Clinical Research Opportunities

Penn Medicine is conducting studies to develop new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. You might be eligible to participate

Penn Medicine is conducting studies to develop new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. You might be eligible to participate

Penn Medicine is conducting medical studies to develop new diagnostic and clinical treatments to improve current standards of care.

Recently Added/Updated trials

Novo 5015

All genders
This is an interventional, 36-week, multi-national, multi-centre, randomised, 13-armed, parallel group, dose-finding phase 2 study. The study is designed to determine which dose range of NNC0519-0130 delivers the most optimal benefit risk profile for weight management in patients with obesity or overweight with weight-related comorbidities, when added as an adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity.
 Combination ATR and PARP Inhibitor (CAPRI) trial with AZD6738 and Olaparib in recurrent ovarian cancer

Combination ATR and PARP Inhibitor (CAPRI) trial with AZD6738 and Olaparib in recurrent ovarian cancer

Female
Phase 2
This project studies combination AZD6738 and olaparib (Lymparza) to treat recurrent ovarian cancer. It will examine 1) the safety and tolerability of this drug combination and 2) the overall response rate (tumor strinkage rate) of this therapy. All study patients have recurrent ovarian cancer. None of the patients have standard medication options.

IMAGING OF PRIMARY OR RECURRENT GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER WITH [18F]FLUORTHANATRACE ([18F]FTT) PET/CT

Female
Phase 1
The purpose of this study is to study a new radioactive tracer, a type of imaging drug that is labeled with a radioactive tag and injected into the body to see how it is taken up in the body and the brain using an imaging procedure called Positron Emission Tomography (PET/CT). Imaging PARP-1 activity in various cancers may help researchers to better understand it’s function and determine the best way to use imaging to help study new treatments that target the PARP-1 enzyme.

Letrozole With or Without Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Stage II-IV Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer

Female
Phase 3
This phase III trial studies how well letrozole with or without paclitaxel and carboplatin works in treating patients with stage II-IV low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary, fallopian tube, or peritoneum. Letrozole is an enzyme inhibitor that lowers the amount of estrogen made by the body which in turn may stop the growth of tumor cells that need estrogen to grow. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. It is not yet known whether giving letrozole alone or in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin works better in treating patients with low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary, fallopian tube, or peritoneum compared to paclitaxel and carboplatin without letrozole.

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