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Brain Cancer clinical trials in Iowa

13 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 15 sites across Iowa.

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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 Iowa:
  • Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates-West Des Moines — Clive, Iowa
  • Mercy Cancer Center-West Lakes — Clive, Iowa
  • Alegent Health Mercy Hospital — Council Bluffs, Iowa
  • Greater Regional Medical Center — Creston, Iowa
  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center — Des Moines, Iowa
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 Iowa:
  • Mary Greeley Medical Center — Ames, Iowa
  • McFarland Clinic - Ames — Ames, Iowa
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 Iowa:
  • Blank Children's Hospital — Des Moines, Iowa
  • University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center — Iowa City, Iowa
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 Iowa:
  • Blank Children's Hospital — Des Moines, Iowa
  • University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center — Iowa City, Iowa
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 Iowa:
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Ankeny Clinic — Ankeny, Iowa
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - West Des Moines Clinic — Clive, Iowa
  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center — Des Moines, Iowa
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Des Moines Clinic — Des Moines, Iowa
  • Broadlawns Medical Center — Des Moines, Iowa
Phase 3 Recruiting Network

Stereotactic Radiosurgery Compared With Hippocampal-Avoidant Whole Brain Radiotherapy (HA-WBRT) Plus Memantine for 5 or More Brain Metastases

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a commonly used treatment for brain tumors. It is a one-day (or in some cases two day), out-patient procedure during which a high dose of radiation is delivered to small spots in the brain while excluding…

Sponsor: Canadian Cancer Trials Group
NCT ID: NCT03550391
Sites in Iowa:
  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center — Des Moines, Iowa
Phase 2 Recruiting Network

A Study to Compare the Administration of Encorafenib + Binimetinib + Nivolumab Versus Ipilimumab + Nivolumab in BRAF-V600 Mutant Melanoma With Brain Metastases

This phase II trial compares the effect of encorafenib, binimetinib, and nivolumab versus ipilimumab and nivolumab in treating patients with BRAF- V600 mutant melanoma that has spread to the brain (brain metastases). Encorafenib and binime…

Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network
NCT ID: NCT04511013
Sites in Iowa:
  • Mary Greeley Medical Center — Ames, Iowa
  • McFarland Clinic - Ames — Ames, Iowa
  • McFarland Clinic - Boone — Boone, Iowa
  • Saint Anthony Regional Hospital — Carroll, Iowa
  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center — Des Moines, Iowa
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 Iowa:
  • Blank Children's Hospital — Des Moines, Iowa
  • University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center — Iowa City, Iowa
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 Iowa:
  • Blank Children's Hospital — Des Moines, Iowa
  • University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center — Iowa City, Iowa
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Defactinib and Avutometinib, With or Without Encorafenib, for the Treatment of Patients With Brain Metastases From Cutaneous Melanoma

The goal of this interventional clinical trial is to provide proof-of-principle data for the biologic activity of defactinib in combination with avutometinib in brain metastases from melanoma, and to define the potential role of the combin…

Sponsor: University of Utah
NCT ID: NCT06194929
Sites in Iowa:
  • University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa
Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

Safety and Tolerability of ²¹²Pb-DOTAM-GRPR1 in Adult Subjects With Recurrent or Metastatic GRPR-expressing Tumors

A Phase 1 Open-Label, First-in-human, Dose Escalation and Expansion Study to Determine the Safety, Tolerability, Dosimetry, Pharmacokinetics, and Preliminary Efficacy of 212Pb-DOTAM-GRPR1 in Adult Participants with Recurrent or Metastatic …

Sponsor: Orano Med Theranostics, SAS
NCT ID: NCT05283330
Sites in Iowa:
  • University of Iowa Health Care — Iowa City, Iowa
Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Sitagliptin in Recurrent/Progressive Grade 4 Glioma

Sitagliptin, when combined with standard-of-care drug bevacizumab, is being tested to 1) find out if it is effective at treating gliomas that have returned or progressed after treatment, and 2) find out what the highest dose of sitagliptin…

Sponsor: Kailin Yang, MD, PhD
NCT ID: NCT07541781
Sites in Iowa:
  • University of Iowa Health Care — Iowa City, Iowa
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 Iowa:
  • Massive Bio SYNERGY-AI site — Iowa City, Iowa

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