This study is focused on patients with pancreatic, colorectal, gastroesophageal, or biliary (bile duct) cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastasized).

Chemotherapy drugs, such as liposomal irinotecan and fluorouracil damage cancer cells. Targeted therapies such as rucaparib, can keep cancer cells from being able to repair damage.

This study will look at how the targeted therapy rucaparib works with chemotherapy in treating patients with metastatic pancreatic, colorectal, gastroesophageal, or biliary cancer. The study will measure the best dose and look at sides effects with this combination of drugs. 

This anonymous survey is being conducted by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE). The goal of this survey is to help researchers understand the caregiving experiences of families affected by hereditary cancer. By sharing your experience with us, you can help us develop more resources to improve the experience of future family caregivers. 

Click here to take the survey. 

This study will look at how well the PARP inhibitor talazoparib works in treating patients with cancers that have returned after a period of improvement, do not respond to treatment, or have spread to other parts of the body, and have inherited mutations or tumor mutations in BRCA or other specific genes.

The TALAPRO-2 study is assessing whether the study drug is safe and effective when given in combination with enzalutamide as a treatment option for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and DDR deficiency.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and tolerability of using the immunotherapy drugs nivolumab and relatlimab in patients with microsatellite instability high (MSI-H) solid tumors resistant to prior PD-(L)1 therapy.

Both Nivolumab and Relatlimab are a type of immunotherapy known as immune checkpoint inhibitors. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are drugs that prevent cancer cells from switching off immune cells. This allows the immune system to find, unmask and destroy cancer cells.

This is a study for people who have been diagnosed with HER2-positive (HER2+) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).  The goal of this study is to look at how well the drug tucatinib (Tukysa) works to improve outcomes when given with trastuzumab (Herceptin), versus how well tucatinib works when administered by itself.

This study will look at how well atorvastatin (a common cholesterol lowering agent) works with or without aspirin (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) in preventing colorectal cancer in people with Lynch syndrome. Atorvastatin may lower the risk of developing cancers in the colon and rectum. Aspirin may reduce the risk of colon polyps and colon cancers. Giving atorvastatin and aspirin may work better at reducing the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in high-risk individuals with Lynch syndrome.

The goal of this study is to find the best dose and measure side effects of palbociclib when given together with olaparib and fulvestrant, in treating people with hormone receptor-positive (HR+), HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer who have a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. Palbociclib and Olaparib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Fulvestrant is a type of treatment that may prevent breast cancer cell growth by blocking estrogen and progesterone receptor stimulation.

The National Cancer Institute recently opened a clinical trial for prostate cancer screening in men who are at high risk for prostate cancer due to an inherited mutation. This is trial is for men without prostate cancer, ages 30 to 75, who have tested positive for Lynch syndrome (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, EPCAM) or BRCA1, BRCA2, HOXB13, ATM, NBN, TP53, CHEK2, PALB2, RAD51C RAD51D, BRIP1, FANCA. The trial involves screening MRI of the prostate every two years and biopsy of the prostate if the MRI is abnormal. There is no cost for travel or study-related tests.

Researchers are conducting a study to test how well education materials increase use knowledge about hereditary cancer risk. Participants will watch 90 minutes of educational videos and complete 2 short surveys. In all, this will take approximately 3 hours to complete over a two-week period. Everything will be completed over the phone or online. Compensation will be provided for participation.

The purpose of this study is to try to find markers of early pancreatic cancer for screening for individuals at higher-than-average risk, expedite the diagnosis in individuals with symptoms, and substantially improve an individual's chance of surviving the disease.

SOROCk [NRG-CC008] is a clinical trial studying if removal of just the fallopian tubes can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer nearly as much as removing both the ovaries and fallopian tubes among women with an inherited BRCA1 mutation. The main benefit of removing only the fallopian tubes and not the ovaries is to prevent surgically-induced menopause. The study will also exam various patient-reported quality of life outcomes. Researchers believe that most ovarian cancers first begin in the fallopian tubes, suggesting that removing the fallopian tubes only may prevent the development of ovarian cancer. This concept has never been formally testing in a clinical trial.

This study looks at how well the PARP inhibitor niraparib and the immunotherapy drug dostarlimab work together in treating patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer, who also have an inherited or tumor mutation in one of the following genes: BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, BARD1, RAD51c, or RAD51d.

• Niraparib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
• Immunotherapy such as dostarlimab may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. 

AMPLIFY is a nation-wide, web-based diet and exercise study recruiting overweight survivors of early stage breast, prostate, ovarian, renal, colorectal and endometrial cancer and multiple myeloma. This study is enrolling qualified cancer survivors age 50 and older who are interested in becoming more active, eating better and losing weight.

The purpose of this study is to develop a test for early detection of ovarian cancer. Two patient populations are included in this study: women scheduled for surgery or testing for suspected but undiagnosed ovarian/fallopian tube cancer, and women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation who are scheduled for a risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy. The study will examine DNA from a washing of the uterus (womb) and proteins found in the blood to see if they can detect ovarian cancer.

PROMISE is a nationwide registry of prostate cancer patients with inherited mutations by screening approximately 5,000 participants with a prostate cancer diagnosis.

The PROMISE team is studying how these mutations affect patient outcomes.

This study is for people with metastatic colorectal cancer. The study will compare how well treatment with a combination of chemotherapy agents and an immunotherapy agent works compared with treatment using an immunotherapy agent alone. This study is focused on patients who are determined to be mismatch-repair deficient (dMMR) or have an MSI-H diagnosis, which are commonly seen in people with Lynch syndrome.

This study will look at how people with advanced triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) respond to different combinations of drugs. During an initial study period participants will receive a combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy drugs. Participants with stable cancer or an improvement will be able to continue with the study. Continuing participants will be assigned to one of two groups. One group will receive the same drug combination during the followup period. The second group will instead immunotherapy plus a type of targeted therapy known as a PARP inhibitor during the follow-up period.  

TALAVE is a study for patients who have advanced or metastatic breast cancer that will not be cured by treatment with surgery or radiotherapy, and either have a BRCA1/2 mutation (germline or somatic) or have triple negative breast cancer who are not known to have a BRCA1/2 mutation. The goal of TALAVE is to look at whether giving talazoparib alone followed by talazoparib with avelumab is a safe and effective treatment for advanced breast cancer.

The purpose of this research study is to learn about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected cancer care and quality of life in breast cancer survivors. Participants will complete an online survey and some women will be invited to participate in an online interview to learn more about their cancer treatment experiences during the pandemic.

Improved screening for pancreatic cancer in high-risk groups, such as people with an inherited BRCA1, BRCA2, ATM, or PALB2 mutation, may help find cancer early and improve survival rates. People enrolled in this study will undergo screening using endoscopic ultrasound or MRI of the abdomen.

This study looks at how well omega-3 fatty acid ethyl esters (generic Lovaza) work in preventing colorectal cancer in patients with Lynch syndrome. Omega-3 fatty acids work by decreasing inflammation, or swelling, in the body, and suppressing certain chemicals in the body that are known to cause cancer. The addition of omega-3 fatty acids to patients' diets may help decrease colon inflammation or suppress cancer-causing chemicals in the body.

The usual approach for patients with curable (i.e., non-metastatic) pancreatic cancer is a combination of surgery, FDA-approved chemotherapy, radiation (in select cases), then surveillance monitoring. This means that patients are typically monitored by their oncologist for evidence that the cancer has returned (recurrence), but they receive no additional treatment after the completion of surgery and chemotherapy.

The purpose of EA2192 / APOLLO is to compare the usual approach (observation) to treatment for one year with a drug called olaparib, in patients with BRCA1, BRCA2 or PALB2 mutation. EA2192 / APOLLO will help the study doctors find out if this different approach is better, the same, or worse than the usual approach. To decide if it is better, the study doctors will be looking to see if olaparib delays cancer recurrence compared to the usual approach of surveillance.

The Ohio State University and FORCE want to understand if a family communication guide for people with BRCA mutations is helpful and if it’s also useful to have a video that you can text or email to family members that explains your BRCA mutation. We are currently looking for people between the ages of 18-80 who have mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2, have an active email address, and an internet capable device like a computer, tablet, or smartphone.  Participants will be asked to complete a total of 3 surveys.  Participants will be randomly assigned to either receive just the communication guide or the guide plus the sharable.  Each survey will take 10-15 minutes (the study could take up to 1.5 hours to complete depending on how much time you spend reviewing the study materials). 

You can get more information or ask to participate in the study by sending an email to: brcashare@osumc.edu.

PMD-026 is a study for people who have been diagnosed with metastatic triple negative breast cancer (mTNBC) who have no further treatment options. This research study is investigating if a study drug called PMD-026 is safe and effective for patients with mTNBC.

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of using a combination of the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and the targeted therapy lenvatinib (Lenvima) in women with Stage III, IV, or recurrent endometrial cancer versus using chemotherapy treatment alone. NOTE: This study has completed enrollment

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the addition of the immunotherapy agent pembrolizumab to radiation therapy is more effective than radiation therapy alone in reducing the risk of cancer recurrence in patients with newly diagnosed stage I-II endometrial cancer that is MSI-High.

This study will look at how well PARP inhibitor olaparib works in treating women or men who have been diagnosed with biliary tract (bile duct) cancer that has metastasized to other places in the body and who also have DNA repair gene mutations that give them a higher risk of certain cancers.  Olaparib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

Medicines that affect bacteria in the stomach and intestines may assist immunotherapy agents like pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in treating cancer. This study will look at the effect of a drug, EDP1503 on enhancing the anti-cancer response when used with pembrolizumab, in patients with advanced metastatic colorectal carcinoma, triple-negative breast cancer, or cancers that have recurred after a type of immunotherapy known as an immune checkpoint inhibitor. NOTE: This this study is no longer enrolling patients. 

The goal of MiDe is to develop a clinical diagnostic test to detect early onset ovarian cancer, as currently, there are no good screening or early detection tests available. Participants can be expected to provide up to 4 tubes of blood every 6 months for up to 5 years. We can collect these samples through mobile phlebotomy all around the US.