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Brain Cancer clinical trials in Kentucky

14 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 7 sites across Kentucky.

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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 Kentucky:
  • Flaget Memorial Hospital — Bardstown, Kentucky
  • Commonwealth Cancer Center-Corbin — Corbin, Kentucky
  • Saint Joseph Radiation Oncology Resource Center — Lexington, Kentucky
  • Saint Joseph Hospital East — Lexington, Kentucky
  • Saint Joseph London — London, Kentucky
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 Kentucky:
  • Baptist Health Lexington — Lexington, Kentucky
  • The James Graham Brown Cancer Center at University of Louisville — Louisville, Kentucky
  • UofL Health Medical Center Northeast — Louisville, Kentucky
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 Kentucky:
  • University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center — Lexington, Kentucky
  • Norton Children's Hospital — Louisville, Kentucky
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 Kentucky:
  • Norton Children's Hospital — Louisville, Kentucky
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 Kentucky:
  • Mercy Health - Paducah Medical Oncology and Hematology — Paducah, Kentucky
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 Kentucky:
  • University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center — Lexington, Kentucky
  • Norton Children's Hospital — Louisville, Kentucky
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 Kentucky:
  • University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center — Lexington, Kentucky
  • Norton Children's Hospital — Louisville, Kentucky
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

Testing the Addition of an Anti-cancer Drug, Selinexor, to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment (Temozolomide) for Brain Tumors That Have Returned After Previous Treatment

This phase I/II trial tests the safety, side effects and best dose of selinexor given in combination with the usual chemotherapy (temozolomide) and compares the effect of this combination therapy versus the usual chemotherapy alone (temozo…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT05432804
Sites in Kentucky:
  • University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center — Lexington, Kentucky
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

DFMO as Maintenance Therapy for Molecular High/Very High Risk and Relapsed Medulloblastoma

Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) will be used in an open label, multicenter, study as Maintenance Therapy for Molecular High Risk/Very High Risk and Relapsed/Refractory Medulloblastoma.

Sponsor: Giselle Sholler
NCT ID: NCT04696029
Sites in Kentucky:
  • Kentucky Children's Hospital — Lexington, Kentucky
  • Norton Children's Research Institute/Affiliated with University of Louisville School of Medicine — Louisville, Kentucky
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 Kentucky:
  • University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center — Lexington, Kentucky
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 Kentucky:
  • UK Markey Cancer Center — Lexington, Kentucky
Recruiting Academic/Other

Loupe-Based Intraoperative Fluorescence Imaging

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) are the most common primary malignant brain tumors. Survival of patients with these brain tumors is directly related to the extent of resection. Consequently, a great deal of ef…

Sponsor: Guoqiang Yu
NCT ID: NCT04780009
Sites in Kentucky:
  • University of Kentucky — Lexington, Kentucky

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