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Brain Cancer clinical trials in Connecticut

16 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 9 sites across Connecticut.

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Phase 3 Recruiting Network

S1501 Dual Observational and Randomized Cohort Study of Patients With Metastatic HER-2+ Breast Cancer at Risk of Cardiac Toxicity

This trial has two cohorts of patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-2-positive breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body. All patients must be receiving trastuzumab-based treatment. Both cohorts are bei…

Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network
NCT ID: NCT03418961
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Middlesex Hospital — Middletown, Connecticut
  • Stamford Hospital/Bennett Cancer Center — Stamford, Connecticut
Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

Testing if High Dose Radiation Only to the Sites of Brain Cancer Compared to Whole Brain Radiation That Avoids the Hippocampus is Better at Preventing Loss of Memory and Thinking Ability

This phase III trial compares the effect of stereotactic radiosurgery to standard of care memantine and whole brain radiation therapy that avoids the hippocampus (the memory zone of the brain) for the treatment of small cell lung cancer th…

Sponsor: NRG Oncology
NCT ID: NCT04804644
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Greenwich — Greenwich, Connecticut
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center - Guilford — Guilford, Connecticut
  • Smilow Cancer Center/Yale-New Haven Hospital — New Haven, Connecticut
  • Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center-Trumbull — Trumbull, Connecticut
Phase 3 Recruiting NIH

A Study of the Drugs Selumetinib vs. Carboplatin and Vincristine in Patients With Low-Grade Glioma

This phase III trial compares the effect of selumetinib versus the standard of care treatment with carboplatin and vincristine (CV) in treating patients with newly diagnosed or previously untreated low-grade glioma (LGG) that does not have…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT04166409
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center — Hartford, Connecticut
  • Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut
Phase 3 Recruiting Network

A Study of Treatment for Medulloblastoma Using Sodium Thiosulfate to Reduce Hearing Loss

This phase III trial tests two hypotheses in patients with low-risk and average-risk medulloblastoma. Medulloblastoma is a type of cancer that occurs in the back of the brain. The term, risk, refers to the chance of the cancer coming back …

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group
NCT ID: NCT05382338
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center — Hartford, Connecticut
  • Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut
Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

Testing Addition of an Anti-cancer Drug, Vorasidenib to Temozolomide, After Radiation for Advanced Brain Cancer

This phase III trial compares the effect of vorasidenib to placebo in combination with usual treatment, temozolomide, in treating patients with newly diagnosed grade 3 astrocytoma after radiation. Temozolomide is in a class of medications …

Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
NCT ID: NCT07215910
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center-Trumbull — Trumbull, Connecticut
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center - Waterford — Waterford, Connecticut
Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

SIGMA (Safusidenib in IDH1 Mutant Glioma Maintenance)

This is a 3-part study. The purpose of Part 1 of the study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetic (PK) characteristics of safusidenib in participants with recurrent/progressive IDH1-mutant World Health Organization (WHO) …

Sponsor: Nuvation Bio Inc.
NCT ID: NCT05303519
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut
Phase 2 Recruiting Network

A Study of a New Way to Treat Children and Young Adults With a Brain Tumor Called NGGCT

This phase II trial studies the best approach to combine chemotherapy and radiation therapy (RT) based on the patient's response to induction chemotherapy in patients with non-germinomatous germ cell tumors (NGGCT) that have not spread to …

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group
NCT ID: NCT04684368
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center — Hartford, Connecticut
  • Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

A Study of the Drug Selinexor With Radiation Therapy in Patients With Newly-Diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine (DIPG) Glioma and High-Grade Glioma (HGG)

This phase I/II trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of selinexor given in combination with standard radiation therapy in treating children and young adults with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) or hig…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT05099003
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center — Hartford, Connecticut
  • Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of FORE8394 in Participants With Cancer Harboring BRAF Alterations

The objective of this Master Protocol is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of plixorafenib in participants with BRAF altered (BRAF V600E or BRAF fusions) locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors, or recurrent or progressive primary ce…

Sponsor: Fore Biotherapeutics
NCT ID: NCT05503797
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Norwalk Hospital — Norwalk, Connecticut
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Study of Silevertinib With Temozolomide for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed GBM With Unmethylated MGMT and EGFRvIII

The purpose of this study is to see if combining silevertinib with temozolomide after surgery and radiotherapy helps treat newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) better than using temozolomide alone in the maintenance setting. Specifically, th…

Sponsor: Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT07326566
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Yale Cancer Center — New Haven, Connecticut
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Eflornithine (DFMO) and AMXT 1501 for Neuroblastoma, CNS Tumors, and Sarcomas

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the investigational oral drug AMXT 1501 in combination with oral eflornithine (DFMO). An investigational drug is one that has not been approved by the U.S. Food \& Drug Administration (FDA), or any …

Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
NCT ID: NCT06465199
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Connecticut Children's Hospital — Hartford, Connecticut
Phase 1 Recruiting NIH

Testing the Addition of an Anti-Cancer Drug, Triapine, to the Usual Radiation Therapy for Recurrent Glioblastoma or Astrocytoma

This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of triapine in combination with radiation therapy in treating patients with glioblastoma or astrocytoma that has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent). Triapine…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT06860594
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center-Trumbull — Trumbull, Connecticut
Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of NST-628 Oral Tablets in Subjects With Solid Tumors

This is a two-part Phase 1, open label, multi-center, single arm, non-randomized, multiple dose, safety, pharmacokinetic (PK) and preliminary efficacy study of single agent NST-628 in adult patients with MAPK pathway mutated/dependent adva…

Sponsor: Nested Therapeutics, Inc
NCT ID: NCT06326411
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Yale Cancer Center — New Haven, Connecticut
Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

Safety and Tolerability of Fb-PMT in Recurrent Glioblastoma

Glioblastoma is a highly aggressive and fatal form of primary malignant brain tumor with limited treatment options. fb-PMT affects a large group of cancer cell signaling pathways and thus may be effective in heterogeneous, treatment-resist…

Sponsor: NanoPharmaceuticals LLC
NCT ID: NCT05226494
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital — New Haven, Connecticut
Recruiting Industry

SYNERGY-AI: Artificial Intelligence Based Precision Oncology Clinical Trial Matching and Registry

International registry for cancer patients evaluating the feasibility and clinical utility of an Artificial Intelligence-based precision oncology clinical trial matching tool, powered by a virtual tumor boards (VTB) program, and its clinic…

Sponsor: Massive Bio, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT03452774
Sites in Connecticut:
  • Massive Bio SYNERGY-AI site — Hartford, Connecticut
  • Massive Bio SYNERGY-AI site — Norwalk, Connecticut

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 · Last checked: 2026-08-10