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Gastrointestinal Oncology Program Clinical Trials

A clinical trial is one of the final steps in a long and careful cancer research process that is looking for better ways to prevent, diagnose, or treat cancer. Clinical trials test new medical approaches in patients with cancer, and are important to developing new treatments for cancer. Many of the "standard treatments" that patients with cancer receive today were developed based on the results of previous clinical trials.

The following is a list of clinical trials with which this cancer care program is currently involved. Talk to your doctor to find out if a clinical trial is right for you.

Anus Clinical Trials
Early vs. Later Palliative Cancer Care: Clinical and Biobehavioral Effects
Anus
D0946
Bakitas
Colon Clinical Trials
A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Hydroxyurea in Combination with SCH900776 in Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors
Colon
D1049
McGowan
A Phase III Trial of 6 Versus 12 Treatments of Adjuvant FOLFOX plus Celecoxib or Placebo for Patients with Resected Stage III Colon Cancer
Colon
C80702
Ripple
Early vs. Later Palliative Cancer Care: Clinical and Biobehavioral Effects
Colon
D0946
Bakitas
Esophagus Clinical Trials
A Phase III Trial Evaluating the Addition of Cetuximab to Paclitaxel, Cisplatin, and Radiation for Patients With Esophageal Cancer Who Are Treated Without Surgery
Esophagus
R0436
Hartford
Early vs. Later Palliative Cancer Care: Clinical and Biobehavioral Effects
Esophagus
D0946
Bakitas
Liver Clinical Trials
A Study of the Effect of Sorafenib on p63 Expression and Keratinocyte Differentiation in Human Skin
Liver
D11004
Danilov
Early vs. Later Palliative Cancer Care: Clinical and Biobehavioral Effects
Liver
D0946
Bakitas
Global Investigation of Therapeutic Decisions in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and of Its Treatment With Sorafenib
Liver
F0919
Berk
Phase III Randomized Study of Sorafenib Plus Doxorubicin Versus Sorafenib in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Liver
C80802
Kuemmerle
Treatment of Children with All Stages of Hepatoblastoma
Liver
AHEP0731
Chaffee
Other Digestive Organ Clinical Trials
A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Hydroxyurea in Combination with SCH900776 in Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors
Other Digestive Organ
D1049
McGowan
Early vs. Later Palliative Cancer Care: Clinical and Biobehavioral Effects
Other Digestive Organ
D0946
Bakitas
Pancreas Clinical Trials
A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Hydroxyurea in Combination with SCH900776 in Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors
Pancreas
D1049
McGowan
A Randomized Phase 2 Study of Ruxolitinib Efficacy and Safety in Combination with Capecitabine for Subjects with Recurrent or Treatment Refractory Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (The RECAP trial)
Pancreas
F11230
Pipas
Assessment of Plasma Ghrelin Levels in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreas
D0405
Pipas
Early vs. Later Palliative Cancer Care: Clinical and Biobehavioral Effects
Pancreas
D0946
Bakitas
Randomized Phase II Study of Everolimus Alone Versus Everolimus Plus Bevacizumab in Patients with Locally Advanced of Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Pancreas
C80701
Pipas
Rectum Clinical Trials
Early vs. Later Palliative Cancer Care: Clinical and Biobehavioral Effects
Rectum
D0946
Bakitas
Small Intestine Clinical Trials
Early vs. Later Palliative Cancer Care: Clinical and Biobehavioral Effects
Small Intestine
D0946
Bakitas
Stomach Clinical Trials
Early vs. Later Palliative Cancer Care: Clinical and Biobehavioral Effects
Stomach
D0946
Bakitas