Clinical trials: Rare Cancer
Myasthenia Gravis
Randomized Study of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Patients With Mild or Moderate Myasthenia Gravis
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine whether intravenous immunoglobulin is an effective therapy for patients with mild or moderate myasthenia gravis.
- Trial name
- NCT00004682
- Testing
- immune globulin
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas
Malignancy, Malignant Neoplasm
DETERMINE Trial Treatment Arm 02: Atezolizumab in Adult, Paediatric and Teenage/Young Adult Patients With Cancers With High Tumour Mutational Burden (TMB) or Microsatellite Instability-high (MSI-high) or Proven Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency (CMMRD) Disposition
This clinical trial is looking at a drug called atezolizumab. Atezolizumab is approved as standard of care treatment for adult patients with urothelial cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, extensive-stage small cell lung cancer…
- Conditions
- Malignancy, Malignant Neoplasm, Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Neoplasms by Histologic Type
- Trial name
- DETERMINE (NCT05770102)
- Testing
- Atezolizumab
- Where
- 27 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Cancer Research UK
Neurofibromatosis 2
Phase II Study of the Multichannel Auditory Brain Stem Implant for Deafness Following Surgery for Neurofibromatosis 2
OBJECTIVES: I. Define the tonotopocity of multichannel brain stem stimulation and use this information to better program the auditory brain stem implant for an individual. II.
- Trial name
- NCT00004437
- Testing
- Multichannel Auditory Brain Stem Implant
- Sponsor
- FDA Office of Orphan Products Development
Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Testing the Combination of Anti-Cancer Drugs Talazoparib and Temozolomide in Patients With Advanced Stage Rare Cancers, RARE 2 Trial
This phase II trial tests whether combination of talazoparib and temozolomide works to shrink tumors in patients with rare cancer that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of…
- Trial name
- NCT05142241
- Testing
- Biopsy Procedure, Biospecimen Collection, Computed Tomography
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Haematological Malignancy, Colorectal Neoplasms
DETERMINE Trial Treatment Arm 04: Trastuzumab in Combination With Pertuzumab in Adult, Paediatric and Teenage/Young Adult Patients With Cancers With HER2 Amplification or Activating Mutations
This clinical trial is looking at a combination of drugs called trastuzumab and pertuzumab. This combination of drugs is approved together as standard of care treatment for adult patients with breast cancer (often with other…
- Conditions
- Haematological Malignancy, Colorectal Neoplasms, Urinary Bladder Neoplasm, Gallbladder Neoplasms
- Trial name
- DETERMINE (NCT05786716)
- Testing
- Trastuzumab, Pertuzumab
- Where
- 27 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Cancer Research UK
Sarcoma
Biomarker Analysis of Solid Cancers Such as Gastrointestinal Cancer
To prospectively collect ascites, pleural fluid, circulating tumor cells and derived primary cultures from metastatic cancer patients. The specimens will be analyzed using DNA/RNA/proteomic approaches.
- Trial name
- NCT01831609
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients With Rare Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Bone marrow transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more tumor cells.
- Conditions
- Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor, Head and Neck Cancer, Kidney Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00002515
- Testing
- filgrastim, carboplatin, thiotepa
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Whole Exome Sequencing, Rare Diseases
PREcision Diagnostics in Rare genetIC Diseases and Tumors - Long Read Sequencing
Using long-read sequencing (LRS) technology to achieve molecular diagnosis in patients with rare genetic diseases who have already been tested by state-of-the-art genetic analysis with ambiguous or negative results.
- Trial name
- PREDICT-LRS (NCT06796751)
- Testing
- DNA/RNA sequencing and bioinformatic data analysis
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Cardiovascular Diseases, Endocrinology
BEhavioral and Adherence Model for Improving Quality, Health Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of healthcaRe
Lack of adherence to treatment is a widespread issue worldwide, which leads to higher healthcare utilisation rates and even premature death.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Endocrinology, Inmunology, Neurology
- Trial name
- BEAMER (NCT06856902)
- Testing
- B-COMPASS implementation
- Where
- 10 sites in Germany, Italy and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 6,190 people
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Madrid
Rare Diseases, Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genome-based Management of Patients in Precision Medicine (Ge-Med) Towards a Genomic Health Program
The GE-MED APPROACH project will enroll patients (n = appr. 12.000) with unclear molecular cause of the disease, suspected genetic cause of the disease without detailed molecular analysis like Whole Exome Sequencing (WES).
- Trial name
- GE-MED (NCT04760522)
- Testing
- WGS Diagnostic: Blood take for genetic diagnostic
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 12,000 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Rare Peritoneal Surface Malignancies, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
French National Registry of Rare Peritoneal Surface Malignancies
Despite advances in the management of and changes in clinical practice, little is known about the epidemiology, patterns of care and outcomes of rare peritoneal surface malignancies patients in France.
- Conditions
- Rare Peritoneal Surface Malignancies, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, Peritoneal Mesothelioma, Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor
- Trial name
- RENAPE (NCT02834169)
- Testing
- Non interventional
- Where
- 33 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 2,171 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Cancer
Sirolimus in Combination With Metronomic Chemotherapy in Children With Recurrent and/or Refractory Solid and CNS Tumors
This study aims to determine the efficacy of daily sirolimus and celecoxib, with low dose etoposide alternating with cyclophosphamide for pediatric participants with relapsed or refractory tumors.
- Trial name
- AflacST1502 (NCT02574728)
- Testing
- Sirolimus, Celecoxib, Etoposide
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Neoplastic Disease, Solid Tumor
Indocyanine Green (ICG) Guided Tumor Resection
This is a study to assess the ability of Indocyanine Green (ICG) to identify neoplastic disease. For many pediatric solid tumors, complete resection of the primary site and/or metastatic deposits is critical for achieving a cure.
- Trial name
- NCT04084067
- Testing
- Indocyanine Green
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 215 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Recurrent CNS Tumors, Brain Cancer
Observational Study of Responses to Treatments in Advanced Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumors
Background: Primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors grow in the brain and spinal cord. These tumors are rare, but they are difficult to treat and often fatal.
- Conditions
- Recurrent CNS Tumors, Brain Cancer, Gliomas, IDH-wildtype Gliomas
- Trial name
- NCT07374692
- Testing
- SmartMatch testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Liver Tumors
Communicating Veins Between Adjacent Hepatic Veins: an Intra-operative Ultrasound Study
The search for communicating veins (CVs) between adjacent hepatic veins (HVs) has drawn its rationale from living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).
- Trial name
- NCT00960609
- Testing
- Ultrasound guided liver resection
- Where
- Italy
- Sponsor
- University of Milan