Background
Cancer Cachexia (CC) is a multi-factorial process characterized by progressive weight loss, muscle mass and fat tissue wasting, and adversely affecting their quality of life and survival in patients with advanced stage of cancer.
Megestrol acetate (MA), which can help maintain body weight in advanced cancer patients, has not been proven to be effective in improving quality of life or lean body mass. Furthermore, its use is often limited due to various adverse event such as Cushing syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, or thromboembolic risk.
CC has a complex and multi-factorial pathophysiology, and there is no established standard treatment.
Hypothesis CC is irreversible once it occurs and is also difficult to suppress its progression with any single treatment modality.
The investigators hypothesized that a multi-modal intervention comprised of anti-inflammation, omega-3-fatty acids, oral nutritional supplement with counselling by nutritionist, physical exercise, psychiatric intervention as well as Bojungikki-tang which mediates immune-modulation and reverse both of chronic inflammation and wasting condition as a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) could prevent the development of CC or improve the CC in advanced cancer patients during chemotherapy compared to those who received usual supportive.
The purpose of this study is to compare the diagnosis accuracy of FNA and FNB biopsy on pancreatic, retroperitoneal, mediastinum and pelvic cavity solid occupying lesions.
High-dose magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided hypofractionated radiation therapy delivered using daily adaptive dose planning has been shown in a retrospective study to result in improved overall survival, relative to patients receiving lower radiation doses, in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer, without increasing the rate of serious gastrointestinal toxicity.
The goal of the proposed trial is to investigative in a controlled, prospective manner the robustness of this outcome, and to track quality of life over a 5-year trial period.
This is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant treatment with pamrevlumab or placebo in combination with either gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (G/NP) or FOLFIRINOX in the treatment of participants with locally advanced, unresectable pancreatic cancer.
This is a multicenter, open-label, phase II study to explore the efficacy, safety/tolerability and pharmacokinetics (PK) of GFH375 in in Patients with Previously Treated KRAS G12D Mutant Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer.
This study is a single-arm, multi-center, multi-cohort, prospective clinical study initiated by the investigator.
The indication of this study is: patients with advanced metastatic pancreatic cancer who have progressed after first-line chemotherapy. Eligible patients will be assigned to liposomal irinotecan (nal-IRI) plus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)/leucovorin (LV) (nal-IRI/5-FU/LV) combined with benmelstobart and anlotinib ± SBRT.
The total sample size for this study is expected to be 56 subjects.
This is a Phase 1b/2, multi-center, open label umbrella study of patients ≥12 years of age with recurrent, progressive, or refractory melanoma or other solid tumors with alterations in the key proteins of the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK pathway, referred to as the MAPK pathway.
Treatment, Prospective, Assignment, Open Label, Single-center, Non-randomized Study An exploratory clinical trial of comparison of Nab-Paclitaxel combined with Gemcitabine and Gemcitabine combined with Tegafur for adjuvant chemotherapy after radical resection of pancreatic cancer
This study aims to examine whether octreotide has an effect on inhibition of the exocrine secretion fo the pancreas, which might lower the rate of postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy. Patients who will undergo pancreatoduodenectomy for periampullary tumors were enrolled. The patients were randomly assigned to intervention (use of octreotide) or placebo groups. Octreotide was injected subcutaneously every 8 hours for 7 days. Every patients will undergo pancreaticojejunostomy with external stent for remnant pancreas management. The pancreatic juice is drained through the external stent by negative pressure and amounted.
Primary endpoint was the amount of pancreatic juice for each postoperative day. Secondary endpoint was the rate of pancreatic fistula.
Expanded access for participants with cancer with RET activation who are ineligible for an ongoing selpercatinib (also known as LOXO-292) clinical trial or have other considerations that prevent access to selpercatinib through an existing clinical trial.
The treating physician/investigator contacts Lilly when, based on their medical opinion, a patient meets the criteria for inclusion in the expanded access program.
