Thoracic surgeon Daniela Molena leads clinical trials to improve outcomes for people with esophageal cancers.
At any time Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is conducting hundreds of clinical trials to improve care for many types of cancer. Use the tool below to browse our clinical trials that are currently enrolling new patients. Each listing explains the purpose of the trial, the trial’s eligibility criteria, and how to get more information.
The list below includes clinical trials for adult cancers. Please visit our pediatric cancer care section to find a pediatric clinical trial.
Researchers in this study are comparing two different treatments for Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). The people in this study have early-stage (stage 1 or 2) HL that has not yet been treated.
Padeliporfin VTP (vascular targeted photodynamic) therapy uses targeted laser light to destroy cancer cells while causing minimal damage to the tissues around the cancer. In this study, researchers want to learn if padeliporfin VTP therapy is effective and safe for people with low-grade upper urothelial cancers (tumors of the kidney or ureter) that have not spread.
Atezolizumab is a standard treatment for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC, cancer which has spread). Researchers want to see if adding valemetostat to atezolizumab therapy is safe for people with SCLC. The people in this study have extensive-stage SCLC and have completed 4 treatment cycles of atezolizumab with chemotherapy.
Researchers are studying combining RMC-6236 with other anti-cancer drugs in people with advanced digestive cancers (pancreatic, colorectal cancer, and others). The people in this study have either:
Researchers are comparing pembrolizumab given after surgery for head and neck cancer with the usual treatment. The usual therapy includes chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The people in this study have head and neck cancer that came back or is a new primary cancer.
Researchers want to see how well the drug enasidenib works in people with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL). The people in this study have AITL that came back or keeps growing after treatment. Their cancers also have a mutation (change) in the IDH2 gene.
In this study, researchers are comparing selumetinib plus olaparib to selumetinib alone to treat endometrial or ovarian cancer. People in this study have cancer that came back or keeps growing after treatment. In addition, their cancers have a change (mutation or variant) in a RAS gene.
Researchers want to see if combining pembrolizumab immunotherapy with standard treatment works well for people with ovarian cancer. The people in this study have ovarian cancer with minimal residual disease (MRD). MRD is a small amount of cancer cells remaining in the body after treatment.
When vulvar cancer is removed, surgeons examine the first lymph nodes to which cancer might spread ("sentinel lymph nodes") to see if they contain cancer cells. If the sentinel lymph nodes contain cancer, the usual treatment is more surgery to remove all of the lymph nodes in the groin, followed by several weeks of radiation therapy to reduce the chance that the cancer will come back. However, removing all of the lymph nodes increases the risk of lymphedema, which causes uncomfortable swelling in the legs, as well as an elevated risk of infection.
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of the investigational drug repotrectinib in children and young adults with solid tumors that have continued to grow or spread despite treatment. Repotrectinib works by targeting and blocking certain proteins that play a role in cancer growth. Some of these proteins are controlled by the ALK, ROS1, NTRK1, NTRK2, and NTRK3 genes. Researchers also think that combining repotrectinib with the chemotherapy drugs irinotecan and temozolomide may make the treatment more effective.