A listing of will-simon medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
What is the purpose of this study?This phase III trial compares the effect of open thoracic surgery (thoracotomy) tohoracoscopic surgery (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or VATS) in treating patients with osteosarcoma that has spread to the lung (pulmonary metastases). Open thoracic surgeryype of surgery done through a single larger incision (like …
What is the purpose of this study?This phase III trial compares the effect of olaparib for one year versus two years, with or without bevacizumab, for the treatment of BRCA 1/2 mutated or homologous recombination deficient stage III or IV ovarian cancer. Olaparib is a polyadenosine 5'-diphosphoribose polymerase (PARP) enzyme …
What is the purpose of this study?The purpose of this study is to look at the effect of oxygen on tumor tissue and cerebrospinal fluid(CSF). Tissue in your body is exposed to less oxygen than is in the air around you. Traditional studies use cells and tissue kept in room …
What is the purpose of this study?This phase II Expanded Lung-MAP treatment trial tests how well amivantamab-subcutaneous (SC) works in treating patients patients with MET amplification non-small cell lung cancer. Amivantamab-SC is a drug that reduces extra copies of the MET gene, a change present in your tumor. Giving amivantamab-SC …
What is the purpose of this study?Rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of cancer that occurs in the soft tissues in the body. This phaseutcomes in patients with very low risk rhabdomyosarcoma (VLR-RMS) while decreasing the burden of therapy using treatment with 24 weeks of vincristined dactinomycin (VA) and examines the use …
This study investigates the effectiveness and safety of an investigational medication compared to the investigator's choice of monotherapy treatment in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) that is incurable, metastatic, or recurrent. HNSCC is a type of cancer that occurs in the squamous cells lining the head …
What is the purpose of this study?This phase II MyeloMATCH treatment trial tests whether the standard approach of cytarabine and daunorubicin in comparison to the following experimental regimens works to shrink cancer in patients with high risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML): 1) daunorubicin and cytarabine liposome alone; 2) cytarabine and …
What is the purpose of this study?The DNA repair capacity (DRC) is a measure of a cell’s ability to repair DNA damage. High levels of DNA damage are observed in many lung diseases, including lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD, sometimes referred to as emphysema or chronic bronchitis). …
What is the purpose of this study?Define and follow-up with the patients that undergo OTC for fertility preservation.Optimize techniques and quality assurance measures for freezing and thawing of ovarian tissue or gametesEstablish techniques for in vitro follicle maturation (IFM) or in vitro maturation of cumulus oocyte complexesInvestigate factors affecting successful …
What is the purpose of this study?This is a multicenter, randomized, open label phase lll trial to assess whether preoperative chemotherapy, as an adjunct to curative-intent surgery, improves the prognosis of high risk DDLPS (dedifferentiated Liposarcoma) and LMS (Leiomyosarcoma) patients as measured by disease free survival. Interested in participating? For more …
