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Brain Cancer clinical trials in Maryland

42 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 13 sites across Maryland.

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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
Sites in Maryland:
  • UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center — Bel Air, Maryland
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 Maryland:
  • Maryland Proton Treatment Center — Baltimore, Maryland
  • University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center — Baltimore, Maryland
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore — Baltimore, Maryland
  • UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center — Bel Air, Maryland
  • Central Maryland Radiation Oncology in Howard County — Columbia, Maryland
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 Maryland:
  • Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center — Annapolis, Maryland
  • University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center — Baltimore, Maryland
  • MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center/Weinberg Cancer Institute — Baltimore, Maryland
  • UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center — Bel Air, Maryland
  • Central Maryland Radiation Oncology in Howard County — Columbia, Maryland
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 Maryland:
  • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center — Baltimore, Maryland
  • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — Bethesda, Maryland
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
Sites in Maryland:
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore — Baltimore, Maryland
  • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center — Baltimore, Maryland
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
Sites in Maryland:
  • University of Maryland — Baltimore, Maryland
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 Maryland:
  • University of Maryland — Baltimore, Maryland
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 Maryland:
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore — Baltimore, Maryland
  • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center — Baltimore, Maryland
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
Sites in Maryland:
  • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center — Baltimore, Maryland
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 Maryland:
  • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center — Baltimore, Maryland
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 Maryland:
  • Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland
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 Maryland:
  • The Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine — Baltimore, Maryland
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Digoxin Medulloblastoma Study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of digoxin in treating relapsed non-SHH, non-WNT medulloblastoma in pediatric and young adult patients.

Sponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
NCT ID: NCT06701812
Sites in Maryland:
  • Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center — Baltimore, Maryland
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Evaluate Tovorafenib in Pediatric and Young Adult Participants With Relapsed or Progressive Low-Grade Glioma and Advance Solid Tumors

This is a Phase 2, multi center, open-label study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Type II RAF (tovorafenib) in pediatric participants with low-grade glioma or advanced solid tumors. Qualifying genomic alterations will be identified …

Sponsor: Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT04775485
Sites in Maryland:
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland
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 Maryland:
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Study of Liposomal Curcumin in Combination With RT and TMZ in Patients With Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas

The objective of this study is to assess the tolerability, safety, and efficacy of Liposomal Curcumin (LC) in combination with radiotherapy (RT) and Temozolomide (TMZ) in patients with newly diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas (HGG).

Sponsor: SignPath Pharma, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT05768919
Sites in Maryland:
  • Johns Hopkins University/Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

Novel Indenoisoquinolone CMYC/TOPOISOMERASE 1 Inhibitor (LMP744) in Recurrent Glioblastoma

Background: Glioblastoma is a common brain cancer in adults. Treatment includes surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But this cancer can return after treatment and is often fatal. Researchers want to know if a study drug (LMP744) can kill…

Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
NCT ID: NCT07416188
Sites in Maryland:
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — Bethesda, Maryland
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

PLX038 in Primary Central Nervous System Tumors Containing MYC or MYCN Amplifications

Background: About 90,000 new cases of brain and spinal cord tumors are diagnosed annually in the United States. Most of these tumors are benign; however, about 30% are malignant, and 35% of people with malignant tumors in the brain and spi…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT06161519
Sites in Maryland:
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — Bethesda, Maryland
Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Immunotherapy Before and After Surgery for Treatment of Recurrent or Progressive High Grade Glioma in Children and Young Adults

This phase I trial studies the side effects of nivolumab before and after surgery in treating children and young adults with high grade glioma that has come back (recurrent) or is increasing in scope or severity (progressive). Immunotherap…

Sponsor: Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD
NCT ID: NCT04323046
Sites in Maryland:
  • Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland
Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

A Feasibility Study to Evaluate the Safety of the TheraSphere Glioblastoma (GBM) Device in Patients With Recurrent GBM

The FRONTIER Study is a prospective, interventional, single-arm, multi-center, study to assess the safety and technical feasibility of TheraSphere GBM in patients with recurrent GBM.

Sponsor: Boston Scientific Corporation
NCT ID: NCT05303467
Sites in Maryland:
  • Johns Hopkins Interventional Radiology Center — Baltimore, Maryland
Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

Phase I Study of Oral ONC206 in Recurrent and Rare Primary Central Nervous System Neoplasms

The primary objective of this Phase 1, open-label, dose-escalation, and exploratory study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability profile (establish the maximum-tolerated dose) and evaluate the occurrence of dose-limiting toxicities (DL…

Sponsor: Jazz Pharmaceuticals
NCT ID: NCT04541082
Sites in Maryland:
  • National Institutes of Health — Bethesda, Maryland
Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Carmustine Wafer in Combination With Retifanlimab and Radiation With/Without Temozolomide in Subjects With Glioblastoma

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and survival of carmustine wafers and radiation and retifanlimab with or without temozolomide (TMZ) in newly-diagnosed adult subjects with glioblastoma multiform after carmustine wafer pla…

Sponsor: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
NCT ID: NCT05083754
Sites in Maryland:
  • Johns Hopkins Medical Institution — Baltimore, Maryland
Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate Metabolic MRI With Infiltrating Gliomas

The purpose of this study is to examine the safety and feasibility of performing hyperpolarized metabolic MRI in the diagnosis of brain tumor. This study will also assess the accuracy of hyperpolarized metabolic MRI to diagnose intermediat…

Sponsor: University of Maryland, Baltimore
NCT ID: NCT04772456
Sites in Maryland:
  • Rosy Njonkou Tchoquessi — Baltimore, Maryland
Phase 1 Recruiting NIH

Hypofractionation Trial of Re-irradiation in Good Prognosis Recurrent Glioblastoma

Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a cancer of the brain. Current survival rates for people with GBM are poor; survival ranges from 5.2 months to 39 months. Most tumors come back within months or years after treatment, and when they do, the…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT06344130
Sites in Maryland:
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — Bethesda, Maryland
Recruiting Industry

SYNERGY-AI: Artificial Intelligence Based Precision Oncology Clinical Trial Matching and Registry

International registry for cancer patients evaluating the feasibility and clinical utility of an Artificial Intelligence-based precision oncology clinical trial matching tool, powered by a virtual tumor boards (VTB) program, and its clinic…

Sponsor: Massive Bio, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT03452774
Sites in Maryland:
  • Massive Bio SYNERGY-AI site — Baltimore, Maryland
  • Massive Bio SYNERGY-AI site — Bethesda, Maryland
  • Massive Bio SYNERGY-AI site — Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Massive Bio SYNERGY-AI site — Towson, Maryland

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