Clinical trials: sponsored by ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Melanoma (Skin)
Biomarkers in Predicting Response to Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma Previously Treated With Carboplatin and Paclitaxel With or Without Sorafenib Tosylate
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tissue in the laboratory from patients receiving carboplatin and paclitaxel with or without sorafenib tosylate may help doctors learn more about the effects of this treatment on cells.
- Trial name
- NCT01209299
- Testing
- DNA methylation analysis, gene expression analysis, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Lung Cancer
Biomarkers in Blood Samples From Patients With Refractory Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Previously Treated With Sorafenib Tosylate
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood 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
- NCT01124669
- Testing
- DNA analysis, mutation analysis, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Melanoma (Skin)
Study of Tumor Tissue From Patients With Melanoma Treated on Clinical Trial EST-1690
RATIONALE: Studying samples of 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
- NCT00937781
- Testing
- RNA analysis, gene expression analysis, microarray analysis
- Volunteers
- 307 people
- Sponsor
- ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Head and Neck Cancer
Blood Sample Analysis in Predicting Overall Survival in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood in the laboratory from patients with cancer may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00898911
- Testing
- matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Leukemia
Biomarkers in Bone Marrow Samples From Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
RATIONALE: Studying samples of bone marrow 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
- NCT01251159
- Testing
- mutation analysis, polymerase chain reaction, immunologic technique
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Lymphoma
Biomarkers in Predicting Response to Rituximab Treatment in Samples From Patients With Indolent Follicular Lymphoma
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
- NCT01381705
- Testing
- rituximab, DNA analysis, gene expression analysis
- Volunteers
- 259 people
- Sponsor
- ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Leukemia
Biomarkers in Bone Marrow and Blood Samples From Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treated With Cytarabine-Based Therapy
RATIONALE: Studying samples of bone marrow and blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors predict how well patients will respond to treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT01169363
- Testing
- proteomic profiling, flow cytometry, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Breast Cancer
Biomarkers in Tissue Samples From Patients With Breast Cancer Treated With Bevacizumab
RATIONALE: DNA analysis of tumor tissue may help doctors predict how well patients will respond to treatment. PURPOSE: This research study is studying biomarkers in tissue samples from patients with breast cancer treated with…
- Trial name
- NCT01156168
- Testing
- DNA analysis, gene expression analysis, polymorphism analysis
- Volunteers
- 363 people
- Sponsor
- ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus
International Multicentre Study in Advanced Anal Cancer Comparing Cisplatin Plus 5 FU vs Carboplatin Plus Weekly Paclitaxel
Anal cancer is a relatively uncommon disease and there is currently no standard chemotherapy treatment for patients with inoperable locally recurrent or metastatic disease.
- Trial name
- InterAACT (NCT02051868)
- Testing
- Cisplatin, 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), Carboplatin
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Australia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust