Active clinical trials for "Stomach Neoplasms"

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection combine with Laparoscopic Regional Lymph node Dissection for early gastric cancer can improve Disease-free survival ？

Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy for the treatment of early gastric cancer (EGC) has been supported by high-quality evidence, and the high-level evidence for advanced gastric cancer based on large prospective randomized controlled trial as CLASS-01、JCOG 0901, KLASS -02 is still awaited.Hopefully, it would have also gained the solid evidence of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer (AGC). China has entered the aging society since 1999. Among the GC patients in China, the average age is 65 years old, which makes increasing attempts to explore laparoscopic techniques in the treatment of elderly patients. Nowadays, a considerable proportion of elderly patients suffer from multiple diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease. Thus the risk of intraoperative and postoperative complications can not be ignored. Unfortunately, there are rare studies specializing into the LAG for the GC patients of > 65 years old. Accordingly, the comparison of intraoperative and postoperative complications between laparoscopy-assisted and open distal gastrectomy for over 65 years old patients with gastric cancer based on a randomized controlled trial is warranted.

Tumors must be seen clearly on CT scan to be radiated completely and safely. Breathing causes tumors to move. If the tumor moves during breathing, it can look blurred on the CT scan. This makes it difficult to see on CT scan. The investigators wish to investigate whether a new computer method makes tumors less blurry and easier to see on CT scan. Cone-beam CT is a type of CT scanner attached to the radiation treatment machine that produces 3D images of the patient. Since your tumor can move because of your normal breathing, it is often blurry and difficult to see accurately in a standard cone-beam CT scan. The investigators intend to use a computer method which processes the cone-beam CT data in a way that reduces the blurring and makes the tumor easier to see.

Patients with histological proven advanced gastric cancer (including cancer of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) without evidence of distant metastases, who fulfill the inclusion and exclusion criteria, can be recruited in this study. There are two treatment groups (A and B). The D2 radical gastrectomy will be applied in both groups. Patients randomized into group B will be treated with an intraperitoneal (in the abdominal cavity) chemoperfusion with cisplatin(75mg/m2 max 150mg/m2 max 5L ). Patients randomized into group A will not accept intraperitoneal chemoperfusion. Patients in both groups receive 6 cycles of postoperative chemotherapy (SOX or XELOX) within 4-12 weeks after the surgical procedure and are followed up for 24 months.

The purpose of this study is to conduct a study on genetic pathology, obtaining of pure cancer tissues is mandatory. Although the endoscopy with biopsy has been a gold standard for diagnosing gastric cancer, percentage of cancer cells in biopsy samples is usually 30% or less. Recently, confocal laser endomicroscopy has been introduced for real-time histopathologic diagnosis in various cancers. In previous pilot study in our institution, pCLE-targeted biopsy provided superior results in terms of the proportion of cancer cells in biopsy samples compared to WLE-targeted biopsy, especially for gastric cancers with undifferentiated histology. However, there was a limitation because of small sample size. Therefore, the investigators aim to evaluate that biopsy using probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy for undifferentiated gastric cancer will increase the percentage of cancer cells and expression ratio of tumor marker in biopsy samples.

Near-focus with narrow-band imaging is a novel technique to improve the quality of images of the irregular mucosal structures and microvessels of gastric neoplasms. The investigators compare this technique with indio carmin spray, commonly used tool to determine tumor margin. The subject are patients who underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric neoplasms. Participants are randomized into near-focus with narrow-band imaging and indigo carmin groups. First, marking is performed at the tumor margins determined by each modality. The distance from the marking dots to the tumor margin is measured histopathologically in the resected specimens. Finally, the investigators will compare the accuracy between two groups based on the distance from marking dots to tumor margin measured by histopathologic examination.

Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in China, and the incidence and mortality rate are second in malignant tumors. The treatment of gastric cancer need integrated multidisciplinary treatment, and surgery is the only possible curative method for gastric cancer at present. Previous studies have reported that neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy can downstage primary tumor to increase radical resection rate in order to improve the long-term prognosis of advanced gastric cancer. However, there is no study on the application of hypo-radiotherapy to neoadjuvant radiotherapy in gastric cancer. The aim of this study was to observe the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and dose limited toxicity (DLT) of hypo-fractionated radiotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer.

This will be a single-centre, randomised, endoscopist-blind, parallel-group study in patients who are scheduled endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for gastric mucosal lesion. The primary objective is to observe whether a regimen of 7-day oral esomeprazole premedication can alleviate intraoperative bleeding in patients scheduled for ESD due to gastric mucosal lesions.

Billroth-II (gastrojejunostomy) is one of major option after gastrectomy for gastric cancer. The investigators hypothesized that isoperistaltic anastomosis lead to higher incidence of dumping syndrome but antiperistaltic (anisoperistaltic) anastomosis have relevance to gastric stasis or obstruction. The investigators will assess complications, dumping syndrome and quality of life between isoperistaltic and antiperistaltic after distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether S-1 and oxaliplatin as neoadjuvant chemotherapy may improve survival benefit compared with control.