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Evaluation of ex Vivo Drug Combination Optimization Platform in Recurrent High Grade Astrocytic Glioma
This is an interventional, non-randomized, single site study. Brain tumor samples will be collected from patients for organoids generation and subject to panel drugs screening and QPOP analysis to derive the optimal drug combinations for treatment at the time of first high grade astrocytic glioma recurrence. The investigators hypothesize that patient-derived organoids (PDOs) mimic the biological characteristics of high grade astrocytic gliomas and serve as an ideal platform for the evaluation of drug sensitivities, accurately reflecting the patient's therapeutic response to the drugs.
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Evaluation of Fluoxetine and Cytotoxic Lysosomal Stress in Glioma (FLIRT)
The purpose of this research study is to determine if fluoxetine increases lysosomal stress in patients with recurrent IDHwt glioma by evaluating LAMP1 expression in tumor samples obtained pre-resection via biopsy and during surgery. Lysosomes are organelles (structures in cells) that contain digestive enzymes (substances that break down chemicals) that help keep the cells free of extra or worn out cell parts. Fluoxetine, a drug approved by the FDA to treat problems like depression and anxiety, can cause changes to structures in cells called lysosomes that then improve how well the chemotherapy drug temozolomide (TMZ) kills cancer ...
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Evaluation of Hippocampal-Avoidance Using Proton Therapy in Low-Grade Glioma
Low-grade gliomas (LGGs) are the most common brain tumors in children, and a subset of these tumors are treated definitively with focal radiation therapy (RT). These patients often survive for many years after receiving RT and experience late deficits in memory. Verbal recall is an important measure of memory and is associated with other important functional outcomes, such as problem-solving, independence of every-day functioning, and quality of life. Decline in memory, as measured by verbal recall, is associated with RT dose to the hippocampi. Therefore, this phase II study investigates the feasibility of reducing RT doses to the...
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Evaluation of Performance Characteristics and Applicability in Oncology of Devices Customized Medical Devices Made by 3D Printing
Technologies 3D are demonstrating enormous potential for innovation in the field of surgery,introducing the concept of "treatment customization" (from planning surgery to implant design and manufacturing) on the patient's anatomy, simply by taking advantage of the patient's own common diagnostic images and the flexibility of 3D printing. In fact, this new construction technology allows the construction of the complex anatomical geometries with economy, simplicity and on scales of production unattainable by other traditional technologies. This new construction technology allows, in fact, the construction of complex anatomical...
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Evaluation of the 18F-PSMA Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/CT in Patients With Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Rationale: In patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), molecular imaging is used to assess the extent of disease in the primary diagnostic process and follow-up period to determine possible therapeutic options. The currently most used tracer in clinical practice, F-18 labelled fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG), does not accurately detect MTC tumors with an indolent growth rate. A new, complimentary tracer is warranted to detect different subtypes. Objective: The primary objective is to assess the feasibility of using the F-18 labelled prostate specific membrane antigen (18F-PSMA) PET/CT for (re)staging patients with medullary ...
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Evaluation of the CONVIVO System
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the CONVIVO confocal endomicroscope in discriminating between normal and abnormal tissue in vivo during brain tumor surgery. The interpretation of intraoperative images obtained in situ will be tested against conventional histologic evaluation of targeted biopsies from imaged tissue. The study team hypothesize that there will be a high degree of correlation between images obtained with the CONVIVO system and conventional histologic interpretation.
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Evaluation of the Diagnostic and Prognostic Role of PET (PET/CT and PET/MRI) in Neuroendocrin Tumors.
Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) constitute approximately 0.5% of malignancies. To date, diagnosis at an increasingly early stage of the disease is possible thanks to recent technological advances in biomedical imaging. In particular, the traditional work-up for these pathologies includes endoscopy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT). Furthermore, the integrated positron emission tomography methods (PET/CT and PET/MRI) are innovative molecular imaging techniques and represent a continually expanding field of research in the oncology setting. In particular, PET is taking on an increasingly relevant role for the...
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Evaluation of the Humoral and Tumoral Molecular Alteration Profile of Brain Metastases
The purpose of the study is to determine in brain metastases and according to feasibility in liquid biopsies: - Molecular alterations including in particular mutations, amplifications, Copy number gene variants and fusion transcripts identified by high-throughput sequencing; - The rate of variation either in gain or in loss of expression of the different messenger Ribonucleic Acids by analysis of the transcriptome; - Epigenetic alterations by methylation of deoxyribonucleic acid clusters by methylome chips.
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Evaluation of the Quality of Life and Tolerance of Patients Treated With Vectorized Internal Radiotherapy (RIV) for a Neuro Endocrine Tumor (NET) in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region.
The study consists of having participants complete quality of life questionnaires (PROMs) at the time of the cures +/- one week and in the middle of the intercure time +/- one week. As all the collection times do not correspond to a consultation or a visit to a medical service, The investigator wanted to develop a remote, computerized data collection solution. Researchers have programmed an AURA-RIV-TNE care pathway (MOCAs: Engine for the organization and coordination of health acts) on the myHCL patient environment, taking up the course of the study presented in the form of a table in paragraph 6.2. Once the patient consents to ...
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Evaluation of Ultrasound Biomicroscopy in the Local Staging of Cutaneous Melanoma
Cutaneous melanomas represent 4 to 11% of cutaneous cancers, but is responsible for 75% of the deaths reported for these pathologies. The incidence rate double every 10 years. Fourteen thousand cases and 1700 deaths were reported in France in 2015. The local staging of the cancer is represented by the Breslow index, which is measured on histological analysis, corresponding to the maximum depth of the cancer. Breslow index is a good pronostic value, and is used to choose for the best treatment for the patient. Having access to the Breslow index before the first resection of the tumor would allow dermatologists to make a complete...
