Clinical Research Directory

Anti-Mesothelin TNaive/SCM hYP218 (TNhYP218) CAR T Cells in Participants With Mesothelin-Expressing Solid Tumors Including Mesothelioma

Background: Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer that grows in the linings of the body; this can include the membranes that line the heart, lungs, and internal organs. Mesothelin (MSLN) is a protein that appears in high numbers in many tumors, including mesothelioma. Researchers are developing a new treatment that collects a person s own immune cells (T cells); the T cells are genetically modified to target and kill tumor cells with high levels of MSLN. Objective: To test a new treatment (TNhYP218 CAR T cells) in people with solid tumors including mesothelioma. Eligibility: People aged 18 and older with solid tumors including mesothelioma that returned or spread after standard treatment. Design: Participants will be screened. A small piece of tissue will be cut from a tumor (biopsy). The sample will be tested to see if it has enough MSLN. Participants will undergo leukapheresis: Blood will be taken from their body through a vein. The blood will pass through a machine that separates out the T cells. The remaining blood will be returned to the body through a different vein. Participant s T cells will be modified in a lab to produce TNhYP218 CAR T cells. Participants will enter the hospital. For 7 days, they will receive drugs to prepare their bodies for the study treatment. TNhYP218 CAR T cells will be administered into a vein. Participants will remain in the hospital for at least 7 more days. After discharge, participants will have follow-up visits for 5 years. These visits may include imaging scans, blood and heart tests, and a new biopsy. Long-term follow-up will continue another 10 years.

Study of Perioperative Dostarlimab in Participants With Untreated T4N0 or Stage III dMMR/MSI-H Resectable Colon Cancer

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of perioperative dostarlimab compared with standard of care (SOC) in participants with untreated T4N0 or Stage III (resectable), defective mismatch repair/ microsatellite instability high (dMMR/MSI-H) colon cancer.

Strategies for Optimizing a Mailed FIT Program in Appalachia

The proposed study is examining strategies for optimizing mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) programs. In doing so, it will assess the efficacy of two promising strategies, FIT kit materials and patient navigation delivery mode. These strategies may help to improve colorectal cancer screening rates.

Adaptive Randomization of Aerobic Exercise During Chemotherapy in Colon Cancer

To goal of this clinical trial is to quantify the dose-response effects of aerobic exercise training compared to attention control on chemotherapy relative dose intensity in colon cancer survivors.

Ascertainment of Peripheral Blood or Saliva Samples for Genetic Epidemiology Studies of Familial Cancers

The purpose of this study is to better understand the genetic causes of cancer and the inherited tendency to develop cancer. To accomplish this, blood specimens and/or saliva samples and/or tumor and normal tissue blocks from patients and families of patients with cancer will be collected. Blood specimens will be frozen and stored for analysis at a later date. Tumor tissue and normal tissue will be stored for analysis at a later date. In order to perform this study, patients and members of their families will be asked to provide blood samples and/or saliva samples. Individuals will be asked to provide a history of cancer in their relatives at the time the blood sample is given. No relatives will be contacted before they have been asked by a family member if they wish to participate in this study. If they do wish to participate, the relatives should indicate this by returning the "Family Member Consent for Contact Form" After we receive this form, arrangements may be made for the family member to send in a blood and/or saliva sample or to come in person to provide the sample to us. Except for family history, no medical information provided by one member of a family will be discussed with other family members. At the end of this form, we will also ask for your permission to be contacted in the future to discuss information about your health, additional research with your samples and/or certain research findings possibly related to your sample.

Laparoscopic Versus Open Surgery for Colon Cancer With Visceral Obesity

This study aims to elucidate whether there is a difference in long-term prognosis between laparoscopic surgery and open surgery in colon cancer patients with visceral obesity.

Endoscopic Resection of Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

The study aims to retrospectively investigate the endoscopic resection procedures of cancerous and precancerous lesions of the upper and lower digestive tract in order to evaluate the efficacy and safety outcomes and to compare different resection techniques. In particular, the resection techniques investigated will be mucosectomy, en bloc and piecemeal, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and its variants, full-thickness resection. The anatomical districts involved will be the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, colon and rectum.

Neoadjuvant Tislelizumab With Chemotherapy for the Treatment of MSS Colon Cancer

This study aims to elucidate the effects of neoadjuvant Tislelizumab combined with chemotherapy in locally advanced Microsatellite Stable (MSS) colon cancer.

Neoadjuvant CAPOX Plus Tislelizumab vs CAPOX in MSS High-Risk Locally Advanced Colon Cancer

Building on earlier exploratory work, this study further designs a multi-institutional, prospective, randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination therapy of the immune checkpoint inhibitor Tislelizumab with CAPOX for neoadjuvant treatment in high-risk locally advanced MSS-type colorectal cancer, as well as its impact on patient outcomes. This study aims to provide new evidence for the clinical practice of treating MSS-type colorectal cancer.

Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Skeletal Muscle Remodeling in Colorectal Cancer

The goal of this clinical trial is to quantify the effects of aerobic exercise training compared to attention control on intermuscular adipose tissue in colorectal cancer survivors.

Evaluation of Stool Based Markers for the Early Detection of Colorectal Cancers and Adenomas

Colon cancer is the second most common cancer in men and women. It is a disease that can be prevented if it is found early. Colonoscopy is still the best screening tool for colon cancer and the polyps that turn into colon cancer. However, due to a variety of factors, including affordability, time, and age, not all patients are able to be screened. Researchers are working on other options for early detection that are as accurate as colonoscopy. The purpose of this study if to determine if stool or blood can be used to detect colon cancers as early or earlier than colonoscopy. The researchers plan to use these samples to learn about specific proteins (also known as biomarkers) that may indicate colon polyps, colon cancer or an increased risk of developing colon cancer. In order to learn more about preventing and detecting colon and rectal cancer, we are collecting samples from subjects with cancer, adenomas, and colonoscopies who may be at risk for polyps.

Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Colonoscopy in Colorectal Cancer Screening in a General Hospital

Cancer can develop in the colon, or large bowel. Examination of the colon with a tube fitted with a camera is called a colonoscopy. Colonoscopy allows detection of small growths in the colon, called "polyps". Polyps can often be removed during colonoscopy. Some of these polyps are called adenomas and can become cancer after several years. A good colonoscopy aims to find and take out as many of these polyps as possible. A quality indication of colonoscopy is the "adenoma detection rate" (ADR). It should be high, meaning many polyps are detected and taken out. New artificial intelligence devices to assist colonoscopy seem to increase the ADR, and maybe help prevent cancer even better than normal colonoscopy. The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the ADR when using standard colonoscopy to the ADR with artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted colonoscopy.

ctDNA-guided Surveillance for Stage III CRC, a Randomized Intervention Trial

IMPROVE-IT2 is a randomized multicenter trial comparing the outcomes of ctDNA guided post-operative surveillance and standard-of-care CT-scan surveillance. The hypothesis of this study is that ctDNA guided post-operative surveillance combining ctDNA and radiological assessments could result in earlier detection of recurrent disease and identify more patients eligible for curative treatment.

Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence - Assisted Colonoscopy in Colorectal Neoplasms

The primary goal of this study is to estimate the effectiveness of a medical decision support system based on artificial intelligence in the endoscopic diagnosis of benign tumors. Researchers will compare Adenoma detection rate between "artificial intelligence - assisted colonoscopy" and "conventional colonoscopy" groups to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of artificial intelligence model.

Comparison of MORbidity of Submucosal DIssection Resection of Giant cOlon Lesions Versus Surgery: a National Multicenter Study (MORDIGO)

Propose a one-piece endoscopic resection such as endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) rather than surgery for benign lesions and superficial T1 cancers colorectal cancers offers comparable efficacy with better tolerability. This approach is all the more in the rectum, even for giant lesions lesions (over 8cm), as rectal surgery is particularly morbid, with particularly morbid, with a functional impact that can impact, whereas rectal ESD is less prone to complications fewer complications than in the colon. Colonic ESD for giant lesions is a longer and more morbid more time-consuming and morbid than for smaller lesions, the question of colonic surgery in this indication. this indication. In order to compare the morbidity data of patients of giant lesions with those of colectomy, a control group colectomy, a surgical control group will be set up, including patients including patients having undergone surgery for in situ T1 or T2 in situ colon cancer. Surgical resections of resection of benign lesions is generally not indicated not indicated and would not provide the necessary necessary for a comparison. T3 and T4 lesions with their own their own morbidity will be excluded.

CompariSon Between the EuroPeAn and Japanese pathologiCal InvEstigation for Colon Cancer (SPACE)

In general, the European pathological examination method primarily relies on pathologists and does not require the involvement of surgeons. The Japanese pathological evaluation approach, on the other hand, involves the intervention of surgeons, particularly in the extraction of lymph nodes from fresh specimens and the assessment of specimen quality. Given that the Japanese pathological assessment method lacks systematic evaluation and there is currently no literature clearly demonstrating its diagnostic accuracy, the main objective of this study is to verify whether the diagnostic accuracy of the Japanese pathological investigation method is inferior to that of the European pathological evaluation method.

IBD Neoplasia Surveillance RCT

We will conduct a multicenter, parallel-group, non-inferiority RCT in persons with IBD undergoing colorectal neoplasia screening with high-definition white light colonoscopy, comparing a strategy of sampling visible lesions alone to a conventional strategy of sampling both visible lesions as well as normal-appearing mucosa using non-targeted biopsies. The primary outcome is the neoplasia detection rate. The required sample size to demonstrate non-inferiority is 1952 persons.

Artificial Intelligence to Implement Cost-saving Strategies for Colonoscopy Screening Based on in Vivo Prediction of Polyp Histology

This three parallel-arms, randomized, multicenter trial is aimed at investigating the value of AI-assisted optical biopsy for differentiating between neoplastic and non-neoplastic polyps which will lead to the implementation of cost-saving strategies in screening programs. A cost-effectiveness analyses with the use of modern trial emulation analyses of large observational and clinical trial datasets and real-cost data will be conducted. To improve personalized treatment with a novel colonoscopy CADx risk-prediction tool, the investigators will even develop a novel deep learning algorithm for the optical biopsy of the alternative pathway of colorectal cancer carcinogenesis, namely the serrated pathway and develop cost-effectiveness models of AI-assisted optical biopsy in colorectal cancer screening that provides reliable information to identify cancer risk regardless of physicians' skill.

Molecular and Histological Characteristics of Serrated Lesions of the Colon

Different subtypes of serrated lesions have been recently described. Among them, both sessile serrated polyp/adenoma (SSP/A) and traditional serrated adenoma (TSA) could have malignant potential through the serrated pathway or CIMP. These lesions, as a potential source of interval cancer, should also be considered in colorectal cancer (CRC) population-based screening programs. It is believed that this new described pathway could be responsible for up to 30% of all CRC. Unlike the traditional adenoma, serrated lesions are difficult to diagnose because of their particular endoscopic appearance and their still unclear histological criteria. Furthermore, they have specific molecular changes and, through them, they could evolve into CRC faster than the adenoma. The real prevalence of the serrated lesions and their specific risk for developing new synchronous/metachronous lesions, or even malignancy, remains unknown. For all these reasons, we don't know if these patients could constitute a different CRC-risk group and if specific recommendations are needed during their follow-up. This is a prospective longitudinal study developed within the framework of the CRC-screening program in the Valencian Community (Spain). We expect to include a total of 700 individuals who will be followed during 10 years. In our study, we will collect epidemiologic variables related to the patient, variables related to all the polyps, and mutational (BRAF, KRAS, MSI), and CpG-island methylation status of serrated lesions. Strict endoscopic and histological criteria will be applied for the diagnosis of serrated lesions. All lesions detected at the index colonoscopy and during follow-up will be evaluated. The purpose of this study is to correlate epidemiologic data, histological characteristics and the molecular profile of the serrated lesions with findings during follow-up, in order to define stratified groups according to their risk of developing new lesions or CRC in the future.

The Efficacy of JS001 Combined With Chemotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Colon Cancer

Colon cancer is one of the most lethal malignancies, and colorectal cancer ranks the fifth leading cause of tumor-related mortality in China. FOLFOX is the recommended adjuvant/ neoadjuvant treatment for advanced colon cancer. JS001, as the first Chinese produced anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, has been approved by CFDA. This study aims to assess the safety and efficacy of JS001 in combination with FOLFOX as adjuvant/neoadjuvant treatment for patients with locally advanced colon cancer.