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Predicting Biomarker of Gastric Cancer Chemotherapy Response

discovery and validation of biomarker predicting gastric cancer chemotherapy response Analysis for expression level of mRNA using Next generation sequencing in gastric cancer tissue by chemotherapy response Analysis for expression level of miRNA using Next generation sequencing in gastric cancer tissue and blood by chemotherapy response Validation of mRNA and miRNA using qRT-PCR in multiple independent cohort Biological biomarkers-clinical factor combined prediction model of gastric cancer chemotherapy response

Start: November 2015

Basal Tumours in Bladder Cancer, Response to chemoTherapy

Determine the sensitivity/resistance to chemotherapy of the various subgroups of muscle-invasive bladder cancers, including the basal subgroup (about 25% of these tumours) according to 4 different classifications based on molecular or immunohistochemical classifiers.

Start: February 2019

Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) in Gastric Carcinomatosis. Phase II Randomized Study

Peritoneal metastasis is a common pattern in advanced gastric cancer leading to a terminal condition in a very short time. Whatever recent progress regarding systemic chemotherapy using multi drugs association median survival is limited to 6 months with altered quality of life (QoL) after 4 months for all patients. We postulated that a new innovative health technology for delivering intraperitoneal pressurized aerosol of chemotherapy (Doxorubicin and Cisplatin) during laparoscopy can transform that situation offering to double the survival with QoL preservation. Interestingly, PIPAC procedure is made to be applied repeatedly, every 4 to 6 weeks. This therapeutic strategy allows to improved Intra Peritoneal (IP) drugs impregnation and maintained Intra-Veinous (IV) chemotherapy meanwhile. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate and compare 24-month progression free-survival in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis of gastric cancer treated either with IV chemotherapy and Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) or with IV chemotherapy alone, with preservation of quality of life.

Start: September 2019

Needs Assessment of Cancer Patients With Complementary and Alternative Medicines

The chronic cancer status, multidisciplinary and ambulatory care, as well as the cumbersome effects of the disease and treatments, lead patients to consider other options than those offered by traditional medicine, such as alternative medicine and complementary (CAM)

Start: July 2018

Microvascular Function in Patients Undergoing 5-Fluorouracil Chemotherapy

The primary aim of this study is to investigate potential differences in vascular function between patients receiving 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) chemotherapy, patients receiving chemotherapies other than 5-FU, cancer survivors who were treated with 5-FU, and an age and sex matched control. 5-FU is the third most commonly administered chemotherapeutic agent and its use is associated with the second most occurrences of cardiotoxicity. Despite the known cardiotoxic effects of 5-FU, it's effects on the human vasculature are not well understood. To achieve the goals of this project Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) will be used to assess blood flow within the skin microcirculation of the forearm in cancer patients who have received 5-Fluoruracil within the past 30 days (Experimental Group), cancer patients receiving radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy other than 5-Fluorouracil, and an age and sex matched control (Control Group). LDF utilizes a small (~3 cm) non-invasive sensor placed on the skin. The sensor shines light into the skin, and upon contact with red blood cells (RBCs), the light is reflected and scattered. This information is used to evaluate microvascular blood flow and has previously been used in clinical populations.

Start: June 2019

Can Fasting Decrease the Side Effects of Chemotherapy?

This is a prospective randomized crossover trial. Patients will be randomized to the FMD or regular diet during three rounds of chemotherapy. After the third round, patients will cross over to the opposite arm. The primary hypothesis is that there will be fewer cases of Grade 2-4 nausea when patients are in the FMD sequence. The primary objective is to assess differences in toxicities in patients undergoing chemotherapy with a combination of taxol/carboplatin when using a fasting mimicking diet when compared to normal diet before and after treatment.

Start: September 2019

The Goals of Care Initiative

A single site hybrid implement-evaluation stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial in which cancer cluster groups (lung, colorectal, breast, renal, ovarian, upper GI & sarcoma) are randomised sequentially to initiate the Goals of Care Initiative into clinical practice.

Start: June 2019

Apatinib Plus XELOX as Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer

Apatinib plus XELOX regime as Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer PatientsWith lymph node metastasis

Start: February 2017

Triplet Combination or Doublet Regimen Versus Chemoradiation as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Preoperative radiation with single agent chemotherapy as sensitizer is the standard care of locally advanced rectal cancer. Local irradiation significantly increases surgical complications and impairs quality of life. Combination chemotherapy alone seems promising and provides similar benefit to chemoradiation as neoadjuvant therapy. Early administration of systemic therapy is also proved beneficial for long-term survival. The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of chemotherapy alone with short-term modified FOLFOXIRI or long-term mFOLFOX with standard chemoradiation as neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer.

Start: August 2019

Ivabradine to Prevent Anthracycline-induced Cardiotoxicity

Anthracyclines are associated with cardiotoxic effects. Previous studies suggest that enalapril, and or carvedilol, protect against cardiovascular effects of these drugs. Ivabradine selectively reduces heart rate through inhibition of the cardiac pace maker IF channel, thus prolonging the duration of spontaneous depolarization in the sinus node. Additionally, ivabradine might preserve myocardial perfusion without negative inotropic effect and probably maintain cardiac contractility despite the reduction of heart rate. Ivabradine has been shown to improve outcome in patients with heart failure and angina. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether ivabradine might prevent anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity.

Start: January 2019

Phase II Study of SHR-1210(Anti-PD-1 Antibody) Combination With Apatinib Versus Pemetrexed and Carboplatin in Subjects With KRAS Mutant Stage IV Non-squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

This is a randomized, open-label, multi-center, phase II trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of SHR-1210 plus apatinib mesylate versus Pemetrexed and Carboplatin in Subjects with KRAS mutant stage IV non-squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Start: February 2019

Laparoscopic D2 Distal Gastrectomy Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancers

Gastric cancer is the third major cancer of global cancer-related death. In China, the early diagnosis rate of gastric cancer is relatively low, and most patients are with locally advanced tumor stage. The neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) can bring the survival advantage for gastric cancer patients with locally advanced tumor stage. The primary goal of NAC is to control the micrometastasis and/or progression of the primary lesion in order to improve potential of radical gastrectomy. NAC is recommended for patients with locally advanced stage (T2-4Nx) according to the latest NCCN Gastric Cancer Guidelines. Laparoscopy distal gastrectomy (LDG) can achieve a better postoperative short-term recovery than the traditional open distal gastrectomy (ODG), which can reduce the intraoperative blood loss and to shorten the postoperative hospital stay. Therefore, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery program of gastric cancer surgery recommends the use of minimally invasive surgery. For long-term survival outcomes, there is limited evidence supported that laparoscopic gastrectomy is comparable open gastrectomy. Therefore, due to the lack of high-quality prospective clinical trial results, whether advanced tumor is suitable for laparoscopic surgery is still controversial. Therefore, some multi-center prospective randomized controlled trials have been carried out, compared safety and long-term survival outcome between laparoscopic and open gastrectomy in locally advanced gastric cancer patients. CLASS-01 trials reported that for locally advanced gastric cancers, laparoscopic D2 distal gastrectomy is safe and feasible. Patient's surgical tolerance and stress response may be inhibited after the treatment of NAC. The aim of this trial is to confirm the safety of laparoscopy distal D2 radical gastrectomy for the treatment of after neoadjuvant chemotherapy gastric cancer patients (cT3-4a, N+, M0) in terms of postoperative complications.

Start: March 2018

The ONE-MIND Study: Evaluating the Efficacy of Online Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery During Chemotherapy Treatment

Background: Chemotherapy treatment (CT) can have burdensome side effects such as fatigue, nausea-vomiting, and sleep problems that can significantly affect patients' quality of life. Fatigue is the most common, lasting and bothersome of these, which prevents people from working and carrying out daily activities. Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) is an evidence-based group training program which has shown to help treat negative physical and psychosocial symptoms in cancer patients. The investigators propose to evaluate a pilot-tested online-MBCR program for patients undergoing CT who may be low on energy, time or have compromised immunity. Objectives: To evaluate the impact of participation in online MBCR during CT on fatigue (primary outcome), sleep, pain, nausea/vomiting, mood disturbance, stress symptoms and quality of life (secondary outcomes) as well as cognitive function and return to work (exploratory outcomes) over the course of treatment. Methods: The study design is a randomized wait-list controlled trial, conducted during CT for patients with breast or colorectal cancer. Participants will take the 12-week online MBCR program at home within 2 weeks of randomization (immediate group) or after CT completion (waitlist group). Outcomes will be assessed online at, 1) Baseline, 2) Post-MBCR, 3) Post-CT (primary outcome) and 4) 12 months post-baseline. Anticipated Findings: MBCR is a promising adjuvant program that could help patients prevent, delay or diminish aversive symptoms and side-effects associated with CT, particularly fatigue. If helpful, online-MBCR could be made easily available at cancer centers worldwide and significantly lessen the burden of cancer treatments.

Start: June 2018

Gemcitabine and Celecoxib Combination Therapy in Treating Patients With R0 Resection Pancreatic Cancer

The prognosis of pancreatic cancer is extremely poor, even in those patients who had underwent surgery, the 5-year survival is still less than 10%. Current guidelines recommend Gemcitabine monotherapy for R0 resection of pancreatic cancer. Inflammation plays an critical role in the development and progression of pancreatic cancer. Here we intend to assess the synergistic effect of using celecoxib in combination with gemcitabine on the treatment of R0 resection of pancreatic cancer.

Start: April 2018

Mutation Scores and Differential Protein Evaluating Efficacy in Adjuvant Chemotherapy in HER2(-) Luminal B Breast Cancer

We plan to carry out a prospective, randomized, open phase III clinical trial which sponsored by the Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital and Institute. The primary aim is to evaluate pCR of DT and ET regimen as neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of HER2 negative Luminal B breast cancers and the correlation of pCR respectively with the susceptible gene mutation scores and differential protein identified by proteomics. For patients with pCR, the association between the 5 year DFS and susceptible gene mutation scores and differential protein identified by proteomics will be evaluated. All Non-pCR patients will receive NX chemotherapy for 4 cycles, and to evaluate correlations between 5 year DFS of these patients respectively with susceptible gene mutation scores and differential protein identified by proteomics, and to evaluate the safety of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and sequential adjuvant NX regimen therapy. Meanwhile, we will verify susceptible gene mutation scores and differential protein identified by proteomics are significant predictors of HER2 negative Luminal B breast cancer chemotherapy sensitivity and prognosis, and explore the feasibility of susceptible gene mutation scores and differential protein in clinical application.

Start: December 2017

NEOadjuvant Chemotherapy Only Compared With Standard Treatment for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

The main clinical hypothesis is that compared to radio-chemotherapy for low and mid rectal tumors or surgery for high rectal tumors neoadjuvant chemotherapy reduces the rate of distant relapse without increasing the rate of local relapse. The aim of the present study is to compare long term and short term outcomes in rectal cancer patients undergoing standard treatment (radio-chemotherapy/surgery) or experimental neoadjuvant chemotherapy/surgery Furthermore, early surgical and medical complications, the functional outcome, toxicity and quality of life (QoL) may be improved if radiotherapy can be avoided. Exploratory analyses are planned in order to find potential predictive markers for selecting patients to either radio-chemotherapy/surgery or neoadjuvant combination chemotherapy/surgery.

Start: March 2017

HIPEC in Ovarian Carcinoma Clinical Stage IIIC and IV During Interval Laparotomy

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynecological cancer mortality, with no current screening method effective for early diagnosis, with 75% of advanced stage patients being detected. Not all patients are candidates for standard treatment, which is primary cytoreduction followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, due to the advanced process. A subgroup of patients will receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval surgery, which allows higher rates of optimal cytoreduction with low morbidity and mortality. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a therapeutic option that is used in pathologies of peritoneal dissemination, whose morbidity and mortality has been reported in several series and is promising as a management option for ovarian cancer, so it is necessary to evaluate morbidity and mortality that conditions this modality of treatment as well as if it impacts on the quality of life of the patients to whom they are performed, which will allow offering our patients an option of additional treatment to the standard.

Start: September 2017