Clinical trials: Occult Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Improving Fecal Occult Blood Test Completion Rates Among Veterans
This is a 4-arm cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate whether patient financial incentives directly integrated into primary care can improve fecal occult blood test (FOBT) completion rates.
- Trial name
- NCT01516489
- Testing
- Stage 1, Stage 2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,549 people
- Sponsor
- Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Reactivation of Hepatitis B Virus
Chemotherapy Efficacy and Follow-up Study of Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Reactivation in Children With Leukemia
Children with clinically diagnosed leukemia may experience occult HBV infection after chemotherapy immunosuppressive therapy, which may affect the normal course of leukemia treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT03529760
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Cancer
OX-40 Protein Expression in the Sentinel Lymph Nodes of Patients With Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying protein expression in sentinel lymph node tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify and learn more about biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00900302
- Testing
- protein expression analysis, immunohistochemistry staining method, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Head and Neck Cancer, Oral Complications
Sargramostim in Decreasing Mucositis in Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Sargramostim may lessen symptoms of mucositis in patients receiving radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. It is not yet known if sargramostim is more effective than no treatment in reducing mucositis caused by…
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer, Oral Complications, Radiation Toxicity
- Trial name
- NCT00008398
- Testing
- sargramostim, quality-of-life assessment, radiation therapy
- Where
- 236 sites in United States, Canada
- Sponsor
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
AI Models for Predicting Occult Pleural Dissemination in NSCLC
Occult pleural dissemination (PD) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients is likely to be missed on computed tomography (CT) scans, associated with poor survival, and generally contraindicated for radical surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT07065422
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 326 people
- Sponsor
- Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Insular Thyroid Cancer
Gefitinib in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Head and Neck Cancer or Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
This phase I trial is studying the side effects of gefitinib in treating patients with metastatic or unresectable head and neck cancer or non-small cell lung cancer.
- Conditions
- Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Insular Thyroid Cancer, Metastatic Parathyroid Cancer, Recurrent Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
- Trial name
- NCT00068497
- Testing
- gefitinib
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Melanoma
Peripheral Blood and/or Bone Marrow, Including Detection of Occult Metastases, in Patients With Melanoma
The purpose of this study is to determine if tumor cells can be detected in the peripheral blood and/or bone marrow of patients with melanoma.
- Trial name
- NCT00588198
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 754 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Head and Neck Cancer
Blood Proteins in Predicting Treatment Benefit in Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about cancer. It may also help doctors predict how well patients will respond to treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT00896675
- Testing
- proteomic profiles
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 352 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Insulinoma; Pancreas
Blinded Resection in Case of the Pancreatic Insulinoma
The blinded resection avoided in case of pancreatic insulinoma
- Trial name
- NCT04741152
- Testing
- Pancreatic resection
- Volunteers
- 197 people
- Sponsor
- Vishnevsky Center of Surgery
Head and Neck Cancer
Gene and Protein Expression Patterns in Predicting Response to Cetuximab in Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00898742
- Testing
- DNA and tissue microarray analysis, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, mass spectrometry
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Cancer
External-Beam Radiation Therapy With or Without Indinavir and Ritonavir in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Indinavir and ritonavir may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
- Trial name
- NCT00637637
- Testing
- indinavir sulfate, ritonavir, radiation therapy
- Where
- 3 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland
Cardiovascular Disease
Defining Late Onset Occult Asymptomatic Cardiotoxicity in Childhood Cancer Survivors Exposed to Anthracycline Therapy
The main hypothesis being tested is that magnetic resonance imaging and serologic biomarkers of apoptosis and extracellular matrix remodeling will precede echocardiographic indices of systolic and diastolic function among…
- Trial name
- NCT01671696
- Testing
- Cardiac MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Clinical Significance of Occult Central Nervous System Disease In Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Central nervous system involvement at diagnosis remains an obstacle to a long-term cure of patients affected by acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- Trial name
- NCT03803670
- Testing
- evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid of ALL
- Volunteers
- 241 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rome Tor Vergata
Head and Neck Cancer, Pain
Acupuncture or Standard Therapy in Treating Pain and Dysfunction in Patients Who Have Undergone Neck Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Acupuncture may help relieve pain and dysfunction caused by cancer surgery. It is not yet known whether acupuncture is more effective than standard therapy in treating pain and dysfunction in patients who have…
- Trial name
- NCT00090337
- Testing
- acupuncture therapy, standard follow-up care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Head and Neck Cancer
Biomarkers in Predicting Response to Treatment in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage III or Stage IV Head and Neck Cancer Treated With Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and Radiation Therapy
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00898430
- Testing
- DNA Microarray analysis, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, DNA microarray and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Liver Metastases, Pancreatic Neoplasms
Role of EUS in Detection of Liver Metastasis
Liver metastasis may not be detected by CT and MRI due to their small size while they can be detected by EUS. Also, EUS-FNA has a great impact in improving the diagnostic accuracy of EUS.
- Trial name
- NCT04509492
- Testing
- Endoscopic ultrasound ( EUS )
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Mahmoud Wahba
Colorectal Cancer
A Trial of the Implementation of iFOBT in General Practice
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is common, and a leading cause of cancer death. The evaluation of patients suspected to have CRC is difficult due to poorly predictive alarm symptoms and many patients present with…
- Trial name
- NCT02308384
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 825 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Parathyroid Neoplasms
Using X-Ray Dye to Locate Hidden Parathyroid Tumors
Occasionally tumors of the parathyroid gland cannot be detected by standard x-ray diagnostic procedures (CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasounds). In order for the tumor to be removed surgically it must first be localized.
- Trial name
- NCT00001394
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Hemangioma
Hemangioma Associated With High Rates of Morbidity
We are conducting a study on the possible presence of PHACES in children with large facial hemangiomas and lumbosacral hemangiomas of infancy (hemangioma in the lower back) .
- Trial name
- NCT00394888
- Testing
- MRI, MRI of head and neck, Dermatological Examination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 433 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Telephone Outreach by Navigators to Improve Repeat Fecal Occult Blood Testing
To conduct a randomised control trial to test the effectiveness of telephone outreach programme to improve the uptake rate of repeat fecal occult blood test in colorectal cancer screening programme.
- Trial name
- NCT03974542
- Testing
- telephone outreach
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong