Clinical trials: immunohistochemistry staining method
Adult Liposarcoma, Recurrent Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Nelfinavir Mesylate in Treating Patients With Recurrent, Metastatic, or Unresectable Liposarcoma
RATIONALE: Antiviral drugs, such as nelfinavir mesylate, may help prevent cancer cells from spreading. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of nelfinavir mesylate and to see how well it works…
- Conditions
- Adult Liposarcoma, Recurrent Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Stage III Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Stage IV Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Trial name
- NCT00233948
- Testing
- nelfinavir mesylate, biopsy, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate, Stage II Prostate Cancer
Sorafenib Tosylate and Gene Expression Analysis in Patients Undergoing Surgery For High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer
This phase II trial is studying sorafenib tosylate and gene expression in patients undergoing surgery for high-risk localized prostate cancer.
- Conditions
- Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate, Stage II Prostate Cancer, Stage III Prostate Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00466752
- Testing
- sorafenib tosylate, microarray analysis, immunohistochemistry staining method
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor
Dasatinib, Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, and Etoposide in Treating Young Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Malignant Solid Tumors
RATIONALE: Dasatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs in chemotherapy, such as ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide, work in different ways to stop the growth of…
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor, Kidney Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00788125
- Testing
- carboplatin, dasatinib, etoposide phosphate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Breast Cancer
Biomarkers in Women Receiving Chemotherapy & Celecoxib for Stage II or Stage III Breast Cancer Removable by Surgery
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00665457
- Testing
- filgrastim, capecitabine, celecoxib
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Breast Cancer
Trastuzumab, Cyclophosphamide, and Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With High-Risk or Metastatic Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread.
- Trial name
- NCT00847171
- Testing
- allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting breast cancer vaccine, trastuzumab, cyclophosphamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx, Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx
Erlotinib Hydrochloride and Radiation Therapy in Stage III-IV Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck
RATIONALE: Erlotinib hydrochloride may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Erlotinib hydrochloride may also make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy.
- Conditions
- Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx, Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx, Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity, Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx
- Trial name
- NCT01192815
- Testing
- erlotinib hydrochloride, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, pharmacogenomic studies
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Metastatic Cancer, Prostate Cancer
Paricalcitol in Treating Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer and Bone Metastases
RATIONALE: Paricalcitol may help prostate cancer cells become more like normal cells, and to grow and spread more slowly. It may also stop the growth of tumor cells in bone.
- Trial name
- NCT00634582
- Testing
- paricalcitol, immunoenzyme technique, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma
Combination Chemotherapy and Pralatrexate as First-Line Therapy in Treating Patients With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
This phase II trial studies how well combination chemotherapy and pralatrexate works in treating patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).
- Conditions
- Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma, Hepatosplenic T-cell Lymphoma, Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT01336933
- Testing
- prednisone, cyclophosphamide, etoposide
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Cancer of Breast
Aging Mammary Stem Cells and Breast Cancer Prevention
To examine whether rapamycin can reduce malignant markers and aberrant mammary stem/progenitor cells (MaSCs) number in surgical specimens
- Trial name
- NCT02642094
- Testing
- Rapamycin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- LuZhe Sun
Cholangiocarcinoma of the Extrahepatic Bile Duct, Cholangiocarcinoma of the Gallbladder
Bevacizumab and Erlotinib Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Biliary Tumors
This phase II trial is studying how well giving bevacizumab together with erlotinib hydrochloride works in treating patients with metastatic or unresectable biliary tumors.
- Conditions
- Cholangiocarcinoma of the Extrahepatic Bile Duct, Cholangiocarcinoma of the Gallbladder, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Recurrent Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00356889
- Testing
- erlotinib hydrochloride, bevacizumab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Non Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Randomized Phase II Study of AZD6244 (Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Inhibitor) MEK-Inhibitor With Erlotinib in KRAS Wild Type Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and a Randomized Phase II Study of AZD6244 With Erlotinib in Mutant KRAS Adva...
Background: AZD6244 (ARRY-142886) is an investigational anticancer drug that is designed to block a critical component (MEK (methyl ethyl ketone)) of a pathway (MAP (mitogen-activated protein) kinase pathway) that causes some…
- Trial name
- NCT01229150
- Testing
- AZD6244, Erlotinib, AZD6244 + Erlotinib
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer
Cetuximab, Cisplatin, and Irinotecan in Treating Patients With Metastatic Esophageal Cancer, Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer, or Gastric Cancer That Did Not Respond to Previous Irinotecan and Cisplatin
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread.
- Trial name
- NCT00397904
- Testing
- cetuximab, cisplatin, irinotecan hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lymphoma
Combination Chemotherapy and Rituximab in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed AIDS-Related B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00389818
- Testing
- filgrastim, pegfilgrastim, rituximab
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- AIDS Malignancy Consortium
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme or Other Malignant Glioma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00498927
- Testing
- temozolomide, protein expression analysis, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Kaposi's Sarcoma
PTC299 in Treating Patients With HIV-Related Kaposi Sarcoma
RATIONALE: PTC299 may stop the growth of Kaposi sarcoma by blocking blood flow to the tumor. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of PTC299 and to see how well it works in treating patients…
- Trial name
- NCT00686842
- Testing
- VEGF inhibitor PTC299, gene expression analysis, polymerase chain reaction
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- AIDS Malignancy Consortium
Leukemia, Lung Cancer
Vaccine Therapy and GM-CSF in Treating Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, or Mesothelioma
RATIONALE: Vaccines made from peptides may help the body build an effective immune response to kill cancer cells. Biological therapies, such as GM-CSF, may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from…
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Malignant Mesothelioma, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT00398138
- Testing
- WT-1 analog peptide vaccine, incomplete Freund's adjuvant, sargramostim
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lung Cancer
Prognostic Study of Metastases in Patients With Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer That Can Be Removed by Surgery
RATIONALE: Prognostic testing for early signs of metastases may help doctors detect metastases early and plan more effective treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT00003901
- Testing
- immunohistochemistry staining method, biopsy, surgery
- Where
- 58 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,310 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Breast Cancer, Stage IV Breast Cancer
Positron Emission Tomography in Women With Advanced HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as copper Cu 64-DOTA-trastuzumab-labeled PET, may help doctors to plan a better treatment PURPOSE: This pilot trial is studying copper Cu 64-tetra-azacyclododecanetetra-acetic acid…
- Trial name
- NCT01093612
- Testing
- positron emission tomography, copper Cu 64-DOTA-trastuzumab, Biopsy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Fallopian Tube Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
Sorafenib in Treating Patients With Ovarian Epithelial Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, or Peritoneal Cancer in at Least the Second Remission
RATIONALE: Sorafenib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor.
- Conditions
- Fallopian Tube Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00522301
- Testing
- sorafenib tosylate, immunoenzyme technique, immunohistochemistry staining method
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Renal Cell Cancer
Panobinostat and Everolimus in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Renal Cell Cancer That Does Not Respond to Treatment With Sunitinib Malate or Sorafenib Tosylate
RATIONALE: Panobinostat and everolimus may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth or by blocking blood flow to the tumor.
- Conditions
- Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Renal Cell Cancer, Stage III Renal Cell Cancer, Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT01582009
- Testing
- panobinostat, everolimus, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute