Active clinical trials for "Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic"

Undifferentiated thyroid cancer is the most malignant tumor of the thyroid gland, with a median survival of only 3 months. Most undifferentiated cancers lose the chance of surgery when they are first diagnosed. The current study, Nexavar, is used only for dedifferentiated thyroid cancer and has not been applied to undifferentiated cancer. This study attempted to apply it to preoperative treatment of undifferentiated cancer to see if it would shrink the tumor and give the patient an opportunity for surgery.

There are currently no target therapies approved for treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC), leading to a clear need for improving therapy for ATC. This is a single-arm, multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of HX008 injection in patients with metastatic or locally advanced anaplastic thyroid cancer.

The investigators expected to enroll 30 patients with papillary, follicular or anaplastic thyroid cancer, and collect their urine samples before operation, immediately after operation, post-operative 3, 6 12 months. The investigators will analyze the urine exosomal proteins and probable biological markers. The investigators hope to find the prognostic biological markers via this prospective study. The investigators further hope to find newly therapeutic mechanism and medications for such patients with poorly-differentiated or anaplastic thyroid cancer.

To describe the outcome of patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer treated with hyperfractionated radiotherapy and concomitant chemotherapy