Clinical trials: sponsored by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Bladder Cancer
Sunitinib in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer
RATIONALE: Sunitinib 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.
- Trial name
- NCT00526656
- Testing
- sunitinib malate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Stage IV Gastrointestinal Cancer, Advanced Gynecological Cancer
The Mediating Effects of Decentering on Self-Management of Stress and End of Life Planning
Caregivers of persons with cancer may face many challenges as they support and care for a person receiving treatment. Sometimes having to help make treatment decisions for a patient can cause distress for caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT02842047
- Testing
- Stop, Breathe & Think™, End of Life Planning Videos, Caregiver wellness videos
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Smoking Cessation, Smoking, Tobacco
Path2Quit Tobacco Intervention For African Americans
The purpose of this research is to study a smoking cessation program for adult smokers in Northeast Ohio. The study will also look at how different people respond to the program.
- Trial name
- NCT03524482
- Testing
- SmokeFreeText, Path2Quit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate
Enzalutamide in Patients With High-risk Prostate Cancer
The purpose of this study is to see how long it takes for prostate cancer to come back in patients who have had surgery to remove their prostate gland (radical prostatectomy), while being treated with enzalutamide (formerly known…
- Trial name
- NCT01927627
- Testing
- enzalutamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus, Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction
Lapatinib With Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in Esophagus and Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ)
RATIONALE: Since lapatinib inhibits both EGFR and HER2 receptors, it is an attractive agent for the treatment of esophageal and GEJ tumors.
- Trial name
- NCT01395537
- Testing
- Carboplatin AUC, Paclitaxel, lapatinib
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Glioblastoma, Brain Tumor
Feasibility Trial of the Modified Atkins Diet and Bevacizumab for Recurrent Glioblastoma
Patients may participate in this research study if they have glioblastoma. (a brain tumor) that has come back after being treated. Standard treatment for this cancer is a chemotherapy drug called bevacizumab.
- Trial name
- NCT02768389
- Testing
- Bevacizumab, Modified Atkins Diet
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
RAD001(Everolimus) in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes
RATIONALE: RAD001(Everolimus) may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for their growth and by blocking blood flow to the cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00809185
- Testing
- everolimus, laboratory biomarker analysis, Bone marrow aspirate/biopsy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Stage II Breast Cancer, Stage IIIA Breast Cancer
Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab or Bevacizumab With Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage II-III Breast Cancer
This phase II trial studies how well trastuzumab and pertuzumab or bevacizumab with combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with stage II-III breast cancer.
- Conditions
- Stage II Breast Cancer, Stage IIIA Breast Cancer, Stage IIIB Breast Cancer, Stage IIIC Breast Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT01959490
- Testing
- trastuzumab, Pertuzumab, docetaxel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, de Novo Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Differentiation Therapy With Decitabine in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome
RATIONALE: Decitabine may help myelodysplastic cells become more like normal stem cells. PURPOSE: This clinical trial studies differentiation therapy with decitabine in treating patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.
- Conditions
- Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, de Novo Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Refractory Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT01165996
- Testing
- flow cytometry, DNA methylation analysis, cytogenetic analysis
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Glioma
Intratumorally-Administered Topotecan Using CED in High Grade Glioma Undergoing Stereotactic Biopsy
The purpose of this study is to determine if treatment with topotecan by an alternative method, direct delivery into brain tumors, is safe and well tolerated.
- Trial name
- NCT03193463
- Testing
- Topotecan (<=8cc), Topotecan (>8cc), Cleveland Multiport Catheter
- Sponsor
- Michael Vogelbaum, MD, PhD
Brain Tumor, High Grade Glioma
Topotecan in Glioma Undergoing A Clinically-Indicated Surgical Resection
Topotecan is an FDA-approved drug when given by intravenous infection. The purpose of this study is to determine if treatment with topotecan by an alternative method, direct delivery into the part of the brain where the tumor has…
- Trial name
- NCT02500459
- Testing
- topotecan, Cleveland Multiport Catheter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Michael Vogelbaum, MD, PhD
Ciliary Body and Choroid Melanoma, Medium/Large Size, Ciliary Body and Choroid Melanoma, Small Size
Dacarbazine and Recombinant Interferon Alfa-2b in Treating Patients With Primary Uveal Melanoma With Genetic Imbalance
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as dacarbazine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Conditions
- Ciliary Body and Choroid Melanoma, Medium/Large Size, Ciliary Body and Choroid Melanoma, Small Size, Iris Melanoma, Recurrent Intraocular Melanoma
- Trial name
- NCT01100528
- Testing
- recombinant interferon alfa-2b, dacarbazine, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Methoxyamine and Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as methoxyamine and 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
- NCT00892385
- Testing
- Methoxyamine, Temozolomide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Head and Neck Cancer
Building Caregiver Skills Using a Simulation-based Intervention for Care of Head and Neck Cancer
Patients with head and neck cancer and their caregivers face many challenges. These include learning about cancer and its treatment, coping with symptoms from illness and treatment side effects, making adjustments to usual…
- Trial name
- NCT02577237
- Testing
- In-person education sessions, NCI Booklet, Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Malignant Neoplasm, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Bone
Dual Energy Computed Tomography (CT) in Finding Bone Metastases in Patients With Cancer
This clinical trial studies dual energy computed tomography (CT) in finding cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the bone (bone metastases) in patients with cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT02354326
- Testing
- virtual non-calcium dual-energy computed tomography, computed tomography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Recurrent Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With High Risk Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in treating participants with head and neck cancer that has spread from where it started to nearby tissue or lymph nodes and…
- Conditions
- Recurrent Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Keratinizing Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Trial name
- NCT02388932
- Testing
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Positron Emission Tomography, Computed Tomography
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Multilineage Dysplasia Following Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission
Donor Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Hematologic Malignancies
RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy before a donor umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) helps stop the growth of cancer and abnormal cells and helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells.
- Conditions
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Multilineage Dysplasia Following Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission, Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia (M7), Adult Acute Minimally Differentiated Myeloid Leukemia (M0)
- Trial name
- NCT01093586
- Testing
- double-unit umbilical cord blood transplantation, cytogenetic analysis, bone marrow aspiration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lymphoma, Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Photodynamic Therapy Using Silicon Phthalocyanine 4 in Treating Patients With Actinic Keratosis, Bowen's Disease, Skin Cancer, or Stage I or Stage II Mycosis Fungoides
RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses a drug that becomes active when it is exposed to a certain kind of light. When the drug is active, tumor cells are killed.
- Conditions
- Lymphoma, Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer, Precancerous Condition
- Trial name
- NCT00103246
- Testing
- silicon phthalocyanine 4
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
p53/p16-Independent Epigenetic Therapy With Oral Decitabine/Tetrahydrouridine for Pancreatic Cancer
Patients with pancreatic cancer which has stopped responding to one or more chemotherapy drugs are asked to take part in this study.
- Trial name
- NCT02847000
- Testing
- Tetrahydrouridine, Decitabine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Yogen Saunthararajah
T-cell Lymphoma, Aggressive B-cell Lymphoma
p53/p16-Independent Epigenetic Therapy With Oral Decitabine/Tetrahydrouridine for Refractory/Relapsed Lymphoid Malignancies
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how well the study drug works and safety of oral decitabine in patients with refractory or relapsed lymphoid malignancies.
- Conditions
- T-cell Lymphoma, Aggressive B-cell Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas, Indolent B-cell Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT02846935
- Testing
- Decitabine, Tetrahydrouridine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Yogen Saunthararajah