Clinical trial explores new glioblastoma treatment regimen
May 22, 2017
On average, a patient with glioblastoma lives for only about a year after diagnosis. In a new clinical trial, CCR researchers will test whether a combination of a vaccine made from the patient’s tumor with another immunotherapy treatment can increase survival rates. Read more...
A Conversation with Kristy and Jane
May 17, 2017
Jane has been coming to the NIH Clinical Center for treatment for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) since she was three years old. She is currently enrolled in a trial that tests Selumetinib, a MEK inhibitor, and her tumor is now 30.7 percent smaller than when she first started this trial three years ago. Her diagnosis has changed the lives of her family but has also given them new passions and perseverance. Read more...
Clinical trial studies new therapy in children and adults with neurofibromatosis-related GIST
May 15, 2017
A new clinical trial studies how treatment with a protein kinase inhibitor effects NF1-related GIST in children and young adults. Learn more...
Clinical trial shows safety and effectiveness of new combination immunotherapy for advanced liver cancer
May 8, 2017
A recently completed phase I clinical trial at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, demonstrates that a combination of two immunotherapy drugs to target hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was well-tolerated and shrunk tumors in a larger percentage of patients than the standard monotherapy. Read more...
New clinical trial studies two-part treatment for patients with gastric cancer
May 1, 2017
A new clinical trial is open to test a two-part treatment for stomach cancer that has spread to the peritoneum.
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New clinical trial opens to determine safety and efficacy of PROSTVAC, nivolumab and ipilimumab in men with localized prostate cancer
Apr 24, 2017
A new study is now open to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a treatment regimen that combines PROSTVAC with ipilimumab and/or nivolumab in men with localized prostate cancer who have elected to undergo surgical resection (prostatectomy). Learn more...
Clinical trial studies a new form of vincristine in standard combination chemotherapy for children with relapsed ALL
Apr 20, 2017
A combination of chemotherapy drugs known by the regimen UK ALL R3 is one of the most successful treatments for patients with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In this study, investigators hope to improve outcomes by combining the treatment with Marqibo, a new formulation of the drug vincristine. Learn more...
New clinical trial studies immunotherapy and chemotherapy in Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus-associated lymphomas
Apr 19, 2017
Clinical trial studies combination therapy for KSHV-associated lymphomas. Learn more...
New clinical trial studies the use of avelumab in patients with recurrent thymoma and thymic carcinoma
Apr 18, 2017
A new study uses immunotherapy for patients whose thymoma or thymic carcinoma has progressed after standard treatments. Learn more...
Observational study of clinical and genetic nature of hereditary gastric cancers opens
Apr 11, 2017
New clinical trial to learn more about hereditary gastric cancers. Learn more...