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Terminated No phase listed Observational

Pharmacokinetics of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies in the Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) of Patients With Advanced Cancer

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02580045

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Official title

CSF Pharmacokinetics of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies in Patients With Advanced Cancer

Brief summary

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This clinical trial is being done to learn more about how different types of cancer treatments affect cancer cells when they spread to the brain. Many cancer treatments are not able to make their way into the brain or into spinal fluid of the central nervous system. This is because they cannot cross what is called the "blood-brain barrier" or "BBB". The BBB is like a protective shield that only allows certain materials pass through to reach the brain but not others. This study is being initiated to help researchers learn more about what types of cancer treatments make it through the BBB to attack cancer cells within the brain, and what treatments do not make it through the BBB. Learning more about this may help future researchers develop more effective cancer drugs that better fight cancer cells that have spread to the brain.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02580045
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Lead sponsor
Duke University
Other
Enrollment
3 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Mar 31, 2016
Primary completion
Feb 21, 2018
Completion
Feb 21, 2018
Last update posted
Feb 27, 2018

2016 – 2018

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Duke University Medical Center Durham North Carolina 27710

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