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Brain Cancer clinical trials in Tennessee

24 actively recruiting brain cancer trials at 7 sites across Tennessee.

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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 Tennessee:
  • Memorial Hospital — Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center-Collierville — Collierville, Tennessee
  • Pulmonary Medicine Center of Chattanooga-Hixson — Hixson, Tennessee
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center-Memphis — Memphis, Tennessee
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women — Memphis, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • East Tennessee Childrens Hospital — Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • East Tennessee Childrens Hospital — Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
  • The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial — Nashville, Tennessee
  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • East Tennessee Childrens Hospital — Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
  • The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial — Nashville, Tennessee
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 BRAF altered (BRAF V600E or BRAF fusions) locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors, or recurrent or progressive primary ce…

Sponsor: Fore Biotherapeutics
NCT ID: NCT05503797
Sites in Tennessee:
  • SCRI - TriStar Medical Group Children's Specialists — Nashville, Tennessee
  • SCRI Oncology Partners — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Sarah Canon Research Institute (SCRI) Oncology Partners — Nashville, Tennessee
Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

DOC1021 Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy for Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Adult Glioblastoma (GBM)

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if DOC1021 + pIFN alongside standard of care (SOC) will improve survival in adult patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma (IDH-wt). It will also evaluate the safety of DOC1021 + pIFN. Research…

Sponsor: Diakonos Oncology Corporation
NCT ID: NCT06805305
Sites in Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt — Nashville, Tennessee
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Study of Abemaciclib and Elacestrant in Participants With Brain Metastasis Due to ER+/HER-2- Breast Cancer

This is a multi-site, global, open-label study that includes a phase 1b evaluation of elacestrant in combination with abemaciclib in women and men with brain metastases from estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor re…

Sponsor: Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT05386108
Sites in Tennessee:
  • SCRI Oncology Partners — Nashville, Tennessee
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Dabrafenib and Trametinib for BRAF V600 Mutant Low-Grade Gliomas

This phase II trial studies how well de-escalating the drugs dabrafenib and trametinib works in treating patients with low-grade gliomas that have a BRAF V600 gene mutation. Dabrafenib and trametinib are in a class of medications called ki…

Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
NCT ID: NCT07110246
Sites in Tennessee:
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Evaluate TROP2 ADC LCB84 Single Agent and in Combination With an Anti-PD-1 Ab in Advanced Solid Tumors

This is a first-in-human, Phase 1/2 study to evaluate LCB84, a TROP2-directed antibody-drug conjugate, alone and in combination with an anti-PD-1 Ab, in dose escalation (Phase 1) followed by dose expansion (Phase 2). The study population i…

Sponsor: LigaChem Biosciences, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT05941507
Sites in Tennessee:
  • Tennessee Oncology — Nashville, Tennessee
Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Entrectinib as a Single Agent in Upfront Therapy for Children <3 Years of Age With NTRK1/2/3 or ROS1-FUSED CNS Tumors

This clinical trial tests how well entrectinib works to treat patients less than 3 years of age with NTRK 1/2/3 or ROS1 fused, high grade glioma or other central nervous system (CNS) tumors.

Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
NCT ID: NCT06528691
Sites in Tennessee:
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • SCRI Oncology Partners — Nashville, Tennessee
  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

A Trial of RSC-1255 for Treatment of Patients With Advanced Malignancies

RSC-101 is a Phase 1a/1b clinical trial of RSC-1255 in adult study participants with advanced solid tumor malignancies who are intolerant of existing therapies known to provide clinical benefit, have disease that has progressed after stand…

Sponsor: RasCal Therapeutics, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT04678648
Sites in Tennessee:
  • Sarah Cannon, SCRI Oncology Partners — Nashville, Tennessee
EARLY Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Image-Based, In-Vivo Assessment of Tumor Hypoxia to Guide Hypoxia-Driven Adaptive Radiation Therapy

This study will apply novel MRI approaches with established sensitivity to tissue oxygen consumption and perfusion to predict hypoxia-associated radiation resistance, manifested as tumor recurrence and progression post-treatment.

Sponsor: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
NCT ID: NCT05996432
Sites in Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
EARLY Phase 1 Recruiting Academic/Other

Pilot Study Evaluating Panitumumab-IRDye800 as an Optical Imaging Agent to Detect Intracranial Lesions During Neurosurgical Procedures

This pilot clinical study evaluates the safety and imaging performance of panitumumab-IRDye800 (pan800), a fluorescent, EGFR-targeted imaging agent - in patients undergoing neurosurgical resection of intracranial lesions.

Sponsor: Eben Rosenthal
NCT ID: NCT07493447
Sites in Tennessee:
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee
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 Tennessee:
  • Baptist (BHMCC) — Memphis, Tennessee
  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee
NA Recruiting Academic/Other

Cognitive Rehabilitation for Survivors of Childhood Medulloblastoma Using Real Time Hemodynamic Neurofeedback

This study will evaluate a new way to help childhood medulloblastoma survivors improve their thinking and memory skills. Many survivors experience long term challenges with attention and working memory because of the tumor and its treatmen…

Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
NCT ID: NCT07830134
Sites in Tennessee:
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
NA Recruiting Academic/Other

Cognitive Training in the Virtual Reality Setting With Children Undergoing Radiotherapy for Brain Tumors

The objective of this study is to estimate the feasibility and acceptability of cognitive training in the virtual reality setting with children undergoing radiotherapy for brain tumors. To achieve this goal, the investigators plan to study…

Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
NCT ID: NCT05947045
Sites in Tennessee:
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee
Recruiting Academic/Other

CSIMEMPHIS: Long-term Follow-up of Medulloblastoma Survivors That Received Craniospinal Irradiation

The study is being done to learn more about the long-term health and well-being of participants treated for medulloblastoma. The study is to decide which evaluations focusing on therapy-related lasting effects (or toxicities) should be con…

Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
NCT ID: NCT07085325
Sites in Tennessee:
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 · Last checked: 2026-10-01