University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Clinical Research

We continually strive to improve cancer care through clinical trials and research based on our collective experience treating patients.

Our clinical faculty engage in research on a wide variety of cancer types to provide the highest quality cancer treatment. It’s a collaborative effort. We work with cancer biologists and medical physicists to investigate ways to improve cancer care. Patients play an essential role as well by participating in clinical trials and allowing us to collect and study their tissue samples. Our retrospective research—review of the treatments and outcomes of our patients—offers insights that could provide the basis for clinical trials that drive advances in cancer care.

Radiotherapy List – Updated June 2026

CNS protocolsOpen to AccrualPhase III Trial of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) versus Hippocampal-Avoidant Whole Brain Radiotherapy (HA-WBRT) for 10 or fewer Brain Metastases from Small Cell Lung Cancer (NRG-CC0009)
CNS protocolsOpen to AccrualPhase III Trial of Single Fraction Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) Versus Fractionated SRS (FSRS) for Intact Brain Metastases (NRGBN013)
BreastOpen to AccrualTailor RT: A Randomized Trial of Regional Radiotherapy in Biomarker Low Risk Node Positive Breast cancer (MA39)
BreastOpen to AccrualA Phase II Study of Real-Time MRI-Guided 3-Fraction Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation in Early Breast Cancer (MAPBI) (UW18099)
BreastOpen to AccrualPatient-Reported Outcomes and Cosmesis Following Five Fraction Whole Breast Irradiation with Simultaneous Integrated Boost (UW23114)
GIOpen to AccrualA Phase I Study of OAR-Based, Dose Escalated SBRT with Real Time Adaptive MRI Guidance for Liver Metastases (UW18110)
GUOpen to AccrualPhase III Study of Local or Systemic Therapy INtensification DIrected in Prostate CAncer Patients with Post-ProstaTEctomy Biochemical Recurrence (INDICATE) (EA8191)
GUOpen to AccrualA Phase II Study of Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate in Metastatic Prostate Cancer with Neuroendocrine Differentiation (NCI10487)
GUOpen to AccrualThe Phase III ‘High Five Trial’ Five Fraction Radiation For High-Risk Prostate Cancer (NRGGU013)
H&NOpen to AccrualRandomized Phase II/III Trial of Adjuvant Radiation Therapy with Cisplatin, Docetaxel-Cetuximab, or Cisplatin-Atezolizumab in Pathologic High-Risk Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck (RTOG1216)
H&NOpen to AccrualStudy to identify biomarkers of oral cavity cancer response to neoadjuvant immunotherapy prior to definitive surgery (UW25009)
LungOpen to AccrualPhase III Prospective Randomized Trial of Primary Lung Tumor Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Followed by Concurrent Mediastinal Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NRGLU008)
LungOpen to AccrualThe Cardiac Radiation Therapy Sparing (HEARTS) for Thoracic Cancers (UW25019)
Sarcoma/BoneOpen to AccrualPhase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Hypofractionated Radiotherapy versus Conventionally Fractionated Radiotherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcomas (UW21049)
Multi-siteOpen to AccrualPhase 1 Study of Y-NM600 in Patients Receiving Anti-PD-1 or Anti-PD-L1 Therapy for Metastatic Cancer (UW24136)
Non-InterventionalOpen to AccrualProton and Photon Consortium Registry (PPCR): A Multi Center Registry of Pediatric Patients treated with Radiation Therapy (UW24091)