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Brain Cancer clinical trials in Pennsylvania

38 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 31 sites across Pennsylvania.

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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 Pennsylvania:
  • Saint Luke's Cancer Center - Allentown — Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • Saint Luke's University Hospital-Bethlehem Campus — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
  • Chambersburg Hospital — Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
  • Northeast Radiation Oncology Center — Dunmore, Pennsylvania
  • Saint Luke's Hospital-Anderson Campus — Easton, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Saint Luke's Cancer Center - Allentown — Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • UPMC Altoona — Altoona, Pennsylvania
  • UPMC-Heritage Valley Health System Beaver — Beaver, Pennsylvania
  • Saint Luke's University Hospital-Bethlehem Campus — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
  • Carlisle Regional Cancer Center — Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Geisinger Medical Center — Danville, Pennsylvania
  • Penn State Children's Hospital — Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Christiana Care Health System-Concord Health Center — Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Erie — Erie, Pennsylvania
  • Forbes Hospital — Monroeville, Pennsylvania
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Allegheny General Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Geisinger Medical Center — Danville, Pennsylvania
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center Buckingham — Furlong, Pennsylvania
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley/Henry Cancer Center — Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • University of Pennsylvania - Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Allegheny General Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Hillman Cancer Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

Beginning Radiation Immediately With GammaTile at GBM Excision Versus Standard of Care

This is a Phase 3 prospective, randomized, superiority, open-label, multi-site study. The overview of this study is as follows: * A Screening/Baseline Period of 21 days. During this time, patients will be randomized into a 1:2 allocation o…

Sponsor: GT Medical Technologies, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT07195591
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • Allegheny Health Network — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest — Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • Geisinger Medical Center — Danville, Pennsylvania
  • Penn State Children's Hospital — Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Children's Hospital — Hershey, Pennsylvania
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Eflornithine (DFMO) and AMXT 1501 for Neuroblastoma, CNS Tumors, and Sarcomas

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the investigational oral drug AMXT 1501 in combination with oral eflornithine (DFMO). An investigational drug is one that has not been approved by the U.S. Food \& Drug Administration (FDA), or any …

Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
NCT ID: NCT06465199
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Children's Hospital — Hershey, Pennsylvania
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

PEP-CMV Vaccine Targeting CMV Antigen to Treat Newly Diagnosed Pediatric HGG and DIPG and Recurrent Medulloblastoma

This study will address the question of whether targeting CMV antigens with PEP-CMV can serve as a novel immunotherapeutic approach in pediatric patients with newly-diagnosed high-grade glioma (HGG) or diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIP…

Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital
NCT ID: NCT05096481
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Study of Olutasidenib and Temozolomide in HGG

The goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of the study drug olutasidenib to treat newly diagnosed pediatric and young adult patients with a high-grade glioma (HGG) harboring an IDH1 mutation. The main question the study aims to a…

Sponsor: Rigel Pharmaceuticals
NCT ID: NCT06161974
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Efficacy and Safety of Phentermine/Topiramate in Youth With Hypothalamic Obesity

Hypothalamic obesity (HO) refers to the substantial weight gain that often complicates hypothalamic brain tumors. Children with this treatment-recalcitrant form of obesity have excess rates of metabolic sequelae compared to otherwise healt…

Sponsor: Seattle Children's Hospital
NCT ID: NCT06299891
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

A Vaccine Trial for Low Grade Gliomas

The study will assess the immunogenicity, safety and preliminary clinical efficacy of the glioma associated antigen (GAA)/tetanus toxoid (TT) peptide vaccine and poly-ICLC in HLA-A2+ children with unresectable low-grade gliomas that have r…

Sponsor: James Felker
NCT ID: NCT02358187
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

All-Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) Plus PD-1 Inhibition in Recurrent IDH-Mutant Glioma

This is a Phase II study of the combination of All-Trans Retinonic Acid (ATRA) and PD-1 inhibition (Retifanlimab) in patient with recurrent IDH-mutant glioma. The Sponsor-Investigator hypothesizes that the proposed regimen will be safe and…

Sponsor: Stephen Bagley, MD, MSCE
NCT ID: NCT05345002
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Learn About the Study Medicine Called PF-07799544 as Monotherapy or in Combination in People With Advanced Solid Tumors

The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn the safety and effects of the study medicine (PF-07799544) alone or in combination as a potential cancer treatment for adults with advanced solid tumors. The study will be conducted in two par…

Sponsor: Pfizer
NCT ID: NCT05538130
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania:
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of NST-628 Oral Tablets in Subjects With Solid Tumors

This is a two-part Phase 1, open label, multi-center, single arm, non-randomized, multiple dose, safety, pharmacokinetic (PK) and preliminary efficacy study of single agent NST-628 in adult patients with MAPK pathway mutated/dependent adva…

Sponsor: Nested Therapeutics, Inc
NCT ID: NCT06326411
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Trametinib and Everolimus for Treatment of Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Recurrent Gliomas (PNOC021)

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of trametinib and everolimus in treating pediatric and young adult patients with gliomas that have come back (recurrent). Trametinib acts by targeting a protein in cells called MEK …

Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
NCT ID: NCT04485559
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EARLY Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Lorlatinib for Newly-Diagnosed High-Grade Glioma With ROS or ALK Fusion

The goal of this study is to determine the response of the study drug loratinib in treating children who are newly diagnosed high-grade glioma with a fusion in ALK or ROS1. It will also evaluate the safety of lorlatinib when given with che…

Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital
NCT ID: NCT06333899
Sites in Pennsylvania:
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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