Kaiser Permanente-South Sacramento

Summary

Kaiser Permanente-South Sacramento is a medical facility located in Sacramento, California. This center is recognized for care of Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Breast cancer, Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer and other specialties. Kaiser Permanente-South Sacramento is involved with conducting 224 clinical trials across 374 conditions. There are 8 research doctors associated with this hospital, such as Jennifer M. Suga, Tatjana Kolevska, MD, Samantha A. Seaward, and Natalya Greyz-Yusupov.

Top PIs

Clinical Trials running at Kaiser Permanente-South Sacramento

Skin Cancer

Lung Cancer

Breast Cancer

Cancer

Esophageal cancer

Ovarian Cancer

Prostate Cancer

Breast cancer

Bladder Cancer

Melanoma

Cemiplimab + Surgery

for Advanced Skin Cancer

This phase III trial compares the effect of adding cemiplimab to standard therapy (surgery with or without radiation) versus standard therapy alone in treating patients with stage III/IV squamous cell skin cancer that is able to be removed by surgery (resectable) and that may have come back after a period of improvement (recurrent). The usual treatment for patients with resectable squamous cell skin cancer is the removal of the cancerous tissue (surgery) with or without radiation, which uses high energy x-rays, particles, or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as cemiplimab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Cemiplimab has been approved for the treatment of skin cancer that has spread or that cannot be removed by surgery, but it has not been approved for the treatment of skin cancer than can be removed by surgery. Adding cemiplimab to the usual treatment of surgery with or without radiation may be more effective in treating patients with stage III/IV resectable squamous cell skin cancer than the usual treatment alone.

Recruiting

2 awards

Phase 3

7 criteria

Biomarker-Guided Immunotherapy Discontinuation

for Melanoma

This trial uses drugs that boost the immune system to fight advanced melanoma that can't be surgically removed. It aims to see if doctors can safely shorten the treatment period by using imaging tests to guide decisions. Pembrolizumab and ipilimumab are immunotherapy drugs used to treat advanced melanoma, with pembrolizumab approved for younger patients and ipilimumab showing positive results in previous studies.

Recruiting

1 award

Phase 2

22 criteria

Gabapentin

for Pain in Head and Neck Cancer

This phase III trial tests if gabapentin can prevent the need for opiate pain medication for mouth sores (oral mucositis) in patients undergoing treatment with chemotherapy and radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region. Oral mucositis is a common side effect of radiation treatment and can cause severe pain, dysphagia, and weight loss resulting in feeding tube placement, worse health-related quality of life, treatment interruptions, unplanned hospitalizations, and significant financial burden. Mucositis pain is often treated with opioid pain medications which do provide pain relief but have many known side effects not limited to mental clouding, constipation, fatigue, endocrinopathy, neurotoxicity, sleep-disordered breathing, and most distressingly persistent opioid use. Gabapentin may help relieve pain from oral mucositis caused by radiation while also reducing the need for opiate pain medications for patients receiving chemotherapy and radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region

Recruiting

1 award

Phase 3

14 criteria