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Brain Cancer clinical trials in Pennsylvania

43 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 37 sites across Pennsylvania.

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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 Pennsylvania:
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest — Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
  • Bryn Mawr Hospital — Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
  • Christiana Care Health System-Concord Health Center — Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
  • Pocono Medical Center — East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Saint Luke's Cancer Center - Allentown — Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • UPMC Altoona — Altoona, Pennsylvania
  • UPMC-Heritage Valley Health System Beaver — Beaver, Pennsylvania
  • Saint Luke's University Hospital-Bethlehem Campus — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
  • Carlisle Regional Cancer Center — Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Geisinger Medical Center — Danville, Pennsylvania
  • Penn State Children's Hospital — Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Geisinger Medical Center — Danville, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Christiana Care Health System-Concord Health Center — Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Erie — Erie, Pennsylvania
  • Forbes Hospital — Monroeville, Pennsylvania
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Allegheny General Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Geisinger Medical Center — Danville, Pennsylvania
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center Buckingham — Furlong, Pennsylvania
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley/Henry Cancer Center — Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

Beginning Radiation Immediately With GammaTile at GBM Excision Versus Standard of Care

This is a Phase 3 prospective, randomized, superiority, open-label, multi-site study. The overview of this study is as follows: * A Screening/Baseline Period of 21 days. During this time, patients will be randomized into a 1:2 allocation o…

Sponsor: GT Medical Technologies, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT07195591
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • Allegheny Health Network — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest — Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • Geisinger Medical Center — Danville, Pennsylvania
  • Penn State Children's Hospital — Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Geisinger Medical Center — Danville, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Thomas Jefferson University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Children's Hospital — Hershey, Pennsylvania
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study of Repotrectinib in Pediatric and Young Adult Subjects Harboring ALK, ROS1, OR NTRK1-3 Alterations

Phase 1 will evaluate the safety and tolerability at different dose levels of repotrectinib in pediatric and young adult subjects with advanced or metastatic malignancies harboring anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), receptor tyrosine kinase…

Sponsor: Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT04094610
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • Local Institution - 2114 — Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia-Center for Childhood Cancer Research — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

DOC1021 Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy for Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Adult Glioblastoma (GBM)

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if DOC1021 + pIFN alongside standard of care (SOC) will improve survival in adult patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma (IDH-wt). It will also evaluate the safety of DOC1021 + pIFN. Research…

Sponsor: Diakonos Oncology Corporation
NCT ID: NCT06805305
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • UPMC Presbyterian Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

INdividualized Screening Trial of Innovative Glioblastoma Therapy (INSIGhT)

This research study is studying several investigational drugs as a possible treatment for Glioblastoma (GBM). The drugs involved in this study are : * Abemaciclib (arm is currently closed to accrual) * Temozolomide (temodar) * Neratinib (a…

Sponsor: Patrick Wen, MD
NCT ID: NCT02977780
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Children's Hospital — Hershey, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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