Clinical trial Recruiting at 16 sites Phase 2 Interventional Ages 12 Months and up

Testing selinexor for treating Wilms tumors and other solid tumors

Official title: A Multi-Center Phase II Study of Selinexor in Treating Recurrent or Refractory Wilms Tumor and Other Pediatric Solid Tumors

Run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · NCT05985161 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study is testing if selinexor can help children with certain hard-to-treat tumors, like Wilms tumors, feel better and improve their health.

Quick facts

PhasePhase 2
Study typeInterventional
Ages12 Months and up
SexAll
Enrollment45 (estimated)
SponsorMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Academic / other
Drugs / interventionschemotherapy, radiation, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin
Locations16 sites (Los Angeles, California and 15 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedAugust 1, 2023
Main results expectedAugust 1, 2029
Study endsAugust 1, 2029
Registry record updatedOctober 23, 2026
Trial IDNCT05985161 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates are children aged 6 months to 16 years with relapsed or refractory Wilms tumors or other specified solid tumors.

Probably not a fit

Patients with tumors that do not exhibit elevated XPO1 levels or relevant genetic changes may not benefit from this treatment.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This study evaluates the effectiveness of selinexor in patients with relapsed or refractory Wilms tumors, rhabdoid tumors, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, and other solid tumors characterized by elevated XPO1 levels or specific genetic alterations. The trial includes patients aged 6 months to 16 years, with eligibility based on performance status and informed consent. Participants will receive selinexor to determine its impact on tumor response and overall health outcomes.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could provide a new therapeutic option for children with difficult-to-treat solid tumors.

How similar studies have gone: Previous studies have shown promise with similar approaches targeting XPO1, indicating potential for success in this trial.

Who can join: the full rules

Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

* Age:

  1. Age ≥ 6 at the time of informed consent
  2. Age ≥ 2 years to \< 6 years at time of informed consent (Refer to Section 4.3): If PK cohort 1 is open, patients in this age range may enroll onto this cohort. If PK cohort 1 has been completed and deemed sufficient to proceed, then such patients may enroll onto the phase 2.
  3. Age ≥ 12 months to \< 2 years at time of informed consent (Refer to Section 4.3):

If PK cohort 2 is open, patients in this age range may enroll onto this cohort. If PK cohort 2 has been completed and deemed sufficient to proceed, then such patients may enroll onto the phase 2.

* Consent: All patients and/or their parents or legally authorized representatives must sign a written informed consent. Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained according to institutional guidelines.
* Performance: Karnofsky ≥ 60% for patients \> 16 years of age and Lansky ≥ 60 for patients ≤ 16 years of age.
* Diagnosis: Patients must enroll into one of the following cohorts:

  1. Cohort A: Any type of Wilms tumor or nephroblastoma is eligible for this study provided they meet at least one of these criteria: (1) in their second or greater relapse, (2) refractory or in their first relapse with high risk histology (i.e., any anaplastic or blastemal-type after neoadjuvant chemotherapy), or (3) refractory or in first relapse without high risk histology but after having received chemotherapies other than the initial 4 agents used as current standard of care in the up-front setting for non-high risk cases - specifically vincristine, dactinomycin, doxorubicin, and irinotecan (i.e., any patient who relapses following an initial regimen more intense than EE4A, DD4A, VAD, AVD, or VIVA; for example, those including cyclophosphamide/etoposide - such as Regimen I, M, or MVI - or those additionally including carboplatin - such as Regimens UH-1, UH-2, or UH-3).
  2. Cohort B: Any Rhabdoid tumor is eligible for this cohort. This includes, but is not limited to, related subtypes of rhabdoid tumors such as atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors (ATRT), malignant rhabdoid tumors of the kidney (MRTK), malignant rhabdoid tumors of the soft tissue and liver, small cell undifferentiated hepatoblastomas (SCUH), and small-cell carcinoma of the ovary of hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT). Patients must have failed to respond to at least 1 line of systemic therapy prior to enrollment.
  3. Cohort C: Patients with progressive, relapsed, unresectable or metastatic MPNST, are eligible for this cohort. Patients must have failed to respond to at least 1 line of systemic therapy prior to enrollment.
  4. Cohort D: Patients must not qualify for Cohorts A, B, or C but have a solid tumor (no hematologic malignancies including lymphoma) for which there is specific evidence that this particular patient's tumor may benefit from selinexor.

Patients must have failed to respond to at least 1 line of systemic therapy prior to enrollment. Examples of evidence are listed below. All patients in this cohort require approval of study principal investigator and must provide documentation of specific supporting evidence. i. Tumor XPO1 Dependency: Defined as either Darwin OncoTarget demonstrating XPO1 as aberrantly activated or Darwin OncoTreat demonstrating context-specific tumor checkpoint inversion with Selinexor, both of which must be significant at a -log10 (Bonferroni corrected p-value) of 5 or greater. ii. Tumor XPO1 Activation: Defined as the detection of a gain of function mutation in XPO1, specifically E571K. Additionally, detection of elevated transcriptomic or proteomic expression of XPO1 in the tumor via RNAseq or IHC, respectively, would be considered sufficient for treatment.

iii. Preclinical Tumor Testing: Defined as testing of Selinexor on patient derived cell line, organoid, or xenograft models of the patient's tumor (or other related tumors) performed in a laboratory context and for which, in the investigator's opinion, demonstrates promising activity. Testing may include commercial testing as well as academic laboratory testing.

* Cohort E: Patients must have a solid tumor with an activating genomic alteration (e.g. fusion or internal tandem duplication) involving BCOR. Specific examples of qualifying alterations including BCOR-ITD, BCOR-CCNB3, BCOR-MAML3 and ZC3H7B-BCOR; Other potentially qualifying BCOR alterations require approval of study principal investigator; note that loss of function alterations of BCOR would not qualify.
* Disease Status: Patients on the phase II portion of the study must have measurable disease whereas patients on the PK cohorts can have either evaluable or measurable disease as measured by the revised Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) guideline (Version 1.1).

  a. Primary Brain Tumors: Patients with primary brain tumors are eligible and must also have measurable disease for the phase II (as well as evaluable or measurable for the PK cohorts), but this can be defined as at least equal or greater than twice the slice thickness in two perpendicular diameters on MRI OR diffuse leptomeningeal disease OR clear MRI evidence of disease that may not be measurable in two perpendicular diameters OR positive CSF cytology alone.
* Prior Therapy: Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anti-cancer therapy and meet minimum washout durations (shown below) from prior therapy.

  1. Anti-cancer agents not known to be myelosuppressive: ≥ 7 days
  2. Anti-cancer and cytotoxic agents known to be myelosuppressive: ≥ 21 days
  3. Immunotherapies (including antibodies, interleukins, interferons, etc.): ≥ 21 days
  4. Adoptive cellular therapies (including modified T cells, vaccines, etc.): ≥ 42 days
  5. Autologous stem cell infusion (boost, no conditioning): ≥ 21 days
  6. Autologous stem cell transplantation (with conditioning): ≥ 42 days
  7. Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: ≥ 84 days
  8. Focal external beam radiation (e.g., limited sites of disease): ≥ 14 days
  9. Substantial external beam radiation (e.g. whole lung or abdomen): ≥ 42 days
  10. Radiopharmaceutical therapy (e.g., radiolabeled antibody or MIBG): ≥ 42 days
* Hepatic Function: Adequate function (within 14 days prior to C1D1), defined as:

  1. Total bilirubin \< 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) (except patients with Gilbert's syndrome, who must have a total bilirubin of \<3 × ULN)
  2. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 3 × ULN
  3. Serum albumin ≥ 2 g/dL
* Renal Function: Adequate function (within 14 days prior to C1D1) defined as a GFR

  ≥ 50 ml/min/1.73 m2 determined via any of these methods:
  1. Nuclear radioisotope
  2. 24 hr urine creatinine clearance
  3. Serum cystatin c
  4. Serum creatinine using the Schwartz formula for estimating creatinine clearance (Schwartz et al. J Peds, 106:522, 1985)
* Hematologic Function: Adequate function (within 14 days prior to C1D1), defined as:

  1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1000/mm3
  2. Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm3
  3. Note: patients may not receive platelet transfusions nor hematopoietic growth factor support, including granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (e.g. filgrastim) and platelet stimulators (e.g. romiplostim) for at least 7 days prior to demonstrating adequate hematologic function.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Prior Therapy: Has received selinexor or another XPO1 inhibitor previously.
* Infection: Patients who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible. Patients on prophylactic antibiotics or with a controlled infection within 1 week prior to C1D1 are acceptable
* Transplants: Patients who have received allogeneic bone marrow transplant are potentially eligible unless they are being actively treated for GvHD. Patients who have had a prior solid organ transplantation are not eligible.
* Compliance: Patients who as a result of serious medical, psychiatric, and/or social situation(s), in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with supportive care, safety monitoring, or any other key requirements of the study protocols are not eligible.
* Pregnancy and Breast-feeding: Pregnant or breast-feeding women will not be entered on this study because there is yet no available information regarding human fetal or teratogenic toxicities. Pregnancy tests must be obtained in girls who are post-menarchal.
* Contraception: Males or females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to use two effective methods of birth control, including a medically accepted barrier or contraceptive method (e.g., male or female condom) for the duration of the study. Abstinence is an acceptable method of birth control.

Where it's running

  • Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (Data Collection Only)
    Los Angeles, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Stanford Medicine Children's Health (Data Collection Only)
    Palo Alto, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's National Hospital (Data Collection Only)
    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Data Collection and Specimen Analysis)
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicag
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Data Collection Only)
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
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  • Washington University
    St Louis, Missouri, United States
    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)
    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities)
    Middletown, New Jersey, United States
    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited protocol activities)
    Montvale, New Jersey, United States
    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited Protocol Activities )
    Commack, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)
    Harrison, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All protocol activites)
    New York, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited protocol activities)
    Rockville Centre, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Data collection only)
    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cook Children's Health Care System (Data Collection Only)
    Fort Worth, Texas, United States
    Recruiting

Study contacts

  • Principal investigator: Michael Ortiz, MD — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Study coordinator: Michael Ortiz, MD
  • Email: ortizm2@mskcc.org
  • Phone: 1-833-MSK-KIDS

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How to take part

  1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
  2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
  3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.
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