Refractory malignant neoplasm
MONDO:0036501A malignant neoplasm that does not respond to treatment.
Also known as: refractory cancer, refractory malignant neoplasm, resistant cancer, clinical resistance
2885 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 222 tagged with Refractory malignant neoplasm itself.
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Sub-types of Refractory malignant neoplasm
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Testis refractory cancer 13 trials
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Engineered immune cells take aim at stubborn solid tumors
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis trial tests a new approach for people with solid tumors that have returned or not responded to standard treatments. The therapy uses the patient's own myeloid cells, a type of immune cell, which are genetically modified in a lab to produce a cancer-fighting protein called IL…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Sep 20, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Experimental virus therapy takes on Drug-Resistant cancers
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis early-stage trial tests a new cancer treatment called OTS-412, a modified virus designed to attack tumor cells. It is given alone or with hydroxyurea and the immunotherapy atezolizumab. The study includes 24 adults with advanced solid tumors that no longer respond to standar…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: Bionoxx Inc. • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Aug 28, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Custom-Made vaccine aims to boost immune attack on kidney tumors
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis early-stage trial tests whether a personalized vaccine, made from each patient's unique tumor mutations, can safely boost the effects of the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab in people with advanced kidney cancer. The vaccine is designed to train the immune system to recogniz…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: Jian Lin • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jul 09, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Gene test picks patients for targeted immunotherapy trial
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis study tests a drug called tislelizumab in about 72 adults with advanced solid tumors that no longer respond to standard treatments. Only patients with a specific gene signature (T cell inflamed GEP score) are eligible. The drug is given every three weeks to see if it can shr…
Phase 2 • Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 12:24 UTC
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New drug cocktail targets Hard-to-Treat liver cancer
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis study tests a combination of three drugs—firsekibart, tislelizumab, and lenvatinib—in people with advanced liver cancer that has a specific genetic change called a TP53 mutation. Participants must have already tried immunotherapy without success. The goal is to see if this d…
Sponsor: Tongji Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 12:09 UTC
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New combo therapy aims to fight advanced colorectal cancer
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis phase II trial tests whether a special radiotherapy regimen followed by targeted therapy and immunotherapy can shrink tumors in people with advanced colorectal cancer that has not responded to prior treatments. About 33 participants will receive the treatment and be monitore…
Phase 2 • Sponsor: Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 11:00 UTC
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New hope for kids with tough cancers: drug combo trial launches
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis study tests a combination of chemotherapy drugs (liposomal irinotecan, vincristine, and temozolomide) with or without an additional drug (anlotinib) in children aged 3-18 whose solid tumors have returned or not responded to treatment. The goal is to see if this combination c…
Phase 2 • Sponsor: Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 09:09 UTC
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New drug FXS887 enters first human tests for tough cancers
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis early-stage trial tests a new drug called FXS887 in 14 people with advanced solid tumors that have stopped responding to standard treatments. The drug works by blocking a protein (ATR) that cancer cells need to repair their DNA. The main goals are to check safety, find the r…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Industrial Development Co. Ltd. • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 08:11 UTC
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New cocktail therapy aims to shrink Hard-to-Treat tumors
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis phase 2 trial will test a combination of four treatments—cetuximab β (a targeted antibody), radiation, an immunotherapy drug (envafolimab), and a growth factor (GM-CSF)—in 40 adults with advanced solid tumors that have EGFR protein and are no longer responding to standard ca…
Phase 2 • Sponsor: Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 08:10 UTC
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New hope for Hard-to-Treat lymphoma: drug cocktail enters human trials
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis study tests a combination of four drugs (homoharringtonine, a BCL-2 inhibitor, rituximab, and prednisone) in 62 adults with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The goal is to find the safest dose and see if the combo can shrink tumors. It's an early-phase t…
Phase 1/2 • Sponsor: First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 26, 2026 14:55 UTC
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Tumor profiling may unlock targeted drug options for pediatric cancers
Diagnosis Not yet recruitingThis study tests whether a two-step tumor profiling approach can reliably measure antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) target proteins in children and young adults with relapsed or refractory solid or central nervous system tumors. The approach uses bulk RNA sequencing to screen for tar…
Sponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute • Aim: Diagnosis
Last updated Sep 02, 2026 00:00 UTC