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This phase I/II clinical trial evaluates the safety, efficacy, and prognostic potential of [18F]AlF-NOTA-PCP2 PET/CT imaging in assessing PD-L1 expression in malignant tumors, including glioblastoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and esophageal cancer. The primary aim is to establish the correlation between [18F]AlF-NOTA-PCP2 uptake and PD-L1 expression in tumor tissues, while secondary objectives include evaluating its role in predicting clinical outcomes such as progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). By providing a non-invasive, quantitative, and reproducible method for assessing PD-L1, this study aims to refine patient...
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of AK104 (Cadonilimab) combined with chemotherapy (cisplatin or carboplatin, and etoposide) for the treatment of recurrent or metastatic small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix. The main questions it aims to answer are: Is AK104 (Cadonilimab) combined with chemotherapy effective in treating recurrent or metastatic small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix? What side effects or medical issues do participants experience while taking AK104? Participants will: Receive AK104 (10 mg/kg) combined with either cisplatin (75 mg/m²) or carboplatin (AUC 5) and etoposide (100 mg/m²) every three...
Background: The NCI Surgery Branch has developed experimental therapies that involve taking white blood cells from participants' tumor or from their blood, growing them in the laboratory in large numbers, and then giving the cells back to the patient. Objective: This study will allow participants to be followed for up to 15 years following treatment on an NCI Surgery Branch Gene Therapy Trial as required by the FDA. Eligibility: Participants must have been enrolled on an NCI Surgery Branch Gene Therapy Protocol Design Participants will be followed with a physical examination and blood tests for up to 15 years as required by the FDA
The basic mechanisms underlying comprehension of spoken language are still largely unknown. Over the past decade, the study team has gained new insights to how the human brain extracts the most fundamental linguistic elements (consonants and vowels) from a complex and highly variable acoustic signal. However, the next set of questions await pertaining to the sequencing of those auditory elements and how they are integrated with other features, such as, the amplitude envelope of speech. Further investigation of the cortical representation of speech sounds can likely shed light on these fundamental questions. Previous research has implicated the superior temporal cortex in...
The goal-concordant care lab will develop and test strategies to optimize communication in advanced serious illness.
The purpose of the study is to use a new method of high-density electroencephalogram (HD-EEG) recording to map brain areas important for movement, sensation, language, emotion, and cognition.
An open-label, single institutional phase II trial of losartan in patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors with an individual stepped-wedge, randomized, assessor-blinded, dose-finding design on three indications.
This study aims to treat patients who have been diagnosed with brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) including diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and diffuse midline glioma (DMG). The treatment combines two different approaches to fight cancer: immune modulators and antigen-specific T cells. Immune checkpoint antibodies have been tested on various tumors with good outcomes. GBM is known to express increased levels of certain antigens that can be targeted by T cells including chimeric antigen receptor-modified T (CAR-T) cells and tumor antigen specific cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTLs). In this study, the gene-modified T cells specific for GBM antigens will be combined with...
The goal of this observational study is to provide accurate and systematic data on the site of origin and growth pattern of medulloblastoma from a neurosurgical perspective. By integrating intraoperative, radiological and genetic classification data, this study will contribute to our current understanding of the development, site of origin and growth pattern of medulloblastoma and advance the predictive accuracy of radiogenomics models. Patients with histologically confirmed medulloblastoma who undergo surgical resection at a high-volume center with expertise in pediatric neurosurgery will be included. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is there a significant...
This Pilot Study is to investigate the tear proteins in a multitude of cancer types and indulge in biomarker discovery to manufacture simple, accurate, and novel tear-based diagnostic tests.
