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Pivotal Trials (Near Approval)
Breakthrough Medication
This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of tegavivint in treating patients with large b-cell lymphomas that has come back (relapsed) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). Tegavivint may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving tegavivint may help control the disease.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1

20 Participants Needed

This randomized phase III trial studies lenalidomide to see how well it works compared to a placebo in treating patients with multiple myeloma who are undergoing autologous stem cell transplant. Giving chemotherapy before a peripheral blood stem cell transplant helps kill any cancer cells that are in the body and helps make room in the patient's bone marrow for new blood-forming cells (stem cells) to grow. After treatment, stem cells are collected from the patient's blood and stored. More chemotherapy is then given to prepare the bone marrow for the stem cell transplant. The stem cells are then returned to the patient to replace the blood-forming cells that were destroyed by the chemotherapy. Biological therapies, such as lenalidomide, may stimulate or suppress the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from growing. Giving lenalidomide after autologous stem cell transplant may be an effective treatment for multiple myeloma.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3

460 Participants Needed

This trial tests elimusertib, a pill that blocks enzymes needed for cancer cell growth, in children and young adults with difficult-to-treat cancers. The drug aims to stop cancer cells from repairing and growing.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1, 2
Age:12 - 30

31 Participants Needed

This trial tests the safety and best dose of a new treatment using modified immune cells (CAR T-cells) for patients with certain recurring or hard-to-treat lymphoid cancers. The treatment involves giving patients a brief period of chemotherapy followed by an infusion of these specially designed cells to target and kill cancer cells. Anti-CD19 CAR T-cells currently represent transformational therapy for relapsed/refractory aggressive B-cell lymphomas where durable remissions can be induced in patients with previously incurable chemotherapy-refractory disease.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1
Age:2+

54 Participants Needed

This phase II trial studies how well ibrutinib and brentuximab vedotin work in treating patients with Hodgkin lymphoma that has returned (relapsed) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). Ibrutinib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as brentuximab vedotin, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving ibrutinib together with brentuximab vedotin may be a better treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Age:15+

39 Participants Needed

This study is a Open Label Prospective Dose-Ranging Escalation and Expansion Trial to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Dosing, and Efficacy of RLS-0071 for the secondary treatment of acute Graft-versus-Host Disease (aGvHD) in hospitalized patients who are steroid-refractory.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:12+

66 Participants Needed

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and effects on anxiety of high intensity focused ultrasound ablation (FUSA) in patients suffering from treatment-refractory focal epilepsy and anxiety. FUSA is a non-invasive neurosurgical procedure that uses ultrasound waves, sent directly through the scalp and skull, to precisely target small abnormal areas of the brain. For this study, the targeted area of the brain is the anterior nucleus of the thalamus. This brain region may cause seizures and may also be involved in anxiety. The study will test if FUSA is safe and tolerated, and if it reduces anxiety and brain response to threat in patients with anxiety receiving the procedure for partial-onset epilepsy that is resistant to medications.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1
Age:18 - 65

10 Participants Needed

This phase II clinical trial evaluates tafasitamab and lenalidomide followed by tafasitamab and the carboplatin, etoposide and ifosfamide (ICE) regimen as salvage therapy for transplant eligible patients with large B-cell lymphoma that has come back (relapsed) or has not responded to treatment (refractory). Tafasitamab is a monoclonal antibody that may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Lenalidomide may have antineoplastic activity which may help block the formation of growths that may become cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin, etoposide and ifosfamide 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. Giving tafasitamab and lenalidomide followed by ICE may be a better treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphomas.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

37 Participants Needed

This trial is testing tirabrutinib alone and with other cancer drugs in patients with PCNSL. It targets those who haven't responded to previous treatments or are newly diagnosed. Tirabrutinib works by blocking a protein that helps cancer cells grow. Tirabrutinib was approved for use in treating primary central nervous system lymphoma.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

112 Participants Needed

This trial is testing if a combination of two drugs, ASTX727 and venetoclax, is more effective than ASTX727 alone in treating certain bone marrow cancers. It focuses on patients with CMML and MDS/MPN who have too many immature blood cells. ASTX727 helps produce normal blood cells and kills abnormal ones, while venetoclax blocks a protein that cancer cells need to survive. Venetoclax is an anticancer drug used to treat lymphomas and leukemias, but it has severe side effects.
No Placebo Group
Prior Safety Data

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

132 Participants Needed

This study is researching an experimental drug called linvoseltamab ("study drug"). This study is focused on patients who have AL amyloidosis that has returned or have failed other therapies and need to be treated again. The study consists of 2 phases (Phase 1 and Phase 2): * In Phase 1, linvoseltamab will be given to a small number of participants to study the side effects of the study drug and to determine the recommended doses of the study drug to be given to participants in Phase 2. * In Phase 2, linvoseltamab will be given to more participants to continue to assess the side effects of the study drug and to evaluate the ability of linvoseltamab to treat AL amyloidosis. The study is looking at several other research questions, including: * How many participants treated with linvoseltamab have improvement in the abnormal proteins that cause organ problems and for how long * How many participants treated with linvoseltamab have improvement in the heart or kidney and for how long * What the right dosing regimen is for linvoseltamab * What side effects may happen from taking linvoseltamab * How much linvoseltamab is in the blood at different times * Whether the body makes antibodies against linvoseltamab (which could make the drug less effective or could lead to side effects)
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1, 2

220 Participants Needed

This trial is testing a new oral drug, AC676, in patients with blood cancers that have returned or are resistant to treatment. The drug aims to stop cancer cells from growing by targeting and destroying a specific protein they need.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1

60 Participants Needed

This trial tests the Reducer system, a device to improve heart blood flow, in patients with severe chest pain not relieved by standard treatments and unsuitable for surgery. The device works by redirecting blood flow to needy heart areas by narrowing a vein. The Reducer system has been shown to improve chest pain symptoms and heart function in patients with persistent chest pain.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased

380 Participants Needed

The purpose of this study is to determine if the addition of infusions of a type of immune cell called a "natural killer", or NK cell to the sarcoma chemotherapy regimen GEM/DOX (gemcitabine and docetaxel) can improve outcomes in people with childhood sarcomas that have relapsed or not responded to prior therapies. The goals of this study are: * To determine the safety and efficacy of the addition of adoptive transfer of universal donor, TGFβ imprinted (TGFβi), expanded NK cells to the pediatric sarcoma salvage chemotherapeutic regimen gemcitabine/docetaxel (GEM/DOX) for treatment of relapsed and refractory pediatric sarcomas To determine the 6-month progression free survival achieved with this treatment in patients within cohorts of relapsed or refractory osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma and non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma. * To identify toxicities related to treatment with GEM/DOX + TGFβi expanded NK cells Participants will receive study drugs that include chemotherapy and NK cells in cycles; each cycle is 21 days long and you can receive up to 8 cycles. * Gemcitabine (GEM): via IV on Days 1 and 8 * Docetaxel (DOX): via IV on Day 8 * Prophylactic dexamethasone: Day 7-9 to prevent fluid retention and hypersensitivity reaction * Peg-filgrastim (PEG-GCSF) or biosimilar: Day 9 to help your white blood cell recover and allow more chemotherapy to be given * TGFβi NK cells: via IV on Day 12
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1, 2
Age:2 - 40

50 Participants Needed

This trial tests if the combination of atezolizumab and tiragolumab can help treat patients with advanced rare solid tumors. Atezolizumab is a type of drug that helps the immune system fight cancer. These drugs aim to boost the immune system to fight cancer more effectively. The study will also collect samples to understand how the treatment works and who might benefit most from it.
No Placebo Group
Prior Safety Data

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

15 Participants Needed

This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the BCL2 inhibitor sonrotoclax (BGB-11417) in participants with relapsed/refractory Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia (R/R WM) and in combination with zanubrutinib in adult participants with previously untreated WM.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

105 Participants Needed

This is a phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study investigating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of Taplucainium Inhalation Powder (NOC-110) once daily in adults with refractory or unexplained chronic cough.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

325 Participants Needed

This trial is testing a new cancer treatment that combines special immune cells with three cancer-fighting drugs. It aims to see if this combination is safe and effective for patients whose cancers are hard to treat with standard therapies.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1, 2
Age:< 29

31 Participants Needed

Ensartinib for Cancer

Columbus, Ohio
This phase II Pediatric MATCH treatment trial studies how well ensartinib works in treating patients with solid tumors, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or histiocytic disorders with ALK or ROS1 genomic alterations that have come back (recurrent) or does not respond to treatment (refractory) and may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced). Ensartinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:12 - 21

98 Participants Needed

This randomized phase II trial studies the effects, good and bad, of using everolimus along with sorafenib tosylate versus sorafenib tosylate alone in treating patients with advanced radioactive iodine refractory thyroid cancer. Sorafenib tosylate and everolimus may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. The addition of everolimus to sorafenib tosylate may cause more shrinkage of thyroid cancer and may prevent it from growing but it could also cause more side effects than sorafenib tosylate alone. It is not yet known whether this treatment with sorafenib tosylate and everolimus is better, the same, or worse than sorafenib tosylate alone.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

35 Participants Needed

Why Other Patients Applied

"I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer three months ago, metastatic to my liver, and I have been receiving and responding well to chemotherapy. My blood work revealed that my tumor markers have gone from 2600 in the beginning to 173 as of now, even with the delay in treatment, they are not going up. CT Scans reveal they have been shrinking as well. However, chemo is seriously deteriorating my body. I have 4 more treatments to go in this 12 treatment cycle. I am just interested in learning about my other options, if any are available to me."

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Pancreatic Cancer PatientAge: 40

"I've tried several different SSRIs over the past 23 years with no luck. Some of these new treatments seem interesting... haven't tried anything like them before. I really hope that one could work."

ZS
Depression PatientAge: 51

"My orthopedist recommended a half replacement of my right knee. I have had both hips replaced. Currently have arthritis in knee, shoulder, and thumb. I want to avoid surgery, and I'm open-minded about trying a trial before using surgery as a last resort."

HZ
Arthritis PatientAge: 78

"I have dealt with voice and vocal fold issues related to paralysis for over 12 years. This problem has negatively impacted virtually every facet of my life. I am an otherwise healthy 48 year old married father of 3 living. My youngest daughter is 12 and has never heard my real voice. I am now having breathing issues related to the paralysis as well as trouble swallowing some liquids. In my research I have seen some recent trials focused on helping people like me."

AG
Paralysis PatientAge: 50

"I changed my diet in 2020 and I’ve lost 95 pounds from my highest weight (283). I am 5’3”, female, and now 188. I still have a 33 BMI. I've been doing research on alternative approaches to continue my progress, which brought me here to consider clinical trials."

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Obesity PatientAge: 58
This is a multicenter, safety and pharmacokinetic trial to determine the MTD and/or select a recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) of vemurafenib in children with recurrent or refractory gliomas containing the BRAFV600E or BRAF Ins T mutation.
No Placebo Group
Prior Safety Data

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Early Phase 1
Age:< 25

40 Participants Needed

This trial is testing a combination of three drugs in patients whose multiple myeloma has returned or did not respond to previous treatments. The drugs work by blocking cancer cell growth, boosting the immune system, and reducing inflammation. The study aims to find the safest and most effective dose of these drugs.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1

14 Participants Needed

This trial tests a new treatment called brexucabtagene autoleucel for patients with difficult-to-treat B-cell cancers. The treatment involves enhancing the patient's own immune cells to better fight the cancer. It aims to help those whose cancers have returned or resisted other treatments. Brexucabtagene autoleucel was approved as the first anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy for relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting

19 Participants Needed

This trial is testing a new drug called Mezigdomide combined with two other drugs to treat patients whose blood cancer has come back or not responded to previous treatments. The new drug aims to stop cancer cells from growing and spreading.
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3

525 Participants Needed

This trial is testing teclistamab, an antibody that helps the immune system find and destroy cancer cells, in patients with multiple myeloma who have not responded to previous treatments. It works by connecting immune cells with cancer cells to help destroy them. Teclistamab has shown promising results in early trials.
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3

650 Participants Needed

The purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy of talquetamab subcutaneous(ly) (SC) in combination with daratumumab SC and pomalidomide (Tal-DP) and talquetamab SC in combination with daratumumab SC (Tal-D), respectively, with daratumumab SC in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone (DPd).
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3

810 Participants Needed

This trial is testing the safety and proper dosage of two new drugs, KITE-363 and KITE-753, in patients whose B-cell lymphoma has returned or not responded to other treatments. The goal is to find out if these drugs can effectively target and kill the resistant cancer cells.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1

114 Participants Needed

This trial is testing BLU-5937, a medication aimed at reducing cough frequency in adults with persistent coughs that don't improve with other treatments. It works by affecting pathways that trigger the cough reflex.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3

825 Participants Needed

This trial is testing olaparib and ceralasertib in patients with specific genetic mutations in their cancer. The drugs work by stopping cancer cells from repairing themselves and growing. The goal is to see if this combination can be more effective for these hard-to-treat cancers. Olaparib has been approved for use in various cancers, including ovarian and breast cancer.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

50 Participants Needed

The study's purpose is to see if the drug, abemaciclib, is safe and effective when given with other drugs to kill cancer cells. The study is open to children and young adults with solid tumors, including neuroblastoma, that did not respond or grew during other anti-cancer treatment. For each participant, the study is estimated to last up to 2 years.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Age:< 21

117 Participants Needed

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Refractory clinical trials pay?

Each trial will compensate patients a different amount, but $50-100 for each visit is a fairly common range for Phase 2–4 trials (Phase 1 trials often pay substantially more). Further, most trials will cover the costs of a travel to-and-from the clinic.

How do Refractory clinical trials work?

After a researcher reviews your profile, they may choose to invite you in to a screening appointment, where they'll determine if you meet 100% of the eligibility requirements. If you do, you'll be sorted into one of the treatment groups, and receive your study drug. For some trials, there is a chance you'll receive a placebo. Across Refractory trials 30% of clinical trials have a placebo. Typically, you'll be required to check-in with the clinic every month or so. The average trial length for Refractory is 12 months.

How do I participate in a study as a "healthy volunteer"?

Not all studies recruit healthy volunteers: usually, Phase 1 studies do. Participating as a healthy volunteer means you will go to a research facility several times over a few days or weeks to receive a dose of either the test treatment or a "placebo," which is a harmless substance that helps researchers compare results. You will have routine tests during these visits, and you'll be compensated for your time and travel, with the number of appointments and details varying by study.

What does the "phase" of a clinical trial mean?

The phase of a trial reveals what stage the drug is in to get approval for a specific condition. Phase 1 trials are the trials to collect safety data in humans. Phase 2 trials are those where the drug has some data showing safety in humans, but where further human data is needed on drug effectiveness. Phase 3 trials are in the final step before approval. The drug already has data showing both safety and effectiveness. As a general rule, Phase 3 trials are more promising than Phase 2, and Phase 2 trials are more promising than phase 1.

Do I need to be insured to participate in a Refractory medical study?

Clinical trials are almost always free to participants, and so do not require insurance. The only exception here are trials focused on cancer, because only a small part of the typical treatment plan is actually experimental. For these cancer trials, participants typically need insurance to cover all the non-experimental components.

What are the newest Refractory clinical trials?

Most recently, we added Epcoritamab for PTLD, ACT001 for Brain Cancer and CAR T-Cell Therapy for Leukemia and Lymphoma to the Power online platform.

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