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Study of Avelumab-M3814 Combinations

The main purpose of the study is to evaluate a safe, tolerable recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) and/or the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of M3814 when given in combination with avelumab with and without radiotherapy in participants with selected advanced solid tumors.

Start: November 2018

Pharmacogenomic-Guided Supportive Care in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the only curative treatment modality for many hematologic malignancies. Morbidity and mortality rates have declined drastically over the years, secondary to improvements in both transplant techniques and pharmacotherapies, including immunosuppressants, anti-infectives, analgesics and other supportive care medications. Despite advances in patient care, toxicities associated with HCT (e.g., graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), infection, pain, anxiety, depression, mucositis, nausea/vomiting) continue to pose challenges in patient care and have a significant impact on quality of life. (QOL). A recent study demonstrated subjects randomized to intensive supportive care had a clinically significant improvement in their QOL during hospitalization and up to 3 months post-transplant compared to those receiving standard care. Further follow up evaluations have evaluated the impact of focused palliative care/symptom management on QOL metrics - inclusive of Edmonton Symptom Assessment surveys (ESAS). In other malignant settings, i.e. solid tumor, ESAS has been noted as an effective measure of symptoms control and the utilization of this assessment is linked to positive outcomes. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has designated QOL as the second most relevant metric for post-transplant patient care behind survival, making the optimization of supportive care pharmacotherapy a clinically relevant subject to investigate. Pharmacogenetics (PGx) uses an individual's genetic factors, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), to personalize therapy or dose selection. SNPs encode drug-metabolizing enzymes, transporters, and targets that can significantly impact drug efficacy and toxicity. With the growing complexity of both antineoplastics and supportive care, oncologists have less time to manage each subject's myriad of supportive care concerns by trial and error. Suboptimal management of symptoms compromises potential benefits from cancer therapy, disrupts clinic workflow, increases emergency room visits, and affects both patient satisfaction and reimbursement. Genetic variation is well documented across the human genome and affects a subject's response to medications regarding efficacy and toxicity. The genome is quickly becoming a pragmatic tool that can assist oncologists and other providers in optimizing supportive care for subjects with cancer.

Start: February 2021

Epidemiology of Breast Cancer in Women Based on Diagnosis Data From Oncologists and Breast Surgeons in Algeria

National, prospective, multicentre, non-interventional epidemiological study, conducted among oncologists and breast surgeons in community and university hospitals, from the public sector in Algeria. The study will collect information on the characteristics, and breast carcinomas patterns of patients whose breast cancer diagnosis was confirmed by an anatomopathologist. The study will be conducted over a representative, but not exhaustive sample of Algerian female patients.

Start: May 2016

Project Insight: Feasibility of a Breast Cancer Screening Decision Support Tool

The purpose of this investigation is to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate the potential for implementing the developed decision support tool with Latina, Black, and non-Latina White women. The investigators will collect feasibility data and assess the use of the decision support tool with end-users. The aim is to determine if women using the decision support tool make more informed choices measured by knowledge, attitudes, and intentions.

Start: April 2021

Pantoprazole Prophylaxis Against Delayed CINV for Patients Receiving Breast Cancer Chemotherapy

This study explores whether a commonly used medication called Pantoprazole can help prevent delayed nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy for early breast cancer. Delayed nausea, and occasionally vomiting, can occur after breast cancer chemotherapy, affecting quality of life. A potential cause of these delayed side effects is that the chemotherapy may cause stomach irritation. Pantoprazole is commonly used to treat stomach irritation by reducing stomach acid, which may in turn improve nausea and/or vomiting. Patients undergoing breast cancer chemotherapy before or after primary surgery will be invited to participate in the study. They will be asked how much nausea or vomiting they have with and without Pantoprazole from Day 2 until 5 after they receive chemotherapy. All participants will still receive all of the usual anti-sickness medications, which are very effective in preventing sickness in the first 24 hours after treatment, but not for delayed symptoms. Information from the study may lead to a change in practice with patients using Pantoprazole to reduce the risks of delayed nausea and vomiting.

Start: June 2019

Transfusional Trigger in Post-operative Oncologic Patients in Critical Care

Transfusional practices evolved significantly over the last decades, but there are still important controversies regarding triggers that should be adopted in different clinical scenarios. Most international guidelines recommend using a hemoglobin (Hb) level around 7,0-8,0g/dL as the value to prompt a transfusion of red blood cell concentrates (RBC). Critical care patients usually are in a hyperdynamic state, working with an elevated cardiac output and compromised organ function. In these patients, the dependency on the arterial content of oxygen is greater, making lower Hb levels more associated with organ disfunction and compromised homeostasis. With this study the investigators hope to help clinicians to make decisions regarding transfusion of RBCs in critical surgical patients, establishing a transfusional trigger, without exposing patients to unnecessary additional risks, in the scenario involving patients with cancer, in post-operative care. This is a prospective, randomized, controlled, interventional trial, with the aim of evaluating the impact of restrictive versus liberal transfusional strategy on mortality and severe clinical complications in post-operative oncologic critically ill patients. The primary outcome is mortality in 30 days. The interventions consist in transfusion of RBCs according to the allocation to a liberal or restrictive transfusional strategy. In the restrictive strategy arm patients will receive transfusion of RBCs if the Hb falls to a level equal to or below 7,0g/dL. In the liberal strategy arm patients will receive transfusions if Hb level is below or equal to 9,0g/dL. In both arms patients should receive only one unit of RBC per time, with measurement of Hb level after three hours to evaluate the need for additional units. The strategy should be maintained during intensive care unit (ICU) stay for a maximum of 90 days. In case of a permanence in the ICU for a period longer than 90 days, or if the patient is discharged from the ICU, the transfusional support will be determined by the assisting physicians, independently of the allocated study arm. If the patient returns to the ICU during the 90 days of randomization, then he should go back to receiving transfusions according to the liberal or restrictive strategy in use previously in the ICU.

Start: May 2021

Rheumatologic Adverse Events and Cancer Immunotherapy

In this study, every patient with cancer who is going to be treated by immunotherapy will fill in a form. In this form, we try to determine if he presents rheumatologic complications of his immunotherapy. If the patient answers yes to one question on the form, the patient will be see in rheumatologic consultation to explore his clinical signs. The number of patients referred in consultation thanks to this questionnaire will be compared to the number of patients who would have been spontaneously referred by the oncologist. The aim of this questionnaire is to optimise the management of rheumatological effects secondary to immunotherapy.

Start: May 2021

Validation of the GMFM-88 Scale and of the FAAP-O Scale in Pediatric Patients Affected by Cancer

The primary objective of this study is to validate the Gross Motor Function Measure Scale-88 (GMFM-88) on the Italian pediatric cancer population. The secondary objective is to implement the use of the GMFM-88 in clinical practice by validating a reduced panel of items that will be called the Functional Ability Assessment in Pediatric Oncology (FAAP-O) Scale.

Start: November 2019

Rollover Study to Provide Continued Access to Napabucasin for Patients Enrolled in Boston Biomedical-sponsored Protocols

This is an open-label, multi-center, multi-national, non-randomized rollover study designed to allow continued access to napabucasin for patients who have participated in a Boston Biomedical-sponsored study and are being treated with napabucasin (monotherapy or combination) and who are deriving continued clinical benefit in the parent study at the time of closure.

Start: February 2020

New Biomarkers in Pancreatic Cancer Using EXPEL Concept

The investigators recently engineered a novel biomarker discovery approach that is non-destructive and fully compatible with OMICS profiling as well as routine clinical procedures (5). The latter approach - termed EXPEL - mines the interstitial tissue fluid that is the richest source of soluble, undiluted and uncontaminated biomarkers. The method notably gives access to proteins, metabolites, RNA, DNA and exosomes, thus enabling holistic biomarker discovery. Owing to its non-destructive nature, EXPEL provides for the first time both clinicians and researchers with the opportunity to analyze identical material. The investigators hypothesize that the conservation liquid used to collect cells and biopsy after endoscopic ultrasound for pancreatic biopsy could contain the tissue secretome and permit a comprehensive OMICS analysis of PDAC (all stages confounded) by using a "modified EXPEL" procedure. These are ideal conditions for EXPEL approach that will additionally to finding novel biomarkers also shed light on complex network of cancer cell-stroma interactions.

Start: January 2018

A Patient-Centric Platform Trial for Precision Oncology

XCELSIOR is a non-interventional data registry. Information about treatments, treatment decisions and rationale, and patient outcomes including safety and effectiveness of anti-cancer therapy and associated supportive care will be collected for analysis.

Start: February 2019

VR for Symptom Control and Wellbeing

To investigate the effect that a Virtual Reality experience can have on patient symptoms and wellbeing for palliative care and oncology inpatients

Start: May 2021

The STEPP Study: Sensors To Evaluate Physical Performance

This study assesses the association between digital functional measures of physical and patient-reported standard onocological assessments, like Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS).

Start: April 2019

Radiation Therapy Alone Versus Radiation Therapy Plus Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)/Vertebral Augmentation

The spread of cancer to the spine is referred to as spine metastasis. Spine metastases are a common complication of cancer and are frequently associated with significant back pain. This study is being done to help improve treatment for back pain caused by spinal metastases by comparing the effectiveness of two standard treatments. These two treatments include radiation therapy (RT) alone versus radiation therapy combined with radiofrequency ablation, with or without vertebral augmentation (PVA/RFA). In addition to RT or RT with PVA/RFA, will be continued with current pain medications.

Start: May 2020

COVID-19 Detection Test in Oncology

EVIDENCE is a non interventional, French, multicenter study. Patients will be screened by local severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunoassay in their oncology department (rapid diagnostic test (RDT) or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)). In patients with positive local SARS-CoV-2 immunoassay, a centralized SARS-CoV-2 ELISA will be performed in order to double check the immune response of all patients considered immune by local immunoassay.

Start: May 2020

The Effect of Self-Management Program Based on the Individual and Family Self-management Theory on Cancer Patients

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Self-Management Program based on the Individual and Family Self-management Theory on fatigue, daily living activities and well-being of cancer patients.

Start: November 2020

VASCular Impact of Angiogenic Treatment in Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Antiangiogenic treatments are used in many tumor locations such as metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with a significant improvement in carcinological results on overall survival and / or progression-free survival. However, their use is characterized by an increase in side effects and in particular cardiovascular effects such as high blood pressure (hypertension). One of the main classes of antiangiogens used in this indication is that of monoclonal antibodies, the leader of which is bevacizumab (Avastin®, Roche, Bale, Switzerland). Bevacizumab works by inhibiting endothelial vascular growth factor-dependent neoangiogenesis (vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF). In the reference studies, the inhibition of VEGF, whether extracellular (monoclonal antibody directed against VEGFA) or intracellular (receptor inhibitors with tyrosine kinase activity), induces hypertension of all grades, observed in 25% to 40 % of patients including 8 to 17% of severe grades (? grade 3 NCI-CTCAE). In terms of pathophysiology, inhibition of VEGFA results in a decrease in the availability of nitric oxide (NO) at the endothelial level and the appearance of arteriolar rarefaction. This induces an increase in peripheral resistance responsible ultimately for an increase in blood pressure. The occurrence of hypertension induced by anti-VEGF treatment seems to be predictive of the carcinological response in certain oncological situations such as metastatic breast cancer9, glioblastoma and mRCC. Furthermore, it has also been shown that there is an early attack on the elastic conductance arteries (branches of the aorta and its main ones) characterized by an increase in their rigidity in patients exposed to a VEGF receptor inhibitor with tyrosine activity. kinase or bevacizumab. This increase, whose poor prognostic impact is known at the cardiovascular level is largely independent of the rise in blood pressure and reflects a direct toxicity of treatments at the level of the artery wall. This increase in rigidity, refused when the pressure rises, would be predictive of a low carcinological response rate at 6 months. However, these data are based on populations that are heterogeneous in terms of carcinology and the position prior to or concomitant with other antineoplastic treatments. In this context, the evaluation of arterial stiffness in the same patient population would make it possible to better define the involvement of the conductive arteries in a clearly defined clinical situation. Joint measurements of the plasma concentration of the treatment as well as those of factors derived from the endothelium and circulating tumor markers which, to our knowledge, have never been carried out in these patients, would make it possible to better specify the mechanisms of involvement and the links between exposure, arterial toxicity and carcinologic efficacy of bevacizumab. Of course, in order to assess more precisely the inherent impact of chemotherapy on the conductance arteries, the evolution of arterial stiffness must take into account the possible effects in patients receiving, for essentially clinical and biological reasons, systemic treatment without antiangiogenic.

Start: May 2019

Real-time Diagnosis and Visualization of Tumor Margins in Excised Breast Specimens Using Zenith FLIM Diagnostics

Our investigational team has developed a technology to visualize the operative margins in 'real time,' in other words during the operation while the patient is still on the table. While different surgeons use different operative techniques, our technique involves removing the main lumpectomy specimen, marking two of its borders with suture to orient the specimen for correct pathologic evaluation. The FLIM (Fluorescent Lifetime Imaging Microscopy) technique can differentiate between cancerous and noncancerous specimens using a complex algorithm that essentially utilizes a definitive delta between the metabolic activities of diseased and non-diseased tissue. The research coordinator along with the surgeon will be able to insert the lumpectomy specimen followed by the 6 shaved margins (one by one) in a matter of minutes once the specimens have been resected. To be clear, the FLIM analysis will be taking place in- vitro. The device is invitro test and would be tested against the gold standard the pathologist biopsy. FLIM analysis by the surgeon will not take more than several minutes, therefore not adding any significant time for patient to be under anesthesia. All specimens will be removed from the patient's body prior to their evaluation by the FLIM technique. Our team will not be making decisions based on FLIM analysis during this early phase of study. In other words, even if FLIM suggests a positive margin still exists in the body, our team will not act on these results by resecting additional tissue at this stage. FLIM margin results will be compared directly with pathology results for accuracy of the findings.

Start: July 2021

Developing and Implementing E-psychotherapy Program for Mental Health Challenges in Oncology and Palliative Care

The demand for mental health problems, particularly depression and anxiety, is three times greater in Oncology and Palliative Care Centres than in the general population. There are unique factors in this population that make them more susceptible to mental health challenges. The disease itself, the adjustment to a chronic/fatal diagnosis, and the treatment options can all perpetuate the development of mental illness. Despite the well-established association, there have been barriers to access suitable treatment for these patients. Online Psychotherapy is an effective treatment option that may address many of these barriers. This modality has been proven effective in addressing depression and anxiety in other populations. To date, there has been no psychotherapy module developed specifically for oncology and palliative care patients to our knowledge. The aim is to establish the first academic e-psychotherapy treatment option to address mood and anxiety disorders in oncology and palliative care patients. The investigators will use the Online Psychotherapy Tool (OPTT), a secure cloud-based platform for online delivery of e-CBT, developed by the PI. The proposed study aims to establish the feasibility and effectiveness of delivering online psychotherapy to oncology and palliative care patients who have a comorbid depressive or anxiety disorder. The patients will be enrolled in an 8-week program with a combination of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness techniques delivered via a series of modules. They will receive individualized feedback from a trained therapist weekly. It is hypothesized that delivering this psychotherapeutic intervention in this manner will have great adherence. The aim is to prove that it will improve the quality of life and decrease symptoms of depression and anxiety in this underserved patient population.

Start: March 2021

Digital Intervention for the Modification of Lifestyles (iGame)

The objective of the project is to analyze the clinical effectiveness of a gamifield mHealth application (iGAME) and developed in the context of lifestyle modification, but with the approach of the Behaviour Change Technique, through a randomized clinical trial that affects secondary prevention in three clinical subtypes of noncommunicable diseases, where lifestyle modification is the center of its best practice.

Start: September 2021