There are currently 68 clinical trials in Cedar Rapids, Iowa looking for participants to engage in research studies. Trials are conducted at various facilities, including Oncology Associates at Mercy Medical Center, Mercy Hospital, CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project and Cedar Rapids Oncology Associates. Whether you're a healthy volunteer looking to participate in paid medical research or seeking trials related to a specific condition, the city provides a diverse range of opportunities near you.
Testing the Addition of an Anti-Cancer Drug, Irinotecan, to the Standard Chemotherapy Treatment (FOLFOX) After Long-Course Radiation Therapy for Advanced-Stage Rectal Cancers to Improve the Rate of Complete Response and Long-Term Rates of Organ Preservation
NCT05610163
Recruiting
This phase II trial compares the effect of irinotecan versus oxaliplatin after long-course chemoradiation in patients with stage II-III rectal cancer. Combination chemotherapy drugs, such as FOLFIRINOX (fluorouracil, irinotecan, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin), FOLFOX (leucovorin, fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan ), and CAPOX (capecitabin and oxaliplatin) work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping th... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/28/2025
Locations: Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa +1 locations
Conditions: Locally Advanced Rectal Carcinoma, Stage II Rectal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Rectal Cancer AJCC v8
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The PLATINUM Trial: Optimizing Chemotherapy for the Second-Line Treatment of Metastatic BRCA1/2 or PALB2-Associated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
NCT06115499
Recruiting
This phase II/III trial compares the effect of the 3-drug chemotherapy combination of nab-paclitaxel, gemcitabine, plus cisplatin versus the 2-drug chemotherapy combination of nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine for the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) and a known genetic mutation in the BRCA1, BRCA2, or PALB2 gene.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/28/2025
Locations: Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa +1 locations
Conditions: Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma, Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatic Adenosquamous Carcinoma, Pancreatic Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v8
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Olanzapine Versus Megestrol Acetate for the Treatment of Loss of Appetite Among Advanced Cancer Patients
NCT04939090
Recruiting
This phase III trial compares the effects of olanzapine versus megestrol acetate in treating loss of appetite in patients with cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced). Olanzapine may stimulate and increase appetite. This study aims to find out if olanzapine is better than the usual approach (megestrol acetate) for stimulating appetite and preventing weight loss.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/28/2025
Locations: Oncology Associates at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Conditions: Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Anorexia, Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm
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mFOLFIRINOX Versus mFOLFOX With or Without Nivolumab for the Treatment of Advanced, Unresectable, or Metastatic HER2 Negative Esophageal, Gastroesophageal Junction, and Gastric Adenocarcinoma
NCT05677490
Recruiting
This phase III trial compares the effect of modified fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan (mFOLFIRINOX) to modified fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium, and oxaliplatin (mFOLFOX) for the treatment of advanced, unresectable, or metastatic HER2 negative esophageal, gastroesophageal junction, and gastric adenocarcinoma. The usual approach for patients is treatment with FOLFOX chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by k... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/28/2025
Locations: Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa +1 locations
Conditions: Advanced Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Advanced Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma, Clinical Stage III Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage III Gastric Cancer AJCC v8, Clinical Stage III Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Gastric Cancer AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Metastatic Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma, Unresectable Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Unresectable Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Unresectable Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
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Finding an Effective Dose of GM1 to Reduce or Prevent Neuropathy (Numbness or Weakness) Due to Treatment With Paclitaxel (Phase II)
NCT05751668
Recruiting
This phase II trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of monosialotetrahexosylganglioside (GM1) and whether it works in reducing or preventing chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in patients with breast cancer that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic) who are receiving treatment with paclitaxel. Chemotherapy drugs, such as paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing th... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/28/2025
Locations: Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa +1 locations
Conditions: Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Metastatic Breast Carcinoma
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Pembrolizumab vs. Observation in People With Triple-negative Breast Cancer Who Had a Pathologic Complete Response After Chemotherapy Plus Pembrolizumab
NCT05812807
Recruiting
The phase III trial compares the effect of pembrolizumab to observation for the treatment of patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer who achieved a pathologic complete response after preoperative chemotherapy in combination with pembrolizumab. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. This trial may help researchers determine if observa... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/28/2025
Locations: Physicians' Clinic of Iowa PC, Cedar Rapids, Iowa +2 locations
Conditions: Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Early Stage Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma
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Additional Support Program Via Text Messaging and Telephone-Based Counseling for Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Hormonal Therapy
NCT04379570
Recruiting
This phase III trial compares an additional support program (text message reminders and/or telephone-based counseling) with usual care in making sure breast cancer patients take their endocrine therapy medication as prescribed (medication adherence). Medication adherence is how well patients take the medication as prescribed by their doctors, and good medical adherence is when patients take medications correctly. Poor medication adherence has been shown to be a serious barrier to effective treat... Read More
Gender:
FEMALE
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/28/2025
Locations: Physicians' Clinic of Iowa PC, Cedar Rapids, Iowa +1 locations
Conditions: Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8, HER2 Negative Breast Carcinoma, Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Carcinoma, Invasive Breast Carcinoma, Prognostic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8
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Testing the Addition of the Anti-Cancer Drug Tivozanib to Immunotherapy (Pembrolizumab) After Surgery to Remove All Known Sites of Kidney Cancer
NCT06661720
Recruiting
This phase III trial compares the effect of adding tivozanib to standard therapy pembrolizumab versus pembrolizumab alone for the treatment of patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Tivozanib is in a class of medications called kinase inhibitors. It works by blocking the action of the abnormal prot... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/28/2025
Locations: Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa +1 locations
Conditions: Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Stage II Renal Pelvis Cancer AJCC V8, Stage III Renal Pelvis Cancer AJCC V8
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Collecting Blood Samples From Patients With and Without Cancer to Evaluate Tests for Early Cancer Detection
NCT05334069
Recruiting
This study collects blood and tissue samples from patients with cancer and without cancer to evaluate tests for early cancer detection. Collecting and storing samples of blood and tissue from patients with and without cancer to study in the laboratory may help researchers develop tests for the early detection of cancers.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 40 years and 75 years
Trial Updated:
03/28/2025
Locations: Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa +1 locations
Conditions: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Ann Arbor Stage I Lymphoma, Ann Arbor Stage II Lymphoma, Ann Arbor Stage III Lymphoma, Ann Arbor Stage IV Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma, Head and Neck Carcinoma, Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Invasive Breast Carcinoma, Kidney Carcinoma, Malignant Hepatobiliary Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Melanoma, Muscle-Invasive Bladder Carcinoma, RISS Stage I Plasma Cell Myeloma, RISS Stage II Plasma Cell Myeloma, RISS Stage III Plasma Cell Myeloma, Sarcoma, Stage I Bladder Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v7, Stage I Colorectal Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage I Esophageal Cancer AJCC V7, Stage I Gastric Cancer AJCC V7, Stage I Lung Cancer AJCC v7, Stage I Ovarian Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage I Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage I Prostate Cancer AJCC v7, Stage I Uterine Corpus Cancer AJCC v7, Stage II Bladder Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage II Colorectal Cancer AJCC v7, Stage II Esophageal Cancer AJCC v7, Stage II Gastric Cancer AJCC v7, Stage II Lung Cancer AJCC v7, Stage II Ovarian Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage II Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage II Prostate Cancer AJCC v7, Stage II Uterine Corpus Cancer AJCC v7, Stage III Bladder Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v7, Stage III Colorectal Cancer AJCC v7, Stage III Esophageal Cancer AJCC v7, Stage III Gastric Cancer AJCC v7, Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v7, Stage III Ovarian Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage III Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage III Prostate Cancer AJCC v7, Stage III Uterine Corpus Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IV Bladder Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IV Colorectal Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IV Esophageal Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IV Gastric Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IV Lung Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IV Ovarian Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IV Prostate Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IV Uterine Corpus Cancer AJCC v7, Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
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Testing Low Dose Tamoxifen for Invasive Breast Cancer, the (LoTam) Trial
NCT06671912
Recruiting
This phase III trial compares the effect of low dose tamoxifen to usual hormonal therapy, including aromatase inhibitors, in treating post-menopausal women with hormone positive, HER2 negative early stage breast cancer. Tamoxifen is in a class of medications known as antiestrogens. It blocks the activity of estrogen (a female hormone) in the breast. This may stop the growth of some breast tumors that need estrogen to grow. Aromatase inhibitors, such as anastrozole, letrozole, and exemestane, pre... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/28/2025
Locations: Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa +1 locations
Conditions: Anatomic Stage 0 Breast Cancer AJCC V8, Anatomic Stage 1 Breast Cancer AJCC V8, Anatomic Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC V8, Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Carcinoma, HER2-Negative Breast Carcinoma
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Lung-MAP: A Master Screening Protocol for Previously-Treated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
NCT03851445
Recruiting
This screening and multi-sub-study randomized phase II/III trial will establish a method for genomic screening of similar large cancer populations followed by assigning and accruing simultaneously to a multi-sub-study hybrid Master Protocol (Lung-MAP). The type of cancer trait (biomarker) will determine to which sub-study, within this protocol, a participant will be assigned to compare new targeted cancer therapy, designed to block the growth and spread of cancer, or combinations to standard of... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/12/2025
Locations: Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa +1 locations
Conditions: Previously Treated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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An Internet-based Program to Help Cancer Survivors Manage Pain
NCT04462302
Recruiting
To determine whether an Internet-based pain coping skills program plus enhanced usual care, compared to enhanced usual care alone, yields significant improvements in the co-primary outcomes of pain severity (as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)) and pain interference (also measured by the BPI) from baseline to the post-intervention assessment for cancer survivors with persistent pain.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
03/04/2025
Locations: Physicians' Clinic of Iowa PC, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Conditions: Cancer
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