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Brain Cancer clinical trials in Tennessee

26 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 7 sites across Tennessee.

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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 Tennessee:
  • Memorial Hospital — Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center-Collierville — Collierville, Tennessee
  • Pulmonary Medicine Center of Chattanooga-Hixson — Hixson, Tennessee
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center-Memphis — Memphis, Tennessee
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women — Memphis, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • East Tennessee Childrens Hospital — Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
  • The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial — Nashville, Tennessee
  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • East Tennessee Childrens Hospital — Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
  • The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • SCRI - TriStar Medical Group Children's Specialists — Nashville, Tennessee
  • SCRI Oncology Partners — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt — Nashville, Tennessee
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Study of Abemaciclib and Elacestrant in Participants With Brain Metastasis Due to ER+/HER-2- Breast Cancer

This is a multi-site, global, open-label study that includes a phase 1b evaluation of elacestrant in combination with abemaciclib in women and men with brain metastases from estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor re…

Sponsor: Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT05386108
Sites in Tennessee:
  • SCRI Oncology Partners — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Entrectinib as a Single Agent in Upfront Therapy for Children <3 Years of Age With NTRK1/2/3 or ROS1-FUSED CNS Tumors

This clinical trial tests how well entrectinib works to treat patients less than 3 years of age with NTRK 1/2/3 or ROS1 fused, high grade glioma or other central nervous system (CNS) tumors.

Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
NCT ID: NCT06528691
Sites in Tennessee:
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

A Phase 1/1b Study of IAM1363 in HER2 Cancers

This is a Phase 1/1b open-label, multi-center dose escalation and dose optimization study designed to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of IAM1363 in participants with advanced cancers that harbor HER2 alterations.

Sponsor: Iambic Therapeutics, Inc
NCT ID: NCT06253871
Sites in Tennessee:
  • SCRI Oncology Partners — Nashville, Tennessee
  • Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • SCRI Oncology Partners — Nashville, Tennessee
  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
EARLY Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Image-Based, In-Vivo Assessment of Tumor Hypoxia to Guide Hypoxia-Driven Adaptive Radiation Therapy

This study will apply novel MRI approaches with established sensitivity to tissue oxygen consumption and perfusion to predict hypoxia-associated radiation resistance, manifested as tumor recurrence and progression post-treatment.

Sponsor: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
NCT ID: NCT05996432
Sites in Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
EARLY Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Pilot Study Evaluating Panitumumab-IRDye800 as an Optical Imaging Agent to Detect Intracranial Lesions During Neurosurgical Procedures

This pilot clinical study evaluates the safety and imaging performance of panitumumab-IRDye800 (pan800), a fluorescent, EGFR-targeted imaging agent - in patients undergoing neurosurgical resection of intracranial lesions.

Sponsor: Eben Rosenthal
NCT ID: NCT07493447
Sites in Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee
EARLY Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Window Trial of Fluorescently Labeled Nivolumab-IRDye800 (Nivo800) in High Grade Glioma (HGG)

High-grade gliomas (HGGs) are among the most aggressive and treatment-resistant brain tumors. Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors like nivolumab has shown promise, but its efficacy remains variable and poorly understood in this patien…

Sponsor: Eben Rosenthal
NCT ID: NCT07210632
Sites in Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Massive Bio SYNERGY-AI site — Memphis, Tennessee
  • Massive Bio SYNERGY-AI site — Nashville, Tennessee
NA Recruiting Academic/Other

Evaluation of Hippocampal-Avoidance Using Proton Therapy in Low-Grade Glioma

Low-grade gliomas (LGGs) are the most common brain tumors in children, and a subset of these tumors are treated definitively with focal radiation therapy (RT). These patients often survive for many years after receiving RT and experience l…

Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
NCT ID: NCT04065776
Sites in Tennessee:
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
Recruiting Academic/Other

CSIMEMPHIS: Long-term Follow-up of Medulloblastoma Survivors That Received Craniospinal Irradiation

The study is being done to learn more about the long-term health and well-being of participants treated for medulloblastoma. The study is to decide which evaluations focusing on therapy-related lasting effects (or toxicities) should be con…

Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
NCT ID: NCT07085325
Sites in Tennessee:
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee

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