Clinical trials: Supratentorial Brain Tumor
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Chemotherapeutic Agent Toxicity
Changes in Semen or Sperm Caused by Temozolomide in Patients With Newly Diagnosed, Progressive, or Recurrent Primary Malignant Brain Tumors
RATIONALE: Learning whether temozolomide changes semen or sperm in patients with brain tumors may help doctors learn about the long-term effects of treatment and plan the best treatment.
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Chemotherapeutic Agent Toxicity, Infertility
- Trial name
- NCT00499798
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Supratentorial Neoplasms
Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of the Postoperative Analgesia Methods
An optimal analgesic therapy is very important for postoperative recovery. In recent years, several studies showed that the prevalence of the moderate to severe pain after craniotomy ranged from 69 to 87% of patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02929147
- Testing
- Morphine, Dexketoprofen
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Pituitary Adenoma
Glycemic Fluctuations in Newly Diagnosed Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma and Cushing Syndrome Subjects
Glucose fluctuations present not only in patients with diabetes mellitus but also in subjects with normal glucose tolerance or impaired glucose regulation.
- Trial name
- NCT02574793
- Testing
- continuous glucose monitoring
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Huashan Hospital
Cavernous Sinus Meningioma, Pituitary Adenoma
Effect of Irradiation of the Cavernous Sinus and the Sellar Region on Autobiographical Memory
Several studies showed that radiotherapy as brain tumors treatment may affect cognition. It was observed that durable memory impairments could arise at irradiated patients if radiotherapy is applied on medial temporal lobes.
- Trial name
- ISOMAB (NCT02750371)
- Testing
- Evaluation of autobiographical memory
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bordeaux
Brain Tumors, Central Nervous System Tumors
Carboplatin and Vincristine Plus Radiation Therapy Followed By Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed CNS Embryonal Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin and vincristine, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells.
- Conditions
- Brain Tumors, Central Nervous System Tumors, Neuroblastoma
- Trial name
- NCT00003203
- Testing
- filgrastim, carboplatin, cisplatin
- Where
- 38 sites in United States, Australia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Malignant Glioma, Ependymoma
Optune for Children With High-Grade Glioma or Ependymoma, and Optune With Radiation Therapy for Children With DIPG
This is a multicenter trial of the Optune device to examine the feasibility and to describe the device-related toxicity in children with supratentorial high grade glioma (HGG) or ependymoma (Stratum 1) and to examine the…
- Conditions
- Malignant Glioma, Ependymoma, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
- Trial name
- NCT03033992
- Testing
- Optune System (NovoTTF-200A System, Tumor Treating Fields, TTFields), Concurrent Optune and RT followed by Optune System alone
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Osmotherapy, Intracranial Pressure
Comparison of 20% Mannitol and 3% Hypertonic Saline for Cerebral Relaxation During Elective Supratentorial Craniotomies
Mannitol 20% has long been used to treat elevated intracranial hypertension in trauma and intensive care settings. More recent data indicate that hypertonic saline may be as effective or more effective than mannitol for this…
- Trial name
- NCT01745081
- Testing
- 20% mannitol bolus administration, Hypertonic saline 3% bolus administration
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Kidney Cancer
MT2004-30: Tomotherapy for Solid Tumors
RATIONALE: A peripheral blood stem cell transplant or bone marrow transplant using stem cells from the patient may be able to replace immune cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy and image-guided intensity-modulated radiation…
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Kidney Cancer, Liver Cancer, Retinoblastoma
- Trial name
- NCT00623077
- Testing
- filgrastim, busulfan, etoposide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
Brain Tumor
Assessment of Cognitive Functions and Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Supratentorial Brain Tumor
Primary brain tumors are highly associated with neurocognitive deficit and poor quality of life. There are number of studies indicating that brain tumors and their treatment modalities are often related to cognitive dysfunction.
- Trial name
- NCT02428972
- Testing
- Propofol, Sevoflurane
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Lymphoma
Genetic Study in Patients Receiving Treatment for Hodgkin's Disease or Childhood Brain Tumor
RATIONALE: Determination of genetic markers for leukemia or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is secondary to Hodgkin's disease and childhood brain tumors may help doctors to identify patients who are at risk for these cancers.
- Trial name
- NCT00006342
- Testing
- chromosomal translocation analysis, gene rearrangement analysis, mutation analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Islet Cell Carcinoma
Antineoplaston Therapy in Treating Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumor That Is Metastatic or Unlikely to Respond to Surgery or Radiation Therapy
RATIONALE: Antineoplastons are naturally-occurring substances that may also be made in the laboratory. Antineoplastons may inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
- Conditions
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Islet Cell Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Pituitary Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT00003514
- Testing
- antineoplaston A10, antineoplaston AS2-1, alternative product therapy
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Burzynski Research Institute
Malignant Glioma, Glioblastoma Multiforme
Imaging Study of the Distribution of IL13-PE38QQR Infused Before and After Surgery in Adult Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma
The experimental anti-cancer drug IL13-PE38QQR, which is being developed for the treatment of malignant brain tumors, is composed of parts of two proteins: the immune system cytokine IL13 and a toxin from the bacterium…
- Conditions
- Malignant Glioma, Glioblastoma Multiforme, Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
- Trial name
- NCT00064779
- Testing
- IL13-PE38QQR, targeted fusion protein therapy, surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- INSYS Therapeutics Inc
Cancer
Colony-Stimulating Factors in Treating Children With Recurrent or Refractory Solid Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Colony-stimulating factors such as thrombopoietin and G-CSF may increase the number of immune cells found in…
- Trial name
- NCT00003597
- Testing
- recombinant human thrombopoietin, carboplatin, etoposide
- Where
- 24 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor
Busulfan in Treating Children and Adolescents With Refractory CNS Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the safety of delivering intrathecal busulfan in children and adolescents who…
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Leukemia, Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT00006246
- Testing
- busulfan
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
Cushings Disease
Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Pasireotide s.c. +/- Cabergoline in Patients With Cushing's Disease
The main purpose of this prospective, multicenter, open-label phase II study, was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pasireotide alone or in combination with cabergoline in patients with Cushing's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01915303
- Testing
- Pasireotide with or without cabergoline
- Where
- 29 sites in United States, Argentina and 14 more
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Pituitary Adenoma
Comparison of Extent of Resection of Pituitary Adenoma Via Transnasal Transsphenoidal Approach Using Endoscope Versus Microscope
This randomized controlled trial, titled "Comparison of Extent of Resection of Pituitary Adenoma via Transnasal Transsphenoidal Approach Using Endoscope Versus Microscope," was conducted in the Department of Neurosurgery, Sir…
- Trial name
- GTR MRI (NCT07886242)
- Testing
- Endoscopic surgery, Microscopic surgery
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Pituitary Adenoma
Detection of Functioning Pituitary Microadenoma: PET/MRI Versus PET/CT
This is a prospective case-control study to compare the usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/MRI with that of 18F-FDG PET/CT in detection of functioning pituitary microadenomas.A single dose of 370 Mega-Becquerel (MBq) 18F-FDG will be…
- Trial name
- NCT03404414
- Testing
- 18F-FDG
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Pituitary Adenomas
The Effect of Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Refractory Pituitary Adenomas
The purpose of this study was to determine whether radiotherapy combined with Temozolomide is more effective than radiotherapy alone in the treatment of patients with refractory pituitary adenomas.
- Trial name
- NCT04244708
- Testing
- Radiotherapy plus temozolomide
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor
Talabostat Combined With Temozolomide or Carboplatin in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Brain Tumors or Other Solid Tumors
RATIONALE: Talabostat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor…
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Kidney Cancer, Liver Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00303940
- Testing
- carboplatin, talabostat mesylate, temozolomide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Pituitary Adenoma, Cushing Disease
Evaluation of Intraoperative Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for the Identification of Pituitary Adenoma in Cushing's Disease Compared to Other Pituitary Tumors
This pilot and feasibility study aims to combine recent advances in ultrasound imaging, specifically an endonasal transducer array and contrast enhanced ultrasound, to offer an intraoperative image-guided solution for…
- Trial name
- NCT07335315
- Testing
- Contrast enhanced pituitary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Contrast enhanced ultrasound, Non-Contrast Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic