Radiation Oncology Clinical Trials 

What Are Clinical Trials?

Clinical trials are research studies that involve people. They are the final step in a long process that begins with research in a lab. By evaluating the results of clinical trials, we can find better treatments and ways to prevent, detect, and treat cancer.  Many standard treatments used today are the result of past clinical trials.

Radiation Oncology Clinical Trials

The research team in the UVA Department of Radiation Oncology includes physicians, physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, nurses and a clinical research coordinator.

It is the clinical research coordinator's responsibility to ensure patient safety for all subjects who participate in our trials, Federal regulatory compliance and adherence to standards of good clinical practice.

The Radiation Oncology Clinical Research Coordinator is Katie L. Sullivan, MSW, CCRC.  Katie has been an oncology clinical research coordinator since 2004.  She is certified by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP).  For further information about Radiation Oncology Clinical Trials please call or e-mail Katie at 434-243-7231 or kls8d@virginia.edu.

For more information about oncology trials, please visit the Cancer Center's Cancer Clinical Trials page

Presented below is a list of clinical trials categorized by medical condition.
Brain Cancer
Contact:Katie Sullivan Phone:(434)243-7231 E-mail:kls8d@virginia.edu UVa Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology, seeks Women and Men, age 18 and older with brain cancer, who will be receiving radiation therapy as treatment...
Category: Cancer (Oncology) | HIC #: 13770
Department: Radiation Oncology | Primary Investigator: Larner James, M
Breast Cancer
Contact:Katie Sullivan Phone:(434)243-7231 E-mail:kls8d@virginia.edu UVa Health System, Cancer Center seeks women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and who have had a lumpectomy for a research study. Studies have shown...
Category: Cancer (Oncology) | HIC #: 11904
Department: Radiation Oncology | Primary Investigator: Read Paul, W
Contact:Katie Sullivan Phone:(434)243-7231 E-mail:kls8d@virginia.edu UVa Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology seeks non-pregnant women, age 18 or older, with breast cancer who are being treated with daily irradiation wit...
Category: Cancer (Oncology) | HIC #: 13958
Department: Radiation Oncology | Primary Investigator: Rich Tyvin, A
Contact:Katie Sullivan Phone:(434)243-7231 E-mail:kls8d@virginia.edu UVa Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology seeks women, age 18 or older, who have been diagnosed with breast cancer for a research study. The tumor must...
Category: Cancer (Oncology) | HIC #: 14464
Department: Radiation Oncology | Primary Investigator: Read Paul, W
Colorectal Cancer
Contact:Katie Sullivan Phone:(434)243-7231 E-mail:kls8d@virginia.edu UVa Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology seeks Women and Men, 18 years of age and older, with newly diagnosed rectal cancer for research study. Seve...
Category: Cancer (Oncology) | HIC #: 13851
Department: Radiation Oncology | Primary Investigator: Rich Tyvin, A
Esophageal Cancer
Contact:Katie Sullivan Phone:(434)243-7231 E-mail:kls8d@virginia.edu UVa Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology seeks men and women, age 18 or older, who have been recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer for a research s...
Category: Cancer (Oncology) | HIC #: 14034
Department: Radiation Oncology | Primary Investigator: Rich Tyvin, A
Head and Neck Cancer
Contact:Katie Sullivan Phone:(434)243-7231 E-mail:kls8d@virginia.edu UVa Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology seeks men and non-pregnant women, age 18 or older, who have completed radiotherapy for head and neck cancer an...
Category: Cancer (Oncology) | HIC #: 13990
Department: Radiation Oncology | Primary Investigator: Read Paul, W
Contact:Katie Sullivan Phone:(434)243-7231 E-mail:kls8d@virginia.edu UVa Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology seeks men and non-pregnant women, age 18 or older, with newly diagnosed stage III or IV squamous cell head and...
Category: Cancer (Oncology) | HIC #: 14049
Department: Radiation Oncology | Primary Investigator: Read Paul, W
Lung Cancer
Contact:Katie Sullivan Phone:(434)243-7231 E-mail:kls8d@virginia.edu UVa Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology, seeks Women and Men, age 18 or older, with Stage IIA/IIIB non-small cell lung cancer for research study. L...
Category: Cancer (Oncology) | HIC #: 13516
Department: Radiation Oncology | Primary Investigator: Larner James, M
Prostate Cancer
Contact:Katie Sullivan Phone:(434)243-7231 E-mail:kls8d@virginia.edu UVa Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology, seeks men, age 18 or older, with Prostate Cancer who have been treated primarily with surgery (radical prosta...
Category: Cancer (Oncology) | HIC #: 13526
Department: Radiation Oncology | Primary Investigator: Schneider Bernard, F