Clinical trials

This study is being done to see if a Ketogenic Diet (KD) or short-term Ketone supplement (KS) is feasible and safe for patients with recurrent Glioma who are undergoing a clinically indicated surgery.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the combination of a neoantigen vaccine targeting the DNAJB1-PRKACA fusion kinase in combination with DRP-104, Nivolumab and Ipilimumab is safe and yields a clinically compelling antitumor activity measured as based on objective response rate (ORR, assessed by RECIST 1.1). Secondary objectives include progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).

This research is being done to investigate the safety and effectiveness of Darzalex Faspro (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj) (a monoclonal antibody that targets plasma cells that make antibodies) and whether it can lower donor specific antibodies (DSA) levels to low enough levels to permit patients to proceed with allogeneic peripheral blood transplant (alloBMT). Those being asked to participate have high DSA levels that puts those being asked to participate at high risk of rejecting the available donor's blood stem cells and making those being asked to participate ineligible to receive a stem cell transplant.

This Phase 1 clinical trial will test a new drug called \[18F\]DK222 in people with cancer. The goal is to see if the drug is safe, how it spreads through the body, how long it stays in the body, and how much radiation it gives off. \[18F\]DK222 is designed to attach strongly and specifically to a protein called PD-L1, which helps cancer hide from the immune system. This is a first in human study to collect preliminary safety and toxicity data of \[18F\]DK222.

The investigators will evaluate the sensitivity of ctDNA from plasma and CSF at baseline (defined as C1D1) and over time in response to treatment with plixorafenib alone or in combination with retifanlimab in patients with BRAF-V600E mutant glioma refractory to prior therapies.

The study will enroll patients with history of malignancy treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) that have developed a grade 2 or higher immune related adverse event requiring treatment discontinuation as deemed by the patient's treating physician. Patients will be sequentially enrolled into the single-arm study after meeting the pre-specified eligibility criteria

This research is being done to find out if the study drug, 177Lu-PSMA-617, given before and during standard of care External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) treatment, with a shorter course of Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) (6 months) is (1) safe and effective compared to standard of care alone, and (2) can reduce the side effects caused by long-term (24 months) ADT in men with high risk localized prostate cancer.

Eligible patients with stage 2 and 3 triple negative breast cancer will be treated with 4 cycles of neoadjuvant paclitaxel/carboplatin/pembrolizumab. A PET scan will be performed at baseline and after 1 cycle of therapy. A breast MRI will be performed after treatment completion. Patients with complete clinical response will proceed to surgery. Patients with clinical residual disease will complete neoadjuvant rescue with 4 cycles of doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide prior to surgery. If residual disease identified after surgery, adjuvant therapy to be determined by the treating oncologist (may include doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide/pembrolizumab, capecitabine etc).

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the utility of patient navigation by comparing high intensity patient navigation to low intensity navigation approaches to improving cancer trial enrollment of patients treated in academic and community cancer centers. Patient navigation is a strategy for increasing patients access to cancer care by helping the participant overcome barriers in the participants communities and within the health care system by providing a bridge between the patient and the health care system. The primary objective of this study is to determine if a high intensity patient navigation program will improve patients enrollment on clinical trial in comparison to a low intensity patient navigation. Participants who agree to participate and are eligible will be randomly assigned to either the high intensity or low intensity approach.

This research study is being done to implement a screening program for prediabetes, diabetes, dyslipidemia and/or hyperlipidemia, and higher risk of cardiovascular disease in breast cancer survivors. This program will also help to direct individuals with risk factors to community and institutional resources for management.

This is a single-center, prospective, single-arm feasibility study evaluating whether adult patients with periampullary neoplasms who are at high risk for postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy can be recruited and consented to undergo total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation as an alternative surgical approach. Feasibility will be assessed by annual accrual rate and consent yield among eligible patients approached. Participants who enroll will undergo open or robotic total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation. Perioperative safety, metabolic outcomes, and early oncologic outcomes will be collected prospectively through 12 months after surgery.

The study will evaluate the feasibility of collecting ctDNA data for UTUC patients in perioperative setting and if the data generated can help with design of future prospective trials for perioperative therapy in UTUC.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the anti-tumor efficacy of daraxonrasib monotherapy in patients with unresectable or advanced/metastatic, KRAS-mutant BTC who have progressed on or are intolerant of 1st line systemic therapy.

This clinical trial is designed with two treatment stages: Stage 1: one cycle of study drug treatment prior to initiation of first-line standard radiation in all study participants. Stage 2: two additional cycles of study drug treatment (8 weeks total) concomitantly with standard of care radiation (\~6 weeks) for participants with pathology-confirmed MGMT (enzyme O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase) unmethylated GBM only. The co-primary endpoints of the study are 1) feasibility of completing Stage 1 of treatment prior to radiation in all study participants and starting radiation within 6 weeks, and 2) safety of study drug across both treatment parts. The investigators will additionally evaluate the radiographic response rate after the first cycle of drug in all patients based upon RANO 2.0 (Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology) criteria as well as safety of study drug in all patients (secondary endpoints). Exploratory endpoints will include characterization of ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) and FAK (Focal adhesion kinase) dependence in pre-treatment tissue (by immunohistochemistry and/or 'omics) and correlation of expression and co-mutations with response and survival. A total of up to 22 evaluable patients can be enrolled in this study. Evaluable patients are those who have received at least one dose of study drug treatment. Patients who do not start drug will be replaced, up to a total of 28 patients.

This research is being done to test the feasibility of 24-48 hours of water-only fasting to improve delivery of 4 cycles of chemotherapy in those receiving breast cancer treatment either before or after surgery.

This research is being done to collect and store biological specimens (biospecimens) from people with cancer, regardless of tumor type, who are receiving treatments known or thought to have an effect on the immune system. The goal of this discovery and exploratory study is to: * Understand changes in the immune system associated with various cancer treatments, in order to better design new therapies or tests to predict how these treatments might work. * Identify risk factors for those who go on to develop side effects from immunotherapy. * Identify the molecular features associated with response and resistance to cancer therapies and immunotherapy using integrative genomic and immune repertoire characterization. * Capture and characterize systemic tumor burden by minimally invasive analyses of circulating tumor DNA. Participants may be asked to: * Donate samples of tumor, blood, lymph nodes, white blood cells, mouth cells (buccal smears) scraped from the inside of participant's cheek, urine, saliva, or other tissue samples. * Complete questionnaires about immunotherapy side effects at baseline and with follow-up appointments. * Undergo knee x-rays. * Allow the use of demographic and clinical information.

Phase 1b study evaluating the efficacy and immune response to a synthetic long peptide mutant KRAS vaccine (SPL mKRASvax) combined with Balstilimab and Botensilimab for unresectable or metastatic mismatch repair-proficient (MMR-p) colorectal cancer (mCRC) or unresectable or metastatic MMR-p pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients with measurable disease following first-line chemotherapy.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and clinical activity of combining DCSZ11 with radiation and capecitabine/oxaliplatin (CAPOX) for the neoadjuvant treatment of patients with mismatch repair proficient (pMMR) high risk locally advanced rectal cancer.

This is a pilot study to gather information about safety and efficacy of using ruxolitinib (RUX) to treat Immune Effector Cell Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis-like Syndrome (IEC-HS) occurring after CAR-T therapy. In addition, correlative studies will be done to 1) estimate the optimal duration of RUX therapy, 2) to identify immunological biomarkers associated with response (3) To evaluate the dynamics of CAR T expansion following RUX treatment. Oral RUX will be administered twice daily, with dosing determined by the participant's baseline platelet count. Treatment will continue for up to 8 weeks unless significant adverse events occur or the treating physician concludes that the therapy is no longer providing clinical benefit. The study expects to accrue 16 evaluable patients diagnosed with IEC-HS over 2 years.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of a cancer peptide vaccine to prevent or delay acquired resistance in advanced ALK+ lung cancer patients currently on ALK targeted therapy.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and clinical activity of combining cemiplimab, cemiplimab/fianlimab, or cemiplimab/REGN7075 with capecitabine/oxaliplatin (CAPOX) for the neoadjuvant treatment of patients with microsatellite stable (MSS) locally advanced rectal cancer (T2 node-positive, T3 node-negative, T3 node-positive).

This study is being done to determine if the investigational radiotracer called 111In-XYIMSR-01 is helpful in detecting clear cell renal cell carcinoma tissue in your body when used during a SPECT-CT Scan

Asymptomatic men without pain due to prostate cancer progressing with metastatic CRPC after treatment with combination or sequential ADT + Abi will be treated on a randomized, open label study to determine if sequential treatment with high dose T and Enza will improve primary and secondary objectives vs. continuous Enza as standard therapy.

This study is designed for children, adolescents and young adults undergoing radiation therapy for metastatic sarcoma. The aim of the study is to investigate if the investigators can improve the overall survival of these patients by targeting metastatic sites with radiation.

A Feasibility Trial of PVX7 vaccine in advanced cervical cancer patients who have completed primary definitive therapy.