Active clinical trials for "Stomach Neoplasms"

There is no clear standard of care for metastatic stomach or esophageal cancer in the United States. The purpose of this research study is to determine the differences between two regimens of chemotherapy; Arm A: PCA (Cisplatin, Irinotecan and Bevacizumab) and Arm B: TPCA (Docetaxel, Cisplatin, Irinotecan and Bevacizumab). Docetaxel, Cisplatin, and Irinotecan are traditional chemotherapy drugs. Bevacizumab is an antibody (a protein that attacks a foreign substance in the body). Bevacizumab is believed to stop the formation of new blood vessels that carry nutrients to tumors. Both of the chemotherapy regimens (PCA and TPCA) have been studied in patients with esophageal and gastric cancer, and we are trying to determine if one regimen will keep your cancer from growing and improve how long you can live.

The urgent need for a new effective therapy with better safety profile for the metastatic gastric cancer patients and promising results observed so far in the studies with S-1 plus cisplatin combination in advanced gastric cancer (AGC) strongly warrants the comparison of a 3-weekly schedule to a 5-weekly schedule of S-1 plus cisplatin as a standard regimen in the first-line treatment for AGC patients. The objectives of this study are to compare a 3-weekly schedule to a 5-weekly schedule of S-1 plus Cisplatin combination in terms of efficacy, quality of life and safety in patients with previously untreated advanced or recurrent unresectable gastric cancer. Primary endpoint is progression-free survival. This is an open label, randomized, multi-center, non-inferiority/superiority (of 3-weekly regimen over 3-weekly regimen) hybrid study.

The purpose of this study it to evaluate the safety and immune response of peptides (URLC10) emulsified with Montanide ISA51 in treating patients with unresectable, advanced or recurrent gastric cancer.

The purpose of this study is to determine the safe and tolerable dose of axitinib given together with cisplatin and capecitabine in patients with advanced gastric cancer who have not received prior chemotherapy for their advanced cancer.

Open label single arm phase II study of Pemetrexed plus Oxaliplatin in patients with advanced gastric carcinoma not previously treated with palliative chemotherapy. 43 Patients will be enrolled in this local trial. The primary objective of this study is to determine the response rate of the treatment.Schedule for this study is as follows: 6 cycles/21 days of Pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 followed by Oxaliplatin 120 mg/m2. This study will also include pharmacogenomic and pharmacogenetic investigations in order to assess determinants of efficacy and toxicity of the treatment with Pemetrexed and Oxaliplatin in the study population.

The purpose of this study is to collect anti-tumor activity of vinorelbine when given to patients with esophageal or gastric tumors. We will also collect information on the toxicities of vinorelbine in these patients.

This phase II trial is studying how well giving sorafenib together with docetaxel and cisplatin works in treating patients with metastatic or locally advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. Sorafenib 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. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving sorafenib together with docetaxel and cisplatin may kill more tumor cells.

The purpose of the study is to verify non-inferiority of survival time between Isovorin/5-fluorouracil (1-LV/5FU) therapy and TS-1 therapy in patients with inoperable advanced or recurrent gastric cancer. Secondary endpoints include response rates, duration of responses, time to progression (TTP) safety and quality of life (QOL).

This is an open-label, multicenter, three arm, parallel, randomized, Phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of S-1 alone compared with S-1 plus CDDP, and S-1 plus CDDP compared with 5-FU plus CDDP in patients with advanced gastric cancer previously untreated with chemotherapy for advanced disease. Patients will be randomly assigned (1:1:1) to S-1 (Arm A), S-1/CDDP (Arm B) or 5-FU/CDDP (Arm C). Patients will be stratified to achieve balanced distribution of patients to each arm according to following stratifications, performance status (0, 1, or 2), the number of metastatic sites (1 vs >1), prior gastrectomy, and center.

Combination regimens of 3 active drugs have shown promising activity in treatment of metastatic gastric cancer. Docetaxel combined with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil (FU) yielded superior overall survival and response rates when compared to standard cisplatin and 5-FU. However, a toxicity profile showed the need for development of less toxic modifications. In a prior phase I trial, the maximum tolerated dose was defined. In this phase II trial, a first evaluation of activity will be performed.