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Olanzapine Versus Megestrol Acetate for the Treatment of Loss of Appetite Among Advanced Cancer Patients
This phase III trial compares the effects of olanzapine versus megestrol acetate in treating loss of appetite in patients with cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced). Olanzapine may stimulate and increase appetite. This study aims to find out if olanzapine is better than the usual approach (megestrol acetate) for stimulating appetite and preventing weight loss.
* Women and men of reproductive potential should agree to use an appropriate method of birth control throughout their participation in this study due to the teratogenic potential of the therapy utilized in this trial. Appropriate methods of birth control include abstinence, oral contraceptives, implantable hormonal contraceptives or double barrier method (diaphragm plus condom)
* Diagnosis of advanced cancer
* Patient-reported 2-month weight loss of at least 5 pounds (2.3 kilograms) and/or physician-estimated caloric intake of less than 20 calories/kilogram of body weight per day
* The patient must perceive loss of appetite and/or weight as a problem; and have an appetite score of 4 or worse on the "Please rate your appetite…." question that requires a patient response on a 0-10 numeric rating scale
* Not receiving ongoing tube feedings or parenteral nutrition at the time of registration
* Not currently using systemic adrenal steroids (with the exception of short-term dexamethasone within 3 days of chemotherapy for control of chemotherapy side effects)
* No use of androgens, progesterone analogs, or other appetite stimulants within the past month
* Patient should not have poorly controlled hypertension or congestive heart failure at registration
* Patient should not have an obstruction of the alimentary canal, malabsorption, or intractable vomiting (defined as vomiting more than 3 times per day over the preceding week)
* Not currently using olanzapine for another medical condition or had previously used olanzapine for chronic nausea or for any pre-existing psychotic disorder
* Patient should not have had a previous blood clot at any time in the past
* No history of poorly controlled diabetes
* No symptomatic leptomeningeal disease or known brain metastases as these patients may have difficulty taking oral medications
* No history of hypersensitivity to olanzapine or megestrol acetate
* No COVID-19 infection in the past that, in the opinion of the treating physician, had left patients with compromised taste, which has not resolved at the time of registration
* Not pregnant and not nursing, because this study involves an investigational agent whose genotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown. Therefore, for women of childbearing potential only, a negative urine or serum pregnancy test done =\< 14 days prior to registration is required
* Age \>= 18 years
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0, 1 or 2
* Estimated life expectancy of 3 months or longer
* Serum creatinine =\< 2.0 mg/dL
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =\< 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Fasting glucose \< 140 mg/dL
* Granulocytes \> 1000/hpf
* No treatment with another antipsychotic agent, such as risperidone, quetiapine, clozapine, butyrophenone within 30 days of enrollment
* In order to complete the mandatory patient-completed measures, participants must be able to speak and/or read English or Spanish. Sites seeking to enroll Spanish-speaking patients should have access to Spanish speaking staff on site or through the use of a translation service to be able to conduct the informed consent discussion in Spanish, and to conduct the weekly phone calls
Exclusion Criteria:
* Psychiatric illness which would prevent the patient from giving informed consent
* Medical condition such as uncontrolled infection (including human immunodeficiency virus \[HIV\]), uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or cardiac disease which, in the opinion of the treating physician, would make this protocol unreasonably hazardous for the patient
* Patients who cannot swallow oral formulations of the agents
* Patients with impaired decision-making capacity (such as with a diagnosis of dementia or memory loss) are not eligible for this study
* No presence of a hormone-sensitive tumor, such as breast, endometrial, or prostate cancer (this exclusion criterion is intended to circumvent any confounding antineoplastic effects of megestrol acetate)
CBL0137 for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors, Including CNS Tumors and Lymphoma
This phase I/II trial evaluates the best dose, side effects and possible benefit of CBL0137 in treating patients with solid tumors, including central nervous system (CNS) tumors or lymphoma that has come back (relapsed) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). Drugs, such as CBL0137, block signals passed from one molecule to another inside a cell. Blocking these signals can affect many functions of the cell, including cell division and cell death, and may kill cancer cells.
* Parts A and B: Patients must be \>= 12 months and =\< 21 years of age at the time of study enrollment
* Patients must have had histologic verification of malignancy at original diagnosis or relapse, except in patients with diffuse intrinsic brain stem tumors, or patients with pineal tumors and elevations of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or serum tumor markers, including alpha-fetoprotein or beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
* Part A: Patients with relapsed or refractory solid tumors or lymphoma, including patients with CNS tumors or known CNS metastases (including untreated or progressive) are eligible
* Part B: Patients with progressive or recurrent DIPG (diagnosed by biopsy or imaging characteristics) and other H3 K27-altered DMG previously treated with radiation therapy
* Part A: Patients must have either measurable or evaluable disease
* Part B: Patients must have measurable disease
* Patient's current disease state must be one for which there is no known curative therapy or therapy proven to prolong survival with an acceptable quality of life
* Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Easter Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1 or 2. Use Karnofsky for patients \> 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =\< 16 years of age. Patients must have a Karnofsky or Lansky score \>= 50%
* Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anti-cancer therapy and must meet the following minimum duration from prior anti-cancer directed therapy prior to enrollment. If after the required timeframe, the numerical eligibility criteria are met, e.g., blood count criteria, the patient is considered to have recovered adequately
* Cytotoxic chemotherapy or other anti-cancer agents known to be myelosuppressive
* Solid tumor patients: \>= 21 days after the last dose of myelosuppressive chemotherapy (42 days if prior nitrosourea)
* Anti-cancer agents not known to be myelosuppressive (eg, not associated with reduced platelet or absolute neutrophil count \[ANC\] counts): \>= 7 days after the last dose of agent
* Antibodies: \>= 21 days must have elapsed from infusion of last dose of antibody, and toxicity related to prior antibody therapy must be recovered to grade =\< 1
* Corticosteroids: If used to modify immune adverse events related to prior therapy, \>= 14 days must have elapsed since last dose of corticosteroid. Patients with CNS tumors receiving corticosteroids must have been on a stable or decreasing dose of corticosteroid for at least 7 days prior to enrollment
* Hematopoietic growth factors: \>= 14 days after the last dose of a long-acting growth factor (e.g., pegfilgrastim) or 7 days for short acting growth factor. For agents that have known adverse events occurring beyond 7 days after administration, this period must be extended beyond the time during which adverse events are known to occur
* Interleukins, interferons and cytokines (other than hematopoietic growth factors): \>= 21 days after the completion of interleukins, interferon or cytokines (other than hematopoietic growth factors)
* Stem cell Infusions (with or without total body irradiation \[TBI\]):
* Allogeneic (non-autologous) bone marrow or stem cell transplant, or any stem cell infusion including donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) or boost infusion: \>= 84 days after infusion and no evidence of graft versus host disease (GVHD)
* Autologous stem cell infusion including boost infusion: \>= 30 days
* Cellular therapy: \>= 42 days after the completion of any type of cellular therapy (e.g., modified T cells, natural killer \[NK\] cells, dendritic cells, etc.)
* Radiation therapy \[XRT\]/external beam irradiation including protons: \>= 14 days after local XRT; \>= 150 days after TBI, craniospinal XRT or if radiation to \>= 50% of the pelvis; \>= 42 days if other substantial bone marrow (BM) radiation
* Radiopharmaceutical therapy (e.g., radiolabeled antibody, I-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine \[131I MIBG\]): \>= 42 days after systemically administered radiopharmaceutical therapy
* Patients must not have received prior exposure to CBL0137
* For patients with solid tumors without known bone marrow involvement:
* Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1000/uL (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated)
* Patients with known bone marrow metastatic disease will be eligible for study provided they meet the blood counts (may receive transfusions provided they are not known to be refractory to red cell or platelet transfusions). These patients will not be evaluable for hematologic toxicity. At least 5 of every cohort of 6 patients must be evaluable for hematologic toxicity for the dose-escalation part of the study. If dose-limiting hematologic toxicity is observed, all subsequent patients enrolled must be evaluable for hematologic toxicity
* For patients with solid tumors without known bone marrow involvement:
* Platelet count \>= 100,000/uL (transfusion independent, defined as not receiving platelet transfusions for at least 7 days prior to enrollment) (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated)
* Patients with known bone marrow metastatic disease will be eligible for study provided they meet the blood counts (may receive transfusions provided they are not known to be refractory to red cell or platelet transfusions). These patients will not be evaluable for hematologic toxicity. At least 5 of every cohort of 6 patients must be evaluable for hematologic toxicity for the dose-escalation part of the study. If dose-limiting hematologic toxicity is observed, all subsequent patients enrolled must be evaluable for hematologic toxicity
* Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 or a creatinine based on age/sex as follows (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated):
* Age: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL)
* 1 to \< 2 years: 0.6 (male); 0.6 (female)
* 2 to \< 6 years: 0.8 (male); 0.8 (female)
* 6 to \< 10 years: 1 (male); 1 (female)
* 10 to \< 13 years: 1.2 (male); 1.2 (female)
* 13 to \< 16 years: 1.5 (male); 1.4 (female)
* \>= 16 years: 1.7 (male); 1.4 (female)
* Patients with solid tumors:
* Bilirubin (sum of conjugated + unconjugated or total) =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated)
* Patients with solid tumors:
* Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\]) =\< 135 U/L. For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated)
* Shortening fraction of \>= 27% by echocardiogram (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated) or
* Ejection fraction of \>= 50% by gated radionuclide study (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated)
* Corrected QT (QTC) \< 480 msec (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated)
* Patients with seizure disorder may be enrolled if seizures well controlled without the use of enzyme-inducing anti-convulsant agents. Well controlled is defined by no increase in seizure frequency in the prior 7 days
* Nervous system disorders (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events \[CTCAE\] version \[v\]5) resulting from prior therapy must be =\< grade 2, with the exception of decreased tendon reflex (DTR). Any grade of DTR is eligible
* Patients have consented to receive a central venous catheter prior to the administration of CBL0137. A central line is required for CBL0137 administration
Exclusion Criteria:
* Pregnant or breast-feeding women will not be entered on this study due to risks of fetal and teratogenic adverse events as seen in animal/human studies, OR because there is yet no available information regarding human fetal or teratogenic toxicities. Pregnancy tests must be obtained in girls who are post-menarchal. Males or females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to use two effective methods of birth control, including a medically accepted barrier or contraceptive method (e.g., male or female condom) for the duration of the study. Abstinence is an acceptable method of birth control
* Patients receiving corticosteroids who have not been on a stable or decreasing dose of corticosteroid for at least 7 days prior to enrollment are not eligible. If used to modify immune adverse events related to prior therapy, \>= 14 days must have elapsed since last dose of corticosteroid
* Patients who are currently receiving another investigational drug are not eligible
* Patients who are currently receiving other anti-cancer agents are not eligible (except leukemia patients receiving hydroxyurea, which may be continued until 24 hours prior to start of protocol therapy)
* Patients who are receiving cyclosporine, tacrolimus or other agents to prevent graft-versus-host disease post bone marrow transplant are not eligible for this trial
* Patients who are receiving drugs that are strong inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A4, CYP2B6 (e.g., carbamazepine) and CYP1A2 (e.g., ciprofloxacin, enoxacin, fluvoxamine, smoking) are not eligible. These agents are to be avoided for 7 days prior to the start of CBL0137 and for the duration of the protocol therapy. Sensitive substrates of CYP2D6 (e.g., atomoxetine, desipramine, dextromethorphan, eliglustat, nebivolol, nortriptyline, perphenazine, tolterodine, R-venlafaxine) should also be avoided for the duration protocol therapy
* Patients who are receiving drugs associated with a known risk of Torsades de Pointes (TdP) are not eligible. Drugs associated with known risk of Torsades de Pointes (TdP) are to be avoided for 7 days prior to the start of CBL0137 and for duration of the protocol therapy
* Patients with known peripheral vascular disease are excluded
* Patients with a history of pro-thrombotic disorder are not eligible
* Patients who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible
* Patients who have received a prior solid organ transplantation are not eligible
* Patients who in the opinion of the investigator may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study are not eligible
PROCEDURE: Biospecimen Collection, PROCEDURE: Bone Marrow Aspirate, PROCEDURE: Bone Marrow Biopsy, PROCEDURE: Echocardiography Test, DRUG: FACT Complex-targeting Curaxin CBL0137
Diffuse Midline Glioma, H3 K27-Altered, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Central Nervous System, Recurrent Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, Recurrent Diffuse Midline Glioma, H3 K27-Altered, Recurrent Lymphoma, Recurrent Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Recurrent Primary Malignant Central Nervous System Neoplasm, Refractory Lymphoma, Refractory Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Refractory Primary Malignant Central Nervous System Neoplasm, Bones and Joints, Brain and Nervous System, Lymphoma
A Study to Evaluate DAY101 in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Relapsed or Progressive Low-Grade Glioma and Advance Solid Tumors (FIREFLY-1)
FIREFLY-1 is a Phase 2, multi center, open-label study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of
oral pan-RAF inhibitor DAY101 in pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients with
recurrent or progressive low-grade glioma or an advanced solid tumor harboring a known BRAF
alteration.
• Age 6 months to 25 years with:
• Arms 1 & 2: a relapsed or progressive LGG with documented known activating BRAF
alteration
• Arm 3: locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor with documented known or
expected to be activating RAF fusion
• Confirmation of histopathologic diagnosis of LGG and molecular diagnosis of activating
BRAF alteration
• Must have received at least one line of systemic therapy and have evidence of
radiographic progression
• Must have at least 1 measurable lesion as defined by RANO (Arms 1 & 2) or RECIST v1.1
(Arm 3) criteria
Exclusion Criteria:
• Patient's tumor has additional previously-known activating molecular alterations
• Patient has symptoms of clinical progression in the absence of radiographic
progression
• Known or suspected diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1)
• Other inclusion/exclusion criteria as stipulated by protocol may apply
Drug: DAY101
Low-grade Glioma, Advanced Solid Tumor, Brain and Nervous System
VITAS: Atezolizumab in Combination With Chemotherapy for Pediatric Relapsed/Refractory Solid Tumors
This trial is a multi-center, non-randomized, open-label Phase I/II study evaluating the feasibility and efficacy of vincristine, irinotecan, temozolomide, and atezolizumab in children with relapsed/refractory solid tumors.
• Signed informed consent
• Relapsed or refractory solid tumor after at least one prior course of therapy.
• Hodgkin lymphoma or non-Hodgkin lymphoma are not permitted.
• Patients with CNS malignancy or asymptomatic CNS metastases may be enrolled, provided all of the following criteria are met.
* No metastatic or primary disease affecting the brainstem, midbrain, pons, or cerebellum, or within 10 mm of optic nerve
* No history of leptomeningeal disease
* No history of intracranial or spinal cord hemorrhage
* No evidence of progression of neurologic deficit, in the investigator's judgment, within 7 days prior to initiation of study medications.
• Must have histologically confirmed rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) for RMS efficacy cohort.
• Age ≥ 6 months and ≤ 30 years
• Lansky Performance Status (patients \< 16 years old) or Karnofsky Performance Status (patients ≥ 16 years old) ≥ 50
• Ability to comply with the study protocol, in the investigator's judgment
• For RMS efficacy cohort, disease must be measurable as defined by RECIST v1.1.
• For the feasibility cohort, disease must be evaluable, but patients enrolled in the feasibility cohort will be prospectively assessed for measurable disease, RMS patients will also be included in the RMS efficacy cohort.
• Previously irradiated lesions can be considered as measurable disease only if progressive disease has been unequivocally documented at that site since radiation.
• Availability of a tumor specimen suitable for determination of PD-L1 status, either from initial diagnosis or from a recurrence.
• For PD-L1 staining to be performed at the central site, a formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor specimen in a paraffin block (preferred) or at least 15 slides containing unstained, freshly cut, serial sections must be available along with an associated pathology report prior to study enrollment.
• Patients for whom the required number of slides are not available may still be eligible to enroll on study with PI approval
• For the RMS efficacy cohort, it will be required that at least 8 of 17 patients have PD-L1(+) tumor. PD-L1 status will be determined at time of enrollment for all patients. When the maximum allowable number of PD-L1(-) patients has been enrolled and treated on study, PD-L1 positivity will be required for all further enrolled patients.
• Staining will be performed in the central site CAP/CLIA-certified laboratory using the 22c3 antibody for immunohistochemical analysis
• PD-L1(+) status will be defined as staining on ≥1% of tumor cells or ≥1% of stroma.
• For the feasibility cohort, PD-L1 positivity is not required but will be performed centrally in all cases for exploratory biomarker studies.
• Adequate organ and marrow function as defined by the following laboratory values obtained within 21 days prior to initiation of study medication.
• For patients without known bone marrow involvement:
* Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.0 x 10\^9 / L (1000/µL) without granulocyte colony-stimulating factor support (≥14 days after the last dose of a long-acting growth factor such as pegfilgrastim, or 7 days after short-acting growth factor)
* Platelet count ≥ 75 x 10\^9 / L (75,000/µL) without transfusion in the last 7 days
• Patients with known bone marrow metastatic disease will be eligible for the study if they meet the following criteria:
* Patients with documented liver metastases: AST and ALT ≤ 5 x ULN
* Patients with documented liver or bone metastases: ALP ≤ 5 x ULN
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 750/mm\^3
* Platelet count ≥ 50,000/mm\^3 (may receive transfusions provided they are not known to be refractory to red cell or platelet transfusions)
* These patients will not be evaluable for hematologic toxicity. At least 4 of 6 patients in the feasibility cohort must be evaluable for hematologic toxicity. If dose-limiting hematologic toxicity is observed, all subsequent patients enrolled must be evaluable for hematologic toxicity.
• Total bilirubin ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (Patients with known Gilbert disease: serum bilirubin ≤ 3 x ULN)
• AST (SGOT) and ALT (SPGT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN for age
• Serum albumin ≥ 25 g/L (2.5 g/dL)
• Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN for age or creatinine clearance (or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate) ≥ 70 mL/min/1.73 m2
• Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 50% or shortening fraction ≥ 30%
• Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L (9 g/dL)
• Patients may be transfused to meet this criterion.
• For patients not receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: INR or aPTT ≤ 1.5 x ULN
• For patients receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: stable anticoagulant regimen
• Negative HIV and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) tests at screening
• For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive methods, and agreement to refrain from donating eggs, as defined below:
• Women must remain abstinent or use contraceptive methods with a failure rate of \< 1% per year during the treatment period and for 5 months after the final doses of atezolizumab, vincristine, and temozolomide. Women must refrain from donating eggs during this same period.
• A woman is considered to be of childbearing potential if she is postmenarchal, has not reached a postmenopausal state (≥ 12 continuous months of amenorrhea with no identified cause other than menopause), and has not undergone surgical sterilization (removal of ovaries and/or uterus), regardless of sexual orientation or marital status.
• Examples of contraceptive methods with a failure rate of \< 1% per year include bilateral tubal ligation, male sterilization, hormonal contraceptives that inhibit ovulation, hormone-releasing intrauterine devices, and copper intrauterine devices.
• The reliability of sexual abstinence should be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical trial and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, or postovulation methods) and withdrawal are not adequate methods of contraception.
• For men who are not surgically sterile: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures, and agreement to refrain from donating sperm, as defined below:
• With a female partner of childbearing potential who is not pregnant, men must remain abstinent or use a condom plus an additional contraceptive method that together result in a failure rate of less 1% per year during the treatment period and for 5 months after the final doses of atezolizumab, irinotecan, and temozolomide. Men must refrain from donating sperm during this same period.
• The reliability of sexual abstinence should be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical trial and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, or postovulation methods) and withdrawal are not adequate methods of contraception
Exclusion Criteria:
• Pregnancy or breast-feeding:
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding, or intention of becoming pregnant during study treatment or within 5 months after the final dose of study treatment
• Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 21 days prior to initiation of study treatment.
• Medical conditions that are excluded:
• Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency, including, but not limited to, myasthenia gravis, myositis, autoimmune hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, or Kawasaki syndrome with the following exceptions:
* Patients with a history of autoimmune-related hypothyroidism who are on thyroid-replacement hormone are eligible for the study.
* Patients with controlled Type 1 diabetes mellitus who are on an insulin regimen are eligible for the study.
* Patients with eczema, psoriasis, lichen simplex chronicus, or vitiligo with dermatologic manifestations only (e.g., patients with psoriatic arthritis are excluded) are eligible for the study provided all of following conditions are met at study initiation: (1) Rash must cover less 10% of body surface area, (2) Disease is well controlled at baseline and requires only low-potency topical corticosteroids, (3) No occurrence of acute exacerbations of the underlying condition requiring psoralen plus ultraviolet A radiation, methotrexate, retinoids, biologic agents, oral calcineurin inhibitors, or high-potency or oral corticosteroids within the previous 12 months
• Uncontrolled or symptomatic hypercalcemia (ionized calcium \> 1.5 mmol/L, calcium \> 12 mg/dL or corrected serum calcium \> ULN)
• Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring recurrent drainage procedures (once monthly or more frequently)
* Patients with indwelling catheters (e.g., PleurX®) are allowed.
• Uncontrolled tumor-related pain
* Patients requiring pain medication must be on a stable regimen at study entry for at least 2 weeks. Intermittent use of as-needed medication is allowed during this period.
• Clinically significant gastrointestinal disorder that may interfere with absorption of orally administered drugs (at the discretion of the treating physician)
• History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan
* History of radiation pneumonitis in the radiation field (fibrosis) is permitted.
• Significant cardiovascular disease (such as New York Heart Association Class II or greater cardiac disease, myocardial infarction, or cerebrovascular accident) within 3 months prior to initiation of study treatment, unstable arrhythmia, or unstable angina
• History of severe asthma or uncontrolled asthma
• Dyspnea at rest or requirement for supplemental oxygen
• Uncontrolled seizures. Patients taking a stable dose of anticonvulsants (for 2 weeks) are permitted, as long as they are not strong inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A4.
• Any other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug, may affect the interpretation of the results, or may render the patient at high risk from treatment complications in the opinion of the treating investigator
• Washout periods from prior therapies:
• Myelosuppressive chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 21 days prior to starting study treatment.
* Subjects must have recovered from all acute prior treatment-related toxicities to grade 1 or baseline (excluding alopecia and clinically stable toxicities requiring ongoing medical management, such as hypothyroidism).
• Non-myelosuppressive cancer therapy, such as kinase inhibitors, within 7 days prior to study treatment.
• Treatment with monoclonal antibodies with long half-lives, within 3 half-lives prior to study treatment.
• Treatment with targeted cellular therapies within 28 days prior to starting study treatment.
• Major surgical procedure, other than for diagnosis, within 30 days prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of the need for a major surgical procedure during the first four cycles of the study.
* Biopsy tissue collection or placement of a vascular access device is permitted if the site has healed prior to initiation of study medications.
* For patients with CNS disease, no neurosurgical resection, brain biopsy, or stereotactic/whole-brain radiation within 30 days prior to Cycle 1, Day 1
• Treatment with a live, attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of the need for such a vaccine during atezolizumab treatment or within 5 months after the final dose of atezolizumab
• Treatment with investigational therapy within 21 days prior to initiation of study treatment or concurrent participation with another investigational agent
• Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents (including, but not limited to, interferon and interleukin 2 \[IL-2\]) within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer) prior to initiation of study treatment
• Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medication (including, but not limited to, corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti-TNF-agents) within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of the need for systemic immunosuppressive medication during study treatment, with the following exceptions:
* Patients who received acute, low-dose systemic immunosuppressant medication or a one-time pulse dose of systemic immunosuppressant medication (e.g., 48 hours of corticosteroids for a contrast allergy) are eligible for the study after Principal Investigator confirmation has been obtained.
* Patients who received mineralocorticoids (e.g., fludrocortisone), corticosteroids for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma, or low-dose corticosteroids for orthostatic hypotension or adrenal insufficiency are eligible for the study.
* Patients with CNS disease can be receiving concurrent treatment with corticosteroids with approval from the Principal Investigator. Patients must be receiving a stable or decreasing dose for ≥ 5 days prior to the baseline MRI scan and at the time of drug initiation. The Principal Investigator should be informed when steroid doses are increased because of declining patient status.
• Use of strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers or strong UGT1A1 inhibitors within 12 days of Cycle 1, Day 1.
• Treatment with high-dose chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem-cell rescue within 3 months prior to initiation of study drug
• Treatment with herbal cancer therapy within 1 week prior to initiation of study medications.
• Treatment with a long-acting hematopoietic growth factor (such as pegfilgrastim) within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study medications, or a short-acting hematopoietic growth factor (such as G-CSF) within 1 week prior to initiation of study medications.
• Prior treatments:
• Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation
• Prior treatment with CD137 agonists or immune checkpoint blockade therapies to include all anti-PD-1, and anti-PD-L1 therapeutic antibodies
• Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents (including, but not limited to, interferon and interleukin 2 \[IL-2\] within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer) prior to initiation of study treatment
• Subjects must not have previously progressed while receiving regimens that include irinotecan or temozolomide. Patients who have received irinotecan or temozolomide and did not progress while on these medications are eligible.
• Known ongoing or untreated infection, including, but not limited to bacteremia, active tuberculosis, or severe pneumonia
• Active tuberculosis
• Current treatment with anti-viral therapy for HBV
• Active hepatitis C
• Patients receiving prophylactic antibiotics (e.g., to prevent a urinary tract infection or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation) are eligible for the study
• Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any component of the study medications
• History of severe allergic anaphylactic reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion proteins
• Known hypersensitivity to Chinese hamster ovary cell products or to any component of the atezolizumab formulation
A Study of a New Way to Treat Children and Young Adults With a BrainTumor Called NGGCT
This phase II trial studies the best approach to combine chemotherapy and radiation therapy (RT) based on the patient's response to induction chemotherapy in patients with non-germinomatous germ cell tumors (NGGCT) that have not spread to other parts of the brain or body (localized). This study has 2 goals: 1) optimizing radiation for patients who respond well to induction chemotherapy to diminish spinal cord relapses, 2) utilizing higher dose chemotherapy followed by conventional RT in patients who did not respond to induction chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs, such as carboplatin, etoposide, ifosfamide, and thiotepa, 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. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays or high-energy protons to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Studies have shown that patients with newly-diagnosed localized NGGCT, whose disease responds well to chemotherapy before receiving radiation therapy, are more likely to be free of the disease for a longer time than are patients for whom the chemotherapy does not efficiently eliminate or reduce the size of the tumor. The purpose of this study is to see how well the tumors respond to induction chemotherapy to decide what treatment to give next. Some patients will be given RT to the spine and a portion of the brain. Others will be given high dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant before RT to the whole brain and spine. Giving treatment based on the response to induction chemotherapy may lower the side effects of radiation in some patients and adjust the therapy to a more efficient one for other patients with localized NGGCT.
* Patients must be \>= 3 years and \< 30 years at the time of study enrollment
* Patients must be newly diagnosed with localized primary CNS NGGCT of the suprasellar and/or pineal region by pathology and/or serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) elevation of AFP above institutional normal or \> 10 ng/mL or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) beta \> 100 mIU/mL as confirmed by Rapid Central Marker Screening Review on APEC14B1-CNS. Suprasellar, pineal and bifocal tumors are included. (CSF tumor markers and cytology must be within 31 days prior to enrollment and start of protocol therapy \[repeat if necessary\]. Serum tumor markers, AFP and hCGbeta must be within 7 days prior to enrollment and start of protocol therapy \[repeat if necessary\]). Basal ganglia or other primary sites are excluded
* Patients with any of the following pathological elements are eligible: endodermal sinus (yolk sac), embryonal carcinoma, choriocarcinoma, malignant/immature teratoma and mixed germ cell tumor (GCT) (i.e., may include some pure germinoma) if malignant elements listed above are present. Patients with only mature teratoma are excluded. Patients with pure germinoma admixed with mature teratoma are excluded (would be eligible for pure germinoma protocols)
* Patients must have a cranial MRI with and without gadolinium at diagnosis/prior to enrollment. If surgical resection is performed, patients must have pre-operative and post operative brain MRI with and without gadolinium. The post operative brain MRI should be obtained within 72 hours of surgery. If patient has a biopsy only, post-operative brain MRI is recommended but not required (within 31 days prior to study enrollment and start of protocol therapy )
* Patients must have a spine MRI with gadolinium obtained at diagnosis/prior to enrollment. Spine MRI with and without gadolinium is recommended (within 31 days prior to study enrollment and start of protocol therapy)
* Lumbar CSF must be obtained prior to study enrollment unless medically contraindicated. If a patient undergoes surgery and lumbar CSF cytology cannot be obtained at the time of surgery, then it should be performed at least 10 days following surgery and prior to study enrollment. False positive cytology can occur within 10 days of surgery
* Patients must have RAPID CENTRAL TUMOR MARKER REVIEW CSF tumor markers obtained prior to enrollment unless medically contraindicated. Ventricular CSF obtained at the time of CSF diversion procedure (if performed) is acceptable for tumor markers but lumbar CSF is preferred. In case CSF diversion and biopsy/surgery are combined, CSF tumor markers should be collected first
* Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1000/uL (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Platelet count \>= 100,000/uL (transfusion independent) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Hemoglobin \>= 8.0 g/dL (may receive red blood cell \[RBC\] transfusions) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 or a serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows (within 7 days prior to enrollment):
* Age: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL)
* 3 to \< 6 years: 0.8 (male), 0.8 (female)
* 6 to \< 10 years: 1 (male), 1 (female)
* 10 to \< 13 years: 1.2 (male), 1.2 (female)
* 13 to \< 16 years: 1.5 (male), 1.4 (female)
* \>= 16 years: male (1.7), 1.4 (female)
* Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\]) =\< 135 U/L (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Note: For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT (ALT) has been set to the value of 45 U/L
* Central nervous system function defined as:
* Patients with seizure disorder may be enrolled if on anticonvulsants and well controlled
* Patients must not be in status epilepticus, coma or assisted ventilation prior to study enrollment
* Protocol therapy must begin within 31 calendar days of definitive surgery or clinical diagnosis, whichever is later. If a biopsy only was performed, the biopsy date will be considered the date of definitive surgery. For patients who have a biopsy or incomplete resection at diagnosis followed by additional surgery, the date of the last resection will be considered the date of definitive surgery.
* All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
* All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
* NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT:
* English-, Spanish-, or French- speaking
* Note: Patients who speak a language other than English, Spanish, or French will be allowed to participate in ACNS2021 but will not complete the neurocognitive and quality of life assessments
* No known history of neurodevelopmental disorder prior to diagnosis of NGGCT (e.g., Down syndrome, fragile X, William syndrome, intellectual disability). Patients with NF1 will be allowed to participate
* Additional eligibility criteria for the COG Standardized Neuropsychological Battery only: must be at a site that has a psychologist to administer the battery
* Note: If not eligible for the COG Standardized Battery, patients should still complete the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition (BRIEF-2), Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), Adaptive Behavior Assessment System Third Edition (ABAS-3), and Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition (BASC-3) questionnaires
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with tumors located outside the ventricles (i.e., basal ganglia, thalamus)
* Patients with only mature teratoma and non-elevated markers upon tumor sampling at diagnosis
* Patients who have received any prior tumor-directed therapy for their diagnosis of NGGCT other than surgical intervention and corticosteroids
* Patients with metastatic disease (i.e., MRI evaluation, lumbar CSF cytology or intraoperative evidence of dissemination)
* Female patients who are pregnant, since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs
* Note: Serum and urine pregnancy tests may be falsely positive due to HCGbeta-secreting germ cell tumors. Ensure the patient is not pregnant by institutional standards
* Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants
* Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation
Randomized Study in Children and Adolescents With Migraine: Acute Treatment
The purpose of this study is to test the safety and efficacy of BHV-3000 versus placebo in the acute treatment of moderate or severe migraine in children and adolescents.
• History of migraine (with or without aura) for \> 6 months before Screening according to the IHS Classification ICHD-319 specifications for pediatric migraine. History may be verified using both medical records and recall by the participant and/or participant's parent(s)/legal representative(s).
• History of 1 to 8 moderate or severe attacks per month during the 2 months prior to enrollment, with attacks lasting \> 3 hours without treatment, and attacks occurring at intervals \> 24 hours.
• Prophylactic migraine medication are permitted if the dose has been stable for at least 12 weeks prior to the Baseline Visit, and the dose is not expected to change during the course of the study.
• Participants may remain on one (1) medication with possible migraine prophylactic effects, excluding CGRP antagonists \[biologic or small molecule\], during the treatment phases.
• Concomitant use of a CGRP antagonist, such as erenumab or fremanezumab, is prohibited.
• Previously discontinued prophylactic migraine medication must have done so at least 90 days prior to the Screening Visit.
• Verbally distinguish between migraine and other types of headaches.
• Participants must have a weight \> 40 kg at the Screening Visit.
• Adequate venous access for blood sampling.
• Male and female participants ≥ 6 to \< 18 years of age (participants must not reach their 18th birthday during the study).
Exclusion Criteria:
• History of cluster headache or hemiplegic migraine headache.
• Confounding and clinically significant pain syndrome that may interfere with the participant's ability to participate in this study.
• Current psychiatric condition that is uncontrolled and/or untreated for a minimum of 6 months prior to the Screening Visit. Participants with a lifetime history of psychosis and/or mania.
• History of suicidal behavior or major psychiatric disorder.
• Current diagnosis or history of substance abuse; positive drug test at Screening.
• History of moderate or severe head trauma or other neurological disorder (including seizure disorder) or systemic medical disease that is likely to affect central nervous system functioning.
• Recent or planned surgery, requiring general anesthesia, \<8 weeks prior to the Screening Visit.
• Participant has had gastrointestinal surgery that interferes with physiological absorption and motility (i.e., gastric bypass, duodenectomy, or gastric banding).
• Current diagnosis of viral hepatitis or a history of liver disease.
• Conditions considered clinically relevant in the context of the study such as uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes, a life-threatening allergy
Testing the Addition of Lenalidomide and Nivolumab to the Usual Treatment for Primary CNS Lymphoma
This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects, best dose and effectiveness of lenalidomide when added to nivolumab and the usual drugs (rituximab and methotrexate) in patients with primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma. Lenalidomide may stop or slow primary CNS lymphoma by blocking the growth of new blood vessels necessary for tumor growth. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody that may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Methotrexate is frequently combined with other chemotherapy agents to improve response. This study may help increase the understanding of lenalidomide and nivolumab use in primary CNS lymphoma treatment. In addition, it may help researchers see whether the control of CNS lymphoma can be extended by using these study drugs as maintenance (prolonged therapy) after control is achieved with the initial chemotherapy regimen (induction).
* Histologically proven primary CNS diffuse large b-cell lymphoma confirmed by one of the following:
* Brain biopsy or resection
* Cerebrospinal fluid
* Vitreous fluid
* No prior organ transplantation to exclude post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders
* No prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy for lymphoma
* No prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation
* Use of systemic corticosteroids (dexamethasone up to 24 mg/day or equivalent) for disease control or improvement of performance status to be tapered as fast as clinically safe after initiation of therapy is permissible
* Not pregnant and not nursing, because this study involves an investigational agent whose genotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown and an agent that has known genotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects. Therefore, female of childbearing potential (FCBP) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of human chorionic gonadotropin \[HCG\]) =\< 7 days prior to registration
* Age \>= 18 years
* Karnofsky performance scale (KPS) \>= 40 (\>= 50 for patients older than 60 unless related to lymphoma on investigator's opinion)
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1,500/mm\^3
* Platelet count \>= 100,000/mm\^3
* Calculated creatinine clearance \>= 50 mL/min by Cockcroft-Gault formula
* Total Bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) / alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =\< 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
* No evidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) outside CNS
* No prior history of NHL
* No history of autoimmune disorder. Patients with active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease that might recur, which may affect vital organ function or require immune suppressive treatment including systemic corticosteroids, should be excluded. These include but are not limited to patients with a history of immune related neurologic disease, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune (demyelinating) neuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, myasthenia gravis; systemic autoimmune disease such as Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), connective tissue diseases, scleroderma, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, hepatitis; and patients with a history of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), Stevens-Johnson syndrome, or phospholipid syndrome should be excluded because of the risk of recurrence or exacerbation of disease. Patients with vitiligo, endocrine deficiencies including thyroiditis managed with replacement hormones including physiologic corticosteroids are eligible. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other arthropathies, Sjogren's syndrome and psoriasis controlled with topical medication and patients with positive serology, such as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), anti-thyroid antibodies should be evaluated for the presence of target organ involvement and potential need for systemic treatment but should otherwise be eligible
* Patients are permitted to enroll if they have vitiligo, type I diabetes mellitus, residual hypothyroidism due to autoimmune condition only requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger (precipitating event)
* Patients should be excluded if they have a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (except short course of systemic corticosteroids for disease control or improvement of performance status or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days prior to registration. Inhaled or topical steroids and adrenal replacement doses \< 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease. Patients are permitted to use topical, ocular, intra-articular, intranasal, and inhalational corticosteroids (with minimal systemic absorption). Physiologic replacement doses of systemic corticosteroids are permitted, even if \< 10 mg/day prednisone equivalents. A brief course of corticosteroids for prophylaxis (e.g., contrast dye allergy) or for treatment of non-autoimmune conditions (e.g., delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction caused by contact allergen) is permitted
* Patients who have had evidence of active or acute diverticulitis, intra-abdominal abscess, gastrointestinal (GI) obstruction and abdominal carcinomatosis which are known risk factors for bowel perforation should be evaluated for the potential need for additional treatment before coming on study
* No prior or concurrent malignancies with exception of surgically cured carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the uterus, carcinoma of the skin without evidence of disease for \>= 5 years
* No concurrent malignancy requiring active therapy
* No untreated hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with detectable HCV viral load
* No untreated chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with detectable HBV viral load
* No untreated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or with detectable viral load or with CD4+T-cell count of less than 500/mm\^3
* No history of HIV infection and evidence of Epstein Barr virus (EBV)-related primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL)
* Inability to tolerate anticoagulation with acetylsalicylic acid, warfarin, or direct oral anticoagulants
* No other investigational agent
* No history of severe hypersensitivity reaction to any monoclonal antibody
* No history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to or other agents used in study
* Sulfonamide drugs, trimethoprim, salicylates, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, penicillin, vitamin C, ciprofloxacin, and proton pump inhibitors should be held at least 48 hours prior to methotrexate administration
Cool Prime Comparative Effectiveness Study for Mild HIE (COOLPRIME)
To determine effectiveness of therapy to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants with mild HIE. To determine the adverse effects of Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) in mild HIE on the neonate and his/her family. Determine heterogeneity of the treatment effect across key subgroups obtained in the first 6 hours after birth prior to the decision to initiate therapy.
Infants must meet all 3 inclusion criteria
• Neonates born at ≥ 35 0/7 weeks
• Mild Encephalopathy on neonatal neurologic exam within 6 hours after birth: defined as presence of at least 2 signs of mild, moderate, or severe encephalopathy with no more than 2 signs in the moderate or severe category.
• Perinatal Acidosis based on at least one of the following (A or B):
• pH ≤ 7.00 in any cord or first infant gas (arterial, venous, or capillary) within ≤ 60 min OR base deficit ≥ 16 in any cord or first infant gas (arterial, venous or capillary) within ≤ 60 min
• If pH is between 7.01 and 7.15, OR base deficit is between 10 and 15.9 mmol/liter, OR blood gas is not available, an acute perinatal event is an additional criteria required (see below definition)
An acute perinatal event is defined by at least one of the following:
• Apgar score at 10 min ≤ 5
• Continued need for resuscitation at 10 min (chest compressions, bag mask ventilation, or positive pressure ventilation)
• Uterine rupture, placental abruption, cord accident (prolapse, rupture, knot or tight nuchal cord)
• maternal trauma, maternal hemorrhage, or cardiorespiratory arrest
• fetal exsanguination from either vasa previa or feto-maternal hemorrhage, shoulder dystocia
• Any evidence suggestive of acute perinatal event.
Infants are still eligible for enrollment in the COOLPRIME study if the cord or infant's first blood gas (arterial, venous, or capillary) is obtained \>60 minutes of life.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Gestational age at birth \< 35 0/7 weeks
• Birth weight \< 1800gm
• Head circumference \<30cm
• Congenital or chromosomal anomaly associated with abnormal neurodevelopment or death
• Moderate or Severe HIE of 3 or more moderate or severe abnormalities on COOLPRIME Sarnat exam within 6 hours of life
• Any seizures within first six hours of life
• Redirection of care is being considered
PROCEDURE: Normothermia, PROCEDURE: Whole body therapeutic hypothermia
Mild Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy of Newborn, Brain and Nervous System
The CLOZAPINE study is designed as a multisite study across 5 sites and is a clinical trial, involving human participants who are prospectively assigned to an intervention. The study will utilize a stringent randomized, double-blinded, parallel group clinical trial design. B2 group will serve as psychosis control with risperidone as medication control. The study is designed to evaluate effect of clozapine on the B1 participants, and the effect that will be evaluated is a biomedical outcome. The study sample will be comprised of individuals with psychosis, including 1) schizophrenia, 2) schizoaffective disorder and 3) psychotic bipolar I disorder. The investigators plan to initially screen and recruit n=524 (from both the existing B-SNIP library and newly-identified psychosis cases, \~50% each) in order to enroll n=320 (B1 and B2) into the RCT.
* 18-60y/o; males and females; all races and ethnicities; able to provide written informed consent; able to read, speak, and understand English; medically stable; meeting DSM-IV (SCID-based) criteria for schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar I disorder with psychotic features (we will use DSM-IV to be consistent with prior B-SNIP samples); PANSS total score of ≥70 and at least one item scored ≥5 or two items scored ≥4 on PANSS Positive Subscale; normal baseline values for absolute neutrophil count (ANC above 1500/mm3)
Exclusion Criteria:
* premorbid intellectual ability estimate below 70 (WRAT-4, Word Reading subtest, age-corrected standardized score); comorbid DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol or substance abuse in prior 1 month or substance dependence in prior 3 months; neurological (e.g., seizure disorder, stroke, traumatic brain injury with a loss of consciousness ≥ 30min) or severe medical condition (e.g., decompensated cardiovascular disorder, AIDS) that may affect central nervous system function; concomitant medications known to affect EEG properties (i.e., lithium, anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines) or strong CYP 1A2 inhibitors (e.g., ciprofloxacin, enoxacin) or strong CYP 3A4 inducers (e.g., phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, rifampin) which cannot be safely discontinued; vulnerable populations (e.g., pregnant, nursing, incarcerated); unwilling to use reliable means of contraception; history of neuroleptic malignant syndrome; prior treatment with clozapine, prior treatment with long-acting injectable antipsychotics that are 1-month formulations within the past 3 months and for 3-month formulations within the past 6 months; intolerable side effects to either clozapine or risperidone in lifetime, or a previously failed trial of either clozapine or risperidone at adequate doses in lifetime; history of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome (DRESS), also known as drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS); high risk for suicide defined as more than 1 attempt in past 12 months that required medical attention, any attempt in the past 3 months or current suicidal ideation with plan and intent such that outpatient care is precluded; current homicidal ideation with plan and intent such that outpatient care is precluded.
DRUG: clozapine, DRUG: risperidone
Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar 1 Disorder, Brain and Nervous System
* Diagnosis of EBV+ disorder.
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤ 3 for participants aged ≥ 16 years; Lansky score ≥ 20 for participants from ≥ 1 year to \< 16 years.
* Adequate organ function test results, unless organ dysfunction is considered to be due to the underlying EBV-associated disease by the investigator.
Cohort-specific
Inclusion Criteria:
* For participants with PID LPD:
* R/R or newly diagnosed PID LPD for whom. the standard first-line therapy is inappropriate, as determined by investigator. The LPD is confirmed by at least biopsy-proven EBV+ LPD or positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology with or without radiographically measurable intracranial disease with EBV detected in CSF.
* Participants with R/R disease must have had at least one prior line of systemic therapy and one of the following: radiographic disease progression per Lugano Classification (Cheson BD, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2014;27:3059) during or after treatment or failure to achieve a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) (defined by Lugano radiographic criteria) after standard first-line therapy.
* Participant may have systemic disease only, systemic and CNS disease, or CNS disease only.
* For participants with AID LPD:
* R/R or newly diagnosed AID LPD for whom the standard first line therapy is inappropriate, as determined by the investigator. The LPD is confirmed by at least biopsy-proven EBV+ LPD or positive CSF cytology, with or without radiographically measurable intracranial disease, with EBV detected in CSF.
* Participants with R/R disease must have had at least one prior line of systemic therapy and one of the following: radiographic disease progression per Lugano Classification during or after treatment or failure to achieve a CR or PR (defined by Lugano radiographic criteria) after standard first-line therapy.
* Participant may have systemic disease only, systemic and CNS disease, or CNS disease only.
* For participants with AID etiology or AID attributable to immunosenescence, objective laboratory evidence of immunodeficiency.
* For participants with CNS PTLD:
* R/R or newly diagnosed EBV+ CNS PTLD for whom the standard. first-line therapy is inappropriate, as determined by the investigator. The CNS PTLD is histologically confirmed by at least biopsy-proven EBV+ CNS PTLD or positive CSF cytology with or without radiographically measurable intracranial disease with EBV detected in CSF.
* Participants with R/R disease must have had at least one prior line of systemic therapy and one of the following: radiographic disease progression per Lugano Classification during or after treatment or failure to achieve a CR or PR (defined by Lugano radiographic criteria) after standard first-line therapy.
* Participant may have systemic and CNS disease or CNS disease only.
* For participants with EBV+ 1L PTLD, including CD20-negative disease:
* Biopsy-proven EBV+ PTLD for whom standard first-line therapy (rituximab and/or chemotherapy) is inappropriate, as determined by the investigator.
* Participants must have systemic disease measurable per Lugano Classification criteria, except when contraindicated or mandated by local practice, then MRI may be used.
* For participants with sarcoma, including LMS, or smooth muscle tumors:
* EBV+ sarcoma or smooth muscle tumor with rapidly progressive disease defined as progressive disease per RECIST 1.1 criteria as documented radiographically within a 6-month interval prior to enrollment.
* Participants with newly diagnosed EBV+ sarcoma for whom the standard first-line therapy is inappropriate, as determined by the investigator.
* Biopsy-proven EBV+ sarcoma meeting one of the criteria's of pathologically confirmed EBV+ Leiomyosarcoma or EBV+ sarcoma or smooth muscle tumor.
* Measurable disease using diagnostic CT and/or MRI following RECIST 1.1 criteria (Eisenhauer et al. 2009. Eur J Cancer 45\[2\]:228-247).
Exclusion Criteria:
* Currently active Burkitt, T-cell, natural killer/T-cell lymphoma/LPD, Hodgkin, plasmablastic, transformed lymphoma, active hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or other malignancies requiring systemic therapy.
* Serious known active infections, defined as ongoing uncontrolled adenovirus infection or infections requiring systemic therapy at the time of enrollment, or known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
* Suspected or confirmed Grade ≥ 2 acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) per the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) consensus grading system or extensive chronic GvHD per National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus criteria at the time of the enrollment.
* Need for vasopressor or ventilatory support at the time of enrollment.
* Prior therapy (in order of increasing washout period) prior to enrollment as follows:
* Within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) for any investigational product and/ or any chemotherapy (systemic or intrathecal), targeted small molecule therapy, or antibody/biologic therapy. Note: prior anti-CD20 antibody use is permitted within the washout period if a subsequent disease response assessment indicates disease progression.
* Within 8 weeks: prior tabelecleucel (\> 8 weeks prior to enrollment) is permitted if response was obtained or if usual protocol-directed therapeutic options were not exhausted, for cellular therapies (chimeric antigen receptor therapies directed at T-cells or T-cell subsets, donor lymphocyte infusion, other CTLs or virus-specific T-cells); and/or therapies which could impact tabelecleucel function (anti-thymocyte globulin, alemtuzumab).
* Any prior treatment with EBV-CTLs with the exception of tabelecleucel as above
* Women who are breastfeeding or pregnant.
* Unwilling to comply with protocol specified contraceptive/reproductive restrictions from enrollment through 90 days after the last treatment.
* Ongoing need for daily steroids of \> 0.5 mg/kg prednisone or glucocorticoid equivalent, ongoing methotrexate, or extracorporeal photopheresis (for participants with CNS disease, protocol-specified dexamethasone is permitted and concludes by the time of enrollment).
* Any conditions that may put the study outcomes at undue risk (life expectancy \< 60 days or any life-threatening illness, medical condition, or organ system dysfunction).
* For participants with PID LPD or AID LPD: history of prior allogeneic HCT or solid organ transplant.
* For participants with EBV+ 1L PTLD: prior systemic therapy for PTLD.
BIOLOGICAL: Tabelecleucel
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Associated Diseases, EBV+ Lymphoproliferative Disease With Primary Immunodeficiency (EBV+ PID LPD), EBV+ Lymphoproliferative Disease With Acquired (Non-congenital) Immunodeficiency (EBV+ AID LPD), EBV+ Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease in Central Nervous System (EBV+ CNS PTLD), EBV+ Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease (EBV+ PTLD), Solid Organ Transplant Complications, Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant, Stem Cell Transplant Complications, EBV+ Sarcomas, Leiomyosarcoma, Brain and Nervous System, Sarcoma
Trametinib and Everolimus for Treatment of Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Recurrent Gliomas (PNOC021)
This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of trametinib and everolimus in treating pediatric and young adult patients with gliomas that have come back (recurrent). Trametinib acts by targeting a protein in cells called MEK and disrupting tumor growth. Everolimus is a drug that may block another pathway in tumor cells that can help tumors grow. Giving trametinib and everolimus may work better to treat low and high grade gliomas compared to trametinib or everolimus alone.
* Participants must have histologically confirmed diagnosis of an LGG (WHO grade I-II) that is recurrent or progressive after prior treatment (biologic, chemotherapy or radiation therapy) or must have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of a high grade glioma (HGG) (WHO grade III-VI)
* Participants with LGG who have had surgery alone are not eligible.
* Participants with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) are eligible but must have available tissue per study requirements neurofibromatosis (NF) status will be collected
* Participants with spinal cord primaries or disseminated disease are eligible
* For enrollment, snap frozen tissue (150 mg) or 10 unstained 10 um formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) slides for comprehensive genomic testing or results of prior testing is required
* If clinical comprehensive testing has already been performed, the requirement for submission of tissue may be waived after discussion and review of results with study chairs
* Participants must have evaluable disease
* Prior therapy: Participants must have received prior therapy other than surgery and must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, biologics, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy prior to entering this study
* Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: Participants must have received their last dose of known myelosuppressive anticancer chemotherapy at least three weeks prior to study registration or at least six weeks if they had received nitrosourea. Biologic agents: Participant must have recovered from any acute toxicity potentially related to the agent and received their last dose of the biologic agent \>= 7 days prior to study registration. For biologic agents that have a prolonged half-life, at least three half-lives must have elapsed prior to registration
* Participants may have received prior treatment with a mitogen-activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MEK) or Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor but must not have developed severe (grade III or IV) clinically significant toxicity. (Participants who developed grade III or IV toxicity which was not presumed by the treating physician to be medically significant should be discussed with the study chair or co-chair)
* Monoclonal antibody treatment: Participants must have received their last dose at least four weeks prior to study registration
* Radiation: Participants must have: had their last fraction of local irradiation to the primary tumor, craniospinal irradiation (\> 24 Gy) or total body irradiation \> 12 weeks prior to registration; investigators are reminded to review potentially eligible cases to confirm disease progression and avoid confusion with pseudo-progression
* Bone marrow transplant: Participants must be: \>= 6 months since allogeneic bone marrow transplant prior to registration; \>= 3 months since autologous bone marrow/stem cell prior to registration
* Corticosteroids: Participants who are receiving steroids must be on a stable or decreasing dose for at least 1 week prior to registration
* Karnofsky \>= 50 for participants \> 16 years of age and Lansky \>= 50 for participants =\< 16 years of age. Participants who are unable to walk because of paralysis, but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing the performance score
* Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1000/mm\^3 (unsupported)
* Platelet count \>= 100,000/mm\^3 (transfusion independent, defined as not receiving platelet transfusions for at least 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Hemoglobin \>= 8 m/dL (may be supported)
* International normalized ratio (INR) =\< 1.5
* Creatinine clearance or radioisotope growth factor receptor (rGFR) \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 or a serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows:
* 1 to \< 2 years: 0.6 (male), 0.6 (female)
* 2 to \< 6 years: 0.8 (male), 0.8 (female)
* 6 to \< 10 years: 1 (male), 1 (female)
* 10 to \< 13 years: 1.2 (male), 1.2 (female)
* 13 to \< 16 years: 1.5 (male), 1.4 (female)
* \>= 16 years: 1.7 (male), 1.4 (female)
* Bilirubin (sum of conjugated + unconjugated) =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
* Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =\< 3 x ULN
* Serum albumin \>= 2 g/dL
* Sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium within 1.5 x institutional lower limit of normal (LLN) or ULN
* Participants must have cholesterol level \< 350 mg/dL and triglycerides \< 400 mg/dL before starting therapy. In case one or both of these are exceeded, the participant can only be included after initiation of appropriate lipid lowering medication and documentation of cholesterol \< 350 mg/dL and triglycerides \< 400mg/dl before start of therapy
* Participants with seizure disorder may be enrolled if well controlled. Participants must be on non-enzyme inducing anticonvulsants which are not excluded on study therapy
* Participants with neurological deficits should have deficits that are stable for a minimum of 1 week prior to registration
* Corrected QT (QTc) interval =\< 450 msecs
* Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \>= 50%
* Pulse oximeter (Ox) \> 93% on room air
* Hypertension
* Participants 3-17 years of age must have a blood pressure that is =\< 95th percentile for age, height, and gender at the time of registration
* Participants who are \>= 18 years of age must have a blood pressure that is \< 140/90 mm of Hg at the time of registration
* Participants must agree to use adequate contraception: The effects of trametinib and everolimus on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason, women of child-bearing potential and males of child fathering potential must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation and 4 months after completion of trametinib and everolimus administration. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
* A legal parent/guardian or participant must be able to understand, and willing to sign, a written informed consent and assent document, as appropriate per institutional guidelines
Exclusion Criteria:
* Participants who are receiving any other investigational agent for treatment of their tumor
* History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to everolimus or trametinib
* Participants without available tissue from prior surgery. (If clinical comprehensive testing has already been performed, the requirement for submission of tissue may be waived after discussion and review of results with study chairs)
* Participant is receiving any of the following medications within 7 days prior to enrollment (If participants require (re)initiation of these agents after enrollment and prior to start of therapy they will not be eligible to initiate study therapy):
* Known strong inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A4/5, including enzyme inducing anti-convulsant drugs (EIACDs), grapefruit, grapefruit hybrids, pomelos, starfruit, and Seville oranges
* Substrates of CYP3A4/5 with a narrow therapeutic index
* Herbal preparations/medications (except for vitamins) including, but not limited to: St. John's wort, Kava, ephedra (ma huang), gingko biloba, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), yohimbe, saw palmetto, black cohosh and ginseng. Participants should stop using all herbal medications at least 7 days prior to enrollment
* As part of the enrollment/informed consent procedures, the participant and/or legal parent or guardian will be counseled on the risk of interactions with other agents, and what to do if new medications need to be prescribed or if the participant is considering a new over-the-counter medicine or herbal product
* Women of childbearing potential who are pregnant or breast-feeding
* Female participants of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 72 hours of enrollment AND within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required
* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive participants will be ineligible if HIV therapy regimen has not been stable for at least 4 weeks or there is intent to change the regimen within 8 weeks following enrollment, or if they are severely immunocompromised
* Participants with known hepatitis B or C are not eligible
* Participants with any clinically significant unrelated systemic illness (serious infectious or significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic or other organ dysfunction), which in the opinion of the investigator would interfere with the study procedures or results
* Participants with other factors that increase the risk of QT prolongation or arrhythmic events (e.g., heart failure, hypokalemia, family history of long QT interval syndrome) including heart failure that meets New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II or above are excluded
DRUG: Everolimus, DRUG: Trametinib
Recurrent World Health Organization (WHO) Grade II Glioma, Low-grade Glioma, High Grade Glioma, Brain and Nervous System
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), MAPK, PI3K
The ExTINGUISH Trial of Inebilizumab in NMDAR Encephalitis (ExTINGUISH)
Determine the difference in the modified Rankin score at 16 weeks in participants with anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis treated with "first-line" immunomodulatory therapies provided as standard-of-care, and either inebilizumab (investigational agent) or placebo.
Inclusion Criteria
• Diagnosis of NMDAR encephalitis, defined by both a and b:
• A subacute onset of change in mental status consistent with autoimmune encephalitis,
• A positive cell-based assay for anti-NMDA receptor IgG antibody in the CSF confirmed in study-specified laboratories.
• Participants, ≥ 12 years of age at the time of informed consent. Participants under 18 years of age must weigh ≥40 kilograms.
• Written informed consent and any locally required authorization (e.g., Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act \[HIPAA\] in the United States of America \[USA\], European Union \[EU\] Data Privacy Directive in the EU) obtained from the participant/legal representative prior to performing any protocol-related procedures, including screening evaluations.
• Non-sterilized participants who are sexually active with a partner capable of becoming pregnant must use a condom with spermicide from Day 1 through to the end of the study and must agree to continue using such precautions for at least 6 months after the final dose of IP. A recommendation will be made that the partners (capable of becoming pregnant) of study participants (capable of getting their partner pregnant) should use a highly effective method of contraception other than a physical method.
Participants of childbearing potential who are sexually active with a non-sterilized partner capable of getting their partner pregnant must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception beginning at screening or upon discharge from hospitalization/inpatient rehabilitation (for participants who were incapacitated at the time of screening), and to continue precautions for 12 months after the final dose of IP.
• Participants of childbearing potential are defined as those who are not surgically sterile (e.g., bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy, or complete hysterectomy) or those who are not postmenopausal (per ICH M3 (R2) 11.2: defined as 12 months with no menses without an alternative medical cause).
• A highly effective method of contraception is defined as one that results in a low failure rate (i.e., less than 1% per year) when used consistently and correctly. Periodic abstinence, the rhythm method, and the withdrawal method do not qualify as "highly effective" or acceptable methods of contraception for study purposes. Acceptable methods of contraception are listed in the table below:
Physical Methods Hormonal Methods e
• Intrauterine device (IUD)
• Intrauterine hormone-releasing system, also known as drug-eluting IUD a
• Bilateral tubal occlusion
• Vasectomized partner b
• Sexual abstinence c • Combined (estrogen and progestogen-containing hormonal contraception)
* Oral (combined pill)
* Injectable
* Transdermal (patch)
* Progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation d
* Implantable
* Intravaginal a This is also considered to be a hormonal method. b With appropriate post-vasectomy documentation of surgical success (absence of sperm in ejaculate).
c Sexual abstinence is considered to be a highly effective method only if defined as refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of the study and if it is the preferred and usual lifestyle of the participant.
d Progestogen-only hormonal contraception, where inhibition of ovulation is not the primary mode of action (minipill) is not accepted as a highly effective method.
e These methods are only considered highly effective and therefore acceptable when used in conjunction with a barrier method (i.e., diaphragm with spermicide, sponge with spermicide, cervical cap with spermicide, condoms, spermicide alone.)
• Willing to forgo other immunomodulatory therapies (investigational or otherwise) for NMDAR encephalitis during the study.
• Participant must have received at least 3 days of methylprednisolone 1000 mg IV or equivalent corticosteroid within 90 days prior to randomization (Day 1). In addition, participants must have received EITHER of the following treatments within 90 days before randomization.
• IVIg, at a dose range between 1.2 and 2 g/kg
• Plasma exchange or plasmapheresis, (defined as 5 to 6 exchanges).
NOTE: These treatments may be provided during the screening period but must be completed prior to randomization. Participants who receive methylprednisolone and BOTH IVIg and plasma exchange are not excluded from participating in the trial, however, this treatment course with both IVIg and plasma exchange is not encouraged, and enrollment and randomization should not be delayed in order to complete additional first line treatments.
• Modified Rankin Score of ≥3 at the screening visit, indicating at least moderate disability. The baseline mRS must be confirmed by Site Investigators at screening and confirmed / adjudicated before randomization.
• Ability and willingness to attend study visits and complete the study. \*All inclusion criteria must be met during the screening period, prior to randomization, except where noted.
Exclusion Criteria
Any of the following excludes an individual from participation in the study:
• Any condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would interfere with the evaluation or administration of the IP, interpretation of participant safety or study results, or would make participation in the study an unacceptable risk. This specifically includes recent history (last 5 years) of herpes simplex virus encephalitis or known central nervous system demyelinating disease (e.g., multiple sclerosis).
• Presence of an active or chronic infection that is serious in the opinion of the Investigator.
• History of solid organ or cell-based transplantation.
• Concurrent/previous enrollment in another clinical study involving an investigational treatment within 4 weeks or 5 published half-lives of the investigational treatment, whichever is longer, prior to randomization.
• Lactating or pregnant individuals, or individuals who intend to become pregnant anytime from study enrollment to 12 months following last dose of investigational agent.
• Known history of allergy or reaction to any component of the investigational agent formulation or history of anaphylaxis following any biologic therapy.
• Receipt of the following at any time prior to randomization:
a. Alemtuzumab b. Total lymphoid irradiation c. Bone marrow transplant d. T-cell vaccination therapy
• Receipt of any biologic B cell-depleting therapy (e.g., rituximab, ocrelizumab, obinutuzumab, ofatumumab, inebilizumab) in the 6 months prior to screening. Receipt of such a B cell-depleting agent in the period 6-12 months prior to screening is exclusionary unless B cell counts have returned to ≥ age-based LLN by central laboratory. For EU participants, B cell counts at screening will be determined by the laboratories of the participating sites. Receipt of non-depleting B cell-directed therapy (e.g., belimumab), abatacept, or other biologic immunomodulatory agent within 6 months prior screening.
• Treatment at therapeutic doses/durations with any of the following within 3 months prior to randomization
a. Natalizumab (Tysabri®) b. Cyclosporine c. Methotrexate d. Mitoxantrone e. Cyclophosphamide\* f. Azathioprine g. Mycophenolate mofetil
\*Cyclophosphamide is only permitted as rescue therapy to be administered as outlined in Section 5.4.1 no earlier than the week 6 visit.
• Severe drug allergic history or anaphylaxis to two or more food products or medicines (including known sensitivity to acetaminophen/paracetamol, diphenhydramine (cetirizine in EU) or equivalent antihistamine, and methylprednisolone or equivalent glucocorticoid).
• Known history of a primary immunodeficiency (congenital or acquired) or an underlying condition such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or splenectomy that predisposes the participant to infection.
• Active malignancy or history of malignancy that was active within the last 10 years, apart from ovarian or extra-ovarian teratoma (also known as a dermoid cyst) or germ cell tumor, or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or basal cell carcinoma of the skin, that in the opinion of the Medical Safety Monitor (MSM) would preclude enrollment due to safety concerns. Squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas should be treated with documented success of curative therapy \> 3 months prior to randomization.
• At screening (repeat testing may be conducted to confirm results within the same screening period, prior to randomization), any of the following:
a. Total white blood count \<2,500 cells/mm3 (or \< 2.5 × 109/L) b. Total immunoglobulin \< 600 mg/dL (or 6 µmol/L; 400 mg/dL for participants \<18 years)\* c. Absolute neutrophil count \< 1200 cells/μL (or \< 1.2 × 109/L) d. CD4 T lymphocyte count \< 300 cells/µL (or \< 0.3 × 109/L)
\*Baseline levels of IgG prior to first line treatments (methylprednisolone, plasmapheresis/plasma exchange) should be used to determine eligibility.
• Active hepatitis B or C established with positive hepatitis B serology (hepatitis B surface antigen and core antigen) and/or positive hepatitis C PCR testing and confirmed by the MSM
• Any live or attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to Day 1 (administration of killed vaccines is acceptable).
• Bacillus of Calmette and Guérin (BCG) vaccine within 1 year of enrollment.
• History of alcohol or drug abuse that, in the opinion of the Investigator, might affect participant safety or compliance with visits or interfere with safety or other study assessments.
• Recurrence of previously treated NMDAR encephalitis within the last 5 years, or suspicion of symptomatic untreated NMDAR encephalitis of greater than 3 months duration at the time of screening.
• Evidence of active tuberculosis\* (TB) or being at high risk for TB based on:
a. History of active TB or untreated/incompletely treated latent TB. Participants with a history of active or latent TB who have documentation of completion of treatment according to local guidelines may be enrolled.
b. History of recent (≤ 12 weeks of screening) close contact with someone with active TB (close contact is defined as ≥ 4 hours/week OR living in the same household OR in a house where a person with active TB is a frequent visitor).
c. Signs or symptoms that could represent active TB by medical history or physical examination.
d. Positive, indeterminate, or invalid interferon-gamma release assay test result at screening, unless previously treated for TB. Participants with an indeterminate test result can repeat the test once, but if the repeat test is also indeterminate, the participant is excluded.
e. Chest radiograph, chest computed tomography or MRI scan that suggests a possible diagnosis of TB or suggests that a work-up for TB should be considered; all participants must have had lung imaging with an acceptable reading within 6 months prior to consent, or during screening.
• Active, clinically significant (CS) infection at the time of randomization (IP administration may be delayed until recovery, if within 14-day screening window, otherwise participant may be rescreened).
Exclusion criteria are applied at time of screening and are applicable throughout the study.
* Participants will undergo QuantiFERON®-TB Gold testing or equivalent TB testing during screening as standard of care. A positive result will not exclude patients from participation; thus, enrollment should not be delayed awaiting this result. If positive, an appropriate course of anti-TB treatment will need to be documented. If results are in indeterminate, participants may still be eligible for randomization if history is not suggestive of active / latent TB and a chest x-ray shows no evidence of active or latent TB.
• 1 Additional Eligibility Considerations
The following criteria are not necessarily exclusionary but require review from the MSM to determine if a participant should be excluded due to safety concerns:
• At screening (out of range lab values may be reviewed with the MSM to determine whether a potential participant should be excluded for safety reasons; repeat testing may be conducted to confirm results within the same screening period, prior to randomization), any of the following:
• Aspartate transaminase (AST) \> 2.5 × age-based upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Alanine transaminase (ALT) \> 2.5 × age-based ULN
• Total bilirubin \> 1.5 × age-based ULN (unless due to Gilbert's syndrome)
• Platelet count \< 75,000/μL (or \< 75 × 109/L)
• Hemoglobin \< 8 g/dL (or \< 80 g/L or 5 mmol/L)
• History of untreated hepatitis C infection. Participants who are considered cured following antiviral therapy with an HCV load below the limit of detection may be enrolled pending confirmation from the MSM that there are no safety concerns for inclusion.
• Patients with coexistent autoantibodies should not immediately be excluded but should be reviewed with the MSM to determine eligibility.
DRUG: Inebilizumab, DRUG: Placebo
Autoimmune Encephalitis, Encephalitis, Brain and Nervous System
Eflornithine (DFMO) and Etoposide for Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma
Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) will be used in an open label, multicenter, study in combination with etoposide for subjects with relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma.
* All patients must have a pathologically confirmed diagnosis of neuroblastoma, ≤ 30.99 years of age with history of relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma.
* All patients must have completed upfront therapy with at least 4 cycles of aggressive multi-drug chemotherapy.
* Specific Criteria by Arm:
Arms 1 and 2:
Subjects with no active disease:
i. No evidence of residual disease by CT/MRI and MIBG scan (or PET for patients who have a history of MIBG non-avid disease).
o Note: Patients with residual masses detected by CT/MRI may be considered in CR if their MIBG is negative or if MIBG positive and evaluated by PET and found to have negative PET scans; biopsy confirmation may be considered if there is still reasonable concern for persistent disease but is not required.
ii. No evidence of disease metastatic to bone marrow.
Arm 3 \[CLOSED TO ENROLLMENT\]:
Measurable or evaluable disease, including at least one of the following:
Measurable tumor by CT or MRI; or a positive MIBG and PET; or positive bone marrow biopsy/aspirate in at least one site.
* Timing from prior therapy: Enrollment (first dose of DFMO) no later than 60 days from last dose of the most recent therapy.
* Subjects must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anti- cancer chemotherapy and be within the following timelines:
• Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: Must not have received within 2 weeks of enrollment onto this study (6 weeks if prior nitrosourea).
• Hematopoietic growth factors: At least 5 days since the completion of therapy with a growth factor.
• Biologic (anti-neoplastic agent): At least 7 days since the completion of therapy with a biologic agent. For agents that have known adverse events occurring beyond 7 days after administration, this period must be extended beyond the time during which adverse events are known to occur. The duration of this interval must be discussed with the Study Chair.
• Immunotherapy: At least 6 weeks since the completion of any type of immunotherapy, e.g. tumor vaccines, CAR-T cells.
• Anti-GD2 Monoclonal antibodies: At least 2 weeks must have elapsed since prior treatment with a monoclonal antibody.
• XRT: At least 14 days since the last treatment except for radiation delivered with palliative intent to a non-target site.
• Stem Cell Transplant:
• Allogeneic: No evidence of active graft vs. host disease
• Allo/Auto: ≥ 2 months must have elapsed since transplant.
• MIBG Therapy: At least 8 weeks since treatment with MIBG therapy
* Subjects must have a Lansky or Karnofsky Performance Scale score of 60% or higher.
* Life expectancy \> 2 months
* All clinical and laboratory studies for organ functions to determine eligibility must be performed within 7 days prior to first dose of study drug unless otherwise indicated below.
* Subjects must have adequate organ functions at the time of registration:
* Hematological: Total absolute neutrophil count ANC ≥750/μL
* Liver: Subjects must have adequate liver function as defined by AST and ALT \<5x upper limit of normal (Normal=45), Bilirubin \<1.5x upper limit normal (Normal=1.0). Normal PT, PTT, fibrinogen.
* Renal: Estimated Glomerular Filtration rate (eGFR) as calculated from the Bedside Schwartz equation (in units of mL/min/1.73 m2) or via radioisotope GFR of ≥ 70.
The Bedside Schwartz equation is: \[(0.413) X (Height in cm)\] / SCr
* Subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test. Subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective birth control method. Subjects who are lactating must agree to stop breast-feeding.
* Written informed consent in accordance with institutional and FDA guidelines must be obtained from all subjects (or patients' legal representative).
Exclusion Criteria:
* BSA of \<0.25 m2.
* Subjects that received DFMO at a dose higher than 1000mg/m2 BID prior to this study are not eligible.
* Subjects that received a dose of DFMO in combination with etoposide are not eligible.
* Investigational Drugs: Subjects who are currently receiving another investigational drug are excluded from participation.
* Anti-cancer Agents: Subjects who are currently receiving other anticancer agents are not eligible. Subjects must have fully recovered from hematological and bone marrow suppression effects of prior chemotherapy.
* Infection: Subjects who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible until the infection is judged to be well controlled in the opinion of the investigator.
* Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study, or in whom compliance is likely to be suboptimal, should be excluded.
A Study of the Drugs Selumetinib vs. Carboplatin and Vincristine in Patients With Low-Grade Glioma
This phase III trial compares the effect of selumetinib versus the standard of care treatment with carboplatin and vincristine (CV) in treating patients with newly diagnosed or previously untreated low-grade glioma (LGG) that does not have a genetic abnormality called BRAFV600E mutation and is not associated with systemic neurofibromatosis type 1. Selumetinib works by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and may kill tumor cells. Carboplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works in a way similar to the anticancer drug cisplatin, but may be better tolerated than cisplatin. Carboplatin works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of tumor cells. Vincristine is in a class of medications called vinca alkaloids. It works by stopping tumor cells from growing and dividing and may kill them. The overall goal of this study is to see if selumetinib works just as well as the standard treatment of CV for patients with LGG. Another goal of this study is to compare the effects of selumetinib versus CV in subjects with LGG to find out which is better. Additionally, this trial will also examine if treatment with selumetinib improves the quality of life for subjects who take it.
* Patients must be \>= 2 years and =\< 21 years at the time of enrollment
* Patients must have a body surface area (BSA) of \>= 0.5 m\^2 at enrollment
* Patients must have non-neurofibromatosis type 1 (non-NF1) low-grade glioma (LGG) without a BRAFV600E mutation as confirmed by Rapid Central Pathology and Molecular Screening Reviews performed on APEC14B1 (NCT02402244) Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI)-MCI, or accepted Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)-certified test and that has not been treated with any modality besides surgery. Note: Patients may be newly-diagnosed OR previously diagnosed, and there is no required time frame between biopsy/surgery and treatment initiation.
* Patients with residual tumor after resection or progressive tumor after initial diagnosis (with or without surgery) who have not received treatment (chemotherapy and/or radiation) are eligible
* Patients must have two-dimensional measurable tumor \>= 1 cm\^2 to be eligible
* Patients with ependymoma are not eligible
* Eligible histologies will include all tumors considered low-grade glioma or low-grade astrocytoma (World Health Organization \[WHO\] grade I and II) by 5th edition WHO classification of central nervous system (CNS) tumors with the exception of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
* Patients with metastatic disease or multiple independent primary LGG are eligible
* Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 OR a serum creatinine based on age/sex as follows (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment):
* Age: Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL)
* 2 to \< 6 years: 0.8 mg/dL (male); 0.8 mg/dL (female)
* 6 to \< 10 years: 1 mg/dL (male); 1 mg/dL (female)
* 10 to \< 13 years: 1.2 mg/dL (male); 1.2 mg/dL (female)
* 13 to \< 16 years: 1.5 mg/dL (male); 1.4 mg/dL (female)
* \>= 16 years: 1.7 mg/dL (male); 1.4 mg/dL (female)
* Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment) (children with a diagnosis of Gilbert's syndrome will be allowed on study regardless of their total and indirect \[unconjugated\] bilirubin levels as long as their direct \[conjugated\] bilirubin is \< 3.1 mg/dL)
* Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\]) =\< 135 U/L (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment). For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L
* Albumin \>= 2 g/dL (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \>= 53% (or institutional normal; if the LVEF result is given as a range of values, then the upper value of the range will be used) by echocardiogram (performed within 4 weeks prior to enrollment)
* Corrected QT (QTc) interval =\< 450 msec by electrocardiography (EKG) (performed within 4 weeks prior to enrollment)
* Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,000/uL (unsupported) (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Platelets \>= 100,000/uL (unsupported) (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Hemoglobin \>= 8 g/dL (may be supported) (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Patients with a known seizure disorder must be stable and must not have experienced a significant increase in seizure frequency within 2 weeks prior to enrollment
* Patients 2-17 years of age must have a blood pressure that is =\< 95th percentile for age, height, and sex at the time of enrollment (with or without the use of anti-hypertensive medications)
* Patients \>= 18 years of age must have a blood pressure =\< 130/80 mmHg at the time of enrollment (with or without the use of anti-hypertensive medications)
* Note for patients of all ages: Adequate blood pressure can be achieved using medication for the treatment of hypertension
* All patients must have ophthalmology toxicity assessments performed within 8 weeks prior to enrollment
* For all patients, an MRI of the brain (with orbital cuts for optic pathway tumors) and/or spine (depending on the site(s) of primary disease) with and without contrast must be performed within 8 weeks prior to enrollment
* Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1, or 2. Use Karnofsky for patients \> 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =\< 16 years of age
* Patients must have the ability to swallow whole capsules
* All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
* All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
* All patients have signed an appropriate consent form and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization form (if applicable)
* All patients have been consented and enrolled on APEC14B1 (NCT02402244) Part A for Pre-Enrollment Eligibility Screening for ACNS1833
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients must not have received any prior tumor-directed therapy including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, or bone marrow transplant. Prior surgical intervention (with the exclusion of laser interstitial thermal therapy \[LITT\]) is permitted
* Patients with a concurrent malignancy or history of treatment (other than surgery) for another tumor within the last year are ineligible
* Patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine tumors as seen on MRI (\> 2/3 of pons involvement on imaging) are not eligible even if biopsy reveals grade I/II histology
* Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
* Patients with any serious medical or psychiatric illness/condition, including substance use disorders or ophthalmological conditions, likely in the judgment of the investigator to interfere or limit compliance with study requirements/treatment
* Patients who, in the opinion of the investigator, are not able to comply with the study procedures are not eligible
* Female patients who are pregnant are not eligible since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs. A pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential
* Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants are not eligible
* Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation and for 1 week after stopping study therapy are not eligible.
* Note: Women study participants of child-bearing potential must use acceptable contraception during the study and for 1 week (7 days) after the last dose of selumetinib. Men study participants with sexual partners who are pregnant or who are of child-bearing potential must use acceptable contraception during the study and for 1 week (7 days) after the last dose of study agent. Acceptable contraception includes implants, injectables, or oral contraceptives (all combined with barrier methods), some intrauterine devices (IUDs), vasectomy or abstinence
* Known genetic disorder that increases risk for coronary artery disease. Note: The presence of dyslipidemia in a family with a history of myocardial infarction is not in itself an exclusion unless there is a known genetic disorder documented
* Symptomatic heart failure
* New York Health Association (NYHA) class II-IV prior or current cardiomyopathy
* Severe valvular heart disease
* History of atrial fibrillation
* Current or past history of central serous retinopathy
* Current or past history of retinal vein occlusion or retinal detachment
* Patients with uncontrolled glaucoma
* If checking pressure is clinically indicated, patients with intraocular pressure (IOP) \> 22 mmHg or ULN adjusted by age are not eligible
* Supplementation with vitamin E greater than 100% of the daily recommended dose. Any multivitamin containing vitamin E must be stopped prior to study enrollment even if less than 100% of the daily recommended dosing for vitamin E
* Surgery within 2 weeks prior to enrollment, with the exception of surgical biopsy, placement of a vascular access device or cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) diverting procedure such as endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt.
* Note: Patients must have healed from any prior surgery
* Patients who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible
Cobimetinib in Refractory Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH), and Other Histiocytic Disorders (NACHO-COBI)
This is a research study of a drug called cobimetinib in children and adults diagnosed with
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), and other histiocytic disorders that has returned or
does not respond to treatment. Cobimetinib blocks activation of a protein called
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) that is part of incorrect growth signals in
histiocytosis cells. Four different groups of patients will be enrolled.
INCLUSION CRITERIA:
Age at study entry
• For Group 1: Participant must be at least 6 months of age and less than 21 years of
age at the time of enrollment
• For Group 2: Participant may be at least 6 months of age at the time of enrollment
• For Group 3: Participant must be at least 6 months of age and less than 21 years of
age at the time of enrollment
• For Group 4: Participant must be 21 years of age or older at the time of enrollment
• Participant must be able to take an enteral dose and formulation of medication. Study
medication is only available as an oral suspension or tablet which may be taken by
mouth or other enteral route such as nasogastric or gastric tube.
• Biopsy proven LCH -AND
• Failure of at least front-line therapy for LCH with evaluable disease. -OR
• Diagnosis of LCH-associated neurodegenerative disease with radiologic or clinical
progression within the past 3 months. -OR
• Biopsy proven JXG, ECD, RDD, histiocytic sarcoma, or other histiocytic lesion (newly
diagnosed or relapsed/refractory disease) with evaluable active disease.
Performance Level:
-Karnofsky ≥ 50% for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky ≥ 50% for patients ≤ 16 years of
age.
Adequate Hematologic Function Defined as:
• ANC ≥ 0.75 x 10^9/L (unsupported/without growth factor stimulant)
• Platelet count ≥ 75 x 10^9/L (unsupported/without transfusion within the past 7 days).
• Patients with marrow disease must have platelet count of >/= 75 x 10^9/L (transfusion
support allowed) and must not be refractory to platelet transfusions.
• Hemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dL (unsupported/without transfusion within the past 7 days)
• Patients with marrow disease must have hemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dL (transfusion support
allowed).
Adequate Renal Function Defined as:
• Calculated creatinine clearance (or radioisotope GFR) ≥ 70 mL/min/1.73m^2 or serum
creatinine based on age/gender as follows:
Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL) Age 2 to < 6 years: Male 0.8 mg/d, Female 0.8; 6 to < 10
years: Male 1 mg/dL,Female 1; 10 to < 13 years: Male 1.2 mg/dL; Female 1.2; 13 to < 16
years: Male 1.5 mg/dL ; Female 1.4; ≥ 16 years: Male 1.7 mg/dL; Female 1.4;
Adequate Liver Function Defined as:
• Bilirubin (sum of conjugated + unconjugated) ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for
age
• AST and ALT ≤ 3x ULN (≤ 5 x ULN for participants with liver involvement)
• Serum albumin ≥ 2 g/dL.
For patients with liver disease caused by histiocytic disorder:
• Patients may be enrolled with abnormal bilirubin, AST, ALT and albumin with documentation
of histiocytic liver disease.
Adequate Cardiac Function Defined as:
• Fractional shortening (FS) of ≥ 30% or ejection fraction of ≥ 50% by echocardiogram at
baseline, as determined by echocardiography or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) within 28
days prior to enrollment. Depending on institutional standard, either FS or LVEF is
adequate for enrollment if only one value is measured; if both values are measured, then
both values must meet criteria above
Pregnancy/Birth Control
• Female patients of childbearing potential require a negative urine or serum pregnancy
test for eligibility and again at database registration, if more than 2 weeks has
elapsed.
• Female patients of childbearing potential must agree to follow the contraceptive
requirements using two forms of effective contraceptive methods for the duration of
the study treatment. Male patients with sexual partners who are pregnant or who could
become pregnant (i.e., women of child-bearing potential) must agree to use two forms
of effective methods of contraception (one of which must be a barrier method) during
the treatment period and for at least 3 months after the last dose of the study drug
to avoid pregnancy and/or potential adverse effects on a developing embryo. Agreement
to true abstinence (not periodic abstinence or withdrawal method) is an acceptable
method of birth control.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
• Prior and Concomitant Use of Drugs with CYP3A4 inducing/inhibiting activity: Patient
taking strong inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A4 within 14 days prior to study enrollment,
including but not limited to the following: erythromycin, clarithromycin, ketoconazole,
azithromycin, itraconazole, grapefruit juice or St. John's wort.
• Prior Therapy Restrictions Completion of previous chemotherapy, immunotherapy,
radiotherapy, or targeted therapy for LCH (or other histiocytic disorder) at least 28
days (except where specified below) prior to study enrollment, with resolution of all
associated toxicity to ≤ Grade 1 prior to study enrollment (exception for alopecia and
ototoxicity which do not need to be resolved ≤ Grade 1). Patients must have fully
recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anti-cancer therapy and must meet
the following minimum duration from prior anti-cancer directed therapy prior to
enrollment. If after the required timeframe, the laboratory eligibility criteria are
met, the patient is considered to have recovered adequately.
• Radiation therapy within the 28 days prior to enrollment.
• Any prior treatment with Cobimetinib.
• Treatment with a long-acting hematopoietic growth factor within 14 days prior to
initiation of study drug or a short-acting hematopoietic growth factor within 7
days prior to enrollment.
• Treatment with hormonal therapy (except hormone replacement therapy or oral
contraceptives), immunotherapy, biologic therapy, investigational therapy, or
herbal cancer therapy within 28 days or < 5 half-lives, whichever is longer,
prior to study enrollment.
• Treatment with high-dose chemotherapy and stem-cell rescue (autologous stem cell
transplant) or allogeneic stem cell transplant within 90 days prior to
enrollment. Anti-GVHD agents post-transplant: Patients who are receiving
cyclosporine, tacrolimus or other agents to prevent graft-versus-host disease
post bone marrow transplant are not eligible for this trial.
• For patients with brain tumors (intracranial masses), use of anticoagulants
within 7 days prior to enrollment.
• Corticosteroid therapy <0.5 mg/kg/day averaged during the month prior to study
enrollment is permissible but must be discontinued fourteen (14) days prior to
enrollment. Patients with documented brain lesions receiving corticosteroids for
management of cerebral edema must be on a stable dose for fourteen (14) days
prior to enrollment.
• Patient has received treatment with investigational therapy within 4 weeks prior
to initiation of study drug.
• Patients taking anticoagulants or have a pre-existing bleeding disorder unrelated
to histiocytic disease.
• Exclusions for other illness
• Other active malignancy or history of secondary malignancy.
• Refractory nausea and vomiting, malabsorption, external biliary shunt
• Infection: Patients who have a known active infection (excluding documented
fungal infection of the nail beds) within 28 days prior to enrollment that has
not completely resolved.
• Major surgical procedure or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to
enrollment, or anticipation of need for major surgical procedure during the
course of the study. Placement of a vascular access device or minor surgery is
permitted within fourteen (14) days prior to study enrollment (provided that the
wound has healed).
• History of significant bowel resection that would preclude adequate absorption or
other significant malabsorptive disease.
• History of pneumonitis.
• Ophthalmologic considerations: Patients with known significant ophthalmologic
conditions or known risk factors for retinal vein occlusion are not eligible.
Specifically, patients with a history of retinal vein occlusion (RVO), retinal
detachment, retinal pathology on ophthalmologic exam, retinopathy of prematurity,
central serous chorioretinopathy (CSSCR), neovascular retinopathy, intraocular
pressure > 21 mmHg, and predisposing factors to RVO (e.g., uncontrolled
hypertension, diabetes, or hyperlipidemia, coagulopathy) will be excluded.
Patients with longstanding and stable ophthalmologic findings secondary to
existing conditions are eligible with appropriate written documentation and
approval from Study Chair.
• History of solid organ transplantation: Patients who have received a prior solid
organ transplantation are not eligible.
• Any other disease, metabolic or psychological dysfunction, physical examination
finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease
or condition that in the opinion of the investigator contraindicates use of an
investigational drug or places the patient at unacceptable risk from treatment
complications.
• History of clinically significant cardiac dysfunction, including the following:
• Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias including brady-arrhythmias and/or
patients who require anti-arrhythmic therapy (with the exception of beta blockers
or digoxin). Patients with controlled atrial fibrillation are not excluded.
• Unstable arrhythmia
• Unstable angina, or new-onset angina within 3 months prior to initiation of study
treatment
• Symptomatic congestive heart failure, defined as New York Heart Association Class
II or higher
• Myocardial infarction within 3 months prior to initiation of study treatment
• Known chronic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
• History of Grade ≥ 2 CNS hemorrhage or history of any CNS hemorrhage within 28 days of
enrollment.
• Female patients who are pregnant or lactating. Pregnant or lactating women will not be
entered on this study because there is no available information regarding human fetal
or teratogenic toxicities.
Drug: Cobimetinib
Langerhan's Cell Histiocytosis, Juvenile Xanthogranuloma, Erdheim-Chester Disease, Rosai Dorfman Disease, Neuro-Degenerative Disease, Histiocytic Sarcoma, Histiocytic Disorders, Malignant, Bones and Joints, Brain and Nervous System, Liver, Lung/Thoracic, Other Hematopoietic
DBS of the SCC for the Treatment of Medically Refractory CLBP
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the subgenual cingulate cortex for the treatment of chronic medically-refractory low back pain using a randomized double-blind crossover design.
* Pain secondary to failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) as defined by persistent low back pain despite prior surgical interventions.
* Self-reported average back pain intensity of greater than 8 out of 10 on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) documented over greater than 2 years.
* Failure to achieve at least 50% pain relief from a trial of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) or less than 50% pain relief after 3 months of SCS therapy or patient refuses/rejects SCS trial
* Failure to achieve at least 50% pain relief in response to at least 4 weeks of physical therapy.
* Failure to achieve at least 50% pain relief in response to at least 2 percutaneous spinal pain procedures.
* Failure to achieve at least 50% pain relief in response to 3 months of opioid therapy (at least 20 MEQ/day) or inability to increase or tolerate opioid therapy due to dose-limiting side effects).
* Failure to achieve at least 50% pain relief in response to a 3-month trial of at least one other class of pain medication in addition to opioid therapy or inability to tolerate increasing doses of non-opioid pain medications due to dose-limiting side effects.
* Lack of a surgically correctible etiology for the pain as determined by 2 independent neurosurgeons
* Age greater than 40 years of age.
* Ability to give informed consent in accordance with institutional policies and participate in the 1.5-year follow-up, involving assessments and stimulator adjustments.
* Willingness to share unexpected neurological or psychiatric symptoms with study clinicians.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Significant neurocognitive impairment (MoCA \< 26).
* Age \> 75 years.
* History of implant-related infection.
* History of bleeding disorder or immune-compromise.
* Psychiatric comorbidity other than depression or generalized anxiety disorder, as determined by MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview.
* Patients with neurological diagnoses that may reduce the response to or increase the risk of DBS including neurodegenerative conditions, severe movement disorders, demyelinating disorders, syringomyelia, epilepsy or history of seizures, history of CNS tumors (spinal and/or cranial), history of serious head injury with loss of consciousness, history of stroke, surgically reversible peripheral pain syndromes including surgically correctable radiculopathy, and severe peripheral neuropathy.
* Patients who have undergone spine surgery within the previous 3 months.
* Major medical co-morbidities increasing the risk of surgery including uncontrolled hypertension, severe diabetes, major organ system failure, history of hemorrhagic stroke, need for chronic anticoagulation, active infection, immunocompromised state or malignancy with \< 5 years life expectancy.
* Individuals with a currently implanted SCS device.
* Individuals with a life expectancy less than 1 year due to any cause.
* Individuals involved in an injury claim under current litigation.
* Individuals with a pending or approved worker's compensation claim.
* Patient living greater than 100 miles from UCLA.
* Suicide attempt in the last two years and/or presence of a suicide plan (an answer of Yes to Question C4 in Section C- Suicidality of MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview).
* Alcohol or illicit substance use disorder (other than nicotine) within the last 6 months, unstable remission of substance abuse, or chart evidence that co-morbid substance use disorder could account for lack of treatment response.
* Uncontrolled medical condition including cardiovascular problems and diabetes.
* Pregnant or planning to become pregnant.
* Use of warfarin or other blood thinners.
* Significant structural abnormality on preoperative brain MRI.
* Contraindications to MRIs or the need for recurrent body MRIs.
* Presence of cardiac pacemakers/defibrillators, implanted medication pumps, intra-cardiac lines, any intracranial implants (e.g., aneurysm clip, shunt, cochlear implant, electrodes) or other implanted stimulators.
* History of prior cranial neurosurgery.
* Patients unable to discontinue any existing therapeutic diathermy.
* Individuals who are concomitantly participating in another clinical study.
DEVICE: Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subgenus Cingulate Cortex
* Age ≥ 18 years.
* Histologically confirmed Grade IV GBM, inclusive of gliosarcoma (WHO criteria; IDH wild-type by immunohistochemistry \[IHC\] or sequencing for IDH) established following either a surgical resection or biopsy. An MRI scan with the required imaging sequences performed within 21 days prior to randomization preferably. The post-operative MRI scan performed within 96 hours of surgery or the MRI scan performed for radiation therapy planning may serve as the MRI scan performed during screening if all required imaging sequences were obtained.
* Karnofsky performance status ≥ 60% performed within a 14-day window prior to randomization.
* Availability of tumor tissue representative of GBM from definitive surgery or biopsy.
Recurrent
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age ≥ 18 years.
* Histologically confirmed Grade IV GBM, inclusive of gliosarcoma (WHO criteria; IDH wild-type by immunohistochemistry \[IHC\] or sequencing for IDH) at first or second recurrence after initial standard, control or experimental therapy that includes at a minimum radiation therapy (RT).
* Evidence of recurrent disease demonstrated by disease progression using slightly modified Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) criteria.
* Two scans to confirm progression are required: at least 1 scan at the time of progression and 1 scan prior to the time of progression.
* Karnofsky performance status ≥ 70% performed within a 14-day window prior to randomization.
* Availability of tumor tissue representative of GBM from initial definitive surgery and/or, recurrent surgery, if performed.
Newly Diagnosed
Exclusion Criteria:
* Received any prior treatment for glioma including: a. Prior prolifeprospan 20 with carmustine wafer. b. Prior intracerebral, intratumoral, or cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) agent. c. Prior radiation treatment for GBM or lower-grade glioma. d. Prior chemotherapy or immunotherapy for GBM or lower-grade glioma. Receiving additional, concurrent, active therapy for GBM outside of the trial.
* Extensive leptomeningeal disease.
* QTc \> 450 msec if male and QTc \> 470 msec if female.
* History of another malignancy in the previous 2 years, with a disease-free interval of \< 2 years. Patients with prior history of in situ cancer or basal or squamous cell skin cancer are eligible.
Recurrent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Early disease progression prior to 3 months (12 weeks) from the completion of RT.
* More than 2 prior lines for chemotherapy administration. (NOTE: In the 1st line adjuvant setting, combination of temozolomide (TMZ) with an experimental agent, is considered one line of chemotherapy.)
* Received any prior treatment with lomustine, agents part of any of the experimental arms, and bevacizumab or other vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or VEGF receptor-mediated targeted agent.
* Any prior treatment with prolifeprospan 20 with carmustine wafer.
* Any prior treatment with an intracerebral agent.
* Receiving additional, concurrent, active therapy for GBM outside of the trial
* Extensive leptomeningeal disease.
* QTc \> 450 msec if male and QTc \> 470 msec if female.
* History of another malignancy in the previous 2 years, with a disease-free interval of \< 2 years. Patients with prior history of in situ cancer or basal or squamous cell skin cancer are eligible.
Tractography Guided Subcallosal Cingulate Deep BrainStimulation for Treatment Resistant Depression
Treatment resistant depression remains a major problem for individuals and society. Surgical procedures may provide relief for some of these patients. The most frequently considered surgical approach is deep brain stimulation (DBS) of a part of the brain called the subcallosal cingulate region. However, the effectiveness and safety is not well established. The investigators will use a novel approach using advanced imaging technique (magnetic resonance tractography) to evaluate the feasibility and safety of this surgical approach. An innovative method for the definition of DBS target will be applied that redefines the concept of targeting as one of targeting a symptomatic network rather than a structural brain region using subject-based brain anatomy to define the target location. The correlation between imaging findings at baseline with the mood score changes at different time points of the study will be investigated.
* Men and women (non-pregnant) between ages 21 and 70;
* DSM-5 diagnosis a current major depressive episode (MDE) for 10 years of less, recurrent or single episode with first episode after adulthood and did not start during childhood or adolescence, secondary to nonpsychotic unipolar major depressive disorder;
* Current index MDE ≥24 months duration and/or recurrent illness with at least a total of 2 lifetime episodes (including current episode \>12 months);
* Treatment resistance (defined by criteria on the Antidepressant Treatment History Form (ATHF)28): Failure to respond to a minimum of four adequate depression treatments from different categories;
* Symptom severity for Screening: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 item (HDRS17) ≥20;
* Symptom severity for Outcome: Montgomery Asberg Rating Scale (MADRS) ≥27 to be met at assessment one week pre-op;
* Normal brain MRI within 3 months of surgery;
* Antidepressant medication regimen has been held stable for ≥ 30 days prior to the study screening MADRS;
* Remain on stable antidepressant medication throughout the study, unless there are safety concerns;
* Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) \>25;
* Able and willing to give informed consent and agree to attend regular clinic visits for at least 12 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
* DSM-5 Axis I Disorders: any lifetime history of psychotic disorder or bipolar disorder;
* Alcohol or substance use disorder within 6 months, excluding nicotine;
* History of childhood abuse (physical or sexual) 18
* Personality disorders;
* Seeking disability during the trial;
* Current substantial suicidal risk as defined by a plan or clear immediate intent for self-harm, or made any suicide attempt within the last year; (MADRS ≥ 5 including the day of surgery);
* No stable work history;
* Neurological/Medical condition that makes the patient, in the opinion of the surgeon, a poor candidate;
• Pregnant or has plans to become pregnant in the next 36 months;
• Unable/unable to practice birth control through the period of randomization and withdrawal of therapy;
* Subjects who have a history of a seizure disorder;
* Subjects who will be exposed to diathermy;
* Subjects who have any medical contraindications to undergoing DBS surgery (e.g. infection, coagulopathy, or significant cardiac or other medical risk factors for surgery);
* Subjects with another implanted device such as a cardiac pacemaker, defibrillator or neurostimulator;
* Subjects who have a history of hemorrhagic stroke;
* Subjects who are unable to undergo MRI;
* Subjects who are at increased risk of hemorrhage due to underlying medical conditions or medication.
DEVICE: Abbott Laboratories Infinity™ implantable deep brain stimulation system
Treatment Resistant Depression, Undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Surgery
Study to Investigate the Safety of the Transplantation of Human Glial Restricted Progenitor Cells Into Subjects With Transverse Myelitis
This study is a non-randomized, open-label, partially blinded, sequential cohort,
dose-escalation study designed to obtain preliminary data on the safety, tolerability, and
early activity of Q-Cells® transplantation in subjects with Transverse Myelitis. For each of
the dose levels, transplantation of Q-Cells® unilaterally into spinal cord demyelinated
lesions will be evaluated. Subjects will be blinded to side of treatment.
Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis is a monophasic disorder characterized predominantly by
demyelination. Patients are left with disability from damage to ascending and descending
white matter tracts. Q-Cells® are comprised of glial progenitor cells.It is postulated that
the Q-Cells® glial progeny (healthy astrocytes and oligodendrocytes) will integrate into the
spinal cord lesion site and remyelinate demyelinated axons as well as provide trophic support
for damaged axons. Therefore, Q-Cells® have the potential to repair damage that has occurred
and could be clinically useful for patients with disability caused by TM.
The study is planned to enroll up to 9 subjects. Each subject will be followed for 9 months
after transplantation of Q-Cells®. Each subject will receive a single time point
administration of Q-Cells®: with transplantation foci targeted to posterior columns in the
spinal cord (all transplantation foci below C7) on one side.
Study participation consists of Screening, Pre-operative/Treatment, and Post-treatment study
periods that will generally last from 9 to 12 months in total. The study data will be
assessed for safety and activity until the last subject has completed the 9-month study
visit. Following completion of the 9-month follow-up period, subjects who consent will
continue to be followed for safety and activity in a separate long-term follow-up protocol.
• Ability to understand the purpose and risks of the study and provide signed and dated
informed consent and authorization to collect and use protected health information
(PHI) in accordance with national and local subject privacy regulations.
• Live within reasonable travel distance to center or have reliable mechanism to travel
to the center.
• Have a caregiver willing/able to assist in the transportation and care required by
study participation.
• Subject is 18 - 70 years of age (inclusive) on day of Screening Visit.
• Subject is diagnosed with idiopathic TM within the past 120 months in accord with the
Transverse Myelitis Consortium Working Group (2002).
• Subject has a MRI with a single focus of T2 hyperintensity that is 4 to 10 cm in
length if no post contrast enhancement seen, or a single focus T1 post contrast
enhancing lesion of 4 to 10 cm, with its most rostral extent at or below C8
myotome/dermatome level.
• Subject has negative NMO IgG (anti-AQP4) test at two separate time points, separated
by at least 6 months.
• Subject has brain MRI not consistent with multiple sclerosis or other autoimmune or
demyelinating disease.
• Subject is more than 12 months from TM onset.
• Subject has ASIA A categorization.
• Subject's neurological deficits related to TM have been stable for at least 3 months.
• Subject is medically able to undergo the study procedures and physically able to
adhere to the visit schedule at the time of study entry.
• For women of child bearing capacity, negative pregnancy test during the Screening
Period and at the Pre-Operative Visit.
• Males and females will agree to practice effective birth control during study
participation and up to one year after.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Subject with causes of weakness, sensory loss and/or autonomic dysfunction other than
TM have not been practically excluded.
• Subject with significant cognitive impairment, clinical dementia, or major psychiatric
illness including psychosis, bipolar disease, major depression, as determined by the
DSM-V.
• Subject with a diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disease (e.g., ALS, Parkinson's
disease, Alzheimer's disease).
• Subject suffering with medical conditions that impair nerve or muscle function (e.g.,
notable peripheral neuropathy, metabolic muscle disease) or any disease or condition
that would impair the subject's neuromuscular function or impair the adequate
assessment of the subject's function (e.g., severe osteoarthritis).
• Subject with a clinically significant history of unstable cardiac, pulmonary, renal,
hepatic, endocrine, hematologic, or active malignancy or infectious disease or other
medically significant illness that may render them at an unacceptable risk for surgery
or that may cause them to be unable to complete the scheduled duration of the trial.
• History of spine surgery or anatomic variation incompatible with route of
administration (as determined by neurosurgeon).
• Severe spinal stenosis or cord compression causing myelopathy.
• Abnormal flow voids on the surface of the spinal cord suggestive of arteriovenous
malformation (AVM) or evidence of a vascular cause of a myelopathy (e.g., infarct of
spinal artery).
• Any evidence of CNS malignancy or clinically significant CNS lesions as defined by
imaging studies of the CNS (MRI of brain and spinal cord).
• Uncontrolled hypertension (Systolic BP>180mmHg and/or Diastolic BP >110mmHg).
• Any history of thrombotic or embolic events.
• Any poorly controlled medical conditions that, in the opinion of the site investigator
and/or surgeon, increase risk of surgery to a medically unacceptable degree.
• Subjects who cannot undergo MRI examination because of any contraindication to the
procedure, including the presence of a pacemaker, an implanted defibrillator or
certain other implanted electronic or metallic devices, or who have been or might have
been exposed to metal fragments, or any reason the subject cannot undergo an MRI
routinely for the duration of the trial.
• Subject with clinically significant abnormal clinical laboratory values, as determined
by the Investigator at the screening visit (Visit 1).
• Subject who is immune compromised (by therapeutic agent or disease) or who has a
condition contraindicated to treatment with immunosuppression agents (e.g.,
tuberculosis, latent infection) as determined by history or testing. Any subject with
an ongoing infection until it has been adequately treated and it is deemed to be
resolved.
• Subject with aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) value
>3.0 times the upper limit of normal at the screening visit (Visit 1).
• Subject with diabetes or HgbA1c > 6.5
• Subject with a history of alcohol or drug abuse or dependence within 1 year of
screening visit (Visit 1), per DSM-V criteria.
• Subject unlikely to comply with study requirements, as determined by Investigator.
• Subject who has been exposed to any other experimental agent (off-label use or
investigational) within 60 days of screening visit (Visit 1). Biologic agents may need
additional time for washout and will be evaluated by the Sponsor on a case-by-case
basis.
• Subject with pre-existing anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I or class II
antibodies directed against the Q-Cells®, as determined by panel reactive antibody
(PRA) assay.
• Allergy to study treatment or any of its constituents (e.g., chicken eggs), or allergy
to any of the co-administered immunosuppressants or any of their excipients.
• Subject with any medical condition or using concomitant medication that would
contraindicate the use of tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, or prednisone as
determined by Investigator.
• Subject has undergone stem cell transplantation (including T-cell or bone marrow
transplants) at any time prior to study (within or outside the US).
• Subject with evidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) by venous ultrasound or any
previous evidence of DVT.
• Subject has recent (1 year) or recurrent history of gastrointestinal bleeding or
peptic ulcer disease or is under active treatment to prevent recurrence.
• Subject with estimated glomerular filtration rate at screening of less than 60
mL/min/1.73m2.
• Subjects with hereditary deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl-transferase
(HGPRT) such as Lesch-Nyhan and Kelley-Seegmiller syndrome.
• Vaccination with live virus within 6 weeks of screening.
• History or evidence of optic neuritis.
• Any reason, in the judgment of the investigator, which would make the subject
inappropriate for entry into this trial.
Nivolumab in Treating Patients With Autoimmune Disorders and Advanced, Metastatic, or Unresectable Cancer
This phase Ib trial studies the side effects of nivolumab and to see how well it works in treating patients with autoimmune disorders and cancer that has spread to other places in the body or cannot removed by surgery. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread.
* Patients can have either histologically confirmed malignancy that is radiologically evaluable and metastatic or unresectable, or have a malignancy for which a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor has been approved in the adjuvant setting. Eligible tumor types include solid tumors and malignancies in which there is known evidence of clinical activity for single agent PD-1 or PD-L1 antibodies. Nivolumab is Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved for the treatment of melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Merkel cell cancer, bladder cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cervical cancer, head and neck cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC), and any solid tumor with microsatellite instability (MSI)-high status confirmed. Patients with HL are eligible but must follow standard response criteria. Additional tumor types may be eligible on a case by case basis upon discussion with principal investigator (PI). Patients enrolling on the trial for adjuvant use will be restricted to those with histology for which a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor has been approved in the adjuvant setting including but not limited to NSCLC, melanoma, RCC, cervical cancer, and bladder cancer
* Patients who have previously received other forms of immunotherapy (high-dose \[HD\] IL-2, IFN, CTLA-4) are allowed. Patients must not have received cytokine immunotherapy for at least 4 weeks before nivolumab administration. Patients who have received prior anti-CTLA4 will be allowed and the washout period is 6 weeks
* Age \>= 18 years; children are excluded from this study but may be eligible for future pediatric phase 1 combination trials
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2 (Karnofsky \>= 60)
* Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks
* Leukocytes \>= 1,000/mcL
* Absolute neutrophil count \>= 500/mcL
* Platelets \>= 50,000/mcL
* Total bilirubin =\< 2 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\]) =\< 5 x institutional ULN or =\< 8 x institutional ULN for patients with liver metastases or an autoimmune disease that is contributing to the elevation of these values
* Creatinine ULN OR glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 30 mL/min (if using the Cockcroft-Gault formula)
* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective antiretroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial
* If evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy if indicated
* If history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, must be treated with undetectable HCV viral load
* Patients with new or progressive brain metastases (active brain metastases) or leptomeningeal disease are eligible if the treating physician determines that immediate central nervous system (CNS) specific treatment is not required and is unlikely to be required for at least 4 weeks (or scheduled assessment after the first cycle of treatment), and a risk-benefit analysis (discussion) by the patient and the investigator favors participation in the clinical trial
* The effects of nivolumab on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason, women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. WOCBP receiving nivolumab will be instructed to adhere to contraception for a period of 5 months after the last dose of investigational product. Men receiving nivolumab and who are sexually active with WOCBP will be instructed to adhere to contraception for a period of 7 months after the last dose of investigational product. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of human chorionic gonadotropin \[HCG\]) within 24 hours prior to the start of nivolumab. Women must not be breastfeeding. Women who are not of childbearing potential (i.e., who are postmenopausal or surgically sterile as well as azoospermic men) do not require contraception. WOCBP is defined as any female who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone surgical sterilization (hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy) or who is not postmenopausal. Menopause is defined clinically as 12 months of amenorrhea in a woman over 45 in the absence of other biological or physiological causes. In addition, women under the age of 55 must have a documented serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level less than 40 mIU/mL. These durations have been calculated using the upper limit of the half-life for nivolumab (25 days) and are based on the protocol requirement that WOCBP use contraception for 5 half-lives plus 30 days, and men who are sexually active with WOCBP use contraception for 5 half-lives plus 90 days. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she (or the participating partner) should inform the treating physician immediately
* Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
* Patients with more than one autoimmune disease are eligible. The treating physician would determine which autoimmune disease is dominant and the patient would be treated under that specific cohort
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events (AEs) due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier have not resolved or stabilized. Palliative (limited-field) radiation therapy (RT) is permitted (2 week washout from start of treatment), if all of the following criteria are met:
* Repeat imaging demonstrates no new sites of bone metastases
* The lesion being considered for palliative radiation is not a target lesion
* Patients with prior therapy with an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1
* Patients with prior allogeneic hematologic transplant
* Patients who are receiving any other anticancer investigational agents
* Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
ExAblate Blood-BrainBarrier (BBB) Disruption for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the ExAblate Model 4000 Type 2.0 System as a tool to disrupt the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in patients with probable Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
• Male or Female between 50-85 years of age
• Probable Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
• If taking concurrent Alzheimer's medication, has been on the medication for at least 2 months with a stable dose for at least 3 months
• Able to communicate sensations during the ExAblate MRgFUS procedure
• Ambulatory
Exclusion Criteria:
• MRI Findings
• Presence of unknown or MR unsafe devices anywhere in the body
• Significant cardiac disease or unstable hemodynamic status
• Relative contraindications to ultrasound contrast agent or PET amyloid tracer
• History of a bleeding disorder
• History of liver disease
• Known cerebral or systemic vasculopathy
• Significant depression and at potential risk of suicide
• Any contraindications to MRI scanning
• Any contraindication to lumbar puncture for collection of cerebral spinal fluid
• Untreated, uncontrolled sleep apnea
• History of seizure disorder or epilepsy
• Severely Impaired renal function
• Currently in a clinical trial involving an investigational product or non-approved use of a drug or device or in any other type of medical research
• Chronic pulmonary disorders
• Positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• Known apolipoprotein E allele (ApoE4) homozygosity
The purpose of this study is to (1) investigate the effect of known dystonia-causing mutations on brain structure and function, to (2) identify structural brain changes that differ between clinical phenotypes of dystonia, and to (3) collect DNA, detailed family history, and clinical phenotypes from patients with idiopathic dystonia with the goal of identifying new dystonia-related genes. Investigators will be recruiting both healthy control subjects and subjects with any form of dystonia. For this study there will be a maximum of two study visit involving a clinical assessment, collection of medical and family history, task training session, an MRI using the learned tasks, and finally a blood draw for genetic analysis. In total, these visits will take 3-5 hours. If the dystonia subjects receive botulinum toxin injections for treatment, the participants and their matched controls will be asked to come for a second visit.
General Exclusion (both Dystonia and Control groups):
* Metal in any part of the body (including metal injury to the eye) OR carrying a medical device incompatible with MRI (e.g., metal implants such as surgical clips or pacemakers) OR positive screening per UTSW MRI screening form
* Claustrophobia
* Non-fluent English
* Weight incompatible with MRI safety
* History of head trauma with neurological sequelae, including multiple concussions and/or history of stroke
* Pregnancy
* Serious medical illness or history of serious medical illness, including cancer that was treated with radiation or chemotherapy, heart attack, or a known history of HIV-1 + status
* Subjects with Hepatitis C (by Hepatitis C+ titer)
* Subjects with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)
* Severe respiratory compromise
* In the opinion of the investigator, not able to safely participate in this study
Inclusion Criteria:
* Dystonia group
Previous diagnosis of dystonia which include but is not limited to:
* cervical dystonia (50 subjects)
* blepharospasm (25 subjects)
* limb dystonia (50 subjects)
* spasmodic dysphonia (25 subjects)
* segmental dystonia
* multi-focal dystonia
* Any childhood-onset dystonia (25 subjects) Age \> 11 years
* Control group:
No prior dystonia diagnosis (175 subjects) Age \> 11 years
Exclusion Criteria:
* Dystonia group Prior history of or concurrent neurological or psychiatric diagnosis - depression and/or anxiety accepted Current use of non-dystonia neuroactive medications - SSRI/medication for depression and/or anxiety accepted Current use of cervical brace designed for dystonia treatment Prior structural brain injury
Control group:
History of or current neurological or psychiatric diagnosis - depression and/or anxiety accepted, but must not be in active phase Current use of any neuroactive medication, SSRI/medication for depression and/or anxiety accepted
• Age ≥ 18 years.
• ECOG Performance Score of 2 or better/Karnofsky Performance score of 50-60 or better.
• Biopsy-proven non-hematopoietic malignancy, except for germ cell cancer. Small cell lung carcinoma is eligible for this study.
• Six or more metastases on diagnostic or treatment planning imaging, which include either CT Brain (with contrast) or MR Brain (with or without contrast) imaging.
• Largest tumor \<= 4 cm.
• No prior SRS to the lesions which will be treated on protocol.
• Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation, and for 90 days following completion of therapy. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
A female of child-bearing potential is any woman (regardless of sexual orientation, marital status, having undergone a tubal ligation, or remaining celibate by choice) who meets the following criteria:
* Has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or
* Has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months).
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Prior whole brain radiotherapy
• Patients with leptomeningeal metastasis. (NOTE: For the purposes of exclusion, LMD is a clinical diagnosis, defined as positive CSF cytology and/or equivocal radiologic or clinical evidence of leptomeningeal involvement. Patients with leptomeningeal symptoms in the setting of leptomeningeal enhancement by imaging (MRI) would be considered to have LMD even in the absence of positive CSF cytology, unless a parenchymal lesion can adequately explain the neurologic symptoms and/or signs. In contrast, an asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic patient with mild or nonspecific leptomeningeal enhancement (MRI) would not be considered to have LMD. In that patient, CSF sampling is not required to formally exclude LMD, but can be performed at the investigator's discretion based on level of clinical suspicion.)
• Patients with life expectancy \< 4 months.
• Psychiatric illness/social situations that, in the opinion of the investigator, would limit compliance with study requirements.
• Subjects must not be pregnant or nursing due to the potential for congenital abnormalities and the potential of this regimen to harm nursing infants.
RADIATION: Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Brain Metastases, Brain and Nervous System
UT Southwestern; Parkland Health & Hospital System
S1501 Dual Observational and Randomized Cohort Study of Patients With Metastatic HER-2+ Breast Cancer at Risk of Cardiac Toxicity
This trial has two cohorts of patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-2-positive breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body. All patients must be receiving trastuzumab-based treatment. Both cohorts are being observed for cardiac toxicity. The largest cohort (currently open to accrual) is observational, and contains patients who are taking a beta blocker, ACE inhibitor, or ARB as well as their trastuzumab-based treatment. The goal is to understand how common cardiac problems are in this group of patients at high risk. The smaller cohort (currently closed to accrual) is randomized. Patients in this second cohort are randomized to either carvedilol or no treatment, with the goal of seeing whether carvedilol (used to treat heart failure and high blood pressure) may prevent the heart from side effects of chemotherapy.
* STEP 1 REGISTRATION
Patients must:
• Have metastatic breast cancer, AND
• Be initiating within 11 calendar days of Step 1 Registration OR be continuing trastuzumab-based HER-2 targeted therapy without concurrent anthracyclines, AND
• Be receiving the trastuzumab-based HER-2 targeted therapy for metastatic disease in first, second, third-, or fourth-line setting. Patients may have brain metastasis. There is no limit for number of doses of HER-2 targeted therapy prior to registration.
Examples of eligible HER-2 targeted therapy:
* Trastuzumab or a trastuzumab biosimilar
* Trastuzumab + chemotherapy or hormonal therapy
* Trastuzumab + other HER-2 targeted agent with or without chemotherapy (such as pertuzumab, lapatinib, and tucatinib)
* Ado-trastuzumab (Kadcyla®)
* Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) NOTE: Patients on lapatinib without trastuzumab are not eligible. Planned treatment with concurrent HER-2 targeted therapy and anthracyclines is not permitted.
* Patients must be at increased risk for cardiotoxicity defined by at least one of the following:
• Previous anthracycline exposure OR
• 1 or more of the following risk factors for heart disease:
* LVEF 50-54% by local ECHO read\*
* Age ≥ 65
* BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2
* Current or prior anti-hypertensive therapy
* Diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD)
* Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus
* Diagnosis of atrial fibrillation/flutter Note: ECHO can be performed at any time prior to registration with the most recent being sent.
* Patients must not have taken within 21 days prior to Step 1 Registration, be currently taking at the time of Step 1 Registration or planning to take once registered to Step 1 a beta blocker, ARB, or ACE inhibitor, in order to be randomized (Arms 1 and 2).
Patients enrolling in the observational cohort (Arm 3) must be currently taking a beta blocker, ARB, or ACE inhibitor at the time of Step 1 Registration.
* Patients must have a Zubrod Performance status of 0-2
* Patients must have a complete physical examination and medical history within 28 days prior to registration
* Patients must have LVEF \>= 50% echocardiogram (2D or 3D) within 28 days prior to registration. The echocardiogram must be obtained from a S1501 validated ECHO laboratory (lab) and submitted for central review by the S1501 ECHO core lab.
If a 3D echocardiogram is performed at baseline, sites must ensure that standard 2D images, including 40chamber and 2-chamber views, are also obtained and submitted at subsequent timepoints.
All follow-up echocardiograms (every 12 weeks) must be performed using 2D imaging to allow for standardized assessments. Follow-up scans must be completed at a site that can provide 2D images per protocol requirements. The echocardiograms cannot be submitted for central read until after Step 1 registration is complete.
* Patients must have adequate hepatic function as evidenced by all of the following within 28 days prior to registration:
* Serum bilirubin \< 3.0 x institutional upper limit of normal (IULN)
* Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 5.0 x IULN
* Patients must not be dialysis dependent
* No other prior malignancy is allowed except for the following: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, prostate cancer on active surveillance, adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the patient is currently in complete remission, or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease free for five years
* Patients must not be pregnant or nursing due to potential fetal or nursing infant harm; women/men of reproductive potential must have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method, a woman is considered to be of "reproductive potential" if she has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months; in addition to routine contraceptive methods, "effective contraception" also includes heterosexual celibacy and surgery intended to prevent pregnancy (or with a side-effect of pregnancy prevention) defined as a hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral tubal ligation; however, if at any point a previously celibate patient chooses to become heterosexually active during the time period for use of contraceptive measures outlined in the protocol, he/she is responsible for beginning contraceptive measures
* Patients must be willing to submit blood specimens
* Sites must seek additional patient consent for the future use of specimens
* Patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines
* For participants with impaired decision-making capabilities, legally authorized representatives may sign and give informed consent on behalf of study participants in accordance with applicable federal, local, and CIRB regulations.
* As a part of the OPEN registration process the treating institution's identity is provided in order to ensure that the current (within 365 days) date of institutional review board approval for this study has been entered in the system
* STEP 2 REGISTRATION (Randomization)
* Patients must not be registered to step 2 until confirming via RAVE EDC that the patient's LVEF by echocardiogram was \>= 50% by central review. Patients must be registered within 21 calendar days of submission of the ECHO study/
* Site must verify that there is no known change in the step 1 eligibility since initial registration
Cardiotoxicity, HER2/Neu Positive, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain, Recurrent Breast Carcinoma, Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Breast - Female
Testing the Addition of 131I-MIBG or Lorlatinib to Intensive Therapy in People With High-Risk Neuroblastoma (NBL)
This phase III trial studies iobenguane I-131 or lorlatinib and standard therapy in treating younger patients with newly-diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma. Radioactive drugs, such as iobenguane I-131, may carry radiation directly to tumor cells and not harm normal cells. Lorlatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving iobenguane I-131 or lorlatinib and standard therapy may work better compared to lorlatinib and standard therapy alone in treating younger patients with neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma.
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients must be enrolled on ANBL00B1 (NCT00904241) or APEC14B1 (NCT02402244) prior to enrollment on ANBL1531 (NCT03126916)
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patient must be \>= 365 days and =\< 30 years of age at diagnosis
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients must have a diagnosis of neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma (nodular) verified by tumor pathology analysis or demonstration of clumps of tumor cells in bone marrow with elevated urinary catecholamine metabolites; the following disease groups are eligible:
* Patients with International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) stage M disease are eligible if found to have either of the following features:
* MYCN amplification (\> 4-fold increase in MYCN signals as compared to reference signals), regardless of additional biologic features; OR
* Age \> 547 days regardless of biologic features
* Patients with INRG stage MS disease with MYCN amplification
* Patients with INRG stage L2 disease with MYCN amplification
* Patients \> 547 days of age initially diagnosed with INRG stage L1, L2 or MS disease who progressed to stage M without prior chemotherapy may enroll within 4 weeks of progression to stage M
* Patients \>= 365 days of age initially diagnosed with MYCN amplified INRG stage L1 disease who progress to stage M without systemic therapy may enroll within 4 weeks of progression to stage M
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients initially recognized to have high-risk disease must have had no prior systemic therapy (other than topotecan/cyclophosphamide initiated on an emergent basis and within allowed timing); patients observed or treated with a single cycle of chemotherapy per a low or intermediate risk neuroblastoma regimen (e.g., as per ANBL0531, ANBL1232 or similar) for what initially appeared to be non-high risk disease but subsequently found to meet the criteria will also be eligible; patients who receive localized emergency radiation to sites of life-threatening or function-threatening disease prior to or immediately after establishment of the definitive diagnosis will be eligible
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 or a serum creatinine based on age/sex as follows:
* 1 to \< 2 years: male = 0.6; female = 0.6
* 2 to \< 6 years: male = 0.8; female = 0.8
* 6 to \< 10 years: male = 1; female = 1
* 10 to \< 13 years: male = 1.2; female = 1.2
* 13 to \< 16 years: male = 1.5; female = 1.4
* \>= 16 years: male = 1.7; female = 1.4
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age, and
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\]) \< 10 x ULN; for the purposes of this study, ULN for SGPT (ALT) is 45
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Shortening fraction of \>= 27% by echocardiogram, or ejection fraction of \> 50% by echocardiogram or radionuclide angiogram
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: No known contraindication to peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) collection; examples of contraindications might be a weight or size less than the collecting institution finds feasible, or a physical condition that would limit the ability of the child to undergo apheresis catheter placement (if necessary) and/or the apheresis procedure
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): See ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) protocol for eligible high-risk neuroblastoma diagnoses
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): In addition, all patients transferring from ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) to ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) Arm E must have tumors with an ALK aberration
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Given the lack of data with lorlatinib in infant populations, patients transferring from ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) to ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) must be \> 1 year of age at time of transfer to ANBL1531 (NCT03126916). Patients \< 1 year of age found to have a qualifying ALK alteration as part of ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) may continue to participate in ANBL2131 (NCT06172296)
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients initially recognized to have high-risk disease must have received no more than one cycle of topotecan/cyclophosphamide either after enrollment to ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) or started emergently prior to enrollment to ANBL2131 (NCT06172296)
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients may have received up to one cycle of intermediate risk chemotherapy prior to initial enrollment to ANBL2131 (NCT06172296)
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients may have received localized emergency radiation to sites of life-threatening or function-threatening disease prior to or immediately after establishment of the definitive diagnosis
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): In order to facilitate patient transfer and ensure timely distribution of lorlatinib, there are no blood count requirements to meet at time of transfer from ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) to ANBL1531 ((NCT03126916) Arm E. Note the blood count criteria that must be met prior to start of Induction cycle 2 on Arm E. Lorlatinib therapy should start no sooner than day 1 of Induction cycle 2
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): No known irreversible grade 2 or greater atrioventricular (AV) block
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Due the potential psychiatric risks from lorlatinib, patients should not have a personal history of a serious psychiatric disorder requiring pharmacologic intervention or severe enough to be considered life-threatening
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): No known contraindication to PBSC collection. Examples of contraindications might be a weight or size less than the collecting institution deems feasible, or a physical condition that would limit the ability of the child to undergo apheresis catheter placement (if necessary) and/or the apheresis procedure
Exclusion Criteria:
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients with INRG stage L2 tumors without amplification of MYCN regardless of tumor histology (may meet criteria for high risk classification but are not eligible for this trial)
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients with bone marrow failure syndromes
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients for whom targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy would be contraindicated due to underlying medical disorders
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Female patients who are pregnant since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs; a pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants
* FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients who have previously received treatment with lorlatinib or other ALK inhibitor
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients who have undergone treatment arm randomization callback or started induction cycle 2 on ANBL2131 (NCT06172296)
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients who have an INRG Stage L2 tumor without amplification of MYCN regardless of tumor histology (may meet criteria for high risk classification but are not eligible for this trial)
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients with bone marrow failure syndromes
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Female patients who are pregnant since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs. A pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants
* PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation
DExterous Hand Control Through Fascicular Targeting (DEFT) - (Human Subjects)
Our goal is to temporarily implant the following groups for 540 +/- 30 days:
1. Forearm FAST electrodes
1. Five human partial hand amputees (amputated at the level of the hand) with 2 FAST electrodes in the ulnar nerve and 2-5 FAST electrodes in the median nerve.
2. Five human hand and forearm amputees (amputated at the level of the forearm) with 2 FAST electrodes in the ulnar nerve and 2-5 FAST electrodes in the median nerve .
2. Arm FAST electrodes
1. Five human partial hand amputees (amputated at the level of the hand) with 2 FAST electrodes in the ulnar nerve and 2-5 FAST electrodes in the median nerve.
2. Five human hand and forearm amputees (amputated at the level of the forearm) with 2 FAST electrodes in the ulnar nerve and 2-5 FAST electrodes in the median nerve.
3. Five human hand, forearm and arm amputees (amputated at the level of the arm) with 2 FAST electrodes in the ulnar nerve and 2-5 FAST electrodes in the median nerve.
Criteria for Inclusion of Subjects:
Hand, forearm and arm amputees:
• Male or female, age 18 and older, of any race or ethnicity
• Able and willing to sign Consent
• Able and willing to participate in all study activities including implantation, testing and explantation of the study device.
• Able to communicate effectively in English without an interpreter
After preliminary screening subjects will be assessed for the following inclusion criteria:
Overall and phantom pain are well-controlled and not incapacitating
Criteria for Exclusion of Subjects:
• If MR neurogram and EMG/NCS study show nerve or muscle dysfunction/injury at a higher level than anticipated based on the appearance of the physical amputation stump, the subject may be excluded from the study due to adverse neuromuscular anatomy which would preclude use of the proposed experimental electrode implants. The radiographs will be used to confirm suitability of the amputation stump configuration. If the bony anatomy of the amputation stump is found to be unsuitable, the patient may be excluded from the study.
• Subjects who have a history of cardiac arrhythmia will be excluded from the study.
OTHER: Fast electrode
Amputation, Traumatic, Hand, Brain and Nervous System
peripheral nerve, intraneural electrode, hand amputation, forearm amputation
Dallas 2K: A Natural History Study of Depression (D2K)
The primary objective of this initiative is to implement a prospective study that will allow us to identify and validate biosignatures of response to treatments for depression and depression outcome (using an integrated array of participant specific data: socio-demographic, lifestyle, clinical and behavioral assessments, fluid-based biomarkers, genomics, neuroimaging, EEG, and cell-based assays) in a longitudinal cohort of subjects with elevated symptoms of a depressive disorder.
Symptom remission across various treatment options will be assessed using questionnaires for symptom changes, antidepressant treatment tolerability and overall quality of life. Other outcomes generated from this study will include rate of change in quantitative measures of brain function, of depression relevant brain regions correlated with systems-levels behavior and other functional neuro-circuitry MRI measures. Rate of change of specified biochemical biomarkers will also be assessed.
Integration of these measures will provide an unmatched understanding into the mechanisms of depression and hold tremendous promise for better disease treatment and associated outcomes.
Criteria for Inclusion of participants:
A potential participant will be eligible for participation in this study if the following criteria are met:
• Male and female adult or youth aged 10 and older of any race or ethnicity.
• Ability to speak, read, and understand English. However, the parent(s) or legal guardians of minors may either speak English or Spanish as the consenting process can be conducted bilingually.
• A lifetime or a current diagnosis of a mood disorder based upon a semi-structured diagnostic interview.
• Adults age 18 and older must be able to provide written informed consent; for youth younger than age 18, a parent or legal guardian must provide written informed consent, and the child or teen must provide written informed assent.
Eligibility for Healthy Controls
For comparison purposes, potential health control participants who do NOT have a psychiatric diagnosis will be enrolled as part of the healthy control arm of this study.
• Male and female adult or youth aged 10 and older of any race or ethnicity.
• Ability to speak, read, and understand English. However, the parent(s) or legal guardians of minors may either speak English or Spanish as the consenting process can be conducted bilingually.
• Adults age 18 and older must be able to provide written informed consent; for youth younger than age 18, a parent or legal guardian must provide written informed consent, and the child or teen must provide written informed assent.
Criteria for Exclusion of Participants
A potential participant will NOT be eligible for participation in this study if any of the following criteria are met:
• History of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders or chronic psychotic disorders based upon a semi-structured diagnostic interview.
• Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B or C (human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing is not required for this study).
• Unable to provide a stable home address and contact information.
• Has any condition for which, in the opinion of the investigator or designee, study participation would not be in their best interest (including but not limited to cognitive impairment, unstable general medical condition, intoxication, active psychosis) or that could prevent, limit, or confound the protocol-specified assessments.
• Requires immediate hospitalization for psychiatric disorder or suicidal risk as assessed by a licensed study clinician.
Eligibility for Healthy Controls
A potential Healthy Control participant will NOT be eligible for participation in this study if any of the following criteria are met:
• A lifetime or a current history of a mood disorder based upon a semi-structured diagnostic interview.
• Meets any exclusion criteria as part of the main D2K study interview.
OTHER: Observational Study
Depression, Depression, Bipolar
healthy control, depression, bipolar
UT Southwestern; Children’s Health; Parkland Health & Hospital System
Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) will be used in an open label, single agent, multicenter,
study for patients with neuroblastoma in remission. In this study subjects will receive 730
Days of oral difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) at a dose of 750 mg/m2 ± 250 mg/m2 BID (strata 1,
2, 3, and 4) OR 2500 mg/m2 BID (stratum 1B) on each day of study. This study will focus on
the use of DFMO in high risk neuroblastoma patients that are in remission as a strategy to
prevent recurrence.
• All patients must have a pathologically confirmed diagnosis of neuroblastoma, < 30.99
years of age and classified as high risk at the time of diagnosis. Exception: patients
who are initially diagnosed as non-high-risk neuroblastoma, but later converted
(and/or relapsed) to high risk neuroblastoma are also eligible.
• All patients must be in complete remission (CR):
• No evidence of residual disease on scan
• No evidence of disease metastatic to bone marrow.
• Specific Criteria by Stratum:
Stratum 1/1B: All patients must have completed standard upfront therapy that replicates
treatment which patients who were enrolled on ANBL0032 received, including:
intensive induction chemotherapy and (if feasible) resection of primary tumor, followed by:
consolidation with high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplant and radiotherapy,
followed by: immunotherapy with Ch14.18/IL-2/GM-CSF (dinutuximab) and retinoic acid;.
All subjects on Stratum 1/B must have also met the following criteria:
• A pre-transplant disease status evaluation that met International Neuroblastoma Response
Criteria (INRC) for CR (complete response), VGPR (very good partial response), or PR
(partial response) for primary site, soft tissue metastases and bone metastases. Patients
who meet those criteria must also meet the protocol-specified criteria for bone marrow
response prior to transplant as outlined below: No more than 10% tumor involvement (based
on total nucleated cellular content) seen on any specimen from a bilateral bone marrow
aspirate/biopsy.
Stratum 2: Neuroblastoma that is in first complete remission following standard upfront
therapy different from that described for Stratum 1.
Stratum 3: Neuroblastoma that failed to have a response of at least PR following induction
chemotherapy and surgical resection of the primary tumor, but that has achieved CR
following additional therapy.
Stratum 4: Patients who have achieved a second or subsequent CR following relapse(s).
• Pre-enrollment tumor survey: Prior to enrollment on this study, a determination of
mandatory disease staging must be performed:
• Tumor imaging studies including
• Bilateral bone marrow aspirates and biopsy
• This disease assessment is required for eligibility and preferably should be done
within 2 weeks prior to enrollment, but must be done within a maximum of 4 weeks
before enrollment.
• Timing from prior therapy:
Stratum 1/1B: Enrollment no later than 60 days after completion of upfront therapy, (last
dose of cis-retinoic acid) with a maximum of 6 cycles of cis-retinoic acid maintenance
therapy.
Stratum 2, 3 and 4: Enrollment no later than 60 days from last dose of the most recent
therapy.
• Patients must have a Lansky or Karnofsky Performance Scale score of > 50% and patients
must have a life expectancy of ≥ 2 months.
• All clinical and laboratory studies for organ functions to determine eligibility must
be performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated below.
• Patients must have adequate organ functions at the time of registration:
• Hematological: Total absolute phagocyte count ≥1000/μL
• Liver: Subjects must have adequate liver function
• Renal: Adequate renal function
• Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test. Patients of
childbearing potential must agree to use an effective birth control method. Female
patients who are lactating must agree to stop breast-feeding.
• Written informed consent in accordance with institutional and FDA (food and drug
administration) guidelines must be obtained from all subjects (or patients' legal
representative).
Exclusion Criteria:
• BSA (Body Surface Area) of <0.25 m2.
• Investigational Drugs: Subjects who are currently receiving another investigational
drug are excluded from participation.
• Anti-cancer Agents: Subjects who are currently receiving other anticancer agents are
not eligible. Subjects must have fully recovered from hematological and bone marrow
suppression effects of prior chemotherapy.
• Infection: Subjects who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible until the
infection is judged to be well controlled in the opinion of the investigator.
• Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with the
safety monitoring requirements of the study, or in whom compliance is likely to be
suboptimal, should be excluded.
Safety and Efficacy Study in Recurrent or Progressive Grade III or IV IDH1 Mutated Glioma
This multi-site, Phase 1/2a clinical trial is an open-label study to identify the safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of a repeated dose regimen of NEO100 (perillyl alcohol) for the treatment of patients with radiographically-confirmed progression of Grade IV glioma or recurrent primary or secondary Grade IV glioma. The study will have two phases, Phase 1 and Phase 2a. Phase 1 is a standard cohort dose escalation 3+3 design used to determine the maximum tolerated dose for Phase 2a. There will be up to 24 patients enrolled in Phase 1. There will be 25 patients enrolled in Phase 2a. For both phases of the study, NEO100 will be self-administered four times daily for a 28-day treatment cycles until disease progression, death or patient withdraw from study for any reason, whichever occurs first.
Version 10 of the protocol changed the inclusion criteria for Phase 2a to limit inclusion to those patients with progressive or recurrent primary or secondary Grade IV gliomas expressing IDH1 mutations. Prior to the protocol amendment, 4 patients were enrolled who were IDH1 wild-type. Therefore, an additional 28 patients will be recruited for a total of 32 patients enrolled into Phase 2a of this study to have 35 evaluable cases.
Version 12 of the protocol expanded the inclusion criteria for Phase 2a to include those patients with progressive or recurrent Grade III Astrocytoma expressing IDH1 mutations.
Review of the literature specific to these patients found the same expected time to progression and death. As a result, the number of patients to enroll remains 32 to have 35 evaluable cases.
o Inclusion Criteria
• To be eligible to participate in the study, a patient must meet all of the following inclusion criteria:
Patient must:
* Have radiographically-confirmed progression of, or recurrent, primary or
* secondary Grade IV glioma, including infratentorial (brainstem, cerebellar) glioma (confirmed by biopsy) and subcortical glioma.
* Have radiographically-confirmed progression of, recurrent, primary or secondary Grade III astrocytoma.
* All patients must be on a stable or decreasing dose of steroids for at least five days prior to the date of informed consent.
Patient must have failed previous radiation treatment or combined treatment with temozolomide and radiation.
If progression of disease occurs within 90 days of conformal radiation, the progression/recurrence must be outside of the radiation field or proven by biopsy/resection.
Patient must be ≥ 18 years of age. Patient must have an ECOG performance status of 0-2 or KPS ≥ 60 (the latter for Phase 1 only).
Patient must have an expected survival of at least three months. Patient must have a baseline MRI with gadolinium within 14 days of first administration of study drug.
Patient must be willing to provide blood samples for pharmacokinetic study. If patient suffers from seizures, (s)he must be controlled on a stable dose of anti- epileptics for 14 days prior to the date of informed consent.
Patient must have adequate organ and marrow function as defined below:
* Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mcL
* Platelets ≥ 100,000/mcL
* Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
* AST (SGOT)/ALT (SPGT)≤ 2.5 × institutional upper limit of normal
* Creatinine within normal institutional limits Female patients of child-bearing potential and male patients must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) for 30 days prior to the first administration of study drug, for the duration of study participation, and for 90 days following completion of therapy. Should a female patient become pregnant, or suspect she is pregnant, while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
* A female of child-bearing potential is any woman (regardless of sexual orientation, having undergone a tubal ligation, or remaining celibate by choice) who meets the following criteria:
* Has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or
* Has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 12
* consecutive months).
* A negative serum pregnancy test will be required of all female patients of child-bearing potential within seven days prior to initiating study drug.
* A serum pregnancy test will be repeated immediately if pregnancy is suspected. Patient must have the ability to understand, and the willingness to sign, a written informed consent.
* Phase 2a
* In addition to meeting Inclusion Criteria for the Phase I portion of the study, patients eligible for participation in the Phase 2a portion of the study must additionally meet the following
* criteria: Patients must have a confirmed IDH1 mutation by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rtPCR) or immunohistochemistry (unless continuing into the Phase 2a portion of the study from the Phase I portion of the study).
o Exclusion Criteria
* If the patient meets any of the following criteria, the patient must not be enrolled:
The size of the tumor is \> 30mm (length x width), as assessed at the baseline (pre- study) MRI evaluation.
The tumor is multi-focal, as assessed at the baseline (pre-study) MRI evaluation.
Patient has completed chemo-radiation within the last 90 days prior to first administration of study drug, unless new contrast enhancement is outside of radiation field, or there is tissue proven recurrence or progression.
Patient has had surgery within seven days prior to the date of informed consent.
Patient has had any form of anti-cancer therapy or treatment within 28 days prior to first administration of study drug.
Patient has not recovered from adverse events due to chemotherapy,
• immunotherapy, or radiation therapy administered more than 28 days prior to first administration of study drug.
Patient has had prior treatment with bevacizumab, a chemotherapy wafer implant (Gliadel®), or any other FDA-approved anti-cancer therapy or treatment except temozolomide.
Patient has had more than one recurrence or progression of his/her tumors. Patient has received any other investigational agents within 28 days prior to the first administration of study drug.
Patient has had prior treatment with perillyl alcohol, administered either intravenously or intranasally.
Patient has a history of allergic reactions attributed to perillyl alcohol. Patient has uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
Patient must not be pregnant or nursing due to the potential for congenital abnormalities and the potential of this regimen to harm nursing infants.
Patient has a history of new diagnosis or treatment of cancer other than malignant glioma within five years prior to the date of informed consent, except for basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
Leptomeningeal involvement of the patient's tumor.
Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) Dose-Escalation Study for BrainMetastasis (SRS)
SRS dose escalation for brain metastases in radiation-naïve patients will establish true tolerable doses, which may exceed the current standard doses. This may lead to an improvement in local control, patient survival, and/or quality-of life.
Inclusion Criteria
• Biopsy-proven non-hematopoietic malignancy, except for small cell lung cancer, germ cell cancer, or unknown primary tumor.
• Radiographic evidence by MRI (or by CT scan with CT contrast if ineligible or intolerant of MRI) of brain metastasis. (If patient is unable to tolerate MRI contrast, an MRI without contrast is acceptable if lesions are visible)
• All brain metastases must be outside the brain stem (midbrain, pons and medulla).
• Patient must have 10 or less brain metastases.
• The maximum diameter of any lesion must be less than or equal to 3.0 cm.
• Previous treatment with surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy or any targeted agents are allowed provided that:
* Radiation was not to the brain.
* Surgery to the brain was \> 7 days prior to SRS and there remains at least one additional brain metastasis that can be targeted with SRS
• Age ≥ 18 years.
• ECOG Performance Score of 2 or better/Karnofsky Performance Status score of 50-60 or better.
• All men, as well as women of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
A female of child-bearing potential is any woman (regardless of sexual orientation, marital status, having undergone a tubal ligation, or remaining celibate by choice) who meets the following criteria:
* Has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or
* Has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months).
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
• Patients had craniotomy and surgery to the brain within 7 days from the date of SRS.
• Patients with leptomeningeal metastasis.
NOTE: For the purposes of exclusion, LMD is a clinical diagnosis, defined as positive CSF cytology and/or equivocal radiologic or clinical evidence of leptomeningeal involvement. Patients with leptomeningeal symptoms in the setting of leptomeningeal enhancement by imaging (MRI) would be considered to have LMD even in the absence of positive CSF cytology, unless a parenchymal lesion can adequately explain the neurologic symptoms and/or signs. In contrast, an asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic patient with mild or nonspecific leptomeningeal enhancement (MRI) would not be considered to have LMD. In that patient, CSF sampling is not required to formally exclude LMD, but can be performed at the investigator's discretion based on level of clinical suspicion.
• Patients with a contraindication to both MRI (with or without contrast) and CT scan (with contrast)
• Patients with life expectancy \< 3 months.
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that, in the opinion of the investigator, would limit compliance with study requirements.
• Subjects must not be pregnant or nursing at the time of SRS treatment due to the potential for congenital abnormalities and the potential of this regimen to harm nursing infants.
RADIATION: Stereotactic Radiosurgery
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