RATIONALE: Gathering information from patients who received treatment for metastatic cancer while participating in a phase II or phase III randomized clinical trial and from patients receiving standard treatment off-trial may help doctors learn more about the psychological and emotional results of being in a clinical trial.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is comparing the psychological and emotional impact of participating in a randomized clinical trial with the impact of standard treatment in patients with metastatic cancer.
The purpose of this phase 2 study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of NIR178 in combination with PDR001 in multiple solid tumors and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and further explore schedule variations of NIR178 to optimize immune activation through inhibition of A2aR.
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy combined with intravenous chemotherapy in peritoneal metastatic pancreatic cancer. The main question it aims to answer are:
(1) Does this combined approach increase 1-year survival rates? and (2) What is the safety profile of this treatment regimen?
Participants will:
undergo baseline imaging and surgical exploration to confirm peritoneal metastasis, receive two cycles of intraperitoneal cisplatin HIPEC (70mg/m²) postoperatively, followed by systemic AG chemotherapy (nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine), with treatment adjustments based on regular imaging assessments and multidisciplinary team (MDT) recommendations.
This is a Phase 1, single-arm, single-center, open-label study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of NKG2D/CLDN18.2-based CAR-T cells infusion in the treatment of advanced NKG2DL+/CLDN18.2+ solid tumors.
This study will combine focused ultrasound to generate heat, and a heat-sensitive chemotherapy drug (ThermoDox®), delivered into the blood of participants with non-resectable pancreatic cancer. We will compare this to standard delivery of chemotherapy – the drug Doxorubicin given into the blood without the addition of ultrasound. We aim to determine whether the novel approach to delivering chemotherapy with heating the tumour by focused ultrasound can enhance the amount of drug delivered to pancreatic tumours. This will be measured by analysing a biopsy sample of treated tumour.
Introduction: Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive malignancies with only 5% of patients being alive at five years. EUS (endoscopic ultra sound) is an established, sensitive diagnostic tool in pancreatic cancer and for staging purposes. Additionally, EUS enables guided fine needle aspiration (FNA), which is currently recommended as the first-line procedure whenever a pathological diagnosis is required. However, EUS-FNA as a sampling method has its drawbacks, due to a relatively low negative predictive value. Confocal laser endomicroscopy has emerged in recent years as a novel method that enables in vivo microscopic analysis during ongoing endoscopy. Recently, confocal laser endomicroscopy has gone beyond the superficial luminal indications with the development of a new microprobe, i.e. a flexible laser probe (nCLE) that can pass through a 19-gauge needle. Combined with EUS, descriptive criteria for the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic neoplasm has been developed in a multicentre trial. However, only a limited number of cases of solid pancreatic masses have been described with nCLE.
Aim and Method: To describe confocal imaging criteria for pancreatic masses, lymph nodes or liver metastases identified during EUS procedures performed for pancreatic cancer staging (EUS-nCLE), while evaluating also the feasibility and safety of nCLE examination. The hypothesis is that EUS-nCLE could allow targeted tissue sampling of pancreatic lesions resulting in more accurate diagnosis. XX patients were included all presenting with a clinical suspicion of pancreatic cancer or imaging studies showing a pancreatic mass. During the procedure an nCLE preloaded 19G FNA needle was advanced into the lesion under EUS guidance. A contrast agent was administered intravenously (2.5 ml fluorescein 10%). The data was stored digitally for post procedural analysis. Afterwards EUS-FNA was performed for cytology smears to enable a final pathological diagnosis. Correlations between the nCLE images and the conventional pathology were identified.
The goal of this observational, retrospective study is to learn about cancer risk in autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) patients. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Do patients with AIP have higher incidence of cancer in comparison to general population?
* What is the overall prevalence of cancer in AIP patients?
* What are the characteristics of AIP patients associated with the incidence of cancer?
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of sequential treatment (Gabrinox) comprising Gembrax regimen (Gemcitabine -Abraxane) followed by the Folfirinox regimen (5FU, Oxaliplatin and Irinotecan) compared to folfirinox alone in patients treated in first metastatic line pancreatic cancer
This is a blinded pilot study in which patients scheduled for pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic or related cancers are randomized to dietary counseling and home exercise at high weekly frequency, either with or without individualized resistance training, in order to determine if such an intervention and research design are feasible in this population. We also aim to determine if physical function or quality of life can be improved with only 2-3 weeks of prehabilitation. This is in preparation for a larger study to determine if resistance improves outcomes.
Patients with tumors in liver or pancreas are randomized to ultrasound (UL)-guided FNAC biopsies with guidance method or UL-guided FNAC biopsies with free-hand method.
