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Preoperative vs Postoperative Hypofractionated Radiosurgery for Patients With Large Brain Metastases
This is a phase III randomized trial with the aim to compare preoperative HSRS to postoperative HSRS in patients with large at least one BMs from solid tumors suitable for surgical resection.
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PREselection of Patients at Risk for COgnitive DEcline After Radiotherapy Using Advanced MRI
Meningioma are slow growing and frequently occurring intracranial tumors, responsible for 33% of all asymptomatic intracranial tumors and 13-26% of all symptomatic primary brain tumors. The 10-year survival rate is 72%. A variety of treatment options is available for symptomatic meningioma including surgical removal with or without radiotherapy or radiotherapy alone. These therapies can have negative impact on cerebral functioning. After high dose radiotherapy for primary or metastatic brain tumors 50-90% of > 6 months' survivors develop irreversible disabling cognitive decline leading to premature loss of independence, reduced Quality of Life (QOL) as well as significant...
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Pre- Versus Post-operative SRS for Resectable Brain Metastases
The purpose of this study is to determine if performing radiotherapy (SRS) prior to surgery results in better treatment outcomes than performing surgery before radiotherapy for patients with brain metastases. Brain metastases occur when cancer cells from a primary cancer (e.g. lung, breast, colon) travel through the bloodstream and spread (metastasize) to the brain. As these new tumors grow they apply pressure and change how healthy brain tissue works. This can lead to a loss of brain function and worsening quality of life. Treatments for patients whose cancer has spread to the brain is often surgery, radiation therapy (radiotherapy) or a combination of both. Surgery is one...
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PRISM: Pre-Operative Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy for Sinonasal Melanoma
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if pre-operative radiation therapy can help patients with sinonasal melanoma have better outcomes
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Processed EEG for Monitoring of Anesthetic Depth in Intracranial Tumor Surgery
An important feature of neurosurgical anesthesia is early postoperative recovery of consciousness with minimal residual sedation. This is a key factor to enable early neurological assessment and early discovery of postoperative complications. The goal of this single centre clinical trial is to compare propofol/remifentanil anesthesia delivered by manual total intravenous anesthesia (mTIVA) or target controlled infusion (TCI) for intracranial tumor resection via craniotomy. Anesthetic depth will be assessed by a simplified processed EEG (pEEG). The main question is time spent within recommended pEEG- levels from anesthesia induction until end of surgery. Secondary questions...
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Profiling of Circulating Immune Cells to Uncover Response Signatures to Anti-PD1 Immunotherapy in Melanoma Patients
Despite being standard of care, there are still many medical requirements related to immune checkpoint blocker based therapies such as identify patients susceptible to respond with the less adverse events, evaluate the clinical benefit of adjuvant treatment /risk of relapse and design new strategies for non-responder patients. Thus, this project aims at understanding the impact of anti-PD1 on the immune system through investigation of the phenotypic, functional, metabolic and transcriptomic profiles of circulating DC subsets and effectors in response to anti-PD1 therapy in melanoma patients. The primary objective of the study is to identify the biomarkers of response to...
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Profiling Program of Cancer Patients With Sequential Tumor and Liquid Biopsies (PLANET)
The proposal is to conduct a prospective, multi-cohort study aiming to decipher molecular profiles/biological characteristics of advanced cancer patients during the course of their disease with longitudinal and sequential analyses of tumor and liquid biopsies. This approach will allow i) to develop a model in order to predict tumor response / resistance in real life conditions and to better understand adaptive mechanisms and ii) to potentially propose therapeutic options to enrolled patients following the review of the biological/molecular data generated during this study and during a Molecular Tumor Board in case of disease progression. This study will include 12 cohorts according...
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PRO-GLIO: PROton Versus Photon Therapy in IDH-mutated Diffuse Grade II and III GLIOmas
Proton therapy is a powerful tool enabling oncologists to spare normal tissue around the target for irradiation much better than what can be achieved with photon irradiation. The infiltrative nature of IDH-mutated grade II and III diffuse glioma, however, renders proton therapy a potential problem. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) is the only option when trying to ensure that chances of long-term survival are not impaired seeking to reduce unwanted late treatment effects. Non-inferiority of proton therapy compared to photon irradiation is the primary endpoint of the RCT. Hence, PRO-GLIO has two main objectives. First, PRO-GLIO will evaluate if proton therapy is safe in...
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Prognosis Prediction System of Patients With Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases Based on Multi-omics
The etiology and specific pathogenesis of many cardiovascular diseases such as coronary atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, and stroke are still unclear. Improving diagnosis and treatment, clarifying the pathogenesis, and providing scientific basis for the prevention and treatment are hot research topics in the study of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. This study intends to collect clinical data and biological specimen data of patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and use multi-omics technology to deeply understand the pathogenic mechanisms of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases...
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PrognostIc and Predictive Factors in Unresectable Locally Advanced NEC and MANEC
Extra-pulmonary (EP) poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) represent a rare and aggressive category of neoplasms. Mixed adeno-neuroendocrine carcinomas (MANEC) are a group of rare neoplasms composed by a neuroendocrine (NE) and a non-neuroendocrine (non-NE) component, each representing at least the 30% of the neoplasm. Considering their rarity, low prevalence and poor prognosis a clear clinical, morphological and biomolecular characterization of these neoplasms has been prevented and a clinical approach universally shared is still lacking.
