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Brain Cancer clinical trials in Texas

70 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 14 sites across Texas.

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Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

Testing Longer Duration Radiation Therapy Versus the Usual Radiation Therapy in Patients With Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain

This phase III trial compares the effectiveness of fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (FSRS) to usual care stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in treating patients with cancer that has spread from where it first started to the brain. Radia…

Sponsor: NRG Oncology
NCT ID: NCT06500455
Sites in Texas:
  • MD Anderson in The Woodlands — Conroe, Texas
  • Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
  • M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
  • Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center — Houston, Texas
  • MD Anderson West Houston — Houston, Texas
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 Texas:
  • MD Anderson in The Woodlands — Conroe, Texas
  • M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
  • MD Anderson West Houston — Houston, Texas
  • MD Anderson League City — League City, Texas
  • MD Anderson in Sugar Land — Sugar Land, Texas
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 Texas:
  • Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas — Austin, Texas
  • UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas — Dallas, Texas
  • El Paso Children's Hospital — El Paso, Texas
  • Cook Children's Medical Center — Fort Worth, Texas
  • Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

ONC201 in H3 K27M-mutant Diffuse Glioma Following Radiotherapy (the ACTION Study)

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, international, Phase 3 study in patients with newly diagnosed H3 K27M-mutant diffuse glioma to assess whether treatment with dordaviprone (ONC201) following frontline …

Sponsor: Jazz Pharmaceuticals
NCT ID: NCT05580562
Sites in Texas:
  • Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas — Austin, Texas
  • Neuro-Oncology Associates — Dallas, Texas
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — Dallas, Texas
  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
  • UT Health Houston Neurosciences - Texas Medical Center — Houston, Texas
Phase 2, Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

A Trial to Evaluate Multiple Regimens in Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Glioblastoma

Glioblastoma (GBM) adaptive, global, innovative learning environment (GBM AGILE) is an international, seamless Phase II/III response adaptive randomization platform trial designed to evaluate multiple therapies in newly diagnosed (ND) and …

Sponsor: Global Coalition for Adaptive Research
NCT ID: NCT03970447
Sites in Texas:
  • Texas Oncology - Austin — Austin, Texas
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — Dallas, Texas
  • University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

DAY101 vs. Standard of Care Chemotherapy in Pediatric Participants With Low-Grade Glioma Requiring First-Line Systemic Therapy (LOGGIC/FIREFLY-2)

This is a 2-arm, randomized, open-label, multicenter, global, Phase 3 trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of tovorafenib monotherapy versus standard of care (SoC) chemotherapy in participants with pediatric low-grade g…

Sponsor: Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT05566795
Sites in Texas:
  • Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas — Austin, Texas
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — Dallas, Texas
  • Texas Children's Hospital — Houston, Texas
Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

EF-41/KEYNOTE D58: Phase 3 Study of Optune Concomitant With Temozolomide Plus Pembrolizumab in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

This is a multicenter, two-arm, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of Optune® (Tumor Treating Fields at 200 kHz) together with maintenance Temozolomide (TMZ) chemotherapy agent and pembrolizumab compared to Optune® together…

Sponsor: NovoCure GmbH
NCT ID: NCT06556563
Sites in Texas:
  • The University of Texas — Houston, Texas
  • University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics (PK), and Pharmacodynamics (PD) of Satralizumab in Participants With Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartic Acid Receptor (NMDAR) or Anti-leucine-rich Glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1) Encephalitis

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy, safety, PK, and PD of satralizumab in participants with NMDAR and LGI1 encephalitis.

Sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
NCT ID: NCT05503264
Sites in Texas:
  • University of Texas at Houston — Houston, Texas
Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

Pre-operative SRS or Post-operative SRS in Treating Cancer Patients With Brain Metastases

This phase III trial studies stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) before surgery to see how well it works compared with SRS after surgery in treating patients with cancer that has spread to the brain (brain metastases). SRS is the delivery of f…

Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
NCT ID: NCT03741673
Sites in Texas:
  • M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
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 Texas:
  • Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas — Austin, Texas
  • Driscoll Children's Hospital — Corpus Christi, Texas
  • Medical City Dallas Hospital — Dallas, Texas
  • UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas — Dallas, Texas
  • El Paso Children's Hospital — El Paso, Texas
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 Texas:
  • UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas — Dallas, Texas
  • Cook Children's Medical Center — Fort Worth, Texas
  • Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

Testing the Anti-cancer Drug Erdafitinib for Brain Cancers That Have Returned or Progressed Following Treatment

This phase II trial tests how well erdafitinib works in controlling IDH-wild type (WT), FGFR-TACC gene fusion positive gliomas that have come back after a period of improvement (recurrent) or that are growing, spreading, or getting worse (…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT05859334
Sites in Texas:
  • UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas — Dallas, Texas
  • M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Pivotal Phase II Clinical Trial of Utidelone Injection Plus Capecitabine in HER2-negative Breast Cancer Patients With Brain Metastases

This study is a multicenter, two-stage clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of utidelone in combination with capecitabine in patients with HER2-negative breast cancer with brain metastases. Patients will be enrolled to receiv…

Sponsor: Biostar Pharma, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT06764940
Sites in Texas:
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
  • Community Clinical Trials — Kingwood, Texas
  • Tranquil Clinical Research — Webster, Texas
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 Texas:
  • UTHealth Houston — Houston, Texas
  • Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio — San Antonio, Texas
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 Texas:
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
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 Texas:
  • Texas Children's Hospital — Houston, Texas
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 Texas:
  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
  • UT Health San Antonio University of Texas — San Antonio, Texas
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Study of Ribociclib and Everolimus in HGG and DIPG or Ribociclib and Temozolomide in DHG, H3G34-mutant

The goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of the 1) ribociclib and everolimus to treat pediatric and young adult patients newly diagnosed with a high-grade glioma (HGG), including DIPG, that have genetic changes in pathways (cell…

Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital
NCT ID: NCT05843253
Sites in Texas:
  • Texas Children's Hospital — Houston, Texas
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 Texas:
  • Children's Medical Center — Dallas, Texas
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Molecular and Clinical Risk-Directed Therapy for Infants and Young Children With Newly Diagnosed Medulloblastoma

This is a multi-center, multinational phase 2 trial that aims to explore the use of molecular and clinical risk-directed therapy in treatment of children 0-4.99 years of age with newly diagnosed medulloblastoma.

Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
NCT ID: NCT05535166
Sites in Texas:
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center/Harold C Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center — Dallas, Texas
  • Cook Children's Medical Center — Fort Worth, Texas
  • Texas Children's Hospital — Houston, Texas
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study of Debio 0123 in Combination With Temozolomide in Adult Participants With Recurrent or Progressive Glioblastoma and of Debio 0123 in Combination With Temozolomide and Radiotherapy in Adult Participants With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

The primary purpose of the Phase 1 (Dose Escalation) of this study is to identify the dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) of Debio 0123 combined with temozolomide (TMZ) (Arm A) and with TMZ and radiotherapy (RT) (Arms B and C) and to character…

Sponsor: Debiopharm International SA
NCT ID: NCT05765812
Sites in Texas:
  • Baylor Scott & White Research Institute — Dallas, Texas
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
  • South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START) — San Antonio, Texas
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Evaluate TROP2 ADC LCB84 Single Agent and in Combination With an Anti-PD-1 Ab in Advanced Solid Tumors

This is a first-in-human, Phase 1/2 study to evaluate LCB84, a TROP2-directed antibody-drug conjugate, alone and in combination with an anti-PD-1 Ab, in dose escalation (Phase 1) followed by dose expansion (Phase 2). The study population i…

Sponsor: LigaChem Biosciences, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT05941507
Sites in Texas:
  • Mary Crowley Cancer Research — Dallas, Texas
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — Dallas, Texas
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 · Last checked: 2026-04-20