Neder-over-heembeeck, Belgium

A Non-interventional Study Evaluating Clinical Utility and Implications on Improved Patient Management of Serum Neurofilament as a Prognostic Marker for Disease Activity in Patients With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis

Prospective, primary data will be collected from patients with sNfL outcomes in the context of switching to ofatumumab or continuing their current therapy. Data collection will cover a maximum period of 24 months. The observational period will not be dictated by the protocol. Baseline and follow-up visits will take place at a frequency defined as per Investigator´s discretion following clinical routine. The diagnostic or monitoring procedures are only those ordinarily applied to therapeutic strategy and routine clinical care. During the observation phase of the study, data will be collected according to standard of care as recommended by KKNMS (Competence Network Multiple Sclerosis in Germany). Eligible participants for the study are patients who have received treatment with category 1 DMTs and those who have included sNfL into their treatment decision-making process. These patients have the option to either continue their current DMT or switch to ofatumumab. According to local treatment guidelines, DMT category 1 include dimethylfumarate/diroximelfumarate, glatirameroids, Interferon beta and teriflunomide. The decision to switch to ofatumumab or to continue the current DMT category 1 therapy must be made by the treating physician independently of the decision to enroll the patient in the study.

A Study to Investigate LDL-cholesterol Lowering With Inclisiran Compared to Bempedoic Acid in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.

During the screening period study eligibility will be assessed and the participants' individual LDL-C target according to guideline (Mach et al., 2020) will be determined. Among other criteria, at screening, a participant must be on a stable maximally tolerated dose of a HI statin with either atorvastatin ≥40 mg once a day (QD) or rosuvastatin ≥20 mg QD (+/- Ezetimibe [10mg]) for ≥ 4 weeks with which, however, a target LDL-C of < 70 mg/dL is not reached. During the open-label treatment period, all participants, who fulfill the inclusion/exclusion criteria, will be randomized at V1 (Day 1) in a 1:1 open-label fashion to either Inclisiran sodium 300 mg s.c. (administered at Day 1 and Day 90) or to BPA tablets 180 mg p.o. (given once daily). Participants will be required to maintain their background lipid-lowering treatment (maximally tolerated statin dose +/- Ezetimibe) unchanged for the duration of the study. The end of treatment (EOT) is reached at day 150. A Safety-Follow-up call will be conducted 30 days after EOT visit (Day 180). The overall study duration is approximately 190 days but can vary depending on individual screening and the visit windows allowed for the treatment period and EOS visit.

Pemetrexed-free vs. Pemetrexed-based Immunochemotherapy in Metastatic TTF-1 Negative Lung Adenocarcinoma

Thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) is expressed in the majority of lung adenocarcinoma and has a clear prognostic value. Pemetrexed-based immunochemotherapy is a standard of care for advanced lung adenocarcinoma. However, real-world data suggest that TTF-1 negative patients might derive superior outcome using pemetrexed-free regimens. The aim of this study is to compare a pemetrexed-free (Arm A) vs. a pemetrexed-based immunochemotherapy (Arm B) as first-line treatment for metastatic TTF-1 negative lung adenocarcinoma without actionable genomic alterations.

Niraparib vs Niraparib Plus Bevacizumab in Patients With Platinum/Taxane-based Chemotherapy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Eligible patients will be those patients with newly diagnosed, histologically confirmed, advanced (FIGO stage III/IV, except FIGO stage IIIA2 without nodal involvement) invasive high grade epithelial ovarian cancer, peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer, who have either undergone upfront primary surgery or plan to undergo chemotherapy with interval debulking surgery (IDS). In addition, patients should not have any medical contraindications that would exclude treatment with bevacizumab and/or niraparib. All eligible patients will receive the first cycle of chemotherapy (carboplatin area under curve [AUC] 5 and paclitaxel 175 mg/m²) as part of Study Run-In-Period (cycle 1). In parallel, central laboratory will determine the breast cancer (BRCA) status in tumor tissue (tBRCA). All patients with a valid central tBRCA test result will be randomized prior to day 1 of cycle 2 in a 1:1 ratio in the following treatment arms: Arm 1: Patients will receive further 5 cycles of carboplatin and paclitaxel q21d followed by niraparib once daily for up to a total of 3 years Arm 2: Patients will receive further 5 cycles of carboplatin and paclitaxel plus bevacizumab q21d followed by bevacizumab q21d (for up to 1 year) and niraparib once daily for up to a total of 3 years. The study aims to investigate, if the treatment strategy of carboplatin / paclitaxel / bevacizumab / niraparib is superior to the treatment of carboplatin / paclitaxel / niraparib-Inhibitor in an all-comer population.

ITP Registry and Accompanying Biospecimen Collection

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a rare hematologic disorder that can lead to a greater risk of bleeding or a prolonged bleeding time due to an autoimmune-mediated deficiency of platelets. In recent years, new treatment options for patients with immune thrombocytopenia have emerged. The results of published clinical studies on ITP can only be used for broad patient care to a limited extent, as they are designed for a patient population with clearly defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Real world data collected from this registry will help to better understand the diagnosis and therapy of ITP patients in everyday treatment and to more effectively direct individual patients to optimal therapy, thus improving their outcomes. By collecting biospecimens, this project will contribute new knowledge to the study of ITP through standardized, systematic, and high-quality collection and storage of patient samples and associated data. The registry collects clinical data from patients diagnosed with ITP at defined points in the course of the disease. The Data collection includes a range of clinical measures, disease-related factors, treatment/treatment course and outcomes, complications during treatment and Qol, fatigue scoring and survival data (up to 5 years). The data are collected prospectively. In addition, patients can be included retrospectively up to 12 months after the initial diagnosis if continuous documentation can be provided at the treatment centre. In both cases, a written declaration of consent is obligatory.

NeoRad Breast Cancer Study

The standard of care for high-risk breast cancer consists of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery followed by postoperative whole breast/chest wall irradiation+/- an additional boost (= irradiation restricted to the tumour bed in the case of breast-conserving therapy). In case of lymph node involvement in most patients require additional radiation of the regional lymph nodes. Adjuvant radiotherapy significantly reduces ipsilateral breast cancer recurrences, breast cancer specific mortality, and overall mortality. The optimal time of radiotherapy in patients, who are candidates for neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) has never been addressed in a randomised controlled trial. The Study Chairman of the NEORAD trial is Prof. Dr. med. Christiane Matuschek. The deputies of the Study Chairman are Prof. Dr. med. Wilfried Budach and Prof. Dr. med. Tanja Fehm.

RNA Disruption Assay (RDA)-Breast Cancer Response Evaluation for Individualized Therapy

Study Rationale: There is some evidence that identifying non-responders early in neoadjuvant treatment and offering alternative agents (response-guided therapy) increased pathological complete response (pCR) rates and/or survival resulting in improved care and incremental cost effectiveness. Differentiating non-responders to chemotherapy from responders with reliable guidance tools early during therapy is crucial to the success of response-guided therapy. The current study aims to provide validation results of RDA as a tumour response assessment tool that uses tumour core biopsies starting from 35 +/- 4 days after the initiation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Study Objectives and Endpoints: The primary objective of the study is to determine the 2 RDI cut-offs to have a diagnostic test optimized in terms of both negative and positive predictive values NPV and PPV (in a training set of patients i.e. phase 1 of the study) for predicting nopCR/pCR and to establish the performance characteristics for the first cut-off (test result "zone 1") in terms of NPV as primary endpoint (in a validation set i.e. phase 2). The secondary objective is to assess the test's NPV in the different cancer subtypes and the test's PPV in Her2+ patients; also to assess and compare pCR prevalence, residual cancer burden (RCB class at surgery) and DFS (secondary endpoints) in zones 1-3 for all patients and each cancer subtype. Patient Population: The study aims to enrol approximately 801 patients in centres in the US, Canada, Italy, Germany, Spain and France and Poland. The population consists of patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and scheduled to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy as part of standard of care treatment. Throughout the study, patients will receive standard of care neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatments including taxanes, anthracyclines or other targeted drugs and drug combinations as prescribed based on the investigators' / clinicians' choice. Adjuvant therapies (e.g. radiotherapy, hormonal treatment ... etc.) may be prescribed to patients according to standard of care and independently of the RDI score results. RDA is presently in an experimental stage and clinicians will not receive or use the RDA results in this study. Biopsy Collection: - 1st core needle biopsy for RDA (2 specimens): Time Point: 35 +/- days after initiation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy; - 2nd core needle biopsy for RDA (2 specimens): Time Point: if therapy is changed (as part of SoC), a second biopsy ~2-3 weeks after initiation of new drugs; Timing by type of drug schedule 3-weekly: at 16 days +/- 2 days, Bi-weekly: at day of 2nd dose preferably before drug admin., Weekly: at day of 4th dose preferably before drug admin. If Therapy is not changed (as part of SoC), a second biopsy is taken at 55 +/- 5 days after the first initiation of neoadjuvant therapy. Statistical Plan: The study consists of a training set / phase 1 (80 fully evaluable patients) to determine response zone cut-offs using pCR outcomes and RDA's predictive values, and a validation set / phase 2 (454 fully evaluable patients) to validate the performance characteristics of the RDA test. The study aims to enrol 801 patients in order to achieve an accrual of 534 fully evaluable patients (phase 1 and 2) which is the number required to adequately statistically power the trial. Combined statistical analysis and various subgroup analyses will be performed for the primary and secondary objectives. Duration and Follow-up: There will be an active patient accrual until last patient is accrued (to achieve the required patient numbers) in addition to 60 months of patient follow-up.

Endometrial Cancer Lymphadenectomy Trial

Retention Rate of Acalabrutinib in a Non-interventional Setting

This observational study will prospectively assess acalabrutinib therapy retention of CLL patients one year and 2 years after treatment initiation with acalabrutinib in routine clinical practice. Furthermore, therapy adherence, treatment efficacy, overall survival, and QoL to analyse the possible influence of psychological aspects of the patient-based disease perception, a four-group-segmentation for acceptance and perceived control of the health state will be conducted. Finally, disease-, treatment-, and patient-specific factors possibly affecting therapy retention will be analysed: sociodemographic factors, disease and treatment characteristics, comorbidities, therapy adherence, treatment effectiveness, safety, QoL, and psychological segmentation.

NIS to Examine the Effectiveness of TDC in Patients With Metastatic Non-squamous NSCLC and High-risk Genetic Alterations