Clinical trials: Preoperative Systemic Treatment
Esophageal Cancer, Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus
Efficacy and Safety of OncoGel™ Added to Chemotherapy and Radiation Before Surgery in Subjects With Esophageal Cancer
OncoGel is a new experimental drug delivery system that allows the slow continuous release of paclitaxel (an approved intravenous anticancer drug), from a gel (ReGel) over a long period of time.
- Conditions
- Esophageal Cancer, Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus, Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Trial name
- NCT00573131
- Testing
- OncoGel (Paclitaxel gel), cisplatin, 5-FU
- Where
- 20 sites in United States, Czechia and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 137 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Breast Cancer
Randomized Study of Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Focused Microwave Thermotherapy Before Surgery in Treating Women With Large Breast Cancer Tumors
The purpose of this randomized Phase III study is to determine whether preoperative focused microwave heat treatment and chemotherapy combined are more effective than preoperative chemotherapy alone in the treatment of large…
- Trial name
- Medifocus301 (NCT01204801)
- Testing
- Focused Microwave Thermotherapy, Chemotherapy (control)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 238 people
- Sponsor
- Medifocus, Inc.