Archives: Clinical Trials

The purpose of this prospective, randomized multicenter study is to determine whether there is any difference in stent patency of covered metallic stents in terms of stent positioning, above and across the sphincter of Oddi, in malignant bile duct obstruction.

The purpose of this multicenter and double-blind clinical trial is to prospectively assess the sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value, positive predictive value, and accuracy in respectability of pancreatic head cancer with contrasted-enhanced MDCT and its various post processing techniques, taking operational and pathological records as the gold standard.

This is an open label, phase II trial study of adjuvant GVAX pancreas vaccine in patients with pancreatic cancer.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of EpCAM-specific CAR T Cells infusion for EpCAM positive Cancer.

This clinical trial is an interventional, active-treatment, open-label, multi-center, Phase 1/2 study. The study objectives are to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics (PK) of CYT-0851 in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies and advanced solid tumors and to identify a recommended Phase 2 dose as a monotherapy and in combination with chemotherapy for evaluation in these patients.

This study was a single-arm multicenter prospective phase II clinical study, designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant nab-paclitaxel combined with S-1 in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. A total of 60 subjects who meet the criteria will receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy of nab-paclitaxel and S-1, for a maximum of 4 cycles prior to pancreatectomy. The primary endpoint is R0 resection rate, the secondary endpoints include overall survival and response rate.

This clinical trial is evaluating a drug called ART0380 in participants with advanced or metastatic solid tumors. The main goals of this study are to:

* Find the recommended dose of ART0380 that can be given safely to participants alone and in combination with gemcitabine or irinotecan
* Learn more about the side effects of ART0380 alone and in combination with gemcitabine or irinotecan
* Learn more about the effectiveness of ART0380 alone and in combination with gemcitabine or irinotecan

This 2 part study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of a combination of Avastin, Tarceva and Xeloda (ATX) as second-line treatment in patients with locally advanced and/or metastatic pancreatic cancer. In the first part of the study, cohorts of patients will receive escalating doses of combination treatment to determine the maximum tolerated dose. The recommended dose will be used in the second part of the study to determine the efficacy of the ATX regime, in terms of its effect on disease progression. The anticipated time on study treatment is 3-12 months, and the target sample size is <100 individuals.

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine with or without olaratumab in the treatment of first-line metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Pancreaticoduodenectomy is associated with high perioperative morbidity, with surgical site infection (SSIs) being one of the most common complications. A retrospective study at Hopkins on SSIs in these patients identified the rate of SSIs to be 16.7% and pre-operative bile stent/drain and neoadjuvant chemotherapy were independent predictors of surgical site infection. Patients with these factors having a predicted risk of up to 32%. Another subsequent retrospective study demonstrated that the use of negative pressure wound therapy device was significantly associated with a decrease in the rate of SSIs.

The hypothesis of the investigator(s) for the current study is that placement of Prevena Peel & Place Dressing (Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, NPWT) in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy who are at high risk of SSIs will result in a significant decrease in their SSI rate.