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Brain Cancer clinical trials

300 actively recruiting brain cancer trials in the United States. Primary brain tumors including glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), lower-grade gliomas, and other CNS malignancies.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov · last refreshed · Brain Cancer stats on SEER

70
Phase 1
99
Phase 2
9
Phase 3
6
Phase 4
116
Other

Brain Cancer by the numbers (U.S.)

24,820
Estimated new cases (2025)
18,330
Estimated deaths (2025)
33%
5-year relative survival
61
Median age at diagnosis

Source: NCI SEER Cancer Stat Facts

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Top trials by phase + site coverage

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
Locations:
  • Anchorage Associates in Radiation Medicine — Anchorage, Alaska
  • Alaska Breast Care and Surgery LLC — Anchorage, Alaska
  • Alaska Oncology and Hematology LLC — Anchorage, Alaska

+ 574 more sites in the U.S.

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
Locations:
  • Banner University Medical Center - Tucson — Tucson, Arizona
  • University of Arizona Cancer Center-North Campus — Tucson, Arizona
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas

+ 253 more sites in the U.S.

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
Locations:
  • Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona — Phoenix, Arizona
  • Kaiser Permanente-Anaheim — Anaheim, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Bellflower — Bellflower, California

+ 220 more sites in the U.S.

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
Locations:
  • Children's Hospital of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama
  • Banner Children's at Desert — Mesa, Arizona
  • Phoenix Childrens Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona

+ 121 more sites in the U.S.

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
Locations:
  • Children's Hospital of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama
  • USA Health Strada Patient Care Center — Mobile, Alabama
  • Phoenix Childrens Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona

+ 98 more sites in the U.S.

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
Locations:
  • Mayo Clinic Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona
  • University of Southern California — Los Angeles, California
  • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian — Newport Beach, California

+ 29 more sites in the U.S.

Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

Blood-brain Barrier (BBB) Opening Using Exablate Focused Ultrasound With Standard of Care Treatment of NSCLC Brain Mets

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of targeted blood brain barrier opening with Exablate Model 4000 Type 2.0/2.1 for the treatment of NSCLC brain metastases in patients who are undergoing planned FDA approved,…

Sponsor: InSightec
NCT ID: NCT05317858
Locations:
  • St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center — Phoenix, Arizona
  • Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health — Miami, Florida
  • Moffitt Cancer Center — Tampa, Florida

+ 5 more sites in the U.S.

Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

18F-FLUC PET/MR in Patients With Brain Mets

The goal of this clinical trial is to use new imaging methods to help in finding out whether the imaging shows that there is a tumor in people with a brain metastasis. The main question it aims to answer is whether positron emission tomogr…

Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
NCT ID: NCT06159335
Locations:
  • University of Wisconsin — Madison, Wisconsin
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
Locations:
  • M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas
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
Locations:
  • Children's Hospital of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama
  • Providence Alaska Medical Center — Anchorage, Alaska
  • Banner Children's at Desert — Mesa, Arizona

+ 146 more sites in the U.S.

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
Locations:
  • Children's Hospital of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama
  • Banner Children's at Desert — Mesa, Arizona
  • Phoenix Childrens Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona

+ 106 more sites in the U.S.

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
Locations:
  • Children's Hospital of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama
  • Phoenix Childrens Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California

+ 31 more sites in the U.S.

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 · Last checked: 2026-05-25