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Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703

Global Leader in Breast Cancer

Global Leader in Lung Cancer

Conducts research for Cancer

Conducts research for Breast cancer

Conducts research for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

430 reported clinical trials

5 medical researchers

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Summary

Saint Francis Medical Center is a medical facility located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. This center is recognized for care of Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Cancer, Breast cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and other specialties. Saint Francis Medical Center is involved with conducting 430 clinical trials across 472 conditions. There are 5 research doctors associated with this hospital, such as Bryan A. Faller, James L. Wade, Robert H. Stone, RRT, and Stephen S. Bricknell, RRT.

Area of expertise

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Breast Cancer

Global Leader

Saint Francis Medical Center has run 76 trials for Breast Cancer. Some of their research focus areas include:

Stage IV
HER2 negative
ER positive
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Lung Cancer

Global Leader

Saint Francis Medical Center has run 74 trials for Lung Cancer. Some of their research focus areas include:

Stage IV
Stage III
Stage II

Top PIs

Clinical Trials running at Saint Francis Medical Center

Lung Cancer

Bladder Cancer

Prostate Cancer

Breast Cancer

Kidney Cancer

Breast cancer

Cancer

Bladder Carcinoma

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Ovarian Cancer

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Radiotherapy

for Lung Cancer

This study is being done to answer the following question: Can the chance of lung cancer growing or spreading be lowered by adding targeted radiotherapy to the usual combination of drugs? This study is being done to find out if this approach is better or worse than the usual approach for lung cancer. The usual approach is defined as the care most people get for non-small cell lung cancer.

Recruiting

2 awards

Phase 3

4 criteria

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Treatment Timing

for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

This phase III trial compares standard therapy given after surgery (adjuvant) to standard therapy given before and after surgery (perioperative) in treating patients with stage II-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that can be removed by surgery (resectable). The usual approach for patients with resectable NSCLC is chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy before surgery, after surgery, or both before and after surgery. This study is being done to find out which approach is better at treating patients with lung cancer. Treatment will be administered according to the current standard of care at the time of enrollment. Chemotherapy options may include cisplatin, carboplatin, pemetrexed, gemcitabine, docetaxel, and vinorelbine at standard doses according to the treating physician. Cisplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of tumor cells. Carboplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works in a way similar to the anticancer drug cisplatin, but may be better tolerated than cisplatin. Carboplatin works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of tumor cells. Pemetrexed is in a class of medications called antifolate antineoplastic agents. It works by stopping cells from using folic acid to make deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and may kill tumor cells. Gemcitabine is a chemotherapy drug that blocks the cells from making DNA and may kill tumor cells. Docetaxel is in a class of medications called taxanes. It stops tumor cells from growing and dividing and may kill them. Other chemotherapy drugs, such as vinorelbine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading . Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, pembrolizumab, and atezolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the tumor, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Starting treatment with chemotherapy and immunotherapy prior to surgery and continuing treatment after surgery may be a more effective treatment option than adjuvant therapy alone in patients with stage II-IIIB resectable NSCLC.

Recruiting

2 awards

Phase 3

4 criteria

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Immunotherapy + Chemotherapy

for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

This phase III ALCHEMIST treatment trial tests the addition of pembrolizumab to usual chemotherapy for the treatment of stage IIA, IIB, IIIA or IIIB non-small cell lung cancer that has been removed by surgery. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as cisplatin, pemetrexed, carboplatin, gemcitabine hydrochloride, and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving pembrolizumab with usual chemotherapy may help increase survival times in patients with stage IIA, IIB, IIIA or IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.

Recruiting

2 awards

Phase 3

27 criteria

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