Testing Docetaxel-Cetuximab or the Addition of an Immunotherapy Drug, Atezolizumab, to the Usual Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in High-Risk Head and Neck Cancer
Recruiting
This phase II/III trial studies how well radiation therapy works when given together with cisplatin, docetaxel, cetuximab, and/or atezolizumab after surgery in treating patients with high-risk stage III-IV head and neck cancer the begins in the thin, flat cells (squamous cell). Specialized radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin and docetaxel, wor... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/22/2025
Locations: Saint Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, Missouri +14 locations
Conditions: Stage III Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage III Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage III Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage III Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IV Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IV Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IV Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IV Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Oropharyngeal p16INK4a-Negative Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Atezolizumab in Treating Patients With Localized Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
Active Not Recruiting
This phase III trial studies how well chemotherapy and radiation therapy work with or without atezolizumab in treating patients with localized muscle invasive bladder cancer. Radiation therapy uses high energy rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Chemotherapy drugs, such as gemcitabine, cisplatin, fluorouracil and mitomycin-C, 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. Giving c... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/22/2025
Locations: Parkland Health Center-Bonne Terre, Bonne Terre, Missouri +15 locations
Conditions: Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma, Stage II Bladder Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIA Bladder Cancer AJCC v8, Muscle Invasive Bladder Carcinoma
Combination Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery
Active Not Recruiting
This clinical trial studies combination chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and bevacizumab in treating patients with newly diagnosed stage III non-small cell lung cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, etoposide, and docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of \[cancer/tumor\] cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor ce... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/22/2025
Locations: Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Conditions: Lung Adenocarcinoma, Lung Adenosquamous Carcinoma, Lung Large Cell Carcinoma, Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Minimally Invasive Lung Adenocarcinoma, Stage IIIA Lung Non-Small Cell Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IIIB Lung Non-Small Cell Cancer AJCC v7
Testing the Addition of a New Immunotherapy Drug, Atezolizumab (MPDL3280A), to the Usual Chemoradiation (CRT) Therapy Treatment for Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (LS-SCLC)
Active Not Recruiting
This phase III trial studies how well chemotherapy and radiation therapy (chemoradiation) with or without atezolizumab works in treating patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as etoposide, cisplatin, and carboplatin, 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. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors.... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/22/2025
Locations: Parkland Health Center-Bonne Terre, Bonne Terre, Missouri +22 locations
Conditions: Limited Stage Lung Small Cell Carcinoma, Stage I Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage II Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8
Dinutuximab With Chemotherapy, Surgery and Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Children With Newly Diagnosed High Risk Neuroblastoma
Recruiting
This phase III trial tests how well the addition of dinutuximab to Induction chemotherapy along with standard of care surgical resection of the primary tumor, radiation, stem cell transplantation, and immunotherapy works for treating children with newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma. Dinutuximab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to a molecule called GD2, which is found on the surface of neuroblastoma cells, but is not present on many healthy or normal cells in the body. When dinutuximab bi... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
30 years and below
Trial Updated:
08/22/2025
Locations: Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri +2 locations
Conditions: Neuroblastoma, Ganglioneuroblastoma, Nodular
Study to Evaluate Adverse Events, Change in Disease Activity, and How ABBV-706 Moves Through the Body When Intravenously (IV) Infused Alone or in Combination With IV Infused Budigalimab, Cisplatin, or Carboplatin in Adult Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors
Recruiting
Cancer is a condition where cells in a specific part of body grow and reproduce uncontrollably. The purpose of this study is to assess safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and preliminary efficacy of ABBV-706 as a monotherapy and in combination with budigalimab, carboplatin, or cisplatin. ABBV-706 is an investigational drug being developed for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC), high-grade central nervous system (CNS) tumors and high-grade neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs). There a... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/21/2025
Locations: St. Lukes Hosp. of Kansas City /ID# 259958, Kansas City, Missouri +1 locations
Conditions: Advanced Solid Tumors
Testing the Addition of a Type of Drug Called Immunotherapy to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, an ALCHEMIST Treatment Trial (Chemo-IO [ACCIO])
Recruiting
This phase III ALCHEMIST treatment trial tests the addition of pembrolizumab to usual chemotherapy for the treatment of stage IIA, IIB, IIIA or IIIB non-small cell lung cancer that has been removed by surgery. 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. Chemotherapy drugs, such as cisplatin, pemetrexed, carboplatin, gemcitabine hydrochloride, and paclita... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/21/2025
Locations: Mercy Oncology and Hematology - Clayton-Clarkson, Ballwin, Missouri +36 locations
Conditions: Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma, Lung Non-Small Cell Squamous Carcinoma, Lung Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Carcinoma, Stage II Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIA Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIB Lung Cancer AJCC v8
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: Saint Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, Missouri +11 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
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: Central Care Cancer Center - Bolivar, Bolivar, Missouri +35 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
Phase 3 Study of T-DXd and Rilvegostomig Versus SoC in Advanced HER2-expressing Biliary Tract Cancer
Recruiting
The purpose of this study is to measure the efficacy and safety of T-DXd with rilvegostomig or T-DXd monotherapy compared with gemcitabine plus cisplatin and durvalumab in patients with advanced treatment naïve HER2-expressing BTC.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 99 years
Trial Updated:
08/18/2025
Locations: Research Site, Kansas City, Missouri +1 locations
Conditions: Biliary Tract Cancer
A Study Using Nivolumab, in Combination With Chemotherapy Drugs to Treat Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)
Recruiting
This phase II trial tests effects of nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy drugs prior to radiation therapy patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as gemcitabine and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping the... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
21 years and below
Trial Updated:
08/15/2025
Locations: Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri +1 locations
Conditions: Stage II Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage III Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IV Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8
A Study to Test the Addition of the Drug Cabozantinib to Chemotherapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Osteosarcoma
Recruiting
This phase II/III trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of the drug cabozantinib in combination with standard chemotherapy, and to compare the effect of adding cabozantinib to standard chemotherapy alone in treating patients with newly diagnosed osteosarcoma. Cabozantinib is in a class of medications called kinase inhibitors which block protein signals affecting new blood vessel formation and the ability to activate growth signaling pathways. This may help slow the growth of tumor... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
40 years and below
Trial Updated:
08/15/2025
Locations: Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri +3 locations
Conditions: Localized Osteosarcoma, Metastatic Osteosarcoma, High Grade Osteosarcoma, Secondary Osteosarcoma