Clinical trials: Palliative Cancer
Malignant Neoplasm, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone
Palliative Radiation Therapy in Reducing Pain in Patients With Bone Metastasis
This randomized phase II trial studies how well palliative radiation therapy works in reducing pain in patients with cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the bone (bone metastasis).
- Conditions
- Malignant Neoplasm, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT02699697
- Testing
- External Beam Radiation Therapy, Palliative Radiation Therapy, Quality-of-Life Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Brain Tumor, Pediatric, Brainstem Glioma, Brain Tumor, Pediatric, Recurrent
Application of Palliative Treatment in Children With Brain Stem Glioma and Recurrent High-grade Tumors in the Central Nervous System With the Nanomaterial NPt-Ca
This Protocol is a pilot, clinical interventional study to selected patients between five and fourteen years of both sexes, carriers of the diagnosis of glioma brain stem and high grade recurrent in the central nervous system…
- Trial name
- NCT03250520
- Testing
- Platinum acetylacetonate (1% wt) supported by sol-gel technology functionalized titania
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez
Cancer
Prognosis of Inpatients Evaluated for Palliative Radiotherapy
Understanding patient's prognosis is of utmost importance to determine radiotherapy's indication and dose/ fractionation. The investigators plan to conduct an observational study of prognosis of inpatients evaluated for…
- Trial name
- PROGRAD (NCT02312791)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 362 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Combination of Weekly Chest Radiotherapy and Oral Navelbine for the Palliation of Advanced Non Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase I Study
The study is designed for subjects whose cancer is too advanced and therefore cannot be operated with the goal of completely removing the cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00256815
- Testing
- chemotherapy, Radiation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Clinical Oncology Research Associates
Colorectal Neoplasms, Peritoneal Neoplasms
PIPAC for Peritoneal Metastases of Colorectal Cancer
This is multicentre, open-label, single-arm phase II study that investigates the feasibility, safety, tolerability, preliminary efficacy, costs, and pharmacokinetics or repetitive electrostatic pressurised intraperitoneal aerosol…
- Conditions
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Peritoneal Neoplasms, Appendiceal Neoplasms, Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
- Trial name
- CRC-PIPAC (NCT03246321)
- Testing
- repetitive ePIPAC-OX
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Koen Rovers
Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrated Medicine Handbook for Self Care at Work
This study investigates the usefulness of the Self Care at Work Handbook in order to generate an improved version. Information from this study may help researchers identify potential factors associated with perception and…
- Trial name
- NCT05038384
- Testing
- Survey Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Terminal Cancer
Towards Cancer Patient Empowerment for Optimal Use of Antithrombotic Therapy at the End of Life
Despite the fact that antithrombotic therapy (ATT) has little or even negative effects on the well-being of cancer patients during their last year of life, stopping ATT is rare in clinical practice.
- Trial name
- SERENITY (NCT05706740)
- Testing
- Physician survey on antithrombotic medication during end-of-life care in cancer patients
- Where
- 12 sites in Denmark, France and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 467 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Ewing Sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for Pulmonary Metastases in Ewing Sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, and Wilms Tumors
This research study is studying stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) as a possible treatment for lung relapse of Ewing sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma, Wilms tumor or other…
- Conditions
- Ewing Sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Wilms Tumor, Osteosarcoma
- Trial name
- NCT02581384
- Testing
- Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Pediatric Cancer
Evaluating Supportive Care for Children With Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Survey Study of Pediatric Oncology Patients and Parents
Background: Palliative care, also known as comfort care, is intended to keep a patient comfortable by focusing on pain and symptom management to improve quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT01273194
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)