Clinical Trials

This study examines the side effects that occur from receiving immunotherapy (immune checkpoint inhibitor) in patients with malignant solid tumors. Immunotherapy is the type of treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer. In the future, this information may help participants and their doctors make better decisions about cancer treatments.

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 - Stevens Point Campus

4100 WI-66

Stevens Point, WI 54482

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

This phase III trial compares three-drug induction regimens followed by double-or single-drug maintenance therapy for the treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in patients who are not receiving a stem cell transplant and are considered frail or intermediate-fit based on age, comorbidities, and functional status. Treatment for multiple myeloma includes initial treatment (induction) which is the first treatment a patient receives for cancer followed by ongoing treatment (maintenance) which is given after initial treatment to help keep the cancer from coming back. There are three combinations of four different drugs being studied. Bortezomib is one of the drugs that may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Lenalidomide works by helping bone marrow to produce normal blood cells and killing cancer cells. Anti-inflammatory drugs, such as dexamethasone, lower the body's immune response and are used with other drugs in the treatment of some types of cancer. Daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj is a monoclonal antibody that may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Patients receive 1 of 3 combinations of these drugs for treatment to determine which combination of study drugs works better to shrink and control multiple myeloma.

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 - Stevens Point Campus

4100 WI-66

Stevens Point, WI 54482

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

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

1700 W Stout St

Rice Lake, WI 54868

MMC - Stevens Point Campus

4100 WI-66

Stevens Point, WI 54482

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

This phase II/III trial compares the addition of nivolumab to the usual treatment of paclitaxel and ramucirumab to paclitaxel and ramucirumab alone in treating patients with gastric or esophageal adenocarcinoma that that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced). A monoclonal antibody is a type of protein that can bind to certain targets in the body, such as molecules that cause the body to make an immune response (antigens). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Ramucirumab is a monoclonal antibody that may prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow. Paclitaxel is in a class of medications called antimicrotubule agents. It stops cancer cells from growing and dividing and may kill them. Adding nivolumab to ramucirumab and paclitaxel may work better to treat patients with advanced stomach or esophageal 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

1700 W Stout St

Rice Lake, WI 54868

MMC - Stevens Point Campus

4100 WI-66

Stevens Point, WI 54482

MMC - Weston

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

This phase III trial compares the effectiveness of rituximab to mosunetuzumab in treating patients with follicular lymphoma with a low tumor burden. Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody. It binds to a protein called CD20, which is found on B cells (a type of white blood cell) and some types of cancer cells. This may help the immune system kill cancer cells. Mosunetuzumab is a monoclonal antibody that may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. It is not yet known if giving rituximab or mosunetuzumab works better in treating patients with follicular lymphoma with a low tumor burden.

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

1700 W Stout St

Rice Lake, WI 54868

MMC - Stevens Point Campus

4100 WI-66

Stevens Point, WI 54482

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 - 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

9601 TOWNLINE RD

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

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

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 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

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 - 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

9601 TOWNLINE RD

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

3501 CRANBERRY BLVD

WESTON, WI 54476

This phase III trial compares the effect of adding durvalumab to chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone before surgery in treating patients with upper urinary tract cancer. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as durvalumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, cisplatin, and gemcitabine 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. Durvalumab in combination with chemotherapy before surgery may enhance the shrinking of the tumor compared to chemotherapy alone.

MMC - Marshfield

1000 N OAK AVE

MARSHFIELD, WI 54449