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Natural killer (NK)/T-cell malignancies comprise two related entities, extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma and aggressive NK leukaemia. The disease occurs world-wide but Asian and South American populations are particularly affected, NK/T cell malignancies carry poor prognosis, the response rate is low
Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a lymphoid neoplasm characterized by the presence of CD30-positive Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg cells in a background of inflammatory cells. The majority of patients with HL have a good outcome with first-line chemotherapy such as ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and
Background Therapeutic Information In ovarian cancer, several single agent phase II trials of vinorelbine in recurrent OC have shown variable response rates of 3 - 30%. However, previous studies have involved "all-comers" and no reported trials have selected patients based on confirmed pure HGSOC or
Peripheral T cell lymphomas (PTCLs) are a group of heterogenous lymphoid malignancies derived from post-thymic mature T-lymphocytes. They are further classified according to their putative origin, immunophenotype, sites of involvement and clinical behaviour. Common subtypes include PTCL-not
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To evaluate the effect of rolapitant hydrochloride (rolapitant) on nausea/vomiting in patients with sarcoma receiving multi-day highly emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC) regimen of doxorubicin and ifosfamide (AI).
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the toxicity of rolapitant in
The aim of this study will be to investigate the incidence and severity of CINV in patients receiving R-CHOP for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and standardised antiemetic prophylaxis.
The study hypothesises that the control of delayed nausea and emesis is suboptimal in a proportion of
Disease background:
MM is a plasma cell tumor. It accounted for an estimated 20,180 new cases of cancer and 11,170 deaths in the United States in 2010. With a prevalence of 23 per 100,000 people, MM is an orphan disease (prevalence <5:10,000). The median age at diagnosis is 60-65 years. Although MM
Population:
Children and adolescents (5-18 years) with weight between 15-65 kg receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC) -
- VAC (vincristine, dactinomycin/Adriamycin, cyclophosphamide)
- ABVD (adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine)
- Cisplatin/Doxorubicin
Sampling technique Subjects
The Study Drugs:
Aprepitant is designed to block the natural substance in the brain that causes nausea and vomiting. This may help to prevent and/or control nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy treatment.
CHOP and R-CHOP are commonly used chemotherapy regimens for treating NHL.
In the
Pentostatin (deoxycoformycin) is a purine analogue that is currently indicated for the treatment of chemo-naïve or interferon-refractory hairy cell leukemia. Pentostatin represents an ideal agent for conditioning recipients before allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) due to its
Palonosetron is a drug that is designed to prevent and treat nausea and vomiting that is caused by chemotherapy.
If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, you will have several blood samples taken (about 3 teaspoons each). Researchers will use the samples to monitor blood counts
Radioimmunotherapy represents a significant advance over unlabeled immunotherapy for the treatment of patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The radiobiological effects associated with Yt90-labelled ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin) include the induction of apoptosis and cell-cycle
This study originally involved 2 different study drug regimens, R-CHOP and R-HCVAD. R-CHOP is made up of rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone, and is the most common treatment for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This combination was compared with R-HCVAD, which is made up
- TREATMENT PLANS
1. Systemic chemotherapy with CHOP regimen Schedule and Dose for CHOP Cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2 i.v. Day 1 Doxorubicin 50 mg/m2 i.v. Day 1 Vincristine 1.4 mg/m2/d i.v. Day 1 Prednisolone 60 mg/m2/d p.o. Day 1-7 1.1 Courses will be repeated every 21 days. 1.2 For patients with CR,