CARE for Malignancies
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Treatment Groups
This trial involves 2 different treatments. CARE is the primary treatment being studied. Participants will all receive the same treatment. There is no placebo group. The treatments being tested are not being studied for commercial purposes.
Eligibility
This trial is for patients born any sex aged 18 and older. There are 3 eligibility criteria to participate in this trial as listed below.
Approximate Timelines
Measurement Requirements
This trial is evaluating whether CARE will improve 1 primary outcome and 5 secondary outcomes in patients with Malignancies. Measurement will happen over the course of up to day +90.
Who is running the study
Principal InvestigatorPatient Q & A Section
What are the signs of malignancies?
The most specific signs of malignancy are a lump, a mass, and an abnormal bleeding or bruising. Other symptoms that suggest a malignancy include a rapid progression of symptoms, being more than one year younger than the median for cancer, a family history of cancer, a first cancer before the fifth decade of life, a poor appetite, weight loss, poor bowel habits, nausea, vomiting, and night sweats.
What is malignancies?
A common cancer is skin cancer, which can be caused by environmental rays such as UV rays from the sun and by light tanning beds. Some cancer cases are caused not by environmental factors but are a reflection of a predisposition to cancer. Cancer forms in the colon, lung, breast, skin, liver, brain, thyroid gland, and stomach (the cancerous cells usually develop from tissues of the gastrointestinal tract). Some cancers have a tendency to spread to other body parts including the bones, skin, brain, lymph nodes, liver, and blood vessels. Malignant cancer, like other types, results in cell death through apoptosis and other processes.
What causes malignancies?
A number of genetic, epigenetic and other factors are believed to contribute to most malignancies. It is not unlikely that different types of cancer will result from a combination of factors or conditions. These include a genetic component, environmental conditions and infection with a virus. Clearly there is no one sole cause of any type of cancer.
Can malignancies be cured?
This review of the published literature on malignancies suggests that there is no credible evidence that malignancies--specifically non-cancerous and cancerous-- can be cured or otherwise cured with current treatments.
What is care?
Physicians are still relying on printed medical textbooks to teach a generation of doctors where and how to take care of patients. This is a dangerous approach as many physicians do not take an interest in reading medical texts or being taught how to take care of their patients.
What are common treatments for malignancies?
The treatment of patients with malignant neoplasms has increased dramatically in recent years. Patients are treated using a variety of different therapies, and treatment choices are largely influenced by the specific tumors treated.\n\nThere is a great deal of heterogeneity among the various treatments used. Most cancers are treated with multimodal therapy. Chemotherapy is used more frequently in treating cancer than any other treatment modality. New treatments, including targeted agents, surgery, and immunotherapy, are increasingly used.
How many people get malignancies a year in the United States?
The present study shows that, in most of the U.S, the cancer incidence exceeds the deaths almost fourfold, and that there are 3.3 million new cases per year. If this estimate is correct, there are 531,000 new cases of cancer per year. These values are consistent with data that show that at least two-thirds of cancer deaths are due to lung cancer and colorectal cancer, and that at least two-thirds of bladder cancers are due to tobacco-related cancer.
Have there been any new discoveries for treating malignancies?
A few new drugs for malignancies were either approved in the US or were in late-stage trials during the year 2007. The US Food and Drug Administration approved several new compounds for use in cancer treatment because they showed more promising results than those that were already approved in the United States. However, the majority of these compounds were either approved in different countries outside of the US or were awaiting approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. Another good example is the development of cetuximab. Cetuximab was approved for treating metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer in 2002.
Is care typically used in combination with any other treatments?
A study is now warranted as to which combinations of modalities used in various patients would be most cost effective and to what extent any reduction in overall costs would be due to the use of these modalities individually.
What is the primary cause of malignancies?
[Cells acquire oncogenic (e.g., fusion oncogene) mutations early in tumorigenesis, and these defects affect most, if not all, of the normal cells, such as fibroblasts, endothelial cells and epithelial cells of the gastrointestinal tract, mammary glands and skin (Fig. 1). The acquisition of such mutations is not a prerequisite for somatic evolution in cancer cells, since almost 60% of cancers are accompanied by a loss of normal-appearing cells, termed hitchhiking. Many cancers are associated with mutations or deletions of long (over 100 kb) chromosome arms containing target tumor suppressor genes (Fig.
What are the latest developments in care for therapeutic use?
Currently no FDA-approved medications are specific for the treatment of CLL. Nevertheless, two medications, obinutuzumab and bortezomib, have undergone Phase II clinical studies. Bortezomib is well tolerated in these studies, and may provide a new way to treat CLL. Additionally, a Phase III clinical study of obinutuzumab has completed enrollment. However, a similar Phase III study comparing bortezomib to standard of care has not yet been published.
Who should consider clinical trials for malignancies?
Recent findings of this study suggest that patient groups who are currently not included in clinical trials should be considered as candidates for clinical trials in the following areas: young, elderly, and women. In addition, patients with metastatic solid tumors should consider the clinical trial option.