CancerDrs

Brain Cancer clinical trials in District of Columbia

26 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 1 site across District of Columbia.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov · last refreshed

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 District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
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 District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
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 District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
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 District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Network

CBL0137 for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors, Including CNS Tumors and Lymphoma

This phase I/II trial evaluates the best dose, side effects and possible benefit of CBL0137 in treating patients with solid tumors, including central nervous system (CNS) tumors or lymphoma that has come back (relapsed) or does not respond…

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group
NCT ID: NCT04870944
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
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 District of Columbia:
  • Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Diffuse Midline Gliomas

This phase II trial determines if the combination of ONC201 with different drugs is effective for treating participants with diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs). Despite years of research, little to no progress has been made to improve outcomes…

Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
NCT ID: NCT05009992
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Safety and Tolerability of TNG456 Alone and in Combination With Abemaciclib in Patients With Solid Tumors With MTAP Loss

This is a first in human study of TNG456 alone and in combination with abemaciclib in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors known to have an MTAP loss. The first part of the study is an open-label, dose escalation and the secon…

Sponsor: Tango Therapeutics, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT06810544
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Sibley Memorial Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Evaluate Tovorafenib in Pediatric and Young Adult Participants With Relapsed or Progressive Low-Grade Glioma and Advance Solid Tumors

This is a Phase 2, multi center, open-label study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Type II RAF (tovorafenib) in pediatric participants with low-grade glioma or advanced solid tumors. Qualifying genomic alterations will be identified …

Sponsor: Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT04775485
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

PEP-CMV Vaccine Targeting CMV Antigen to Treat Newly Diagnosed Pediatric HGG and DIPG and Recurrent Medulloblastoma

This study will address the question of whether targeting CMV antigens with PEP-CMV can serve as a novel immunotherapeutic approach in pediatric patients with newly-diagnosed high-grade glioma (HGG) or diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIP…

Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital
NCT ID: NCT05096481
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Study of Olutasidenib and Temozolomide in HGG

The goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of the study drug olutasidenib to treat newly diagnosed pediatric and young adult patients with a high-grade glioma (HGG) harboring an IDH1 mutation. The main question the study aims to a…

Sponsor: Rigel Pharmaceuticals
NCT ID: NCT06161974
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Dabrafenib and Trametinib for BRAF V600 Mutant Low-Grade Gliomas

This phase II trial studies how well de-escalating the drugs dabrafenib and trametinib works in treating patients with low-grade gliomas that have a BRAF V600 gene mutation. Dabrafenib and trametinib are in a class of medications called ki…

Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
NCT ID: NCT07110246
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

MAPK Inhibition Combined With Anti-PD1 Therapy for BRAF-altered Pediatric Gliomas

Pediatric gliomas harboring BRAF-alterations, commonly BRAFV600 mutation or KIAA1549-BRAF fusion, are currently treated with either chemotherapy or mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitors, such as, dabrafenib and/or trametinib. …

Sponsor: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
NCT ID: NCT06712875
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
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 District of Columbia:
  • MedStar Georgetown University Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 1 Recruiting Network

Testing the Addition of an Anti-Cancer Drug, AZD1390, During Radiation Therapy for Newly Diagnosed High Grade Glioma, Diffuse Midline Glioma, or Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

This phase I clinical trial studies the side effects and best dose of AZD1390 and to see how well it works when given together with radiation therapy for the treatment of pediatric patients with high grade glioma, diffuse midline glioma or…

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group
NCT ID: NCT06894979
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
EARLY Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Lorlatinib for Newly-Diagnosed High-Grade Glioma With ROS or ALK Fusion

The goal of this study is to determine the response of the study drug loratinib in treating children who are newly diagnosed high-grade glioma with a fusion in ALK or ROS1. It will also evaluate the safety of lorlatinib when given with che…

Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital
NCT ID: NCT06333899
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Adoptive T Cell Therapy, DC Vaccines, and Hematopoietic Stem Cells Combined With Immune checkPOINT Blockade in Patients With Medulloblastoma

This is a pilot study in a small number of children and young adults with suspected recurrent/progressive medulloblastoma (MB) looking at the feasibility and safety of adoptive cell therapy plus PD-1 blockade.

Sponsor: University of Florida
NCT ID: NCT06514898
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

A Study of RNA-lipid Particle (RNA-LP) Vaccines for Newly Diagnosed Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas (pHGG) and Adult Glioblastoma (GBM)

The primary objective will be to demonstrate the manufacturing feasibility and safety, and to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of RNA-LP vaccines in (Stratum 1) adult patients with newly diagnosed GBM (MGMT low level or unmethyla…

Sponsor: University of Florida
NCT ID: NCT04573140
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Immunotherapy for Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumors Employing Adoptive Cellular Therapy (IMPACT)

This is an open-label phase 1 safety and feasibility study that will employ multi-tumor antigen specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (TSA-T) directed against proteogenomically determined personalized tumor-specific antigens (TSA) derived from …

Sponsor: Children's National Research Institute
NCT ID: NCT06193759
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
NA Recruiting Academic/Other

Individualized Treatment Plan in Children and Young Adults With Relapsed Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

The current study will use a new treatment approach based on the molecular characteristics of each participant's tumor. The study will test the feasibility in the pilot phase of performing real-time drug screening on tissue taken during su…

Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
NCT ID: NCT05057702
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Recruiting Academic/Other

International Rare Brain Tumor Registry

The objective of the International Rare Brain Tumor Registry (IRBTR) is to better understand rare brain tumors through the collection of biospecimens and matched clinical data of children, adolescents, and young adult patients diagnosed wi…

Sponsor: Children's National Research Institute
NCT ID: NCT05697874
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
NA Recruiting Academic/Other

Cognitive Outcomes After Brain Substructure-informed Radiation Planning in Pediatric Patients

The goal of this trial is to determine whether it is possible to minimize radiation dose to parts of the brain that are important for thinking and learning in children who require radiation to treat their tumor, and if this will help reduc…

Sponsor: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
NCT ID: NCT05658731
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Sibley Memorial Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
NA Recruiting Academic/Other

Feasibility/Acceptability of Attentional-Control Training in Survivors

This is a multicenter pilot randomized controlled trial, with an active control condition, of the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of EndeavorRx in a cohort of survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia or brain tumor ag…

Sponsor: Children's National Research Institute
NCT ID: NCT05528939
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Children's National Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
NA Recruiting Academic/Other

Home-based Vision Rehabilitation Guided by Brain Imaging

The BRIGHT (Behavioral Rehabilitation Through Image-Guided Home-based Training) study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of image-guided, home-based perceptual training at improving visual performance in individuals with visual field loss.…

Sponsor: Georgetown University
NCT ID: NCT07635329
Sites in District of Columbia:
  • Georgetown University Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia

Showing 25 of 26 trials with sites in District of Columbia. See all brain cancer trials →

Medical disclaimer: This page aggregates public ClinicalTrials.gov data. It is not medical advice. Always confirm eligibility and enrollment details with the trial site or your oncologist.

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