Cetuximab Plus Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Cancer of the Head and Neck That Has Not Responded to Cisplatin Chemotherapy
Completed
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies such as cetuximab can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining monoclonal antibody therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of cetuximab plus cisplatin in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent cance... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/06/2009
Locations: Cooper Cancer Institute, Camden, New Jersey +2 locations
Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer
CPG 7909 Injection in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Completed
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 ot... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
02/09/2009
Locations: VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey
Conditions: Carcinoma, Non-Small Cell Lung
TAXUS ARRIVE 2: A Multi-Center Safety Surveillance Program
Completed
The TAXUS ARRIVE 2 study is a multi-center safety and surveillance study designed to to compile safety surveillance and clinical outcomes data for the TAXUS™ Express2™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in routine clinical practice and to identify low frequency TAXUS related clinical events.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
09/25/2008
Locations: Cardiovascular Associates of Delaware Valley, Haddon Heights, New Jersey +1 locations
Conditions: Cardiovascular Disease, de Novo Coronary Lesions
Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Metastatic, Recurrent, or Unresectable Cancer of the Esophagus
Unknown
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of paclitaxel in treating patients with metastatic, recurrent, or unresectable cancer of the esophagus.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
07/23/2008
Locations: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - MOBILE, Newark, New Jersey
Conditions: Esophageal Cancer
DHA-Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Unknown
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of DHA-paclitaxel in treating patients who have metastatic colorectal cancer.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
07/23/2008
Locations: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange, East Orange, New Jersey
Conditions: Colorectal Cancer
DHA-Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Unknown
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of DHA-paclitaxel in treating patients who have metastatic prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone therapy.
Gender:
MALE
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
07/23/2008
Locations: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange, East Orange, New Jersey
Conditions: Prostate Cancer
Paclitaxel With or Without Carboplatin in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Unknown
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known if paclitaxel is more effective with or without carboplatin in treating stage IV breast cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of paclitaxel with or without carboplatin in treating women who have stage IV breast cancer.
Gender:
FEMALE
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
07/23/2008
Locations: St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey
Conditions: Breast Cancer