Clinical Research Directory

Decision Support Tool for Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer

The goal of this pilot study is to understand and improve the shared decision-making process between people with advanced breast cancer and their providers regarding their care and treatment. As part of this study, the researchers will evaluate a decision support tool called COAST that was designed to support patients and providers in having meaningful conversations. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Can the COAST tool improve the quality of communication between patients and their oncology providers? 2. Is the COAST tool acceptable, appropriate, and easy to use at NYP-Weill Cornell Medicine, NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and NYP-Queens? Participants will be asked to fill out two surveys: one before they use the COAST tool and another about 2 - 4 weeks later. Some patients will also be invited for an interview.

Study of the Bria-IMT Regimen and CPI vs Physicians' Choice in Advanced Metastatic Breast Cancer.

This is a multicenter randomized, open label study to evaluate overall survival with the Bria-IMT regimen in combination with Checkpoint Inhibitor \[Retifanlimab\], versus Treatment of Patients'/Physicians' Choice (TPC) in advanced metastatic or locally recurrent breast cancer (aMBC) patients with no approved alternative therapies available.

The SAPPHO Study: Sequential Therapy With Curative Intent in de Novo HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study is to test the safety and effectiveness of a sequence of drugs (a Taxane plus Trastuzumab plus Pertuzumab followed by Trastuzumab Deruxtecan, followed by Tucatinib plus Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine (T-DM1), followed by Trastuzumab plus Pertuzumab plus Tucatinib) in HER2+ Breast Cancer. The study will help investigators understand whether first intensifying therapy for a specific period and then stopping treatment is safe and effective for participants. The names of the study drugs involved in this study are: * Paclitaxel (a type of anti-microtubule agent) * Docetaxel (a type of anti-microtubule agent) * Nab-Paclitaxel (a type of anti-microtubule agent) * Trastuzumab (a type of IgG1 kappa monoclonal antibody) * Pertuzumab (a type of monoclonal antibody) * Trastuzumab Deruxtecan (a type of HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate) * Tucatinib (Tyrosine Kinase HER2 Inhibitor) * Ado-trastuzumab emtansine or T-DM1 (a type of HER2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate)

Detecting Tumor DNA in the Blood of HR+/HER2-low Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients to Find Candidates for T-DXd Therapy

After an initial screening phase to identify patients with persistent blood circulating DNA tumors, patients will be enrolled in the treatment phase that was designed as an open-label, multicentre, phase II study, to test the efficacy of trastuzumab deruxtecan in terms of progression-free survival (PFS).

Nectin-4 PET to Predict Response to Nectin-4-Targeted Therapy in Advanced Breast Cancer

This is a prospective, single-arm, exploratory clinical trial that plans to enroll 40 patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who are expected to participate in a therapeutic clinical trial of a Nectin-4-targeted agent at our center and receive at least two treatment cycles. All participants must meet the eligibility criteria of the therapeutic clinical trial in which they intend to participate and provide separate written informed consent for this study. The Nectin-4-targeted agents used in the two clinical trials currently underway at our center are provided to participants free of charge. All participants must undergo an \^18F-FDG PET/CT scan and a complimentary \^68Ga-FZ-NR-1 PET/CT scan (Nectin-4 PET) within 28 days before initiating treatment with a Nectin-4-targeted agent. After completing the baseline assessments, participants will begin treatment in accordance with the protocol of the therapeutic clinical trial of the Nectin-4-targeted agent in which they are enrolled and will be followed according to the requirements of the corresponding protocol until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal from the study. Participants will be encouraged to undergo an additional complimentary Nectin-4 PET/CT scan after completion of the first treatment cycle and within 7 days before administration of the second treatment cycle to assess early changes in target expression during treatment. Peripheral blood samples will be collected at baseline, before the first dose of Cycle 3, and at disease progression. Participants will also be encouraged to undergo needle biopsy of a metastatic lesion at baseline and at disease progression to explore potential mechanisms of resistance and other relevant biomarkers. All PET/CT images will be independently reviewed by two physicians from the Department of Nuclear Medicine at our center who have extensive experience in diagnostic imaging.

Screening For BCRL In Targeted Therapy For Breast Cancer

This a prospective, longitudinal study designed to track edema and Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema (BCRL) onset in breast cancer patients taking targeted therapy treatments for early and metastatic breast cancer. A Perometer and Sozo devise will be used to measure volume changes

Trial of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Previously Treated HER2

The purpose of this study is to test the good and bad effects of a drug called trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) in adult patients with metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer and which patients might benefit the most from T-DXd.

The Role of Stereo-tActic BoDy RadIotherApy iN Oligo-Progressive MalignanT Disease

Systemic therapy is the main treatment for patients with metastatic cancers. Oligo-progression has become a recognized entity for metastatic cancer and it is thought that a subset of cancer cells may develop heterogeneity and resistant clones while receiving systemic therapy. This results in overall tumor response but progression in metastatic sites. Current standard is to change systemic therapies. With advancing technologies, stereotactic body radiation therapy is being used to deliver high doses of focused radiation to the disease site, while minimizing risk of injury to the surrounding organs. SBRT is increasingly being used in patients presenting oligo-metastatic disease, and is recognized as having a potential for cure. This study will investigate the use of SBRT for breast and genito-urinary cancer patients with oligo-progression. Patients will be seen before and at the end of treatment and will be followed at 4 month intervals for up to 2 years. During the visits participants will complete quality of life questionnaires and will have standard of care imaging. Patients will also have the option to provide blood at baseline, during treatment, and at various follow up time points for analysis of ctDNA

A Study to Assess CLBR001+ABBV-461 in Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate CLBR001 and ABBV-461 as a treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. The goals are to establish the safety and efficacy of the combination therapy while establishing the optimal biologic doses. Patients will be administered a single infusion of CLBR001 cells followed by cycles of ABBV-461 with regular assessments of safety and disease response to treatment.

A Study of Abemaciclib and Radiation Therapy in People With Metastatic Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study is to test different doses of abemaciclib to find the best dose in participants while receiving hormone therapy and radiation therapy.

A First-in-human, Clinical Trial Assessing the Safety of ES2B-C001-S01 With or Without [Adjuvant] in Patients With HER2-expressing Metastatic Breast Cancer.

The trial is a first-in-human, phase I, open-label, dose-escalating trial to assess the safety and tolerability of ES2B-C001 combined with or without \[adjuvant\], in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expressing metastatic breast cancer.

Plant-Based Nutrition for Breast or Endometrial Cancer

This is a randomized controlled trial of a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) dietary intervention among women with metastatic breast or endometrial cancer.

Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, PK, and Efficacy of INX-315 in Patients With Advanced Cancer

Incyclix Bio (Incyclix) is developing INX-315 as an oral, small molecule inhibitor of cyclin dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) for the treatment of human cancers. This first-in-human study is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and preliminary antitumor activity of INX-315 in patients with recurrent advanced/metastatic cancer, including hormone receptor positive (HR+)/Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Negative (HER2-) breast cancer who progressed on a prior cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i) regimen, and CCNE1-amplified solid tumors who progressed on standard of care treatment. The study will be conducted in 3 parts: Part A (INX-315 monotherapy dose escalation and combination therapy with fulvestrant), Part B (ovarian cancer INX-315 monotherapy dose expansion), and Part C (INX-315 combination therapy with abemaciclib \[a CDK4/6i\] and fulvestrant \[a SERD\] in advanced/metastatic breast cancer; dose escalation and expansion).

HER2-PET Imaging in HER2-low Breast Cancers

A strategy to target the oncogenic receptor HER2 using a version of the anti-HER2 therapeutic antibody trastuzumab coupled to desferrioxamine (DFO) and radiolabeled with zirconium-89 (\[89Zr\]-DFO-trastuzumab) has been successfully evaluated in our group in preclinical settings. Clinical studies by other groups in recent years have shown the potential of targeting HER2+ lesions with \[89Zr\]-DFO-trastuzumab in patients with HER2+ cancers. We now want to establish the diagnostic potential of a protocol adding \[89Zr\]-DFO-trastuzumab PET imaging to FDG PET already used in the clinic for the detection of HER2-expressing cancers, including low expression levels considered until now as HER2-negative (HER2-low, IHC score 1+ and 2+ without FISH amplification of the HER2 locus). The HER2-low status has recently gained relevance thanks to large studies showing the efficacy of immunotherapy combined with drugs such as Enhertu (trastuzumab-deruxtecan), while trastuzumab alone was traditionally only effective for HER2+ cancers (IHC score 2+/FISH+, or 3+). In particular, we aim to develop a method to assess whole-body intertumoral heterogeneity in HER2 expression in order to detect cases with heterogeneous diseases and thus better stage patients and guide the optimal choice of personalized and targeted treatment to use. More specifically, the project aims to image with \[89Zr\]-DFO-trastuzumab PET patients with cancer, particularly breast cancer, but also esophageal, gastric, ovarian, endometrial and lung cancer, and whose primary tumor status is HER2-low.

Screening for Brain Metastases

The survival of patients with CNS metastases often remains limited to some months. CNS metastases are also associated with neurological decline and decrease of quality of life. An early identification of CNS metastases may potentially lead to more therapeutic options and prevent or delay the development of neurological symptoms and signs. Patients with cancer associated with a high risk of developing CNS metastasis will be enrolled in this trial. These patients are candidates for a screening brain MRI program in the routine management as recommended in current guidelines (Le Rhun et al. 2021) (Amaral et al. 2025, "ESMO Living Guideline: Cutaneous Melanoma, v1.0 February 2025"). The primary objective is to compare the time to CNS metastases diagnosis detected by MRI using different contrast agents (of gadopiclenol at a dose of 0.1 mmol/kg over current standard practice ) in patients with cancer considered at high risk of developing brain metastases.

PIK3CA Mutational Status Assessment

Evaluation of PIK3CA mutational status: a route towards a tailored diagnostic approach.

Olaparib in Combination With Vorinostat in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory and/or Metastatic Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study is to test the safety and preliminary efficacy of olaparib and vorinostat when used together in participants with relapsed/refractory and or metastatic breast cancer.

A Single-arm Phase II Trial of SAcituzumab Govitecan and Trastuzumab for HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer After Trastuzumab dEruxtEcaN (SATEEN)

This research study is being done to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of sacituzumab govitecan with trastuzumab (Herceptin, Herceptin Hylecta, or trastuzumab biosimilar) in metastatic HER2+ breast cancer. The names of the study drugs used in this research study are: * Sacituzumab govitecan (a type of antibody-drug conjugate) * Trastuzumab (Herceptin) (a type of monoclonal antibody) * Trastuzumab and Hyaluronidase-oysk (Herceptin Hylecta) (a type of recombinant monoclonal antibody) * Trastuzumab biosimilar drug

Nutrition Awareness Among Women With Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer

This study explores perspectives of women with non-metastatic breast cancer regarding their willingness and ability to make dietary changes pertaining to foods/food products that may pose a risk to their cancer prognosis and survival. This is a single-group study conducted entirely online. All study activities, including consent, educational brochure and surveys, will be completed remotely. Participants will receive email invitations to complete questionnaires in REDCap. Questionnaire 1 will collect sociodemographic information (no PHI) and a brief dietary recall. Questionnaire 2 will assess identification of ultra-processed foods. Before Questionnaire 3, participants will review a two-page educational flyer explaining the link between diet, obesity, and cancer, with information on unhealthy calories and food processing. Questionnaire 3 will assess participants' willingness and ability to eat healthier foods and reduce unhealthy foods. At study completion, participants will receive a thank-you message and a brief satisfaction survey.

SHARON: A Clinical Trial for Metastatic Cancer Using Chemotherapy and Patients' Own Stem Cells

The clinical trial is a phase 1, single-arm trial that will evaluate the safety of the investigational treatment on metastatic pancreatic cancer and metastatic breast cancer. The investigational treatment will involve 2 cycles of a combination of intravenous melphalan, BCNU, vitamin B12b, and vitamin C with autologous hematopoietic stem cell infusion. A dose-escalation schedule is being employed for the vitamin C.

Sapu003 in Advanced mTOR-sensitive Solid Tumors

This is a phase 1b, open-label, dose-escalation study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics of Sapu003 in combination with Exemestane in in patients with advanced mTOR-sensitive solid tumors (HR+/HER2-negative breast cancer, renal cell carcinoma \[RCC\], neuroendocrine tumors \[NETs\], tuberous sclerosis complex \[TSC\]-associated tumors, and hepatocellular carcinoma \[HCC\]).

Target-specific immunoPET Imaging of Breast Cancer

The aim of this study is to establish and optimize the Trop2/HER2-targeted PET/CT imaging method, and its physiological and pathological distribution characteristics, on the basis of which the diagnostic efficacy of the above imaging agents in breast cancer will be evaluated.

A Phase 1b/2 Study of the Safety and Efficacy of the Monoclonal Antibody OM-RCA-01 in Patients With Metastatic Tumors Expressing Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1

One of the most relevant targets in the field of novel targeted anticancer therapy is the family of receptors to fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs). FGFR1 is the main representative of the FGFR family. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if monoclonal anti-FGFR1 antibody (OM-RCA-01) works to treat metastatic cancers expressing FGFR1. It will also learn about the safety of drug OM-RCA-01. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. What medical problems do participants have when receiving drug OM-RCA-01? 2. What dose of the drug should patients receive in the next studies? 3. Does tumor growth slow down in patients receiving OM-RCA-01? All patients in this study will receive the antibody treatment. The drug will be given through a vein (by IV infusion) every two weeks, for as long as the disease remains under control and the treatment is well tolerated.

To Investigate the Real-world Efficacy and Safety of Sacituzumab Govitecan for HER2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients in China.

To investigate the real-world efficacy and safety of Sacituzumab govitecan for HER2 negative metastatic breast cancer patients in China.