Clinical trial Recruiting at 22 sites Phase1; Phase2 Interventional Ages Any age to 18

Therapeutic stratification for pediatric cancer patients with relapsed or refractory tumors

Official title: European Proof-of-Concept Therapeutic Stratification Trial of Molecular Anomalies in Relapsed or Refractory Tumors

Run by Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris · NCT02813135 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study is testing if targeted cancer treatments can help children and teens with tough-to-treat tumors by using their specific genetic information to guide the best therapy.

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Quick facts

PhasePhase1; Phase2
Study typeInterventional
AgesAny age to 18 Years
SexAll
Enrollment472 (estimated)
SponsorGustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris
Academic / other
Locations23 sites (Copenhagen and 22 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedAugust 3, 2016
Main results expectedFebruary 2031
Study endsFebruary 2031
Registry record updatedJuly 10, 2026
Trial IDNCT02813135 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates include children and adolescents under 18 years with relapsed or refractory hematologic or solid tumors that have not responded to standard therapies.

Probably not a fit

Patients with tumors that are not relapsed or refractory, or those who do not have advanced molecular profiling of their tumors, may not benefit from this study.

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

What this trial studies

This proof-of-concept trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of targeted therapies in pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory tumors. It focuses on determining the recommended phase II dose of specific anticancer agents while assessing their tolerability and initial activity signals in a molecularly enriched population. The trial employs a basket design to address the diverse molecular alterations found in pediatric cancers, utilizing advanced molecular profiling to guide treatment decisions. By implementing a predictive biomarker-driven approach, the study seeks to improve outcomes for children and adolescents facing these challenging malignancies.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this trial could lead to more effective and personalized treatment options for pediatric cancer patients with limited therapeutic alternatives.

How similar studies have gone: Previous studies utilizing molecular profiling and targeted therapies in pediatric populations have shown promising results, indicating potential for success in this novel approach.

Who can join: the full rules

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Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients must be diagnosed with a haematologic or solid tumor malignancy that has progressed despite standard therapy, or for which no effective standard therapy exists.
2. Age \< 18 years at inclusion; patients 18 years and older may be included after discussion with the sponsor if they have a pediatric recurrent/refractory malignancy.
3. Patient must have had advanced molecular profiling (i.e. WES/WGS +/- RNAseq) of their recurrent or refractory tumor i.e. at the time of disease progression/relapse; exceptionally patients with advanced molecular profiling at diagnosis may be allowed.
4. Evaluable or measurable disease as defined by standard imaging criteria for the patient's tumor type (RECIST v1.1, RANO criteria for patients with HGG, INRC criteria for patients with NB, Leukemia criteria, etc.).
5. Patients with relapsed or refractory leukemia are eligible for this study.
6. Performance status: Karnofsky performance status (for patients \>12 years of age) or Lansky Play score (for patients ≤12 years of age) ≥ 70%. Patients who are unable to walk because of paralysis or stable neurological disability, but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing the performance score.
7. Life expectancy ≥ 3 months
8. Adequate organ function:

   Hematologic criteria (Leukemia patients are excluded from hematological criteria):
   * Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1000/μL(unsupported)
   * Platelet count ≥ 100,000/μL (unsupported)
   * Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL (transfusion is allowed)

   Cardiac function:
   * Shortening fraction (SF) \>29% (\>35% for children \< 3 years) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50% at baseline, as determined by echocardiography (mandatory only for patients who have received cardiotoxic therapy).
   * Absence of QTc prolongation (QTc \> 450 msec on baseline ECG, using the Fridericia correction \[QTcF formula\]) or other clinically significant ventricular or atrial arrhythmia.

   Renal and hepatic function:
   * Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
   * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN
   * Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 2,5 x ULN; aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase/SGOT ≤ 2,5 x ULN except in patients with documented tumor involvement of the liver who must have AST/SGOT and ALT/SGPT ≤ 5 x ULN.
9. Able to comply with scheduled follow-up and with management of toxicity.
10. Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to initiation of treatment. Sexually active women of childbearing potential must agree to use acceptable and appropriate contraception during the study and for at least 6 months after the last study treatment administration. Sexually active males patients must agree to use condom during the study and for at least 6 months (7 months for arm J) after the last study treatment administration. Acceptable contraception are defined in CTFG Guidelines "Recommendations related to contraception and pregnancy testing in clinical trials"
11. For all oral medications patients must be able to comfortably swallow capsules (except for those for which an oral solution is available); nasogastric or gastrostomy feeding tube administration is allowed only if indicated.
12. Written informed consent from parents/legal representative, patient, and age-appropriate assent before any study-specific screening procedures are conducted according to local, regional or national guidelines.
13. Patient affiliated to a social security regimen or beneficiary of the same according to local requirements.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases who are neurologically unstable or require increasing doses of corticosteroids or local CNS-directed therapy to control their CNS disease. Patients on stable doses of corticosteroids for at least 7 days prior to receiving study drug may be included.
2. Impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter drug absorption of oral drugs (e.g., ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or malabsorption syndrome).
3. Clinically significant, uncontrolled heart disease (including history of any cardiac arrhythmias, e.g., ventricular, supraventricular, nodal arrhythmias, or conduction abnormality, unstable ischemia,congestive heart failure within 12 months of screening)
4. Active viral hepatitis or known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or any other uncontrolled infection.
5. Presence of any ≥ CTCAE grade 2 treatment-related toxicity with the exception of alopecia, ototoxicity or peripheral neuropathy.
6. Systemic anticancer therapy within 21 days of the first study dose or 5 times its half-life, whichever is less.
7. Previous myeloablative therapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell rescue within 8 weeks of the first study drug dose
8. Allogeneic stem cell transplant within 3 months prior to the first study drug dose. Patients receiving any agent to treat or prevent graft-versus host disease (GVHD) post bone marrow transplant are not eligible for this trial.
9. Radiotherapy (non-palliative) within 21 days prior to the first dose of drug (or within 6 weeks for therapeutic doses of MIBG or craniospinal irradiation).
10. Major surgery within 21 days of the first dose. Gastrostomy, ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, endoscopic ventriculostomy, tumor biopsy and insertion of central venous access devices are not considered major surgery, but for these procedures, a 48 hour interval must be maintained before the first dose of the investigational drug is administered.
11. Currently taking medications with a known risk of prolonging the QT interval or inducing Torsades de Pointes (Refer to Appendix 8).
12. Currently taking medications that are mainly metabolized by CYP3A4/5, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6 or the drug transporters Pgp (MDR1), BCRP, OATP1B1, OATP1B3, OCT1 and OCT2 and have a low therapeutic index that cannot be discontinued at least 7 days or 5 x reported elimination half-life prior to start of treatment with any of the investigational drugs and for the duration of the study (Refer to Appendix 9).
13. Known hypersensitivity to any study drug or component of the formulation.
14. Pregnant or nursing (lactating) females.
15. Vaccinated with live, attenuated vaccines within 4 weeks of the first dose of study drug.

Where it's running

  • Rigshospitalet
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Recruiting
  • Gustave Roussy
    Villejuif, Val de Marne, France
    Recruiting
  • CHU Angers
    Angers, France
    Recruiting
  • CHU Pellegrin
    Bordeaux, France
    Recruiting
  • Centre Oscar Lambret
    Lille, France
    Recruiting
  • Centre Léon Bérard
    Lyon, France
    Recruiting
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    Marseille, France
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    Nantes, France
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    Paris, France
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  • Hôpital Armand Trousseau
    Paris, France
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  • Hôpital de Hautepierre
    Strasbourg, France
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  • Istituto Giannina Gaslini
    Genova, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
    Milan, Italy
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  • Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita
    Torino, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Vall d'Hebron
    Barcelona, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Hospital del Nino Jesus
    Madrid, Spain
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  • Hospital Universitario La Fe
    Valencia, Spain
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  • Birmingham Children's Hospital
    Birmingham, United Kingdom
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  • Great Ormond Street Hospital
    London, United Kingdom
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  • Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
    Manchester, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • Royal Victoria Infirmary
    Newcastle, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • Pediatric and Adolescent Oncology The Royal Marsden Hospital
    Sutton, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • Prinses Maxima Centrum
    Utrecht, Netherlands
    Active not recruiting

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