Welcome to the Other Cancers Studies Page

LOCATION: UPMC or Online

ROSA Study

Are you currently receiving chemo for cancer at UPMC? Do you have a smartphone? You may be able to participate in a study to monitor symptoms during chemotherapy using smartphones and Fitbits. Participation involves installing study apps on your smartphone and completing daily questionnaires for 90 days. Compensation is provided.

DURATION: 90 days

VISITS: 1

COMPENSATION: $100 & option to keep the Fitbit device

VISITS: 1 visit or phone call

MyPaTH Story Booth 2.0

Interested in sharing your story about health, illness, or research? Patients and caregivers are needed to participate in a research study to help learn more about topics that are important to you and that may improve health and health care. Participation involves one 45-minute session that takes place over the phone. Eligible participants must be able to read and understand English.

DURATION: 45 minutes

LOCATION: By phone

COMPENSATION: Up to $20

DURATION: About 45 minutes

MyPaTH Story Booth – COVID-19 Stories

Participants are invited to share how they are maintaining their health during the coronavirus pandemic, or to share what it is like being ill with COVID-19 and/or caring for a loved one who is ill with COVID-19. Participation in this research study involves one 45-minute session that takes place over the phone. Eligible participants must be able to read and understand English.

VISITS: No in-person visits

LOCATION: By phone

COMPENSATION: Up to $20

Sensing Activity and Gait in Elderly Survivors

Have you completed primary treatment for cancer of any type (except basal cell skin carcinoma) within the last five years? Do you have a smartphone? You may be able to participate in a study to measure physical functioning in cancer survivors using smartphones and Fitbits. Participation involves installing study apps on your smartphone and a physical performance test. Compensation is provided.

DURATION: 28 days

VISITS: 1 visit

LOCATION: Duquesne University

COMPENSATION: $50 & option to keep the Fitbit device

HCC 19-059 - ICONIC Study

Do you have a rare genitourinary (GU) tumor? If so, you may be eligible to participate in a study to help researchers test the good and bad effects of three combined cancer drugs, called cabozantinib, nivolumab, and ipilimumab, that are FDA-approved individually, but not in combination.

DURATION: 24 months of treatment & a follow-up period

AGE: 18 and up

VISITS: Multiple

LOCATION: UPMC Hillman Cancer Centers in Greensburg, Monroeville, Passavant & Shadyside

LOCATION: UPMC St. Margaret Dermatology

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lower Extremities Study

Have you been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) on your lower extremity (below the knee)? If so, you may be eligible to participate in a study to help researchers determine if the need for surgical treatment of SCC can be eliminated by injecting a solution of a chemotherapeutic drug.

VISITS: one in person visit

All of Us Pennsylvania Research Program

You may be able to change the future of medicine. The All of Us PA Research Program is enrolling adults 18 years of age or older. This may be your chance to improve how your children and your children’s children receive medical care.

LOCATION: Convenient locations throughout Pennsylvania

COMPENSATION: $25.00 gift card

Other Brain and Nervous System

Memory and Attention Training for Individuals with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)

Have you been diagnosed with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)? Have you been taking a tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy (Imatinib) for at least one year? You may be able to participate in a study to examine an intervention to treat changes in memory and concentration in people with GIST. Study participation involves completing an 8-week intervention using the computer and phone.

Colorectal Cancer

LOCATION: Videoconference & phone

Remote Research

AGE: 18 and up

DURATION: 12 weeks

IMPACT: Influence of Myeloma Patient Adherence to Cancer Therapy

Have you been diagnosed with multiple myeloma? Are you currently taking, or are you preparing to start, maintenance therapy with an oral (pill form) anticancer medication? You may be able to participate in a research study to help learn more about how taking your cancer medication affects your symptoms and quality of life and how cancer care costs may affect your life. Compensation provided.

COMPENSATION: Up to $100 & paid parking

AGE: 18 and up

DURATION: 6 months

VISITS: 3

Other Brain and Nervous System

Cancer and Cognition Research Study - GIST

Do you have a newly diagnosed gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), but have not yet started treatment? If so, you may be able to participate in a research study to help learn more about possible changes in memory and concentration over time in people being treated for GIST. Participants will complete four assessments over one year via online surveys and telephone interviews.

VISITS: 4 assessments (no in-person visits)

LOCATION: Online & By Phone

iCARE Study – Parent or Grandparent Recently Diagnosed with Cancer

Have you recently been diagnosed with cancer? Are you the parent or grandparent of a child ages 10-17? If so, you and your child/grandchild may be able to participate in a research study to learn more about how stress from a parent or grandparent's cancer diagnosis affects children. Compensation provided.

Child Health

Family Health