Which Clinical Trial is Right for Me? - Lutheran General Hospital

Cancer Care Center
at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

1700 Luther Lane
Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
847.723.2500

What is a Clinical Trial?

Why are Clinical Trials Important?

Participation Pros & Cons

Trials at LGH

Doctors

Classes and Screenings

How Can I Find Out Which Clinical Trial is Right For Me?

Type of Cancer
Breast cancer
Colon cancer
Lung cancer
Lymphoma/myeloma
Melanoma
Prostate cancer
Sarcoma
Phase I studies

Prevention studies
Links

Breast Cancer

Oral Orzel (UFT) and Leucovorin for advanced breast cancer

Cremophor-Free Paclitaxel for Metastatic Breast Cancer

Sequential Chemotherapy vs Transplant for patients with 4-9 positive lymph nodes

Doxorubicin/Cyclophospamide followed by Paclitaxel or Docetaxel for Node positive breast cancer

Colon Cancer

Observation or Monoclonal Antibody 17-1A for stage B2 colon cancer

Compassionate Use of Oxaliplatin for previously treated colon cancer

5 FU/Leucovorin +/- Irinotecan for stage C colon cancer

Lung Cancer

Metastasis Inhibitor/Angiogenesis Inhibitor with Chemo

Chemotherapy vs Observation for Stage I Lung Cancer

Chemotherapy for SCLC followed by a vaccine

Antisense Oligonucleotide with Paclitaxel for SCLC

Iressa (ZD 1839) in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin for stage III or IV NSCLC

Lymphoma/Myeloma

Monoclonal Antibody for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Early High Dose Chemoradiotherapy vs CHOP for Diffuse Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Antibodies for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Melanoma

Dacarbazine and Gene Therapy (Allovectin 7) for Metastatic Melanoma

Interleukin-2 with/without a Vaccine

SCH 66336 for Metastatic Melanoma

Prostate Cancer

Metastasis Inhibitor/Angiogenesis Inhibitor with Chemotherapy for metastatic prostate cancer

Intermittent Androgen Deprivation - Stage D2

Phase III Randomized Study of Selenium and Vitamin E for the Prevention of Prostate Cancer

Sarcoma

Angiogenesis Inhibition for Refractory Sarcoma

O⁶ Benzylguanine and BCNU for soft tissue sarcoma

Dose dense induction chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery

Phase I Studies

Continuous Infusion Gemcitabine

Prevention Studies

Breast Cancer Prevention Study

Other informative web pages that we would suggest that you might like to look at:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
http://cancertrials.nci.nih.gov

NCI Melanoma Web Site
http://ncimelanomastudy.org

Melanoma Web Site
http://www.mpip.org/

NCI Protocol Search
http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/trialsrch.shtml

National Marrow Donor Program
http://www.marrow.org/

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org



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