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The FLaME Cognitive Rehabilitation Study for Childhood Brain Tumour
Medical treatments have improved survival rates for children with brain tumours. However, most children experience long-term difficulties with 'cognition' (thinking skills such as memory and paying attention) and cognitive fatigue (excessive mental tiredness) after treatment. Thinking difficulties and fatigue can affect a child's ability to learn, and their social and emotional wellbeing. National guidance recommends treatment called 'cognitive rehabilitation' which teaches skills to improve or manage cognitive difficulties. Families often request this, but it is not usually available due to little research. Fatigue may also get in the way of children using and benefiting from...
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The Florida ASCENT Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to adapt, implement, and evaluate MyCarePulse and ASCENT patient navigator to overcome barriers to care among patients with cancer. The main hypotheses it aims to test are: - At the patient level, the intervention will result in higher levels of food security, self- efficacy for dietary behaviors, and higher diet quality than standard care. - At the provider level, the intervention will be feasible, acceptable, appropriate, and able to enhance individualized care for patient wellness. Researchers will compare cancer patients receiving the MyCarePulse and ASCENT patient navigator intervention to those receiving...
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The Impact of Paramedic Training in Simulation on the Experience of Patients Treated for Malignant Brain Tumors in Neurosurgery (IPSIMANON)
The goal of this clinical trial is to demonstrate that simulation training for paramedical staff in neurosurgery departments, in announcing and accompanying patients with a brain tumor, improves patient satisfaction when a (potentially malignant) brain tumor is discovered, compared with usual care. The main question it aims to answer is: - Are patients more satisfied (as measured by scores on the EORCT IN-PATSAT32 questionnaire) with their neurosurgical hospitalization following the discovery of a brain tumor in centers where paramedics have been trained by simulation? Researchers will compare the results of the EORTC IN-PATSAT32 questionnaire to determine whether paramedic...
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The Multicentre Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial - 3
The goal of this clinical trial is to demonstrate that there is no difference (non-inferiorty) in the 2 year recurrence-free survival (RFS) between 2 different surgical approaches for clinical Stage III melanoma. Following 6 weeks of standard neaodjuvant immunotherapy, patients will undergo either selective index lymph node resection (ILN) (identified at baseline as the largest affected lymph node) or the standard of care therapeutic lymph node dissection (TLND). The secondary aims are to assess if patients who are managed without TLND will have a reduction in surgical complications (less wound problems & lymphoedema), an improved quality of life, at a lower healthcare utilisation.
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The Predictive Value of MRI for Adult-type Diffuse Gliomas
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the diagnostic value of preoperative MRI examination for adult-type diffuse gliomas. The main question it aims to answer is: - Can preoperative MRI examination noninvasively predict genotype of gliomas? - Can preoperative MRI examination noninvasively predict the overall survival of gliomas? - Can preoperative MRI examination noninvasively predict Ki-67 proliferation status?
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Therapeutic Study of 177Lu-CTR-FAPI in Advanced Metastatic Digestive Malignancies
This was a single-centre, single-arm, non-blinded, prospective study using 20 patients with advanced metastatic GI malignancies recruited to treat patients with advanced metastatic GI malignancies with 177Lu-CTR-FAPI to assess the safety of 177Lu-CTR-FAPI in advanced metastatic GI malignancies; this included radiation therapy dosimetry and initial treatment Determination of Effectiveness
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The Use of 5-ALA in Paediatric Patients With High Grade Brain Tumours
The aim of the study is to examine the safety and feasibility of using 5-ALA in children who have MRI scans showing an aggressive looking brain tumour. It will also study if 5-ALA can help the surgeon achieve maximal tumour removal and discriminate between normal brain tissue and tumour. Patients will be between 3-18 years (inclusive) and all patients will receive 5-ALA 3-6 hours prior to resection surgery.
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Time-of-Day Specified Ipilimumab and Nivolumab for the Treatment of Stage IV Unresectable Melanoma, The TIME Trial
This phase II trial tests the safety and effectiveness of giving ipilimumab and nivolumab in the morning compared to other times of day in treating patients with melanoma that is stage IV or that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as ipilimumab and nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the tumor and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. While some patients have impressive outcomes with both of these drugs, over 40% of patients do not experience any clinical benefit. Studies have shown that the time of day that vaccines and other therapies are given have had an impact on response...
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Tislelizumab (One Anti-PD-1 Antibody) Plus Low-dose Bevacizumab for Bevacizumab Refractory Recurrent Glioblastoma
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Tislelizumab (one anti-PD-1 antibody same as nivolumab approved in China) in combination with bevacizumab in patients with recurrent or progressive glioblastoma (GBM) who have progressed on bevacizumab with or without PTEN or TERT gene mutations.
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TKIs vs. Pertuzumab in HER2+ Breast Cancer Patients With Active Brain Metastases (HER2BRAIN)
This is a prospective, randomized, 2-arm, Phrase 2, superiority and multicenter study to compare the efficiency of Anti-HER2 TKI versus Pertuzumab in Combination With Dose-dense Trastuzumab and Taxane in HER2-positive breast cancer patients with active refractory brain metastases.