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Brain Cancer clinical trials in California

71 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 51 sites across California.

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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 California:
  • Kaiser Permanente-Anaheim — Anaheim, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Bellflower — Bellflower, California
  • City of Hope Corona — Corona, California
  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California
  • UC San Diego Health System - Encinitas — Encinitas, California
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 California:
  • Kaiser Permanente-Anaheim — Anaheim, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Bellflower — Bellflower, California
  • Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
  • Los Angeles General Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
  • USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center — Los Angeles, California
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 California:
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center — Loma Linda, California
  • Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach — Long Beach, California
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
  • Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA — Los Angeles, California
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 California:
  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California
  • UCI Health - Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care — Irvine, California
  • UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — Orange, California
  • University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center — Sacramento, California
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 California:
  • City of Hope Corona — Corona, California
  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California
  • City of Hope at Irvine Lennar — Irvine, California
  • UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center — La Jolla, California
  • City of Hope Antelope Valley — Lancaster, California
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 California:
  • University of California, San Diego — La Jolla, California
  • Cedars Sinai - Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute — Los Angeles, California
  • University of California, Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
  • St. Joseph Hospital — Orange, California
  • University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California
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
Sites in California:
  • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian — Newport Beach, California
Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

Advanced Imaging Techniques for Evaluating the Tumor Immune Microenvironment in Glioblastoma Patients

This phase III trial is evaluating whether a combination of three advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, including chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI, diffusion-relaxation correlation spectrum imaging (DR-CSI),…

Sponsor: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCT ID: NCT07461948
Sites in California:
  • UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center — Los Angeles, California
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 California:
  • Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center/Disney Family Cancer Center — Burbank, California
  • Epic Care-Dublin — Dublin, California
  • Bay Area Breast Surgeons Inc — Emeryville, California
  • Epic Care Partners in Cancer Care — Emeryville, California
  • UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center — Los Angeles, California
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 California:
  • Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center — Downey, California
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center — Loma Linda, California
  • Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach — Long Beach, California
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
  • Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
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 California:
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
  • Children's Hospital of Orange County — Orange, California
  • UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay — San Francisco, California
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 California:
  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland — Oakland, California
  • UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center — Sacramento, California
  • Rady Children's Hospital — San Diego, California
  • Stanford University — Stanford, California
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Phase 1/2 Trial of S241656 in Selected RAS/MAPK Mutation- Positive Malignancies

BDTX-4933-101 is a first-in-human, open-label, Phase 1/2 dose escalation, dose optimization and expansion study designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of S241656 as monotherapy and in combination with other anti-cancer therapies …

Sponsor: Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier
NCT ID: NCT05786924
Sites in California:
  • The Angeles clinic - A cedars SINAI AFFILIATE — Los Angeles, California
  • USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center — Los Angeles, California
  • University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) — San Francisco, California
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 California:
  • City of Hope--Duarte — Duarte, California
  • Cancer & Blood Research Center, LLC — Los Alamitos, California
  • Univ. of California Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
  • FOMAT Medical Research (Network) — Oxnard, California
  • Scripps Health — San Diego, California
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study of BMS-986504 Monotherapy and in Combination With Other Agents in Participants With Advanced and/or Metastatic Solid Tumors With Homozygous MTAP Deletion (MountainTAP-5)

This is an open-label, multicenter Phase 2 study evaluating BMS-986504 in participants with advanced and/or metastatic solid tumors that have MTAP deletion. The study includes a monotherapy component and a combination component in which BM…

Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb
NCT ID: NCT07492680
Sites in California:
  • Local Institution - 0096 — San Francisco, California
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 California:
  • University of California, Irvine — Irvine, California
  • University of California Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
  • University of California at San Francisco — San Francisco, California
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Study of AZD9574 as Monotherapy and in Combination With Anti-cancer Agents in Participants With Advanced Solid Malignancies

This study will assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and preliminary efficacy of AZD9574 individually and in combination with anti-cancer agents in participants with advanced cancer that has recurr…

Sponsor: AstraZeneca
NCT ID: NCT05417594
Sites in California:
  • Research Site — La Jolla, California
  • Research Site — Los Angeles, California
  • Research Site — San Francisco, California
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Illuminate: A Clinical Study Evaluating CAR T Immune Cell Therapy (BCB-276) for Patients With Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG).

This study will evaluate BCB-276, an investigational B7-H3-targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, in children and young adults with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). DIPG is a rare and aggressive brain tumor with l…

Sponsor: BrainChild Bio, Inc
NCT ID: NCT07680439
Sites in California:
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

APL-101 Study of Subjects With NSCLC With c-Met EXON 14 Skip Mutations and c-Met Dysregulation Advanced Solid Tumors

To assess: * efficacy of APL-101 as monotherapy for the treatment of NSCLC harboring MET Exon 14 skipping mutations, NSCLC harboring MET amplification, solid tumors harboring MET amplification, solid tumors harboring MET fusion, primary CN…

Sponsor: Apollomics Inc.
NCT ID: NCT03175224
Sites in California:
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute — Los Angeles, California
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

DB107-RRV, DB107-FC, and Radiation Therapy With or Without Temozolomide (TMZ) for High Grade Glioma

This is a multicenter, open-label study of DB107-RRV (formerly Toca 511) and DB107-FC (formerly Toca FC) when administered following surgical resection in newly diagnosed High Grade Glioma (HGG) patients. The study is designed to evaluate …

Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
NCT ID: NCT06504381
Sites in California:
  • University of Southern California — Los Angeles, California
  • University of California, San Diego — San Diego, California
  • University of California — San Francisco, California
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Delayed or Upfront Brain RAdiotherapy in Treatment naïve Lung Cancer Patients With Asymptomatic or Minimally Symptomatic Brain Metastases and ALK rEarrangements

This study will consist of a Phase 1b and Phase 2 portion. The Phase 1b portion will enroll first followed by the Phase 2 portion. Each cycle of treatment = 28 days. Subjects will receive alectinib twice daily. Those in the Phase 1b portio…

Sponsor: Joshua Palmer
NCT ID: NCT05987644
Sites in California:
  • Stanford University — Stanford, California
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Trial of Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy and Stereotactic Radiation in Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety/tolerability/feasibility of pembrolizumab and radiation therapy before surgical resection in patients with recurrent glioblastoma as defined by treatment-related AEs and the number of patie…

Sponsor: Chirag G. Patil
NCT ID: NCT04977375
Sites in California:
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Biologic Association Between Metabolic Magnetic Resonance-positron Emission Tomograph (MR-PET) and Tissue Measures of Glycolysis in Brain Tumors of Infiltrating Glioblastoma Cells

The purpose of this project is to validate a new combined MRI and PET imaging technique as a biomarker or measure of glycolysis in brain tumors. To accomplish this, the investigators propose obtaining image-guided measures of tissue pH and…

Sponsor: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
NCT ID: NCT06059690
Sites in California:
  • University of California at Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 · Last checked: 2026-08-17