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Brain Cancer clinical trials in California

61 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 45 sites across California.

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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 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 California:
  • University of California San Diego — La Jolla, California
  • University of California, Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
  • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian — Newport Beach, California
  • Stanford University — Palo Alto, California
  • University of California — San Francisco, California
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
Sites in California:
  • University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, 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 1, Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

Testing the Addition of an Anti-cancer Drug, Selinexor, to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment (Temozolomide) for Brain Tumors That Have Returned After Previous Treatment

This phase I/II trial tests the safety, side effects and best dose of selinexor given in combination with the usual chemotherapy (temozolomide) and compares the effect of this combination therapy versus the usual chemotherapy alone (temozo…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT05432804
Sites in California:
  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California
  • UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center — La Jolla, California
  • Keck Medicine of USC Koreatown — Los Angeles, California
  • Los Angeles General Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
  • USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center — Los Angeles, California
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 locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors, or recurrent or progressive primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors harborin…

Sponsor: Fore Biotherapeutics
NCT ID: NCT05503797
Sites in California:
  • Precision NextGen Oncology & Research Center — Beverly Hills, California
  • UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — San Francisco, California
  • University of California Los Angeles Rheumatology — Westwood, Los Angeles, 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 Academic/Other

Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Diffuse Midline Gliomas

This phase II trial determines if the combination of ONC201 with different drugs is effective for treating participants with diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs). Despite years of research, little to no progress has been made to improve outcomes…

Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
NCT ID: NCT05009992
Sites in California:
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
  • University of California, San Diego / Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego — San Diego, California
  • University of California, San Francisco — 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 Network

Identifying Findings on Brain Scans That Could Help Make Better Predictions About Brain Cancer Progression, The GABLE Trial

This phase II trial studies whether different imaging techniques can provide additional and more accurate information than the usual approach for assessing the activity of tumors in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. The usual app…

Sponsor: ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
NCT ID: NCT06319027
Sites in California:
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, 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 Academic/Other

Innovative Trial for Understanding the Impact of Targeted Therapies in NF2-Related Schwannomatosis (INTUITT-NF2)

This is a multi-arm phase II platform-basket screening study designed to test multiple experimental therapies simultaneously in patients with NF2-related schwannomatosis (NF2-SWN, formerly known as neurofibromatosis type 2) with associated…

Sponsor: Scott R. Plotkin, MD, PhD
NCT ID: NCT04374305
Sites in California:
  • UCLA Medical Center — 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 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

A Phase 2 Study of the Ketogenic Diet vs Standard Anti-cancer Diet Guidance for Patients With Glioblastoma in Combination With Standard-of-care Treatment

This is a Phase 2, randomized two-armed, multi-site study of 170 patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to receive Keto Diet, or Standard Anti-Cancer Diet. All patients will receive standard …

Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
NCT ID: NCT05708352
Sites in California:
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
  • University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California
  • Pacific Neuroscience Institute / Saint John's Cancer Institute — Santa Monica, 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

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
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 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 California:
  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California
  • UCI Health - Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care — Irvine, California
  • UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center — La Jolla, California
  • UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — Orange, California
  • University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center — Sacramento, California

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