Clinical Trials

This phase III trial uses the Decipher risk score to guide intensification (for higher Decipher gene risk) or de-intensification (for low Decipher gene risk) of treatment to better match therapies to an individual patient's cancer aggressiveness. The Decipher risk score evaluates a prostate cancer tumor for its potential for spreading. In patients with low risk scores, this trial compares radiation therapy alone to the usual treatment of radiation therapy and hormone therapy (androgen deprivation therapy). Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays or particles to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Androgen deprivation therapy blocks the production or interferes with the action of male sex hormones such as testosterone, which plays a role in prostate cancer development. Giving radiation treatment alone may be the same as the usual approach in controlling the cancer and preventing it from spreading, while avoiding the side effects associated with hormonal therapy. In patients with higher Decipher gene risk, this trial compares the addition of darolutamide to usual treatment radiation therapy and hormone therapy, to usual treatment. Darolutamide blocks the actions of the androgens (e.g. testosterone) in the tumor cells and in the body. The addition of darolutamide to the usual treatment may better control the cancer and prevent it from spreading.

MMC - Eau Claire

2116 Craig Rd

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 II trial tests whether relugolix and radiation therapy works to shrink tumors in patients with prostate cancer that has spread in a limited way to 1 to 5 other parts of the body (oligometastatic). Testosterone can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Relugolix lowers the amount of testosterone made by the body. This may help stop the growth of tumor cells that need testosterone to grow. Giving relugolix with radiation therapy may help lower the chance of prostate cancer growing or spreading.

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 II trial tests whether the addition of radiation to the primary tumor, typically given with stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR), in combination with standard of care immunotherapy improves outcomes in patients with renal cell cancer that is not recommended for surgery and has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Radiation therapy uses high energy photons to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Stereotactic body radiation therapy uses special equipment to position a patient and deliver radiation to tumors with high precision. This method may kill tumor cells with fewer doses of radiation over a shorter period and cause less damage to normal tissue. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, ipilimumab, avelumab, and pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Axitinib, cabozantinib, and lenvatinib are in a class of medications called antiangiogenic agents. They work by stopping the formation of blood vessels that bring oxygen and nutrients to tumor. This may slow the growth and spread of tumor. Giving SABR in combination with standard of care immunotherapy may help shrink or stabilize the cancer in patients with renal cell cancer.

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 II/III trial tests whether adding trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-oysk (Herceptin HylectaTM) or pertuzumab, trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-zzxf (PhesgoTM) to the usual chemotherapy (paclitaxel and carboplatin) works to shrink tumors in patients with HER2 positive endometrial serous carcinoma or carcinosarcoma. Trastuzumab and pertuzumab are monoclonal antibodies and forms of targeted therapy that attach to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of tumor cells, known as HER2 receptors. When trastuzumab or pertuzumab attach to HER2 receptors, the signals that tell the cells to grow are blocked and the tumor cell may be marked for destruction by the body's immune system. Hyaluronidase is an endoglycosidase. It helps to keep pertuzumab and trastuzumab in the body longer, so that these medications will have a greater effect. Hyaluronidase also allows trastuzumab and trastuzumab/pertuzumab to be given by injection under the skin and shortens their administration time compared to trastuzumab or pertuzumab alone. Paclitaxel is a taxane and in a class of medications called antimicrotubule 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 tumor cells. Giving Herceptin Hylecta or Phesgo in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin may shrink the tumor and prevent the cancer from coming back in patients with HER2 positive endometrial serous carcinoma or carcinosarcoma.

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 II/III trial compares the effect of the combination of high-dose cisplatin every three weeks and radiation therapy versus low-dose cisplatin weekly and radiation therapy for the treatment of patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer. Chemotherapy drugs, such as cisplatin, 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. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. This study is being done to find out if low-dose cisplatin given weekly together with radiation therapy is the same or better than high-dose cisplatin given every 3 weeks together with radiation therapy in treating patients with head and neck 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 II trial tests whether ado-trastuzumab emtansine works to shrink tumors in patients with HER2-positive salivary gland cancer that has come back (recurrent), spread to other places in the body (metastatic), or cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Trastuzumab emtansine is a monoclonal antibody, called trastuzumab, linked to a chemotherapy drug called emtansine. Trastuzumab attaches to HER2 positive cancer cells in a targeted way and delivers emtansine to kill them. Trastuzumab emtansine may work better compared to usual treatment of chemotherapy with docetaxel and trastuzumab in treating patients with salivary gland cancer.

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 adding cemiplimab to standard therapy (surgery with or without radiation) versus standard therapy alone in treating patients with stage III/IV squamous cell skin cancer that is able to be removed by surgery (resectable) and that may have come back after a period of improvement (recurrent). The usual treatment for patients with resectable squamous cell skin cancer is the removal of the cancerous tissue (surgery) with or without radiation, which uses high energy x-rays, particles, or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as cemiplimab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Cemiplimab has been approved for the treatment of skin cancer that has spread or that cannot be removed by surgery, but it has not been approved for the treatment of skin cancer than can be removed by surgery. Adding cemiplimab to the usual treatment of surgery with or without radiation may be more effective in treating patients with stage III/IV resectable squamous cell skin cancer than the usual treatment alone.

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

This phase II/III trial compares the effect of adding radiation therapy to the usual maintenance therapy with atezolizumab versus atezolizumab alone in patients who have already received atezolizumab plus chemotherapy for the treatment of small cell lung cancer that has spread outside of the lung or to other parts of the body (extensive stage). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as atezolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Giving radiation therapy in addition to atezolizumab may extend the time without extensive small cell lung cancer growing or spreading compared to atezolizumab alone.

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 adding stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to standard treatment (image guided radiation therapy [IGRT] and chemotherapy followed by immunotherapy with durvalumab) versus standard treatment alone in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer that cannot be treated by surgery (inoperable). SBRT uses special equipment to position a patient and deliver radiation to tumors with high precision. This method may kill tumor cells with fewer doses over a shorter period and cause less damage to normal tissue. IGRT is a type of radiation that uses a computer to create picture of the tumor, to help guide the radiation beam during therapy, making it more accurate and causing less damage to healthy tissue. Standard chemotherapy used in this trial consists of combinations of the following drugs: cisplatin, carboplatin, paclitaxel, pemetrexed, and etoposide. Cisplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of tumor cells. 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 tumor cells. Paclitaxel is in a class of medications called antimicrotubule agents. It works by stopping the growth and spread of tumor cells. Pemetrexed is in a class of medications called antifolate antineoplastic agents. It works by blocking the action of a certain substance in the body that may help tumor cells multiply. Etoposide is in a class of medications known as podophyllotoxin derivatives. It blocks a certain enzyme needed for cell division and DNA repair and may kill tumor cells. Immunotherapy with durvalumab, may induce changes in body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Adding SBRT to the standard treatment of IGRT with chemotherapy and immunotherapy may be more effective at treating patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer than giving the standard treatment alone.

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

PUMA-ALI-4201 is a Phase 2 study evaluating alisertib in patients with pathologically-confirmed extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) following progression on or after first-line treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy along with an anti-PDL-1 immunotherapy agent. This study is intended to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of alisertib and to identify the biomarker-defined subgroup(s) that may benefit most from alisertib treatment.

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