The purpose of this study is to compare two different techniques of performing a pancreatic anastomosis; Cattell-Warren versus Blumgart to determine if a Blumgart anastomosis reduces pancreatic remnant leak, post-operative complications and overall length of hospital stay.
This study tests the combination of two targeted therapies,along with chemotherapy treatment in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
This is a first-in-human, modular, Phase I/IIa, open-label, multi-centre study to assess the safety, tolerability, PK, and preliminary efficacy of AZD0022 monotherapy in combination with other anti-cancer agents in participants with tumours harbouring a KRASG12D mutation.
The purpose of this study is to collect the date on the safety and potential effectiveness of CART cells combined with interventional therapy in patients with advanced liver malignancy.
Most studies of cancer stem cells (CSC) involve the inoculation of cells from human tumors into immunosuppressed mice, preventing an assessment on the immunologic interactions and effects of CSCs. In this study, the investigators examined the vaccination effects produced by CSC-enriched populations from histologically distinct murine tumors after their inoculation into different syngeneic immunocompetent hosts. Enriched CSCs were immunogenic and more effective as an antigen source than unselected tumor cells in inducing protective antitumor immunity.Immune sera from CSC-vaccinated hosts contained high levels of IgG which bound to CSCs, resulting in CSC lysis in the presence of complement.CTLs generated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells or splenocytes harvested from CSC-vaccinated hosts were capable of killing CSCs in vitro. Mechanistic investigations established that CSC-primed antibodies and T cells were capable of selective targeting CSCs and conferring antitumor immunity.
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a well-established tool for the diagnosis and staging of many gastrointestinal conditions, including but not limited to, malignant and pre-malignant neoplasms of the pancreas, esophagus, rectum, and submucosal tumors developing along the gastrointestinal tract. EUS is the most sensitive test for the detection of focal lesions within the pancreas and is the most accurate method for diagnosing pancreas cancer. A biopsy method for tissue sampling via EUS called fine needle aspiration (FNA) was developed that enables a small needle to be passed into the lesion of interest under ultrasound guidance, obtaining cellular material for cytology. EUS-FNA is currently recommended for the diagnosis of cystic and solid mass lesions within and adjacent to the gastrointestinal tract. Yet in certain clinical circumstances, it is more desirable and sometimes necessary to obtain a core tissue biopsy for histology rather than the cellular material for cytology obtained with EUS-FNA. Furthermore, histology may generally increase the diagnostic yield of EUS-FNA compared to cytology. It is with these aims in mind that a new type of needle, the fine needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) device was developed to enable core tissue sampling. Since a comparison of these to methods has yet to be made, the aim of this study is to perform a direct comparison of the sampling adequacy and diagnostic yield of the new EUS-FNB needle with the conventional EUS-FNA needle.
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that may occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
PURPOSE: This laboratory study is examining blood samples from patients with cancer to identify biomarkers that may help in the early detection of pancreatic cancer.
Prognostic Importance of Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Evaluation of Pancreatic Steatosis in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
The purpose of this research is to see if adding blood-based tests and symptom review to standard-of-care pancreatic cancer screening procedures can identify cancer early among individuals with increased risk.
The study was designed to find the optimum AVN944 dose to use in combination with gemcitabine in patients with pancreatic cancer and see if the combination of the 2 drugs was more effective for treating pancreatic cancer than using gemcitabine alone.
