Advanced Cancer Clinical Trials

This is a pilot trial of the effects of spiritual care interventions on spiritual well-being and readiness to engage in advance care planning (ACP) among black patients with advanced cancer recruited from outpatient settings to determine the feasibility of conducting a larger trial of effects of early integration of spiritual care into outpatient oncology care on patient outcomes. Read Less

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if it is possible to deliver a palliative care intervention called ALIGN (Assessing and Listening to Individual Goals and Needs) to hospitalized older adults with advanced cancer who are discharged to a skilled nursing facility and their caregivers. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can the investigator successfully deliver the ALIGN intervention in different skilled community nursing facilities? * Can the investigator successfully collect information from participants throughout the study? * How can the investigator best prepare caregivers to make medical decisions for loved ones that become unable to do so themselves? Researchers will compare ALIGN to care as it is usually delivered. Participants will: * Visit virtually with an ALIGN palliative care social worker every 1-2 weeks during their skilled nursing facility stay and up to 45 days after discharge from the facility or will see a palliative care clinician if recommended by their oncologist or other involved clinician. * Participants will provide information about how they are doing 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after enrolling in the study. Read Less

This is a first-in-human (FIH), open-label, multicenter dose escalation and expansion study of BGB-B3227, a humanized immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) antibody. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics, and preliminary antitumor activity of BGB-B3227 as a monotherapy or in combination with tislelizumab with or without chemotherapy in participants with selected advanced or metastatic solid tumors. The study will also identify recommended dose(s) for expansion (RDFE\[s\]) of BGB-B3227 administered alone and in combination with tislelizumab. Read Less

This open-label, multicenter, rollover study will provide continued treatment for participants deriving benefit from different therapies received in studies sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (DS) or DS/Astra Zeneca (AZ)-sponsored study (eg. DS8201-A-J101, DS8201-A-U201, DS8201-A-U204, DS8201-A-U207, DS8201-A-U303). Read Less

The purpose of the study is to modify a type of counseling called "Individual Meaning Centered Psychotherapy" to meet the needs of Chinese cancer patients. Many cancer patients use counseling or other resources to help cope with the emotional burden of their illnesses. Counseling often helps them cope with cancer by giving them a place to express their feelings. "Meaning-Centered" counseling aims to teach cancer patients how to maintain or even increase a sense of meaning and purpose in their lives, despite cancer. Read Less

TThis is a first-in-human (FIH), open-label, multicenter dose escalation and expansion study of ALK202. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and antitumor activity of ALK202 as a monotherapy in adult participants with Advanced Solid Tumors. The study will also identify recommended dose(s) for subsequent clinical studies of ALK202. Read Less

The investigators will study SPECT imaging of radiopharmaceutical therapies given as standard of care or as part of other compatible research protocols. The goal is to validate the quantitative SPECT image reconstruction methods developed in this proposal, and to investigate the relation between dosimetry calculated from SPECT images and the outcomes. Patients will be recruited for SPECT/CT imaging during treatment. This is an observational study no additional new drugs or activities will be administrated. The investigators will perform SPECT imaging on a total of 80 patients (\~20 each from year 2 to year 5). Each participant will be imaged 3 times after the first and last cycles of planned radiopharmaceutical therapy. Read Less

This phase I study tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of Ac225-DOTA-M5A in treating patients with CEA positive colorectal cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced). Ac225-DOTA-M5A is a humanized monoclonal anti-CEA antibody, linked to a radioactive agent called actinium 225. M5A attaches to CEA positive cancer cells in a targeted way and delivers actinium 225 to kill them. Read Less

To learn about the feasibility, safety, and effects of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy on depression and/or anxiety in participants who are being treated for advanced cancer. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a consultation with a Personalized Therapeutics Clinic, or PTC, will help participants lower the risk for side effects (drug-drug interactions and drug-gene interactions) when taking many medications and help providers improve prescribing decisions for participants. A PTC is a clinical that will test your genes to gather information about your health that may help guide prescribing advice and offer you new information about your prescriptions. Doctors leading this study will look for variations (differences) in your genes that may suggest that you are at greater risk of having side effects or a greater chance of benefiting from certain medications. Individuals in this study will participate for roughly 9 months. Read Less

This phase 1 study will investigate the safety, dosing, and initial antitumor activity of JZP815 in participants with advanced or metastatic solid tumors harboring alterations in the MAPK pathway. Read Less

The objective of the proposed study is to evaluate the Couple Communication Skills Training (CCST) intervention in 250 patients with advanced cancer and their spouses/intimate partners. Couples will be randomized 1:1 to receive either the CCST or to an attention control condition (Healthy Living Information; HLI). We will evaluate CCST effects on a range of patient and partner relationship and psychological outcomes. Read Less