This study is for patients that have been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer with bone metastases.The purpose of this research study is to compare any good and bad effects of using radium-223 along with docetaxel chemotherapy treatment versus using docetaxel alone. The addition of radium-223 to docetaxel could have an overall survival benefit, but it could also cause side effects. The study drugs, radium-223 and docetaxel, are considered experimental drugs that are being evaluated together as a combination therapy for participants with certain solid tumors (cancer). Patients will be seen at MUSC for about 8 months. After they finish the treatment, the doctor will continue to watch the patient for side effects and follow their condition for the rest of their life, or for as long as they wish to remain on the study.
This study is for patients with colorectal cancer. This study is being done to see if we can lower the chance of colorectal cancer growing or spreading by adding a drug to the usual combination of drugs.
This study is for patients with advanced rectal cancer. This study is being done to see if we can increase the clinical complete response rate (tumor disappears by exam, endoscopy, and imaging) by adding a 3rd drug (irinotecan) to the standard regimen of FOLFOX or CAPOX given following long-course chemoradiation.
We are doing this study because we want to find out if this approach is better or worse than the usual approach for your rectal cancer. The usual approach is defined as care most people get for locally advanced rectal cancer.
The purpose of this study is to learn about the effects of an experimental treatment called RO7198457. This study is for patients with Stage II or III colon or rectal cancer, which has been treated surgically and with chemotherapy, and your blood has been found to have ctDNA (circulating tumor DNA) during a ctDNA screening test. RO7198457 (autogene cevumeran) is an immunotherapy that is individualized to a tumor and designed to mount an immune response against it. Treatment includes RO7198457 being injected in the vein, physical exams, blood sample collections, and CT scans for up to a year. Risks include fatigue, fever, and headache. Patients may or may not receive direct benefit while on the study, however, information collected during this study will help people with colon and rectal cancer in the future. RO7198457 is considered "experimental" because it has not been approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of any disease.
This study involves research, and participation is voluntary. The purpose of the study is to see if a single dose and multiple doses of the study drug, AV 380, are safe and tolerated in cancer participants. This study will also help to look at how AV 380 behaves inside the human body (called pharmacokinetics), how the body responds to AV 380 (called pharmacodynamics), and how the immune system responds to AV 380 (called immunogenicity) when administered along with the standard anticancer treatment that a participant would usually receive if they were not in this study. First, the participant will have some tests to decide if it is safe for to join the study. These tests include blood and urine sampling, electrocardiogram, vital sign measurement, physical examination, cachexia assessment,which checks changes in proteins that affect appetite and computed tomography (CT) scan. If the study doctor thinks a participant is eligible to join, they will be assigned to one of 5 cohorts (a group of people with shared characteristics) (corresponding to 5 dose levels of AV 380) in which then they will receive AV 380 together with the Standard of Care treatment chemotherapy. Participants will need to visit the study site approximately every 1 week for the first 8 weeks and then every 2 weeks. In addition to the above-mentioned tests, then they will be also asked to have exercise tests and complete questionnaires during the study. Participants will also have post study treatment follow up visits 3 times after completion or discontinuation of AV 380. The total duration of the study is up to 7 months (including follow-up visits). Some reasonably foreseeable risks or discomforts with this study include chills, headache, and elevations in an enzyme called creatine phosphokinase which is found mainly in the heart, brain, and skeletal muscle. There is no direct benefit with participating in this study, but the information we get from this study will us improve treatment for people in the future.