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Clinical trials and research at Comprehensive Cancer Center/ Univ/pr
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 27 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $13.6 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 27NIH research projects
NIH-funded research (27)
Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.
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Puerto Rico NCORP: Advancing Community Cancer Care and Trials
A community-focused cancer research program in Puerto Rico helps patients access cutting-edge treatments and better care through NCI-supported clinical trials.
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Interventions to boost cervical cancer screening in Puerto Rico
A study will test different ways to help more women in Puerto Rico complete cervical cancer screening and follow-up care.
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Inherited non-coding variants shaping breast cancer risk and therapy response
This grant studies how inherited non-coding DNA variants influence breast cancer risk and treatment response, with initial focus on gene regulation and ancestry-related differences.
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Community Engagement for Cancer Care in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
A group at a cancer center is joining communities in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to co-create ways to handle extreme weather and environmental risks that affect cancer care.
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Caribbean Cancer Research Center focusing on environment and natural hazards
This grant supports a Caribbean-wide effort to understand how natural hazards and the environment affect cancer risk and quality of life for people in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
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Administrative Core for CARIB-CARES cancer control collaboration
A coordinating center will support a Caribbean cancer control research ecosystem to improve how extreme weather and pollution affect cancer prevention and care.
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Caribbean Cancer Center study on how environment and hazards affect cancer care
This grant aims to understand how natural and environmental hazards in the US Caribbean affect cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for people living in PR and USVI.
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Improving Cervical Cancer Screening in Puerto Rico
A study to see which intervention strategies help more low-income women in Puerto Rico complete cervical cancer screening and follow-up care, and whether those strategies cost less over time.
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Puerto Rico Community Oncology Program (PRNCORP)
This program connects people with cancer in Puerto Rico to NCI clinical trials, collects medical and tissue information, and helps improve local cancer care.
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FOXA1 protein changes in hormone-positive breast cancer
Looking at whether chemical changes to the FOXA1 protein help estrogen-positive breast cancers stop responding to hormone therapy.
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Improving cervical cancer screening delivery in Puerto Rico
This project tests different ways to help women in Puerto Rico get cervical cancer screening and follow-up, including patient navigators and HPV self-sampling.
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Community engagement for cancer patients in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
This project partners with people in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to co-create clear, culturally relevant information and community programs linking extreme weather, pollution, and cancer care.
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Caribbean cancer and environmental hazards center
This project learns how hurricanes, pollution, and other environmental hazards affect cancer risk and quality of life for people in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
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Caribbean Cancer and Environmental Hazards Center
This effort brings together Caribbean hospitals, communities, and researchers to reduce how storms and pollution interrupt cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Better cervical cancer screening and follow-up in Puerto Rico
This project tries different approaches—like HPV self-sampling and patient navigators—to help more women in Puerto Rico get cervical cancer screening and timely follow-up.
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Improving cervical cancer screening in Puerto Rico.
This study is looking for better ways to help low-income women in Puerto Rico, especially those on Medicaid or Medicare, get screened for cervical cancer by finding and fixing common problems that keep them from going, like transportation issues, and trying out new ideas like having patient helpers and at-home testing.
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Engaging communities in addressing climate change and health issues
This study is all about working with people in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands to understand how climate change affects health, especially cancer, and to come up with helpful solutions together.
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Investigating the health impacts of climate change on cancer patients in the Caribbean.
This study is looking at how climate change impacts the health of cancer patients living in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, and it wants to hear from survivors and community members about their experiences to find better ways to support them.
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Improving cancer care and research in the Caribbean region.
This study is all about bringing together important health organizations in the Caribbean to work on better ways to prevent and treat cancer, especially as climate change affects health, so that patients in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands can get better care and more resources.
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Investigating the effects of climate change on cancer care in the Caribbean.
This study looks at how climate change affects cancer care in the Caribbean, especially in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, and aims to find ways to help people, especially those in underserved communities, get better access to cancer prevention and treatment during extreme weather events.
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Improving cervical cancer screening in Puerto Rico.
This study is looking for better ways to help low-income women in Puerto Rico get screened for cervical cancer, especially those on Medicaid or Medicare, by finding solutions to common problems like getting to appointments and trying new methods like self-sampling and support from patient navigators.
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Understanding how FOXA1 is regulated in breast cancer
This study is looking at how a protein called FOXA1 affects breast cancer and why some tumors stop responding to hormone treatments, with the goal of finding new ways to help patients get better.
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Training program on the role of microbes and infections in cancer
This program is looking for recent college graduates who want to learn about infectious diseases and cancer, especially in the Hispanic community in Puerto Rico, and it offers hands-on research experiences and mentorship to help them prepare for careers in health or research.
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Training program for cancer prevention and control research
This program is designed for Hispanic individuals interested in learning more about cancer prevention and control, offering a hands-on research experience with mentors to help them build skills and knowledge in this important area over 10 to 15 weeks.
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Understanding how oral HPV infection affects cancer risk in people living with HIV
This study is looking at why people with HIV, especially those in Hispanic communities, have higher rates of oral HPV infections and throat cancers, and it aims to find ways to help prevent these issues.
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Examining the impact of school policies on HPV vaccination rates
This study is looking at how a new rule in Puerto Rico that requires kids aged 11-12 to get the HPV vaccine before starting school is working, and it wants to see how this rule is being applied in different places across the U.S., all to help improve vaccination rates for everyone.
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Investigating the link between oral bacteria and HPV in HIV-positive adults
This study is looking at how the germs in your mouth and certain proteins in your immune system might affect the lasting presence of HPV infections in adults with HIV, with the goal of finding ways to catch HPV-related cancers early and improve treatment options for those affected.
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