Clinical trials: CUP
Joint Diseases
28 mm Ceramic-on-Ceramic Acetabular Cup Total Hip Replacement Study
The study is designed to evaluate artificial hips with a 28 mm ceramic head and a ceramic liner to determine whether they perform as well as artificial hips with a 28 mm ceramic head and a polyethylene liner.
- Trial name
- NCT00208507
- Testing
- 28 mm ceramic head on ceramic acetabular liner., 28 mm ceramic head on polyethylene liner
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 264 people
- Sponsor
- DePuy Orthopaedics
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Origin
Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and Everolimus in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Cancer of Unknown Primary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00936702
- Testing
- carboplatin, everolimus, paclitaxel
- Where
- 141 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
Pembrolizumab in Treating Patients With Rare Tumors That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery or Are Metastatic
This phase II trial studies how well pembrolizumab works in treating patients with rare tumors that cannot be removed by surgery or have spread to other parts of the body.
- Conditions
- Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Carcinoma of Unknown Primary, Metastatic Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma, Metastatic Kidney Medullary Carcinoma
- Trial name
- NCT02721732
- Testing
- Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Pembrolizumab, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 157 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Spinal Tumor
A Prospective Study Using Implanted Fiducial Markers to Assess Treatment Accuracy and Esophageal Toxicity in Spinal Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
The goal of the first part of this clinical research study is to learn how to deliver more accurate radiation treatment of tumors in the spine.
- Trial name
- NCT01624220
- Testing
- Spinal SBRT (Standard Dose), Spinal SBRT (Higher Dose), Gold Seed Implantation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center