Active clinical trials for "Neuroblastoma"

RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors predict whether patients undergoing donor stem cell transplant will develop acute graft-versus-host disease. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying T cells to see how well they help in predicting acute graft-versus-host disease in patients undergoing donor stem cell transplant.

Patients with metastatic Neuroblastoma RAS (NRAS) melanoma are currently treated with first line immune checkpoint inhibitors (nivolumab, pembrolizumab). Thus far, no targeted therapy has been approved in NRAS mutated melanoma as a second line treatment, because although the use of a MEK inhibitor (binimetinib) alone was superior to the gold standard chemotherapy (dacarbazine) in a phase 3 trial, the progression free survival gain was very modest. In vitro and in vivo work from the study team's lab (McMAHON, Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), Salt Lake City), as well as, Ravi Amaravardi and Jean Mulchey-Levy suggests that the activation of autophagy is a mechanism of resistance to BRAF and MEK inhibitors in RAS and RAF mutated cancers, such as melanoma, pediatric brain tumors and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The study team has shown in vivo, in four different NRAS mutated melanoma Patient Derived Xenograft (PDX) models that the combination of the MEK inhibitor trametinib and the autophagy inhibitor chloroquine results in a more dramatic tumor regression and inhibition than trametinib or chloroquine used as single agents (Nat Med. 2019 Apr;25(4):620-627. doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0367-9. Epub 2019 Mar 4). In two of the PDX models, the combination resulted in almost complete tumor regression (quasi disappearance) that was not observed in the single agent treatment arms. Trametinib (MEKINISTR) is an orally available MEK inhibitor that is currently approved in combination with the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib (TAFINLARR) to treat BRAF mutated metastatic melanoma at the standard dosing of 2 milligrams (mg) once a day. Hydroxychloroquine (PLAQUENILR) is an orally available autophagy inhibitor that has been used for many years to treat autoimmune diseases like lupus, sarcoidosis and rheumatoid arthritis at the standard dosing of 400-600mg/day. For this study, the investigating team would like to evaluate the safety and tolerability of the combination of hydroxychloroquine and trametinib in a phase I trial in patients with NRAS mutated metastatic melanoma.

The overall goal of this real-world data collection is to assess demographic, clinical characteristics and real-world effectiveness of pediatric neuroblastoma patients treated with lorlatinib through the expanded access program.

A phase I observational study on the safety and efficacy of treatment of recurrent stage IV high risk neuroblastoma with Nivolumab

Neuroblastoma is a neoplasm of the sympathetic nervous system which affects mostly children younger than 5 years of age. It is a heterogeneous disease, with nearly 50% of patients presenting with a high-risk phenotype. After standard treatment, the 2-year event-free survival (EFS) for high risk neuroblastoma (EFS) is only about 50%. Immunotherapy with anti-GD2 antibodies has been shown to improve EFS in Children's Oncology Group and SIOPEN trials. The anti-GD2 antibody mediates neuroblastoma cell killing primarily through antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). Natural killer (NK) cells are the main effectors of ADCC. We postulate that infusion of expanded activated NK cells from healthy haploidentical donors along with anti-GD2 antibody will enhance neuroblastoma killing.

This single-arm, multicenter clinical study will treat the patient who have relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma with an infusion of the patient's own T cells that have been genetically modified to express a chimeric antigen receptor(CAR)that will bind to tumour cells modified to express the GD2 protein on the cell surface. The study will determine if these modified T cells help the body's immune system eliminate tumour cells .The trial will also study the safety of treatment for CAR-T, how long CAR-T cells stay in the patient's body and the impact on this treatment for survival.

The purpose of this study is to improve outcome of high risk neuroblastoma by tailoring the treatment intensity of tandem high dose chemotherapy according to the treatment response to induction chemotherapy.

A six courses regimen consisting of a 8 hour infusion (ch14.18/CHOmAb 20 mg/m²) for five consecutive days will be administered every 4 weeks, starting 60-180 days after previous haploidentical stem cell transplantation. Interleukin 2 will be added to cycles 4-6 at days 6,8,10 (1 x 106 IU/m²/d s.c.) Participants will be premedicated with an intravenous antihistamine and ranitidine within approximately 30 minutes prior and during the infusion of the study agent Pain as an anticipated side effect is managed by a standard pain prophylaxis with Morphium hydrochloride Disease status will be evaluated after 3 and 6 courses and after 1 year

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving combination chemotherapy before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Giving chemotherapy and radiation therapy after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery. Sometimes, the tumor may not need any treatment until it progresses. In this case, observation may be sufficient. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well giving combination chemotherapy together with surgery and radiation therapy works in treating infants with neuroblastoma.

RATIONALE: Surgery may be an effective treatment for neuroblastoma. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well surgery works in treating patients with neuroblastoma.