Clinical Trials

This phase III trial evaluates whether a web-based intervention called Current Together after Cancer (CTAC) works to increase the number of patients with surgically removed (resected) colorectal cancer who receive surveillance care that aligns with current guidelines (guideline-concordant). Surveillance care after resection of colorectal cancer is critical to detect potentially curable return of disease (recurrence), yet up to 60% of colorectal cancer survivors fail to receive surveillance. This may be due to a lack of knowledge about the purpose of surveillance care and the risks of cancer recurrence, or a lack of confidence for managing surveillance care. The CTAC intervention is an online education intervention designed to improve patients' knowledge about surveillance and their self-efficacy for managing surveillance, and to promote effective communication with supporters and supporter engagement in patients' surveillance in a way that is aligned with each patient's preferences. By increasing a patient's knowledge, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with their supporter's engagement in their care, the CTAC intervention may increase the number of patients who receive guideline-concordant surveillance care after resection of colorectal cancer.

MMC - Dickinson

1721 S Stephenson Ave

Iron Mountain, MI 49801

MMC - Eau Claire Cancer Center

2200 Craig Road

Eau Claire, WI 54701

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Rice Lake

1700 W Stout St

Rice Lake, WI 54868

MMC - Stevens Point Campus

4100 WI-66

Stevens Point, WI 54482

MMC - Weston

3400 Ministry Parkway

Weston, WI 54476

This clinical trial compares the effect of short-course ultrahypofractionated radiation therapy over 5 days (UHRT-5) to standard-course radiation therapy over 25 days (RT-25) in treating patients with soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities that may be primary or that may have come back to nearby tissue or lymph nodes after a period of improvement (locally recurrent) and that can be removed by surgery (resectable). Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays, particles, or radioactive seeds to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. 3-dimensional (3D) conformal radiation therapy (CRT) uses a computer to create a 3D picture of the tumor. This allows doctors to give the highest possible dose of radiation to the tumor, while sparing the normal tissue as much as possible. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is a type of 3D radiation therapy that uses computer-generated images to show the size and shape of the tumor. Thin beams of radiation of different intensities are aimed at the tumor from many angles. This type of radiation therapy reduces the damage to healthy tissue near the tumor. Standard-course (fractionated) radiation divides the total dose of radiation therapy into several smaller, equal doses delivered over a period of several days. Ultrahypofractionated radiation therapy delivers higher doses of radiation therapy over a shorter period of time and may kill more tumor cells and have fewer side effects. Giving UHRT-5 may be as effective as RT-25 in treating patients with primary or locally recurrent soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities that are resectable. It may also improve quality of life by requiring fewer treatments.

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Weston

3400 Ministry Parkway

Weston, WI 54476

The purpose of this study is to obtain clinical specimens, supporting clinical information, and laboratory testing results from patients from the upper Midwestern United States with early (acute) LD or with evidence of Lyme arthritis (LA). The specimens and well-characterized patient data will become part of a national repository of serum samples maintained by the CDC National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Vector-Borne Disease. The samples will be available for external requestors for use in developing and evaluating improved serologic tests for LD.

Eagle River Center

500 COMMERCE LOOP

EAGLE RIVER, WI 54521

Greenwood Center

102 W CANNERY STREET

GREENWOOD, WI 54437

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 - Lake Hallie Center

12961 27TH AVE

CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI 54729

MC - Wausau Center

2727 PLAZA DRIVE

WAUSAU, WI 54401

MMC - Eau Claire

2116 Craig Rd

Eau Claire, WI 54701

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Minocqua

9576 WI-70 Trunk

MINOCQUA, WI 54548

MMC - Neillsville

N3708 River Ave

Neillsville, Wisconsin 54456

MMC - Weston

3400 Ministry Parkway

Weston, WI 54476

Stratford Center

101 WISCONSIN AVE

STRATFORD, WI 54484

The Heartland Study is a prospective, observational study that will enroll up to 2,600 pregnant participants across the Heartland States in the U.S. The objective of the Heartland Study is to address major knowledge gaps concerning the health effects of herbicides on maternal and infant health. The study is being conducted to evaluate the associations between environmental exposures to herbicides during and after pregnancy and reproductive health outcomes. The study is measuring multiple biomarkers of herbicide exposure among pregnant Midwesterners and their partners to evaluate associations with pregnancy and childbirth outcomes, epigenetic biomarkers of exposure, and child development.

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

This study will evaluate the efficacy of TNX-103 (oral levosimendan) compared with placebo in subjects with PH-HFpEF as measured by the change in 6-Minute Walk Distance (6 MWD; Day 1 to Week 12).

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

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 - Stevens Point Campus

4100 WI-66

Stevens Point, WI 54482

MMC - Weston

3400 Ministry Parkway

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 - Dickinson

1721 S Stephenson Ave

Iron Mountain, MI 49801

MMC - Eau Claire Cancer Center

2200 Craig Road

Eau Claire, WI 54701

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Minocqua

9576 WI-70 Trunk

MINOCQUA, WI 54548

MMC - Rice Lake

1700 W Stout St

Rice Lake, WI 54868

MMC - Stevens Point Campus

4100 WI-66

Stevens Point, WI 54482

MMC - Weston

3400 Ministry Parkway

Weston, WI 54476

Cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is common and distressing among cancer survivors. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are among the first, most prolific, and most successful classes of targeted therapy. TKIs are also rapidly expanding, with over 40 FDA-approved TKIs for cancer. Studying the impact of TKIs on CRCI will improve awareness of CRCI, identify modifiable mechanisms, and inform development of new interventions. We will recruit patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) or chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) about to begin TKI therapy or that have just begun TKI therapy to complete assessments before starting TKIs (Assessment 1) as well as 6 and 12 months later (Assessments 2 and 3). Controls will complete assessments at similar intervals. Each assessment will include a saliva sample, patient-reported outcomes (PROs), a neuropsychological battery, and ecological momentary assessment (EMA) of CRCI for 1 week.

MMC - Dickinson

1721 S Stephenson Ave

Iron Mountain, MI 49801

MMC - Eau Claire

2116 Craig Rd

Eau Claire, WI 54701

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

MMC - Neillsville

N3708 River Ave

Neillsville, Wisconsin 54456

MMC - Rice Lake

1700 W Stout St

Rice Lake, WI 54868

MMC - Stevens Point Campus

4100 WI-66

Stevens Point, WI 54482

MMC - Weston

3400 Ministry Parkway

Weston, WI 54476

A very large pragmatic trial that will examine the effects of statins on dementia prevention in the elderly. The first statin trial with a non-CVD primary outcome - survival free of dementia or persisting disability. Using a placebo-controlled pragmatic clinical trial (PCT) design across PCORnet and Veterans Affairs health care systems, we will evaluate the risks and benefits of a moderate-intensity statin on important health outcomes for older adults.

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449

This study will compare atogepant, a newer migraine preventive medication, with two older preventive medications, topiramate and propranolol. It will be determined if one works better and is more tolerable than the others.

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449