Clinical Trials

This phase III trial compares the effects of shorter chemotherapy (chemo)-immunotherapy without anthracyclines to usual chemo-immunotherapy for the treatment of early-stage triple negative breast cancer. Paclitaxel is in a class of medications called anti-microtubule agents. It stops cancer cells from growing and dividing and may kill them. Carboplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works in a way similar to the anticancer drug cisplatin, but may be better tolerated than cisplatin. Carboplatin works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of cancer cells. Cyclophosphamide is in a class of medications called alkylating agents. It works by damaging the cell's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and may kill cancer cells. It may also lower the body's immune response. Docetaxel is in a class of medications called taxanes. It stops cancer cells from growing and dividing and may kill them. Doxorubicin is an anthracycline chemotherapy drug that damages DNA and may kill cancer cells. Pembrolizumab may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Shorter treatment without anthracycline chemotherapy may work the same as the usual anthracycline chemotherapy treatment for early-stage triple negative breast cancer.

MMC - Eau Claire Cancer Center

2200 Craig Road

Eau Claire, WI 54701

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Minocqua

9601 TOWNLINE RD

MINOCQUA, WI 54548

MMC - Rice Lake

2501 Main

Stevens Point, WI 54481

MMC - River Region at Stevens Point

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

This phase III trial compares the effect of adding carboplatin to the standard of care chemotherapy drug cabazitaxel versus cabazitaxel alone in treating prostate cancer that keeps growing even when the amount of testosterone in the body is reduced to very low levels (castrate-resistant) and that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Carboplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. Carboplatin works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of tumor cells. Chemotherapy drugs, such as cabazitaxel, 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. Prednisone is often given together with chemotherapy drugs. Prednisone is in a class of medications called corticosteroids. It is used to reduce inflammation and lower the body's immune response to help lessen the side effects of chemotherapy drugs and to help the chemotherapy work. Giving carboplatin with the standard of care chemotherapy drug cabazitaxel may be better at treating metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

MMC - Eau Claire Cancer Center

2200 Craig Road

Eau Claire, WI 54701

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Minocqua

9601 TOWNLINE RD

MINOCQUA, WI 54548

MMC - Rice Lake

2501 Main

Stevens Point, WI 54481

MMC - River Region at Stevens Point

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

This Phase III Trial will determine whether adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) added to ovarian function suppression (OFS) plus endocrine therapy (ET) is superior to OFS plus ET in improving invasive breast cancer-free survival (IBCFS) among premenopausal, early- stage breast cancer (EBC) patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative tumors and 21-gene recurrence score (RS) between 16-25 (for pN0 patients) and 0-25 (for pN1 patients).

Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake

1700 W STOUT ST

RICE LAKE, WI 54868

MMC - Eau Claire Cancer Center

2200 Craig Road

Eau Claire, WI 54701

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Minocqua

9601 TOWNLINE RD

MINOCQUA, WI 54548

MMC - River Region at Stevens Point

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

This phase III trial compares the effect of geriatric evaluation and management with survivorship health education (GEMS) to usual care on patient-reported physical function in older survivors of cancer. Survivorship care for older adults of cancer usually consists of getting advice from their doctor. This advice may include how to do their daily activities, so they are less tired or how to manage multiple diseases, or long-term side effects from treatment. GEMS may help improve the physical ability to perform activities of daily living, mental well-being, and memory in older survivors of cancer after chemotherapy. This study may help doctors learn if including GEMS in their practices improves physical, mental and memory functions in their patients. The study may also help to understand how such care affects cancer patients and their caregivers' quality of life.

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - River Region at Stevens Point

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

This is a Prospective Observational Cohort Study, designed to better characterize patients with cancer cachexia (CC) by prospectively evaluating weight, muscle mass, fat mass, eating and appetite, physical function, symptoms, and associated medical and biopsychosocial factors. CC was defined by an international consensus panel as a “multifactorial syndrome characterized by an ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass (with or without loss of fat mass) that cannot be fully reversed by conventional nutritional support and leads to progressive functional impairment1.” CC has been associated with reduced physical performance, impaired quality of life and poorer survival. Unfortunately, there currently are no Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatment for CC. Therefore, therapeutic development for CC is an urgent unmet need. The diagnostic criteria for CC as defined by the international consensus are as follows: a) greater than 5% weight loss in the previous 6 months or b) greater than 2% weight loss with either low Body Mass Index (BMI) or skeletal muscle depletion. A key criticism of the diagnostic criteria is that it is too broad and simplistic for a complex, multifactorial disease process and that it relies too heavily on weight, which is subject to change from a myriad of conditions. The aim of this study will be to develop new diagnostic criteria for CC subtypes so that pathophysiologic drivers of CC can be isolated in individuals and, ultimately, more tailored therapies can be developed.

MMC - Eau Claire Cancer Center

2200 Craig Road

Eau Claire, WI 54701

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Minocqua

9601 TOWNLINE RD

MINOCQUA, WI 54548

MMC - Rice Lake

2501 Main

Stevens Point, WI 54481

MMC - River Region at Stevens Point

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

This phase III trial compares the effect of modified fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan (mFOLFIRINOX) to modified fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium, and oxaliplatin (mFOLFOX) for the treatment of advanced, unresectable, or metastatic HER2 negative esophageal, gastroesophageal junction, and gastric adenocarcinoma. The usual approach for patients is treatment with FOLFOX chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs 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. Fluorouracil stops cells from making DNA and it may kill tumor cells. Leucovorin is used with fluorouracil to enhance the effects of the drug. Oxaliplatin works by killing, stopping, or slowing the growth of tumor cells. Some patients also receive an immunotherapy drug, nivolumab, in addition to FOLFOX chemotherapy. Immunotherapy may induce changes in body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Irinotecan blocks certain enzymes needed for cell division and DNA repair, and it may kill tumor cells. Adding irinotecan to the FOLFOX regimen could shrink the cancer and extend the life of patients with advanced gastroesophageal cancers.

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

This is a prospective cohort study that examines the impact of myopenia on chemotherapy toxicity in overall survival (OS) in older adults with newly diagnosed metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) receiving 5-Fluouracil (5FU)systemic chemotherapy. The study also explores the mediating influence of genetic variation in the association between myopenia and chemotherapy toxicity.

Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake

1700 W STOUT ST

RICE LAKE, WI 54868

MMC - Eau Claire Cancer Center

2200 Craig Road

Eau Claire, WI 54701

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Minocqua

9601 TOWNLINE RD

MINOCQUA, WI 54548

MMC - River Region at Stevens Point

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

To determine whether an Internet-based pain coping skills program plus enhanced usual care, compared to enhanced usual care alone, yields significant improvements in the co-primary outcomes of pain severity (as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)) and pain interference (also measured by the BPI) from baseline to the post-intervention assessment for cancer survivors with persistent pain.

Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake

1700 W STOUT ST

RICE LAKE, WI 54868

MC - Chippewa Falls Center

2655 CTY HWY I

CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI 54729

MC - Wausau Center

2727 PLAZA DRIVE

WAUSAU, WI 54401

MC - Wisconsin Rapids Center

220 24TH ST SOUTH

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI 54494

MMC - Eau Claire Cancer Center

2200 Craig Road

Eau Claire, WI 54701

MMC - Ladysmith

906 College Ave W

Ladysmith, WI 54848

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Minocqua

9601 TOWNLINE RD

MINOCQUA, WI 54548

MMC - Neillsville

216 Sunset Place

Neillsville, Wisconsin 54456

MMC - River Region at Stevens Point

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

This is a multi-site clinical study enrolling 2000 newly diagnosed patients with breast, colorectal, melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or non-small cell lung cancer, who are planning to receive one or more systemic cancer directed therapies with chemotherapy and/or (immune checkpoint inhibitors) ICIs.

MC - Chippewa Falls Center

2655 CTY HWY I

CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI 54729

MC - Wausau Center

2727 PLAZA DRIVE

WAUSAU, WI 54401

MC - Wisconsin Rapids Center

220 24TH ST SOUTH

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI 54494

MMC - Eau Claire Cancer Center

2200 Craig Road

Eau Claire, WI 54701

MMC - Ladysmith

906 College Ave W

Ladysmith, WI 54848

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Minocqua

9601 TOWNLINE RD

MINOCQUA, WI 54548

MMC - Neillsville

216 Sunset Place

Neillsville, Wisconsin 54456

MMC - Rice Lake

2501 Main

Stevens Point, WI 54481

MMC - River Region at Stevens Point

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476