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Clinical trials are research studies designed to discover new ways to treat different cancers, and directly impact the number of new therapies and treatments available to fight cancer. Today’s trials are tomorrow’s standard of cancer care.

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Thompson was the first to bring cancer clinical trials to East Tennessee more than 25 years ago. Today, Thompson’s clinical trials department is under the leadership of David Chism, MD and Susan Owenby, RN, CCRP, System Director of Clinical Research. Our oncologists are certified to participate in clinical trials and work with multiple cancer research groups to bring innovative treatments to East Tennessee. In addition, we partner with pharmaceutical companies to give our patients access to new treatments not otherwise available. We offer clinical trials because they often lead to better ways to diagnose, treat, and prevent cancer, allowing people to live healthier and longer lives. Ask your doctor if a clinical trial might be right for you.

Thompson Cancer Survival Center offers clinical trials at the following Thompson Oncology Group locations:

Blount
Downtown Knoxville
Lenoir City
Oak Ridge
West Knoxville

Bladder

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
IMMU 132-06	NCT03547973	A Phase II Open-Label, Study of IMMU-132 in Metastatic Urothelial Cancer	David Chism, MD

Breast

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
WO42633 (Astefania)	NCT04873362	A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Adjuvant Atezolizumab or Placebo and Trastuzumab Emtansine for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer at high risk of recurrence following preoperative therapy	David Chism, MD
D8534C00001 (Serena-6)	NCT04964934	A Phase III, Double-blind, Randomised Study to Assess Switching to AZD9833 (a Next Generation, Oral SERD) + CDK4/6 Inhibitor (Palbociclib or Abemaciclib) vs Continuing Aromatase Inhibitor (Letrozole or Anastrozole) + CDK4/6 Inhibitor in HR+/HER2- MBC Patients with Detectable ESR1 Mutation Without Disease Progression During 1L Treatment with Aromatase Inhibitor + CDK4/6 Inhibitor	David Chism, MD
ML43171	NCT0536340	A Phase III, randomized, open-label, multicenter study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Giredestrant plus Everolimus compared with Exemestane plus Everolimus in patients with estrogen receptor-positive, her2- negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer	David Chism, MD

Esophageal

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
MK3475-975	NCT04210115	A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase 3 Trial of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Versus Placebo in Participants with Esophageal Carcinoma Receiving Concurrent Definitive Chemoradiotherapy (KEYNOTE 975)	David Chism, MD

Protocol Number

NCT Number

Title

Principal Investigator

MK3475-975

NCT04210115

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase 3 Trial of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Versus Placebo in Participants with Esophageal Carcinoma Receiving Concurrent Definitive Chemoradiotherapy (KEYNOTE 975)

David Chism, MD

Gastrointestinal

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
A021502	NCT02912559	Randomized Trial of Standard Chemotherapy alone or combined with Atezolizumab as adjuvant therapy for patients with Stage III Colon Cancer and Deficient DNA Mismatch Repair(ATOMIC: Adjuvant Trial of Deficient Mismatch Repair in Colon Cancer)	David Chism, MD
NRG-GI005	NCT04068103	Phase II/III Study of Circulating tumor DNA as a Predictive BiomaRker in Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Stage IIA Colon Cancer (COBRA)	David Chism, MD
EA2176	NCT04444921	A Randomized Phase III Study of Immune Checkpoint Inhibition with Chemotherapy in Treatment-Naïve Metastatic Anal Cancer Patients	David Chism, MD

Genitourinary

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
NRG-GU009	NCT04513717	Parallel Phase III Randomized Trials for High Risk Prostate Cancer evaluating De-Intensification for Lower Genomic risk and intensification of concurrent therapy for Higher Genomic risk with radiation (PREDICT-RT) Prostate RNA Expression/Decipher to Individualize Concurrent Therapy with Radiation	David Chism, MD

Gynecologic

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
NRG-GY023	NCT04739800	A Randomized Phase II Trial of Triplet Therapy (a PD-L1 Inhibitor Durvalumab (MEDI4736) in Combination with Olaparib and Cediranib) Compared to Olaparib and Cediranib or Durvalumab (MEDI4736) and Cediranib or Standard of Care Chemotherapy in Women with Platinum-Resistant Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, Primary Peritoneal or Fallopian Cancer Who Have Received Prior Bevacizumab	Brook Saunders, MD

Head and Neck

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
EA3202	NCT05063552	A Phase II/III Trial of Chemotherapy + Cetuximab vs Chemotherapy + Bevacizumab vs Atezolizumab + Bevacizumab Following Progression on Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancers	David Chism, MD

Leukemia/Lymphoma

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
AZA-MDS-006 (CONNECT)	NCT01688011	The Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Disease Registry	David Chism, MD
NDS-DLBCL-003	NCT04982471	Connect® Lymphoma Disease Registry: A US-Based Prospective Observational Cohort Study	David Chism, MD
M22-132	NCT05283720	Phase 1b/2, Open-Label Study to Evaluate Safety and Tolerability of Epcoritamab in Combination with Anti-Neoplastic Agents in Subjects with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma	David Chism, MD

Lung: Non-Small Cell

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
BX43361	NCT054191375	Master screening study to determine biomarker status and potential trial eligibility for patients with malignant tumors	David Chism, MD
BO42777	NCT05170204	A phase i-iii, multicenter study evaluating the efficacy and safety of multiple therapies in cohorts of patients selected according to biomarker status, with locally advanced, unresectable, stage iii non-small cell lung cancer	David Chism, MD
M14-239	NCT03539536	Phase II, Open-Label Safety and Efficacy Study of Telisotuzuumab Vedotin (ABBV-399) in Subjects with previously Treated c-Met+ NSCLC Non-Squamous	David Chism, MD
NIT-119	NCT04984811	Phase II study to evaluate anti-tumor efficacy and safety of NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa) in combination with atezolizumab in subjects with previously untreated, PD-L1-expressing, locally advanced or metastatic Non-Small Cell LunA multicenter, open-label, single-arg Cancer	David Chism, MD
BO42592 (SKYSCRAPER-06)	NCT04619797	A PHASE II/III, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY OF TIRAGOLUMAB IN COMBINATION WITH ATEZOLIZUMAB PLUS PEMETREXED AND CARBOPLATIN/CISPLATIN VERSUS PEMBROLIZUMAB PLUS PEMETREXED AND CARBOPLATIN/CISPLATIN IN PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED ADVANCED NON-SQUAMOUS NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER	David Chism, MD

Melanoma

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
EA6141	NCT02339571	Randomized Phase II/III Study of Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab plus Sargramostim versus Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab in Patients with Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma	David Chism, MD

Pancreatic

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
EA2186 (GIANT)	NCT04233866	A Randomized Phase II Study of Gemcitabine and Nab-Paclitaxel Compared with 5-Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, and Liposomal Irinotecan in Older Patients with Treatment Naïve Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (GIANT)	David Chism, MD

Clinical Trial Studies – COMING SOON!

Genitourinary

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
SGNDV-001		An Open-label, Randomized, Controlled Phase 3 Study of Disitamab Vedotin in Combination with Pembrolizumab Versus Chemotherapy in Subjects with Previously Untreated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer that Expresses HER2 (IHC 1+ and Greater)	David Chism, MD
D910PC00001 (VOLGA)	NCT04960709	A Phase III Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Durvalumab in Combination With Tremelimumab and Enfortumab Vedotin or Durvalumab in Combination With Enfortumab Vedotin for Perioperative Treatment in Patients Ineligible for Cisplatin or Who Refuse Cisplatin Undergoing Radical Cystectomy for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer – (VOLGA)	David Chism, MD
H-300-001	NCT05553639	A Phase 1/2 Study of Replicating Arenavirus-based Vector(s) Encoding Prostate Cancer-Associated Antigens in Participants with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer	David Chism, MD

Renal Cell Carcinoma

Protocol Number	NCT Number	Title	Principal Investigator
BO43936 (Skyscraper 10)		A Randomized Open Label Phase II Study of Immune Checkpoint Combinations with Axitinib in Patients with Previously Untreated Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma	David Chism, MD

Patient Stories

This blog was written using content provided by Jessica Severt, RN, BSN, Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator, Thompson Cancer Survival Center Around 14% of new breast cancer diagnoses are categorized as HER2-positive which is generally associated with more aggressive cancer1. HER2-positive means an overexpression (too much) of the HER2 protein is found in the breast tumor […]
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