Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
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Eligibility Criteria
- 1. 18-80 years of age
- 2. Recurrent cancer diagnosis after at least 5 years in remission or newly diagnosed with any cancer with a solid tumor or non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and scheduled to undergo at least three rounds of chemotherapy for curative or palliative intent
- 3. Chemotherapy is given at a minimum of every 3 weeks
- 4. At least 30 days past radiation therapy
- 5. Nonpregnant and use of method of contraception per the treating clinician standard of care
- 6. Life expectancy \> 3 months
- 7. Stable on all herbal or complementary therapeutics for the past 30 days and agree to not include new complementary therapeutics until after study completion
- 8. Baseline ECOG ≤ 2
- 9. In the opinion of the investigator, the subject will be compliant and have a high probability of completing the study including all scheduled evaluations and required tests
- 1. Any hormone receptor positive cancer
- 2. Abnormal ALT/AST: \> 2.5 to 3 times normal range
- 3. eGFR \<60
- 4. Platelets \< 75,000
- 5. Hb \<8.0
- 6. ANC \<1000
- 7. Documentation of a bone marrow transplant
- 8. Documentation of brain metastases, diagnosis with other cancer, except skin cancer history with basal cell carcinoma, squamous carcinoma
- 9. Documentation of current seizure disorder
- 10. Documentation of new cardiac arrhythmias and myocardial infarction
- 11. Standard of care does not include granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (GCSF) or Neulasta
- 12. Any active bacterial or viral infection, pneumonia, sepsis, active gastric ulcer, gastritis, nonhealing wound, intractable nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, bleeding disorder
- 13. Hyperthyroidism, connective tissue disease including systemic lupus erythematous, rheumatoid arthritis
- 14. Documentation of a current drug abuse disorder
- 15. Current participation in other clinical trial
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study
ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No