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Multitracer [18F]Fluciclovine and 18F-FDG PET, and Advanced MRI for Metabolic Profiling of Glioblastoma
- To perform metabolic phenotyping of treatment naïve and recurrent GBM by multitracer [18F]Fluciclovine and 18F-FDG PET. - To compare uptake measures of 18F-Fluciclovine and 18F-FDG and MRI quantification of glutamate and lactate levels to tumor tissue laboratory assays (RNA seq and proteomics) of glutamine/glutamate, glucose, and lactate metabolism. - To perform metabolic phenotyping of treatment naïve and recurrent GBM by advanced MRI methods at 7 Tesla
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Navigating the Clinical Research Process for Glioma
Participation in medical trials usually favors a particular demographic group. But there is limited research available to explain what trial attributes affect the completion of these specific demographic groups. This trial will admit a wide range of data on the clinical trial experience of glioma patients to determine which factors prevail in limiting a patient's ability to join or finish a trial. It will also try to analyze data from the perspective of different demographic groups to check for recurring trends which might yield insights for the sake of future glioma patients.
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Naxitamab and Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) Combined With Isotretinoin for Maintenance Treatment of Patients With High-Risk Neuroblastoma in First Complete Response.
This is a single-arm, multicenter clinical trial conducted in patients ≥ 12 months of age with high-risk neuroblastoma in first complete response. 62 patients will be enrolled to receive naxitamab + GM-CSF in combination with isotretinoin. In line with post-consolidation maintenance treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma, this trial will include patients with high-risk neuroblastoma in first complete response. Patients must have completed a multimodal frontline regimen (induction and consolidation) and have achieved complete response (positive bone marrow minimal residual disease as assessed by RTqPCR is allowed) following the multi agent induction and consolidation therapy.
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Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Concurrent Azeliragon in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
Preclinical data have demonstrated the combination of azeliragon, a RAGE inhibitor, with radiation therapy (RT) can effectively reduce immune-suppressive myeloid cells and restore T-cell activation to improve tumor control in murine glioma models. Ongoing clinical studies of azeliragon with RT alone and RT plus temozolomide (TMZ) to treat patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) have demonstrated safety and tolerability. The purpose of this window-of-opportunity study is to validate that the combination of azeliragon with RT and TMZ would modulate immune-suppressive myeloid and T cells in the tumor microenvironment in patients with GBM.
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Neoadjuvant Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Brain Metastasis
This multicentre proof-of-concept study, involving 4 centers, aims to establish the value of fractionated neoadjuvant stereotactic radiotherapy (NaSRT) as a new treatment paradigm for brain metastases (BM) in the frame of the Czech neurooncology network. Most relevant studies published to date used single-fraction radiotherapy and dealt with the inherent bias related to their retrospective nature. The researchers aim to increase the level of evidence for this treatment paradigm together with other similar ongoing studies.
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Neoadjuvant Tebentafusp for Uveal Melanoma
This phase II trial tests how well tebentafusp works to shrink tumors prior to primary treatment with surgery or radiation in patients with uveal (eye) melanoma that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced) or that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Tebentafusp is a drug that binds to melanoma tumor cells as well as immune cells called T-cells. This binding causes an immune response against the melanoma cells, which leads to tumor cell death. Tebentafusp has been approved for the treatment of locally advanced and unresectable uveal melanoma. Giving tebentafusp before primary treatment with surgery or radiation may help shrink the tumor, prevent the...
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Neoadjuvant Therapy With Conservative Surgery vs. Up-front Conservative Surgery for BRAF V600E-Mutated Ameloblastoma
Ameloblastoma is the most common benign odontogenic tumor, characterized by high local invasiveness and a high recurrence rate. Currently, surgical treatment is the standard treatment modality. The main surgical approaches include radical resection represented by local extended resection (with a safety margin of more than 2 cm) and conservative procedures represented by curettage and fenestration. Although radical resection can effectively treat the disease, it often leads to severe jaw bone defects and even disrupts the continuity of the jaw bone. However, the conservative procedures have a recurrence rate of approximately 40%. This study aims to reduce the recurrence rate of...
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Neuroendocrine Mechanisms in Adiposity: An Integrated Approach to the Characterization of Potential Pharmacological Novel Targets Based on Experimental and Clinical Models
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate, retrospectively and prospectively, the effect of different hormonal and neuropeptide dysfunctions on the body composition of patients suffering from hypothalamic-pituitary pathologies, and to evaluate the potential beneficial effect of surgical and medical treatments with agonists and antagonists of hypothalamic neuropeptides, currently available, on the development and treatment of adiposity and negative cross-talk between adiposity and muscle/bone tissue
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New Antigens Against Glioblastoma
In this study the investigators will select and develop potential therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for glioblastoma (GB). Activities include tissue microarray (TMA) to test monoclonal antibodies specificity and target distribution, selection of glioblastoma specific functional monoclonal antibodies, identification of candidate targets.
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NG101m Adjuvant Therapy in Glioblastoma Patients
The purpose of this clinical trial is to evaluate the addition of NG101m adjuvant therapy to standard of care treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. All subjects will receive NG101m capsules along with the standard treatment of temozolomide and radiation.
