Clinical trials: sponsored by Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Head and Neck Cancer
Cetuximab Plus Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Cancer of the Head and Neck That Has Not Responded to Cisplatin Chemotherapy
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies such as cetuximab can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00004865
- Testing
- cetuximab, cisplatin, fluorouracil
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Motexafin Gadolinium Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Motexafin gadolinium may increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy by making tumor cells more sensitive to radiation.
- Trial name
- NCT00003409
- Testing
- motexafin gadolinium, radiation therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lung Cancer
Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Stage IB, Stage II, or Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
RATIONALE: Vaccines made from a person's tumor cells and white blood cells may make the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00098917
- Testing
- autologous tumor cell vaccine, therapeutic autologous dendritic cells, adjuvant therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center