Memorial Hospital East

Summary

Memorial Hospital East is a medical facility located in O'Fallon, Illinois. This center is recognized for care of Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Cancer, Breast cancer, Prostate Cancer and other specialties. Memorial Hospital East is involved with conducting 35 clinical trials across 118 conditions. There are 27 research doctors associated with this hospital, such as Douglas R. Adkins, Saiama N. Waqar, Tanner M Johanns, M.D., Ph.D., and Kian-Huat Lim, M.D., Ph.D..

Top PIs

Clinical Trials running at Memorial Hospital East

Lung Cancer

Skin Cancer

Breast cancer

Breast Cancer

Cancer

Bladder Cancer

Colorectal Cancer

Prostate Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer

Kidney Cancer

Radiotherapy

for Lung Cancer

This study is being done to answer the following question: Can the chance of lung cancer growing or spreading be lowered by adding targeted radiotherapy to the usual combination of drugs? This study is being done to find out if this approach is better or worse than the usual approach for lung cancer. The usual approach is defined as the care most people get for non-small cell lung cancer.

Recruiting

2 awards

Phase 3

4 criteria

Proton Craniospinal Radiation

for Cancer in the Brain and Spinal Cord

This phase III trial compares proton craniospinal irradiation (pCSI) to involved-field radiation therapy (IFRT) for the treatment of breast or non-small cell lung cancer that has spread from where it first started to the cerebrospinal fluid filled space that surrounds the brain and spinal cord (leptomeningeal metastasis). Patients with leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) may develop multiple areas of nervous system (neurologic) impairment that can be life-threatening. Radiation therapy (RT) effectively relieves local symptoms due to LM. RT uses high energy radiography (x-rays), particles, or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. IFRT is commonly used to treat symptoms of LM. IFRT is radiation treatment that uses x-rays to treat specific areas of LM and to relieve and/or prevent symptoms. pCSI uses protons that can be directed with more accuracy than x-rays which allows treatment of the entire central nervous system space containing the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), brain, and spinal cord. The pCSI treatment could delay the worsening of LM. Giving pCSI may be better than IFRT in treating LM in patients with breast or non-small cell lung cancer.

Recruiting

2 awards

Phase 3

3 criteria

Radiation Therapy

for Brain Metastasis

This phase III trial compares the effectiveness of fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (FSRS) to usual care stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in treating patients with cancer that has spread from where it first started to the brain. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. FSRS delivers a high dose of radiation to the tumor over 3 treatments. SRS is a type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely give a single large dose of radiation to a tumor. FSRS may be more effective compared to SRS in treating patients with cancer that has spread to the brain.

Recruiting

2 awards

Phase 3

12 criteria