Active clinical trials for "Lung Neoplasms"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a new program to help the patient and the caregiver make decisions about treatment for lung cancer. We need to know if a new information program is helpful to patients. The way that we will do this is by comparing it with the usual information program that we now provide. Patient are asked to make difficult decisions about their treatments. These decisions may include when to change treatments or when to stop treatment altogether. Most patients ask a family member or close friend to help them with these difficult decisions. A "caregiver" is someone they can count on to give support (either emotional or physical) over a period of time. The doctors and nurses will also help patients and their caregiver to make these decisions. They will tell them the risks with each treatment, the success with each treatment, and how much time there is for making each decision.

RATIONALE: Palliative care teaching sessions may be more effective than standard care in improving caregiver burden, caregiver skills preparedness, quality of life, and distress in family caregivers of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the effects of palliative care teaching sessions in family caregivers of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

This is a multi-center, randomized, blinded, two-period, two-sequence, crossover study, with a minimum 3-week washout period between treatments.The study is designed to evaluate the bioequivalence of SID530 to Taxotere. It will be conducted in study participants with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC who have failed platinum therapy and also in participants with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have failed at least one line of chemotherapy. Eligible study participants must be planning to have at least two consecutive 21-day cycles with 75 mg/m2 docetaxel monotherapy. The duration of study participation will be approximately 7 weeks. The study has three study phases: Screening (<=1 week), Cycle 1 (21 days), and Cycle 2 (21 days).

RATIONALE: Memantine hydrochloride may help people stop smoking by decreasing the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. PURPOSE: This randomized, pilot phase II trial studies how effective memantine hydrochloride works compared to placebo in helping cancer survivors stop smoking.

The main purpose for this study is to answer the following research questions: Can pemetrexed be administered safely at the participant's home, using the same treatment procedure as in a hospital setting? Will the participant be satisfied with home care? How might this impact the participant's quality of life? What are the required medical resources needed to give pemetrexed in a home setting?

Many authors have recognized the need to overcome the different barriers to continuity of cancer care, such as inadequate communication between specialists and family physicians (FP), insufficient information provided for the long-term follow-up care and difficulties to transfer back to FP the responsibility for cancer care at the end of treatments. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a multi-faceted intervention to improve continuity of care for patients with lung cancer. Newly diagnosed lung cancer patients who have a FP will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or to usual care and they will be followed at baseline, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 months ( or until death for those with a survival of less than 18 months). The intervention comprises 4 components: 1) systematic appointments with FP at 3-month interval ; 2) transmission to FP of a standardized comprehensive summary before each appointment; 3) systematic transmission to the oncology team of patients' information resulting from FP visits; 4) development of a priority access to FP for cancer patients. In both groups, outcomes related to patients and to care processes will be measured at baseline and then after 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 months (or until death for those with a survival of less than 18months). Patients' principal family caregiver will be invited to participate to the study and they will complete questionnaires at baseline, at 6 months and at the end of the study. In addition, patients' FP will also be invited to complete a questionnaire at baseline and at the end of the study.

RATIONALE: Physician-initiated smoking cessation strategies may be effective in getting early-stage cancer patients to quit smoking. PURPOSE: Randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of a physician-initiated stop-smoking program with the usual care for patients receiving treatment for early-stage cancer.

RATIONALE: Megestrol helps improve appetite. It is not yet known if megestrol is effective in limiting weight loss in patients who are undergoing radiation therapy. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of megestrol in limiting weight loss in patients who are undergoing radiation therapy for lung cancer.

To explore the overall response rate (ORR) per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by investigators in subjects with refractory small cell lung cancer treated with pembrolizumab (Pembro) plus amurubicin (AMR).

The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for the treatment of early-stage peripheral lung cancer.