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Phase 1 Dose-escalating Study of MM-398 (Irinotecan Sucrosofate Liposome Injection) Plus Intravenous Cyclophosphamide in Recurrent or Refractory Pediatric Solid Tumors
This is a Phase 1 study of the combination of two drugs: MM-398 and Cyclophosphamide. The
goal is to find the highest dose of MM-398 that can be given safely when it is used together
with the chemotherapy drug Cyclophosphamide.
• Histologically or cytologically-confirmed Ewing sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma,
neuroblastoma, or osteosarcoma
• Disease progression after prior therapy in locally advanced or metastatic setting
• Measurable or evaluable disease based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid
Tumors (RECIST v1.1) criteria
• Age 12 months to <21 years
• Adequate bone marrow reserves, hepatic function, and renal function
• Recovered from effects of any prior surgery or cancer therapy
• Patients 18 years or older will provide written consent. A parent or legal guardian of
a patient <18 years of age will provide informed consent and patients 11 to 18 years
of age will provide written assent or as per participating institutional policy.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Clinically significant gastrointestinal disorders
• NYHA Class III or IV congestive heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias or uncontrolled
blood pressure
• Active infection or unexplained fever
• Known hypersensitivity to any of the components of MM-398 or other liposomal products
• Recent Investigational therapy
• Pregnant or breast feeding; females of child-bearing potential must test negative for
pregnancy at the time of enrollment
Drug: MM-398 (Irinotecan Sucrosofate Liposome Injection) plus cyclophosphamide
Neuroblastoma, Sarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Mycosis Fungoides, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Recurrent or Refractory Solid Tumors, Brain and Nervous System, Eye and Orbit, Anus, Bones and Joints, Breast - Female, Breast - Male, Cervix, Colon, Corpus Uteri, Ear, Esophagus, Gall Bladder, Head and Neck, Kidney, Larynx, Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx, Liver, Lung/Thoracic, Melanoma, skin, Nose, Other Digestive Organ, Other Endocrine System, Other Female Genital, Other Male Genital, Other Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs, Other Skin, Other Urinary, Ovary, Pancreas, Prostate, Rectum, Stomach, Throat, Thyroid, Urinary Bladder, Uterine (Endometrial), Vulva, Hodgkins Lymphoma, Kaposis sarcoma, Other Hematopoietic, Small Intestine, Soft Tissue
A Study of Selpercatinib (LOXO-292) in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors, RET Fusion-Positive Solid Tumors, and Medullary Thyroid Cancer (LIBRETTO-001) (LIBRETTO-001)
This is an open-label, first-in-human study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability,
pharmacokinetics (PK) and preliminary anti-tumor activity of selpercatinib (also known as
LOXO-292) administered orally to participants with advanced solid tumors, including
rearranged during transfection (RET)-fusion-positive solid tumors, medullary thyroid cancer
(MTC) and other tumors with RET activation.
For Phase 1:
• Participants with a locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor that:
• Has progressed on or is intolerant to standard therapy, or
• For which no standard therapy exists, or in the opinion of the Investigator, are not
candidates for or would be unlikely to tolerate or derive significant clinical benefit
from standard therapy, or
• Decline standard therapy
• Prior multikinase inhibitors (MKIs) with anti-RET activity are allowed
• A RET gene alteration is not required initially. Once adequate PK exposure is
achieved, evidence of RET gene alteration in tumor and/or blood is required as
identified through molecular assays, as performed for clinical evaluation
• Measurable or non-measurable disease as determined by RECIST 1.1 or RANO as
appropriate to tumor type
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0, 1, or 2 or Lansky Performance
Score (LPS) greater than or equal to (≥) 40 percent (%) (age less than [<] 16 years)
with no sudden deterioration 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment
• Adequate hematologic, hepatic and renal function
• Life expectancy of at least 3 months
For Phase 2: As for phase 1 with the following modifications:
• For Cohort 1: Participants must have received prior standard therapy appropriate for
their tumor type and stage of disease, or in the opinion of the Investigator, would be
unlikely to tolerate or derive clinical benefit from appropriate standard of care
therapy
• Cohorts 1 and 2:
• Enrollment will be restricted to participants with evidence of a RET gene
alteration in tumor
• At least one measurable lesion as defined by RECIST 1.1 or RANO, as appropriate
to tumor type and not previously irradiated
• Cohorts 3 and 4: Enrollment closed
• Cohort 5:
• Cohorts 1-4 without measurable disease
• MCT not meeting the requirements for Cohorts 3 or 4
• MTC syndrome spectrum cancers (e.g., MTC, pheochromocytoma), cancers with
neuroendocrine features/differentiation, or poorly differentiated thyroid cancers
with other RET alteration/activation may be allowed with prior Sponsor approval
• cfDNA positive for a RET gene alteration not known to be present in a tumor
sample
• Cohort 6: Participants who otherwise are eligible for Cohorts 1, 2 or 5 who
discontinued another RET inhibitor may be eligible with prior Sponsor approval
• Cohort 7: Participants with a histologically confirmed stage IB-IIIA NSCLC and a RET
fusion; determined to be medically operable and tumor deemed resectable by a thoracic
surgical oncologist, without prior systemic treatment for NSCLC
Key Exclusion Criteria (Phase 1 and Phase 2):
• Phase 2 Cohorts 1 and 2: an additional known oncogenic driver
• Cohorts 3 and 4: Enrollment closed
• Cohorts 1, 2 and 5: prior treatment with a selective RET inhibitor Notes: Participants
otherwise eligible for Cohorts 1, 2, and 5 who discontinued another selective RET
inhibitor may be eligible for Phase 2 Cohort 6 with prior Sponsor approval
• Investigational agent or anticancer therapy (including chemotherapy, biologic therapy,
immunotherapy, anticancer Chinese medicine or other anticancer herbal remedy) within 5
half-lives or 2 weeks (whichever is shorter) prior to planned start of LOXO-292
(selpercatinib). In addition, no concurrent investigational anti-cancer therapy is
permitted Note: Potential exception for this exclusion criterion will require a valid
scientific justification and approval from the Sponsor
• Major surgery (excluding placement of vascular access) within 2 weeks prior to planned
start of LOXO-292 (selpercatinib)
• Radiotherapy with a limited field of radiation for palliation within 1 week of planned
start of LOXO-292 (selpercatinib), with the exception of participants receiving
radiation to more than 30% of the bone marrow or with a wide field of radiation, which
must be completed at least 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment
• Any unresolved toxicities from prior therapy greater than Common Terminology Criteria
for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Grade 1 at the time of starting study treatment with the
exception of alopecia and Grade 2, prior platinum-therapy related neuropathy
• Symptomatic primary CNS tumor, metastases, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, or untreated
spinal cord compression. Participants are eligible if neurological symptoms and CNS
imaging are stable and steroid dose is stable for 14 days prior to the first dose of
LOXO-292 (selpercatinib) and no CNS surgery or radiation has been performed for 28
days, 14 days if stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
• Clinically significant active cardiovascular disease or history of myocardial
infarction within 6 months prior to planned start of LOXO-292 (selpercatinib) or
prolongation of the QT interval corrected (QTcF) greater than (>) 470 milliseconds
(msec)
• Participants with implanted pacemakers may enter the study without meeting QTc
criteria due to nonevaluable measurement if it is possible to monitor for QT
changes.
• Participants with bundle branch block may be considered for study entry if QTc is
appropriate by a formula other than Fridericia's and if it is possible to monitor
for QT changes.
• Required treatment with certain strong cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitors or
inducers and certain prohibited concomitant medications
• Phase 2 Cohort 7 (neoadjuvant treatment): Participant must not have received prior
systemic therapy for NSCLC.
Drug: LOXO-292
Lymphoma, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Colon Cancer, Medullary Thyroid Cancer, Any Solid Tumor, Brain and Nervous System, Eye and Orbit, Anus, Bones and Joints, Breast - Female, Breast - Male, Cervix, Colon, Corpus Uteri, Esophagus, Kidney, Larynx, Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx, Liver, Lung/Thoracic, Melanoma, skin, Other Digestive Organ, Other Endocrine System, Other Female Genital, Other Male Genital, Other Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs, Other Skin, Other Urinary, Ovary, Pancreas, Prostate, Stomach, Thyroid, Urinary Bladder, Hodgkins Lymphoma, Small Intestine, Soft Tissue
LOXO-292, KIF5B-RET, M918T, CCDC6-RET, RET-PTC1, NCOA4-RET, RET-PTC, RET-PTC3, RET-PTC4, PRKAR1A-RET, RET-PTC2, GOLGA5-RET, RET-PTC5, ERC1-RET, KTN1-RET, RET-PTC8, HOOK3-RET, PCM1-RET, TRIM24-RET, RET-PTC6, TRIM27-RET, TRIM33-RET, RET-PTC7, AKAP13-RET, FKBP15-RET, SPECC1L-RET, TBL1XR1-RET, BCR-RET, FGRF1OP-RET, RFG8-RET, RET-PTC9, ACBD5-RET, MYH13-RET, CUX1-RET, KIAA1468-RET, FRMD4A-RET, SQSTM1-RET, AFAP1L2-RET, PPFIBP2-RET, EML4-RET, PARD3-RET, G533C, C609F, C609G, C609R, C609S, C609Y, C611F, C611G, C611S, C611Y, C611W, C618F, C618R, C618S, C620F, C620R, C620S, C630R, C630Y, D631Y, C634F, C634G, C634R, C634S, C634W, C634Y, K666E, E768D, L790F, V804L, V804M, A883F, S891A, R912P, CLIP1-RET, Y806C, RET fusion, RET alteration, RET mutation, RET rearrangement, RET translocation, Neoplasms by Site, Neoplasms, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Lung Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Cancer of Lung, Cancer of the Lung, Lung Cancer, Neoplasms, Lung, Neoplasms, Pulmonary, Pulmonary Cancer, Pulmonary Neoplasms, Respiratory Tract Neoplasms, Lung Diseases, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Carcinoma, Bronchogenic, Bronchial Neoplasms, Medullary Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Diseases, Thyroid Neoplasms, Cancer of the Thyroid, Cancer of Thyroid, Neoplasms, Thyroid, Thyroid Ademona, Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Carcinoma, Endocrine System Diseases, Endocrine Gland Neoplasms, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Thoracic Neoplasms, CNS tumor, Primary CNS tumor, Cancer of Colon, Cancer of the Colon, Colon Cancer, Colon Neoplasms, Colonic Cancer, Neoplasms, Colonic, Malignant tumor of Breast, Mammary Cancer, Mammary Carcinoma, Human, Mammary Neoplasm, Human, Neoplasms, Breast, Tumors, Breast, Human Mammary Carcinoma, Malignant Neoplasm of Breast, Breast Carcinoma, Breast Tumors, Cancer of the Breast, Breast Neoplasms, Breast Cancer, RET Inhibitor, MTC, NSCLC, selpercatinib, neo-adjuvant treatment in early stage NSCLC
This is a Phase 3, randomized, masked, active-controlled, multicenter trial designed to
determine whether early intratracheal administration of a combination of budesonide with
surfactant, as compared to surfactant alone, will reduce the incidence of physiologic
bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) or death by 36 weeks' post-menstrual age in extremely
preterm infants.
• Liveborn infants 22 0/7 •28 6/7 weeks gestation or 401 •1000 grams (inclusive) birth
weight
• Clinical decision to give surfactant
• Less than or equal to 48 hours postnatal age
Exclusion Criteria:
• Terminal illness (heart rate < 100 beats per minute, unresponsiveness to
resuscitation) or unlikely to survive as judged by the clinician
• Decision to redirect or limit support
• Use of surfactant before enrollment (first dose of surfactant must be study drug)
• Infant received systemic steroids prior to enrollment
• Use of indomethacin, either received by the mother within 24 hours prior to
delivery,received by the infant prior to enrollment, or intent to administer to the
infant for IVH prophylaxis or PDA management from enrollment up to 7 days of final
dose of study drug
• Serious chromosomal abnormalities or major malformations
• Known congenital infections including, but not limited to, confirmed sepsis,
congenital CMV, etc.
• Infants with a permanent neuromuscular condition that affects respiration
• Enrollment in a conflicting clinical trial
Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation for Fertility Preservation
Testicular tissue cryopreservation is an experimental procedure where a young boy's
testicular tissue is retrieved and frozen. This technique is reserved for young male patients
who are not yet producing mature sperm, with the ultimate goal that their tissue may be used
in the future to restore fertility when experimental techniques emerge from the research
pipeline.
• Be male at any age.
• Be scheduled to undergo surgery, chemotherapy, drug treatment and/or radiation for the
treatment or prevention of a medical condition or malignancy with risk of causing
permanent and complete loss of subsequent testicular function.
• Or, have a medical condition or malignancy that requires removal of all or part of one
or both testicles.
• Have newly diagnosed or recurrent disease. Those who were not enrolled at the time of
initial diagnosis (i.e., patients with recurrent disease) are eligible if they have
not previously received therapy that is viewed as likely to result in complete and
permanent loss of testicular function.
• Have two testicles if undergoing elective removal of all or part of a testicle for
fertility preservation only. Note: removal of both testicles will limit fertility
preservation options.
• Sign an approved informed consent and authorization permitting the release of personal
health information. The patient and/or the patient's legally authorized guardian must
acknowledge in writing that consent for specimen collection has been obtained, in
accordance with institutional policies approved by the U.S. Department of Health and
• Consent for serum screening tests for infectious diseases [HIV-1, HIV-2, Hepatitis B,
Hepatitis C], to be performed at the time of testicular tissue harvesting.
• Undergo a full history and physical examination and obtain standard pre-operative
clearance (based on the most recent ACC/AHA Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular
Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery) as determined by their primary surgeon.
• Participating in long term follow-up is a requirement of the protocol.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Diagnosed with psychological, psychiatric, or other conditions which prevent giving
fully informed consent.
• Diagnosed with an underlying medical condition that significantly increases their risk
of complications from anesthesia and surgery.
Procedure: Testicular biopsy
Lymphoma, Sarcoma, Cancer, Mycosis Fungoides, Brain and Nervous System, Other, Eye and Orbit, Anklylosing Spondylitis, Anus, Bones and Joints, Breast - Male, Carcinoid Tumor, Cardiovascular, Colon, Esophagus, Gall Bladder, Head and Neck, Kidney, Larynx, Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx, Liver, Lung/Thoracic, Nose, Other Digestive Organ, Other Endocrine System, Other Male Genital, Other Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs, Other Skin, Other Urinary, Pancreas, Prostate, Rectum, Stomach, Throat, Thyroid, Urinary Bladder, Leukemia, Other, Hodgkins Lymphoma, Heart, Leukemia, Not Otherwise Specified, Lymphoid Leukemia, Myeloid and Monocytic Leukemia, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Other Hematopoietic, Small Intestine, Soft Tissue, Unknown Sites, Ill - Defined Sites, Autoimmune Disorders
The objective of this study is to determine if tAN therapy can reduce the median number of
days of oral morphine administered to an infant after start of treatment.
Inclusion Criteria
1. Neonates or infants >33 weeks gestational age with NOWS who have withdrawal scores
requiring morphine replacement therapy
2. Clinically stable or on minimal respiratory support (continuous positive airway
pressure [CPAP], nasal cannula, or room air)
3. Stable neonates who are dependent on opioids following extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation, severe illness, or brain injury will be included in this study as these
neonates represent a population in which tAN could minimize withdrawal while not
adding burden of pharmacotherapies
4. Congenital syndromes may be included if the infants do not have major, unrepaired
anomalies
Exclusion Criteria
1. Unstable infants or those requiring significant respiratory support
2. Repeated episodes of autonomic instability (apnea or bradycardia) which are not
self-resolving
3. Major unrepaired congenital anomalies impacting respiratory or cardiovascular system
4. Cardiomyopathy
5. Abnormal ear anatomy preventing the device to fit
6. Infants diagnosed with iatrogenic NOWS without intrauterine exposure
7. Infants two weeks of age or older (after birth)
8. Neonates who have received more than 6 methadone doses or 24 hours of methadone dosing
9. Infants who are wards of the state
10. Participant has any other significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the
Investigator, may either put the participants at risk because of participation in the
trial, or may influence the result of the trial, or the participant's ability to
participate in the trial
The iCat2, GAIN (Genomic Assessment Informs Novel Therapy) Consortium Study
This research study is evaluating the use of specialized testing of solid tumors including
sequencing. The process of performing these specialized tests is called tumor profiling. The
tumor profiling may result in identifying changes in genes of the tumor that indicate that a
particular therapy may have activity. This is called an individualized cancer therapy (iCat)
recommendation. The results of the tumor profiling and, if applicable, the iCat
recommendation will be returned.
• Age -- Age ≤ 30 years at time of initial qualifying solid tumor diagnosis
• Diagnosis -- Histologic diagnosis of solid malignancy (excluding brain tumors and
lymphoma) that meets at least one of the following criteria:
• Refractory, defined as tumor progression after initiation of standard first line
therapy without having achieved a prior partial or complete remission OR Biopsy
proven residual disease at the completion of planned standard initial front-line
therapy.
• Recurrent, defined as tumor progression after achieving a prior partial or
complete remission
• Newly diagnosed high risk disease, defined as having an expected event free
survival of < 50% at 2 years.
• Lacks definitive diagnosis or classical genomic findings after histologic review
and standard molecular testing (rare tumor group).
• Examples include (eligibility not limited to these examples):
• Histology typically associated with a fusion in which fusion is not detected.
• Ewing-like sarcoma
• Undifferentiated sarcoma
• Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor without ALK fusion
• Infantile fibrosarcoma without NTRK fusion
• Specimen Samples
• Sufficient tumor specimen available to meet the minimum requirements for
profiling from diagnosis or progression / recurrence
--- OR
• Surgery / biopsy planned as part of clinical care that is anticipated to yield
sufficient material to meet the minimum requirements for profiling; OR
• Patient has already had molecular profiling and patient has not yet started
matched targeted therapy based on the report .
Exclusion Criteria:
• No Therapy Planned
-- Patients who have declined further anticancer therapy will be excluded.
• Performance Status
-- Patients with Lansky (age < 16 years) or Karnofsky (age ≥16 years) score < 50 will
be excluded.
• Life Expectancy -- Patients with anticipated life expectancy < 3 months will be
excluded.
Genetic: Genetic testing and GAIN report
Sarcoma, Pediatric Solid Tumor, Brain and Nervous System, Other, Eye and Orbit, Anklylosing Spondylitis, Anus, Bones and Joints, Breast - Female, Breast - Male, Carcinoid Tumor, Cervix, Colon, Corpus Uteri, Ear, Esophagus, Gall Bladder, Head and Neck, Kidney, Larynx, Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx, Liver, Lung/Thoracic, Melanoma, skin, Nose, Other Digestive Organ, Other Endocrine System, Other Female Genital, Other Male Genital, Other Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs, Other Skin, Other Urinary, Ovary, Pancreas, Prostate, Rectum, Stomach, Throat, Thyroid, Urinary Bladder, Uterine (Endometrial), Vulva, Heart, Kaposis sarcoma, Small Intestine, Soft Tissue, Ill - Defined Sites
A Study to Compare the Long-term Outcomes After Two Different Anaesthetics (TREX)
There is considerable evidence that most general anaesthetics modulate brain development in
animal studies. The impact is greater with longer durations of exposure and in younger
animals. There is great controversy over whether or not these animal data are relevant to
human clinical scenarios.
The changes seen in preclinical studies are greatest with GABA agonists and NMDA antagonists
such as volatile anaesthetics (eg sevoflurane), propofol, midazolam, ketamine, and nitrous
oxide. There is less evidence for an effect with opioid (such as remifentanil) or with alpha
2 agonists (such as dexmedetomidine).
Some, but not all, human cohort studies show an association between exposure to anaesthesia
in infancy or early childhood and later changes in cognitive tests, school performance or
risk of developing neurodevelopmental disorders. The evidence is weak due to possible
confounding.
A recent well designed cohort study (the PANDA study) comparing young children that had
hernia repair to their siblings found no evidence for a difference in a range of detailed
neuropsychological tests. In that study most children were exposed to up to two hours of
anaesthesia. The only trial (the GAS trial) has compared children having hernia repair under
regional or general anesthesia and has found no evidence for a difference in neurodevelopment
when tested at two years of age. The GAS and PANDA studies confirm the animal data that short
exposure is unlikely to cause any neurodevelopmental impact.
The impact of longer exposures is still unknown. In humans the strongest evidence for an
association between surgery and poor neurodevelopmental outcome is in infants having major
surgery. However, this is also the group where confounding is most likely.
The aim of our study is to see if a new combination of anaesthetic drugs results in a better
long-term developmental outcome than the current standard of care for children having
anaesthesia expected to last 2 hours or longer.
Children will be randomised to receive either a low dose
sevoflurane/remifentanil/dexmedetomidine or standard dose sevoflurane anaesthetic.
They will receive a neurodevelopmental assessment at 3 years of age to assess global
cognitive function.
• Younger than 2 years (chronological age)
• Scheduled for anaesthesia that is expected to last at least 2 hours (and/or total
operating room time is scheduled to be at least 2.5 hours)
• Has a legally acceptable representative capable of understanding the informed consent
document and providing consent on the participant's behalf.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Known neurologic, chromosomal or congenital anomaly which is likely to be associated
with poor neurobehavioural outcome
• Existing diagnosis of behavioural or neurodevelopmental disability
• Prematurity (defined as < 36 weeks gestational age at birth)
• Birth weight less than 2 kg.
• Congenital cardiac disease requiring surgery
• Intracranial neurosurgery and intracranial craniofacial surgery (isolated cleft lip is
not an exclusion)
• Previous cumulative exposure to general anaesthesia exceeding 2 hours
• Planned future cumulative exposure to anaesthesia exceeding 2 hours before the age of
3 years.
• Any specific contra-indication to any aspect of the protocol
• Previous adverse reaction to any anaesthetic
• Circumstances likely to make long term follow-up impossible
• Living in a household where the primary language spoken at home is not a language in
which we can administer the Wechsler Preschool and Primary School Intelligence Scale
• Planned postoperative sedation with any agent except opioids (e.g. benzodiazepines,
dexmedetomidine, ketamine, barbiturates, propofol, clonidine, chloral hydrate, and
other non-opioid sedatives). For example if such sedation is planned for
post-operative ventilation
STaph Aureus Resistance-Treat Early and Repeat (STAR-TER) (STAR-TER)
To evaluate the micro-biologic efficacy and safety of a streamlined treatment for early onset
methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients with cystic fibrosis.
1. Male or female ≥ 2 and ≤ 45 years of age at the Screening Visit.
2. Documentation of a CF diagnosis as evidenced by one or more clinical features
consistent with the CF phenotype and one or more of the following criteria:
1. sweat chloride ≥ 60 milliequivalents/liter by quantitative pilocarpine
iontophoresis test (QPIT)
2. two well-characterized mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductive
regulator (CFTR) gene
3. abnormal nasal potential difference(NPD) (change in NPD in response to a low
chloride solution and isoproteronol of less than -5 mV)
3. First OR early MRSA colonization defined as:
1. First MRSA colonization: first documented isolation of MRSA from respiratory
tract occurred ≤ 6 months prior to screening
2. Early MRSA colonization: MRSA was previously isolated from the respiratory tract
≤ 2 times over the past 3.5 years, but this was followed by at least 1 year of
documented negative cultures for MRSA
4. MRSA is available to the central laboratory •either the incident MRSA isolate from
the clinic visit or the subject is MRSA positive at the screening visit
5. Clinically stable with no significant changes in health status within the 14 days
prior to screening
6. Written informed consent (and assent when applicable) obtained from subject or
subject's legal representative and ability for subject to comply with the requirements
of the study
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Received antibiotics with activity against MRSA within 28 days prior to screening
2. Use of an investigational agent within 28 days prior to screening
3. For subjects ≥ 6 years of age: FEV1 at screening < 25% of predicted for age based on
the Wang (males < 18 years, females < 16 years) or Hankinson (males ≥ 18 years,
females ≥ 16 years) standardized equations
4. MRSA from the screening culture or the most recent clinical care visit within 6 months
prior to screening resistant to TMP/SMX
5. History of intolerance to topical chlorhexidine or mupirocin
6. History of intolerance to both TMP/SMX and minocycline
7. < 8 years of age and allergic or intolerant to TMP/SMX
8. ≥ 8 years of age and allergic or intolerant to TMP/SMX and MRSA isolate (from
screening or clinical care visit)is resistant to minocycline
9. For females of child bearing potential: pregnant, breastfeeding, or unwilling to use
barrier contraception through Day 42 of the study
10. Subjects with history of abnormal renal function will need screening labs showing
normal function Abnormal renal function is defined as estimated creatinine clearance
<50 mL/min using the:
1. Bedside Schwartz Equation for subjects <18 years of age, and
2. Levey Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) Equation for subjects ≥ 18 years of age.
11. Subjects with a history of abnormal liver function will need to have screening labs
showing normal transaminases. Liver dysfunction is defined as ≥3x upper limit of
normal (ULN), of serum aspartate transaminase (AST) or serum alanine transaminase
(ALT) or abnormal synthetic function
12. History of solid organ or hematological transplantation
13. Presence of a condition or abnormality that in the opinion of the Investigator would
compromise the safety of the patient or the quality of the data.
Cisplatin and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children and Young Adults With Hepatoblastoma or Liver Cancer After Surgery
This partially randomized phase II/III trial studies how well, in combination with surgery,
cisplatin and combination chemotherapy works in treating children and young adults with
hepatoblastoma or hepatocellular carcinoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin,
doxorubicin, fluorouracil, vincristine sulfate, carboplatin, etoposide, irinotecan,
sorafenib, gemcitabine and oxaliplatin, 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. Giving combination chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells than one type of
chemotherapy alone.
• Patients in Group F must have a body surface area (BSA) >= 0.6 m^2
• 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 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
• Patients must be newly diagnosed with histologically-proven primary pediatric hepatic
malignancies including hepatoblastoma or hepatocellular carcinoma, except as noted
below; patients with a diagnosis of hepatocellular neoplasm, not otherwise specified,
should be classified and treated per hepatoblastoma treatment arms; note that rapid
central pathology review is required in some cases; please note: all patients with
histology as assessed by the institutional pathologist consistent with pure small cell
undifferentiated (SCU) HB will be required to have testing for INI1/SMARCB1 by
immunohistochemistry (IHC) according to the practices at the institution
• Patients with histology consistent with pure SCU must have positive INI1/SMARCB1
staining
• For all Group A patients, WDF status as determined by rapid review will be used to
further stratify patients to Group A1 or A2
• For Groups B, C and D, rapid review is required if patients are either >= 8 years
of age or have an alphafetoprotein (AFP) =< 100 at diagnosis
• For all Groups E and F patients, rapid central pathology review is required
• In emergency situations when a patient meets all other eligibility criteria and has
had baseline required observations, but is too ill to undergo a biopsy safely, the
patient may be enrolled without a biopsy
• Clinical situations in which emergent treatment may be indicated include, but are
not limited to, the following circumstances:
• Anatomic or mechanical compromise of critical organ function by tumor (e.g.,
respiratory distress/failure, abdominal compartment syndrome, urinary
obstruction, etc.)
• Uncorrectable coagulopathy
• For a patient to maintain eligibility for AHEP1531 when emergent treatment is
given, the following must occur:
• The patient must have a clinical diagnosis of hepatoblastoma, including an
elevated alphafetoprotein (AFP), and must meet all AHEP1531 eligibility
criteria at the time of emergent treatment
• Patient must be enrolled on AHEP1531 prior to initiating protocol therapy; a
patient will be ineligible if any chemotherapy is administered prior to
AHEP1531 enrollment
• Note: If the patient receives AHEP1531 chemotherapy emergently PRIOR to
undergoing a diagnostic biopsy, pathologic review of material obtained in the
future during either biopsy or surgical resection must either confirm the
diagnosis of hepatoblastoma or not reveal another pathological diagnosis to be
included in the analysis of the study aims
• Patients may have had surgical resection of the hepatic malignancy prior to
enrollment; all other anti-cancer therapy for the current liver lesion is prohibited
• Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 60
mL/min/1.73 m^2 or
• A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows:
• Age: maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL)
• 1 month to < 6 months: 0.4 (male and female)
• 6 months to < 1 year: 0.5 (male and female)
• 1 to < 2 years: 06 (male and female)
• 2 to < 6 years: 0.8 (male and female)
• 6 to < 10 years: 1 (male and female)
• 10 to < 13 years: 1.2 (male and female)
• 13 to < 16 years: 1.5 (male), 1.4 (female)
• >= 16 years: 1.7 (male), 1.4 (female)
• Total bilirubin =< 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase
[SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT])
< 10 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
• Shortening fraction of >= 28% by echocardiogram (for patients on
doxorubicin-containing regimens [Groups C, D, E2, and F] assessed within 8 weeks prior
to study enrollment) or
• Ejection fraction of >= 47% by echocardiogram or radionuclide angiogram (for patients
on doxorubicin-containing regimens [Groups C, D, E2, and F] assessed within 8 weeks
prior to study enrollment)
• Group F patients only: QT/corrected QT (QTc) interval =< 450 milliseconds for males
and =< 470 milliseconds for females (assessed within 8 weeks prior to study
enrollment)
• Normal pulmonary function tests (including diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon
monoxide [DLCO]) if there is clinical indication for determination (e.g. dyspnea at
rest, known requirement for supplemental oxygen) (for patients receiving chemotherapy
[Groups A, B, C, D, E2, F]); for patients who do not have respiratory symptoms or
requirement for supplemental oxygen, pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are NOT required
• 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
Exclusion Criteria:
• Prior chemotherapy or tumor directed therapy (i.e. radiation therapy, biologic agents,
local therapy (embolization, radiofrequency ablation, and laser); therefore, patients
with a pre-disposition syndrome who have a prior malignancy are not eligible
• Patients who are currently receiving another investigational drug
• Patients who are currently receiving other anticancer agents
• Patients with uncontrolled infection
• Patients who previously received a solid organ transplant, other than those who
previously received an orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) as primary treatment of
their hepatocellular carcinoma
• Patients with hypersensitivity to any drugs on their expected treatment arm
• Group C: Patients who have known deficiency of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD)
• Group D:
• Patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease and/or bowel obstruction
• Patients with concomitant use of St. John's wort, which cannot be stopped prior
to the start of trial treatment
• Group F:
• Patients with peripheral sensitive neuropathy with functional impairment
• Patients with a personal or family history of congenital long QT syndrome
• These criteria apply ONLY to patients who may receive chemotherapy (all groups other
than Group E1):
• 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
• 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
• Note for Group F: patients of childbearing potential should use effective
birth control during treatment with sorafenib and for at least 2 weeks after
stopping treatment
• Postnatal age 48 hours -21 days
• Infant 22 0/7 to 28 6/7 weeks gestation at birth
• sPDA, as defined as:
1. Mild, Moderate, or Severe Clinical Criteria with Small or Moderate size PDA on
echocardiogram
2. Mild or Moderate Clinical Criteria with Large PDA on echocardiogram
Exclusion Criteria:
• Cardiopulmonary compromise
• Known congenital heart disease (besides atrial septal defect or ventricular septal
defect)
• Known pulmonary malformation (e.g. congenital lobar emphysema, congenital pulmonary
adenomatous malformation)
• Any condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude enrollment
Other: Active Treatment, Other: Expectant Management
Moderately Preterm Infants With Caffeine at Home for Apnea (MoCHA) Trial (MoCHA)
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of continuing treatment with caffeine
citrate in the hospital and at home in moderately preterm infants with resolved apnea of
prematurity on days of hospitalization after randomization.
• Inborn and outborn infants of 29 0/7 to 33 6/7 weeks gestational age at birth
• admitted to hospitals of the NICHD NRN who, are at time of enrollment:
• ≤35 6/7 weeks post-menstrual age at the time of randomization
• Receiving caffeine with plan to discontinue treatment or just discontinued caffeine
treatment
• Receiving feeds at a volume of ≥120 ml/kg/day by oral and/or tube feeding
• Ability to start study medication within 72 hours after stopping caffeine
Exclusion Criteria:
• On respiratory therapy (oxygen more than room air equivalent for high altitude sites,
nasal cannula, continuous positive pressure ventilation, and/or mechanical
ventilation)
• Infants who would otherwise be discharged home on apnea monitor due to underlying
disease or family history, including history of a sibling with sudden infant death
syndrome
• Parental request for apnea monitor
• Congenital heart disease other than atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect,
or patent ductus arteriosus
• Neuromuscular conditions affecting respiration
• Major congenital malformation and/or genetic disorder
• Plans to transfer to a non-NRN site before discharge
• Unable to obtain parental or guardian consent
Study of Glycerol Phenylbutyrate & Sodium Phenylbutyrate in Phenylbutyrate Naïve Patients With Urea Cycle Disorders
This is a randomized, controlled, open-label parallel arm study to assess the safety,
tolerability, pharmacokinetics and ammonia control, of RAVICTI® as compared to NaPBA in urea
cycle disorder subjects not currently or previously chronically treated with phenylacetic
acid (phenylacetate; PAA) prodrugs. The study design will include: 1) Baseline Period; 2)
Initial Treatment Period; 3) a RAVICTI only Transition Period 4) a RAVICTI only Maintenance
Period; and 5) a RAVICTI only Safety Extension Period. The study will run for approximately
25 weeks.
• Signed informed consent given by the subject or the subject's parent/legal guardian
for those under 18 years of age or the age of consent by local regulation.
• Male and female subjects with a suspected or confirmed UCD diagnosis of any subtype,
except NAGS deficiency.
• Suspected diagnosis is defined as having experienced a HAC or a documented high
ammonia of >=100 µmol/L
• Confirmed diagnosis is determined via enzymatic, biochemical, or genetic testing.
• Requires nitrogen-binding agents according to the judgment of the Investigator
• Birth and older.
• All females of childbearing potential and all sexually active males must agree to
use an acceptable method of contraception from signing the informed consent
throughout the study and for 30 days after the last dose of study drug.
Acceptable forms of contraception are (oral, injected, implanted or transdermal),
tubal ligation, intrauterine device, hysterectomy, vasectomy, or double barrier
methods. Abstinence is an acceptable form of birth control, though appropriate
contraception must be used if the subject becomes sexually active.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Subject has received chronic treatment with an oral phenylbutyrate (RAVICTI, NaPBA,
Pheburane, or other) longer than 14 consecutive days within one year prior to
enrollment.
• Temporary use of NaPBA for acute management of a hyperammonemic crisis in the past is
acceptable.
• Any concomitant illness (e.g., malabsorption or clinically significant liver or
bowel disease) which would preclude the subject's safe participation, as judged
by the Investigator.
• Has undergone liver transplantation, including hepatocellular transplant.
• Subjects on NaBz at Baseline will be excluded if they are viewed by the
Investigator as being unable to undergo NaBz transition to a PAA prodrug during
the Initial Treatment Period.
• Known hypersensitivity to PBA or any excipients of the NaPBA/PBA formulations.
• Pregnant or breast-feeding patients. Women of childbearing potential must have a
pregnancy test performed at the Baseline Visit prior to the start of study drug.
PROSpect: Prone and Oscillation Pediatric Clinical Trial
Severe pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS) is a life-threatening and
frequent problem experienced by thousands of children each year. Little evidence supports
current supportive practices during their critical illness. The overall objective of this
study is to identify the best positional and/or ventilation practice that leads to improved
patient outcomes in these critically ill children. We hypothesize that children with severe
PARDS treated with either prone positioning or high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV)
will demonstrate more days off the ventilator when compared to children treated with supine
positioning or conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV).
Inclusion criteria:
Intubated and mechanically ventilated with moderate-severe PARDS for <48 hours per PALICC
guidelines (chest imaging consistent with acute pulmonary parenchymal disease and OI ≥12 or
OSI ≥10). We require two blood gases meeting moderate-severe PARDS criteria (separated by
at least 4 ± 2 hours during which time the clinical team is actively working to recruit
lung volume and optimize the patient's hemodynamic status per PALICC guidelines;
specifically, incremental and decremental PEEP changes to optimize lung volume). A second
blood gas is not required for OI ≥16.
Exclusion criteria:
• Perinatal related lung disease
• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia or congenital/acquired diaphragm paralysis
• Respiratory failure explained by cardiac failure or fluid overload
• Cyanotic heart disease
• Cardiomyopathy
• Unilateral lung disease
• Primary pulmonary hypertension
• Intubated for status asthmaticus
• Obstructive airway disease (e.g., Severe airways disease without parenchymal
involvement or disease characterized by hypercapnia with FiO2 <0.30 and/or evidence of
increased resistance visible on the flow •time scalar and/or presence of intrinsic
PEEP)
• Active air leak
• Bronchiolitis obliterans
• Post hematopoietic stem cell transplant; specifically, patients receiving continuous
supplemental oxygen for three or more days prior to intubation; receiving noninvasive
ventilation for more than 24 hours prior to intubation; receiving more than one
vasoactive medication at time of meeting inclusion criteria; spending more than four
days in the PICU prior to intubation; supported on or with immediate plans for renal
replacement therapies; with two or more allogeneic transplants; who relapsed after the
transplant; or with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
• Post lung transplant
• Home ventilator (including noninvasive) or home oxygen dependent (exception:
night-time noninvasive ventilation (CPAP/BiPAP) or oxygen for obstructive sleep apnea
is permitted)
• Neuromuscular respiratory failure
• Critical airway (e.g., post laryngotracheal surgery or new tracheostomy) or anatomical
obstruction of the lower airway (e.g., mediastinal mass)
• Facial surgery or trauma in previous 2 weeks
• Head trauma (managed with hyperventilation)
• Intracranial bleeding
• Unstable spine, femur or pelvic fractures
• Acute abdominal process/open abdomen
• Morbid obesity (2w-24 months: WHO weight-for-length/height z-score ≥+3; ≥2 years: WHO
body mass index (BMI)-for-age z-score ≥+3)
• Currently receiving either prone positioning or any high-frequency mode of MV with
current illness (Up to 4 hours of prone positioning and/or any mode of high-frequency
mode of MV is allowed as long as the therapies are off for least 4 hours prior to the
subject meeting oxygenation criteria.)
• Supported on ECMO during the current admission
• Family/medical team not providing full support (patient treatment considered futile)
• Previously enrolled in current study
• Enrolled in any other interventional clinical trial not approved for co-enrollment
• Known pregnancy
Other: Either supine or prone positioning and either CMV or HFOV
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children, Lung/Thoracic
Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS), Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), acute respiratory failure, child, pediatric intensive care unit
Effects of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation on Cognition and Language in Down Syndrome and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
This study is a prospective, single-arm study conducted under a common implant and follow-up
protocol. The objective will be to follow fifty-seven (57) adolescents and young adults
(10-21 years of age), with Down syndrome, moderate to severe sleep apnea, and
post-adenotonsillectomy, for 12 months after undergoing implant of the Inspire Upper Airway
Stimulation (UAS) System. The study is being conducted in order to evaluate objective change
in cognition and expressive language after implant and therapy with the Inspire UAS System.
• Diagnosis of Down syndrome
• Age 10-21 years
• Prior adenotonsillectomy
• Severe OSA (AHI > 10, AHI < 50, no more than 25% AHI attributable to central events)
based on prior in-lab PSG performed after adenotonsillectomy and within 18 months of
enrollment
• Approval from at least two of the three physician reviewers based upon the results of
a routine drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) having occurred within 12 months of
enrollment
• Subjects must have either tracheotomy or be ineffectively treated with CPAP due to
non-compliance, discomfort, un-desirable side effects, persistent symptoms despite
compliance use, or refusal to use the device
• Children and their parents/guardians must be willing to have stimulation hardware
permanently implanted, and be willing to participate in follow-up visits,
postoperative PSG, and questionnaire completion
• Children's parents/guardians must complete a questionnaire confirming that their child
is capable of communicating feelings of pain or discomfort. They must also confirm
they are able to assess their child for adverse effects related to device implantation
• Children and their parents/guardians must be proficient in English
Exclusion Criteria:
• Body mass index (BMI) above the 95th percentile for subject's age
• Circumferential airway collapse at the level of the velopharynx observed during DISE
• Other medical conditions resulting in medical instability (eg. congestive heart
failure, recent open heart surgery, immunosuppression, or chronic lung disease or
aspiration)
• Presence of another medical condition requiring future magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) of the chest
• Patients with another implantable device which could interact unintentionally with the
Inspire system
• Any contraindication for general anesthesia
• History of bleeding or clotting disorders and those on blood thinning or NSAID
medications for the week prior to implantation surgery. Subjects will be asked to
refrain from the use of NSAIDS for two weeks after implantation or any revision
surgeries
• Subject is currently taking muscle relaxant medication
• Life expectancy less than 12 months
• Subject's inability to communicate pain or discomfort to their caretaker/parent, based
on parental or investigator assessment
• Nonverbal candidates will be excluded due to an inability to complete testing
procedures including expressive language sampling
• Subjects with a co-occurring diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder
• Subjects that have a positive β-HCG
• Subjects deemed unfit for participation by the investigator for any other reason
Device: Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation (UAS) System
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Down Syndrome, Ear, Nose, Throat
Infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) usually have pulmonary hypoplasia and
persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) leading to hypoxemic respiratory
failure (HRF). Pulmonary hypertension associated with CDH is frequently resistant to
conventional pulmonary vasodilator therapy including inhaled nitric oxide (iNO). Increased
pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) can lead to right ventricular overload and dysfunction.
In patients with CDH, left ventricular dysfunction, either caused by right ventricular
overload or a relative underdevelopment of the left ventricle, is associated with poor
prognosis. Milrinone is an intravenous inotrope and lusitrope (enhances cardiac systolic
contraction and diastolic relaxation respectively) with pulmonary vasodilator properties and
has been shown anecdotally to improve oxygenation in PPHN. Milrinone is commonly used during
the management of CDH although no randomized trials have been performed to test its efficacy.
Thirty percent of infants with CDH in the Children's Hospital Neonatal Database (CHND) and
22% of late-preterm and term infants with CDH in the Pediatrix database received milrinone.
In the recently published VICI trial, 84% of patients with CDH received a vasoactive
medication. In the current pilot trial, neonates with an antenatal or postnatal diagnosis of
CDH will be randomized to receive milrinone or placebo to establish safety of this medication
in CDH and test its efficacy in improving oxygenation.
Eligibility criteria:
Infants are eligible if they meet all of the following criteria:
• ≥ 36 0/7 weeks PMA by best obstetric estimate AND birth weight of ≥ 2000g
• postnatal age ≤7 days (168 hours of age)
• invasive mechanical ventilation (defined as ventilation with an endotracheal tube) and
• one arterial blood gas with an OI ≥ 10 (after tracheal tube obstruction and other
easily resolvable mechanical causes for increased OI are ruled out) on the most recent
arterial blood gas within 12 hours prior to the time of randomization.
• if an arterial blood gas is not available at the time of randomization, a preductal
OSI of ≥ 5 can be used as an inclusion criterion instead of OI ≥ 10; (the OSI should
be based on the most recent preductal pulse oximetry recording and must be within 12
hours of randomization)
• postnatal blood gas with PCO2 ≤ 80 mmHg (arterial, capillary or venous blood gas) on
the most recent blood gas sample obtained within 12 hours prior to randomization Note:
Criteria (iv) to (vi) must be met at the most recent analysis within 12 hours prior to
randomization.
Exclusion Criteria:
Infants are ineligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
• known hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Note 1: infants of diabetic mothers with asymmetric septal hypertrophy can be
included as long as there is no evidence of obstruction to left ventricular
outflow tract on echocardiogram,
• Note 2: infants with other acyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) and CDH may
be included in the study and will be a predetermined subgroup for analysis)
• cyanotic CHD •transposition of great arteries (TGA), total anomalous pulmonary venous
return (TAPVR), partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR), truncus arteriosus
(TA), tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), single ventricle physiology •hypoplastic left heart
syndrome (HLHS), tricuspid atresia, critical pulmonic stenosis or atresia etc.,
• enrolled in conflicting clinical trials (such as a randomized controlled blinded trial
of another pulmonary vasodilator therapy); Note: mothers enrolled in fetal tracheal
occlusion studies such as FETO may be enrolled if permitted by investigators of the
fetal tracheal occlusion study; [FETO refers to fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal
occlusion and involves occlusion of fetal trachea with a balloon device at
mid-gestation and subsequent removal in later gestation]
• infants with bilateral CDH
o Note 3: infants with anterior and central defects are included in the study
• associated abnormalities of the trachea or esophagus (trachea-esophageal fistula,
esophageal atresia, laryngeal web, tracheal agenesis)
• renal dysfunction (with serum creatinine > 2 mg/dL not due to maternal factors) or
severe oligohydramnios associated with renal dysfunction at randomization; renal
dysfunction may be secondary to renal anomalies or medical conditions such as acute
tubular necrosis
• severe systemic hypotension (mean blood pressure < 35 mm Hg for at least 2 h with a
vasoactive inotrope score of > 30)
• decision is made to provide comfort/ palliative care and not full treatment
• Intracranial bleed (including the following findings on the cranial ultrasound)
• Cerebral parenchymal hemorrhage
• Blood/echodensity in the ventricle with distension of the ventricle
• Periventricular hemorrhagic infarction
• Posterior fossa hemorrhage
• Cerebellar hemorrhage
• persistent thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 80,000/mm3) despite blood product
administration on the most recent blood draw prior to randomization
• coagulopathy (PT INR > 1.7) despite blood product administration on the most recent
blood draw (if checked •there is no reason to check PT for the purpose of this study)
• aneuploidy associated with short life span (such as trisomy 13 or 18) will not be
included in the study (infants with trisomy 21 can be included in the study)
• elevated arterial, venous or capillary PCO2 > 80 mmHg in spite of maximal ventilator
support (including high frequency ventilation) on the most recent blood gas obtained
within 12 hours prior to randomization
• use of milrinone infusion prior to randomization (the use of other inhaled pulmonary
vasodilators such as iNO, inhaled epoprosternol, inhaled PGE1 and oral such as
endothelin receptor antagonists is permitted •Note: it is unlikely to be on oral
pulmonary vasodilators early in the course of CDH)
• ongoing therapy with parenteral (intravenous or subcutaneous) pulmonary vasodilators
such as IV/SQ prostacyclin analogs (Epoprostenol •Flolan or Treprostinil •Remodulin
or PGE1 •Alprostadil) or IV phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (sildenafil •Revatio) at
the time of randomization. In addition, initiation of therapy with these two classes
of parenteral medications during the first 24 hours of study drug initiation is not
permitted and will be considered a protocol deviation. The risk of systemic
hypotension is high during the first 24 hours of study-drug (milrinone) infusion and
hence parenteral administration of other pulmonary vasodilators is avoided to minimize
risk of hypotension.
• Subjects already on ECMO or patients who are being actively considered for ECMO by the
neonatal or surgical team
• attending (neonatal, critical care or surgical) refusal for participation in the trial
(including concern about presence of hemodynamic instability)
Drug: Milrinone, Drug: Placebo (5% Dextrose)
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn, Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure, Pulmonary Hypoplasia, Cardiovascular, Other Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs
CDH, PPHN, HRF
Children’s Health; Parkland Health & Hospital System
Vincristine Sulfate Liposome Injection (Marqibo®) in Combination With UK ALL R3 Induction Chemotherapy for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Relapsed ALL
This is a pilot study utilizing Marqibo® (vincristine sulfate liposome injection) combined
with dexamethasone, mitoxantrone and asparaginase (UK ALL R3) for relapsed acute
lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Inclusion Criteria
Age
-Patients must be ≥ 1 and ≤ 21 years of age at the time of enrollment.
Diagnosis
• Cohort A: Patients must have a diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or
mixed phenotypic acute leukemia with ≥ 5% blasts in the bone marrow (M2 or M3), with
or without extramedullary disease) or a diagnosis of lymphoblastic lymphoma.
• Cohorts B & C: Patients must have a diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL),
lymphoblastic lymphoma, or mixed phenotypic acute leukemia with any level of
detectable disease (minimal residual disease level acceptable) with or without
extramedullary disease
Performance Level -Karnofsky > 50% for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky > 50% for
patients ≤ 16 years of age.
Prior Therapy
• Patients must have recovered from the acute toxic effects (≤ Grade 2 or baseline) of
all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy prior to entering this study,
unless otherwise specified. Subjects with disease related cytopenias will be eligible.
• Patients must have relapsed or refractory disease after attaining at least a first
remission. They may be in first to third relapse..
• Patients with Philadelphia chromosome t(9;22) positive disease must have received at
least two prior tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
• Patients who have experienced their relapse after a Hematopoietic stem cell
transplantation (HSCT) are eligible, provided they have no evidence of
graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and are at least 100 days post-transplant at the time
of enrollment.
• Prior anthracycline lifetime cumulative exposure: Patients must have less than 320
mg/m2 (or 400 mg/m2 if prior cardioprotection) lifetime exposure of anthracycline
chemotherapy.
1. Cohort A: Patients must have less than 320 mg/m2 (or 400 mg/m2 if prior
cardioprotection) lifetime exposure of anthracycline chemotherapy (See Appendix 2
for anthracycline calculation worksheet).
2. Cohorts B & C: There is no limit on prior anthracycline exposure.
• Hematopoietic growth factors: It must have been at least seven days since the
completion of therapy with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) or other
growth factors at the time of enrollment. It must have been at least 14 days since the
completion of therapy with pegfilgrastim (Neulasta®).
• Biologic anti-neoplastic agents: At least seven days after the last dose of a biologic
agent. For agents that have known adverse events occurring beyond seven 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 or vice chair.
• Monoclonal antibodies: At least three half-lives (or 30 days—whichever is longer) of
the antibody must have elapsed after the last dose of monoclonal antibody. (e.g.,
Rituximab = 66 days, Epratuzumab = 69 days)
• Immunotherapy: At least 30 days after the completion of any type of immunotherapy,
e.g. tumor vaccines, chimeric antigen receptor T-cells.
• Recent prior chemotherapy: At least 10 days after standard vincristine and the
completion of any type of chemotherapy induction regimen. At least 3 weeks after
radiation therapy. At least 30 days after the completion of any investigational
neoplastic agent is also required. An investigational agent is defined as any drug
that is not approved and licensed for sale by the FDA for institutions in the United
States, by Health Canada for institutions in Canada and by The Therapeutic Goods
Administration for institutions in Australia.
Exceptions:
• There is no time restriction in regard to prior intrathecal chemotherapy provided
there is complete recovery from any acute toxic effects of such; it is allowable to
enroll a patient that has received IT Cytarabine (ARA-C), IT Methotrexate (MTX) or
triple IT therapy within 14 days of enrollment as part of their evaluation to diagnose
disease relapse. The IT therapy given within 14 days of initiation of protocol
specified chemotherapy, may substitute for the day 1 IT in cohorts A and B
• Subjects with rapidly progressive disease may receive hydroxyurea until they begin
study therapy;
• Patients who relapse while on maintenance-type ALL therapy or are receiving
maintenance therapy for disease stabilization will not require a wash-out period
before entry into this study. However, there must be at least 10 days after any dose
of standard vincristine.
Renal and Hepatic Function
• Renal function: Patient's serum creatinine must be ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit
of normal (ULN) according to age. If the serum creatinine is greater than 1.5 times
normal, the patient must have a calculated creatinine clearance or radioisotope
glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 70milliliter/min/1.73m2. Alternatively, a 24-hour
creatinine clearance may also be used.
• Hepatic function: alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
must be < 5 x institutional upper limit of norm ULN. Total bilirubin must be ≤ 1.5 x
ULN (except in the case of subjects with documented Gilbert's disease ≤ 5 × ULN).
Cardiac Function
-Patients must have a shortening fraction ≥ 27% or an ejection fraction ≥ 55% by
echocardiogram, cardiac MRI or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA).
Reproductive Function
• Female patients must not be pregnant and those of childbearing potential must have a
negative urine or serum pregnancy test confirmed within one week prior to enrollment.
• Female patients with infants must agree not to breastfeed their infants while on this
study.
• Male and female patients of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective
method of contraception during the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients will be excluded if they have isolated testicular disease.
Patients will be excluded if they have previously received Marqibo®.
Patients will be excluded if they have a known allergy to any of the drugs used in the
study, with the exception that patients with an allergy to PEG-asparaginase who can receive
Erwinia asparaginase are eligible. Patients unable to receive any formulation of
asparaginase may only enroll on cohort C
Patients will be excluded if they have active, uncontrolled systemic fungal, bacterial,
viral or other infection despite appropriate antibiotics or other treatment.
Patients who require azole antifungal agents will be excluded. Azoles must be discontinued
at least one week prior to the start of Marqibo®.
Patients will be excluded if there is a plan to administer non-protocol chemotherapy,
radiation therapy, another investigational agent or immunotherapy during the study period.
Patients with pre-existing, persistent grade 2 or greater sensory or motor neuropathy from
any cause will be excluded.
Patients will be excluded if they have, significant concurrent disease, illness,
psychiatric disorder or social issue that would compromise patient safety or adherence with
the protocol treatment or procedures or interfere with consent, study participation, follow
up, or interpretation of study results.Patients with Down syndrome will not be eligible for
enrollment on Cohort A
Patients with a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will will be excluded
due to the increased risk of complications such as severe infection and unknown interaction
of Marqibo® with antiretroviral drugs.
Active hepatitis B or C infection as defined by seropositive for hepatitis B (hepatitis B
surface antigen (HBsAg)) or hepatitis C and elevated liver transaminases (defined as above
the ULN per the institution normal ranges).
High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) Initiation Flow Rate Study
The investigators propose an open label, non-blinded, single center randomized controlled
feasibility study to find the optimal initial HFNC flow rate in children less than 12 months
old with clinically diagnosed moderate to severe bronchiolitis. This feasibility study is
projected over December 2020 to April 2023. The study is consisted of 3 arms, comparing HFNC
therapy at 1 L/kg/min, 1.5 L/kg/min, and 2 L/kg/min (20 L/min max). Moderate to severe
bronchiolitis is defined clinician's assessment for the need for ICU level of care.
The primary outcome is treatment response to HFNC therapy defined by RDAI/Respiratory
Assessment Change Score (RACS) ≥ 4 at 4 hours of therapy. Secondary outcome measures comprise
of treatment failure requiring an escalation of care during the first 24 hours of HFNC
therapy, duration of HFNC and simple nasal cannula therapy, duration of simple nasal cannula
therapy, hospital and PICU length of stay (LOS), time to treatment failure, and adverse
events.
• Patients less than 12 months of age
• Clinical signs of moderate to severe bronchiolitis defined by American Academy of
Pediatrics
• Requires ICU level of care by clinicians' discretion
• Requiring HFNC support
Exclusion Criteria:
• Infants who required immediate need for respiratory support such as non-invasive
positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) or invasive ventilation
• Congenital heart disease,
• Immunocompromised state
• Upper airway obstruction
• Chronic lung disease
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia,
• Home oxygen therapy requirement
• Acute trauma patients
• Baseline craniofacial malformations
• Admitted to the neonatal or cardiac ICUs
• Patients who are admitted to the floor
Other: Initial Flow Rate
Bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis, HFNC, High Flow Nasal Cannula, Infants
A Phase 3 Study of VX-121 Combination Therapy in Participants With Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Heterozygous for F508del and a Minimal Function Mutation (F/MF)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of
VX-121/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor (VX-121/TEZ/D-IVA) in CF participants who are heterozygous
for F508del and a minimal function mutation (F/MF participants).
• Heterozygous for F508del and a minimal function mutation (F/MF genotype)
• Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) value >=40% and <=90% of predicted mean
for age, sex, and height for participants currently receiving ELX/TEZ/IVA therapy;
FEV1 >=40% and <=80% for participants not currently receiving ELX/TEZ/IVA
Key
Exclusion Criteria:
• History of solid organ or hematological transplantation
• Hepatic cirrhosis with portal hypertension, moderate hepatic impairment (Child Pugh
Score 7 to 9), or severe hepatic impairment (Child Pugh Score 10 to 15)
• Lung infection with organisms associated with a more rapid decline in pulmonary status
• Pregnant or breast-feeding females
Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply
Drug: VX-121/TEZ/D-IVA, Drug: ELX/TEZ/IVA, Drug: IVA, Drug: Placebo (matched to VX-121/TEZ/D-IVA), Drug: Placebo (matched to ELX/TEZ/IVA), Drug: Placebo (matched to IVA)
A Study of VX-121 Combination Therapy in Participants With Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Who Are Homozygous for F508del, Heterozygous for F508del and a Gating (F/G) or Residual Function (F/RF) Mutation, or Have At Least 1 Other Triple Combination Responsive (TCR) CFTR Mutation and No F508del Mutation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of
VX-121/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor (VX-121/TEZ/D-IVA) in CF participants who are homozygous for
F508del, heterozygous for F508del and a gating (F/G) or residual function (F/RF) mutation, or
have at least 1 other TCR CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene mutation and no
F508del mutation.
• Participant has one of the following genotypes:
• Homozygous for F508del;
• Heterozygous for F508del and a gating (F/G) mutation;
• Heterozygous for F508del and a residual function (F/RF) mutation;
• At least 1 other TCR CFTR gene mutation identified as responsive to ELX/TEZ/IVA
and no F508del mutation
• Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) value >=40% and <=90% of predicted mean
for age, sex, and height for participants currently receiving CFTR protein modulator
therapy; FEV1 >=40% and <=80% for participants not currently receiving CFTR protein
modulator therapy
Key
Exclusion Criteria:
• History of solid organ or hematological transplantation
• Hepatic cirrhosis with portal hypertension, moderate hepatic impairment (Child Pugh
Score 7 to 9), or severe hepatic impairment (Child Pugh Score 10 to 15)
• Lung infection with organisms associated with a more rapid decline in pulmonary status
• Pregnant or breast-feeding females
Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply
Drug: VX-121/TEZ/D-IVA, Drug: ELX/TEZ/IVA, Drug: IVA, Drug: Placebo (matched to VX-121/TEZ/D-IVA), Drug: Placebo (matched to ELX/TEZ/IVA), Drug: Placebo (matched to IVA)
Does Caudal Block Increase the Incidence of Urethrocutaneous Fistula Formation Following Hypospadias Repair in Infants?
This is a prospective randomized multi-center non-inferiority trial conducted through the
Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network study sites to determine if caudal block increases the
incidence of urethrocutaneous fistula following distal or mid shaft hypospadias repair
compared with penile nerve block.
• infants/ children with midshaft or distal hypospadias undergoing primary single stage
repair in one of the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network participating centers.
Exclusion Criteria:
• prior hypospadias surgery,
• proximal or penoscrotal hypospadias,
• abnormal caudal anatomy or spinal dysraphism,
• cyanotic congenital heart disease,
• infection or rash at the block injection site.
Drug: Caudal block with ropivacaine, Drug: penile nerve block with bupivacaine
Study Of Palbociclib Combined With Chemotherapy In Pediatric Patients With Recurrent/Refractory Solid Tumors
A study to learn about safety and find out maximum tolerable dose of palbociclib given in
combination with chemotherapy (temozolomide with irinotecan or topotecan with
cyclophosphamide) in children, adolescents and young adults with recurrent or refractory
solid tumors (phase 1). Phase 2 to learn about the efficacy of palbociclib in combination
with irinotecan and temozolomide when compared with irinotecan and temozolomide alone in the
treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults with recurrent or refractory Ewing
sarcoma (EWS).
Inclusion:
1. Histologically confirmed relapsed or refractory solid tumor as follows:
• For dose escalation and dose determination parts: Histologically confirmed
relapsed or refractory solid tumor (including CNS tumors but not lymphomas).
Patients with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma do not require histological only
radiographic confirmed relapse to enroll.
• For dose expansion and tumor specific cohorts: Histologically confirmed relapsed
or refractory solid tumor including but not limited to EWS, rhabdoid tumor,
rhabdomyosarcoma, neuroblastoma, and medulloblastoma. Patients with Diffuse
Intrinsic Pontine Glioma do not require histological only radiographic confirmed
relapse to enroll. EWS is not eligible for TOPO and CTX tumor-specific cohorts.
• For randomized Phase 2 part: Histologically confirmed Ewing sarcoma at diagnosis
or at relapse, with presence of EWSR1-ETS or FUS-ETS rearrangement.
Histopathology confirmation of both EWSR1-ETS or FUS-ETS rearrangement partners
is required OR availability of formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor
tissue sample for central testing. Patient must have relapsed or have refractory
disease and at least evaluable disease in at least one site other than bone
marrow that can be followed by imaging.
2. Age ≥2 and <21 years at the time of study entry.
3. Lansky performance status ≥50% for patients ≤16 years of age, or Eastern Cooperative
Oncology Group (ECOG) 0, 1 or 2 for patients >16 years of age.
4. Adequate bone marrow function.
• Absolute neutrophil count ≥1000/mm3;
• Platelet count ≥100,000/mm3 (transfusion independent, no platelet transfusion in
past 7 days prior study entry);
• Hemoglobin ≥8.5 g/dL (transfusion allowed).
5. Adequate renal function: Serum creatinine level based on age/gender must within
protocol specified limits.
6. Adequate liver function, including:
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
≤2.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤5 × ULN for age, if attributable to
disease involvement of the liver;
• Total bilirubin ≤1.5 × ULN for age, unless the patient has documented Gilbert's
syndrome.
7. Patients enrolled to Phase 1 portion of the study and tumor specific cohorts must have
measurable disease as defined by RECIST version 1.1 or modified RANO criteria for CNS
disease or INRC for neuroblastoma. Patients with EWS enrolled to Phase 2 portion of
the study are eligible with evaluable disease (eg, bone only disease with no soft
tissue component).
8. Recovered to CTCAE Grade ≤1, or to baseline, from any non-hematological acute
toxicities of prior surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy,
differentiation therapy or biologic therapy, with the exception of alopecia.
9. Serum/urine pregnancy test (for all girls ≥8 years of age) negative at screening and
at the baseline visit.
Exclusion:
1. Phase 1 and tumor specific cohorts: For palbociclib with IRN and TMZ combination,
prior treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor or progression while on treatment with an
IRN-containing regimen that includes TMZ. Patients who have received the combination
of IRN and TMZ and did not progress while on these medications are eligible. For
patients enrolling in the palbociclib with TOPO and CTX combination, prior treatment
with a CDK4/6 inhibitor or progression while on treatment with a TOPO-containing
regimen that includes CTX. Patients who have received the combination of TOPO and CTX
and did not progress while on these medications are eligible. Phase 2 portion: prior
treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor or progression while on treatment with an
IRN-containing or TMZ-containing regimen. Patients who have received IRN and/or TMZ
and did not progress while on these medications are eligible.
2. Prior intolerability to IRN and/or TMZ plus/minus palbociclib with IRN and TMZ
combination and prior intolerability to TOPO and/or CTX for TOPO and CTX combination.
3. Use of strong cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A inhibitors or inducers. Patients who are
receiving strong uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyl transferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) inhibitors
within 12 days of Cycle 1 Day 1 (C1D1) are not eligible for the palbociclib with IRN
and TMZ combination. Patients who are receiving strong UGT1A1 inhibitors within 12
days of C1D1 are eligible for the palbociclib with TOPO and CTX combination (See
Section 5.7.1 for list of products.)
4. Systemic anti cancer therapy within 2 weeks prior to study entry and 6 weeks for
nitrosoureas.
5. Prior irradiation to >50% of the bone marrow (see Appendix 9).
6. Participation in other studies involving investigational drug(s) within 2 weeks or 5
half lives, whichever is longer, prior to study entry.
7. Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to study entry. Surgical biopsies or central line
placement are not considered major surgeries.
8. For IRN and TMZ with/without palbociclib combinations: known or suspected
hypersensitivity to palbociclib, IRN and/or TMZ. For combination of palbociclib with
TOPO and CTX: known or suspected hypersensitivity to palbociclib, TOPO and/or CTX.
9. Patients with known symptomatic brain tumors or brain metastases and require steroids,
unless they have been on a stable or on a decreasing steroid dose for >14 days.
10. Patients with previously diagnosed brain metastases are eligible if they have
completed their prior treatment and have recovered from the acute effects of radiation
therapy or surgery prior to study entry for these metastases for at least 14 days post
radiation and 4 weeks post-surgery and are neurologically stable.
11. Hereditary bone marrow failure disorder.
12. QTc >470 msec.
13. History of clinically significant or uncontrolled cardiac disease, including:
• History of or active congestive heart failure; if patient had congestive heart
failure resolve and >1 year from resolution, patient will be considered eligible;
• Clinically significant ventricular arrhythmia (such as ventricular tachycardia,
ventricular fibrillation or Torsades de Pointes);
• Diagnosed or suspected congenital or acquired prolonged QT syndrome;
• Need for medications known to prolong the QT interval;
• Uncorrected hypomagnesemia or hypokalemia because of potential effects on the QT
interval;
• Left ventricular ejection fraction <50% or shortening fraction <28%.
14. Recent or ongoing clinically significant gastrointestinal disorder that may interfere
with absorption of orally administered drugs (eg, gastrectomy).
15. Severe acute or chronic medical or laboratory test abnormality that may increase the
risk associated with study participation or investigational product administration or
may interfere with the interpretation of study results, and in the judgment of the
Investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study.
16. Investigator site staff members directly involved in the conduct of the study and
their family members, site staff members otherwise supervised by the investigator, or
patients who are Pfizer employees, including their family members, directly involved
in the conduct of the study.
Neuroblastoma, Sarcoma, Solid Tumors, Ewing Sarcoma, Medulloblastoma, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Rhabdoid Tumor, Brain and Nervous System, Eye and Orbit, Anus, Bones and Joints, Breast - Female, Breast - Male, Cervix, Colon, Corpus Uteri, Ear, Esophagus, Gall Bladder, Head and Neck, Kidney, Larynx, Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx, Liver, Lung/Thoracic, Nose, Other Digestive Organ, Other Endocrine System, Other Female Genital, Other Male Genital, Other Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs, Other Skin, Other Urinary, Ovary, Pancreas, Prostate, Rectum, Stomach, Throat, Thyroid, Urinary Bladder, Uterine (Endometrial), Vulva, Kaposis sarcoma, Small Intestine, Soft Tissue, Ill - Defined Sites
PO Ixazomib in Combination With Chemotherapy for Childhood Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
This is a phase 1/2 study of a drug called Ixazomib in combination with cytotoxic
chemotherapy consisting of Vincristine, Dexamethasone, Asparaginase, and Doxorubicin (VXLD).
• Age Patients must be ≤21 years of age at the time of enrollment.
1. Phase 1 •Initial enrollment will be restricted to patients < 18 years of age
until 9 such patients are enrolled
2. Phase 2 •Initial enrollment will be restricted to patients < 18 years of age
until 6 such patients are enrolled
• Diagnosis Patients must have a diagnosis of relapsed/refractory ALL or LLy with or
without extramedullary disease (including CNS2 and CNS3). Patient with mixed phenotype
ALL or mature B (Burkitt-like) leukemia are not eligible.
1. Patients with ALL must have ≥ 5% blasts by morphology.
2. Patients with LLy must have measurable disease documented by clinical, radiologic
or histologic criteria
• Performance Level Karnofsky ≥ 50% for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky ≥ 50% for
patients ≤ 16 years of age.
• Prior Therapy A. Prior therapeutic attempts
• Phase 1 •Any patients with relapsed/refractory ALL or LLy
• Phase 2
1. B-cell ALL/LLy: all patients must have failed two or more therapeutic
attempts.
2. T-cell ALL/LLy: all patients must have failed one or more therapeutic
attempts. B. Recent prior chemotherapy Patients must have fully recovered
from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or
radiotherapy prior to entering this study.
• Cytoreduction with hydroxyurea Hydroxyurea can be initiated and continued for up
to 24 hours prior to the start of protocol therapy.
• Patients who relapsed while they are receiving cytotoxic therapy At least 14 days
must have elapsed since the completion of the last dose of chemotherapy,except
Intrathecal chemotherapy, and/or maintenance therapy such as vincristine,
mercaptopurine, methotrexate or glucocorticoids. There is no waiting period for
those relapsing on maintenance therapy.
C. Hematopoietic stem cell transplant: Patients who have experienced their relapse after a
HSCT are eligible, provided they have no evidence of acute or chronic Graft-versus-Host
Disease (GVHD), are not receiving GVHD prophylaxis or treatment, and are at least 90 days
post-transplant at the time of enrollment.
D. Hematopoietic growth factors: It must have been at least 7 days since the completion of
therapy with G-CSF or other growth factors at the time of enrollment. It must have been at
least 14 days since the completion of therapy with pegfilgrastim (Neulasta®).
E. Biologic (anti-neoplastic agent): At least 7 days since the last dose of 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
1. Monoclonal antibodies: At least 3 half-lives of the antibody must have elapsed after
the last dose of monoclonal antibody. (i.e., blinatumomab = 6 hours,44 inotuzumab = 37
days, rituximab = 66 days)
2. Immunotherapy: At least 30 days after the completion of any type of immunotherapy,
e.g., tumor vaccines, CAR T cells.
F. XRT: Craniospinal XRT is prohibited during protocol therapy. No washout period is
necessary for radiation given to any extramedullary site other than CNS; ≥90 days must have
elapsed if prior total body irradiation (TBI) or craniospinal XRT.
G. Anthracyclines: Patients must have had a lifetime exposure of <400 mg/m2 of doxorubicin
equivalents of anthracyclines.
H. Proteasome inhibitors: Patients with a prior exposure to proteasome inhibitors (e.g.,
bortezomib, carfilzomib) are eligible as long as the patient demonstrated at least a
partial response to a proteasome inhibitor with chemotherapy combination.
-Renal and hepatic function
Patients must have adequate renal and hepatic functions as indicated by the following
laboratory values:
A. Adequate renal function defined as: Patient must have a calculated creatinine clearance
or radioisotope GFR 70ml/min/1.73m2 OR a normal serum creatinine based on age/gender
B. Adequate Liver Function Defined as: Direct bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
for age or normal (except in the presence of Gilbert's syndrome), AND alanine transaminase
(ALT) ≤ 5 x ULN for age. The hepatic requirements are waived for patients with known or
suspected liver involvement by leukemia or lymphoma. This must be reviewed by and approved
by the study chair or vice chair.
• Adequate Cardiac Function Defined as: Shortening fraction of more than or equal to 27%
by echocardiogram, OR ejection fraction of equal to or more than 50% by radionuclide
angiogram (MUGA).
• Reproductive Function A. Female patients of childbearing potential must have a
negative urine or serum pregnancy test confirmed within 2 weeks prior to enrollment.
B. Female patients with infants must agree not to breastfeed their infants while on this
study.
C. Male and female patients of child-bearing potential must agree to use an effective
method of contraception approved by the investigator during the study and for a minimum of
6 months after study treatment.
• Informed Consent Patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must be capable of
understanding the investigational nature, potential risks and benefits of the study.
All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed
consent. Age appropriate assent will be obtained per institutional guidelines. To
allow non-English speaking patients to participate in this study, bilingual health
services will be provided in the appropriate language when feasible.
• All institutional, FDA, and OHRP requirements for human studies must be met.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients will be excluded if they have isolated CNS or testicular disease.
Patients will be excluded if they have ≥grade 2 peripheral sensory or motor neuropathy
(defined by the Modified "Balis" Pediatric Scale of Pediatric Neuropathies) at the time of
enrollment (see section 4.7.1.1).
Patients will be excluded if they have a known allergy or intolerance to any of the drugs
used in the study •except for PEG-asparaginase for which erwinia asparaginase may be
substituted
Patients will be excluded if they have a systemic fungal, bacterial, viral or other
infection that is exhibiting ongoing signs/symptoms related to the infection without
improvement despite appropriate antibiotics or other treatment. The patient needs to be off
pressors and have negative blood cultures for 48 hours.
Patients will be excluded if there is a plan to administer non-protocol chemotherapy,
radiation therapy, or immunotherapy during the study period.
Patients will be excluded if they have significant concurrent disease, illness, psychiatric
disorder or social issue that would compromise patient safety or compliance with the
protocol treatment or procedures, interfere with consent, study participation, follow up,
or interpretation of study results.
Patients with DNA fragility syndromes (such as Fanconi anemia, Bloom syndrome) are
excluded.
Patients will be excluded if they have had a lifetime exposure of ≥400 mg/m2 doxorubicin
equivolents of anthracyclines (anthracycline equivalence to doxorubicin conversion see
appendix iv) .
Concomitant medications Investigational drugs: Patients currently receiving another
investigational drug are not eligible.
Anti-GVHD agents post transplant: patients who are receiving cyclosporine, tacrolimus or
other agents to prevent graft-versus-host disease post hematopoetic stem cell transplant
are not eligible.
CYP3A4 agents: patients who are currently receiving drugs that are strong inducers of
CYP3A4 are not eligible. Strong inducers of CYP3A4 should be avoided from 14 days prior to
enrollment to the end of the study. See appendix ii for a list of agents which fall into
this category.
Patients with Ph+ALL and Ph-like ALL who are currently receiving TKI therapy
Infants or Patients with Down Syndrome will be excluded in phase 2 of the study
A Study of the Drugs Selumetinib Versus Carboplatin/Vincristine in Patients With Neurofibromatosis and Low-Grade Glioma
This phase III trial studies if selumetinib works just as well as the standard treatment with
carboplatin/vincristine (CV) for subjects with NF1-associated low grade glioma (LGG), and to
see if selumetinib is better than CV in improving vision in subjects with LGG of the optic
pathway (vision nerves). Selumetinib is a drug that works by blocking some enzymes that
low-grade glioma tumor cells need for their growth. This results in killing tumor cells.
Drugs used as chemotherapy, such as carboplatin and vincristine, 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. It is not yet known whether selumetinib works better in
treating patients with NF1-associated low-grade glioma compared to standard therapy with
carboplatin and vincristine.
• 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 neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) based on clinical criteria and/or
germline genetic testing
• Patients must be newly diagnosed or have previously diagnosed NF-1 associated LGG that
has not been treated with any modality other than surgery
• For patients with optic pathway gliomas (OPGs):
• Newly-diagnosed patients with OPG are eligible if there are neurologic symptoms
(including visual dysfunction, as defined below) or other exam findings
associated with the tumor
• Previously-diagnosed patients with OPG are eligible if they have new or worsening
neurologic symptoms (including visual dysfunction, as defined below) or have
tumor growth
• For both newly-diagnosed and previously-diagnosed OPG, the patient may be
eligible, irrespective of whether there has been tumor growth or other
neurological symptoms or worsening, if they meet at least one of the following
visual criteria:
• Visual worsening, defined as worsening of visual acuity (VA) or visual
fields (VF) documented within the past year (by examination or history); OR
• Significant visual dysfunction (defined as VA worse than normal for age by
0.6 logMAR [20/80, 6/24, or 2.5/10] or more in one or both eyes)
• For patients with LGG in other locations (i.e., not OPGs):
• Newly-diagnosed patients with LGG are eligible if there are neurologic symptoms
or other exam findings associated with the tumor
• NOTE: Newly-diagnosed patients with LGG without associated neurologic
symptoms or exam findings are not eligible
• Previously-diagnosed patients with LGG are eligible if they have new or worsening
neurologic symptoms or have tumor growth
• Although not required, if a biopsy/tumor resection is performed, eligible histologies
will include all tumors considered LGG 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 must have two-dimensional measurable tumor >= 1 cm^2
• Patients with metastatic disease or multiple independent primary LGGs are allowed on
study
• Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration Rate (GFR) >= 70
mL/min/1.73 m^2 OR a serum creatinine based on age/gender (within 7 days prior to
enrollment) as follows:
• Age; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL)
• 2 to < 6 years; 0.8 (male) and 0.8 (female)
• 6 to < 10 years; 1 (male) and 1 (female)
• 10 to < 13 years; 1.2 (male) and 1.2 (female)
• 13 to < 16 years; 1.5 (male) and 1.4 (female)
• >= 16 years; 1.7 (male) and 1.4 (female)
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (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 glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) =< 3 x
upper limit of normal (ULN) = 135 U/L (within 7 days prior to enrollment). For the
purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L
• Albumin >= 2 g/dL (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 (within 4 weeks prior to enrollment)
• Corrected QT (QTc) interval =< 450 msec by electrocardiography (EKG) (within 4 weeks
prior to enrollment)
• Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,000/uL (unsupported) (within 7 days prior to
enrollment)
• Platelets >= 100,000/uL (unsupported) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
• Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL (may be supported) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
• Patients with a known seizure disorder should be stable and should have not
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 gender at the time of enrollment. Patients >= 18 years of age must
have a blood pressure =< 130/80 mmHg at the time of enrollment (with or without the
use of antihypertensive medications).
• Note: Adequate blood pressure can be achieved using medication for the treatment
of hypertension
• All patients must have ophthalmology toxicity assessments performed within 4 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 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• For patients who undergo a surgery on the target tumor (not required), a pre- and
post-operative* MRI of the brain (with orbital cuts for optic pathway tumors) or spine
(depending on the site(s) of primary disease) with and without contrast must also be
performed within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• The post-operative MRIs should be performed ideally within 48 hours after surgery
if possible
• 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
• Patients must have receptive and expressive language skills in English or Spanish to
complete the quality of life (QOL) and neurocognitive assessments
• 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.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Patients must not have received any prior tumor-directed therapy including
chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, or bone marrow transplant. Prior
surgical intervention is permitted
• Patients with a concurrent malignancy or history of treatment (other than surgery) for
another tumor within the last year are ineligible
• Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
• Patients with any serious medical or psychiatric illness/ condition, including
substance use disorders likely in the judgement of the investigator to interfere or
limit compliance with study requirements/treatment are not eligible
• 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
12 weeks after stopping study therapy are not eligible
• Note: Women of child-bearing potential and males with sexual partners who are
pregnant or who could become pregnant (i.e., women of child-bearing potential)
should use effective methods of contraception for the duration of the study and
for 12 weeks after stopping study therapy to avoid pregnancy and/or potential
adverse effects on the developing embryo
• Cardiac conditions:
• 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 Heart Association (NYHA) class II-IV prior or current cardiomyopathy
• Severe valvular heart disease
• History of atrial fibrillation
• Ophthalmologic conditions:
• 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
• Ophthalmological findings secondary to long-standing optic pathway glioma (such
as visual loss, optic nerve pallor, or strabismus) or longstanding
orbito-temporal plexiform neurofibroma (PN), such as visual loss, strabismus)
will NOT be considered a significant abnormality for the purposes of the study
• Treatments and/or medications patient is receiving that would make her/him ineligible,
such as:
• 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
placement for vascular access or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diverting procedures
such as endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and ventriculo-peritoneal (VP)
shunt.
• Note: Patients must have healed from any prior surgery prior to enrollment
• Patients who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible
• life expectancy of less than 24 hours
• anoxic brain injury or an uncontrolled metabolic condition as primary cause of SE
• treatment of current SE episode with IV anesthetics
Drug: Ganaxolone, Drug: Placebo
Epilepsy, Status Epilepticus, Convulsive Status EPILEPTICUS, Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus
The PATHway Study: Primary Care Based Depression Prevention in Adolescents (PATHway)
Prevention of depressive disorders has become a key priority for the NIMH, but the
investigators have no widely available public health strategy to reduce morbidity and
mortality. To address this need, the investigators developed and evaluated the primary care
based-technology "behavioral vaccine," Competent Adulthood Transition with
Cognitive-Behavioral Humanistic and Interpersonal Therapy (CATCH-IT). The investigators will
engage N=4 health systems representative of the United States health care system, and conduct
a factorial design study to optimize the intervention in preparation for an implementation
study and eventual dissemination.
• Adolescents ages 13 through 18 years, and
• Adolescents must be experiencing an elevated level of depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 =
5-18), and
• Adolescents will be included if they have had past depressive episode/s, but not if
they are in a current depressive episode.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Outside age range:
1. 12 or younger
2. 19 or older
2. Adolescent is a non-English speaker/reader
3. On the PHQ-9 screening, depression symptom level is:
1. PHQ-9 = 4 or lower
2. PHQ-9 =19 or higher
4. As assessed by the MINI Kid, a current depressive episode
5. As assessed by the MINI Kid, adolescent meets DSM-5 criteria for a psychotic or
bipolar disorder.
6. Currently using medication therapy for depression, anxiety, or other internalizing
disorders.
7. Currently engaged in individual treatment for a mood disorder (assessed by BCC during
phone screen)
8. Currently engaged in a cognitive-behavioral group or therapy (assessed by BCC during
phone screen)
9. Any past psychiatric hospitalizations
10. Any past suicide attempt or incident of self-harm with moderate or greater lethality
11. Extreme, current drug/alcohol abuse (determined by clinician follow up following a
score of 3 or greater on the CRAFFT)
12. Current suicidal thoughts
1. Eligibility will be determined on a case-by-case basis during the baseline PhQ-9
and MINI Kid assessment process and after a consultation with a licensed mental
health clinician has taken place. If adolescent report suicidal ideation on the
baseline PhQ-9, and found ineligible, the MINI Kid assessment may not be
required.
2. Adolescents with current (within the past 6 months), active suicidal feelings
will be excluded.
3. Adolescents with passive thoughts of death or suicide but report to the mental
health clinician that they would never act on these thoughts may be admitted,
depending on the severity of the risk.
4. Adolescents with past (greater than 6 months ago) ideation who are determined to
be low risk will be admitted into the study if there has never been an attempt of
moderate or greater lethality.
13. Significant reading impairment (a minimum sixth-grade reading level based on parental
report) and/or significant intellectual or developmental disabilities
14. Not willing to comply with the study protocol
15. Did not complete phone assessment with MINI Kid by BCC
16. Not affiliated with any of the sites listed in Appendix A.
17. Parent/guardian does not speak English or Spanish
18. Parent/guardian has a cognitive or intellectual impairment
19. Participant Declined/Changed Mind/Uninterested in participating
Behavioral: Competent Adulthood Transition with Cognitive-Behavioral, Humanistic and Interpersonal Training
Depression, Mental Disorder in Adolescence
Adolescents Depression, Internet intervention, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Prevention, MOST design
A Study of the Drug Selinexor With Radiation Therapy in Patients With Newly-Diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine (DIPG) Glioma and High-Grade Glioma (HGG)
This phase I/II trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of selinexor given in
combination with standard radiation therapy in treating children and young adults with newly
diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) or high-grade glioma (HGG) with a genetic
change called H3 K27M mutation. It also tests whether combination of selinexor and standard
radiation therapy works to shrink tumors in this patient population. Glioma is a type of
cancer that occurs in the brain or spine. Glioma is considered high risk (or high-grade) when
it is growing and spreading quickly. The term, risk, refers to the chance of the cancer
coming back after treatment. DIPG is a subtype of HGG that grows in the pons (a part of the
brainstem that controls functions like breathing, swallowing, speaking, and eye movements).
This trial has two parts. The only difference in treatment between the two parts is that some
subjects treated in Part 1 may receive a different dose of selinexor than the subjects
treated in Part 2. In Part 1 (also called the Dose-Finding Phase), investigators want to
determine the dose of selinexor that can be given without causing side effects that are too
severe. This dose is called the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). In Part 2 (also called the
Efficacy Phase), investigators want to find out how effective the MTD of selinexor is against
HGG or DIPG. Selinexor blocks a protein called CRM1, which may help keep cancer cells from
growing and may kill them. It is a type of small molecule inhibitor called selective
inhibitors of nuclear export (SINE). Radiation therapy uses high energy to kill tumor cells
and shrink tumors. The combination of selinexor and radiation therapy may be effective in
treating patients with newly-diagnosed DIPG and H3 K27M-Mutant HGG.
• STEP 0: Patients must be >= 12 months and =< 21 years of age at the time of enrollment
on Step 0.
• Please note:
• This age range includes pre-screening for all HGG patients. Individual
treatment protocols may have different age criteria.
• Non-DIPG patients with tumors that do not harbor an H3K27M-mutation and are
>= 18 years of age will not be eligible to enroll on ACNS1821 (Step 1).
• STEP 0: Patient is suspected of having localized, newly diagnosed HGG, excluding
metastatic disease, OR patient has an institutional diagnosis of DIPG
• STEP 0:
• For patients with non-pontine tumors: Patient and/or their parents or legal
guardians have signed informed consent for eligibility screening on APEC14B1 Part
A.
• For patients with DIPG: Patient and/or their parents or legal guardians have
signed informed consent for ACNS1821.
• STEP 0:
• For patients with non-pontine tumors only, the specimens obtained at the time of
diagnostic biopsy or surgery must be submitted through APEC14B1 ASAP, preferably
within 5 calendar days of definitive surgery
• STEP 1: Patients must be >= 12 months and =< 21 years of age at the time of enrollment
• STEP 1: Patients must have newly-diagnosed DIPG or HGG (including DMG).
• STEP 1: Stratum DIPG
• Patients with newly-diagnosed typical DIPG, defined as tumors with a pontine
epicenter and diffuse involvement of at least 2/3 of the pons on at least 1 axial
T2 weighted image, are eligible. No histologic confirmation is required.
• Patients with pontine tumors that do not meet radiographic criteria for typical
DIPG (e.g., focal tumors or those involving less than 2/3 of the pontine
cross-sectional area with or without extrapontine extension) are eligible if the
tumors are biopsied and proven to be high-grade gliomas (such as anaplastic
astrocytoma, glioblastoma, high-grade glioma not otherwise specified [NOS],
and/or H3 K27M-mutant) by institutional diagnosis.
• STEP 1: Stratum DMG (with H3 K27M mutation)
• Patients must have newly-diagnosed non-pontine H3 K27M-mutant HGG without BRAF
V600 or IDH1 mutations as confirmed by Rapid Central Pathology and Molecular
Screening Reviews performed on APEC14B1
• Note: Patients need not have either measurable or evaluable disease, i.e., DMG
patients may have complete resection of their tumor prior to enrollment. Primary
spinal tumors are eligible for enrollment. For rare H3 K27M-mutant HGG in
non-midline structures (e.g., cerebral hemispheres), these patients will be
considered part of Stratum DMG.
• STEP 1: Stratum HGG (without H3 K27M mutation)
• Patients must have newly-diagnosed non-pontine H3 K27M-wild type HGG without BRAF
V600 or IDH1 mutations as confirmed by Rapid Central Pathology and Molecular
Screening Reviews performed on APEC14B1
• Please note:
• Patients who fall in this category and who are >= 18 years of age are not
eligible due to another standard-of-care regimen (radiation/temozolomide)
that is available
• Patients need not have either measurable or evaluable disease, i.e., HGG
patients may have complete resection of their tumor prior to enrollment.
Primary spinal tumors are eligible for enrollment
• STEP 1: 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 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.
• STEP 1: Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1000/uL (within 7 days prior to
step 1 enrollment)
• STEP 1: Platelet count >= 100,000/uL (transfusion independent) (within 7 days prior to
step 1 enrollment)
• STEP 1: Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dL (may receive red blood cell [RBC] transfusions) (within
7 days prior to step 1 enrollment)
• STEP 1: Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70
mL/min/1.73 m^2 (within 7 days prior to step 1 enrollment) or
A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows (within 7 days prior to step 1
enrollment):
• Age / Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL)
• 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
• STEP 1: Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
• STEP 1: 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.
• STEP 1: Serum amylase =< 1.5 x ULN
• STEP 1: Serum lipase =< 1.5 x ULN
• STEP 1: No evidence of dyspnea at rest, no exercise intolerance, and a pulse
oximetry > 94% if there is clinical indication for determination.
• STEP 1: Patients with seizure disorder may be enrolled if on anticonvulsants
and well controlled.
• STEP 1: Patients must be enrolled and protocol therapy must begin no later
than 31 days after the date of radiographic diagnosis (in the case of
non-biopsied DIPG patients only) or definitive surgery, whichever is the
later date (Day 0).
For patients who have a biopsy followed by resection, the date of resection will be
considered the date of definitive diagnostic surgery. If a biopsy only was performed, the
biopsy date will be considered the date of definitive diagnostic surgery.
Exclusion Criteria:
• STEP 1: Patients must not have received any prior therapy for their central nervous
system (CNS) malignancy except for surgery and steroid medications.
• STEP 1: Patients who are currently receiving another investigational drug are not
eligible.
• STEP 1: Patients who are currently receiving other anti-cancer agents are not
eligible.
• STEP 1: Patients >=18 years of age who have H3 K27M-wild type HGG.
• STEP 1: Patients who have an uncontrolled infection.
• STEP 1: Patients who have received a prior solid organ transplantation.
• STEP 1: Patients with grade > 1 extrapyramidal movement disorder.
• STEP 1: Patients with known macular degeneration, uncontrolled glaucoma, or cataracts.
• STEP 1: Patients with metastatic disease are not eligible; MRI of spine with and
without contrast must be performed if metastatic disease is suspected by the treating
physician.
• STEP 1: Patients with gliomatosis cerebri type 1 or 2 are not eligible, with the
exception of H3 K27M-mutant bithalamic tumors.
• STEP 1: Patients who are not able to receive protocol specified radiation therapy.
• STEP 1:
• Female patients who are pregnant are ineligible since there is yet no available
information regarding human fetal or teratogenic toxicities.
• Lactating females are not eligible unless they have agreed not to breastfeed
their infants. It is not known whether selinexor is excreted in human milk.
• Female patients of childbearing potential are not eligible unless a negative
pregnancy test result has been obtained.
• Sexually active patients of reproductive potential are not eligible unless they
have agreed to use two effective methods of birth control (including a medically
accepted barrier method of contraception, e.g., male or female condom) for the
duration of their study participation and for 90 days after the last dose of
selinexor. Abstinence is an acceptable method of birth control.
Targeted Therapy Directed by Genetic Testing in Treating Pediatric Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Advanced Solid Tumors, Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas, or Histiocytic Disorders (The Pediatric MATCH Screening Trial)
This Pediatric MATCH screening and multi-sub-study phase II trial studies how well treatment
that is directed by genetic testing works in pediatric patients with solid tumors,
non-Hodgkin lymphomas, or histiocytic disorders that have progressed following at least one
line of standard systemic therapy and/or for which no standard treatment exists that has been
shown to prolong survival. Genetic tests look at the unique genetic material (genes) of
patients' tumor cells. Patients with genetic changes or abnormalities (mutations) may benefit
more from treatment which targets their tumor's particular genetic mutation, and may help
doctors plan better treatment for patients with solid tumors or non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
• ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ENROLLMENT ONTO APEC1621SC: Patients must be >= 12 months and
=< 21 years of age at the time of study enrollment
• ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ENROLLMENT ONTO APEC1621SC: Patients with recurrent or
refractory solid tumors, including non-Hodgkin lymphomas, histiocytoses (e.g.
langerhans cell histiocytosis [LCH], juvenile xanthogranuloma [JXG], histiocytic
sarcoma), and central nervous system (CNS) tumors are eligible; patients must have had
histologic verification of malignancy at original diagnosis or relapse except in
patients with intrinsic brain stem tumors, optic pathway gliomas, or patients with
pineal tumors and elevations of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or serum tumor markers
including alpha-fetoprotein or beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG); in cases where
patient enrolls prior to histologic confirmation of recurrent disease, patient is
ineligible and should be withdrawn from study if histology fails to confirm
recurrence; please note: Patients with Hodgkin lymphoma and plexiform neurofibroma are
not eligible
• ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ENROLLMENT ONTO APEC1621SC: Tumor Testing Requirement: Tumor
sample availability requirement for stage 1 of Pediatric MATCH (patients enrolled from
start of study in July 2017 through 12/31/21); Patients must have an formalin-fixed
paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor sample available for MATCH study testing from a biopsy
or surgery that was performed at any point after initial tumor recurrence/progression,
or be planned to have a procedure to obtain such a sample that is considered to be of
potential benefit by the treating clinicians; a tumor sample from a clinically
performed diagnostic (pre-treatment) biopsy will be acceptable for enrollment onto
Pediatric MATCH only for children with high-grade gliomas of the brainstem (diffuse
intrinsic pontine gliomas) or thalamus
• Please note: Samples that have been decalcified using standardly utilized
acid-based decalcification methods are not generally suitable for MATCH study
testing; the nucleic acids will have been degraded in the decalcification process
• ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ENROLLMENT ONTO APEC1621SC: Tumor molecular profiling report
availability requirement for Stage 2 of Pediatric MATCH (patients enrolled starting
2022): In stage 2 of the study, no tumor samples will be submitted for centralized
clinical tumor profiling; instead, a tumor molecular profiling report from a College
of American Pathologists (CAP)/ Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments
(CLIA)-approved testing laboratory must be submitted for review by the Molecular
Review Committee (MRC)
• This molecular profiling must have been performed on a tumor sample that was
obtained at any point after initial tumor recurrence/progression and must be
accompanied by a pathology report for the same tumor specimen; a molecular
profiling report for a diagnostic (pre-treatment) tumor sample will be acceptable
for enrollment onto Pediatric MATCH only for children with high-grade gliomas of
the brainstem (diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas) or thalamus. In the event that
molecular profiling reports are available from multiple timepoints, the most
recent report should be prioritized for study submission
• ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ENROLLMENT ONTO APEC1621SC: Karnofsky >= 50% for patients >
16 years of age and Lansky >= 50 for patients =< 16 years of age); note: neurologic
deficits in patients with central nervous system (CNS) tumors must have been stable
for at least 7 days prior to study enrollment; patients 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
• ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ENROLLMENT ONTO APEC1621SC: Patients must have
radiographically measurable disease; measurable disease based on imaging obtained less
than or equal to 56 days prior to enrollment; patients with neuroblastoma who do not
have measurable disease but have metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) positive (+) evaluable
disease are eligible; measurable disease in patients with CNS involvement is defined
as any lesion that is at minimum 10 mm in one dimension on standard magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT)
• Note: The following do not qualify as measurable disease:
• Malignant fluid collections (e.g., ascites, pleural effusions)
• Bone marrow infiltration except that detected by MIBG scan for neuroblastoma
• Lesions only detected by nuclear medicine studies (e.g., bone, gallium or
positron emission tomography [PET] scans) except as noted for neuroblastoma
• Elevated tumor markers in plasma or CSF
• Previously radiated lesions that have not demonstrated clear progression
post radiation
• Leptomeningeal lesions that do not meet the measurement requirements for
Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1
• GENERAL INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: NOTE: patient does not need to meet all
subprotocol criteria at time of enrollment onto the APEC1621SC screening protocol, but
will need to meet all criteria prior to enrollment on any assigned treatment
subprotocol. Patients must be enrolled onto a subprotocol within 2 weeks (14 days) of
treatment assignment
• GENERAL INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: Karnofsky >= 50% for patients > 16 years
of age and Lansky >= 50 for patients =< 16 years of age); Note: neurologic deficits in
patients with CNS tumors must have been stable for at least 7 days prior to study
enrollment; patients 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
• GENERAL INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: At the time of treatment with subprotocol
specified therapy, the patients must have radiographically measurable disease;
patients with neuroblastoma who do not have measurable disease but have MIBG+
evaluable are eligible; measurable disease in patients with CNS involvement is defined
as any lesion that is at minimum 10 mm in one dimension on standard MRI or CT
• Note: The following do not qualify as measurable disease:
• Malignant fluid collections (e.g., ascites, pleural effusions)
• Bone marrow infiltration except that detected by MIBG scan for neuroblastoma
• Lesions only detected by nuclear medicine studies (e.g., bone, gallium or
positron emission tomography [PET] scans) except as noted for neuroblastoma
• Elevated tumor markers in plasma or CSF
• Previously radiated lesions that have not demonstrated clear progression
post radiation
• Leptomeningeal lesions that do not meet the measurement requirements for
RECIST 1.1
• GENERAL INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: At the time of enrollment onto a
subprotocol, the following general criteria for initiation of therapy will be
required:
• Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior
anticancer therapy and must meet the following minimum duration from prior
anticancer directed therapy prior to enrollment to the subprotocol; 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 anticancer agents known to be
myelosuppressive: for agents not listed, the duration of this interval must
be discussed with the study chair and the study-assigned research
coordinator prior to enrollment >= 21 days after the last dose of cytotoxic
or myelosuppressive chemotherapy (42 days if prior nitrosourea)
• Anticancer agents not known to be myelosuppressive (e.g. not associated with
reduced platelet or absolute neutrophil counts [ANC]): >= 7 days after the
last dose of agent; for agents not listed, the duration of this interval
must be discussed with the study chair and the study-assigned research
coordinator prior to enrollment
• 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
• Hematopoietic growth factors: >= 14 days after the last dose of a
long-acting growth factor (e.g. Neulasta) 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; the duration of this interval must
be discussed with the study chair and the study-assigned research
coordinator
• 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: >= 42 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.)
• X-ray 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; note: radiation may not be delivered to "measurable disease"
tumor site(s) being used to follow response to subprotocol treatment
• Radiopharmaceutical therapy (e.g., radiolabeled antibody, 131I-MIBG): >= 42
days after systemically administered radiopharmaceutical therapy
• GENERAL INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: For patients with solid tumors without
known bone marrow involvement:
• Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1000/mm^3
• Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3 (transfusion independent, defined as not receiving
platelet transfusions for at least 7 days prior to enrollment)
• GENERAL INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: 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
• GENERAL INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: 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:
• Age: 1 to < 2 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): male 0.6; female 0.6
• Age: 2 to < 6 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): male 0.8; female 0.8
• Age: 6 to < 10 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): male 1; female 1
• Age: 10 to < 13 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): male 1.2; female 1.2
• Age: 13 to < 16 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): male 1.5; female 1.4
• Age: >= 16 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): male 1.7; female 1.4
• GENERAL INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: Bilirubin (sum of conjugated +
unconjugated) =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
• GENERAL INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase
(SGPT) (alanine transferase [ALT]) =< 135 U/L (for the purpose of this study, the ULN
for SGPT is 45 U/L)
• GENERAL INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: Patients must be able to swallow intact
capsules/tablets, unless otherwise specified in the subprotocol to which they are
assigned
• GENERAL INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: Agent specific limitations on prior
therapy will be included with specific treatment subprotocols
Exclusion Criteria:
• GENERAL EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: 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 currently no available information
regarding human fetal or teratogenic toxicities; pregnancy tests must be obtained in
females who are post-menarchal; males or females of reproductive potential may not
participate unless they have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method
• GENERAL EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: Concomitant medications
• Corticosteroids: at the time of consent and enrollment to regimen specific
subprotocols, patients receiving corticosteroids who have not been on a stable or
decreasing dose of corticosteroid for at least 7 days prior to enrollment to the
subprotocol will not be eligible; if used to modify immune adverse events related
to prior therapy, >= 14 days must have elapsed since last dose of corticosteroid
• Investigational drugs: patients must meet criteria for prior therapy at the time
of consent and enrollment to a subprotocol; other investigational agents may not
be administered to patients while they are receiving study drug as part of a
subprotocol
• Anticancer agents: patients must meet criteria for prior therapy at the time of
consent and enrollment to a subprotocol; other investigational agents may not be
administered to patients while they are receiving study drug as part of a
subprotocol
• 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
• GENERAL EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: Patients who have an uncontrolled
infection are not eligible
• GENERAL EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: Patients who have had a prior solid organ
transplant are not eligible
• GENERAL EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SUBPROTOCOLS: Additional agent specific criteria will
be included with specific treatment subprotocols
Active Surveillance, Bleomycin, Etoposide, Carboplatin or Cisplatin in Treating Pediatric and Adult Patients With Germ Cell Tumors
This phase III trial studies how well active surveillance help doctors to monitor subjects
with low risk germ cell tumors for recurrence after their tumor is removed. When the germ
cell tumors has spread outside of the organ in which it developed, it is considered
metastatic. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as bleomycin, carboplatin, etoposide, and
cisplatin, 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. The trial studies
whether carboplatin or cisplatin is the preferred chemotherapy to use in treating metastatic
standard risk germ cell tumors.
• There is no age limit for the low risk stratum (stage I ovarian immature teratoma and
stage I non-seminoma or seminoma malignant GCT [all sites])
• Standard risk 1: Patient must be < 11 years of age at enrollment
• Standard risk 2: Patients must be >= 11 and < 25 years of age at enrollment
• Patients enrolling on one of the low risk arms must be newly diagnosed with a stage I
germ cell tumor; for the standard risk arms, patients must be newly diagnosed with
metastatic germ cell tumor (stage II or higher); histologic confirmation of a primary
extracranial germ cell tumor in any of the categories outlined below is required of
all patients at enrollment except for those who were initially diagnosed with stage I
non-seminoma malignant GCT and later recur during observation post surgery off study;
for these patients, if elevated tumor markers rise to > 5 x upper limit of normal
(ULN) on at least 2 measurements taken at least 1 week apart, a diagnostic biopsy is
not required for enrollment
• Low risk stage I immature teratoma (IT); site: ovarian; stage: Children's Oncology
Group (COG) stage I, Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IA and IB;
grade: 2 or 3; histology: pure immature teratoma (may contain microscopic foci of yolk
sac tumor), mixed immature and mature teratoma, (no pathological evidence of MGCT);
tumor markers: alpha-FP =< 1,000 ng/mL, beta-HCG institutional normal; all ages
• Low risk stage I non-seminoma MGCT; site: ovarian, testicular, or extragonadal; stage:
COG stage I, FIGO stage IA and IB, American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)
testicular stage IA, IB and IS; histology: must contain at least one of the following:
yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma, or choriocarcinoma (pure or mixed); all ages
• Low risk stage I seminoma-MGCT; site: testicular; stage: COG stage I; AJCC testicular
stage IA IB, and IS; histology: must contain at least one of the following: may
contain immature/mature teratoma; may NOT contain yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma,
or choriocarcinoma; all ages
• Standard risk 1 (SR1); site: ovarian, testicular, or extragonadal; stage: COG stage
II-IV, FIGO stage IC, FIGO stage II-IV (International Germ Cell Consensus
Classification [IGCCC] criteria DO NOT apply); histology: must contain at least one of
the following: yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma, or choriocarcinoma; age (years) <
11
• Standard risk 2 (SR2)
• Site: ovarian; stage: COG stage II and III, FIGO stage IC, II and III; histology:
must contain at least one of the following: yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma,
or choriocarcinoma; age (years) >= 11 and < 25
• Site: testicular; stage: COG stage II-IV, AJCC stage II, III, IGCCC good risk;
histology: must contain at least one of the following: yolk sac tumor, embryonal
carcinoma, or choriocarcinoma; tumor markers: must be IGCCC good risk; post op:
alpha-FP < 1,000 ng/mL, beta-HCG < 5,000 IU/mL and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) <
3.0 x normal; age (years) >= 11 and < 25
• Site: extragonadal; stage: COG stage II; histology: must contain at least one of
the following: yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma, or choriocarcinoma; age
(years) >= 11 and < 25
• Notes:
• IGCCC criteria only apply to SR2 patients with a testicular primary tumor
• Use post-op tumor marker levels to determine IGCCC risk group
• Stage 1 seminoma patients are not eligible for the standard risk arms of the
study
• For the low risk stage I non-seminoma MGCT and the standard risk arms, components
of yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma, or choriocarcinoma can be mixed with
other forms of GCT, such as seminoma or mature or immature teratoma; if yolk sac
tumor is the only malignant component present, then it must be deemed by the
pathologist to be greater than a "microscopic component" of yolk sac tumor
• Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology
Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1, 2 or 3; use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and
Lansky for patients =< 16 years of age
• Organ function requirements apply ONLY to patients who will receive chemotherapy (SR1
and SR2 patients)
• Adequate renal function defined as:
• Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70
mL/min/1.73 m^2 (within 7 days prior to enrollment) OR
• A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows (within 7 days prior to enrollment):
(mg/dL)
• 1 month to < 6 months male: 0.4 female: 0.4
• 6 months to < 1 year male: 0.5 female: 0.5
• 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
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (within 7 days prior to
enrollment)
• Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) (aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) or
serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) < 2.5 x
upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (for the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT
is 45 U/L) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
• Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,000/mm^3 (within 7 days prior to
enrollment) AND
• Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3 (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
• Patients enrolling on the standard risk arms must be medically fit to receive protocol
treatment and with no contraindications to protocol treatment
• Eligibility criteria to participate in the pilot study of the AYA-Hears instrument
(patient reported outcomes [PROs] of ototoxicity) Note: participants in group 1 will
not receive AGCT1531 protocol-directed therapy; all other AYA-HEARS patients must be
enrolled on the AGCT1531 SR2 arm in order to participate
• >= 11 and < 25 years old at enrollment
• Able to fluently speak and read English
• Has received prior cisplatin- or carboplatin-based chemotherapy regimen for malignancy
including diagnoses other than germ cell tumor
• Followed for cancer or survivorship care at one of the following institutions:
• Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
• Hospital for Sick Children
• Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
• Oregon Health and Science University
• Seattle Children's Hospital
• Yale University
Exclusion Criteria:
• Patients with any diagnoses not listed including:
• Stage I testicular cancer patients who have undergone primary RPLND
(retroperitoneal lymph node dissection)
• Pure dysgerminoma
• Pure mature teratoma
• Pure immature teratoma COG stage I, grade I
• Pure immature teratoma COG stage I, grade 2,3 with alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) >=
1000 ng/mL
• Pure immature teratoma COG stage II •IV or FIGO stage IC to IV
• "Poor risk" GCT (age >= 11 years old and COG stage IV ovarian, COG stage III or
IV EG, or IGCCC intermediate or poor risk testicular), or
• Primary central nervous system (CNS) germ cell tumor
• Germ cell tumor with somatic malignant transformation
• Spermatocytic seminoma
• Patients must have had no prior systemic therapy for the current cancer diagnosis
• Patients must have had no prior radiation therapy with the exception of CNS
irradiation of brain metastases; (this exception only applies to SR1 patients; any
patients over age 11 with distant metastases to brain [stage IV disease] would be
considered poor risk and therefore not eligible for this trial)
• Patients with significant, pre-existing co-morbid respiratory disease that
contraindicate the use of bleomycin are ineligible for the standard risk arms of the
trial
• 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; (this criteria applies ONLY to patients who will
receive chemotherapy [SR1 and SR2 patients])
• Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants; (this criteria applies ONLY to
patients who will receive chemotherapy [SR1 and SR2 patients])
• Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an
effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation; (this
criteria applies ONLY to patients who will receive chemotherapy [SR1 and SR2
patients])
Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Malignant Germ Cell Tumor, Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Embryonal Carcinoma, Stage I Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, Stage II Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, Stage III Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, Stage IV Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, Testicular Mixed Choriocarcinoma and Embryonal Carcinoma, Testicular Mixed Choriocarcinoma and Teratoma, Testicular Mixed Choriocarcinoma and Yolk Sac Tumor, Stage I Testicular Choriocarcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage I Testicular Embryonal Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage I Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor AJCC v6 and v7, Stage II Testicular Choriocarcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage II Testicular Embryonal Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage II Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor AJCC v6 and v7, Stage III Testicular Choriocarcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage III Testicular Embryonal Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage III Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor AJCC v6 and v7, Malignant Ovarian Teratoma, Stage I Ovarian Embryonal Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage I Ovarian Teratoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage I Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor AJCC v6 and v7, Stage II Ovarian Embryonal Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage II Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor AJCC v6 and v7, Stage III Ovarian Embryonal Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage III Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IV Ovarian Embryonal Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IV Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor AJCC v6 and v7, Other Female Genital, Other Male Genital, Ovary, Unknown Sites, Stage I Testicular Seminoma AJCC v6 and v7
UT Southwestern; Children’s Health; Parkland Health & Hospital System
Evaluation of [18F]FLT PET/CT as an Early Predictor of Outcome in Pediatric Solid Tumors
The experimental [18F]FLT-PET/CT will be completed before initiation of chemotherapy at
either diagnosis or initiation of salvage chemotherapy at relapse and prior to the third
cycle (or month) of chemotherapy. Laboratory analysis and correlative radiology, as directed
per clinical care based on the primary diagnosis, are required within 30 days of the baseline
[18F]FLT PET/CT. Follow-up will comprise 24 months of standard practice treatment and follow
up.
• Patients with histologically confirmed solid tumor malignancies with residual tumors
present that require standard of care chemotherapy for a minimum number of cycles. All
anatomical sites and all tumor histologies are eligible including central nervous
system tumors. Both newly diagnosed and/or newly relapsed patients are eligible.
• Patients ages 8 •25 years
• In the opinion of the investigator, patients must be thought to be able to lie still
for imaging without sedation for 20 •30 minutes.
• Patients must have a performance status of > 50% (Lansky or Karnofsky).
• Patients of childbearing potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test
as per institution's standard of care within 7 days prior to [18F]FLT PET/CT imaging.
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent/assent.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Patients with known allergic or hypersensitivity reactions to previously administered
radiopharmaceuticals of similar chemical or biologic composition to [18F]FLT
• Newly diagnosed subjects who had prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy before enrollment
in the study. Relapsed patients are eligible prior to starting their relapsed
chemotherapy regimen if they meet the other eligibility criteria.
• Subjects for whom chemotherapy is not a standard of care primary therapy option.
• Patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
• Patients with no residual tumor (i.e. complete resection at diagnosis or relapse).
Drug: [18F]FLT-PET/CT
Sarcoma, Solid Tumor, Brain and Nervous System, Eye and Orbit, Anus, Breast - Female, Breast - Male, Carcinoid Tumor, Cervix, Colon, Corpus Uteri, Ear, Esophagus, Gall Bladder, Head and Neck, Kidney, Larynx, Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx, Liver, Lung/Thoracic, Melanoma, skin, Nose, Ovary, Pancreas, Prostate, Rectum, Stomach, Throat, Thyroid, Urinary Bladder, Uterine (Endometrial), Vulva, Small Intestine, Soft Tissue
A Study of Oral LOXO-292 (Selpercatinib) in Pediatric Participants With Advanced Solid or Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumors (LIBRETTO-121)
This is an open-label, multi-center Phase 1/2 study of oral LOXO-292 in pediatric
participants with an activating rearranged during transfection (RET) alteration and an
advanced solid or primary CNS tumor.
• Advanced or metastatic solid or primary CNS tumor which has failed standard of care
therapies
• Evidence of an activating RET gene alteration in the tumor and/or blood
• Measurable or non-measurable disease
• Karnofsky (participants 16 years and older) or Lansky (participants younger than 16)
performance score of at least 50
• Participant with primary CNS tumors or cerebral metastases must be neurologically
stable for 7 days prior and must not have required increasing doses of steroids within
the last 7 days
• Adequate hematologic, hepatic and renal function.
• Ability to receive study drug therapy orally or via gastric access
• Willingness of men and women of reproductive potential to observe conventional and
effective birth control
Exclusion Criteria:
• Major surgery within two weeks prior to planned start of LOXO-292
• Clinically significant, uncontrolled cardiac, cardiovascular disease or history of
myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to planned start of LOXO-292
• Active uncontrolled systemic bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infection
• Clinically significant active malabsorption syndrome
• Pregnancy or lactation
• Uncontrolled symptomatic hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism (i.e. the participant
required a modification to current thyroid medication in the 7 days before start of
LOXO-292)
• Uncontrolled symptomatic hypercalcemia or hypocalcemia
• Known hypersensitivity to any of the components of the investigational agent, LOXO-292
or Ora-Sweet® SF and OraPlus®, for participants who will receive LOXO-292 suspension
• Prior treatment with a selective RET inhibitor(s) (including investigational selective
RET inhibitor[s])