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NCT01967576
Background: * Most treatments for malignant pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas (PHEO/PGL) are palliative and multidisciplinary. Chemotherapy using the combination of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and dacarbazine has been successfully utilized in the management of rapidly progressive metastatic PHEO, with more than 50% complete or partial tumor response and more than 70% complete or partial biochemical response. * Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression and evidence of angiogenesis has been found in many PHEO/PGL, so it is plausible that interfering with VEGF signaling may result in anti-tumor activity in patients with PHEO/PGL. * Axitinib (AG-013736) is an oral, potent and selective inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors 1, 2, and 3. Pre-clinical data suggests that the anti-tumor activity of axitinib may result from its anti-angiogenic activity and that this is reversible when treatment is discontinued. * Given the known clinical safety and efficacy of axitinib, an assessment of its activity in PHEO/PGL and its impact on the VEGF pathway in PHEO/PGL could provide valuable information. Objectives: * Determine the response rate of metastatic PHEO/PGL to axitinib (AG-013736). * Determine the progression-free survival of metastatic PHEO/PGL treated with axitinib (AG-013736). * Explore the relationship of potential biological markers of axitinib activity with clinical outcomes. * Perform pharmacogenomics analyses of drug metabolism and transport proteins through germline deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) examination. Eligibility: * Adults with a confirmed pathologic diagnosis of PHEO/PGL by the Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute (NCI) * Biochemical evidence of PHEO/PGL * Imaging confirmation of metastatic, locally advanced or unresectable disease. * Measurable disease at presentation * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than or equal to 2 * Patients must not have received prior therapy with a tyrosine kinase (TK) inhibitor Design: * Phase II, open label, non-randomized trial * Patients with metastatic pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma will receive axitinib (AG-013736 twice a day (BID)) in eight-week cycles * Patients will be evaluated for response every eight weeks using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria * Tumor biopsies are not mandatory but every attempt will be made to obtain these from patients prior to starting axitinib and again 20 - 30 days after treatment has begun. * Approximately 12 to 37 patients will be needed to achieve the objectives of the trial
NCT00418899
The goal of this research study is to investigate the role of genes that may point to a higher risk of developing a glioma. Researchers will use new gene mapping techniques to study how high-risk factors are passed on through a family's genes and increase the risk of developing gliomas. Objectives: We propose an international multi-center, multidisciplinary study consortium, GLIOGENE, to identify susceptibility genes in high-risk familial brain tumor pedigrees using the most sophisticated genetic analysis methods available. To address our hypothesis, we propose the following specific aims: Aim 1: Establish a cohort of 400 high-risk pedigrees for genetic linkage analysis. To date, we have identified and collected biologic samples from 20 high-risk families that have met our criteria of 2 or more relatives diagnosed with a brain tumor. From the 15 centers in the United States and Europe, we will screen and obtain epidemiologic data from approximately 17,080 gliomas cases to identify a target of 400 families for genetic analysis. We will establish a cohort of the first and second-degree relatives from these glioma cases to obtain new knowledge about how cancer aggregates in glioma families. We will also acquire biospecimens (blood and tumor tissue), and risk factor data from relevant family members. Aim 2: Identify candidate regions linked to familial brain tumors. To strengthen evidence of linkage to regions found in our preliminary analysis and to identify additional regions linked to brain tumors, we will genotype informative glioma pedigrees identified in aim 1 using Affymetrix 10K GeneChip with markers spaced throughout the genome, and conduct a genome-wide multipoint linkage scan with these markers. Aim 3: Fine map the regions established in Aim 2 by genotyping selected SNPs from genome databases. We will attempt to further refine the regions identified in Aim 2 to less than 1cM by using approximately 1,500 - 2,000 carefully selected SNPs. The prioritization of regions will be based on a combination of the strength of evidence for linkage from families of various ethnic backgrounds and the presence of obvious candidate genes.
NCT04689321
Despite the fact that use of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire - Brain Neoplasm (QLQ-BN20) has tremendously contributed to insight into the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of brain tumor patients, certain items of the questionnaire have raised issues, and new treatments have been introduced, with different toxicity profiles not covered by the current measure. These observations have led to the recognition that a revision of the QLQ-BN20 is warranted. The aim of this project is to update the current EORTC QLQ-BN20 questionnaire.
NCT01024907
RATIONALE: Specialized radiation therapy, such as proton beam radiation therapy, that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the best way to give proton beam radiation therapy and to see how well it works in treating patients with low grade gliomas.
NCT03603379
Anti-EGFR-immunoliposomes loaded with doxorubicin (C225-ILs-dox) are given intravenously in patients with relapsed or refractory high-grade gliomas. The pharmacokinetics of C225-ILs-dox in peripheral blood (PB), cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) and resected tumour tissue will be assessed.
NCT00031083
In this study an investigational replication-defective, recombinant adenovirus expressing the interferon-beta gene (BG00001) will be directly injected into tumors, in patients with recurrent Grade III and Grade IV Gliomas, in order to deliver the hIFN-beta gene. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and any harmful effects of injection of BG00001 into brain tumors. Also, this study will help determine whether the virus carrying the beta interferon gene will enter brain tumor cells and cause the cancer cells to die. This study will require one hospital admission for the actual procedure of drug administration. All other visits will be conducted on an out-patient basis
NCT03619239
Patients will be enrolled in two stages: * Dose-escalation stage: Approximately 12-24 patients will be enrolled.
NCT01635283
The primary purpose of this phase II clinical trial is to determine the safety and effect on survival of patients autologous dendritic cells pulsed with autologous tumor lysate as a treatment for low-grade glioma patients. Other goals of this study are to determine if the vaccine can cause an immune response against patients' cancer cells and slow the growth of their brain tumors
NCT04588987
GBM is the most common intracranial tumor in adults, accounting for about 40% of all primary intracranial tumors.Although surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have been used, the prognosis of glioma patients is still very poor. The study aim to Evaluate the Safety and efficiency of Using the neoadjuvant therapy with Carilizumab and Apatinib in patients with Recurrent High-Grade Glioma.
NCT02709889
The primary objective of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of rovalpituzumab tesirine in subjects with specific delta-like protein 3-expressing advanced solid tumors.
NCT02518061
This is a retrospective study that involves the revision of clinical, instrumental and pathologic data of an estimated cohort of maximum 145 patients with glioma treated with surgery with radical intent at our center.
NCT02029690
A study of ADI-PEG 20 (pegylated arginine deiminase), an arginine degrading enzyme in patients with histologically proven advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), advanced peritoneal mesothelioma (in dose escalation cohort only), non-squamous non-small cell lung carcinoma stage IIIB/IV (NSCLC), metastatic uveal melanoma, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), glioma and sarcomatoid cancers
NCT04562077
role of surgery in treatment of recurrent brain glioma prognostic factors and outcome measures Role of surgery : In patients with Grade I gliomas, such as pilocytic astrocytomas, resection is potentially curative. For more diffuse invasive gliomas (Grade II or higher), initial management typically includes maximal safe resection when possible. Increasing evidence supports an association between extent of resection and prolonged progression-free and overall survival for patients with diffuse gliomas of all types and grades Many studies reported that more that 90%of patients with glioma showed recurrence at the orginal tumor location. Review the outcomes of re-operation in treatment of recurrent brain gliomas To determine the prognostic factors which can predict which patient would benefit from multiple surgery . Trail to Improve the outcome of these patients and decrease rate of complications
NCT00586508
The purpose of this study is to evaluate both enzastaurin and bevacizumab in the treatment of recurrent malignant gliomas.
NCT00418691
Primary Objective: * To assess the efficacy of immediate release methylphenidate, sustained release methylphenidate, and the novel vigilance enhancing drug modafinil for the improvement of cognitive functioning in patients with brain tumors.
NCT04550663
This is a Phase 1, single-arm, single-center, open-label study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of NKG2D-based CAR-T cells infusion in the treatment of relapsed/refractory NKG2DL+ solid tumors.
NCT04547621
This study aims to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the combination of 30Gy/5fx HSRT and 20Gy/10fx IMRT adjuvant therapy. The total biological effective dose (BED) of the PTV is 72 Gy in a ratio of alpha/beta ratio of 3, which equals to the conventional 60Gy/30fx treatment. This study can provide evidence for future non-inferiority phase III randomized controlled trials. The abbreviated course of radiotherapy can reduce the treatment time by half, benefit patients, and utilize the health resource.
NCT04547855
Currently,6 cycles of Temozolomide adjuvant chemotherapy after concurrent radiotherapy and Temozolomide chemotherapy(STUPP regimen)for newly diagnosed postoperative GBM can increase the 2-year and 5-year overall survival rates of patients to 26.5% and 9.8%, respectively. However, most patients are still unable to avoid tumor recurrence and death.Anlotinib is an efficient multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that effectively block the migration and proliferation of endothelial cells and reduce tumor microvascular density by targeting VEGFRs, FGFRs, PDGFRs. It has been proved to be safe and effective in advanced lung cancer(including NSCLC,SCLC)after second-line standard chemotherapy failure,and advanced soft tissue sarcoma after anthracycline-containing chemotherapy failure.Here, we prepared to evaluate whether the combination of dose-dense Temozolomide and Anlotinib can preferably improved survival of the first recurrent or progressive GBM after STUPP regimen.
NCT00001686
This protocol is designed to evaluate children with cancer who appear to be probable candidates for future protocol entry or have disease manifestations that are of unique scientific importance or educational value.
NCT02756312
Although bench data and retrospective studies have provided a promising picture of the possible influence of anesthetic technique on the risk of tumor progression and patients mortality, current evidence from RCTs is inadequate to show whether the type of anesthetics might influence tumor progression and patient survival.There are many thousands of patients with a cancer diagnosis undergoing surgery every year, and in the context of biological plausibility, it should lead to the urgent undertaking of RCTs to further evaluate the association between the anesthetic management and patient outcome.
