Clinical Research Directory

Observational Cohort Study of Chronic Viral Infection in the Central Nervous System

This research team intends to conduct a real-world cohort study of chronic CNS viral infections represented by PML, to evaluate whether administration of immune checkpoint inhibitors improves long-term outcomes in this patient population.Patients with prior follow-up will be enrolled into a retrospective/prospective ambidirectional cohort, and newly diagnosed patients will be enrolled into a prospective cohort.

Perioperative Durvalumab With Neoadjuvant ddMVAC or Gemcitabine/Cisplatin in Patients With Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (NIAGARA-2)

The Phase IIIb NIAGARA-2 study aims to expand on the data from the Phase III NIAGARA study by investigating perioperative durvalumab in combination with investigator-selected cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (either ddMVAC or gemcitabine/cisplatin) in a clinical practice setting.

Analyzing Clinical Outcomes and Genomic Data of American Indian Patient Population

The aim of this study is to describe the outcomes in American Indian patients receiving immunotherapy in a multi-institution retrospective study at several other high-volume centers that care for this patient population and to identify any healthcare disparities that can lead to future interventional studies.

Neoadjuvant Therapy for Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Response-Guided Approach Using Iparomlimab and Tuvonralimab Injection in Combination With Chemotherapy

Iparomlimab and Tuvonralimab Injection (QL1706) is a bifunctional combination antibody targeting both programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4). This is a prospective clinical study that plans to enroll screened, eligible early-stage breast-cancer patients to receive neoadjuvant QL1706 plus chemotherapy (four cycles of TP ± four cycles of AC). After the four TP cycles, imaging and core biopsy will be performed. Patients who achieve radiologic complete response will proceed directly to surgery; those who do not will receive four additional AC cycles before surgery. A key feature is the incorporation of an response-guided neoadjuvant therapy（RGN）model to identify sensitive patients who can forgo anthracyclines, thereby reducing long-term cardiotoxicity.

Efficacy and Safety of Serplulimab Combined With Chemotherapy as Neoadjuvant Treatment for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer or Adenocarcinoma of Esophagogastric Junction

This is a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, phase 2 trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of serlulimab combined with nab-paclitaxel plus SOX versus nab-paclitaxel plus SOX alone as neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced GC or AEG. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if serlulimab combined with nab-paclitaxel plus SOX as neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced AEG/GC. It will also learn about the safety of serlulimab combined with nab-paclitaxel plus SOX. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does serlulimab increase the pCR of participants with locally advanced AEG/GC ? What medical problems do participants have when taking serlulimab? Researchers will compare to a placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no drug) to see if serlulimab combined with nab-paclitaxel plus SOX as neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced AEG/GC. Participants will: Eligible patients were randomly assigned to receive serlulimab (4.5 mg intravenously on day 1) combined with chemotherapy (nap-paclitaxel 260 mg/m2 intravenously on days 1, OXA 130mg/ /m2, intravenously on days 1, and S-1 40 to 60 mg orally twice daily depending on BSA on days 1 to 14) or chemotherapy alone every 3 weeks for 3 preoperative cycles followed by 3 postoperative cycles. All patients will be followed for survival.

A Qualitative Assessment of the Severity and Impact of Rheumatic Immune-Related Adverse Events Following Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunotherapy

To understand the severity and nature of participants experiences during irAEs following immune checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy.

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.

Disitamab Vedotin Plus Lenvatinib and PD-1 Inhibitors for Treating HER2-positive Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer

This trial is a single-arm exploratory phase II clinical study initiated by the investigator. Subjects who met the research criteria were screened and enrolled to receive the treatment regimen of disitamab vedotin combined with lenvatinib and PD-1 inhibitor. During the treatment process, the researchers closely followed up, strictly evaluated the efficacy, assessed the efficacy and safety of the subjects after receiving the combined treatment, evaluated the subjects until progression occurred, and observed their objective response rate, progression-free survival, overall survival, disease control rate, duration of response, and safety evaluation.

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.

Safety of SBRT With Anti-PD1 and Anti-IL-8 for the Treatment of Multiple Metastases in Advanced Solid Tumors and Melanoma

Nivolumab (and other agents affecting the anti-programmed death-1 \[anti-PD-1\] pathway) have demonstrated anti-tumor activity in multiple tumor types. Combinations of immune-oncology (IO) agents with complimentary mechanisms as well as radiation represent a promising strategy to improve response rates to immunotherapy and overcome resistance. In this phase I/Ib study, radiation will be used in combination with IO agents nivolumab and anti-IL-8 (BMS-986253) to assess toxicity by organ system and then assess the preliminary efficacy of the treatment regimen. In Part 1, the study will determine the safe doses of radiation by organ site in conjunction with nivolumab and BMS-986253. In Part 2, the treatment regimen will be investigated in melanoma, prioritizing acral melanoma, to describe the response rate to treatment as well as other clinical and safety outcomes. The study will also provide the opportunity to evaluate changes in the tumor microenvironment induced by the treatment.

Electroacupuncture Combined With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors as Adjuvant Therapy After Surgery for Early-stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Postoperative immunoadjuvant therapy has been proven to significantly reduce the risk of recurrence after resectable NSCLC, and has become a new standard of postoperative adjuvant therapy for stage II-III NSCLC. Immunotherapy faces challenges such as immune resistance, heterogeneity of biomarker expression, and limitation of immune-suitable population. How to reduce the rate of recurrence and metastasis after surgery, enhance the therapeutic effect of immunotherapy, and then prolong the survival period and improve the quality of life, has become an urgent problem facing the current clinical. Based on the standards of evidence-based medicine, this study for the first time carried out a large sample, multi-center, randomized parallel controlled clinical study to obtain high-quality clinical evidence of the effectiveness and safety of electro-acupuncture and Zilongjin tablet synergic treatment, and formed a standard treatment plan of traditional Chinese medicine.

Identification of Predictive Biomarkers for Immune-Related Adverse Events (irAEs) in Patients Undergoing Immune CheckPoint Inhibitors (ICPI) Treatment

In the last decades, cancer treatment was based on surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Recently, treatments have largely evolved, first with targeted therapies (notably tyrosin kinase inhibitors, TKI) and then with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPI, notably anti-CTLA-4 and anti- PD1). The last ones can induce durable anti-tumoral responses in patients, even if metastases are present. Their mechanisms of action are focused on the activation of immune system in order to eliminate the tumor. ICPI, because of their mechanisms of action, target immune tolerance key components and can induce important immune toxicities (colitis, hepatitis, dermatitis, thyroiditis ...), leading to early discontinuation of treatment, severe or chronic morbidity, and can sometimes be lethal. It is of importance to detect patient at risk of irAEs, because of the increasing use of ICPI and the long- term response capacity in treated patients.

The Associations of Sleep Disturbance With Therapy Efficacy and Prognosis of Lung Cancer

This is the prospective, observational cohort study (Nezha) to explore the associations of sleep disturbance with progression, efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and prognosis of Lung Cancer. The participants including the patients diagnosed with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received either first-line therapy (ICIs or targeted agents) or neoadjuvant therapy with ICIs; patients diagnosed with advanced small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) receiving the first-line therapy ICIs; patients diagnosed with early non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving surgery.

The Associations of Psychological Stress With Therapy Efficacy and Prognosis of Lung Cancer (STRESS-LUNG)

This is the prospective, observational cohort study (STRESS-LUNG) to explore the associations of psychological stress with progression, efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and prognosis of Lung Cancer. The participants including the patients diagnosed with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received the first-line therapy or neoadjuvant therapy of ICIs; patients diagnosed with advanced small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) receiving the first-line therapy ICIs; patients diagnosed with early small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) receiving surgery.

Fruquintinib After ICIs Treatment in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Nowadays, there are few second-line treatment options for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In order to further improve the efficacy of second-line treatment for advanced HCC, we plan to conduct a phase II clinical study to explore the efficacy and safety of the new second-line treatment for advanced HCC. As a tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor -1/2/3 (VEGFR 1/2/3), fruquintinib had demonstrated a strong antitumor efficacy in colorectal cancer patients who had previously received standard chemotherapy. Compared with placebo, fuquinitinib significantly extended overall survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (median OS, 9.3 months vs 6.6 months; HR, 0.65; p\<0.001) and progression-free survival (median PFS, 3.7 months vs 1.8 months; HR, 0.26; p\<0.001). Additionally, a phase II clinical study had showed that sintilimab combined with fruquintinib was with a promising anti-tumor activity in patients with advanced HCC who had received standard treatment, with a median PFS of 7.4 months and a tumor response rate of 31.6%. Therefore, we intend to conduct this clinical study to explore the efficacy and safety of fruquintinib as second-line treatment for patients with unresectable HCC previously treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

HAIC in Combination with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Advanced HCC

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) in combination with PD-1 inhibitors and Lenvatinib in patients with different tumor burden advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT).

Relationship Between Immunity and Metabolism in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Advanced Cancer. ( RIMEC )

Recent EMA and FDA approvals have made immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) a standard of care in cancer treatment. ICI, used alone or as a combination are now the backbone of renal cell and lung carcinoma treatment. However, a significant proportion of patients does not respond to ICI. Thus the identification of predictive response factor is a major issue. While factors associated with the tumour and its micro environment have been widely studied, factors associated with the patient such as metabolism could also affect the response to ICI and remain poorly studied. The hypothesis of the investigators is that dysmetabolims, via the induction of a chronic inflammatory state could induce a defect of lymphocyte production and activation as well as a modification of the immunogenicity of tumor cells and immune cells infiltration. The consequences could be a decrease in ICI response rate as well as an increase in immune related adverse events (irAEs). To test this hypothesis, the investigators propose a prospective bi-centric exploratory study including 60 patients treated with ICI for advanced lung or renal cell carcinoma. The data collected will be : * Clinical (calorimetry, impedancemetry, survey of eating habits, tumour characteristics, epidemiological data), * Biologics (baseline and 3-months plasma bio banking for standard biology, inflammation markers TNF- α, IL1-6-8-11-17, TGF-ß, TWEAK, complement study C3, C4, C4d, CH50, C1q, CD46) Primary objective is to assess the response to ICI depending on metabolic status. Secondary objectives are to study the relationships between metabolism / cytokines profile/ complement profile and ICI response. The investigators seek to generate hypotheses and to obtain exploratory data before submission of a Hospital Clinical Research Program whose objective will be to evaluate the impact of dysmetabolism on overall survival and to characterize immune and anatomopathological profiles (using DNA microarrays and flow cytometry techinques) of patients treated with ICI for renal cell or lung carcinoma.

A Clinical Study on the Analysis of Risk Factors for the Occurrence of PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitor-associated Liver Injury in Lung Cancer Patients

The goal of this observational study is to investigate the risk factors of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor-associated liver injury, to construct a prediction model for the occurrence of liver injury. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Exploring risk factors for liver injury. * Constructing a Predictive Model for the Occurrence of Liver Injury in PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitor-Related Liver Injury. * Improving immunotherapy protocols for lung cancer patients.

Imaging Biomarkers for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

1. Hypothesis : imaging biomarkers of tumor measured by F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography(PET)/computed tomography(CT) is correlated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment response and patient prognosis. 2. Purpose: To evaluate the association between metabolic imaging parameters measured by F-18 FDG PET/CT and clinical outcomes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with ICIs. 3. Study subject: patients with non-small cell lung cancer who will be treated with ICIs. 4. Study design: prospective observational study 5. Intervention: F-18 FDG PET/CT

Upfront Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors With Deferred Cytoreductive Nephrectomy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Study Objective: To determine the efficacy of upfront immune checkpoint inhibitors combined with deferred cytoreductive nephrectomy in treating metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Primary Endpoint: Pathological Major Response (MPR), defined as the percentage of residual tumor cells \<10% in the primary tumor after nephrectomy. Study Design: Population: Participants meeting the diagnostic criteria with biopsy-proven clear cell renal cell carcinoma, IMDC score ≤3, or ≤5 metastatic lesions involving ≤3 organs. Sample Size: 20 participants. Patient Grouping: Non-randomized. Interventions: Eligible participants will receive upfront treatment with a combination of Axitinib and Toripalimab for 4 cycles. After 2 cycles of treatment, radiological assessment will be conducted using RECIST 1.1 criteria. If disease progression is observed, the clinical trial will be terminated, and second-line treatment will be initiated according to guidelines. If disease progression is not observed, treatment will continue for 2 additional cycles followed by repeat radiological assessment before undergoing surgery.

Cadonilimab in the Treatment of Recurrent/Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

This study is a single-arm, multicenter clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Cadonilimab in combination with gemcitabine/cisplatin as a first-line treatment for recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma.