Northern Suburbs Cancer Clinical Trials

Cancer Clinical Trials

Northern Suburbs Cancer Clinical Trials

Currently, there are a wide variety of oncology clinical trials available through physicians on the medical staffs of Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. For ease of searching, the trials are sorted into the following categories:

  • Blood, Bone & Tissue
  • Breast
  • Gastrointestinal
  • Lung
  • Women's Reproductive System
  • Other Cancers

 If you find a clinical trial that interests you, talk with your physician or call 312.695.1102.

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Lymphoma

Study: A Phase II Clinical Trial Evaluating Ibrutinib Maintenance Following Intensive Induction for Patients with Previously Untreated Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL)
Clinical Trial #: NU 14H06
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Study: A Single Arm Phase II Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Durvalumab (MEDI4736) in Combination with Tremelimumab in Patients with Metastatic HER2 Negative Breast Cancer: TNBC Expansion Cohort
Clinical Trial #: NU 15B01
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Study: A large-scale multicenter phase II study evaluating the protective effect of a tissue selective estrogen complex (TSEC) in women with newly diagnosed ductal carcinoma in situ.
Clinical Trial #: NU 15B06
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Study: A Phase II Single Arm Study of Palbociclib in Patients with Metastatic HER2-positive Breast Cancer with Brain Metastasis
Clinical Trial #: NU 15B08
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Study: A Randomized Phase III Post-Operative Trial of Platinum Based Chemotherapy Vs. Capecitabine in Patients with Residual Triple-Negative Basal-Like Breast Cancer following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Clinical Trial #: ECOG-ACRIN 1131
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Study: A Randomized Phase III Trial of Adjuvant Therapy Comparing Doxorubicin Plus Cyclophosphamide Followed by Weekly Paclitaxel with or without Carboplatin for Node-Positive or High-Risk Node-Negative Triple-Negative Invasive Breast Cancer
Clinical Trial #: NRG BR003
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Study: A Randomized Phase III Clinical Trial Evaluating Post-Mastectomy Chestwall and Regional Nodal XRT and Post-Lumpectomy Regional Nodal XRT in Patients with Positive Axillary Nodes Before Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Who Convert to Pathologically Negative Axillary Nodes After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Clinical Trial #: NSABP B-51
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Study: Phase-III Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Evaluating the Use of Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy +/- One Year of Everolimus in Patients with High-Risk, Hormone Receptor-Positive and HER2/neu Negative Breast Cancer. e3 Breast Cancer Study - evaluating everolimus with endocrine therapy
Clinical Trial #: SWOG 1207
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Study: A randomized, phase III trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of MK-3475 (pembrolizumab) as adjuvant therapy for triple-negative breast cancer with >1 cm residual invasive cancer or positive lymph nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Clinical Trial #: SWOG 1418
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Study: A Phase II Study of FOLFOX combined with Nab-Paclitaxel (FOLFOX-A) in Treatment of Metastatic or Advanced Unresectable Gastric, Gastro-Esophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
Clinical Trial #: BTCRC GI15-015
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Study: Parallel Proof Of Concept Phase 2 Study Of Nivolumab And Metformin Combination Treatment In Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With And Without Prior Treatment With PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitors
Clinical Trial #: NU 16L04
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Sarcoma

Study: A Phase II Study of Pazopanib with Oral Topotecan in Patients with Metastatic and Non-resectable Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcomas
Clinical Trial #: NU 14S03
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Endometrial

Study: Phase II Study of Pembrolizumab in Combination with Carboplatin and Paclitaxel for Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Adenocarcinoma
Clinical Trial #: BTCRC GYN15-013
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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Ovarian

Study: An Open Label Phase II Trial of Guadecitabine and Pembrolizumab in Platinum Resistant Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
Clinical Trial #: NU 16G03
Principal Investigator: Valerie Nelson, MD

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