Cisplatin Treatment Options in New York

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as pixantrone, cytarabine, methylprednisolone, and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy in treating patients who have relapsed aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Read Less

The University of Rochester Cancer Center (URCC) is conducting a research study at Highland Hospital and Strong Memorial of lung cancer patients whose tumors cannot be surgically removed. The usual treatment for this stage of cancer is chemotherapy (treatment with drugs) combined with radiation (chemo-radiation). Because of the risk of spread to other organs, patients with your stage of disease are also often treated with additional chemotherapy, either before or after the chemo-radiation treatment. The best timing and number of treatments for this additional chemotherapy has not been clearly established. The purpose of this study is to help determine if a single treatment with two chemotherapy drugs, followed by radiation and low-dose chemotherapy is an effective way to treat patients with lung cancer. The side effects of this treatment and your quality of life while on the study will also be studied. Eighteen will participate in this study locally. Read Less

This study aims to determine how successful the chemotherapy regimen of Pemetrexed plus cisplatin before surgery is at killing all the tumor so that none is left at the time of surgery. Following surgery, all eligible patients will receive radiation to the chest. How patients respond, whether the cancer returns and if so, where, will also be monitored. Read Less

Eligible patients will be randomized in a ratio of 2:1 to receive either chemotherapy (a taxane and a platinum compound) plus CPG 7909 Injection or chemotherapy alone. Protocol therapy will be administered until disease progression or intolerable toxicity. CpG 7909 Injection will be administered subcutaneously, on Weeks 2 and 3 of each three-week cycle (days 8 and 15) and chemotherapy will be administered on Week 1 (Day 1). Patients will undergo complete disease evaluation at the end of every other treatment cycle until disease progression. Read Less

RATIONALE: Imatinib mesylate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for tumor cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining imatinib mesylate with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining imatinib mesylate with irinotecan and cisplatin in treating patients who have extensive-stage small cell lung cancer Read Less

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness and side effects of LY293111 given in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to find out whether adding ZD1839 to standard treatment (Cisplatin and Radiation Therapy) of unresectable head and neck cancers is better than cisplatin and radiation alone. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to assess the antitumor activity and safety of the combination of talabostat and cisplatin in patients with metastatic melanoma. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects (good and bad) of ALIMTA plus Carboplatin or ALIMTA plus Cisplatin on you and your small cell lung cancer. Read Less

This study is intended to show whether inhaled chemotherapy can be added to a standard IV chemotherapy regime, to investigate the additional toxicities and to show initial evidence of efficacy of the combination. Read Less