Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Clinical trials sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, explained in plain language.
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Food aid boosts cancer treatment completion in new study
Disease control OngoingThis study looks at whether giving cancer patients extra food help—like vouchers, grocery delivery, or a hospital food pantry—can help them finish their cancer treatment. About 606 patients who have trouble getting enough food will be randomly assigned to one of three food progra…
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated May 06, 2026 16:15 UTC
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New combo therapy takes on tough pancreatic cancer
Disease control OngoingThis study tests whether adding the drug durvalumab to standard radiation therapy can help control locally advanced pancreatic cancer. About 18 people who have already received chemotherapy will receive the combination. The goal is to see if the treatment is safe and can shrink t…
Phase: PHASE1, PHASE2 • Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated May 06, 2026 16:13 UTC
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Engineered immune cells take aim at chest cancer
Disease control OngoingThis study tests a treatment using a patient's own immune cells (T cells) that are modified in a lab to attack cancer cells with a protein called mesothelin. It is for people with malignant pleural disease, including mesothelioma and cancers that have spread to the chest lining. …
Phase: PHASE1, PHASE2 • Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated May 06, 2026 16:03 UTC
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Zapping tiny thyroid tumors with lasers instead of cutting them out
Disease control OngoingThis early study tests whether a laser inserted through the skin can safely destroy small thyroid cancers without surgery. Ten adults with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (tumors 13 mm or smaller) will receive the laser treatment, then have the treated area removed six months la…
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated May 06, 2026 16:01 UTC