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Lutathera for Treatment of Recurrent or Progressive High-Grade CNS Tumors
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ALL
4 years to 39 years old
PHASE1
NCT05278208
All participants must meet the following inclusion and exclusion criteria. No exceptions will be given. Imaging studies to establish eligibility must be done within three weeks prior to enrollment. All other clinical evaluations to establish eligibility (except for \[68Ga\]Ga-DOTATATE PET) must be done within 7 days prior to enrollment.
• Screening Criteria
• 1 Diagnosis Patient must have a diagnosis of primary high-grade CNS tumor (any histopathologic diagnosis that is WHO grade III-IV) or meningioma (any histologic grade) that is recurrent, progressive, or refractory. Note that patients with DIPG (based on radiographic/clinical diagnosis) who have undergone biopsy will be eligible with histologic diagnosis of grade II-IV infiltrating glioma. All tumors must have histologic verification either at the time of diagnosis or recurrence, except for patients meningioma who have not previously undergone biopsy or resection. Note: Refractory disease is defined as the presence of persistent abnormality on conventional MRI that is further distinguished by histology (biopsy or sample of lesion) or advanced imaging, OR as determined by the treating physician and discussed with the primary investigator prior to enrollment.
• 2 Prior Therapy Patients must have recurred/progressed following prior standard therapy for their tumor. Note: Patients with meningioma, atypical meningioma, or anaplastic meningioma must have received at least surgical resection or radiation.
• 3 Screening Consent Participant/legal guardian is willing to sign a screening consent for \[68Ga\]Ga-DOTATATE PET imaging. The screening consent is to be obtained according to institutional guidelines. Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained according to institutional guidelines.
• Eligibility Criteria * Phase I Age Patient must be ≥ 4 and \<12 years of age at the time of enrollment. Disease Status: Patients who participate in the efficacy expansion cohort must have bi-dimensionally measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least two dimensions Patients with measurable extraneural disease only are also eligible. * Phase II Age Patient must be 12 to \ • Inclusion Criteria
• 1 Uptake on \[68Ga\]Ga-DOTATATE PET Patients must have uptake on DOTATATE PET/CT in at least one tumor lesion (corresponding to known disease) equivalent to a Krenning score ≥2 (confirmed by central radiology review).
• 2 Prior Therapy Patients must have recovered from the acute treatment related toxicities (defined as ≤ grade 1 if not defined in eligibility criteria) of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, or any other treatment modality prior to entering this study.
• 3 Chemotherapy Patients must have received their last dose of known myelosuppressive anticancer therapy at least 21 days prior to enrollment or at least 42 days if nitrosourea.
• 4 Investigational/Biologic Agent ●Biologic or investigational agent (anti-neoplastic): Patient must have recovered from any acute toxicity potentially related to the agent and received their last dose of the investigational or biologic agent ≥ 7 days prior to study enrollment. 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. ●Monoclonal Antibodies and agents with known prolonged half-lives: Patient must have recovered from any acute toxicity potentially related to the agent and received their last dose of the agent ≥ 28 days prior to study enrollment.
• 5 Radiation Patients must have had their last fraction of: * Craniospinal irradiation or total body irradiation or radiation to \> 50% of pelvis \> 3 months prior to enrollment. * Focal irradiation \> 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• 6 Stem Cell Transplant Patient must be: * ≥ 6 months since allogeneic stem cell transplant prior to enrollment with no evidence of active graft vs. host disease * ≥ 3 months since autologous stem cell transplant prior to enrollment
• 7 Growth Factors Patients must be off all colony-forming growth factor(s) for at least 1 week prior to enrollment (e.g. filgrastim, sargramostim or erythropoietin). Two weeks must have elapsed if patients received long-acting formulations.
• 8 Thrombopoietin receptor agonist * Phase I: Patients must be off thrombopoietin receptor agonists for at least 1 week prior to enrollment (e.g. romiplostim, eltrombopag) * Phase II: Patients can receive concurrent thrombopoietin receptor agonists
• 9 Somatostatin analogs Patients must be off long-acting somatostatin analogs for at least 4 weeks and off short-acting somastatin analogs (i.e., octreotide) for at least 24 hours.
• 10 Neurologic Status * Patients with neurological deficits should have deficits that are stable for a minimum of 1 week prior to enrollment, documented by a detailed neurological exam. * Patients with seizure disorders may be enrolled if seizures are well controlled.
• 11 Performance Status Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS for \> 16 years of age) or Lansky Performance Score (LPS for ≤ 16 years of age) assessed within two weeks of enrollment must be ≥ 50. Patients who are unable to walk because of neurologic deficits, but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing the performance score
• 12 Organ Function Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function, for eligibility and enrollment, as defined below: * Adequate Bone Marrow Function as defined as: * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.0 x 109 cells/ L * Platelets ≥100 x 109 cells/ L (unsupported, defined as no platelet transfusion within 7 days) * Hemoglobin ≥8 g/dl (may receive transfusions) * Adequate Renal Function as defined as: * Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR \>70mL/min/1.73m2 OR * A serum creatinine based on (Schwartz et al. J. Peds, 106:522, 1985) age/gender as follows: 1 to \< 2 years: maximum serum creatinine 0.6 mg/dL for males and females. 2 to \< 6 years: maximum serum creatinine 0.8 mg/dL for males and females. 6 to \< 10 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.0 mg/dL for males and females. 10 to \< 13 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.2 mg/dL for males and females. 13 to \< 16 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dL for males and 1.4 mg/dL for females. ≥ 16 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.7 mg/dL for males and 1.4 mg/dL for females. * Adequate Liver Function as defined as: * Total bilirubin ≤ 3 times institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) for age * AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 3 times institutional ULN * Serum albumin ≥ 2g/dL * Coagulation parameters: INR \<1.5 times ULN and aPTT \<1.5 times ULN unless patients are receiving therapeutic anticoagulation which affects these parameters * Adequate Cardiac Function as defined as: * Ejection fraction of ≥ 55% by echocardiogram * Serum electrolytes (Sodium, Potassium, Chloride) within institutional limits of normal (patients can be on enteral supplementation)
• 13 Corticosteroids Patients who are receiving dexamethasone must be on a stable or decreasing dose for at least 1 week prior to enrollment, with a maximum dexamethasone dose of 2.5mg/m2/day.
• 14 Pregnancy Status Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required.
• 15 Pregnancy Prevention Patients of childbearing or child fathering potential must be willing to use a medically acceptable form of birth control, which includes abstinence, while being treated on this study and for at least 7 months after drug cessation in females of childbearing potential and for at least 4 months after drug cessation in males of child fathering potential.
• 16 Informed Consent The patient or parent/guardian is able to understand the consent and is willing to sign a written informed consent document according to institutional guidelines.
• Exclusion Criteria
• 1 Confirmed bone marrow metastatic disease Patients with confirmed metastatic disease to bone marrow are ineligible.
• 2 Presence of bulky disease Patients with bulky disease on imaging as described below are ineligible. Treating physicians are encouraged to request a rapid central imaging review to confirm fulfillment of these criteria if there are questions or concerns. Bulky disease is defined as: * Tumor with evidence of clinically significant uncal herniation or midline shift. * Tumor with diameter of \>5cm in one dimension on T2/FLAIR. * Tumor that in the opinion of the site investigator shows significant mass effect in either the brain or spine. Note that patients with metastatic or multi-focal disease (with exception of bone marrow) are eligible as long as no sites of disease meet above criteria for bulky disease.
• 3 Breast-feeding Nursing mothers are excluded from this study. There is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with Lutathera.
• 4 Concurrent Illness * Patients with a history of any other malignancy, except patients with a secondary brain tumor if the patient's prior malignancy has been in remission for at least 5 years from the end of treatment. * Patients with any clinically significant unrelated systemic illness (serious infections or significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic or other organ dysfunction), that in the opinion of the investigator would compromise the patient's ability to tolerate protocol therapy, put them at additional risk for toxicity or would interfere with the study procedures or results. * Patients with type I diabetes.
• 5 Concomitant Medications * Patients who are receiving any other anti-cancer or investigational drug therapy are ineligible. * Prior or current treatment with 177Lu-DOTATATE/TOC or 90Y-DOTATATE/TOC.
• 6 Prisoners will be excluded from this study.
• 7 Inability to participate: Patients who in the opinion of the investigator are unwilling or unable to return for required follow-up visits, obtain follow-up studies required to assess toxicity to therapy, or adhere to drug administration plan, other study procedures, and study restrictions.
• Inclusion of Women and Minorities Both males and females of all races and ethnic groups are eligible for this study.
• Screening Criteria
• 1 Diagnosis Patient must have a diagnosis of primary high-grade CNS tumor (any histopathologic diagnosis that is WHO grade III-IV) or meningioma (any histologic grade) that is recurrent, progressive, or refractory. Note that patients with DIPG (based on radiographic/clinical diagnosis) who have undergone biopsy will be eligible with histologic diagnosis of grade II-IV infiltrating glioma. All tumors must have histologic verification either at the time of diagnosis or recurrence, except for patients meningioma who have not previously undergone biopsy or resection. Note: Refractory disease is defined as the presence of persistent abnormality on conventional MRI that is further distinguished by histology (biopsy or sample of lesion) or advanced imaging, OR as determined by the treating physician and discussed with the primary investigator prior to enrollment.
• 2 Prior Therapy Patients must have recurred/progressed following prior standard therapy for their tumor. Note: Patients with meningioma, atypical meningioma, or anaplastic meningioma must have received at least surgical resection or radiation.
• 3 Screening Consent Participant/legal guardian is willing to sign a screening consent for \[68Ga\]Ga-DOTATATE PET imaging. The screening consent is to be obtained according to institutional guidelines. Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained according to institutional guidelines.
• Eligibility Criteria * Phase I Age Patient must be ≥ 4 and \<12 years of age at the time of enrollment. Disease Status: Patients who participate in the efficacy expansion cohort must have bi-dimensionally measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least two dimensions Patients with measurable extraneural disease only are also eligible. * Phase II Age Patient must be 12 to \ • Inclusion Criteria
• 1 Uptake on \[68Ga\]Ga-DOTATATE PET Patients must have uptake on DOTATATE PET/CT in at least one tumor lesion (corresponding to known disease) equivalent to a Krenning score ≥2 (confirmed by central radiology review).
• 2 Prior Therapy Patients must have recovered from the acute treatment related toxicities (defined as ≤ grade 1 if not defined in eligibility criteria) of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, or any other treatment modality prior to entering this study.
• 3 Chemotherapy Patients must have received their last dose of known myelosuppressive anticancer therapy at least 21 days prior to enrollment or at least 42 days if nitrosourea.
• 4 Investigational/Biologic Agent ●Biologic or investigational agent (anti-neoplastic): Patient must have recovered from any acute toxicity potentially related to the agent and received their last dose of the investigational or biologic agent ≥ 7 days prior to study enrollment. 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. ●Monoclonal Antibodies and agents with known prolonged half-lives: Patient must have recovered from any acute toxicity potentially related to the agent and received their last dose of the agent ≥ 28 days prior to study enrollment.
• 5 Radiation Patients must have had their last fraction of: * Craniospinal irradiation or total body irradiation or radiation to \> 50% of pelvis \> 3 months prior to enrollment. * Focal irradiation \> 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• 6 Stem Cell Transplant Patient must be: * ≥ 6 months since allogeneic stem cell transplant prior to enrollment with no evidence of active graft vs. host disease * ≥ 3 months since autologous stem cell transplant prior to enrollment
• 7 Growth Factors Patients must be off all colony-forming growth factor(s) for at least 1 week prior to enrollment (e.g. filgrastim, sargramostim or erythropoietin). Two weeks must have elapsed if patients received long-acting formulations.
• 8 Thrombopoietin receptor agonist * Phase I: Patients must be off thrombopoietin receptor agonists for at least 1 week prior to enrollment (e.g. romiplostim, eltrombopag) * Phase II: Patients can receive concurrent thrombopoietin receptor agonists
• 9 Somatostatin analogs Patients must be off long-acting somatostatin analogs for at least 4 weeks and off short-acting somastatin analogs (i.e., octreotide) for at least 24 hours.
• 10 Neurologic Status * Patients with neurological deficits should have deficits that are stable for a minimum of 1 week prior to enrollment, documented by a detailed neurological exam. * Patients with seizure disorders may be enrolled if seizures are well controlled.
• 11 Performance Status Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS for \> 16 years of age) or Lansky Performance Score (LPS for ≤ 16 years of age) assessed within two weeks of enrollment must be ≥ 50. Patients who are unable to walk because of neurologic deficits, but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing the performance score
• 12 Organ Function Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function, for eligibility and enrollment, as defined below: * Adequate Bone Marrow Function as defined as: * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.0 x 109 cells/ L * Platelets ≥100 x 109 cells/ L (unsupported, defined as no platelet transfusion within 7 days) * Hemoglobin ≥8 g/dl (may receive transfusions) * Adequate Renal Function as defined as: * Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR \>70mL/min/1.73m2 OR * A serum creatinine based on (Schwartz et al. J. Peds, 106:522, 1985) age/gender as follows: 1 to \< 2 years: maximum serum creatinine 0.6 mg/dL for males and females. 2 to \< 6 years: maximum serum creatinine 0.8 mg/dL for males and females. 6 to \< 10 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.0 mg/dL for males and females. 10 to \< 13 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.2 mg/dL for males and females. 13 to \< 16 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dL for males and 1.4 mg/dL for females. ≥ 16 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.7 mg/dL for males and 1.4 mg/dL for females. * Adequate Liver Function as defined as: * Total bilirubin ≤ 3 times institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) for age * AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 3 times institutional ULN * Serum albumin ≥ 2g/dL * Coagulation parameters: INR \<1.5 times ULN and aPTT \<1.5 times ULN unless patients are receiving therapeutic anticoagulation which affects these parameters * Adequate Cardiac Function as defined as: * Ejection fraction of ≥ 55% by echocardiogram * Serum electrolytes (Sodium, Potassium, Chloride) within institutional limits of normal (patients can be on enteral supplementation)
• 13 Corticosteroids Patients who are receiving dexamethasone must be on a stable or decreasing dose for at least 1 week prior to enrollment, with a maximum dexamethasone dose of 2.5mg/m2/day.
• 14 Pregnancy Status Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required.
• 15 Pregnancy Prevention Patients of childbearing or child fathering potential must be willing to use a medically acceptable form of birth control, which includes abstinence, while being treated on this study and for at least 7 months after drug cessation in females of childbearing potential and for at least 4 months after drug cessation in males of child fathering potential.
• 16 Informed Consent The patient or parent/guardian is able to understand the consent and is willing to sign a written informed consent document according to institutional guidelines.
• Exclusion Criteria
• 1 Confirmed bone marrow metastatic disease Patients with confirmed metastatic disease to bone marrow are ineligible.
• 2 Presence of bulky disease Patients with bulky disease on imaging as described below are ineligible. Treating physicians are encouraged to request a rapid central imaging review to confirm fulfillment of these criteria if there are questions or concerns. Bulky disease is defined as: * Tumor with evidence of clinically significant uncal herniation or midline shift. * Tumor with diameter of \>5cm in one dimension on T2/FLAIR. * Tumor that in the opinion of the site investigator shows significant mass effect in either the brain or spine. Note that patients with metastatic or multi-focal disease (with exception of bone marrow) are eligible as long as no sites of disease meet above criteria for bulky disease.
• 3 Breast-feeding Nursing mothers are excluded from this study. There is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with Lutathera.
• 4 Concurrent Illness * Patients with a history of any other malignancy, except patients with a secondary brain tumor if the patient's prior malignancy has been in remission for at least 5 years from the end of treatment. * Patients with any clinically significant unrelated systemic illness (serious infections or significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic or other organ dysfunction), that in the opinion of the investigator would compromise the patient's ability to tolerate protocol therapy, put them at additional risk for toxicity or would interfere with the study procedures or results. * Patients with type I diabetes.
• 5 Concomitant Medications * Patients who are receiving any other anti-cancer or investigational drug therapy are ineligible. * Prior or current treatment with 177Lu-DOTATATE/TOC or 90Y-DOTATATE/TOC.
• 6 Prisoners will be excluded from this study.
• 7 Inability to participate: Patients who in the opinion of the investigator are unwilling or unable to return for required follow-up visits, obtain follow-up studies required to assess toxicity to therapy, or adhere to drug administration plan, other study procedures, and study restrictions.
• Inclusion of Women and Minorities Both males and females of all races and ethnic groups are eligible for this study.
DRUG: LUTATHERA® (Lutetium Lu 177 dotatate)
High Grade Glioma, Meningioma, Embryonal Tumor, Medulloblastoma, Anaplastic Ependymoma, Recurrent Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, Recurrent Malignant Glioma, Recurrent Medulloblastoma, Recurrent Primary Central Nervous System Neoplasm, Refractory Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, Refractory Malignant Glioma, Refractory Medulloblastoma, Refractory Primary Central Nervous System Neoplasm
Somatostatin Receptor, DOTATATE, Lutathera
A Study of Treatment for Medulloblastoma Using Sodium Thiosulfate to Reduce Hearing Loss
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ALL
4 years to 21 years old
PHASE3
NCT05382338
Inclusion Criteria:
* PRE-ENROLLMENT: Patients must be ≥ 4 years and ≤ 21 years of age at the time of enrollment
* PRE-ENROLLMENT: Patient is suspected to have newly-diagnosed medulloblastoma by institutional diagnosis
* Please note: Patients with a pending result of CSF cytology tests are eligible for NCI-2014-02057 (APEC14B1-Central Nervous System \[CNS\]) and CNS/Medulloblastoma Pre Enrollment Eligibility Screening
* PRE-ENROLLMENT: The patient and/or their parents or legal guardians must have signed informed consent for APEC14B1 Part A - Eligibility Screening and consent for the Molecular Characterization Initiative (MCI)
* PRE-ENROLLMENT: The required specimens are projected to be submitted under APEC14B1-CNS as soon as possible, preferably within 5 days of definitive surgery
* PRE-ENROLLMENT: All patients must have rapid central pathology review under APEC14B1-CNS prior to study enrollment on ACNS2031 step 1 in order to avoid discordant diagnoses and to verify diagnosis criterion for treatment on ACNS2031.
* Note: Patients with a pending result of CSF cytology tests are eligible for the rapid central pathology screening review. Confirmation of CSF negativity is needed for enrollment on the ACNS2031 protocol
* PRE-ENROLLMENT: All patients must have rapid central molecular screening review under APEC14B1-CNS prior to study enrollment on ACNS2031 step 1, in order to avoid discordant diagnoses and to verify diagnosis criterion for treatment on ACNS2031
* PRE-ENROLLMENT: All patients who have histopathology confirmed must have rapid central imaging screening review under APEC14B1 prior to study enrollment on ACNS2031 step 1
* Note: Patients must not have metastatic disease on cranial or spinal MRI. Patients with \> 1.5 cm\^2 residual tumor after initial surgical resection may undergo a second surgical resection prior to subsequent therapy to render them eligible for this study. The day of the second resection to remove residual tumor will be regarded as the day of definitive surgery (Day 0) and must be within a month (31 days) of the initial resection
* PRE-ENROLLMENT: All patients who have histopathology confirmed must have rapid central audiology review under APEC14B1-CNS prior to study enrollment on ACNS2031 step 1
* Patients must be \>= 4 years and =\< 21 years of age at the time of enrollment
* Patients must be newly diagnosed and have eligibility confirmed by rapid central pathology and molecular screening reviews performed on APEC14B1 and via the Molecular Characterization Initiative
* Average-risk cohort
* Clinico-pathologic criteria:
* M0 disease
* No diffuse anaplastic histology AND
* Molecular criteria:
* SHH, p53wt, GLI2 normal, MYCN normal, no chromosome 14q loss
* Group 3, MYC normal, no isochromosome 17q
* Group 4, no chromosome 11 loss
* Low-risk features cohort
* Clinico-pathologic criteria:
* M0 disease
* No diffuse anaplastic histology AND
* Molecular criteria:
* Group 4, chromosome 11 loss
* Patients must have negative lumbar CSF cytology
* Note: CSF cytology for staging should be performed no sooner than 14 days post operatively to avoid false positive CSF. Ideally, CSF should be obtained between day 14 and day 21 to allow for final staging status before enrollment onto the study. Patients with positive CSF cytology obtained 0 to 14 days after surgery should have cytology repeated to determine eligibility and final CSF status. Patients with negative CSF cytology from lumbar puncture obtained 0 to 14 days after surgery do not need cytology repeated. Patients with negative CSF cytology from lumbar puncture obtained prior to surgery do not need cytology repeated post-operatively
* Patients must have eligibility confirmed by Rapid Central Imaging Review performed on APEC14B1. Patients must have =\< 1.5 cm\^2 cross-sectional area of residual tumor. Whole brain MRI with and without gadolinium and spine MRI with gadolinium must be performed
* Patients must weigh \> 10 kg
* Patients must be enrolled, and protocol therapy must be projected to begin, no later than 31 days after definitive diagnostic surgery (day 0)
* Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1000/uL (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Platelet count \>= 100,000/uL (transfusion independent) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Hemoglobin \>= 8.0 g/dL (may receive red blood cell count \[RBC\] transfusions) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* A serum creatinine (within 7 days prior to enrollment) based on age/sex as follows:
* 4 to \< 6 years (age); 0.8 mg/dL (male) 0.8 mg/dL (female)
* 6 to \< 10 years (age); 1 mg/dL (male) 1 mg/dL (female)
* 10 to \< 13 years (age); 1.2 mg/dL (male) 1.2 mg/dL (female)
* 13 to \< 16 years (age); 1.5 mg/dL (male) 1.4 mg/dL (female)
* \>= 16 years (age); 1.7 mg/dL (male) 1.4 mg/dL (female) OR a 24 hour urine Creatinine clearance \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 (within 7 days prior to enrollment) OR a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 (within 7 days prior to enrollment). GFR must be performed using direct measurement with a nuclear blood sampling method OR direct small molecule clearance method (iothalamate or other molecule per institutional standard)
* Note: Estimated GFR (eGFR) from serum creatinine, cystatin C or other estimates are not acceptable for determining eligibility
* Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\]) =\< 135 U/L (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
* Note: For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT (ALT) has been set to the value of 45 U/L
* Central nervous system function defined as:
* Patients with seizure disorder may be enrolled if on anticonvulsants and well controlled
* Patients must not be in status epilepticus, a coma or assisted ventilation at the time of study enrollment
* Auditory function defined as:
* Patients must have normal hearing (defined as International Society of Pediatric Oncology \[SIOP\] grade 0) in at least one ear confirmed by rapid central audiology review performed on APEC14B1 prior to enrollment
* 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 with metastatic disease by either MRI evaluation or lumbar CSF cytology are not eligible. Patients who are unable to undergo a lumbar puncture for assessment of CSF cytology are ineligible
* Patients must not have received any prior radiation therapy or chemotherapy (tumor-directed therapy) other than surgical intervention and/or corticosteroids
* Patients must not have any known hypersensitivity to STS, sulfates/sulfites, or other thiol agents (e.g., amifostine, n-acetylcysteine, MESNA, and captopril)
* Pregnancy and Breastfeeding:
* 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 PROCEDURE: Audiometric Test, PROCEDURE: Auditory Brainstem Response, PROCEDURE: Biospecimen Collection, DRUG: Cisplatin, DRUG: Cyclophosphamide, DRUG: Lomustine, PROCEDURE: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, OTHER: Quality-of-Life Assessment, RADIATION: Radiation Therapy, DRUG: Sodium Thiosulfate, OTHER: Survey Administration, DRUG: Vincristine
Childhood Medulloblastoma
PEP-CMV Vaccine Targeting CMV Antigen to Treat Newly Diagnosed Pediatric HGG and DIPG and Recurrent Medulloblastoma
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ALL
3 years to 39 years old
PHASE2
NCT05096481
Inclusion Criteria for patients with recurrent /progressive medulloblastoma (stratum I)
• Age: Patients must be ≥3 and ≤39 years of age at the time of study enrollment
• Diagnosis: Patients must have a diagnosis of medulloblastoma that is recurrent, progressive or refractory. All patients must have histological verification of a medulloblastoma, at original diagnosis or relapse. • Patients must have measurable disease defined as a lesion that can be measured in two perpendicular diameters on MRI.
• Metastatic Disease: Patients with M+ disease are eligible.
• Performance Status: Karnofsky ≥ 50% for patients \>16 years of age or Lansky ≥ 50 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.
• Prior Therapy:
• Radiotherapy: prior radiotherapy requirements Patients must have received prior disease-directed therapy including radiotherapy for their initial diagnosis of medulloblastoma unless patients are less than 4 years of age at the time of enrollment. For those less than 4 years of age at the time of enrollment, prior disease directed therapy does not have to include prior radiotherapy. Patients must have had their last fraction of: * Craniospinal irradiation, total body irradiation or radiation to ≥ 50% of pelvis \> 3 months prior to enrollment. * Focal irradiation \> 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• Myelosuppressive anticancer therapy: Patients must have received their last dose of myelosuppressive anticancer therapy at least 21 days prior to enrollment
• Immunotherapy: Patients must have received their last dose of any immunotherapy agents at least 30 days prior to enrollment
• Non-myelosuppressive anticancer agents: Patients must have received their last dose of non-myelosuppressive anticancer agents at least 7 days prior to study enrollment.
• Antibodies: Patients must have received their last dose of any antibodies at least 21 days prior to enrollment.
• Hematopoietic growth factors: Patients must have received their last dose of hematopoietic growth factors at least 14 days prior to enrollment for a long-acting growth factor (e.g. pegfilgrastim) or 7 days prior to enrollment for short-acting growth factor.
• Autologous stem cell infusion: At least 90 days must have elapsed after an autologous stem cell infusion
• Organ Function Requirements:
• Adequate bone marrow function defined as: * ANC (Absolute neutrophil count) ≥ 1000/µl. * Platelets ≥ 100,000/µl. (may be supported) * Hemoglobin \> 8 g/dL. (may be supported)
• Adequate Renal Function defined as: Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR ≥ 70ml/min/1.73 m2 or A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows: Age: Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL) * 2 to \< 6 years: 0.8 (Male) 0.8 (Female) * 6 to \< 10 years: 1 (Male) 1 (Female) * 10 to \< 13 years: 1.2 (Male) 1.2 (Female) * 13 to \< 16 years: 1.5 (Male) 1.4 (Female) * ≥ 16 years: 1.7 (Male) 1.4 (Female)
• Adequate Liver Function Defined as * Total bilirubin ≤1.5 times institutional ULN * AST(SGOT) ≤3 × institutional upper limit of normal * ALT(SGPT) ≤3 × institutional upper limit of normal
• Adequate Neurological Function Defined as * Patients with neurological deficits should have deficits that are stable for a minimum of 2 weeks prior to enrollment. * Patients with current seizure disorders may be enrolled if seizures are well- controlled on antiepileptic therapies.
• Patients of childbearing or child-fathering potential must be willing to use a medically acceptable form of birth control, which includes abstinence, while being treated on this study and for three months after drug cessation.
• Signed informed consent according to institutional guidelines must be obtained prior to enrollment. Inclusion Criteria for Patients with Newly-Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas (HGG) (stratum II, CLOSED on 19Aug2026) and Newly-Diagnosed (DIPG) (stratum III)
• Age: Patients must be ≥3 and ≤39 years of age at the time of study enrollment
• Diagnosis
• Stratum II \[CLOSED on 19Aug2026\]: patients must have histologically confirmed, newly-diagnosed HGG (such as anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma, H3K27-altered DMG). * Patients with a newly-diagnosed HGG must enroll within 6 weeks of their final dose of standard radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy. * Patients with primary spinal cord tumors are eligible
• Stratum III: Patients with a newly-diagnosed DIPG: * Patients with a radiographically typical DIPG, defined as a tumor with a pontine epicenter and diffuse involvement of more than 2/3 of the pons, are eligible without histologic confirmation. * Patients with brainstem lesions that do not meet these radiographic criteria will be eligible if there is histologic confirmation of an infiltrating astrocytoma WHO grades II-IV.
• Metastatic Disease: Patients with M+ disease are eligible.
• Performance Status: Karnofsky ≥ 50 for patients \> 16 years of age and Lansky ≥ 50 for patients ≤ 16 years of age (See Appendix I). 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.
• Prior Therapy requirements: Patients must have received no prior therapy other than surgery, radiation, chemotherapy during radiotherapy and/or steroids (dexamethasone with goal to wean dexamethasone throughout protocol therapy). Patients with a newly diagnosed high-grade glioma or DIPG must enroll within 6 weeks of their final dose of standard of care radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy.
• Patients with HGG or DIPG are permitted, but not required, to have received chemotherapy during radiation. Bevacizumab is permitted prior to enrollment in patients with DIPG or HGG. Patients must have received their last dose of bevacizumab at least 14 days prior to enrollment.
• For HGG patients, Patients must have received radiotherapy at a standard dose of 54-59.4 Gy in 1.8 Gy fractions for approximately 6 weeks with an acceptable variance of 10%. Radiation therapy must have begun no later than 42 days after the date definitive surgery.
• For patients with DIPG, Patients must have received radiotherapy at a standard dose of radiotherapy of 54 Gy in 1.8 Gy daily fractions for approximately 6 weeks with an acceptable variance rate of 10%. Radiation therapy must have begun no later than 42 days after the date of radiographic diagnosis or biopsy
• For patients with spinal cord HGG: Patients must have received radiotherapy at a standard dose of 45-54 Gy in 1.8 Gy fractions for approximately 6-7 weeks with an acceptable variance of 10%
• For patients with metastatic disease: Patients may have received standard dose CSI
• Organ Function Requirements:
• Adequate bone marrow function defined as • ANC (Absolute neutrophil count) ≥ 1000/µl. • Platelets ≥ 100,000/µl. (may be supported) • Hemoglobin \> 8 g/dL. (may be supported)
• Adequate Renal Function defined as: Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR ≥ 70ml/min/1.73 m2 or A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows: Age: Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL) • 2 to \< 6 years: 0.8 (Male) 0.8 (Female) • 6 to \< 10 years: 1 (Male) 1 (Female) • 10 to \< 13 years: 1.2 (Male) 1.2 (Female) • 13 to \< 16 years: 1.5 (Male) 1.4 (Female) • ≥ 16 years: 1.7 (Male) 1.4 (Female)
• Adequate Liver Function Defined as: • Total bilirubin ≤1.5 times institutional ULN * AST(SGOT) ≤3 × institutional upper limit of normal * ALT(SGPT) ≤3 × institutional upper limit of normal
• Adequate Neurological Function Defined as: Patients with neurological deficits should have deficits that are stable for a minimum of 1 week prior to enrollment. d. Patients of childbearing or child-fathering potential must be willing to use a medically acceptable form of birth control, which includes abstinence, while being treated on this study. e. Signed informed consent according to institutional guidelines must be obtained prior to registration and for 3 months after drug cessation. Exclusion Criteria for all strata:
• Pregnancy or Breast-Feeding:
• Pregnant or breast-feeding women will not be entered on this study due to known or unknown risks of fetal and teratogenic adverse events as seen in animal/human studies. Pregnancy tests must be obtained in girls who are post-monarchal. Males or females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method.
• Pregnancy Prevention Patients of childbearing or child fathering potential must be willing to use a medically acceptable form of birth control, which includes abstinence, while being treated on this study and for 3 months after drug cessation.
• Study Specific:
• Active infection requiring treatment
• Patients with malignancy related to HIV or solid organ transplant: known history of HIV, HBV surface antigen positivity or positive HCV antibody are not eligible. Viral testing is not required unless clinically indicated in patients without a known history
• Known immunosuppressive disease
• Patients with active renal, cardiac (congestive cardiac failure, myocardial infarction, myocarditis), or moderate to severe pulmonary problems generally defined by need for medical intervention (e.g., oxygen, medications) and/or limiting activities of daily living (generally CTCAE Grade 2 or higher) or shortness of breath with limited exertion are not eligible. Pulmonary conditions include (but are not limited to) COPD, asthma, and hemi-pneumectomy
• Patients receiving concomitant immunosuppressive agents for medical conditions; inhaled corticosteroids for asthma are allowed.
• Patients receiving concomitant tumor-directed therapy
• Patients receiving any other investigational drug therapy.
• Patients on dexamethasone \> 0.1 mg/Kg/day up to maximum dose of 4 mg/day or equivalent.
• Patients with any clinically significant unrelated systemic illness (serious infections or significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic or other organ dysfunction).
• Patients with inability to return for follow-up visits or obtain follow-up studies required to assess toxicity to therapy
• Patients at high risk for imminent neurologic decline due to extensive bulk disease, midline shift, or herniation on MRI. These patients should be discussed with the study chairs.
• Age: Patients must be ≥3 and ≤39 years of age at the time of study enrollment
• Diagnosis: Patients must have a diagnosis of medulloblastoma that is recurrent, progressive or refractory. All patients must have histological verification of a medulloblastoma, at original diagnosis or relapse. • Patients must have measurable disease defined as a lesion that can be measured in two perpendicular diameters on MRI.
• Metastatic Disease: Patients with M+ disease are eligible.
• Performance Status: Karnofsky ≥ 50% for patients \>16 years of age or Lansky ≥ 50 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.
• Prior Therapy:
• Radiotherapy: prior radiotherapy requirements Patients must have received prior disease-directed therapy including radiotherapy for their initial diagnosis of medulloblastoma unless patients are less than 4 years of age at the time of enrollment. For those less than 4 years of age at the time of enrollment, prior disease directed therapy does not have to include prior radiotherapy. Patients must have had their last fraction of: * Craniospinal irradiation, total body irradiation or radiation to ≥ 50% of pelvis \> 3 months prior to enrollment. * Focal irradiation \> 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• Myelosuppressive anticancer therapy: Patients must have received their last dose of myelosuppressive anticancer therapy at least 21 days prior to enrollment
• Immunotherapy: Patients must have received their last dose of any immunotherapy agents at least 30 days prior to enrollment
• Non-myelosuppressive anticancer agents: Patients must have received their last dose of non-myelosuppressive anticancer agents at least 7 days prior to study enrollment.
• Antibodies: Patients must have received their last dose of any antibodies at least 21 days prior to enrollment.
• Hematopoietic growth factors: Patients must have received their last dose of hematopoietic growth factors at least 14 days prior to enrollment for a long-acting growth factor (e.g. pegfilgrastim) or 7 days prior to enrollment for short-acting growth factor.
• Autologous stem cell infusion: At least 90 days must have elapsed after an autologous stem cell infusion
• Organ Function Requirements:
• Adequate bone marrow function defined as: * ANC (Absolute neutrophil count) ≥ 1000/µl. * Platelets ≥ 100,000/µl. (may be supported) * Hemoglobin \> 8 g/dL. (may be supported)
• Adequate Renal Function defined as: Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR ≥ 70ml/min/1.73 m2 or A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows: Age: Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL) * 2 to \< 6 years: 0.8 (Male) 0.8 (Female) * 6 to \< 10 years: 1 (Male) 1 (Female) * 10 to \< 13 years: 1.2 (Male) 1.2 (Female) * 13 to \< 16 years: 1.5 (Male) 1.4 (Female) * ≥ 16 years: 1.7 (Male) 1.4 (Female)
• Adequate Liver Function Defined as * Total bilirubin ≤1.5 times institutional ULN * AST(SGOT) ≤3 × institutional upper limit of normal * ALT(SGPT) ≤3 × institutional upper limit of normal
• Adequate Neurological Function Defined as * Patients with neurological deficits should have deficits that are stable for a minimum of 2 weeks prior to enrollment. * Patients with current seizure disorders may be enrolled if seizures are well- controlled on antiepileptic therapies.
• Patients of childbearing or child-fathering potential must be willing to use a medically acceptable form of birth control, which includes abstinence, while being treated on this study and for three months after drug cessation.
• Signed informed consent according to institutional guidelines must be obtained prior to enrollment. Inclusion Criteria for Patients with Newly-Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas (HGG) (stratum II, CLOSED on 19Aug2026) and Newly-Diagnosed (DIPG) (stratum III)
• Age: Patients must be ≥3 and ≤39 years of age at the time of study enrollment
• Diagnosis
• Stratum II \[CLOSED on 19Aug2026\]: patients must have histologically confirmed, newly-diagnosed HGG (such as anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma, H3K27-altered DMG). * Patients with a newly-diagnosed HGG must enroll within 6 weeks of their final dose of standard radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy. * Patients with primary spinal cord tumors are eligible
• Stratum III: Patients with a newly-diagnosed DIPG: * Patients with a radiographically typical DIPG, defined as a tumor with a pontine epicenter and diffuse involvement of more than 2/3 of the pons, are eligible without histologic confirmation. * Patients with brainstem lesions that do not meet these radiographic criteria will be eligible if there is histologic confirmation of an infiltrating astrocytoma WHO grades II-IV.
• Metastatic Disease: Patients with M+ disease are eligible.
• Performance Status: Karnofsky ≥ 50 for patients \> 16 years of age and Lansky ≥ 50 for patients ≤ 16 years of age (See Appendix I). 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.
• Prior Therapy requirements: Patients must have received no prior therapy other than surgery, radiation, chemotherapy during radiotherapy and/or steroids (dexamethasone with goal to wean dexamethasone throughout protocol therapy). Patients with a newly diagnosed high-grade glioma or DIPG must enroll within 6 weeks of their final dose of standard of care radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy.
• Patients with HGG or DIPG are permitted, but not required, to have received chemotherapy during radiation. Bevacizumab is permitted prior to enrollment in patients with DIPG or HGG. Patients must have received their last dose of bevacizumab at least 14 days prior to enrollment.
• For HGG patients, Patients must have received radiotherapy at a standard dose of 54-59.4 Gy in 1.8 Gy fractions for approximately 6 weeks with an acceptable variance of 10%. Radiation therapy must have begun no later than 42 days after the date definitive surgery.
• For patients with DIPG, Patients must have received radiotherapy at a standard dose of radiotherapy of 54 Gy in 1.8 Gy daily fractions for approximately 6 weeks with an acceptable variance rate of 10%. Radiation therapy must have begun no later than 42 days after the date of radiographic diagnosis or biopsy
• For patients with spinal cord HGG: Patients must have received radiotherapy at a standard dose of 45-54 Gy in 1.8 Gy fractions for approximately 6-7 weeks with an acceptable variance of 10%
• For patients with metastatic disease: Patients may have received standard dose CSI
• Organ Function Requirements:
• Adequate bone marrow function defined as • ANC (Absolute neutrophil count) ≥ 1000/µl. • Platelets ≥ 100,000/µl. (may be supported) • Hemoglobin \> 8 g/dL. (may be supported)
• Adequate Renal Function defined as: Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR ≥ 70ml/min/1.73 m2 or A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows: Age: Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL) • 2 to \< 6 years: 0.8 (Male) 0.8 (Female) • 6 to \< 10 years: 1 (Male) 1 (Female) • 10 to \< 13 years: 1.2 (Male) 1.2 (Female) • 13 to \< 16 years: 1.5 (Male) 1.4 (Female) • ≥ 16 years: 1.7 (Male) 1.4 (Female)
• Adequate Liver Function Defined as: • Total bilirubin ≤1.5 times institutional ULN * AST(SGOT) ≤3 × institutional upper limit of normal * ALT(SGPT) ≤3 × institutional upper limit of normal
• Adequate Neurological Function Defined as: Patients with neurological deficits should have deficits that are stable for a minimum of 1 week prior to enrollment. d. Patients of childbearing or child-fathering potential must be willing to use a medically acceptable form of birth control, which includes abstinence, while being treated on this study. e. Signed informed consent according to institutional guidelines must be obtained prior to registration and for 3 months after drug cessation. Exclusion Criteria for all strata:
• Pregnancy or Breast-Feeding:
• Pregnant or breast-feeding women will not be entered on this study due to known or unknown risks of fetal and teratogenic adverse events as seen in animal/human studies. Pregnancy tests must be obtained in girls who are post-monarchal. Males or females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method.
• Pregnancy Prevention Patients of childbearing or child fathering potential must be willing to use a medically acceptable form of birth control, which includes abstinence, while being treated on this study and for 3 months after drug cessation.
• Study Specific:
• Active infection requiring treatment
• Patients with malignancy related to HIV or solid organ transplant: known history of HIV, HBV surface antigen positivity or positive HCV antibody are not eligible. Viral testing is not required unless clinically indicated in patients without a known history
• Known immunosuppressive disease
• Patients with active renal, cardiac (congestive cardiac failure, myocardial infarction, myocarditis), or moderate to severe pulmonary problems generally defined by need for medical intervention (e.g., oxygen, medications) and/or limiting activities of daily living (generally CTCAE Grade 2 or higher) or shortness of breath with limited exertion are not eligible. Pulmonary conditions include (but are not limited to) COPD, asthma, and hemi-pneumectomy
• Patients receiving concomitant immunosuppressive agents for medical conditions; inhaled corticosteroids for asthma are allowed.
• Patients receiving concomitant tumor-directed therapy
• Patients receiving any other investigational drug therapy.
• Patients on dexamethasone \> 0.1 mg/Kg/day up to maximum dose of 4 mg/day or equivalent.
• Patients with any clinically significant unrelated systemic illness (serious infections or significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic or other organ dysfunction).
• Patients with inability to return for follow-up visits or obtain follow-up studies required to assess toxicity to therapy
• Patients at high risk for imminent neurologic decline due to extensive bulk disease, midline shift, or herniation on MRI. These patients should be discussed with the study chairs.
BIOLOGICAL: PEP-CMV, DRUG: Temozolomide, BIOLOGICAL: Tetanus Diphtheria Vaccine
High Grade Glioma, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, Recurrent Medulloblastoma
High Grade Glioma, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, Recurrent Medulloblastoma, Immunotherapy