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KaCrole Higgins was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. “In May 2020, I found a lump in my breast. I cried. By June, it was diagnosed as breast cancer, triple positive, stage 1A. While getting this cancer diagnosis was devastating, it also became an opportunity. Suddenly, the cancer gave me clarity. It gave me clarity about what was important, what was good in my life, what was toxic in my life, and what I needed to do.” Click below to read more of KaCrole’s story |
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An Imaging Agent (Panitumumab-IRDye800) for the Detection of Head and Neck Cancer During Surgery
Head/Neck
Head/Neck
This phase II trial studies the effect of panitumumab-IRDye800 in detecting head and neck cancer during surgery in patients head and neck cancer. Doctors who perform surgery for head and neck cancer are well-trained in removing all of the cancer that can be seen during the operation; however, there are times when there is cancer that is so small that it cannot be seen by the surgeon. Panitumumab-IRDye800 is a combination of panitumumab and IRDye800CW. Panitumumab works by attaching to the cancer cell in a unique way that allows the drug to get into the cancer tissue. IRDye800CW is an investigational dye that, when tested in the laboratory, helps various characteristics of human tissue show up better when using a special camera. Panitumumab-IRDye800 is a combination of the drug and the dye that attaches to cancer cells and appears to make them visible to the doctor when he or she uses the special camera during the surgery. Giving panitumumab-IRDye800 may help doctors better identify cancer in the operating room.
Head/Neck
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Rosenthal, Eben
NCT04511078
VICCHN21109
A Study Using a New Drug, Nivolumab, in Combination with Chemotherapy Drugs to Treat a Type of Cancer Called Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)
This phase II trial tests how well nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy drugs along with radiation therapy works in treating patients with nasopharyngeal cancer. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as gemcitabine and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays, particles, or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Researchers want to find out what effects, good and/or bad, adding nivolumab to chemotherapy has on patients with newly diagnosed NPC. In addition, they want to find out if children with NPC may be treated with less radiation therapy and whether this decreases the side effects of therapy.
Not Available
II
Not Available
NCT06064097
VICC-NTPED24105
Testing the Use of Neratinib or the Combination of Neratinib and Palbociclib Targeted Treatment for HER2+ Solid Tumors (A ComboMATCH Treatment Trial)
This phase II ComboMATCH treatment trial compares the effect of neratinib to the combination of neratinib and palbociclib in treating patients with HER2 positive solid tumors. Neratinib and palbociclib are in a class of medications called kinase inhibitors. They work by blocking the action of an abnormal protein that signals cancer cells to multiply. This helps slow or stop the spread of tumor cells. Giving neratinib and palbociclib in combination may shrink or stabilize cancers that over-express a specific biomarker called HER2.
Not Available
II
Choe, Jennifer
NCT06126276
ECOGMDEAY191-N5
Sacituzumab Govitecan and Atezolizumab for the Prevention of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Recurrence
Breast
Breast
This phase II trial investigates how well sacituzumab govitecan and atezolizumab work in preventing triple negative breast cancer from coming back (recurrence). Atezolizumab is a protein that affects the immune system by blocking the PD-L1 pathway. The PD-L1 pathway controls the bodys natural immune response, but for some types of cancer the immune system does not work as it should and is prevented from attacking tumors. Atezolizumab works by blocking the PD-L1 pathway, which may help the immune system identify and catch tumor cells. Sacituzumab govitecan is a monoclonal antibody, called sacituzumab, linked to a chemotherapy drug, called SN-38. Sacituzumab is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of cancer cells, known as TROP2 receptors, and delivers SN-38 to kill them. Giving sacituzumab govitecan and atezolizumab may work as a treatment for residual cancer in the breast or lymph nodes.
Breast
II
Abramson, Vandana
NCT04434040
VICCBRE2056
Inotuzumab Ozogamicin in Treating Younger Patients with B-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma or Relapsed or Refractory CD22 Positive B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
This phase II trial studies how well inotuzumab ozogamicin works in treating younger patients with B-lymphoblastic lymphoma or CD22 positive B acute lymphoblastic leukemia that has come back (relapsed) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). Inotuzumab ozogamicin is a monoclonal antibody, called inotuzumab, linked to a toxic agent called ozogamicin. Inotuzumab attaches to CD22 positive cancer cells in a targeted way and delivers ozogamicin to kill them.
Not Available
II
Not Available
NCT02981628
COGAALL1621
Neoadjuvant Neratinib for the Treatment of Stage I-III HER2-Mutated Lobular Breast Cancers
This phase II trial tests how well neratinib prior to the primary treatment (neoadjuvant) works in treating patients with stage I-III HER2 mutated lobular breast cancers. Neratinib is in a class of medications called kinase inhibitors. It works by blocking the action of an abnormal protein that signals cancer cells to multiply. This helps slow or stop the spread of cancer cells. Giving neratinib in addition to normal therapy may work better in treating cancer than the endocrine therapy patients would normally receive.
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II
Not Available
NCT05919108
VICC-NCBRE23172
DCIS: RECAST Trial Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Re-Evaluating Conditions for Active Surveillance Suitability as Treatment
Breast
Breast
The goal of this trial is to see if active surveillance monitoring and hormonal therapy in
patients diagnosed with ductal cell carcinoma in situ (DCIS), an early stage of breast
cancer, can be an effective management of the disease.
Participants will be asked to receive control hormonal therapy or an investigational hormonal
therapy treatment. Participants will be asked to return for evaluation with MRI at three
months and six months. Depending on the evaluation participants will have the option to
continue on the treatment. If the evaluation suggests surgery is recommended, the participant
will discontinue the study treatment and will undergo surgery. In addition to the treatment
and MRI evaluation, participants will be asked to provide blood sample to understand their
immune status, provide saliva sample for genetic testing, provide the study with a portion of
the tissue or slides generated from tissue removed during surgery performed as part of their
standard of care.
patients diagnosed with ductal cell carcinoma in situ (DCIS), an early stage of breast
cancer, can be an effective management of the disease.
Participants will be asked to receive control hormonal therapy or an investigational hormonal
therapy treatment. Participants will be asked to return for evaluation with MRI at three
months and six months. Depending on the evaluation participants will have the option to
continue on the treatment. If the evaluation suggests surgery is recommended, the participant
will discontinue the study treatment and will undergo surgery. In addition to the treatment
and MRI evaluation, participants will be asked to provide blood sample to understand their
immune status, provide saliva sample for genetic testing, provide the study with a portion of
the tissue or slides generated from tissue removed during surgery performed as part of their
standard of care.
Breast
II
Meszoely, Ingrid
NCT06075953
VICC-DTBRE23082
Circulating Tumor DNA to Guide Changes in Standard of Care Chemotherapy in Patients with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Breast
Breast
This phase II trial tests how well evaluating circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) works to guide therapy-change decisions in treating patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). This study wants to learn if small pieces of DNA associated with a tumor (called circulating tumor DNA, or ctDNA) can be detected in investigational blood tests during the course of standard chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer, and whether information from such investigational ctDNA blood testing could possibly be used as an early indication of chemotherapy treatment failure. It is hoped that additional information from investigational blood testing for ctDNA could help doctors to switch more quickly from a standard chemotherapy treatment that typically has significant side effects and which may not be working, to a different standard treatment regimen against TNBC, called sacituzumab govitecan. Sacituzumab govitecan is a monoclonal antibody, called hRS7, linked to a chemotherapy drug, called irinotecan. hRS7 is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of cancer cells, known as TROP2 receptors, and delivers irinotecan to kill them. Studying ctDNA may assist doctors to change therapy earlier if needed, and may improve health outcomes in patients with metastatic TNBC.
Breast
II
Abramson, Vandana
NCT05770531
VICCBRE2257
Canakinumab for the Prevention of Progression to Cancer in Patients with Clonal Cytopenias of Unknown Significance, IMPACT Study
Leukemia
Leukemia
This phase II trial tests how well canakinumab works to prevent progression to cancer in patients with clonal cytopenias of unknown significance (CCUS). CCUS is a blood condition defined by a decrease in blood cells. Blood cells are composed of either red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets. In patients with CCUS, blood counts have been low for a long period of time. Patients with CCUS also have a mutation in one of the genes that are responsible for helping blood cells develop. The combination of genetic mutations and low blood cell counts puts patients with CCUS at a higher risk to develop blood cancers in the future. This transformation from low blood cell counts to cancer may be caused by inflammation in the body. Canakinumab is a monoclonal antibody that may block inflammation in the body by targeting a specific antibody called the anti-human interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta).
Leukemia
II
Kishtagari, Ashwin
NCT05641831
VICC-ITHEM23019
(Z)-Endoxifen for the Treatment of Premenopausal Women With ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer
Breast
Breast
This open-label research study is studying (Z)-endoxifen as a possible treatment for
pre-menopausal (still having periods) women with ER+/HER2- breast cancer. (Z)-endoxifen is a
selective estrogen receptor modulator or "SERM." SERMs work to treat cancer by blocking the
body's natural estrogen from binding to cancer cells. This study includes a pharmacokinetic
part (PK, how the drug works in your body) and a treatment part. The primary purpose of the
study is to see how (Z)-endoxifen works on tumor cell growth by monitoring a cancer marker
called Ki-67. Ki-67 will be measured by biopsy of the breast after about 4 weeks of
treatment. If your cancer is responding to treatment based on the Ki-67 results, you may
continue treatment up to 24 weeks or until surgery.
The PK part of the study will be enrolled first, enrolling about 18 study participants who
will all receive oral once daily (Z)-endoxifen treatment. 12 of these participants will be
randomly assigned to treatment with an equal (50/50) chance to be assigned to (Z)-endoxifen
or (Z)-endoxifen + goserelin (a medication given to block the ovaries from making estrogen
and is also called ovarian suppression). This part of the study will help select the dose of
(Z)-endoxifen to use in the treatment part by measuring the levels of (Z)-endoxifen in the
blood stream and determine how long it takes for the body to remove it.
About 160 study participants will be enrolled in the treatment part. The treatment part will
help to determine how oral once daily (Z)-endoxifen, when taken by itself, compares to oral
once daily exemestane (a medication that decreases the amount of estrogen in the body, also
known as an aromatase inhibitor) and monthly injections of goserelin. Exemestane and
goserelin taken together is a standard treatment regimen for premenopausal patients with
ER+/HER2- breast cancer. Study participants are randomly assigned to treatment with an equal
(50/50) chance to be assigned to (Z)-endoxifen or standard treatment.
Study participation is up to 24 weeks of treatment followed by surgery.
pre-menopausal (still having periods) women with ER+/HER2- breast cancer. (Z)-endoxifen is a
selective estrogen receptor modulator or "SERM." SERMs work to treat cancer by blocking the
body's natural estrogen from binding to cancer cells. This study includes a pharmacokinetic
part (PK, how the drug works in your body) and a treatment part. The primary purpose of the
study is to see how (Z)-endoxifen works on tumor cell growth by monitoring a cancer marker
called Ki-67. Ki-67 will be measured by biopsy of the breast after about 4 weeks of
treatment. If your cancer is responding to treatment based on the Ki-67 results, you may
continue treatment up to 24 weeks or until surgery.
The PK part of the study will be enrolled first, enrolling about 18 study participants who
will all receive oral once daily (Z)-endoxifen treatment. 12 of these participants will be
randomly assigned to treatment with an equal (50/50) chance to be assigned to (Z)-endoxifen
or (Z)-endoxifen + goserelin (a medication given to block the ovaries from making estrogen
and is also called ovarian suppression). This part of the study will help select the dose of
(Z)-endoxifen to use in the treatment part by measuring the levels of (Z)-endoxifen in the
blood stream and determine how long it takes for the body to remove it.
About 160 study participants will be enrolled in the treatment part. The treatment part will
help to determine how oral once daily (Z)-endoxifen, when taken by itself, compares to oral
once daily exemestane (a medication that decreases the amount of estrogen in the body, also
known as an aromatase inhibitor) and monthly injections of goserelin. Exemestane and
goserelin taken together is a standard treatment regimen for premenopausal patients with
ER+/HER2- breast cancer. Study participants are randomly assigned to treatment with an equal
(50/50) chance to be assigned to (Z)-endoxifen or standard treatment.
Study participation is up to 24 weeks of treatment followed by surgery.
Breast
II
Abramson, Vandana
NCT05607004
VICCBRE22108
