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This pilot pragmatic trial evaluates the feasibility of avoiding radiation therapy in patients with brain metastases who demonstrate an intracranial response to systemic therapy-including immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and/or chemotherapy. The study will prospectively enroll 45 patients, divided into two cohorts: 30 with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving immunotherapy, and 15 with brain metastases from other solid tumors. Eligible participants must have at least one brain metastasis not planned for radiation or surgery and must be initiating or planning to initiate a systemic therapy regimen expected to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and achieve intracranial...
It is an open multicentric phase I/II trial with axitinib (Inlyta®) and metronomic delivery of etoposide for children, adolescent and young adults (AYA) with refractory/ relapsing solid tumors. It is a two-stage trial: First stage: To determine the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of the combination of axitinib and oral metronomic etoposide for patient with medulloblastoma or ependymoma Second stage: Extension cohort evaluating the preliminary efficacy at the recommended dose for the phase II (RDP2) of the combination. The 2nd stage will start after a meeting of independent data monitoring committee (IDMC). Two cohorts of 9 patients with ependymoma and medulloblastoma Patients...
High-grade gliomas are the most common and aggressive type of brain cancer. Scientists don't fully understand how they grow and spread, and treatments haven't improved much in recent years. However, it's been discovered that these cancers rely heavily on using glucose to maintain their cancerous traits. In lab tests, drugs from the azole class, which target a key step in glucose metabolism, have shown promise in reducing tumor growth in these cancers. Researchers now want to test two of these drugs, ketoconazole and posaconazole, in patients with recurring high-grade gliomas. A small group of these patients will receive either one or several doses of these drugs before...
This project is aimed at improvement of glioblastoma (GBM) diagnostic strategies for discrimination of tumor progression and chemo- and radiotherapeutic treatment-related changes in brain tissue. The study will elucidate the diagnostic value of PET imaging with use of amyloid-β radioisotope tracer Amyvid (Florbetapir F18) for GBM. The results of the study will provide data for development of new approach for GBM diagnostics.
The aim of this study is to demonstrate if it is possible to delivering a novel and modern radiotherapy approach (Dose Escalated internal PTV (DE-iPTV)) and to collect health related quality of life in patients whose breast cancer has spread to the brain (brain metastases) at 8 weeks post enrolling into the study. The main questions that have been set out to to answer are: - Is it possible to deliver the novel radiotherapy approach, DE-iPTV? - Is it possible to measure health -related quality of life? - What impact does the novel radiotherapy approach have on: patient's quality of life, control of the brain metastasis (control of the lesion) and steroid...
Cerebral radiation necrosis (CRN) is a severe complication of high-dose radiation for brain metastases (BM) or glioma, which can potentially cause significant neurologic symptoms leading to serious morbidity and impaired quality of life (QoL). The first-line therapy for symptomatic CRN (sCRN) is corticosteroids, primarily dexamethasone, which often leads to complications, refractory symptoms, and interference with anti-cancer treatment. Since 2017, bevacizumab, an antibody against Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), has been used in a second-line treatment setting for refractory sCRN. A small randomized clinical trial (RCT) has shown that bevacizumab significantly...
This trial is set up as a prospective observational cohort study to identify if either biopsy or resection should be the surgical modality of choice in elderly glioblastoma patients with a newly diagnosed tumor. Patients who are considered eligible for GBM resection or biopsy will be included. Through shared-decision making patients and their treating physicians will decide upon resection or biopsy. Written informed consent will be obtained. Participants will be followed for 1 year postoperative to assess potential differences in health-related quality of life and overall survival. Follow-up will consist of health-related quality of life questionaires and neurological assessment...
This phase 1 study will evaluate a novel hEGFRvIII-CD3-biscFv Bispecific T cell engager (BRiTE) in patients diagnosed with pathologically documented World Health Organization (WHO) grade 4 malignant glioma (MG) with an EGFRvIII (epidermal growth factor receptor variant III) mutation (either newly diagnosed or at first progression/recurrence). The primary objective is to evaluate the safety of BRiTE in such patients.
BICHE- 1: Brain Irradiation for Childhood cancer - Endocrine monitoring during the first five years is a study of endocrine monitoring after cerebral radiotherapy. The study concerns patients in remission at the end of oncological treatment aged between 4 and 18 years at the time of inclusion and who have had radiotherapy before the age of 16, irradiating all or part of the brain, with a delay between the end of radiotherapy and inclusion of less than 5 years. Patients will be included during a routine visit to the paediatric endocrinologist. The protocol for the Biche 1 study has been designed and discussed in a multidisciplinary and multicentre manner, based on data from the...
1. To explore whether the combined administration of dexmedetomidine during and after surgery in patients undergoing brain tumor resection is an effective and safe modality to prevent postoperative delirium and improve sleep quality than giving it alone after surgery. 2. To explore whether intraoperative and postoperative administration of dexmedetomidine to patients undergoing brain tumor surgery can reduce postoperative acute pain and prevent chronic pain. 3. To explore whether intraoperative and postoperative administration of dexmedetomidine to patients undergoing brain tumor surgery can provide stable anesthesia depth,...
