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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

58
Phase 1
99
Phase 2
10
Phase 3
6
Phase 4
127
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 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
  • Mercy Hospital Fort Smith — Fort Smith, Arkansas

+ 259 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

+ 224 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 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
Locations:
  • Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center — Phoenix, Arizona
  • Barrow Neurological Institute — Phoenix, Arizona
  • Phoenix Childrens Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona

+ 64 more sites in the U.S.

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
Locations:
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama
  • University of California, San Diego — La Jolla, California
  • Cedars Sinai - Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute — Los Angeles, California

+ 39 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

+ 33 more sites in the U.S.

Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

Sonocloud-9 in Association With Carboplatin Versus Standard-of-Care Chemotherapies (CCNU or TMZ) in Recurrent GBM

The brain is protected from any toxic or inflammatory molecule by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). This physical barrier is located at the level of the blood vessel walls. Because of these barrier properties, the blood vessels are also imper…

Sponsor: CarThera
NCT ID: NCT05902169
Locations:
  • Mayo Clinic Arizona — Phoenix, Arizona
  • Kaiser Permanente — Los Angeles, California
  • UCLA — Los Angeles, California

+ 20 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
  • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian — Newport Beach, California
  • Broward Health — Fort Lauderdale, Florida

+ 7 more sites in the U.S.

Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

Pre-Operative or Post-Operative Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Treating Patients With Operative Metastatic Brain Tumors

This phase III trial studies the side effects and how well stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) works before or after surgery in patients with tumors that has spread to the brain or that can be removed by surgery. Stereotactic radiosurgery is a…

Sponsor: Mayo Clinic
NCT ID: NCT03750227
Locations:
  • Mayo Clinic in Arizona — Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Mayo Clinic in Florida — Jacksonville, Florida
  • NIH Clinical Center — Bethesda, Maryland

+ 1 more site 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 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
Locations:
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama
  • Thomas Hospital — Fairhope, Alabama
  • Mobile Infirmary Medical Center — Mobile, Alabama

+ 328 more sites in the U.S.

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

+ 149 more sites in the U.S.

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 · Last checked: 2026-09-07