Clinical trials: Hypothalamic Neoplasms
Pituitary Adenomas, Prolactinomas
Targeted Therapy With Lapatinib in Patients With Recurrent Pituitary Tumors Resistant to Standard Therapy
This study focuses on new therapies for a challenging disease in pituitary medicine, that of aggressive pituitary tumors which have limited therapeutic options beyond standard surgical, radiotherapy, and select medical therapies…
- Trial name
- NCT00939523
- Testing
- Lapatinib
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Acromegaly
A Pilot Study of Pre- and Post-operative Use of Somatuline Depot.
If someone is diagnosed with a pituitary tumor that causes acromegaly (too much growth hormone) the treatment is to have it surgically removed. This study has two phases.
- Trial name
- NCT01861717
- Testing
- lanreotide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Saint John's Cancer Institute
Hypothalamic Obesity
Energy Balance & Weight Loss in Craniopharyngioma-related or Other Hypothalamic Tumors in Hypothalamic Obesity
The proposed multicenter study will test the effect of glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 agonist exenatide once weekly extended-release (ExQW, Bydureon®) on clinical outcomes and metabolic parameters in a double-blind…
- Trial name
- ECHO (NCT02664441)
- Testing
- Exenatide
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Rosiglitazone in Treating Patients With Pituitary Tumors
RATIONALE: Rosiglitazone may help pituitary adenoma cells become more like normal cells, and grow and spread more slowly. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well rosiglitazone works in treating patients with newly…
- Trial name
- NCT00616642
- Testing
- rosiglitazone maleate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Childhood High-grade Cerebellar Astrocytoma, Childhood High-grade Cerebral Astrocytoma
Cilengitide in Treating Younger Patients With Recurrent or Progressive High-Grade Glioma That Has Not Responded to Standard Therapy
This phase II trial studies how well cilengitide works in treating younger patients with recurrent or progressive high-grade glioma that has not responded to standard therapy.
- Conditions
- Childhood High-grade Cerebellar Astrocytoma, Childhood High-grade Cerebral Astrocytoma, Recurrent Childhood Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Recurrent Childhood Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma
- Trial name
- NCT00679354
- Testing
- cilengitide, laboratory biomarker analysis, pharmacological study
- Where
- 20 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Acromegaly
Pasireotide in Patients With Acromegaly Inadequately Controlled With First Generation Somatostatin Analogues
This is a phase IIIb multicenter, open-label; single arm study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pasireotide LAR 40 mg and 60 mg in patients with inadequately controlled acromegaly with maximal approved doses of first…
- Trial name
- NCT02354508
- Testing
- Pasireotide LAR
- Where
- 50 sites in Argentina, Belgium and 13 more
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Acromegaly, Neuroendocrine Tumors
Phase II Study of Subcutaneous Inj. Depot of Octreotide in Patients With Acromegaly and Neuroendocrine Tumours (NETs)
This is a Phase II, open-label multicentre, randomised study to assess the PK, PD, efficacy, and safety of two dosing regimens of CAM2029 in adult patients with acromegaly or a functional, well-differentiated NET, with carcinoid…
- Trial name
- NCT02299089
- Testing
- octreotide FluidCrystal® injection depot
- Where
- 10 sites in France, Germany and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Camurus AB