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ClinicalTrials.gov 18 recruiting now early-phase tilt

Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain: early-phase trial registry

18 of 44 indexed Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #330 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

44 US clinical trials · 18 currently recruiting · #330 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain: 44 US clinical trials tracked, 18 recruiting.

Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain is the subject of 44 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 18 of them currently open to new participants. 10 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 25 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, running 13 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition metastatic-malignant-neoplasm-in-the-brain

OPEN 18 | RECR 41% | LATE 10 | EARLY 25 | RANK #330 | SPON 13

Nearest open-share peer: Brain Injuries, Traumatic (41% recruiting · 22 trials)

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Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain

Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain lists 18 open slots (41% of 44 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain recruits in line with its size-band peers.

    18 of 44 indexed trials (40.9%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain research.

    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center accounts for 13 of 44 trials (29.5%). 14 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 54 among the 44 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 30 of those (68.2%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain research is mostly interventional.

    42 interventional and 2 observational studies make up this index (95.5% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 113Phase 212Phase 39Phase 41

Open and recent trials

44 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 3 491 participants

S1501 Dual Observational and Randomized Cohort Study of Patients With Metastatic HER-2+ Breast Cancer at Risk of Cardiac Toxicity

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT03418961

RECRUITING Phase 3 269 participants

Testing Longer Duration Radiation Therapy Versus the Usual Radiation Therapy in Patients With Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain

NRG Oncology

NCT06500455

RECRUITING 200 participants

Patient Perceptions Around Quality of Care Through Telemedicine in Neuro-Oncology

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04988009

RECRUITING Phase 3 200 participants

Testing if High Dose Radiation Only to the Sites of Brain Cancer Compared to Whole Brain Radiation That Avoids the Hippocampus is Better at Preventing Loss of Memory and Thinking Ability

NRG Oncology

NCT04804644

RECRUITING Phase 3 180 participants

Pre-operative SRS or Post-operative SRS in Treating Cancer Patients With Brain Metastases

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03741673

RECRUITING Phase 2 150 participants

Gadolinium and Ferumoxytol MRI in Diagnosing Patients With Abnormalities in the Central Nervous System

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

NCT03270059

RECRUITING Phase 3 140 participants

Pre-Operative or Post-Operative Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Treating Patients With Operative Metastatic Brain Tumors

Mayo Clinic

NCT03750227

RECRUITING Phase 2 112 participants

A Study to Compare the Administration of Encorafenib + Binimetinib + Nivolumab Versus Ipilimumab + Nivolumab in BRAF-V600 Mutant Melanoma With Brain Metastases

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT04511013

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Feasibility of Intraoperative Microdialysis During Neurosurgery for Central Nervous System Malignancies

Mayo Clinic

NCT04047264

RECRUITING NA 90 participants

Neurocognition in Patients With Multiple Brain Metastases Treated With Radiosurgery

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

NCT03184038

RECRUITING NA 75 participants

Electrocorticography in Mapping Functional Brain Areas During Surgery in Patients With Brain Tumors

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02754544

RECRUITING Phase 2 69 participants

SRS Compared With FSRS for Treatment of Intact Metastatic Brain Disease, FRACTIONATE Trial

Mayo Clinic

NCT05222620

RECRUITING NA 42 participants

Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Identification of Recurrent Brain Tumors and Radiation Necrosis

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT07339085

RECRUITING Phase 1 30 participants

Natural Killer Cell Therapy (UD TGFbetai NK Cells) and Temozolomide for the Treatment of Stage IV Melanoma Metastatic to the Brain

Kari Kendra

NCT05588453

RECRUITING Phase 2 23 participants

Dendritic Cell Vaccines Against Her2/Her3 and Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Brain Metastasis From Triple Negative Breast Cancer or HER2+ Breast Cancer

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT04348747

RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

Zr-89 Crefmirlimab Berdoxam and Immuno-Positron Emission Tomography for the Imaging of Patients With Resectable Brain Tumors

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT06650163

RECRUITING Phase 4 10 participants

An Investigational Scan (64Cu-DOTA-Trastuzumab PET/MRI) in Imaging Patients With HER2+ Breast Cancer With Brain Metastasis

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT05376878

RECRUITING Early Phase 1 10 participants

Arginine and Whole Brain Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Patients With Brain Metastases

Emory University

NCT06328686

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 242 participants

Single Fraction Stereotactic Radiosurgery Compared With Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Treating Patients With Resected Metastatic Brain Disease

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

NCT04114981

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 237 participants

Comparing the Addition of Radiation Either Before or After Surgery for Patients With Brain Metastases

NRG Oncology

NCT05438212

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 132 participants

Stereotactic Radiosurgery Compared to Observation in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT00950001

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 110 participants

Neuropsychological Care for Maintaining Quality of Life After Radiation Therapy in Patients With Brain Metastases

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT05503251

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 88 participants

Stereotactic Radiosurgery or Whole Brain Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Non-melanoma Brain Metastases

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT01592968

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 80 participants

Nivolumab and Radiation Therapy With or Without Ipilimumab in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases From Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02696993

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 74 participants

Mind-Body Intervention in Glioma Couples

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03244995

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 55 participants

Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Patients With Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastasis

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04516070

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 52 participants

Nivolumab With Trametinib and Dabrafenib, or Encorafenib and Binimetinib in Treating Patients With BRAF Mutated Metastatic or Unresectable Stage III-IV Melanoma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02910700

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 49 participants

Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Treating Patients With Greater Than 3 Melanoma Brain Metastases

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT01644591

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 44 participants

Testing Sacituzumab Govitecan Therapy in Patients With HER2-Negative Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT04647916

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 29 participants

Bevacizumab and Atezolizumab With or Without Cobimetinib in Treating Patients With Untreated Melanoma Brain Metastases

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03175432

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Early Phase 1 26 participants

Radiosurgery Before Surgery for the Treatment of Brain Metastases

Emory University

NCT04895592

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 26 participants

Low Dose Versus Standard Dose Dexamethasone for Reduction of Swelling in Patients with Primary or Metastatic Brain Tumors

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT05139043

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 24 participants

HER2-CAR T Cells in Treating Patients With Recurrent Brain or Leptomeningeal Metastases

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT03696030

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 22 participants

Testing of the Anti Cancer Drugs CB-839 HCl (Telaglenastat) and MLN0128 (Sapanisertib) in Advanced Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04250545

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 22 participants

nTMS in Planning Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Patients With Brain Metastases in the Motor Cortex

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04062305

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 15 participants

Testing the Safety of M6620 (VX-970) When Given With Standard Whole Brain Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Brain Metastases From Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer, or Neuroendocrine Tumors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02589522

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 11 participants

Ropidoxuridine and Whole Brain Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02993146

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 10 participants

Trametinib With or Without Whole Brain Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02015117

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 7 participants

Osimertinib With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With EGFR Positive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02971501

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 1 participants

Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors With NovoTTF-200M for the Treatment of Melanoma Brain Metastases

Emory University

NCT05341349

COMPLETED NA 155 participants

Ferumoxytol in Improving MR Imaging in Patients With High-Grade Brain Tumors or Cerebral Metastases

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

NCT00103038

COMPLETED 54 participants

Blood Brain Barrier Differences in Patients with Brain Tumors Undergoing Surgery

Mayo Clinic

NCT03071913

COMPLETED Phase 1 8 participants

STAT3 Inhibitor WP1066 in Treating Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma or Progressive Metastatic Melanoma in the Brain

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT01904123

COMPLETED Phase 1 3 participants

Testing the Addition of an Anti-cancer Drug, Entinostat, to the Usual Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Treatment (Atezolizumab, Carboplatin and Etoposide) for Previously Untreated Aggressive Lung Cancer That Has Spread

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04631029

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 13
Phase 2 12
Phase 3 9
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Stereotactic Radiosurgery Radiation
14 trials
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Procedure
11 trials
Questionnaire Administration Other
10 trials
Quality-of-Life Assessment Other
10 trials
Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Other
7 trials
Biospecimen Collection Procedure
5 trials
Whole-Brain Radiotherapy Radiation
4 trials
Nivolumab Biological
4 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 16 trials
Texas 14 trials
Arizona 7 trials
Florida 6 trials
Ohio 5 trials
New York 5 trials
Minnesota 5 trials
Arkansas 5 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain page

44 registered trials, 18 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 18 Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center sponsors the most Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain condition card totals 44 registered trials; most-linked intervention Stereotactic Radiosurgery; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.