We are interested in conducting research that will benefit the people of West Virginia. The application of what we learn from research is vital to the improvement of the health, quality of service, and patient care throughout West Virginia. Vandalia Health Charleston Area Medical Center is dedicated to providing the latest in new therapies and applications.

See below for a categorized listing of clinical trials currently underway at CAMC. You can also view all clinical trials.

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This phase III trial studies whether adding apalutamide to the usual treatment improves outcome in patients with lymph node positive prostate cancer after surgery. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-ray to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Androgens, or male sex hormones, can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Drugs, such as apalutamide, may help stop or reduce the growth of prostate cancer cell growth by blocking the attachment of androgen to its receptors on cancer cells, a mechanism similar to stopping the entrance of a key into its lock. Adding apalutamide to the usual hormone therapy and radiation therapy after surgery may stabilize prostate cancer and prevent it from spreading and extend time without disease spreading compared to the usual approach.

This phase III trial compares the effect of bevacizumab and osimertinib combination vs. osimertinib alone for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer that has spread outside of the lungs (stage IIIB-IV) and has a change (mutation) in a gene called EGFR. The EGFR protein is involved in cell signaling pathways that control cell division and survival. Sometimes, mutations in the EGFR gene cause EGFR proteins to be made in higher than normal amounts on some types of cancer cells. This causes cancer cells to divide more rapidly. Osimertinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking EGFR that is needed for cell growth in this type of cancer. Bevacizumab is in a class of medications called antiangiogenic agents. It works by stopping the formation of blood vessels that bring oxygen and nutrients to tumor. This may slow the growth and spread of tumor. Giving osimertinib with bevacizumab may control cancer for longer and help patients live longer as compared to osimertinib alone.

This phase III trial studies how well lenalidomide and dexamethasone works with or without daratumumab in treating patients with high-risk smoldering myeloma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as lenalidomide and dexamethasone, 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. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as daratumumab, may induce changes in the body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving lenalidomide and dexamethasone with daratumumab may work better in treating patients with smoldering myeloma.

This study is being done to answer the following question: Can we lower the chance of cancer growing or spreading with the combination of a newer medication and other therapies: We are doing this study because we want to find out if this approach is better or worse than the usual approach for your cancer. The usual approach is defined as care most people get for cancer.

This study is being done to see if adding chemotherapy to the usual treatment for advanced prostate cancer helps patients live longer. The drug is already approved by the FDA for treating prostate cancer. However, it is usually used only after hormonal therapy and apalutamide are no longer working. The study will also look at a test to see if it can help doctors decide which patients might benefit the most from adding the drug. Doctors do not know yet if this test will be useful in making treatment choices. If it is helpful, it could become a regular part of care for men with advanced prostate cancer.

The PROACTIVE-HF-2 Trial is a research study looking at a small device called the Cordella™ Pulmonary Artery Sensor. Doctors use this sensor to check how your heart is working by measuring the pressure in your lungs every day. The goal of the study is to help people with heart failure feel better and stay out of the hospital.

The purpose of the GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder (GSO Device) post-approval study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of GSO device as observed in the REDUCE pivotal IDE study, and to evaluate the quality of the operator education and training and transferability of trial experience to a post-market setting.