The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month. For further information, contact the principal investigator listed.
Terminal cancer patients who receive chemotherapy in the last months of their lives are less likely to die where they want and are more likely to undergo invasive medical procedures than those who do not receive chemotherapy, according to a study.
An observational study found that robotic-assisted surgery for prostate cancer has fewer positive surgical margins than open surgery, and patients who had robotic surgery needed fewer additional cancer treatments afterward.
In the largest study of its kind, yttrium-90 radioembolization was found to be safe and provided disease stabilization in 98.5 percent of women with chemotherapy-resistant breast cancer liver metastases.
A phase II study evaluating Avastin in combination with Zybrestat demonstrated increased progression-free survival in recurrent ovarian cancer.
A retrospective analysis of a phase III study found that talimogene laherparepvec reduced the size of injected tumors and non-injected metastatic melanoma tumors that had metastasized to other parts of the body.
An independent data monitoring committee recommended that the phase III METLung study be stopped due to a lack of clinically meaningful efficacy, following an interim analysis.
The European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use delivered a positive opinion for a two-dose schedule for the Gardasil HPV vaccine in boys and girls ages 9 through 13.
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.
NCI scientists found that a daily aspirin regimen may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by 20 percent, but say further research is needed before clinical recommendations can be made.
