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Brain Cancer clinical trials in Georgia

21 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 8 sites across Georgia.

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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 Georgia:
  • Emory University Hospital Midtown — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Piedmont Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia
  • WellStar Cobb Hospital — Austell, Georgia
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 Georgia:
  • Emory University Hospital Midtown — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Northside Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Northside Hospital-Cherokee — Canton, Georgia
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 Georgia:
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia
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 Georgia:
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta — Atlanta, Georgia
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 Georgia:
  • Piedmont Atlanta Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University — Atlanta, Georgia
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 Georgia:
  • Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University — Atlanta, Georgia
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 Georgia:
  • Lewis Cancer and Research Pavilion at Saint Joseph's/Candler — Savannah, Georgia
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 Georgia:
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia
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 Georgia:
  • Emory University Hospital Midtown — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute — Atlanta, Georgia
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 Georgia:
  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute — Atlanta, Georgia
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Verteporfin for the Treatment of Recurrent High Grade EGFR-Mutated Glioblastoma

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of Visudyne (liposomal verteporfin) and to see how well it works in treating patients with high grade EGFR-mutated glioblastoma that has come back (recurrent). Visudyne is FDA ap…

Sponsor: Emory University
NCT ID: NCT04590664
Sites in Georgia:
  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute — Atlanta, Georgia
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Post-Operative Dosing of Dexamethasone in Patients With Brain Tumors After a Craniotomy, PODS Trial

This phase II trial tests the effect of decreasing (tapering) doses of dexamethasone on steroid side effects in patients after surgery to remove (craniotomy) a brain tumor. Steroids are the gold standard post-surgery treatment to reduce sw…

Sponsor: Emory University
NCT ID: NCT06132685
Sites in Georgia:
  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute — Atlanta, Georgia
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 Georgia:
  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute — Atlanta, Georgia
Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Atovaquone Combined With Radiation in Children With Malignant Brain Tumors

The goal of this interventional study is to Assess the safety and tolerability of atovaquone in combination with standard radiation therapy (RT) for the treatment of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed pediatric high-grade glioma/diffu…

Sponsor: Emory University
NCT ID: NCT06624371
Sites in Georgia:
  • Arthur M Blank Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: Scottish Rite — Atlanta, Georgia
Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Chemo-immunotherapy Using Ibrutinib Plus Indoximod for Patients With Pediatric Brain Cancer

Recent lab-based discoveries suggest that IDO (indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase) and BTK (Bruton's tyrosine Kinase) form a closely linked metabolic checkpoint in tumor-associated antigen-presenting cells. The central clinical hypothesis for the…

Sponsor: Theodore S. Johnson
NCT ID: NCT05106296
Sites in Georgia:
  • Augusta University, Georgia Cancer Center — Augusta, Georgia
EARLY Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Arginine and Whole Brain Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Patients With Brain Metastases

This early phase I trial evaluates different administration techniques (oral or intravenous) for arginine and tests the safety of giving arginine with whole brain radiation therapy in patients who have cancer that has spread from where it …

Sponsor: Emory University
NCT ID: NCT06328686
Sites in Georgia:
  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute — Atlanta, Georgia
Recruiting Industry

cfDNA Assay Prospective Observational Validation for Early Cancer Detection and Minimal Residual Disease

This is an observational case-control study to train and validate a genome-wide methylome enrichment platform to detect multiple cancer types and to differentiate amongst cancer types. The cancers included in this study are brain, breast, …

Sponsor: Adela, Inc
NCT ID: NCT05366881
Sites in Georgia:
  • North Georgia Health System — Gainesville, Georgia
NA Recruiting Academic/Other

Spectroscopic MRI Guided Proton Therapy in Assessing Metabolic Change in Pediatric Patients With Brain Tumors

This trial studies how well spectroscopic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided proton therapy works in assessing metabolic change in pediatric patients with brain tumors. The non-invasive imaging, such as spectroscopic MRI may help to m…

Sponsor: Emory University
NCT ID: NCT04908709
Sites in Georgia:
  • Emory Proton Therapy Center — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Scottish Rite — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute — Atlanta, Georgia
NA Recruiting Academic/Other

Tumor Treating Fields for the Treatment of Brainstem Gliomas

This clinical trial tests the safety and side effects of tumor treating fields in treating patients with gliomas located in the brainstem. Optune is a wearable, portable, treatment that creates low-intensity, wave-like electric fields call…

Sponsor: Emory University
NCT ID: NCT05310448
Sites in Georgia:
  • Emory Proton Therapy Center — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Emory University/Winship Cancer Institute — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia
NA Recruiting Academic/Other

Virtual Home-based Exercise Intervention (RISE) to Improve Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment and Gut Microbiome in Adolescent and Young Adult Brain Tumor Survivors

This clinical trial evaluates the impact of a research intervention of virtually supervised exercise program (RISE) on cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI), physical activity in adolescent and young adult (AYA) brain tumor survivors.…

Sponsor: Emory University
NCT ID: NCT06799481
Sites in Georgia:
  • Emory University Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia

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