There are currently 142 clinical trials in Allentown, Pennsylvania looking for participants to engage in research studies. Trials are conducted at various facilities, including Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Lehigh Valley Health Network and Morgan Cancer Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest. 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.
Comparative Effectiveness of Online 8-session CBT Vs. 1-Session Empowered Relief for Chronic Pain - the PROGRESS Study
Recruiting
The purpose of this study is to conduct a pragmatic clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of: (1) 8-week cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain (pain-CBT; sixteen hours total treatment time); and (2) a 1-session pain relief skills intervention for chronic pain (Empowered Relief; two hours total treatment time).
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
11/12/2024
Locations: Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Pain, Chronic, Lupus, Pelvic Pain
Testing the Addition of Radiotherapy to the Usual Treatment (Chemotherapy) for Patients With Esophageal and Gastric Cancer That Has Spread to a Limited Number of Other Places in the Body
Recruiting
This phase III trial studies how well the addition of radiotherapy to the usual treatment (chemotherapy) works compared to the usual treatment alone in treating patients with esophageal and gastric cancer that has spread to a limited number of other places in the body (oligometastatic disease). Radiotherapy uses high energy x-rays, gamma rays, or protons to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Drugs used in usual chemotherapy, such as leucovorin, 5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and capecitabine, wor... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
11/04/2024
Locations: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Clinical Stage IV Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Gastric Cancer AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IVA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IVA Gastric Cancer AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IVB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IVB Gastric Cancer AJCC v8, Metastatic Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Oligometastatic Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Oligometastatic Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Pathologic Stage IV Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IV Gastric Cancer AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IVA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IVB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
Shorter Chemo-Immunotherapy Without Anthracycline Drugs for Early-Stage Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Recruiting
This phase III trial compares the effects of shorter chemotherapy (chemo)-immunotherapy without anthracyclines to usual chemo-immunotherapy for the treatment of early-stage triple negative breast cancer. Paclitaxel is in a class of medications called anti-microtubule agents. It stops cancer cells from growing and dividing and may kill them. Carboplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works in a way similar to the anticancer drug cisplatin, but may be bette... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/29/2024
Locations: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Early Stage Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma
PUSH-IT Continuing Enteral Feeds for Tracheostomy
Recruiting
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate nutrition administration in the time around the tracheostomy in patients with breathing tubes. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Will continuing nutrition up to the time of surgery (tracheostomy) decrease nutrition interruptions, thereby increasing food intake? * Does continuing nutrition up to the time of surgery increase instances of food going into the lungs or lung infections? Researchers will compare patients who have nutrition with... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/24/2024
Locations: Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Tracheostomy Complication, Critical Illness, Nutritional Deficiency
Evaluating the Impact of Social and Genetic Factors on Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Recruiting
This study examines the impact of social and genetic factors on outcomes in adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors of Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Compared to both older adult and childhood cancer patients, AYAs with cancer experience different diagnoses and specific biological, clinical, psychological and social factors that affect their risks for post-treatment morbidity and premature death. Collecting samples of blood samples and health and treatment information from cancer sur... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/18/2024
Locations: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Hodgkin Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Comparing Effects of Conventional Neurorehabilitation with Exoskeleton with High-intensity Gait Training
Recruiting
The purpose of this research is to compare improvements between the rehab intervention with walking practice using the robotic exoskeleton versus walking practice that is vigorous enough to keep participants' heart rate over a certain target level during physical therapy sessions. Investigators want to compare improvements in your walking function and mental health that occur after 20 interventions. The study also aims to evaluate if participants' mental health, social support, and health litera... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/03/2024
Locations: Good Shepherd Rehabilitation, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Stroke, Gait, Hemiplegic
S1803, Lenalidomide +/- Daratumumab/rHuPh20 as Post-ASCT Maintenance for MM w/MRD to Direct Therapy Duration
Recruiting
Patients are enrolled to screening (Reg Step 1) prior to or after ASCT but prior to Reg Step 2. Patients are followed until they will begin Maintenance and then registered to Reg Step 2 (first randomization). Patients are randomized between Lenalidomide for 2 years and Lenalidomide + Daratumumab/rHuPH20. After 2 years of Maintenance, MRD is assessed to guide further therapy. MRD-positive patients will continue with the assigned treatment. MRD-negative patients will be further randomized (Reg Ste... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 75 years
Trial Updated:
08/21/2024
Locations: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Multiple Myeloma
Ramucirumab and Paclitaxel or FOLFIRI in Advanced Small Bowel Cancers
Recruiting
This phase II trial studies how well ramucirumab and paclitaxel or the FOLFIRI regimen (leucovorin calcium, fluorouracil, and irinotecan hydrochloride) work in treating patients with small bowel cancers that have spread extensively to other anatomic sites (advanced) or are no longer responding to treatment (refractory). Ramucirumab is a monoclonal antibody that attaches to and inhibits a molecule called VEGFR-2. This may restrain new blood vessel formation therefore reducing nutrient supply to t... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/14/2024
Locations: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Metastatic Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma, Stage III Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IIIA Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IIIB Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IV Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
Testing the Use of Combination Therapy in Adult Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma, the EQUATE Trial
Recruiting
This phase III trial compares the combination of four drugs (daratumumab, bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone) to the use of a three drug combination (daratumumab, lenalidomide and dexamethasone). Bortezomib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Chemotherapy drugs, such as lenalidomide, 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 spread... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/08/2024
Locations: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Plasma Cell Myeloma, RISS Stage I Plasma Cell Myeloma, RISS Stage II Plasma Cell Myeloma
To Evaluate if Green Tea Can be Effective in Reducing the Progression of Prostate Cancer in Men on Close Monitoring
Recruiting
This phase II trial studies how well green tea catechins work in preventing progression of prostate cancer from a low risk stage to higher risk stages in men who are on active surveillance. Green tea catechins may stabilize prostate cancer and lower the chance of prostate growing.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
21 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/08/2024
Locations: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Prostate Carcinoma
Radiation Therapy With or Without Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Stage III-IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Who Have Undergone Surgery
Recruiting
This phase II trial studies how well radiation therapy with or without cisplatin works in treating patients with stage III-IVA squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck who have undergone surgery. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. It is not yet kno... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/08/2024
Locations: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Spindle Cell Variant, Lip and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, p16INK4a Negative Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Stage III Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage III Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Oral Cavity Verrucous Carcinoma, Stage III Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVA Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVA Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVA Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVA Oral Cavity Verrucous Carcinoma, Stage IVA Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8
Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone With or Without Daratumumab in Treating Patients With High-Risk Smoldering Myeloma
Recruiting
This phase III trial studies how well lenalidomide and dexamethasone works with or without daratumumab in treating patients with high-risk smoldering myeloma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as lenalidomide and dexamethasone, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as daratumumab, may induce changes in the body's immune system and may... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/08/2024
Locations: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Conditions: Smoldering Plasma Cell Myeloma