Clinical trials: Pleural Neoplasm
Kidney Neoplasms, Kidney Cancer
Genetic Analysis of Birt Hogg-Dube Syndrome and Characterization of Predisposition to Kidney Cancer
This study will investigate the genetic cause of Birt Hogg-Dube (BHD) syndrome and the relationship of this disorder to kidney cancer.
- Conditions
- Kidney Neoplasms, Kidney Cancer, Pneumothorax, FLCN Protein, Human
- Trial name
- NCT00033137
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 950 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Malignant Mesothelioma
Gemcitabine and Epirubicin in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00017186
- Testing
- epirubicin hydrochloride, gemcitabine hydrochloride
- Where
- 24 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Pleural Effusion, Malignant
Multicentre Study Comparing Indwelling Pleural Catheter With Talc Pleurodesis for Malignant Pleural Effusion Management
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) accounts for 50% of all pleural effusions and affects about 300,000 patients annually (UK and USA).
- Trial name
- NCT02045121
- Testing
- Indwelling Pleural Catheter, Talc Pleurodesis
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- National University Hospital, Singapore
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, Diagnoses Disease
Real World Study of MPM in China
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a highly aggressive tumor with atypical clinical manifestations. Most patients with MPM are at an advanced stage at the time of diagnosis, and only a few patients can be cured by radical…
- Conditions
- Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, Diagnoses Disease, Treatments, Prognosis
- Trial name
- NCT05042557
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma
Anti-TGF Monoclonal Antibody (GC1008) in Relapsed Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
This study is being conducted to evaluate the overall safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug, GC1008, in patients with mesothelioma. An investigational drug is one that has not been approved by the FDA.
- Trial name
- NCT01112293
- Testing
- GC1008
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Pleural Effusion, Malignant
The Added Value of CT Scanning in Patients With an Unilateral Pleural Effusion
To investigate the diagnostic power of computed tomography for discriminating malignant from nonmalignant causes to pleural effusions in consecutive patients with no malignant cells found at a cytological examination and a chest…
- Trial name
- NCT03270215
- Testing
- Computed tomography
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 232 people
- Sponsor
- Naestved Hospital
Malignant Pleural Effusion, Pleural Neoplasms
OPC5: Pressurized IntraThoracic Aerosol Chemotherapy (PITAC) in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion.
This study will monitor and evaluate patient and personnel safety and toxicity during the implementation and evaluation of Pressurized IntraThoracic Aerosol Chemotherapy (PITAC) directed treatment.
- Conditions
- Malignant Pleural Effusion, Pleural Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Chemotherapy Effect
- Trial name
- NCT06421610
- Testing
- PITAC
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
Cyclophosphamide Plus Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Vaccines made from a patient's tumor tissue may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Lung Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00002475
- Testing
- allogeneic tumor cell vaccine, autologous tumor cell vaccine, recombinant interferon alfa
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- St. Vincent Medical Center - Los Angeles
Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma
Pembrolizumab With or Without Anetumab Ravtansine in Treating Patients With Mesothelin-Positive Pleural Mesothelioma
This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and how well pembrolizumab with or without anetumab ravtansine works in treating patients with mesothelin-positive pleural mesothelioma.
- Trial name
- NCT03126630
- Testing
- Anetumab Ravtansine, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Pembrolizumab
- Where
- 33 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
A Study of BBI608 in Combination With Pemetrexed and Cisplatin in Adult Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
This is an open-label, multicenter, phase 1/2 study of BBI608 in combination with pemetrexed and cisplatin chemotherapy as a 1st line treatment for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM).
- Trial name
- NCT02347917
- Testing
- BBI608, Pemetrexed, Cisplatin
- Where
- 2 sites in Japan
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
Mesothelioma, Malignant
......SMARTEST Trial......
The SMARTEST trial is a phase II non-blinded randomized trial designed to evaluate the benefit of low dose cyclophosphamide in sequential combination with sub-ablative radiation (Arm A) versus sub-ablative radiation alone (Arm B)…
- Trial name
- NCT05380713
- Testing
- Cyclophosphamide, Tremelimumab, Durvalumab
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Malignant Mesothelioma
A Clinical Study With Tremelimumab as Monotherapy in Malignant Mesothelioma
The study is designed to define the immunologic and clinical activity of Tremelimumab in patients with advanced mesothelioma.
- Trial name
- NCT01649024
- Testing
- Tremelimumab
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Hemithoracic Arc Radiotherapy Post Pleural Decortication
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma is an aggressive and refractory disease , the most aggressive treatment plan offered to these patients include trimodalitiy approach with chemotherapy as the mainstay of treatment .
- Trial name
- NCT06910449
- Testing
- hemithoracic Volumetric Arc Radiotherapy post Pleural decortication
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Malignant Pleural Effusion
Efficacy and Safety of Bevacizumab Versus Pulvis Talci in Malignant Pleural Effusion
Patients with Malignant pleural effusion can be diagnosis advanced cancer. Currently recognized as the most reliable method to control malignant pleural effusion is pleural fixed or thoracic catheter drainage.
- Trial name
- NCT02054078
- Testing
- Bevacizumab, Pulvis talci
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 183 people
- Sponsor
- Tang-Du Hospital
Lung Cancer
Cervical Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (C-VATS)
Although thoracic NOTES may not be ready for human trials, a new minimally invasive technique to access the pleural cavity and perform pleural, pulmonary and mediastinal procedures would be possible.
- Trial name
- CT0030 (NCT01440244)
- Testing
- Cervical mediastinoscopy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Mesothelioma, Malignant
11C-Methionine PET/CT Imaging in Patients Affected by Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM)
Prospective exploratory study specifically investigating the role of 11C-Methionine PET/CT imaging in patients affected by Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) and candidate to pleurodesis.
- Trial name
- NCT02519049
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Cervical Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer
Immunotoxin Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
RATIONALE: Immunotoxins can locate tumor cells and kill them without harming normal cells. Immunotoxin therapy may be effective in treating advanced solid tumors.
- Conditions
- Cervical Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Lung Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00066651
- Testing
- SS1(dsFv)-PE38 immunotoxin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Renal Cell Cancer Metastatic, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Metastatic
Intrapleural Instillation of the Nivolumab in Cancer Patients With Pleural Effusion.
Patients with advanced cancers who have pleural effusion, especially those requiring pleural evacuation, experienced poorer survival when treated with immunotherapy.
- Conditions
- Renal Cell Cancer Metastatic, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Metastatic, Pleural Effusion, Malignant
- Trial name
- NCT04749602
- Testing
- Nivolumab
- Where
- 5 sites in Russia
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Kidney Cancer Research Bureau
Malignant Mesothelioma
Capecitabine in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of capecitabine in treating patients who have malignant…
- Trial name
- NCT00004183
- Testing
- capecitabine
- Where
- 50 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Unresectable Pleural or Peritoneal Malignant Mesothelioma
Randomized, Double-blind Study Comparing Tremelimumab to Placebo in Subjects With Unresectable Malignant Mesothelioma
This is a Phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study. Subjects with unresectable pleural or peritoneal malignant mesothelioma will be randomized in a 2:1 ratio to receive either tremelimumab or placebo.
- Trial name
- Tremelimumab (NCT01843374)
- Testing
- Tremelimumab
- Where
- 104 sites in United States, Australia and 17 more
- Volunteers
- 571 people
- Sponsor
- MedImmune LLC