There are currently 163 clinical trials in Des Moines, Iowa looking for participants to engage in research studies. Trials are conducted at various facilities, including Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Iowa Lutheran Hospital and CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association. 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.
A Study to Compare Standard Chemotherapy to Therapy With CPX-351 and/or Gilteritinib for Patients With Newly Diagnosed AML With or Without FLT3 Mutations
Recruiting
This phase III trial compares standard chemotherapy to therapy with liposome-encapsulated daunorubicin-cytarabine (CPX-351) and/or gilteritinib for patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia with or without FLT3 mutations. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as daunorubicin, cytarabine, and gemtuzumab ozogamicin, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. CPX-351 is made up of... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
21 years and below
Trial Updated:
05/22/2025
Locations: Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa
Conditions: Acute Myeloid Leukemia
APOLLO: A Randomized Phase II Double-Blind Study of Olaparib Versus Placebo Following Curative Intent Therapy in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer and a Pathogenic BRCA1, BRCA2 or PALB2 Mutation
Recruiting
This phase II trial investigates how well the addition of olaparib following completion of surgery and chemotherapy works in treating patients with pancreatic cancer that has been surgically removed (resected) and has a pathogenic mutation in BRCA1, BRCA2, or PALB2. Olaparib is an inhibitor of PARP, an enzyme that helps repair deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) when it becomes damaged. Blocking PARP may help keep tumor cells from repairing their damaged DNA, causing them to die. PARP inhibitors are a t... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/21/2025
Locations: Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa +5 locations
Conditions: Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma, Pancreatic Adenosquamous Carcinoma, Pancreatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Resectable Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma, Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Resectable Pancreatic Adenosquamous Carcinoma, Resectable Pancreatic Carcinoma
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Anti-cancer Activity of Loncastuximab Tesirine in Combination With Other Anti-cancer Agents in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (LOTIS-7)
Recruiting
The primary objective of this study is to characterize the safety and tolerability of loncastuximab tesirine in combination with polatuzumab vedotin, glofitamab, or mosunetuzumab, and to identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and/or recommended dose for expansion (RDE) for the combinations.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/21/2025
Locations: Mission Cancer + Blood - Mission Cancer Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa
Conditions: B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Relapsed B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Refractory B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
A Study to Evaluate the Risk of Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS) in Adult Participants Receiving Oral Venetoclax in Combination With Intravenously Infused Obinutuzumab or Oral Acalabrutinib for Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Recruiting
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia (cancer of blood cells). The purpose of this study is to assess the safety of venetoclax in combination with obinutuzumab or acalabrutinib in the treatment of CLL. Adverse events and change in disease activity will be assessed. Venetoclax in combination with obinutuzumab or acalabrutinib is being investigated in the treatment of CLL. Study doctors put the participants in 1 of 4 groups, called treatment arms. Participants will receiv... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/21/2025
Locations: University of Iowa Health Care /ID# 267206, Des Moines, Iowa
Conditions: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
National Cancer Institute "Cancer Moonshot Biobank"
Recruiting
This trial collects multiple tissue and blood samples, along with medical information, from cancer patients. The "Cancer Moonshot Biobank" is a longitudinal study. This means it collects and stores samples and information over time, throughout the course of a patient's cancer treatment. By looking at samples and information collected from the same people over time, researchers hope to better understand how cancer changes over time and over the course of medical treatments.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
13 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/21/2025
Locations: Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa +2 locations
Conditions: Clinical Stage IV Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma, Lung Small Cell Carcinoma, Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Colorectal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVB Prostate Cancer AJCC v8, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma, Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Gastric Cancer AJCC v8, Multiple Myeloma, Stage III Ovarian Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Ovarian Cancer AJCC v8, Fallopian Tube Carcinoma, Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Carcinoma, Invasive Breast Carcinoma, Melanoma, Ovarian Carcinoma, Ovarian High Grade Serous Adenocarcinoma, Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma, Stage III Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v8, Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Esophageal Carcinoma, Gastric Carcinoma
S1827 (MAVERICK) Testing Whether the Use of Brain Scans Alone Instead of Brain Scans Plus Preventive Brain Radiation Affects Lifespan in Patients With Small Cell Lung Cancer
Recruiting
This phase III trial studies magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) surveillance and prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) to see how well they work compared to MRI surveillance alone in treating patients with small cell lung cancer. MRI scans are used to monitor the possible spread of the cancer with an MRI machine over time. PCI is radiation therapy that is delivered to the brain in hopes of preventing spread of cancer into the brain. The use of brain MRI alone may reduce side effects of receiving... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/20/2025
Locations: Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa +5 locations
Conditions: Extensive Stage Lung Small Cell Carcinoma, Limited Stage Lung Small Cell Carcinoma, Lung Small Cell Carcinoma
Iberdomide Versus Observation Off Therapy After Idecabtagene Vicleucel CAR-T for Multiple Myeloma
Recruiting
This phase II trial compares iberdomide maintenance therapy to disease monitoring for improving survival in patients who have received idecabtagene vicleucel (a type of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell \[CAR-T\] therapy) for multiple myeloma. The usual approach after treatment with idecabtagene vicleucel is to monitor the multiple myeloma without giving myeloma medications. There is currently no medication approved specifically for use after idecabtagene vicleucel treatment. Upon administration,... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/20/2025
Locations: Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa +3 locations
Conditions: Multiple Myeloma
Testing Cabozantinib With or Without Atezolizumab in Patients With Advanced Papillary Kidney Cancer, PAPMET2 Trial
Recruiting
This phase II trial compares the effect of atezolizumab in combination with usual treatment with cabozantinib to cabozantinib alone in patients with papillary renal cell carcinoma that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC) is a type of kidney cancer that forms in the lining of the tiny tubes in the kidney that return filtered substances that the body needs back to the blood and remove extra fluid and... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/20/2025
Locations: UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Des Moines Clinic, Des Moines, Iowa +2 locations
Conditions: Metastatic Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma, Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8
A Study of Elacestrant Versus Standard Endocrine Therapy in Women and Men With ER+,HER2-, Early Breast Cancer With High Risk of Recurrence
Recruiting
The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of elacestrant versus standard endocrine therapy in participants with node-positive, Estrogen Receptor-positive (ER+), Human Epidermal Growth Factor-2 negative (HER2-) early breast cancer with high risk of recurrence.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/20/2025
Locations: Mission Cancer and Blood, Des Moines, Iowa
Conditions: Breast Cancer
Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement With the Medtronic Intrepid™ TMVR System in Patients With Severe Symptomatic Mitral Regurgitation.
Recruiting
Multi-center, global, prospective, non-randomized, interventional, pre-market trial. All subjects enrolled with receive the study device.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/20/2025
Locations: Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Conditions: Mitral Valve Regurgitation
An Adjuvant Endocrine-based Therapy Study of Camizestrant (AZD9833) in ER+/HER2- Early Breast Cancer (CAMBRIA-2)
Recruiting
This is a Phase III open-label study to assess if camizestrant improves outcomes compared to standard adjuvant endocrine therapy for patients with ER+/HER2- early breast cancer with intermediate-high or high risk for disease recurrence who completed definitive locoregional therapy (with or without chemotherapy). The planned duration of treatment in either arm within the study will be 7 years.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 130 years
Trial Updated:
05/20/2025
Locations: Research Site, Des Moines, Iowa
Conditions: Breast Cancer, Early Breast Cancer
Testing the Addition of Radiation Therapy to the Usual Immune Therapy Treatment (Atezolizumab) for Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer, The RAPTOR Trial
Recruiting
This phase II/III trial compares the effect of adding radiation therapy to the usual maintenance therapy with atezolizumab versus atezolizumab alone in patients who have already received atezolizumab plus chemotherapy for the treatment of small cell lung cancer that has spread outside of the lung or to other parts of the body (extensive stage). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as atezolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability o... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/16/2025
Locations: Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa +5 locations
Conditions: Extensive Stage Lung Small Cell Carcinoma