Clinical trials: Neoadjuvant Treatment
Breast Cancer
Neoadjuvant/Adjuvant Chemotherapy, Vaccine & Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in p53-Overexpressing Stage III Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so…
- Trial name
- NCT00082641
- Testing
- autologous dendritic cell-adenovirus p53 vaccine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Histologically or Cytologically Confirmed Pancreatic Cancer, Unresectable or Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor M7824 and the Immunocytokine M9241 in Combination With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in Adults With Advanced Pancreas Cancer
Background: Fewer than 10 percent of people with pancreas cancer can have surgery. Surgery gives the best outcome. Radiation therapy is usually used to make surgery possible. But it does not work for most people.
- Conditions
- Histologically or Cytologically Confirmed Pancreatic Cancer, Unresectable or Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Pancreatic Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT04327986
- Testing
- M7824, M9241, SBRT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab
This multi-institutional, phase 2 clinical trial is studying two doses of pembrolizumab administered prior to surgery (neoadjuvant therapy) and 4 doses administered after surgery (adjuvant therapy) for stage IB, II or IIIA…
- Trial name
- TOP 1501 (NCT02818920)
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Neal Ready MD PhD
Graft Rejection
Study of Alemtuzumab Versus Anti-thymocyte Globulin to Help Prevent Rejection in Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
The purpose of this research study is to compare the effects of the two most commonly used anti-T cell induction agents(alemtuzumab and rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin) to prevent rejection in kidney and pancreas transplant…
- Trial name
- NCT00331162
- Testing
- Alemtuzumab, Anti-Thymocyte Globulin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 222 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Melanoma
Temozolomide Alone or With Pegylated Interferon-Alpha 2b (PGI) in Melanoma Patients
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if temozolomide alone or given with pegylated interferon alpha-2b can help to control metastatic melanoma. Researchers also want to study the safety of these 2 treatments.
- Trial name
- NCT00525031
- Testing
- Temozolomide (TMZ), Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2b (PGI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
HER2-positive Breast Cancer
Fasting on Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer
This study is to see how safe the use of short-term fasting is in breast cancer patients who will receive chemotherapy before undergoing surgery and to examine if the use of short-term fasting will decrease the side effects of…
- Trial name
- STEFNE (NCT02379585)
- Testing
- Doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, paclitaxel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Western Regional Medical Center
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Melatonin Effect in Combination With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy to Clinical Response in Locally Advanced Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Backgrounds Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cancer (OSCC) is the sixth most common malignancy. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for oral cancers.
- Trial name
- NCT04137627
- Testing
- Melatonin 20 MG Oral Capsule
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Resectable Pancreatic Cancer, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer
Pre-operative Treatment for Patients With Untreated Pancreatic Cancer
The purpose of this study is to determine if the combination of paclitaxel protein bound, gemcitabine, cisplatin, paricalcitol are effective in individuals with resectable and unresectable pancreatic cancer.
- Conditions
- Resectable Pancreatic Cancer, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Neoadjuvant Pancreatic Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03138720
- Testing
- Paclitaxel Protein Bound (Abraxane)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- HonorHealth Research Institute
Multiple Myeloma
Total Marrow Irradiation With High Dose Melphalan Prior to Autologous Transplant for Multiple Myeloma
In this phase I trial, patients with multiple myeloma will receive standard high dose melphalan with autologous stem cell rescue. In addition the pre-transplant conditioning will include targeted total marrow irradiation (TMI).
- Trial name
- BMT-02 (NCT02043860)
- Testing
- Total Marrow Irradiation, Autologous Transplant, Melphalan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago