Testing What Happens When an Immunotherapy Drug (Pembrolizumab) is Given by Itself Compared to the Usual Treatment of Chemotherapy With Radiation After Surgery for Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Recruiting
This phase II trial studies the effect of pembrolizumab alone compared to the usual approach (chemotherapy \[cisplatin and carboplatin\] plus radiation therapy) after surgery in treating patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma that has come back (recurrent) or patients with a second head and neck cancer that is not from metastasis (primary). Radiation therapy uses high energy radiation or protons to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Cisplatin is in a class of medications known as p... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 79 years
Trial Updated:
08/21/2025
Locations: Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois +19 locations
Conditions: Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Testing the Addition of Herceptin Hylecta or Phesgo to the Usual Chemotherapy for HER2 Positive Endometrial Serous Carcinoma or Carcinosarcoma
Recruiting
This phase III trial tests whether adding trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-oysk (Herceptin Hylecta \[TM\]) or pertuzumab, trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-zzxf (Phesgo \[TM\]) to the usual chemotherapy (paclitaxel and carboplatin) works to shrink tumors in patients with HER2 positive endometrial cancer. Trastuzumab and pertuzumab are monoclonal antibodies and forms of targeted therapy that attach to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of tumor cells, known as HER2 receptors. When trastuzumab... Read More
Gender:
FEMALE
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/21/2025
Locations: Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, Illinois +31 locations
Conditions: Endometrial Serous Adenocarcinoma, Uterine Corpus Carcinosarcoma, Endometrial Carcinoma, Endometrial Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, Endometrial Dedifferentiated Carcinoma, Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, Endometrial Mixed Cell Adenocarcinoma, Endometrial Undifferentiated Carcinoma
A Study of a New Way to Treat Children and Young Adults With a Brain Tumor Called NGGCT
Recruiting
This phase II trial studies the best approach to combine chemotherapy and radiation therapy (RT) based on the patient's response to induction chemotherapy in patients with non-germinomatous germ cell tumors (NGGCT) that have not spread to other parts of the brain or body (localized). This study has 2 goals: 1) optimizing radiation for patients who respond well to induction chemotherapy to diminish spinal cord relapses, 2) utilizing higher dose chemotherapy followed by conventional RT in patients... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 3 years and 29 years
Trial Updated:
08/19/2025
Locations: Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois +4 locations
Conditions: Central Nervous System Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumor, Embryonal Carcinoma, Immature Teratoma, Malignant Teratoma, Mixed Germ Cell Tumor, Pineal Region Germ Cell Tumor, Pineal Region Immature Teratoma, Pineal Region Yolk Sac Tumor, Choriocarcinoma, Suprasellar Germ Cell Tumor
Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Active Not Recruiting
This randomized phase III trial studies chemotherapy to see how well it works with or without bevacizumab in treating patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma that has come back (recurrent) or that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic). Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, cisplatin, carboplatin, and fluorouracil, 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 spread... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/19/2025
Locations: Rush-Copley Medical Center, Aurora, Illinois +87 locations
Conditions: Recurrent Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Laryngeal Verrucous Carcinoma, Recurrent Lip and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Oral Cavity Verrucous Carcinoma, Recurrent Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Salivary Gland Carcinoma, Salivary Gland Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Stage IV Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IV Major Salivary Gland Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IVA Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IVA Laryngeal Verrucous Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IVA Lip and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IVA Major Salivary Gland Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IVA Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IVA Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IVB Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IVB Laryngeal Verrucous Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IVB Lip and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IVB Major Salivary Gland Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IVB Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IVB Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IVC Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IVC Laryngeal Verrucous Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IVC Lip and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IVC Major Salivary Gland Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IVC Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IVC Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Tongue Carcinoma, Recurrent Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Stage IVA Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IVB Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IVC Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary, Recurrent Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
Prospective Non-Interventional Study Comparing Osimertinib +/- Chemotherapy for EGFR-Mutated NSCLC Patients
Recruiting
The goal of the study is to collect data on patients treated outside of a clinical trial (in routine clinical practice) with standard of care osimertinib with or without chemotherapy in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR)-mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) to better understand the safety and effectiveness of these standard of care regimens.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/19/2025
Locations: Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, Illinois +14 locations
Conditions: Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene Mutation, Stage III Lung Cancer, Stage IV Lung Cancer
Sonocloud-9 in Association With Carboplatin Versus Standard-of-Care Chemotherapies (CCNU or TMZ) in Recurrent GBM
Recruiting
The brain is protected from any toxic or inflammatory molecule by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). This physical barrier is located at the level of the blood vessel walls. Because of these barrier properties, the blood vessels are also impermeable to the passage of therapeutic molecules from the blood to the brain. The development of effective treatments against glioblastoma is thus limited due to the BBB that prevents most drugs injected in the bloodstream from getting into brain tissue where the... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/19/2025
Locations: Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Glioblastoma, Recurrent Glioblastoma, GBM
Carboplatin or Olaparib for BRcA Deficient Prostate Cancer
Recruiting
This is an unblinded, randomized clinical study comparing the efficacy of DNA damaging chemotherapy using carboplatin, to standard of care therapy for patients who have metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. This trial will use olaparib or carboplatin as initial therapy with crossover to the alternate or second-line drug after first progression for patients with tumors containing BARD1, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, CHEK1, FANCL, PALB2, RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, or RAD54L inactivating mutations. P... Read More
Gender:
MALE
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/18/2025
Locations: Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer, BARD1, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, CHEK1, FANCL, PALB2, RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, or RAD54L Mutations
Combining Radiation Therapy With Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
Recruiting
This phase III trial compares pembrolizumab with radiation therapy to pembrolizumab without radiation therapy (standard therapy) given after pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Pembrolizumab is a type of immunotherapy that stimulates the body's immune system to fight cancer cells. Pembrolizumab targets and blocks a protei... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/15/2025
Locations: University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois +4 locations
Conditions: Clinical Stage IV HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Stage IV Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck AJCC v8, Stage IV Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IV Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8
Cisplatin and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children and Young Adults With Hepatoblastoma or Liver Cancer After Surgery
Active Not Recruiting
This partially randomized phase II/III trial studies how well, in combination with surgery, cisplatin and combination chemotherapy works in treating children and young adults with hepatoblastoma or hepatocellular carcinoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, doxorubicin, fluorouracil, vincristine sulfate, carboplatin, etoposide, irinotecan, sorafenib, gemcitabine and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them f... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
30 years and below
Trial Updated:
08/14/2025
Locations: Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois +7 locations
Conditions: Childhood Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Childhood Malignant Liver Neoplasm, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Hepatoblastoma, Hepatocellular Malignant Neoplasm, Not Otherwise Specified
Pembrolizumab With or Without Maintenance Sacituzumab Tirumotecan (Sac-TMT; MK-2870) in Metastatic Squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) [MK-2870-023]
Recruiting
This is a phase 3 study of pembrolizumab in combination with carboplatin/taxane (paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel) followed by pembrolizumab with or without maintenance sacituzumab tirumotecan (sac-TMT; MK-2870) in first-line treatment of metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer. It is hypothesized that pembrolizumab with maintenance sacituzumab tirumotecan is superior to pembrolizumab without sacituzumab tirumotecan maintenance with respect to overall survival (OS).
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/14/2025
Locations: University of Chicago Medical Center ( Site 0145), Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, NSCLC
A Study Using Risk Factors to Determine Treatment for Children With Favorable Histology Wilms Tumors (FHWT)
Recruiting
This phase III trial studies using risk factors in determining treatment for children with favorable tissue (histology) Wilms tumors (FHWT). Wilms Tumor is the most common type of kidney cancer in children, and FHWT is the most common subtype. Previous large clinical trials have established treatment plans that are likely to cure most children with FHWT, however some children still have their cancer come back (called relapse) and not all survive. Previous research has identified features of FHWT... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
30 years and below
Trial Updated:
08/14/2025
Locations: Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois +2 locations
Conditions: Stage I Mixed Cell Type Kidney Wilms Tumor, Stage II Mixed Cell Type Kidney Wilms Tumor, Stage III Mixed Cell Type Kidney Wilms Tumor, Stage IV Mixed Cell Type Kidney Wilms Tumor
A Study to Investigate the Efficacy of Durvalumab Plus Tremelimumab in Combination With Chemotherapy Compared With Pembrolizumab in Combination With Chemotherapy in Metastatic NSCLC Patients With Non-squamous Histology Who Have Mutations and/or Co-mutations in STK11, KEAP1, or KRAS
Recruiting
The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy of durvalumab plus tremelimumab in combination with chemotherapy compared with pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy in metastatic NSCLC patients with non-squamous histology who have mutations and/or co-mutations in STK11, KEAP1, or KRAS.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 130 years
Trial Updated:
08/14/2025
Locations: Research Site, Carterville, Illinois +4 locations
Conditions: Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung