A listing of abramson-cancer-center medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
This phase III trial tests two questions by two separate comparisons of therapies. The first question is whether enhanced therapy (apalutamide in combination with abiraterone + prednisone) added to standard of care (prostate radiation therapy and short term androgen deprivation) is more effective compared to standard of care alone in …
Patients from Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center will be approached for participation.This sub-study is part of a larger research study that is testing experimental treatments for melanoma. Various study drugs will be tested in combination with pembrolizumab in this study. Treatment groups include: a) MK-7684 and pembrolizumab b) pembrolizumab alone …
Patients will be recruited from within the Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center pool of patients. This sub-study is part of a larger research study that is testing experimental treatments for melanoma. This sub-study is testing experimental drugs when they are given before and/or after melanoma surgery. Subjects will be assigned …
The purpose of this study is to see if the investigational drug, selinexor, has any effects in eligible participants with advanced unresectable dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLS). Selinexor will be given at a fixed oral dose of 60mg or placebo twice weekly on Days 1 and 3 during Weeks 1-6 of each …
The primary objective of this pilot study is to explore in a preliminary fashion whether administration of TAK-573 increases the number of BCMA-specific T cells in blood samples from patients with myeloma.
The primary purpose of this research study is to obtain specimens (blood, bone marrow, and other tissues) for research about multiple myeloma and related diseases.
The purpose of this Treatment Plan is to allow access to tisagenlecleucel (CTL019) for eligible patients diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or large b-cell lymphomas who are unable to receive commercially manufactured product due to failure of the incoming apheresis material or outgoing product to meet the commercial specifications …
This phase II/III trial studies the usefulness of treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab in addition to standard of care chemotherapy and radiation therapy in patients with esophageal and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma who are undergoing surgery. This trial is open to Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center patients only. Please contact the …
Liver metastases are a leading cause of death among patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Duration of disease control is short following 2nd-line or later systemic therapy. Liver-directed therapy such as TACE has a higher response rate and improves PFS, but the benefit is still limited. Cancer cells escape ischemic cell …
The main purpose of this study is to collect tissue from people diagnosed with HIV-associated cancer. We will use these samples to look for genetic changes associated with HIV- and other virus-related cancers. This may lead to better ways of preventing, detecting, and treating HIV-associated cancers.