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Clinical trials sponsored by Unicancer, explained in plain language.
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Blood test trial aims to outsmart breast cancer relapse
Disease control ENROLLING_BY_INVITATIONThis study has two parts. First, it uses a blood test to find patients with a specific type of metastatic breast cancer who still have cancer DNA in their blood after one month of standard therapy. In the second part, those patients switch to a different drug, trastuzumab deruxte…
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: UNICANCER • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 01, 2026 14:42 UTC
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Radiation-Free future? trial tests if some breast cancer patients can safely skip treatment
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether women with a specific, very low-risk type of early breast cancer (DCIS) can safely skip whole-breast radiation after breast-conserving surgery. It aims to identify patients who are unlikely to have the cancer return, allowing them to avoid the side e…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: UNICANCER • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 01, 2026 14:41 UTC
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High-Precision radiation blasts bone tumors in major cancer trial
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether adding a highly focused, high-dose radiation treatment to standard care helps people with breast, lung, or prostate cancer that has spread to only a few bones (1-5 sites). It aims to see if this combined approach can keep the cancer from getting wors…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: UNICANCER • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:35 UTC
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Radiation boost tested to supercharge lung cancer treatment
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing if adding targeted radiation to the standard first-line treatment (chemotherapy plus immunotherapy) helps people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer live longer. It aims to see if radiation can boost the immune system's ability to fight cancer throughou…
Phase: PHASE3 • Sponsor: UNICANCER • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 27, 2026 12:39 UTC
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New hope for controlling breast cancer brain spread
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether adding the drug tucatinib to standard treatments can better control breast cancer that has spread to the brain. It involves 53 adults with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer whose cancer progressed in the brain but is stable elsewhere in the body…
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: UNICANCER • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 25, 2026 14:08 UTC
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New hope for controlling aggressive breast cancer spread
Disease control OngoingThis study compares two standard treatment approaches for women with advanced breast cancer that has spread to internal organs like the liver or lungs. It tests whether a combination of hormone therapy plus the drug abemaciclib works as well as or better than chemotherapy at cont…
Phase: PHASE3 • Sponsor: UNICANCER • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 25, 2026 14:08 UTC
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New drug offers hope to keep bladder in cancer patients unsuitable for surgery
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing a drug called atezolizumab to see if it can help control muscle-invasive bladder cancer and prevent it from coming back after standard chemotherapy and radiation. It is for patients who are not eligible for or refuse major surgery to remove their bladder. Th…
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: UNICANCER • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 23, 2026 15:19 UTC
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New hope for tough bone cancers: adding immune booster to chemo
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether adding a drug called mifamurtide to standard chemotherapy after surgery helps patients with high-risk osteosarcoma (a type of bone cancer) live longer without their cancer returning. It will involve about 60 patients aged 2 to 50 who have already had…
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: UNICANCER • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 17, 2026 13:08 UTC
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New hope to slow aggressive bone cancers
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether a drug called regorafenib can help control the growth of advanced bone sarcomas that have spread to other parts of the body. It involves 163 patients with specific types of bone cancer who have already tried other treatments. Participants are randoml…
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: UNICANCER • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 17, 2026 12:55 UTC
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Can a personalized screening plan catch breast cancer just as well?
Prevention OngoingThis large international study is testing whether a personalized breast cancer screening plan, based on a woman's individual risk, works as well as the standard one-size-fits-all schedule. Over 53,000 women aged 40-70 will be randomly assigned to follow either their country's sta…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: UNICANCER • Aim: Prevention
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:32 UTC