherapy to a biological equivalent of at least 60 Gy in 30 daily fractions. In the same patient, one metastatic site may be treated with surgery and another with radical radiotherapy. Systemic treatment was not made mandatory, because it was felt that it's role is unclear in patients with early stage local cancer and with oligo-metastatic disease.

The purpose of this study is to develop a real-time diagnostic technique with e- Ab sensor for specific EGFR mutation detection in clinical specimens of NSCLC patients, the investigators conduct a prospective clinical study. In comparison with results from direct sequencing of EGFR, the investigators evaluate the performance of e- Ab sensor, including reproducibility, sensitivity, specificity, and cross-reaction (such as detection of EGFR mutations other than L858R and DelL746-A750). The potential factors which may interfere with the results would be investigated. With such technique, the investigators can obtain EGFR mutation information of NSCLC patients in cost-saving and time-saving way and can offer more individualized treatment for the investigators patients.

This prospective, multicenter observational study will evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of Tarceva (erlotinib) as second-line treatment in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have progressed after pemetrexed-containing first-line chemotherapy. Eligible patients will be followed until withdrawal of consent, lost-to-follow-up, or study termination, whichever occurs first.

This is a national, multicentre, non-interventional, retrospective study to be carried out in the oncology settings of approximately 15-20 Spanish hospitals. At each participant hospital, all patients recently diagnosed with advanced EGFR mutated NSCLC (both newly or with recurrent disease , without previous treatment for metastatic disease) from April 2010 to December 2011 will be included as study population. Information about the follow-up of the patients during a minimum of 12 months after diagnosis will be collected.

The purpose of the study is to determine patient characteristics from patients that have used Iressa for a period of minimal 3 years.

This prospective observational study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Tarceva (erlotinib) in elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after failure of at least one prior chemotherapy regimen. Data of patients treated with Tarceva in routine clinical practice will be collected for 1 year.