Clinical Trials for Cancer Alternative Therapies

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov — U.S. National Library of Medicine — A database of privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world (U.S. National Library of Medicine, public domain).

This page lists clinical trials related to Cancer Alternative Therapies from the ClinicalTrials.gov database.

Trial Summary

• Total studies: 50
• Recruiting: 26
• Active, not recruiting: 17
• Completed: 2
• Other: 5

Results are refreshed periodically and may not reflect the most current information available from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Recruiting Trials

NCT02727803 — Personalized NK Cell Therapy in CBT

This phase II clinical trial studies how well personalized natural killer (NK) cell therapy works after chemotherapy and umbilical cord blood transplant in treating patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, leukemia, lymphoma or multiple myeloma. This clinical trial will test cord blood (CB) selection for human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-C1/x recipients based on HLA-killer-cell immunoglobulin-like r…

NCT03735992 — Mind-body Medicine for Patients With Malignant Hematological Diseases

This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effectiveness of a mind-body group program as a supprtivemanagement strategy for fatigue in patients with malignant hematological diseases.

NCT04090567 — Olaparib With Cediranib or AZD6738 for the Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Germline BRCA Mutated Breast Cancer

This phase II trial studies how well olaparib with cediranib or AZD6738 works in treating patients with germline BRCA mutated breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced or metastatic). Olaparib, cediranib, and AZD6738 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

NCT04740697 — Study to Evaluate the Impact of the Use of Alternative and Complementary Therapies on Therapeutic Adherence in Patients Treated With taMoxifen for Early Stage Breast Cancer

This is a pilot, prospective, interventional, monocentric study designed to evaluate, in a real-life situation, adherence to tamoxifen treatment as a function of the taking of alternative and complementary therapies in patients with localized hormone-dependent breast cancer.

200 patients will be included in the study.

Each patient will be followed for one day.

NCT05412225 — A Study of an Alternative Treatment Approach (Preoperative Radiotherapy, Then Mastectomy, Then Immediate Reconstruction Surgery) in People With T4 Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study to test an alternative treatment approach that involves giving participants radiotherapy before their mastectomy (preoperative radiotherapy) and performing immediate reconstruction surgery at the time of mastectomy. The immediate reconstruction surgery is called an immediate autologous reconstruction (IR) and is different than the standard reconstruction surgery people…

NCT06238882 — Nitroglycerin Plus Radiotherapy Versus Conventional Radiotherapy in Patients With Lung Cancer.

The goal of this interventional phase III clinical trial is to evaluate objective intracranial response rate (iORR) after a treatment with total cranial radiation therapy plus concomitant transdermal nitroglycerin (NTG) addition or total cranial radiation therapy only in patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases and EGFR mutation. The main questions it aims to answ…

NCT05786924 — Phase 1/2 Trial of S241656 in Selected RAS/MAPK Mutation- Positive Malignancies

BDTX-4933-101 is a first-in-human, open-label, Phase 1/2 dose escalation, dose optimization and expansion study designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of S241656 as monotherapy and in combination with other anti-cancer therapies in participants with selected advanced malignancies. The study population for the Dose Escalation part of the study comprises adults with recurrent advanced/m…

NCT05694715 — Combination Therapy in Cancers With Mutations in DNA Repair Genes

The purpose of this phase 1 clinical trials is to determine whether niraparib (a Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor (PARPi)) can be safely combined with irinotecan with manageable toxicity and reasonable efficacy. Emerging evidence suggest that PARPi is an effective therapeutic strategy in a wider subset of solid tumors that may have defective homologous recombination (HR) or DNA repair gen…

NCT05735184 — A Study to Investigate the Safety and Tolerability of Ziftomenib in Combination With Venetoclax/Azacitidine, Venetoclax, 7+3, or 7+3+Quizartinib in Patients With AML

Ziftomenib is an investigational drug in development for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with certain genetic alterations.

This protocol has 3 separate arms that will investigate the benefits and risks of adding ziftomenib to standard-of-care (SOC) drug treatments in patients who have AML with certain genetic mutations. Both newly diagnosed and relapsed refractory p…

NCT06008392 — INTERogating Cancer for Etiology, Prevention and Therapy Navigation

This study is being done to identify markers and causes of cancer by analyzing patient’s DNA (i.e., genetic material), RNA, plasma, tissues, or other samples that could be informative for patients with cancer. Cancer genetic testing is a series of tests that finds specific changes in cancer cells and normal cells in the body. Researchers may request to access these data as they explore how to b…

NCT06136650 — A Study of Opevesostat (MK-5684) Versus Alternative Next-generation Hormonal Agent (NHA) in Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) Post One NHA (MK-5684-004)

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of opevesostat plus hormone replacement therapy (HRT) compared to alternative abiraterone acetate or enzalutamide in participants with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) previously treated with one next-generation hormonal agent (NHA). The primary study hypothesis is that opevesostat is superior to alternative a…

NCT06186401 — Anti-EGFRvIII synNotch Receptor Induced Anti-EphA2/IL-13Ralpha2 CAR (E-SYNC) T Cells

This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of E-SYNC chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells after lymphodepleting chemotherapy in treating patients with EGFRvIII positive (+) glioblastoma. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a type of treatment in which a patient’s T cells (a type of immune system cell) are changed in the laboratory so the CAR T cells will a…

NCT06447662 — A Study to Learn About the Study Medicine PF-07934040 When Given Alone or With Other Anti-cancer Therapies in People With Advanced Solid Tumors That Have a Genetic Mutation.

The purpose of this study is to learn about the safety and effects of the study medicine alone or when given together with other anti-cancer therapies. This study also aims to find the best dose.

This study is seeking participants who have solid tumors (a mass of abnormal cells that forms a lump or growth in the body) that:

• are advanced (cancer that doesn’t disappear or stay away with treat…

NCT05983159 — A Trial of Targeted Therapies for Patients With Slow-Flow or Fast-Flow Vascular Malformations

Recent studies have demonstrated that growth of vascular malformations can be driven by genetic variants in one of 2 signalling pathways. Targeted drugs specific to these pathways have been developed and shown to be effective in treating cancer. This study will describe the effectiveness of (i) 48 weeks of alpelisib therapy for participants with slow-flow vascular malformations and a gene mutat…

NCT06417814 — A Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Dato-DXd With or Without Osimertinib Compared With Platinum Based Doublet Chemotherapy in Participants With EGFR-Mutated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

This study will assess the effect of Dato-DXd in combination with osimertinib or Dato-DXd monotherapy versus platinum-based doublet chemotherapy in terms of progression-free survival (PFS).

NCT06409910 — Comparing Moderately Ultra Hypofractionated Radiation Treatments for Prostate Cancer

This is a multi-institution, randomized, non-inferiority Phase II trial comparing external beam radiotherapy delivered as 54 Gy in 20 fractions to prostate bed +/- 44 Gy in 20 fractions to pelvic lymph nodes delivered daily with external beam radiotherapy delivered as 30 Gy in 5 fractions to prostate bed +/- 25 Gy in 5 fractions to pelvic lymph nodes delivered on alternate days.

NCT06382948 — Elacestrant + Everolimus in Patients ER+/HER2-, ESR1mut, Advanced Breast Cancer Progressing to ET and CDK4/6i.

This trial will study a type of advanced breast cancer (ABC) defined as endocrine receptor (ER)-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2(HER2)-negative and estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1)-mutated. Patients will be treated with elacestrant, a compound that acts as a selective estrogen receptor degrader, and everolimus (or placebo), a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of postmenopa…

NCT06620835 — Trial for Local Ablative Treatment (LAT) Optimization in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cells Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Presenting an Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Rearrangement Treated by Brigatinib

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the treatment by systemic Brigatinib (ALUNBRIG®) associated to local ablative therapy (LAT) treatment is improved if administered when the brigatinib works best in participants presenting an advanced non-small cells lung cancer with an ALK gene anomaly (this anomaly produces a defective protein that is responsible for the multiplication of cancer c…

NCT07559864 — Comparing Regorafenib Combined With Envafolimab to Physician’s Choice in Patients With Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Harboring KIT Exon 17 Mutations Refractory to Standard Treatment

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are mostly driven by c-kit or PDGFRA mutations, and commonly occur in the stomach and small intestine. Targeted therapy is the mainstay for advanced metastatic GISTs, but there is a lack of effective regimens after drug resistance. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have limited efficacy as monotherapy, while tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) drugs such as…

NCT07279402 — TRIMPACT: Real-World First-Line Atezolizumab Use in Stage IV NSCLC With PD-L1 ≥50%

This prospective, multicenter, real-world observational study aims to evaluate the clinical outcomes of first-line atezolizumab monotherapy in patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with PD-L1 tumor cell expression ≥50% and no targetable mutations. The study aim to determine how atezolizumab performs in routine clinical practice with respect to survival, treatment response, a…

NCT07154043 — Comparison of IPC Therapy as an Alternative or an Adjunct to MLD Within CDT for BCRL

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide and lymphedema is one of its most significant complications. Breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) may develop shortly after treatment or even years later, causing physical and psychological burden, functional impairment, and reduced quality of life. Complete decongestive therapy (CDT), which includes manual lymph drainage (MLD), c…

NCT07124000 — DESTINY-PANTUMOUR04

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of T-DXd in patients with HER2-positive (IHC 3+) locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic solid tumors who have received prior systemic treatment for metastatic or advanced disease and have no satisfactory alternative treatment options in a real-world setting in the US

NCT07470996 — T Cell Lymphoma -Stratified Therapy After Response to First-line Treatment-NR

This study is a multicenter, two-arm, prospective clinical trial, comprising two groups: the allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation group (Allo-HSCT) and the alternative salvage regimens. It aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Allo-HSCT and alternative salvage regimens in the treatment of peripheral T-cell lymphoma that has achieved no response (NR) after first-line therapy….

NCT07322263 — Intravesical GEM/DOCE for HR BCG-Unresponsive NMIBC

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a combination of two chemotherapy drugs, Gemcitabine and Docetaxel, can treat high-grade non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (HG-NMIBC) in adults whose cancer failed conventional BCG therapy. The drugs are given directly into the bladder (intravesically), one immediately after the other.

The study will also assess the safety of this treatment….

NCT07548164 — Comparing Two Different Boost Approaches in Radiation Therapy for People With Prostate Cancer

In this study the investigators will find out whether the use of a new type of boost approach called irreversible electroporation (IRE) is as effective as the standard boost approach of radiation therapy for participants with intermediate-risk prostate cancer receiving standard stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT).

NCT07434843 — PH 2 Pemigatinib in SDH-deficient GIST

The purpose of this study is to determine how effective the drug pemigatinib is as a treatment option for advanced succinate dehydrogenase (SDH)-deficient gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GIST). This study will also assess the side effects associated with pemigatinib and evaluate its tolerability.

The name of the study drug involved in this study is:

• Pemigatinib (INCB054828)

Active, Not Recruiting

NCT01953588 — Fulvestrant and/or Anastrozole in Treating Postmenopausal Patients With Stage II-III Breast Cancer Undergoing Surgery

The study is being conducted to determine whether neoadjuvant endocrine therapy with fulvestrant or the combination of anastrozole and fulvestrant, is better than anastrozole when given before surgery to shrink the cancer and stop it from growing. Anastrozole inhibits tumor growth by reducing the levels of estrogen and has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United St…

NCT04116047 — CompARE: Escalating Treatment of Intermediate and High-risk Oropharyngeal Cancer (OPC)

CompARE is a multicentre, phase III open-label randomised controlled trial using an adaptive, Multi-Arm, Multi-Stage (MAMS) design.

NCT02642042 — Trametinib and Docetaxel in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Stage IV KRAS Mutation Positive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

This phase II trial studies how well trametinib and docetaxel work in treating patients with stage IV KRAS mutation positive non-small cell lung cancer or cancer that has come back. Trametinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either b…

NCT03093922 — A Study of Two Dosing Schedules of Atezolizumab in Combination With Gemcitabine and Cisplatin as First-Line Treatment for Metastatic Bladder Cancer

The purpose of this study is to compare any good and bad effects the study drug atezolizumab has on the cancer when combined with the standard chemotherapy drugs gemcitabine and cisplatin (or GC) in two different dosing schedules: chemotherapy (GC) before atezolizumab vs. GC after atezolizumab.

NCT04062266 — AZA + Venetoclax as Maintenance Therapy in Patients With AML in Remission

This phase II trial studies how well azacitidine and venetoclax work in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia that is in remission. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as azacitidine and venetoclax, 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.

NCT04013542 — Ipilimumab and Nivolumab in Combination With Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage 2-3 Non-small Lung Cancer

This phase I trial studies the side effects of ipilimumab and nivolumab in combination with radiation therapy, and to see how well they work in treating patients with stage II-III non-small cell lung cancer. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as ipilimumab and nivolumab, may help the body’s immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow an…

NCT03994796 — Genetic Testing in Guiding Treatment for Patients With Brain Metastases

This phase II trial studies how well genetic testing works in guiding treatment for patients with solid tumors that have spread to the brain. Several genes have been found to be altered or mutated in brain metastases such as NTRK, ROS1, CDK, PI3K, or KRAS G12C. Medications that target these genes such as abemaciclib, paxalisib, entrectinib and adagrasib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blo…

NCT04238624 — Study of Cemiplimab Combined With Dabrafenib and Trametinib in People With Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

This study is being done to see if adding the study drug, cemiplimab, to the standard therapy with dabrafenib and trametinib is an effective treatment against anaplastic thyroid cancer.

NCT04273139 — Ibrutinib + Venetoclax in Untreated WM

This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of Ibrutinib combined with Venetoclax (IVEN) in the treatment of adults diagnosed with Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia (WM) cancer with a specific MYD88 gene mutation.

This research study involves an experimental drug combination of targeted therapies.

The names of the study drugs involved in this study are:

• Venetoclax
• ibrutinib

NCT04584255 — Niraparib + Dostarlimab In BRCA Mutated Breast Cancer

This research study involves pre-operative therapy that is specifically targeted for breast cancer in individuals with BRCA and PALB2 mutations.

The names of the study drugs involved in this study are:

• Niraparib (Zejula)
• Dostarlimab

NCT04716946 — Treating Early-stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Durvalumab and Radiation Therapy

The purpose of this study is to find out whether treatment with the study drug durvalumab combined with a type of radiation therapy called stereotactic body radiation (SBRT) is a more effective treatment for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) than SBRT alone.

NCT04917809 — A Study of Oral Erdafitinib in People With Recurrent Non-Invasive Bladder Cancer

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of erdafitinib in people with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) that has come back after standard treatment, such as Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) or chemotherapy instilled into the bladder. Participants in this study will have bladder cancer with a mutation in the FGFR3 gene. FGFR3 mutations are the most common genetic alterati…

NCT05692596 — The Pancreas Interception Center (PIC) for Early Detection, Prevention, and Novel Therapeutics

The long-term goal of our PIC is to develop effective strategies that can be applied clinically at the point-of-care to prevent, intercept, or detect PDAC at an early stage, thereby reducing PDAC burden and saving lives.

NCT06180733 — Neo-adjuvant Pembrolizumab as an Alternative Treatment for MMRd Uterine Cancer

The goal of this clinical trial is to establish the fraction of patients that achieve a major pathological response (MPR) after 9 cycles of pembrolizumab, with the ultimate aim of informing a follow-up randomized trial.

Participants will receive 9 cycles of pembrolizumab before their standard of care hysterectomy.

NCT06239467 — First-in-Human Study of OKI-219 in Advanced Solid Tumors and Advanced Breast Cancer

OKI-219-101 is a Phase 1a/1b, open-label, multicenter, dose-escalation study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PDx), and efficacy of OKI-219 as monotherapy and in combination with other anti-cancer drugs. Phase 1a (Part A) will investigate escalating doses of OKI-219 monotherapy, and Phase 1b will investigate OKI-219 (at a tolerated dose det…

NCT06300424 — Neoadjuvant Almonertinib Followed by Chemo-immunotherapy in II-IIIB EGFR-mutant NSCLC

Phase II, single-arm, open-label study that assess clinical feasibility and safety of neoadjuvant almonertinib followed by 3 cycles neoadjuvant adebrelimab plus chemotherapy in EGFR-mutant stage IIA-IIIB NSCLC followed by surgery, adjuvant treatment was upon investigators’ decisions.

NCT03305341 — Proof-of-Concept Clinical Pharmacology Trial for COVID-19 Antigen Presentation Therapeutic Biologic Mix

Conducting an initial small, controlled clinical pharmacology trial to assess for therapeutic biologics activity (proof-of-concept) that suggests the potential for clinical benefit of COVID-19 patients with controlled cancers.

1. Treat Infection of Multiple Gene Mutation COVID-19 Virus Strains.
2. Activate Human Antigen Presentation Reaction to COVID-19 Specific Antigen.
3. The human antigen p…

Not Yet Recruiting

NCT06926530 — Herbs & Supplements in Breast Cancer Usage, Impact, and Personalized Approaches for Diverse Populations

This research study is enrolling participants diagnosed with breast cancer and receiving/received chemotherapy and/or endocrine therapy. The study’s primary objective is to assess the differences in the use of herbs and supplements among the populations served at Cleveland Clinic Florida and Ohio by administering a participant-reported questionnaire.

NCT07511062 — Axatilimab Combined With Decitabine/Venetoclax for the Treatment of TP53-mutated AML

Axatilimab combined with Decitabine/Venetoclax for the treatment of TP53-mutated/deleted AML patients

Completed Trials

NCT04042558 — A Study Evaluating Platinum-Pemetrexed-Atezolizumab (+/-Bevacizumab) for Patients With Stage IIIB/IV Non-squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer With EGFR Mutations, ALK Rearrangement or ROS1 Fusion Progressing After Targeted Therapies

The objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of the combination of Platinum (carboplatin or cisplatin), Pemetrexed, Atezolizumab+/- Bevacizumab if eligible, in stage IIIB/IV non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer patients with progression-enhancing mutations following targeted therapies.

NCT04859543 — Pediatric Prospective Personalized Immune and Target Identification Trial

PPROSPERITIT is a prospective clinical study assessing the use of comprehensive molecular profiling to define the best matching targeted and immune treatment for relapsed, refractory or very high risk pediatric CNS tumors.

Other (Terminated)

NCT04222972 — A Study of Pralsetinib Versus Standard of Care for First-Line Treatment of Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

This is an international, randomized, open-label, Phase 3 study designed to evaluate whether the potent and selective RET inhibitor, pralsetinib, improves outcomes when compared to a platinum chemotherapy-based regimen chosen by the Investigator from a list of standard of care treatments, as measured primarily by progression free survival (PFS), for participants with RET fusion-positive metasta…

NCT05183828 — Effect of HSD3B1 (1245C) Gene Mutation on Treatment of Stage I-III Breast Cancer

This stage IV trial examines how a mutation in HSD3B1 (1245C) gene affects treatment of stage I-III breast cancer. This trial may help researchers determine if mutations in HSD3B1 decreases the efficacy of aromatase inhibitor therapy such as letrozole. Letrozole may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

NCT06704724 — A Study to Learn About the Study Medicine PF-07985045 When Given Alone or With Other Anti-cancer Therapies in People With Advanced Solid Tumors That Have a Change in a Gene.

The purpose of this study is to learn about the safety and effects of the study medicine when given alone or together with other anti-cancer therapies. Anti-cancer therapy is a type of treatment to stop the growth of cancer.

This study also aims to find the best amount of study medication.

This study is seeking participants who have solid tumors (a mass of abnormal cells that forms a lump or …