Molecular-Guided Therapy for Childhood Cancer

NCT ID: NCT02162732

Last Updated: 2025-11-03

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

186 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-07-08

Study Completion Date

2024-01-18

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility (ability to be done) of experimental technologies to determine a tumor's molecular makeup. This technology includes a genomic report based on DNA exomes and RNA sequencing that will be used to discover new ways to understand cancers and potentially predict the best treatments for patients with cancer in the future.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Neuroblastoma Medulloblastoma Glioma Ependymoma Choroid Plexus Neoplasms Craniopharyngioma Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor Meningioma Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (PNETs) Germ Cell Tumors Rhabdomyosarcoma Non-rhabdomyosarcoma Ewings Sarcoma Osteosarcoma Wilms Tumor Renal Cell Carcinoma Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor Clear Cell Sarcoma Liver Tumors

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Guided Therapy

A total of 200 neuroblastoma, brain tumor, and rare tumor patients will be treated. Guided therapy will allow the use of any therapeutic combination (up to 4 agents) provided it includes medications contained in the study report. All patients will be followed for survival, disease response, progression and safety. All patients will be treated according to the discretion of the treating oncologist and study committee (minimum 3 oncologists and one pharmacist). Extent of disease will be measured and assessed for changes throughout the course of the study and at 6-8 week intervals (every 2 cycles).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Guided Therapy

Intervention Type DEVICE

A total of 200 neuroblastoma, brain tumor, and rare tumor patients will be treated. Guided therapy will allow the use of any therapeutic combination (up to 4 agents) provided it includes medications contained in the study report. All patients will be followed for survival, disease response, progression and safety. All patients will be treated according to the discretion of the treating oncologist and study committee (minimum 3 oncologists and one pharmacist). Extent of disease will be measured and assessed for changes throughout the course of the study and at 6-8 week intervals (every 2 cycles).

Interventions

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Guided Therapy

A total of 200 neuroblastoma, brain tumor, and rare tumor patients will be treated. Guided therapy will allow the use of any therapeutic combination (up to 4 agents) provided it includes medications contained in the study report. All patients will be followed for survival, disease response, progression and safety. All patients will be treated according to the discretion of the treating oncologist and study committee (minimum 3 oncologists and one pharmacist). Extent of disease will be measured and assessed for changes throughout the course of the study and at 6-8 week intervals (every 2 cycles).

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Subjects must have proven pediatric cancer with confirmation at diagnosis or at the time of recurrence/progression and clinical determination of disease for which there is no known effective curative therapy or disease that is refractory to established proven therapies fitting into one of the following categories:

* Neuroblastoma- Patients that have relapsed following standard of care therapy (such as high risk patients, patient presenting after age 15 months or MYCN amplified, and only following (for eligible patients) high-dose chemotherapy followed by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and maintenance therapy with retinoic acid and antibody therapy) or having progressed during standard of care therapy and non-responsive/progressive to accepted curative chemotherapy.
* Brain Tumors
* Medulloblastomas (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation\] and/or non-responsive/progressive on accepted curative therapy)
* Gliomas (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery and/or radiation and/or chemotherapy\] and/or non-responsive/progressive on accepted curative therapy)
* Ependymomas (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery with or without radiation\] and/or non-responsive/progressive on accepted curative therapy)
* Choroid plexus tumors (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery\] and/or non-responsive/progressive on accepted curative therapy)
* Craniopharyngiomas (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery or suppressive therapy\] and/or non-responsive/progressive on accepted curative therapy)
* Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNETs) (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery\] and/or non-responsive/progressive on accepted curative therapy)
* Meningiomas (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery\] and/or non-responsive/progressive on accepted curative therapy)
* Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (PNETs) (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation\] and/or non-responsive/progressive on accepted curative therapy)
* Germ cell tumors (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery, and/or radiation and/or chemotherapy\] and/or non-responsive/progressive on accepted curative therapy)
* Rare Tumors:
* Soft tissue sarcoma Rhabdomyosarcoma (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery, and/or radiation, chemotherapy\] and/or non-responsive/progressive to accepted curative chemotherapy) Non-rhabdomyosarcoma (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery, and/or radiation, chemotherapy\] and/or non-responsive/progressive to accepted curative chemotherapy)
* Bone Ewings sarcoma (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery, and/or radiation, chemotherapy\] and/or non- responsive/progressive to accepted curative chemotherapy) Osteosarcoma (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery, chemotherapy\] and/or non- responsive/progressive to accepted curative chemotherapy)
* Renal Wilms tumor (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery, and/or radiation, chemotherapy\] and/or non- responsive/progressive to accepted chemotherapy) Renal cell carcinoma (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery, chemotherapy\] and/or non- responsive/progressive to accepted curative chemotherapy) Malignant rhabdoid tumor (At diagnosis, as there is no known curative therapy) Clear Cell Sarcoma- (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[radiation, chemotherapy\] and/or non- responsive/progressive to accepted curative chemotherapy) Germ Cell tumors (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery, chemotherapy\] and/or non-responsive/progressive to accepted curative chemotherapy)
* Liver Tumors (At relapse after standard of care therapy \[surgery, chemotherapy\] and/or non- responsive/progressive to accepted curative chemotherapy)
2. Subjects must be age \>12 months at enrollment
3. Subjects must be age ≤ 21 years at initial diagnosis
4. Subjects must have measurable disease as demonstrated by residual abnormal tissue at a primary or metastatic site (measurable on CT or MRI) at the time of biopsy; tumor must be accessible for biopsy. In addition, subjects with bone or bone marrow only disease expected to be \>75% tumor are eligible to enroll.
5. Current disease state must be one for which there is currently no known effective therapy
6. Specimens will be obtained only in a non-significant risk manner and not solely for the purpose of investigational testing.
7. Lansky or Karnofsky Score must be ≥ 50
8. Subjects without bone marrow metastases must have an ANC \> 750/μl to begin treatment.
9. Subjects with CNS disease must have been on a stable dose of steroids for 2 weeks prior to their biopsy and must not have progressive hydrocephalus at enrollment.
10. Adequate liver function must be demonstrated, defined as:

* Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age AND
* ALT (SGPT) \< 10 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
11. A negative serum pregnancy test is required for female participants of child bearing potential (≥13 years of age or after onset of menses)
12. Both male and female post-pubertal study subjects need to agree to use one of the more effective birth control methods during treatment and for six months after treatment is stopped. These methods include total abstinence (no sex), oral contraceptives ("the pill"), an intrauterine device (IUD), levonorgestrol implants (Norplant), or medroxyprogesterone acetate injections (Depo-provera shots). If one of these cannot be used, contraceptive foam with a condom is recommended.
13. Informed Consent: All subjects and/or legal guardians must sign informed written consent. Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained according to institutional guidelines

Exclusion Criteria

1. Subjects who have received any cytotoxic chemotherapy within the last 7 days prior to biopsy
2. Subjects who have received any radiotherapy to the primary sample site within the last 14 days (radiation may be included in treatment decision after biopsy).
3. Subjects receiving any investigational drug concurrently.
4. Subjects with uncontrolled serious infections or a life-threatening illness (unrelated to tumor)
5. Subjects with any other medical condition, including malabsorption syndromes, mental illness or substance abuse, deemed by the Investigator to be likely to interfere with the interpretation of the results or which would interfere with a subject's ability to sign or the legal guardian's ability to sign the informed consent, and subject's ability to cooperate and participate in the study
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Translational Genomics Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Dell, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Giselle Sholler

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Giselle Sholler

Study Chair

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Giselle Sholler, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Beat Childhood Cancer at Atrium Health

Locations

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Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Site Status

Rady Children's Hospital

San Diego, California, United States

Site Status

Connecticut Children's Hospital

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Site Status

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

Orlando, Florida, United States

Site Status

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Site Status

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital and Clinics on Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status

The Children's Hospital at Montefiore

The Bronx, New York, United States

Site Status

Levine Children's Hospital

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Randall Children's Hospital

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Children's Hospital

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Site Status

Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Dell Children's Blood and Cancer Center

Austin, Texas, United States

Site Status

Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Primary Children's Hospital

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Site Status

American University of Beirut Medical Center

Beirut, , Lebanon

Site Status

Countries

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United States Lebanon

References

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Sholler GLS, Bergendahl G, Lewis EC, Kraveka J, Ferguson W, Nagulapally AB, Dykema K, Brown VI, Isakoff MS, Junewick J, Mitchell D, Rawwas J, Roberts W, Eslin D, Oesterheld J, Wada RK, Pastakia D, Harrod V, Ginn K, Saab R, Bielamowicz K, Glover J, Chang E, Hanna GK, Enriquez D, Izatt T, Halperin RF, Moore A, Byron SA, Hendricks WPD, Trent JM. Molecular-guided therapy for the treatment of patients with relapsed and refractory childhood cancers: a Beat Childhood Cancer Research Consortium trial. Genome Med. 2024 Feb 12;16(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13073-024-01297-5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38347552 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Related Links

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https://beatcc.org/

Beat Childhood Cancer

Other Identifiers

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NMTRC009

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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