LDE225 is a new medicine that blocks the Hedgehog (Hh) pathway. The Hh pathway is a cascade of molecular events that control cell growth and have been linked with the development of many human cancers, including pancreatic cancer. Information from research studies suggests that LDE225 in combination with FOLFIRINOX may help to stop the growth of cancer cells. In this research study, the investigators are looking to determine the maximum dose of LDE225 in combination that can be given safely to patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer.
This study will check how well a new medicine, GSK5764227, works, how safe it is and how the body handles it in participants all around the world with advanced inoperable or metastatic gastrointestinal cancer who have previously received treatment.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well capecitabine works as second-line therapy in treating patients with stage IV pancreatic cancer who have the thymidylate synthase gene.
The aim of this study will be to determine whether secretin-enhanced MRCP (S-MRCP) as well as traditional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pancreas will allow the investigators to quantify the pancreas' ability to secrete hormones as well as digestive enzymes, both before and after surgery. The investigators hypothesize that S-MRCP will provide a novel non-invasive measure of pancreatic function.
This research is being done to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the drug NIS793 in combination with the standard of care treatment FOLFIRINOX (consists of the drugs 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan, and Leucovorin), chemoradiation and surgery for people with metastatic pancreas adenocarcinoma.
The drugs involved in this study are:
* NIS793
* FOLFIRINOX (consists of the drugs 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan, and Leucovorin)
Other interventions include
* chemoradiation
* surgery.
To determine the maximum tolerated dose and dose-limiting toxicity of Gemcitabine plus Albumin-bound paclitaxel (ABI-007) in patients with advanced metastatic pancreatic cancer.
This study compares two types of care – Standard Oncology Care (SOC) and SOC with early palliative care (EPC) (started within 8 weeks after diagnosis of advanced disease) to see which is better for improving the quality of life of patients with advanced lung, pancreas, gastric and biliary tract cancer. The study will use FACT-G questionnaire to measure patients' quality of life.
A Phase 1 Dose Escalation and Expansion Study of IMP7068 Monotherapy in Advanced Solid Tumors
This is a phase 1, open-label, dose-escalation clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ASG-5ME and identify the maximum tolerated dose in patients with pathologically confirmed metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, and to evaluate safety and tolerability in patients with relapsed or refractory gastric adenocarcinoma.
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in peptides and proteins and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
PURPOSE: This research study is looking at blood samples from patients with malignant melanoma, metastatic breast cancer, advanced lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, or colorectal cancer.
