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  • A bilingual virtually-based intervention (PEDALL) for the prevention of weight gain in childhood ALL patients considering key genetic and sociodemographic risk factors - NCT05963971

    Primary Objective To prevent the development of overweight and obesity (OW/OB) during maintenance chemotherapy using a six-month virtually delivered dietary education intervention (PEDALL) in English and Spanish speaking families of children and adolescents undergoing treatment for ALL. Exploratory Objectives To assess the effect of intervention on BMI z-score trajectories over time (from time zero to one-year post-completion of treatment for ALL) and modification of this effect by genetic and sociodemographic factors. To examine the modifying effect of genetic predisposition to OW/OB, defined by a genome-wide polygenic score (GPS) for obesity optimized for Hispanic and Non-Hispanic application, on the efficacy of PEDALL for the prevention of OW/OB in children and adolescents undergoing treatment for ALL. To examine the modifying effect of multi-level sociodemographic factors on the efficacy of PEDALL for the prevention of OW/OB in children and adolescents undergoing treatment for ALL. To understand the effect of intervention on reported lifestyle behaviors as measured by World Cancer Research Foundation/American Institute for Cancer Research lifestyle guidelines. To understand contextual factors that shaped the recruitment and retainment of participants and to identify strategies that may hinder or support implementation within routine care at their site including resource, training and technological needs using a one-time, brief structured survey at the end of the study with study site designate. To understand individual factors and site-specific factors that shaped both experience with and response to the intervention using a one-time, brief open-ended questionnaire to patients and caregivers.

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    • Protocol Number:
      112307

    • Principal Investigator:
      Peter Cole M.D.

    • Phase:
      N/A

    • Scope:
      National

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Other

      • Contacts:

      • Rutgers University Prinicipal Investigator: Peter Cole M.D.

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    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Age: 5-21 years old at enrollment
    • Diagnosis and Treatment: Plan to receive or are receiving maintenance or continuation chemotherapy for B- or T-cell ALL, or mixed phenotype acute leukemia.
    • Timing: Patient is eligible for entry only if it is feasible to start the study intervention during the first month of the maintenance phase of ALL therapy.
    • Language: Fluency in English or Spanish
    • Weight Status: Healthy weight at baseline as determined by BMI z-score < 1.04 and >-1.04 for those under 5-18, and BMI between 19 and 25 for those >18.
    • Ethnicity: Hispanic or Non-Hispanic of any race.

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • Patients on nutrition support (enteral or parenteral nutrition)
    • Patients with a history of eating disorder

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

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  • A Phase 1, multicenter, open-label, 2-stage, single-arm study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of an autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) regimen and preliminary antitumor activity of TIL in pediatric, adolescent, and young adult participants with relapsed or refractory solid tumors - NCT06566092

    Primary: To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the TIL regimen in pediatric, adolescent, and young adult participants Secondary: To evaluate antitumor activity of TIL by tumor type as measured by ORR, DOR, DCR, PFS, and OS

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    • Protocol Number:
      112309

    • Phase:
      Phase I

    • Scope:
      National

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Any Site

    • Therapies Involved:
      Immunotherapy

    • Drugs Involved:
      IL-2 LN-145 LN-144

      • Contacts:

      • RWJBarnabas Health - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick Prinicipal Investigator: Niketa Shah MD

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    Inclusion Criteria:

      1. Participant is ≥ 8 kg and ≤ 21 years of age at the time of informed consent and assent. 2. Histologically or cytologically confirmed recurrent or refractory solid tumor (Rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, primary CNS malignancies, melanoma) after standard therapy which has failed all available curative therapy. 3. Acceptable performance status and an estimated life expectancy of > 6 months. 4. At least one resectable lesion (solitary or aggregate lesions) for TIL generation. 5. Following tumor resection for TIL generation, the participant will have at least one remaining measurable lesion for response assessment. 6. Preplanned surgical procedure(s) will take place at least 14 days (for major operative procedures) prior to the tumor resection. 7. All prior anticancer treatment-related AEs should be recovered, exceptions are peripheral neuropathy, alopecia, vitiligo, or medically controlled endocrine dysfunction. 8. Agreement to abide by the protocol indicated contraception use, including refraining from donating sperm or eggs (ova, oocytes), as appropriate for the age and sexual activity of pediatric, adolescent, and young adult participants and as required by local regulations. 9. Signed informed consent and assent when applicable. 10. Written authorization for use and disclosure of protected health information. 11. Ability to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements. 12. Acceptable hematologic parameters. 13. Adequate organ function. 14. Modified Ross criteria class 1 and an LVFS > 25% or an LVEF ≥ 50%. 15. Adequate pulmonary function. 16. Participant and/or the legal guardian who provided consent is willing for the participant to receive optimal supportive care. 17. A legal guardian or primary caregiver must be available to help the study-site personnel ensure follow-up and accompany the participant to the study site on each assessment day according to the SoA.

    Exclusion Criteria:

      1. Participant with a non-CNS tumor has symptomatic untreated brain metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. 2. Participant has an active or uncontrolled intercurrent illness(es) that would pose increased risks for study participation. 3. Participants are not eligible if they experience uncontrolled seizures. 4. Participants with history of intracranial hemorrhage/spinal cord hemorrhage. 5. Participant has active uveitis that requires active treatment. 6. Participant has significant psychiatric disease or substance abuse in the investigator's opinion that would prevent adequate informed consent. 7. Participant has any form of primary or acquired immunodeficiency. 8. History of clinically significant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, interstitial lung disease, or other chronic lung disease. 9. History of hypersensitivity reaction to any components of the study intervention. 10. Any other condition that in the investigator's judgment would significantly increase the risks of participation. 11. Any complication or delayed healing from an excisional procedure that in the investigator's opinion would increase the risks of participation. 12. Another primary malignancy within the previous 3 years. 13. History of allogeneic cell or organ transplant. 14. Requiring systemic steroid therapy higher than the physiologic replacement dose. 15. Received or will receive a live or attenuated vaccination within 28 days prior to the start of the NMA-LD. 16. Any active viral, bacterial, or fungal infection requiring ongoing systemic treatment.

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

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  • A Phase 1/2 Trial of Selinexor (KPT-330) and Radiation Therapy in Newly-Diagnosed Pediatric Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) and High-Grade Glioma (HGG). - NCT05099003

    Primary Objectives: 1. (Dose-finding phase) To define toxicities and estimate the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of selinexor administered as an oral formulation in combination with standard of care radiation therapy (RT), to pediatric patients with newly diagnosed high-grade glioma (HGG) or diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). 2. (Efficacy phase) To estimate the event-free survival (EFS) distribution for DMG/HGG patients and overall survival (OS) distribution for DIPG patients associated with selinexor plus RT, followed by selinexor in patients with newly diagnosed HGG (H3 K27M-mutant DMG or H3 K27-wild type HGG) or DIPG, and to compare those outcomes to historical controls.

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    • Protocol Number:
      112203

    • Principal Investigator:
      Scott Moerdler M.D.

    • Phase:
      Phase I/II

    • Scope:
      National

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Brain and Nervous System

    • Therapies Involved:
      Radiotherapy Chemotherapy single agent systemic

    • Drugs Involved:
      Selinexor (KPT-330)

      • Contacts:

      • Rutgers University Prinicipal Investigator: Scott Moerdler M.D.

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    Inclusion Criteria:

    • PRE ENROLLMENT: Patients must be =< 25 years of age at the time of enrollment on APEC14B1 part A cnetral nervous system (CNS)/high grade glioma (HGG) pre-enrollment eligibility screening
    • Please note:
    • This required age range applies to pre-enrollment eligibility for all HGG patients. Individual treatment protocols may have different age criteria.
    • Non-DIPG patients with tumors that do not harbor an H3K27M-mutation and are >= 18 years of age will not be eligible to enroll on ACNS1821 (Step 1).
    • PRE ENROLLMENT: Patient is suspected of having localized, newly diagnosed HGG, excluding metastatic disease, OR patient has an institutional diagnosis of DIPG
    • Please note: there are specific radiographic criteria for DIPG patient enrollment on ACNS1821 (Step 1)
    • PRE ENROLLMENT:
    • For patients with non-pontine tumors: Patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must have signed informed consent for eligibility screening on APEC14B1 Part A.
    • For patients with DIPG: Patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must have signed informed consent for ACNS1821.
    • PRE ENROLLMENT:
    • For patients with non-pontine tumors only, the specimens obtained at the time of diagnostic biopsy or surgery must be submitted through APEC14B1 ASAP, preferably within 5 calendar days of definitive surgery
    • STEP 1: Patients must be >= 12 months and =< 21 years of age at the time of enrollment
    • STEP 1: Patients must have newly-diagnosed DIPG or HGG (including DMG).
    • STEP 1: Stratum DIPG
    • Patients with newly-diagnosed typical DIPG, defined as tumors with a pontine epicenter and diffuse involvement of at least 2/3 of the pons on at least 1 axial T2 weighted image, are eligible. No histologic confirmation is required.
    • Patients with pontine tumors that do not meet radiographic criteria for typical DIPG (e.g., focal tumors or those involving less than 2/3 of the pontine cross-sectional area with or without extrapontine extension) are eligible if the tumors are biopsied and proven to be high-grade gliomas (such as anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma, high-grade glioma not otherwise specified [NOS], and/or H3 K27M-mutant) by institutional diagnosis.
    • STEP 1: Stratum DMG (with H3 K27M mutation)
    • Patients must have newly-diagnosed non-pontine H3 K27M-mutant HGG without BRAF V600 or IDH1 mutations as confirmed by Rapid Central Pathology and Molecular Screening Reviews performed on APEC14B1
    • Note: Patients need not have either measurable or evaluable disease, i.e., DMG patients may have complete resection of their tumor prior to enrollment. Primary spinal tumors are eligible for enrollment. For rare H3 K27M-mutant HGG in non-midline structures (e.g., cerebral hemispheres), these patients will be considered part of Stratum DMG.
    • STEP 1: Stratum HGG (without H3 K27M mutation)
    • Patients must have newly-diagnosed non-pontine H3 K27M-wild type HGG without BRAF V600 or IDH1 mutations as confirmed by Rapid Central Pathology and Molecular Screening Reviews performed on APEC14B1
    • Please note:
    • Patients who fall in this category and who are >= 18 years of age are not eligible due to another standard-of-care regimen (radiation/temozolomide) that is available
    • Patients need not have either measurable or evaluable disease, i.e., HGG patients may have complete resection of their tumor prior to enrollment. Primary spinal tumors are eligible for enrollment
    • STEP 1: Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1 or 2. Use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky 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.
    • STEP 1: Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1000/uL (within 7 days prior to step 1 enrollment)
    • STEP 1: Platelet count >= 100,000/uL (transfusion independent) (within 7 days prior to step 1 enrollment)
    • STEP 1: Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dL (may receive red blood cell [RBC] transfusions) (within 7 days prior to step 1 enrollment)
    • STEP 1: Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (within 7 days prior to step 1 enrollment) orA serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows (within 7 days prior to step 1enrollment):
    • Age / Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL)
    • 1 to < 2 years / male: 0.6; female: 0.6
    • 2 to < 6 years / male: 0.8; female: 0.8
    • 6 to < 10 years / male: 1; female: 1
    • 10 to < 13 years / male: 1.2; female: 1.2
    • 13 to < 16 years / male: 1.5; female: 1.4
    • >= 16 years / male: 1.7; female: 1.4
    • STEP 1: Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
    • STEP 1: Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) =< 135 U/L. For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L.
    • STEP 1: Serum amylase =< 1.5 x ULN
    • STEP 1: Serum lipase =< 1.5 x ULN
    • STEP 1: No evidence of dyspnea at rest, no exercise intolerance, and a pulse oximetry > 94% if there is clinical indication for determination.
    • STEP 1: Patients with seizure disorder may be enrolled if on anticonvulsants and well controlled.
    • STEP 1: Patients must be enrolled and protocol therapy must begin no later than 31 days after the date of radiographic diagnosis (in the case of non-biopsied DIPG patients only) or definitive surgery, whichever is the later date (Day 0).For patients who have a biopsy followed by resection, the date of resection will beconsidered the date of definitive diagnostic surgery. If a biopsy only was performed, thebiopsy date will be considered the date of definitive diagnostic surgery.

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • STEP 1: Patients must not have received any prior therapy for their central nervous system (CNS) malignancy except for surgery and steroid medications.
    • STEP 1: Patients who are currently receiving another investigational drug are not eligible.
    • STEP 1: Patients who are currently receiving other anti-cancer agents are not eligible.
    • STEP 1: Patients >=18 years of age who have H3 K27M-wild type HGG.
    • STEP 1: Patients who have an uncontrolled infection.
    • STEP 1: Patients who have received a prior solid organ transplantation.
    • STEP 1: Patients with grade > 1 extrapyramidal movement disorder.
    • STEP 1: Patients with known macular degeneration, uncontrolled glaucoma, or cataracts.
    • STEP 1: Patients with metastatic disease are not eligible; MRI of spine with and without contrast must be performed if metastatic disease is suspected by the treating physician.
    • STEP 1: Patients with gliomatosis cerebri type 1 or 2 are not eligible, with the exception of H3 K27M-mutant bithalamic tumors.
    • STEP 1: Patients who are not able to receive protocol specified radiation therapy.
    • STEP 1:
    • Female patients who are pregnant are ineligible since there is yet no available information regarding human fetal or teratogenic toxicities.
    • Lactating females are not eligible unless they have agreed not to breastfeed their infants. It is not known whether selinexor is excreted in human milk.
    • Female patients of childbearing potential are not eligible unless a negative pregnancy test result has been obtained.
    • Sexually active patients of reproductive potential are not eligible unless they have agreed to use two effective methods of birth control (including a medically accepted barrier method of contraception, e.g., male or female condom) for the duration of their study participation and for 90 days after the last dose of selinexor. Abstinence is an acceptable method of birth control.

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

    For further information about clinical trials, please contact us at 732-235-7356 or 844-CANCERNJ.

    • Rutgers Cancer Institute
  • A Phase 2 Study of Bevacizumab, Erlotinib and Atezolizumab in Subjects with Advanced Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Cancer (HLRCC) Associated or Sporadic Papillary Renal Cell Cancer. - NCT01130519

    Primary Objective: - To assess the complete response (CR) rate according to standard Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) in patients with 1) advanced RCC associated with HLRCC and 2) advanced sporadic/non-HLRCC papillary renal cell cancer treated with a combination of bevacizumab, erlotinib, and atezolizumab. Secondary Objectives: - To determine the safety and tolerability of the combination of bevacizumab, erlotinib, and atezolizumab. - To determine the objective response rate (ORR) as complete response (CR) + partial response (PR). - To determine disease control rate (DCR) - confirmed response, or stable disease (SD) lasting for at least 6 months. - To assess progression-free survival time (PFS) according to RECIST 1.1. - To assess overall survival (OS). - To assess the duration of response. - To assess response to treatment using iRECIST.

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    • Protocol Number:
      082203

    • Principal Investigator:
      Ryan Stephenson

    • Phase:
      Phase II

    • Scope:
      National

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Kidney

    • Therapies Involved:
      Chemotherapy multiple agents systemic

    • Drugs Involved:
      ERLOTINIB Atezolizumab (MPDL3280A) BEVACIZUMAB

      • Contacts:

      • Rutgers University Prinicipal Investigator: Ryan Stephenson

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    • INCLUSION CRITERIA:Patients must meet all the following criteria to be eligible for study enrolment:
    • Diagnosis of advanced renal cell cancer (RCC) associated with hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) (cohorts 1 & 3) or sporadicon-HLRCC papillary RCC (cohort 2 & 4)
    • Measurable disease outlined in Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1
    • No more than two prior regimens targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway; no prior bevacizumab therapy
    • Age greater than or equal to 18 years.
    • Performance status Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-2
    • Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below: white blood cell (WBC) count greater than or equal to 3,000/microL, absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 1,500/microL, platelet count greater than or equal to 100,000/microL, serum creatinine greater than or equal to 2 times the upper limit of reference range or creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 30 ml/min, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) less than 2.5 times the upper limit of reference range, total bilirubin less than 1.5 times the upper limit of reference range ( less than 3 x upper limit of reference range in patients with Gilbert's disease), alkaline phosphatase less than or equal to 2.5 times the upper limit of reference range (or less than or equal to 5 times the upper limit of reference range if considered to be related to liver or bone metastases by the principal investigator (PI)
    • Recovery from acute toxicity of prior treatment for RCC (to less than or equal to grade 1 the active version of Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) or to a level permitted under other sections of Inclusion/ Exclusion criteria).
    • At least 4 weeks from completion of major surgery and a healed surgical incision
    • Negative pregnancy test (within 7 days of enrolment) in women of childbearing potential
    • No myocardial infarction, gastrointestinal (GI) perforation/fistula, intra-abdominal abscess, cerebrovascular accidents within six months prior to study entry
    • No coagulopathy or bleeding diathesis
    • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
    • Archival tissue block or unstained tumor tissue available for correlative studiesEXCLUSION CRITERIA:
    • Prior invasive malignancy of other histology, with the exception of adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or any other malignancy for which the patient does not currently require treatment and/or has no evidence of disease for greater than or equal to 2 years.
    • Patients with known brain metastases unless treated with an appropriate modality with no evidence of progression/recurrence for greater than 3 months
    • Hypertension not controlled by medical therapy (resting systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure greater than 90 mmHg on at least two occasions over a 24 hour period despite optimal medical management).
    • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection requiring intravenous antibiotics, symptomatic congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association grade III or greater), unstable angina pectoris, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
    • Serious, non-healing wound or ulcer; bone fracture within 3 months prior to study entry
    • Patient known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and requiring antiretroviral therapy (due to the risk of potential drug interactions)
    • Concomitant therapy with potent inhibitors of Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP450 3A4) (e.g., ketoconazole, verapamil etc.) or with potent CYP450 1A2 inhibitors (fluoroquinolone antibiotics including ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and norfloxacin; ticlodipine, cimetidine, amiodarone, etc. see Appendix C)
    • Pregnant women are excluded from this study because bevacizumab and erlotinib are anti-cancer agents with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with these agents, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated on this study
    • All men and women of childbearing potential must be willing to use effective contraception as determined by the principal investigator (including but not limited to abstinence, hormonal contraceptives (birth control pills, injections, or implants), intrauterine device (IUD), tubal ligation, vasectomy) from the time of enrolment to at least six months following the last dose of drug
    • Any known hypersensitivity to bevacizumab, erlotinib or other excipients of these drugs
    • Documented baseline proteinuria greater than 1000mg/day on 24-hour urine collection. Only patients with 1+ or greater proteinuria on urinalysis (UA) and a spot urine protein: creatinine ratio of greater than 0.5 will undergo a 24-hour urine collection for quantitation of proteinuria.
    • Left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40% as measured on transthoracic echocardiogram.INCLUSION OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES:Both men and women and members of all races and ethnic groups are eligible for thistrial.

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

    For further information about clinical trials, please contact us at 732-235-7356 or 844-CANCERNJ.

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  • A Phase 2 Study of Blinatumomab in Combination with Nivolumab, a Checkpoint Inhibitor of PD-1, in B-ALL Patients Aged < 1 to < 31 Years Old with First Relapse. - NCT04546399

    - To compare rate of minimal residual disease (MRD) negative second remission after up to two cycles of Reinduction with blinatumomab vs. blinatumomab/nivolumab in Group 1 patients aged; 1 to < 31 years old with first relapse of CD19+ B-ALL. - To compare EFSPI (EFS post-Induction) between Consolidation with blinatumomab vs. blinatumomab/nivolumab in Group 3 patients aged; 1 to <31 years old with first relapse of CD19+ B-ALL. - To evaluate the safety and tolerability of blinatumomab/nivolumab in patients aged 1 to < 31 years old with first relapse of CD19+ B ALL. - To compare EFSPI between blinatumomab vs. blinatumomab/nivolumab in Group 2 patients aged; 1 to < 31 years old with first relapse of CD19+ B-ALL. In Group 1 patients, compare EFS between blinatumomab monotherapy and blinatumomab/nivolumab arms as compared to similar patients treated on the predecessor trial AALL1331. In Group 1 patients: compare toxicity as defined by Grade 3 or greater adverse events during the first cycle of blinatumomab or blinatumomab/nivolumab to similar patients treated with Block 1 of cytotoxic chemotherapy on the predecessor trial AALL1331. In Group 2 patients with MRD; 0.1% after VXLD, compare MRD negative second remission (Rem-2) rate after the first cycle of immunotherapy between blinatumomab monotherapy and blinatumomab/nivolumab arms. In patients with Down syndrome (DS) with first relapse of B-ALL, describe the safety, tolerability and efficacy (as defined by MRD negative second remission, Rem-2) after up to two cycles of blinatumomab/nivolumab.

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    • Protocol Number:
      112011

    • Principal Investigator:
      Richard Drachtman M.D.

    • Phase:
      Phase II

    • Scope:
      National

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Any Site

    • Therapies Involved:
      Chemotherapy multiple agents systemic

    • Drugs Involved:
      Blinatumomab (AMG103) Opdivo (Nivolumab)

      • Contacts:

      • Rutgers University Prinicipal Investigator: Richard Drachtman M.D.

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    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Patients must be >= 1 and < 31 years at time of enrollment
    • Patients must have first relapse of CD19+ B-ALL (relapse blasts must express CD19) in one of the following categories:
    • Isolated bone marrow relapse
    • Isolated central nervous system (CNS) (excluding known optic nerve/retinal and CNS chloromas) and/or testicular relapse
    • Combined bone marrow with extramedullary relapse in the CNS (excluding known optic nerve/retinal and CNS chloromas) and/or testes
    • Patients with Down syndrome (DS) are eligible in the following categories:
    • Isolated bone marrow relapse
    • Combined bone marrow with CNS (excluding known optic nerve/retinal and CNS chloromas) and/or testicular relapse
    • Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1 or 2. Use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =< 16 years of age
    • Of note, for patients with developmental delay (e.g., Down syndrome) regardless of age, Lansky scale may be substituted for Karnofsky scale. However, the requirement for ECOG 0-2 remains, regardless of known history of developmental delay
    • Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy prior to entering this study
    • Patients with prior blinatumomab or CD19+ chimeric antigen receptor therapy in the upfront setting will be eligible, provided relapsed lymphoblasts retain CD19 expression
    • Radiation therapy (RT): >= 3 months must have elapsed if prior RT. This includes any patient requiring urgent radiation to any sites of extramedullary disease prior to enrollment (e.g. retinal/optic nerve involvement)
    • Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT): Patients must not have had a prior hematopoietic stem cell transplant
    • A single intrathecal chemotherapy at the time of relapse will be allowed. If < 7 days have elapsed between this intrathecal therapy (IT) and the start of protocol therapy, then the day 1 intrathecal chemotherapy (i.e. methotrexate, cytarabine, or triple intrathecal) may be omitted
    • In the 28 days prior to enrollment, up to five days of post-relapse, pre-enrollment therapy (steroid and/or hydroxyurea only) is permissible
    • Group 1 and Down syndrome patients who received pre-enrollment therapy and have a white blood count (WBC) >= 30,000/ul at the time of enrollment must receive protocol specified cytoreductive therapy with vincristine and dexamethasone, and no "washout" is required
    • Group 1 and Down syndrome patients who received pre-enrollment therapy and have a WBC < 30,000/ul at the time of enrollment must be given a 24 hour "washout" before starting immunotherapy
    • Note: There is no waiting period or "washout" for patients who relapse while receiving upfront therapy
    • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 OR a serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows (within 7 calendar days prior to enrollment):
    • Age: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL)
    • 1 to < 2 years: 0.6 (male), 0.6 (female)
    • 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)
    • Shortening fraction of >= 27% by echocardiogram, or ejection fraction of >= 50% by echocardiogram, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or radionuclide angiogram
    • No evidence of dyspnea at rest, no exercise intolerance, and a pulse oximetry > 94% if there is clinical indication for determination
    • 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 B-lymphoblastic lymphoma (B-LLy)
    • Patients with Burkitt leukemia/lymphoma or mature B-cell leukemia
    • Patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) B-ALL
    • Patients with mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL)
    • Patients with known Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
    • Patients with known MYC translocation associated with mature (Burkitt) B-cell ALL, regardless of blast immunophenotype
    • Patients with active, uncontrolled infection defined as:
    • Positive bacterial blood culture within 48 hours of study enrollment
    • Receiving IV or PO antibiotics for an infection with continued signs or symptoms. Note: Patients may be receiving IV or oral antibiotics to complete a course of therapy for a prior documented infection if cultures have been negative for at least 48 hours and signs or symptoms of active infection have resolved. For patients with clostridium (C.) difficile diarrhea, at least 72 hours of antibacterial therapy must have elapsed and stools must have normalized to baseline.
    • Fever above 38.2 degrees Celsius (C) within 48 hours of study enrollment with clinical signs of infection. Fever without clinical signs of infection that is attributed to tumor burden is allowed if blood cultures are negative for > 48 hours
    • A positive fungal culture within 30 days of study enrollment or active therapy for presumed invasive fungal infection
    • Active viral or protozoal infection requiring IV treatment
    • Patients known to have one of the following concomitant genetic syndromes: Bloom syndrome, ataxia-telangiectasia, Fanconi anemia, Kostmann syndrome, Shwachman syndrome or any other known bone marrow failure syndrome are not eligible. Of note, patients with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load for at least the last 6 months prior to enrollment are eligible. Similarly, hepatitis B and hepatitis C positive patients who have been treated and have no viral detectable burden are also eligible
    • Patients with significant central nervous system pathology that would preclude treatment with blinatumomab, including history of severe neurologic disorder or autoimmune disease with CNS involvement
    • Note: Patients with a history of seizures that are well controlled on stable doses of anti-epileptic drugs are eligible Patients with a history of cerebrovascular ischemia/hemorrhage with residual deficits are not eligible. Patients with a history of cerebrovascular ischemia/hemorrhage remain eligible provided all neurologic deficits have resolved
    • Patients with an active known/suspected autoimmune disease are not eligible. However, patients with type I diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism only requiring hormone replacement, skin disorders (such as vitiligo, psoriasis, or alopecia) not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger are permitted to enroll
    • Group 1 and DS patients with known non-hematopoietic, non-CNS/testicular extramedullary disease (i.e., chloromatous disease) are not eligible
    • Note: Group 2 and 3 patients with known non-hematopoietic, non-CNS/testicular extramedullary disease (i.e., chloromatous disease) are eligible if this is NOT the only site of relapsed disease
    • Female patients of childbearing potential are not eligible unless a negative pregnancy test result has been obtained within 7 days prior to enrollment. Patients who are sexually active and of reproductive potential are not eligible unless they agree to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of this study. Men with female partners of childbearing potential should use effective contraception during the duration of their treatment. The effect of blinatumomab on fertility has not been evaluated. Blinatumomab is not recommended for pregnant women or women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) not using contraception. Females of reproductive potential must use effective contraception during treatment and for at least 48 hours after the last dose of blinatumomab. Studies in animal models have shown that nivolumab can adversely impair pregnancy. Thus, nivolumab is expected to cause fetal harm during pregnancy. WOCBP receiving nivolumab must continue contraception for a period of at least 5 months after the last dose of nivolumab. It is unknown whether nivolumab is present in breast milk, thus breastfeeding should be discontinued while a patient is receiving nivolumab. Men receiving nivolumab and who are sexually active with WOCBP must continue contraception for 7 months after the last dose of nivolumab
    • Lactating females are not eligible unless they agree not to breastfeed their infants. It is unknown whether blinatumomab or its metabolites are excreted in human breast milk. Women are not permitted to breastfeed while receiving blinatumomab and for the last 48 hours after the last blinatumomab dose. Due to the potential for serious adverse reactions in the breastfed infant, women are not permitted to breastfeed during treatment and for 5 months after the last nivolumab dose

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

    For further information about clinical trials, please contact us at 732-235-7356 or 844-CANCERNJ.

    • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
    • Rutgers Cancer Institute
  • A Phase 2 Study of Dabrafenib with Trametinib after Local Irradiation in Newly-Diagnosed BRAFV600-Mutant High-Grade Glioma (HGG). - NCT03919071

    Primary: 1. To estimate the event-free survival (EFS) distribution for newly-diagnosed patients with BRAFV600-mutant high-grade glioma (HGG) without H3 K27M mutations excluding anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (aPXA) and anaplastic ganglioglioma (aGG) treated with radiation therapy followed by a maintenance combination of dabrafenib and trametinib and to compare this EFS to contemporary historical controls. Secondary: 1. To describe the overall survival (OS) distribution for newly-diagnosed patients with BRAFV600-mutant HGG without H3 K27M mutations excluding aPXA and aGG treated with radiation therapy followed by a maintenance combination of dabrafenib and trametinib 2. To describe the EFS and overall survival (OS) distribution for newly-diagnosed patients with BRAFV600E-mutant aPXA and aGG without H3 K27M mutations treated with radiation therapy followed by a maintenance combination of dabrafenib and trametinib. 3. To describe the EFS and overall survival (OS) distribution for newly-diagnosed patients with BRAFV600E-mutant HGG including aPXA and aGG with H3 K27M mutations treated with radiation therapy followed by a maintenance combination of dabrafenib and trametinib 4. To define and evaluate the toxicities of combination therapy with dabrafenib and trametinib after radiation therapy in newly-diagnosed patients with HGG. Exploratory: 1. To bank tumor specimens and body fluids (blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid) for future studies.

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    • Protocol Number:
      112302

    • Phase:
      Phase II

    • Scope:
      Local

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Brain and Nervous System

    • Therapies Involved:
      Chemotherapy multiple agents systemic

    • Drugs Involved:
      Trametinib DABRAFENIB

      • Contacts:

      • RWJBarnabas Health - Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Prinicipal Investigator: Teena Bhatla

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    Inclusion Criteria:

    • PRE-ENROLLMENT ELIGIBILITY SCREENING: Patients must be =< 25 years of age at the time of enrollment on APEC14B1 Part A CNS/HGG pre-enrollment eligibility screening.
    • Note: This required age range applies to the pre-enrollment eligibility screening for all HGG patients. Individual treatment protocols may have different age criteria.
    • PRE-ENROLLMENT ELIGIBILITY SCREENING: Patient is suspected of having localized newly-diagnosed HGG, excluding metastatic disease.
    • PRE-ENROLLMENT ELIGIBILITY SCREENING: Patient and/or their parents or legal guardians have signed informed consent for eligibility screening on APEC14B1 Part A.
    • PRE-ENROLLMENT ELIGIBILITY SCREENING: The specimens obtained at the time of diagnostic biopsy or surgery must be submitted through APEC14B1 as soon as possible (ASAP), preferably within 5 calendar days of the procedure.
    • Please note: See the APEC14B1 Manual of Procedures for a full list of detailed instructions for submitting required materials and for shipping details.
    • Patients must be >= 3 years and =< 25 years of age at the time of enrollment.
    • Patients must have eligibility confirmed by Rapid Central Pathology and Molecular Screening Reviews performed on APEC14B1
    • Newly diagnosed high-grade glioma with BRAF^V600-mutation
    • Results for H3 K27M by immunohistochemistry (IHC) or sequencing
    • Histologically confirmed high-grade glioma (World Health Organization [WHO] grade III or IV) including but not limited to: anaplastic astrocytoma (AA), anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (aPXA), anaplastic gangliogliomas (aGG), glioblastoma (GB), and high-grade astrocytoma, not otherwise specified (NOS).
    • Patients must have had histologic verification of a high-grade glioma diagnosis. CSF cytology by lumbar puncture must be done if clinically indicated and determined to be safe prior to study enrollment. If cytology proves positive, the patient would be considered to have metastatic disease and would, therefore, be ineligible.
    • A pre- and post-operative brain MRI with and without contrast and a baseline spine MRI with contrast must be obtained prior to enrollment. The requirement for a post-operative MRI is waived for patients who undergo biopsy only. If the spine MRI is positive, the patient would be considered to have metastatic disease and would be ineligible.
    • Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1, or 2. Use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =< 16 years of age.
    • 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 [RBC] transfusions) (within 7 days prior to enrollment).
    • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (within 7 days prior to enrollment) or
    • A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows (within 7 days prior to enrollment):
    • Age 3 to < 6 years (Male 0.8 mg/dL, Female 0.8 mg/dL)
    • Age 6 to < 10 years (Male 1 mg/dL, Female 1 mg/dL)
    • Age 10 to < 13 years (Male 1.2 mg/dL, Female 1.2 mg/dL)
    • Age 13 to < 16 years (Male 1.5 mg/dL, Female 1.4 mg/dL)
    • Age >= 16 years (Male 1.7 mg/dL, Female 1.4 mg/dL)
    • Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (within 7 days prior to enrollment), and
    • Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) =< 135 U/L (within 7 days prior to enrollment). For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L.
    • Patients with a seizure disorder may be enrolled if their seizures are well controlled while on non-enzyme inducing anticonvulsants permitted on this study.
    • All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
    • Patients must be enrolled and protocol therapy must be projected to begin no later than 31 days after definitive surgery (day 0). If a biopsy only was performed, the biopsy date will be considered the date of definitive surgery. For patients who have a biopsy or incomplete resection at diagnosis followed by additional surgery, the date of the last resection will be considered the date of definitive surgery.

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • Patients with intrinsic brainstem or primary spinal cord tumors will be excluded.
    • Patients with metastatic disease (defined as neuraxis dissemination either by imaging or by cytology) will be excluded.
    • Patients must not have received any prior tumor-directed therapy including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, or bone marrow transplant for the treatment of HGG other than surgical intervention and/or corticosteroids.
    • Previous treatment with dabrafenib or another RAF inhibitor, trametinib or another MEK inhibitor, or an ERK inhibitor.
    • Patients with a history of a malignancy with confirmed activating RAS mutation.
    • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to dabrafenib, trametinib, and their excipients.
    • Uncontrolled medical conditions (e.g., diabetes mellitus, hypertension, liver disease, or uncontrolled infection), psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical conditions that do not permit compliance with the protocol; or unwillingness or inability to follow the procedures required in the protocol.
    • Presence of active gastrointestinal (GI) disease or other condition (e.g., small bowel or large bowel resection) that will interfere significantly with the absorption of drugs.
    • History of hepatitis B virus, or hepatitis C virus infection (patients with laboratory evidence of cleared hepatitis B virus and/or hepatitis C virus may be enrolled).
    • History or current diagnosis of cardiac disease indicating significant risk of safety for patients participating in the study such as uncontrolled or significant cardiac disease, including any of the following:
    • Recent myocardial infarction (within the last 6 months);
    • Uncontrolled congestive heart failure;
    • Unstable angina (within last 6 months);
    • Clinically significant (symptomatic) or known, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias (e.g., sustained ventricular tachycardia, and clinically significant second or third degree atrioventricular [AV] block without a pacemaker) except sinus arrhythmia within the past 24 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment;
    • Coronary angioplasty or stenting (within last 6 months);
    • Intra-cardiac defibrillators;
    • Abnormal cardiac valve morphology (>= grade 2) documented by echocardiogram.
    • Patients with a history or current evidence of retinal vein occlusion (RVO) or central serous retinopathy (CSR), or predisposing factors to RVO or CSR (e.g., uncontrolled glaucoma or ocular hypertension).
    • Patients with presence of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis.
    • Female patients who are pregnant are ineligible since there is yet no available information regarding human fetal or teratogenic toxicities.
    • Lactating females are not eligible unless they have agreed not to breastfeed their infants for the duration of the study and for 4 months following discontinuation of study therapy.
    • Female patients of childbearing potential are not eligible unless a negative pregnancy test result has been obtained.
    • Sexually active patients of reproductive potential (male or female) are not eligible unless they have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation and for 4 months following discontinuation of study therapy. Male patients (including those who have had a vasectomy) taking dabrafenib and trametinib combination therapy must use a condom during intercourse while on study and for 16 weeks after stopping treatment, and should not father a child during these periods. Women of childbearing potential should use effective non-hormonal contraception during therapy and for 4 weeks following discontinuation of dabrafenib and at least 4 months following the last dose of trametinib in patients taking combination therapy. Women should be advised that dabrafenib may decrease the efficacy of hormonal contraceptives and an alternate method of contraception, such as barrier methods, should be used.

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

    For further information about clinical trials, please contact us at 732-235-7356 or 844-CANCERNJ.

    • Rutgers Cancer Institute
  • A Phase 2 Study of Inotuzumab Ozogamicin in Children and Young Adults with Relapsed or Refractory CD22+ B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL). - NCT02981628

    Primary Aim: To determine the morphologic response rate (complete response [CR] + complete response with incomplete hematologic recovery [CRi]) following one cycle of treatment with InO in children with relapsed or refractory CD22+ B-ALL. 1.2 Secondary Aims: 1.2.1 To determine the CR/CRi rate following 2 cycles of InO therapy. 1.2.2 To determine the safety of single agent InO administered at the adult recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) to pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory CD22+ B-ALL. 1.2.3 To determine the level of minimal residual disease (MRD) by flow cytometry in responding patients. 1.2.4 To determine the incidence, severity, and outcomes of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/veno-occlusive disease (SOS/VOD) of the liver in patients during InO therapy and following subsequent treatment, including myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). 1.2.5 To estimate the 3-year event-free survival (EFS), 3-year overall survival (OS), and among responders, duration of CR/CRi for pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory B-ALL treated with InO. 1.3 Exploratory Aims: 1.3.1 To assess the level of CD22 surface expression and CD22 site density on leukemic blasts and correlate with clinical outcomes after treatment with InO.

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    • Protocol Number:
      111707

    • Principal Investigator:
      Archana Sharma DO

    • Phase:
      Phase II

    • Scope:
      National

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Lymphoid Leukemia

    • Therapies Involved:
      Chemotherapy single agent systemic

    • Drugs Involved:
      Inotuzumab ozogamicin (CMC-544)

      • Contacts:

      • Rutgers University Prinicipal Investigator: Archana Sharma DO

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    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Patients must be >= 1 year and < 22 years of age at the time of enrollment
    • Patients must have B-ALL, or previously diagnosed B lymphoblastic lymphoma (B-LL), with >= 5% (M2 or M3) bone marrow blasts with or without extramedullary disease
    • NOTE: Relapsed patients previously diagnosed with B-lymphoblastic lymphoma (B-LL) are eligible if they have an M2 or M3 marrow at the time of enrollment on this study
    • Patients with ALL or B-LL who have M2 morphology must have local confirmatory testing showing >= 5% blasts by flow cytometry, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) testing or other molecular method
    • Leukemic blasts must demonstrate surface expression of CD22 at the time of relapse by local/institutional flow cytometry of a bone marrow aspirate sample; (assessment of CD22 using a bright fluorophore such as phycoerythrin [PE] is strongly recommended)
    • In the case of an inadequate aspirate sample (dry tap) or if bone marrow aspirate is unable to be performed due to patient clinical status, flow cytometry of peripheral blood specimen may be substituted if the patient has at least 1,000/uL circulating blasts; alternatively, CD22 expression may be documented by immunohistochemistry of a bone marrow biopsy specimen
    • Patients with one of the following:
    • Second or greater relapse;
    • Primary refractory disease with at least 2 prior induction attempts;
    • First relapse refractory to at least one prior re-induction attempt
    • Any relapse after HSCT (Cohort 1 ONLY)Patients with Down syndrome are eligible ONLY for Cohort 1 with:
    • Any of above disease status, OR
    • First relapse with no prior re-induction attempt NOTE: Patients with Down syndrome or prior HSCT are NOT eligible for Cohort 2 combination therapy
    • Patients with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)+ ALL must have had two prior therapy attempts including two different tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs)
    • Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anti-cancer therapy, defined as resolution of all such toxicities to =< grade 2 or lower per the inclusion/exclusion criteria prior to entering this study. Apply to Cohort 2:
    • Cytotoxic chemotherapy or other anti-cancer agents known to be myelosuppressive. For agents not listed, the duration of this interval must be discussed with the study chair and the study-assigned Research Coordinator prior to enrollment.
    • A waiting period prior to enrollment is not required for patients receiving standard cytotoxic maintenance chemotherapy (i.e., corticosteroid, vincristine, 6MP, and/or methotrexate).
    • A waiting period is not required for patients receiving a single dose of intrathecal methotrexate, hydrocortisone, and/or cytarabine within 7 days prior to enrollment
    • >= 14 days must have elapsed after the completion of other cytotoxic therapy, with the exception of hydroxyurea, for patients not receiving standard maintenance therapy. For patients who previously received calaspargase pegol, >= 21 days must have elapsed after the last dose. Additionally, patients must have fully recovered from all acute toxic effects of prior therapy.
    • Note: Cytoreduction with hydroxyurea must be discontinued >= 24 hours prior to the start of protocol therapy.
    • Anti-cancer agents not known to be myelosuppressive (e.g., not associated with reduced platelet or absolute neutrophil count [ANC] counts): >= 7 days after the last dose of agent. For agents not listed, the duration of this interval must be discussed with the study chair and the study-assigned research coordinator prior to enrollment.
    • Anti-cancer agents that are antibodies: >= 21 days must have elapsed from infusion of last dose of antibody, and toxicity related to prior antibody therapy must be recovered to grade =< 1. There is an exception for blinatumomab infusions, for which patients must have been off for at least 3 days and all drug related toxicity must have resolved to grade 2 or lower as outlined in the inclusion/exclusion criteria.
    • Corticosteroids: If used to modify immune adverse events related to prior therapy, >= 14 days must have elapsed since last dose of corticosteroid. A waiting period prior to enrollment is not required for patients receiving corticosteroid for leukemia therapy/cytoreduction.
    • Radiotherapy: >= 2 weeks must have elapsed since local palliative radiation therapy (XRT) (small port); >= 3 months must have elapsed if prior cranial or craniospinal XRT was received, if >= 50% of the pelvis was irradiated, or if total body irradiation (TBI) was received; >= 6 weeks must have elapsed if other substantial bone marrow irradiation was given.
    • Stem cell transplant or rescue without TBI: For Cohort 1, at least 90 days must have elapsed since stem cell transplant and at least 30 days from donor lymphocyte infusion. Patient must have had no more than one previous HSCT and currently have no evidence of active graft vs. host disease (GVHD). For Cohort 2, no prior HSCT is allowed.
    • Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy: At least 30 days must have elapsed from the last CAR-T cell infusion
    • Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1, or 2; use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky 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
    • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 or
    • A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows:
    • 1 to < 2 years: maximum serum creatinine 0.6 mg/dL (both male and female)
    • 2 to < 6 years: maximum serum creatinine 0.8 mg/dL (both male and female)
    • 6 to < 10 years: maximum serum creatinine 1 mg/dL (both male and female)
    • 10 to < 13 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.2 mg/dL (both male and female)
    • 13 to < 16 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dL (male), 1.4 mg/dL (female)
    • >= 16 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.7 mg/dL (male), 1.4 mg/dL (female)
    • Direct bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age, and
    • Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) =< 5 x ULN for age; for the purpose of this study, the ULN for ALT will be 45 U/L

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • Patients with any prior history of SOS irrespective of severity
    • Patients with isolated central nervous system (CNS), testicular, or any other extramedullary site of relapse
    • Patients who have been previously treated with inotuzumab ozogamicin
    • Patients who have previously received HSCT (Cohort 2 only)
    • Patients with Down syndrome (Cohort 2 only)
    • History of allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar or biologic composition to inotuzumab ozogamicin or other agents in the study
    • Note: Patients with history of allergy to pegaspargase/calaspargase pegol are eligible for enrollment on Cohort 2 if Erwinia formulation of asparaginase can be obtained
    • Patients with active optic nerve and/or retinal involvement are not eligible; patients who are presenting with visual disturbances should have an ophthalmologic exam and, if indicated, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess optic nerve or retinal involvement
    • Patients who are currently receiving another investigational drug
    • Patients who are currently receiving or plan to receive other anti-cancer agents (except hydroxyurea, which may be continued until 24 hours prior to start of protocol therapy, and intrathecal chemotherapy)
    • Anti-GVHD or agents to prevent organ rejection post-transplant; patients who are receiving cyclosporine, tacrolimus, or other agents to prevent either graft-versus-host disease post bone marrow transplant or organ rejection post-transplant are not eligible for this trial; at least 3 half-lives must have elapsed after the last dose of GVHD or anti-rejection medications
    • Patients who are currently receiving or plan to receive corticosteroids except as described below
    • Systemic corticosteroids may be administered for cytoreduction up to 24 hours prior to the start of protocol therapy, (Cohort 1 only) for all patients, corticosteroids may be administered as a premedication for inotuzumab ozogamicin and as treatment for allergic reactions or for physiologic replacement/stress dosing of hydrocortisone for documented adrenal insufficiency; corticosteroids are not allowed for other indications
    • Patients with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B or C infections; testing to prove negative status is not required for enrollment unless it is deemed necessary for usual medical care of the patient
    • Patients who have an active uncontrolled infection defined as:
    • Positive bacterial blood culture within 48 hours of study enrollment;
    • Fever above 38.2 degree Celsius (C) within 48 hours of study enrollment with clinical signs of infection; fever that is determined to be due to tumor burden is allowed if patients have documented negative blood cultures for at least 48 hours prior to enrollment and no concurrent signs or symptoms of active infection or hemodynamic instability
    • A positive fungal culture within 30 days of study enrollment or active therapy for presumed invasive fungal infection
    • Patients may be receiving IV or oral antibiotics to complete a course of therapy for a prior documented infection as long as cultures have been negative for at least 48 hours and signs or symptoms of active infection have resolved; for patients with clostridium (C.) difficile diarrhea, at least 72 hours of antibacterial therapy must have elapsed and stools must have normalized to baseline
    • Active viral or protozoal infection requiring IV treatment
    • Patients known to have one of the following concomitant genetic syndromes: Bloom syndrome, ataxia-telangiectasia, Fanconi anemia, Kostmann syndrome, Schwachman (Schwachman-Diamond-Blackfan) syndrome or any other known bone marrow failure syndrome
    • There have been no human studies of inotuzumab ozogamicin in pregnant women and no reports of exposure in utero; based on nonclinical safety studies, inotuzumab ozogamicin has the potential to impair human male and female fertility and to adversely affect human embryo fetal development; women of childbearing potential should be advised to avoid becoming pregnant while receiving inotuzumab ozogamicin; there is no information regarding the presence of inotuzumab ozogamicin in human milk, the effects on the breast-fed infant, or the effects on milk production; because of the potential for adverse reactions in breast-fed infants, women should not breast-feed during treatment with inotuzumab ozogamicin and for at least 2 months after the final dose
    • Female patients of childbearing potential are not eligible unless a negative pregnancy test result has been obtained within 7 days prior to enrollment
    • Female patients who are sexually active and of reproductive potential are not eligible unless they agree to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation and for 8 months after the last dose of inotuzumab ozogamicin
    • Men with female partners of childbearing potential should use effective contraception during treatment with inotuzumab ozogamicin and for at least 5 months after the last dose of inotuzumab ozogamicin
    • Lactating females are not eligible unless they agree not to breastfeed their infants

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

    For further information about clinical trials, please contact us at 732-235-7356 or 844-CANCERNJ.

    • Rutgers Cancer Institute
  • A Phase 2 Study of SNDX-5613 in Combination with Chemotherapy for Patients with Relapsed or Refractory KMT2A-Rearranged Infant Leukemia. - NCT05761171

    The primary objective on MRD negative remission rate. It is anticipated that approximately 4 to 12 patients in the safety phase could be evaluable for the primary efficacy endpoint. The additional patients needed to address the primary efficacy endpoint will be enrolled at the selected RP2Ds in the expansion phase. The primary objective on MRD negative remission rate. Assuming a 10% ineligible/inevaluable rate, 24 eligible patients with R/R infant KMT2A-R ALL patients may be enrolled to meet this target accrual. This includes the patients with R/R infant KMT2A-R ALL enrolled at RP2D-L and RP2D-M in the safety phase who receive at least one dose of SNDX-5613.

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    • Protocol Number:
      112402

    • Principal Investigator:
      Richard Drachtman M.D.

    • Phase:
      Phase II

    • Scope:
      National

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Leukemia, other

    • Therapies Involved:
      Chemotherapy single agent systemic

    • Drugs Involved:
      SNDX-5613

      • Contacts:

      • Rutgers University Prinicipal Investigator: Richard Drachtman M.D.

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    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Patients must be 1 month to < 6 years old at the time of study enrollment and must have had initial diagnosis of leukemia at < 2 years old.
    • Patients must have KMT2A-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage (ALAL), or mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL), which is determined to be refractory or in first marrow relapse. All patients must undergo cytogenetics and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) testing of a relapsed/refractory blast sample at a Children's Oncology Group (COG)-approved laboratory for KMT2A-R status determination and the presence of a KMT2A- rearrangement must be confirmed by central review. Cytogenetics results must be submitted for central review by Day 10 of protocol therapy, for confirmation of KMT2A-R status. Patients enrolled with refractory disease may utilize initial diagnostic cytogenetics for eligibility and submission for central review if testing was performed at a COG approved laboratory. Patients will be eligible to remain on protocol therapy if KMT2A-R is confirmed by central review. Additional methods of assessing for KMT2A-R may be considered if FISH does not detect the rearrangement.
    • Disease status at time of enrollment must be one of the following:
    • First relapse (untreated): Any recurrence of marrow disease, with or without other extramedullary sites(s), at any point after achieving remission ("remission-1", per definition below) and meeting one of the below criteria. Patients must not have received any disease-directed therapy for the marrow relapse prior to enrollment, other than permitted cytoreduction.
    • Relapse M1: M1 morphology (< 5% blasts) + at least 2 confirmatory tests showing >= 1% blasts (testing includes flow, cytogenetics, polymerase chain reaction [PCR]ext-generation sequencing [NGS] of immunoglobulin [Ig]/T-cell receptor [TCR] rearrangement, and/or PCR or NGS of fusion gene identical to diagnosis), OR
    • Relapse M2: M2 morphology (5-25% blasts) + 1 confirmatory test showing > 1% blasts, OR
    • Relapse M3: M3 morphology (> 25% blasts)
    • Primary refractory, or failure to achieve remission-1: remission-1 is defined as < 1% marrow blasts by flow MRD and resolution of extramedullary disease following at least 2 courses of frontline chemotherapy. Patients who receive 2 courses of chemotherapy and 1 course of blinatumomab are also eligible, but no further treatment attempts beyond that are permitted
    • Central nervous system (CNS) disease: Patients must have CNS1 or CNS2 status and no clinical signs or neurologic symptoms suggestive of CNS leukemia, such as cranial palsy.
    • Patients with CNS3 disease may receive antecedent intrathecal chemotherapy to achieve CNS1 or CNS2 status prior to enrollment.
    • Patients with a history of CNS chloromatous disease are required to have no radiographic evidence of CNS disease prior to enrollment.
    • White blood cell (WBC) must be < 50,000/uL at the time of study enrollment. Patients can receive cytoreduction with hydroxyurea and/or corticosteroids for up to 7 days prior to enrollment.
    • Patients >= 12 months of age must have a performance status by Lansky Scale of >= 50%.
    • Patients must be able to take enteral medications. Acceptable routes of administration for revumenib (SNDX-5613) include: oral (PO), nasogastric (NG) tube, nasojejunal (NJ) tube, nasoduodenal (ND), and gastrostomy tube (G-tube).
    • Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy prior to entering this study
    • Cytotoxic chemotherapy or other anti-cancer agents known to be myelosuppressive:
    • >= 14 days must have elapsed after the completion of other cytotoxic therapy, including patients who relapse during pre-Maintenance upfront therapy, with these specific exceptions: cytoreduction with hydroxyurea and/or corticosteroids, and intrathecal chemotherapy, which have no required washout periods. For patients who relapse during upfront Maintenance therapy, >= 7 days must have elapsed after the last dose of chemotherapy. Additionally, patients must have fully recovered from all acute toxic effects of prior therapy.
    • NOTE: Cytoreduction with hydroxyurea and/or corticosteroids is permitted prior to enrollment for patients with WBC >= 50,000/uL, and by provider discretion regardless of WBC, to reduce potential risk of differentiation syndrome with revumenib initiation. Hydroxyurea and/or corticosteroids may be given for up to 7 days, with no wash-out required.
    • NOTE: No waiting period is required for patients having received intrathecal cytarabine, methotrexate, and/or hydrocortisone. Intrathecal chemotherapy that is given up to 7 days prior to the initiation of protocol therapy counts as protocol therapy and not prior anti-cancer therapy. Intrathecal chemotherapy given > 7 days prior does not count as protocol therapy.
    • NOTE: Prior exposure to fludarabine and cytarabine (FLA) is permitted.
    • Anti-cancer agents not known to be myelosuppressive (e.g., not associated with reduced platelet or absolute neutrophil count [ANC] counts): >= 7 days after the last dose of agent.
    • Antibodies: >= 21 days must have elapsed from infusion of last dose of antibody, and toxicity related to prior antibody therapy must be recovered to grade =< 1. There is an exception for blinatumomab infusions, for which patients must have been off for at least 3 days and all drug related toxicity must have resolved to grade 2 or lower as outlined in the inclusion/exclusion criteria.
    • Hematopoietic growth factors: >= 14 days after the last dose of a long-acting growth factor (e.g., pegfilgrastim) or >= 7 days for short-acting growth factor. 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. The duration of this interval must be discussed with the study chair and the study-assigned Research Coordinator.
    • Interleukins, interferons and cytokines (other than hematopoietic growth factors): >= 21 days after the completion of interleukins, interferon, or cytokines
    • Stem cell infusions (with or without total body irradiation (TBI):
    • Allogeneic (non-autologous) bone marrow or stem cell transplant, or stem cell boost: >= 84 days after infusion
    • Donor leukocyte infusion: >= 28 days
    • Cellular therapy: >= 28 days after the completion of any type of cellular therapy (e.g., modified T cells, natural killer [NK] cells, dendritic cells, etc.)
    • Radiation therapy (XRT)/external beam irradiation including protons: >= 14 days after local XRT; >= 84 days after TBI, craniospinal XRT or if radiation to >= 50% of the pelvis; >= 42 days if other substantial bone marrow radiation.
    • A creatinine based on age as follows:
    • Age 1 month to < 6 months: maximum creatinine 0.4 mg/dL
    • Age 6 months to < 1 year: maximum creatinine 0.5 mg/dL
    • Age 1 to < 2 years: maximum creatinine 0.6 mg/dL
    • Age 2 to < 6 years: maximum creatinine 0.8 mg/dL OR
    • a 24-hour urine creatinine clearance >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 OR
    • a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2. 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 creatinine, cystatin C or other estimates are not acceptable for determining eligibility.
    • A direct bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age, unless disease related
    • Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) =< 135 U/L (3 x ULN) unless disease related.
    • Note: For the purpose of eligibility, the ULN for SGPT (ALT) has been set to the value of 45 U/L
    • Shortening fraction of >= 27% by echocardiogram, or ejection fraction of >= 50% by radionuclide angiogram.
    • Corrected QT interval using Fridericia formula (QTcF) of < 450 msec (using the average of triplicate measurements)
    • NOTE: There are no specific electrolyte parameters for eligibility. However, it should be noted that, to limit QTc prolongation risk, patients must maintain adequate potassium and magnesium levels to initiate and continue revumenib (SNDX-5613) on protocol therapy.
    • Patients must be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study, in the opinion of the treating investigator.

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • Patients with isolated extramedullary leukemia.
    • Patients diagnosed with Down syndrome.
    • Patients known to have one of the following syndromes:
    • Bloom syndrome, ataxia-telangiectasia, Fanconi anemia, Kostmann syndrome, Shwachman syndrome, or any other known bone marrow failure syndrome.
    • Patients with a secondary KMT2A-R leukemia that developed after treatment of prior malignancy with cytotoxic chemotherapy.
    • Patients with a history of congenital prolonged QT syndrome, congestive heart failure or uncontrolled arrhythmia in the past 6 months prior to study enrollment.
    • Patients with an active, uncontrolled infection, further defined below:
    • Positive bacterial blood culture within 48 hours of study enrollment
    • Fever above 38.2 degrees Celsius (C) within 48 hours of study enrollment with clinical signs of infection. Fever that is determined to be due to tumor burden is allowed if patients have documented negative blood cultures for at least 48 hours prior to enrollment and no concurrent signs or symptoms of active infection or hemodynamic instability
    • A positive fungal culture within 30 days of study enrollment or active therapy for presumed invasive fungal infection
    • Patients may be receiving IV or oral antibiotics to complete a course of therapy for a prior documented infection as long as cultures have been negative for at least 48 hours and signs or symptoms of active infection have resolved. For patients with Clostridium (C.) difficile diarrhea, at least 72 hours of antibacterial therapy must have elapsed and stools must have normalized to baseline
    • Active viral or protozoal infection requiring IV treatment
    • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients are eligible if on effective anti-retroviral therapy that does not interact with planned study agents and with undetectable viral load within 6 months of enrollment.
    • Patients with active acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) > grade 0 (unless skin only), or chronic GVHD > mild (unless skin only) are not eligible. Patients with acute or chronic skin GVHD that is =< grade 1, or chronic skin GVHD that is graded as mild are eligible.
    • Patients who have received a prior solid organ transplantation.
    • Patients with known Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, if treating on Regimen A (with vincristine).
    • CYP3A4 Inhibitors or Inducers: Patients who require concomitant therapy with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or moderate or strong CYP3A4 inducers, as these are prohibited during the chemotherapy combination cycles. These agents should be discontinued at least 5 half-lives prior to starting protocol therapy. Concomitant use of strong CYP3A4 inhibitor -azole antifungals are permitted during the revumenib (SNDX-5613) monotherapy cycles, with appropriate revumenib (SNDX-5613) dose modification
    • P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitors or inducers: Vincristine is a substrate for P-gp. Concomitant use of P-gp inhibitors or inducers with vincristine (patients receiving Regimen A Cycle 1) should be avoided.
    • Investigational drugs: Patients who are currently receiving another investigational drug.
    • Anti-cancer agents: Patients who are currently receiving other anti-cancer agents (exceptions: hydroxyurea and corticosteroids, which may be used as cytoreduction prior to enrollment).
    • Anti-GVHD agents: Patients who are receiving cyclosporine, tacrolimus, or other systemic agents to treat graft-versus-host disease post bone marrow transplant. Patients should discontinue anti-GVHD agents > 7 days prior to enrollment and have no evidence of worsening GVHD. Topical steroids are permitted.
    • Patients who have previously been treated with revumenib (SNDX-5613). Prior exposure to other menin inhibitors is permitted.
    • 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.

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

    For further information about clinical trials, please contact us at 732-235-7356 or 844-CANCERNJ.

    • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
    • Rutgers Cancer Institute
  • A Phase 2 Study Using Chemoimmunotherapy with Gemcitabine, Cisplatin and Nivolumab in Newly Diagnosed Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC). - NCT06064097

    Primary Aim: - To evaluate safety of combining chemotherapy (cisplatin and gemcitabine) with an anti-PD1 immune checkpoint inhibitor (nivolumab) in children, adolescents and young adults with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) by determining the rate of CTCAE Grade 3 or higher immune related adverse events (irAEs). Secondary Aims: - To estimate the 2-year event-free survival (EFS) of children, adolescents and young adults with NPC who are treated with Induction Chemoimmunotherapy (CIT), followed by Consolidation Chemoradioimmunotherapy (CRIT, cisplatin, nivolumab and response-adjusted, dose de-escalated radiation therapy), and nivolumab maintenance therapy. - To evaluate the objective response rate (ORR) including complete responders and partial responders (CR + PR) of neoadjuvant CIT. - To evaluate feasibility of combining chemotherapy (cisplatin and gemcitabine) with an anti-PD1 immune checkpoint inhibitor (nivolumab) in children, adolescents and young adults with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). - To evaluate the cumulative incidence of local and distant relapse.

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    • Protocol Number:
      112405

    • Principal Investigator:
      Scott Moerdler M.D.

    • Phase:
      Phase II

    • Scope:
      National

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx

    • Therapies Involved:
      Radiotherapy Chemotherapy multiple agents systemic

    • Drugs Involved:
      GEMCITABINE CISPLATIN Opdivo (Nivolumab)

      • Contacts:

      • Rutgers University Prinicipal Investigator: Scott Moerdler M.D.

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    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Patients must be ≤ 21 years of age at the time of study enrollment
    • Newly diagnosed American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage II-IV nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
    • Patients must have had histologic verification of the malignancy at original diagnosis
    • Although submission of tumor tissue for the molecular characterization initiative is not required for eligibility, it is strongly recommended
    • Patients must have had histologic verification of the malignancy at original diagnosis
    • Although submission of tumor tissue for the molecular characterization initiative is not required for eligibility, it is strongly recommended
    • Patients must have a Lansky (for patients ≤ 16 years of age) or Karnofsky (for patients > 16 years of age) performance status score of ≥ 60%
    • Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1000/uL (within 7 days prior to start of protocol therapy)
    • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/uL (transfusion independent) (within 7 days prior to start of protocol therapy)
    • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 or (within 7 days prior to start of protocol therapy)
    • A serum creatinine based on age/gender (within 7 days prior to start of protocol therapy) Age: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL) 1 month to < 6 months: 0.4 mg/dL (male); 0.4 mg/dL (female) 6 months to < 1 year: 0.5 mg/dL (male); 0.5 mg/dL (female) 1 to < 2 years: 0.6 mg/dL (male); 0.6 mg/dL (female) 2 to < 6 years: 0.8 mg/dL (male); 0.8 mg/dL (female) 6 to < 10 years 1 mg/dL (male); 1 mg/dL (female) 10 to <13 years: 1.2 mg/dL (male); 1.2 mg/dL (female) 13 to < 16 years: 1.5 mg/dL (male); 1.4 mg/dL (female) ≥ 16 years: 1.7 mg/dL (male); 1.4 mg/dL (female)
    • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age, and (within 7 days prior to start of protocol therapy)
    • Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) ≤ 135 U/L* (within 7 days prior to start of protocol therapy)
    • Note: For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT (ALT) has been set to the value of 45 U/L
    • Shortening fraction of ≥ 27% by echocardiogram, or
    • Ejection fraction of ≥ 50% by radionuclide angiogram
    • No evidence of dyspnea at rest, no exercise intolerance, and a pulse oximetry > 94% if there is clinical indication for determination
    • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months and T-cell count above the lower limit of normal are eligible for this trial
    • For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated. Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • Patients who received prior radiotherapy to the head or neck
    • Patients who received prior chemotherapy or radiation for the treatment of any cancer in the last 3 years. These patients must also be in remission
    • Patients with a diagnosis of immunodeficiency
    • Patients with an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e., with use of disease-modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive agents). Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
    • Note: Patients with well-controlled asthma and no need for systemic steroids for the treatment of asthma in the last 12 months will not be excluded
    • Patients with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (> 0.25 mg/kg (10 mg) daily prednisone equivalent) within 14 days or other immunosuppressive medications within 30 days of enrollment. Inhaled or topical steroids, and adrenal replacement steroid doses > 0.25 mg/kg (10 mg) daily prednisone equivalent, are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease
    • Patients with a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis
    • Patients with detectable viral load of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B or hepatitis C, or active tuberculosis
    • Patients who have undergone solid organ or allogeneic hematopoietic transplant at any time
    • Due to risks of fetal and teratogenic adverse events as seen in animal studies, a negative pregnancy test must be obtained in females of childbearing potential, defined as females who are post-menarchal. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required
    • Females of childbearing potential that are sexually active must agree to either practice 2 medically accepted highly-effective methods of contraception at the same time or abstain from heterosexual intercourse from the time of signing the informed consent through 5 months after the last dose of nivolumab, 6 months after the last dose of gemcitabine, and 14 months after the last dose of cisplatin, whichever is longer
    • Males of childbearing potential that are sexually active must agree to either practice a medically accepted highly-effective methods of contraception or abstain from heterosexual intercourse from the time of signing the informed consent through 3 months after the last dose of gemcitabine, and 11 months after the last dose of cisplatin, whichever is longer
    • Lactating females are not eligible unless they have agreed not to breastfeed their infants starting with the first dose of study therapy through 5 months after the last dose of nivolumab
    • 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

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

    For further information about clinical trials, please contact us at 732-235-7356 or 844-CANCERNJ.

    • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
    • Rutgers Cancer Institute
  • A Phase 2 Trial of Chemotherapy followed by Response-Based Whole Ventricular & Spinal Canal Irradiation (WVSCI) for Patients with Localized Non-Germinomatous Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor. - NCT04684368

    Primary Aims: 1. To monitor outcome to ensure that children and young adults with localized central nervous system (CNS) non-germinomatous germ cell tumors (NGGCT) treated with Induction chemotherapy followed by response evaluation and whole ventricular + spinal canal irradiation (WVSCI) will maintain the excellent 2-year progression free survival (PFS) rate as compared to ACNS0122. 2. To improve disease control by decreasing the number of spinal relapses for patients who achieve a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) and receive WVSCI as compared to whole ventricular radiation on ACNS1123. 3. To estimate the response rates to Induction chemotherapy and WVSCI for localized NGGCT patients who achieve a CR/PR. 4. To estimate the PFS and OS for localized NGGCT patients who achieve a CR/PR and receive WVSCI. 5. To estimate the PFS and OS for patients with less than a CR/PR following Induction who subsequently receive HDCSCR. 6. To estimate the response rate for patients with less than a CR/PR following Induction who subsequently receive HDCSCR.

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    • Protocol Number:
      112104

    • Principal Investigator:
      Scott Moerdler M.D.

    • Phase:
      Phase II

    • Scope:
      National

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Brain and Nervous System

    • Therapies Involved:
      Chemotherapy multiple agents systemic

    • Drugs Involved:
      IFOSFAMIDE Thiotepa CARBOPLATIN MESNA ETOPOSIDE FILGRASTIM

      • Contacts:

      • Rutgers University Prinicipal Investigator: Scott Moerdler M.D.

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    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Patients must be >= 3 years and < 30 years at the time of study enrollment
    • Patients must be newly diagnosed with localized primary CNS NGGCT of the suprasellar and/or pineal region by pathology and/or serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) elevation of AFP above institutional normal or > 10 ng/mL or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) beta > 100 mIU/mL as confirmed by Rapid Central Marker Screening Review on APEC14B1-CNS. Suprasellar, pineal and bifocal tumors are included. (CSF tumor markers and cytology must be within 31 days prior to enrollment and start of protocol therapy [repeat if necessary]. Serum tumor markers, AFP and hCGbeta must be within 7 days prior to enrollment and start of protocol therapy [repeat if necessary]). Basal ganglia or other primary sites are excluded
    • Patients with any of the following pathological elements are eligible: endodermal sinus (yolk sac), embryonal carcinoma, choriocarcinoma, malignant/immature teratoma and mixed germ cell tumor (GCT) (i.e., may include some pure germinoma) if malignant elements listed above are present. Patients with only mature teratoma are excluded. Patients with pure germinoma admixed with mature teratoma are excluded (would be eligible for pure germinoma protocols)
    • Patients must have a cranial MRI with and without gadolinium at diagnosis/prior to enrollment. If surgical resection is performed, patients must have pre-operative and post operative brain MRI with and without gadolinium. The post operative brain MRI should be obtained within 72 hours of surgery. If patient has a biopsy only, post-operative brain MRI is recommended but not required (within 31 days prior to study enrollment and start of protocol therapy )
    • Patients must have a spine MRI with gadolinium obtained at diagnosis/prior to enrollment. Spine MRI with and without gadolinium is recommended (within 31 days prior to study enrollment and start of protocol therapy)
    • Lumbar CSF must be obtained prior to study enrollment unless medically contraindicated. If a patient undergoes surgery and lumbar CSF cytology cannot be obtained at the time of surgery, then it should be performed at least 10 days following surgery and prior to study enrollment. False positive cytology can occur within 10 days of surgery
    • Patients must have RAPID CENTRAL TUMOR MARKER REVIEW CSF tumor markers obtained prior to enrollment unless medically contraindicated. Ventricular CSF obtained at the time of CSF diversion procedure (if performed) is acceptable for tumor markers but lumbar CSF is preferred. In case CSF diversion and biopsy/surgery are combined, CSF tumor markers should be collected first
    • 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 [RBC] transfusions) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
    • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 or a serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows (within 7 days prior to enrollment):
    • Age: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL)
    • 3 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: male (1.7), 1.4 (female)
    • Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
    • Serum glutamate pyruvate 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, coma or assisted ventilation prior to study enrollment
    • Protocol therapy must begin within 31 calendar days of definitive surgery or clinical diagnosis, whichever is later. If a biopsy only was performed, the biopsy date will be considered the date of definitive surgery. For patients who have a biopsy or incomplete resection at diagnosis followed by additional surgery, the date of the last resection will be considered the date of definitive surgery.
    • 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
    • NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT:
    • English-, Spanish-, or French- speaking
    • Note: Patients who speak a language other than English, Spanish, or French will be allowed to participate in ACNS2021 but will not complete the neurocognitive and quality of life assessments
    • No known history of neurodevelopmental disorder prior to diagnosis of NGGCT (e.g., Down syndrome, fragile X, William syndrome, intellectual disability). Patients with NF1 will be allowed to participate
    • Additional eligibility criteria for the COG Standardized Neuropsychological Battery only: must be at a site that has a psychologist to administer the battery
    • Note: If not eligible for the COG Standardized Battery, patients should still complete the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition (BRIEF-2), Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), Adaptive Behavior Assessment System Third Edition (ABAS-3), and Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition (BASC-3) questionnaires

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • Patients with tumors located outside the ventricles (i.e., basal ganglia, thalamus)
    • Patients with only mature teratoma and non-elevated markers upon tumor sampling at diagnosis
    • Patients who have received any prior tumor-directed therapy for their diagnosis of NGGCT other than surgical intervention and corticosteroids
    • Patients with metastatic disease (i.e., MRI evaluation, lumbar CSF cytology or intraoperative evidence of dissemination)
    • Female patients who are pregnant, since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs
    • Note: Serum and urine pregnancy tests may be falsely positive due to HCGbeta-secreting germ cell tumors. Ensure the patient is not pregnant by institutional standards
    • 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

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

    For further information about clinical trials, please contact us at 732-235-7356 or 844-CANCERNJ.

    • Rutgers Cancer Institute
  • A Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Open vs Thoracoscopic Management of Pulmonary Metastases in Patients with Osteosarcoma. - NCT05235165

    Primary Objective: To determine if open surgical resection is superior to thoracoscopic resection for thoracic event-free survival (tEFS) in patients with resectable oligometastatic pulmonary osteosarcoma. Secondary Objectives: - To determine if open surgical resection is superior to thoracoscopy for event free survival (EFS) in patients with resectable oligometastatic pulmonary osteosarcoma. - To determine if open surgical resection is superior to thoracoscopy for overall survival (OS) in patients with resectable oligometastatic pulmonary osteosarcoma. - To determine if thoracoscopy is superior to open surgical resection for post-operative pain interference in patients with resectable oligometastatic pulmonary osteosarcoma.

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    • Protocol Number:
      112201

    • Principal Investigator:
      Scott Moerdler M.D.

    • Phase:
      Phase III

    • Scope:
      National

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Bones and Joints,Lung

    • Therapies Involved:
      Surgery

      • Contacts:

      • Rutgers University Prinicipal Investigator: Scott Moerdler M.D.

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    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Patients must be < 50 years at the time of enrollment.
    • Patients must have =< 4 nodules per lung consistent with or suspicious for metastases, with at least one of which being >= 3 mm and all of which must be =< 3 cm size.
    • Note: Patient must have eligibility confirmed by rapid central imaging review.
    • Lung nodules must be considered resectable by either open thoracotomy or thoracoscopic surgery. Determination of resectability is made by the institutional surgeon.
    • Patients must have a histological diagnosis of osteosarcoma.
    • Patients must have evidence of metastatic lung disease at the time of initial diagnosis, or at time of 1st recurrence following completion of therapy for initially localized disease.
    • Patients with newly diagnosed disease must have completed successful gross tumor resection for their primary tumor or surgical local control of primary tumor must be planned to be performed simultaneously with thoracic surgery.
    • Newly diagnosed patients must be receiving or recently completed (within 60 days) systemic therapy considered by the treating physician to be standard treatment for newly diagnosed osteosarcoma (eg, cisplatin-doxorubicin or ifosfamide-based drug regimens) at the time of enrollment on this study. Dose and drug modifications for toxicity do not exclude patients from participation.
    • Patients at time of 1st recurrence must have completed systemic therapy for their initial primary tumor, considered by the treating physician to be standard treatment for newly diagnosed osteosarcoma (eg, cisplatin-doxorubicin or ifosfamide-based drug regimens) at the time of enrollment on this study. Dose and drug modifications for toxicity do not exclude patients from participation.

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • Patients with unresectable primary tumor.
    • Patients with pulmonary metastatic lesions that would require anatomic resection (lobectomy or pneumonectomy) or lesions that are defined as "central" (i.e., central lesion involves or is proximal to segmental bronchi and peripheral is lesion distal to segmental bronchi).
    • Patients with chest wall or mediastinal based metastatic lesions, or with significant pleural effusion.
    • Patients with disease progression at either the primary or pulmonary metastatic site while on initial therapy. Note: Once the patient has been enrolled on the study, additional computed tomography (CT) scans are not anticipated prior to thoracic surgery. Note: Some variation in nodule size measurements over the course of pre-operative therapy is anticipated and does not qualify for exclusion unless deemed true disease progression by the primary treatment team.
    • Patients with evidence of extrapulmonary metastatic disease.
    • Patients who received therapeutic pulmonary surgery for lung metastasis 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.

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

    For further information about clinical trials, please contact us at 732-235-7356 or 844-CANCERNJ.

    • Rutgers Cancer Institute
  • A Phase 3 Randomized Study of Selumetinib versus Carboplatin/Vincristine in Newly Diagnosed or Previously Untreated Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) Associated Low-Grade Glioma. - NCT03871257

    1: To determine whether the efficacy of treatment with selumetinib as measured by event-free survival (EFS) is non-inferior to treatment with carboplatin/vincristine (CV) in previously untreated Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)-associated low- grade glioma (LGG). 2: To determine whether visual acuity (VA) using Teller Acuity Cards (TAC), in patients with NF1-associated LGG within the optic pathway, is better in those treated with selumetinib. 3: To estimate tumor response rates and overall survival (OS) in each treatment regimen in previously untreated NF1-associated LGG. 4: To evaluate VA outcomes utilizing HOTV letter acuity testing in previously untreated NF1-associated LGG within the optic pathway in patients who are old enough to perform visual acuity testing utilizing HOTV (a recognition acuity measure). 5: To describe the improvement in motor function as measured by the Vineland scale in patients with previously untreated NF1-associated LGG that have documented motor deficits at enrollment. 6: To prospectively evaluate and compare the quality of life among patients treated with selumetinib or CV. 7: To prospectively evaluate and compare the cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral functioning of patients with NF1-associated LGG treated with either selumetinib or CV. 8: To evaluate optical coherence tomography (OCT) measures of retinal axon and ganglion cell thickness as a marker of treatment response in previously untreated NF1-associated LGG within the optic pathway. 9: To compare novel, semi-automated volumetric MRI measures to traditional measurements of treatment response (bi-dimensional MRI measurements) in NF1- associated optic pathway tumors. 10: To obtain paired blood and tumor tissue to be banked for future NF1-LGG biology studies involving comprehensive molecular analysis, including but not limited to whole exome and RNA sequencing.

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    • Protocol Number:
      111914

    • Principal Investigator:
      Scott Moerdler M.D.

    • Phase:
      Phase III

    • Scope:
      National

    • Applicable Disease Sites:
      Brain and Nervous System

    • Therapies Involved:
      Chemotherapy multiple agents systemic Chemotherapy single agent systemic

    • Drugs Involved:
      VINCRISTINE Selumetinib CARBOPLATIN

      • Contacts:

      • Rutgers University Prinicipal Investigator: Scott Moerdler M.D.

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    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Patients must be >= 2 years and =< 21 years at the time of enrollment
    • Patients must have a body surface area (BSA) of >= 0.5 m^2 at enrollment
    • Patients must have neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) based on clinical criteria and/or germline genetic testing
    • Patients must be newly diagnosed or have previously diagnosed NF-1 associated LGG that has not been treated with any modality other than surgery
    • For patients with optic pathway gliomas (OPGs):
    • Newly-diagnosed patients with OPG are eligible if there are neurologic symptoms (including visual dysfunction, as defined below) or other exam findings associated with the tumor
    • Previously-diagnosed patients with OPG are eligible if they have new or worsening neurologic symptoms (including visual dysfunction, as defined below) or have tumor growth
    • For both newly-diagnosed and previously-diagnosed OPG, the patient may be eligible, irrespective of whether there has been tumor growth or other neurological symptoms or worsening, if they meet at least one of the following visual criteria:
    • Visual worsening, defined as worsening of visual acuity (VA) or visual fields (VF) documented within the past year (by examination or history); OR
    • Significant visual dysfunction (defined as VA worse than normal for age by 0.6 logMAR [20/80, 6/24, or 2.5/10] or more in one or both eyes)
    • For patients with LGG in other locations (i.e., not OPGs):
    • Newly-diagnosed patients with LGG are eligible if there are neurologic symptoms or other exam findings associated with the tumor
    • NOTE: Newly-diagnosed patients with LGG without associated neurologic symptoms or exam findings are not eligible
    • Previously-diagnosed patients with LGG are eligible if they have new or worsening neurologic symptoms or have tumor growth
    • Although not required, if a biopsy/tumor resection is performed, eligible histologies will include all tumors considered LGG or low-grade astrocytoma (World Health Organization [WHO] grade I and II) by 5th edition WHO classification of central nervous system (CNS) tumors with the exception of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
    • Patients must have two-dimensional measurable tumor >= 1 cm^2
    • Patients with metastatic disease or multiple independent primary LGGs are allowed on study
    • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration Rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 OR a serum creatinine based on age/gender (within 7 days prior to enrollment) as follows:
    • Age; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL)
    • 2 to < 6 years; 0.8 (male) and 0.8 (female)
    • 6 to < 10 years; 1 (male) and 1 (female)
    • 10 to < 13 years; 1.2 (male) and 1.2 (female)
    • 13 to < 16 years; 1.5 (male) and 1.4 (female)
    • >= 16 years; 1.7 (male) and 1.4 (female)
    • Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (within 7 days prior to enrollment) (children with a diagnosis of Gilbert's syndrome will be allowed on study regardless of their total and indirect [unconjugated] bilirubin levels as long as their direct [conjugated] bilirubin is < 3.1 mg/dL)
    • Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) =< 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) = 135 U/L (within 7 days prior to enrollment). For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L
    • Albumin >= 2 g/dL (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
    • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >= 53% (or institutional normal; if the LVEF result is given as a range of values, then the upper value of the range will be used) by echocardiogram (within 4 weeks prior to enrollment)
    • Corrected QT (QTc) interval =< 450 msec by electrocardiography (EKG) (within 4 weeks prior to enrollment)
    • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,000/uL (unsupported) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
    • Platelets >= 100,000/uL (unsupported) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
    • Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL (may be supported) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
    • Patients with a known seizure disorder should be stable and should have not experienced a significant increase in seizure frequency within 2 weeks prior to enrollment
    • Patients 2-17 years of age must have a blood pressure that is =< 95th percentile for age, height, and gender at the time of enrollment. Patients >= 18 years of age must have a blood pressure =< 130/80 mmHg at the time of enrollment (with or without the use of antihypertensive medications).
    • Note: Adequate blood pressure can be achieved using medication for the treatment of hypertension
    • All patients must have ophthalmology toxicity assessments performed within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
    • For all patients, an MRI of the brain (with orbital cuts for optic pathway tumors) and/or spine (depending on the site(s) of primary disease) with and without contrast must be performed within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
    • For patients who undergo a surgery on the target tumor (not required), a pre- and post-operative* MRI of the brain (with orbital cuts for optic pathway tumors) or spine (depending on the site(s) of primary disease) with and without contrast must also be performed within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
    • The post-operative MRIs should be performed ideally within 48 hours after surgery if possible
    • Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1, or 2. Use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =< 16 years of age
    • Patients must have the ability to swallow whole capsules
    • Patients must have receptive and expressive language skills in English or Spanish to complete the quality of life (QOL) and neurocognitive assessments
    • 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 must not have received any prior tumor-directed therapy including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, or bone marrow transplant. Prior surgical intervention is permitted
    • Patients with a concurrent malignancy or history of treatment (other than surgery) for another tumor within the last year are ineligible
    • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
    • Patients with any serious medical or psychiatric illness/ condition, including substance use disorders likely in the judgement of the investigator to interfere or limit compliance with study requirements/treatment are not eligible
    • Patients who, in the opinion of the investigator, are not able to comply with the study procedures are not eligible
    • Female patients who are pregnant are not eligible 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 are not eligible
    • Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation and for 12 weeks after stopping study therapy are not eligible
    • Note: Women of child-bearing potential and males with sexual partners who are pregnant or who could become pregnant (i.e., women of child-bearing potential) should use effective methods of contraception for the duration of the study and for 12 weeks after stopping study therapy to avoid pregnancy and/or potential adverse effects on the developing embryo
    • Cardiac conditions:
    • Known genetic disorder that increases risk for coronary artery disease. Note: The presence of dyslipidemia in a family with a history of myocardial infarction is not in itself an exclusion unless there is a known genetic disorder documented
    • Symptomatic heart failure
    • New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-IV prior or current cardiomyopathy
    • Severe valvular heart disease
    • History of atrial fibrillation
    • Ophthalmologic conditions:
    • Current or past history of central serous retinopathy
    • Current or past history of retinal vein occlusion or retinal detachment
    • Patients with uncontrolled glaucoma
    • If checking pressure is clinically indicated, patients with intraocular pressure (IOP) > 22 mmHg or ULN adjusted by age are not eligible
    • Ophthalmological findings secondary to long-standing optic pathway glioma (such as visual loss, optic nerve pallor, or strabismus) or longstanding orbito-temporal plexiform neurofibroma (PN), such as visual loss, strabismus) will NOT be considered a significant abnormality for the purposes of the study
    • Treatments and/or medications patient is receiving that would make her/him ineligible, such as:
    • Supplementation with vitamin E greater than 100% of the daily recommended dose. Any multivitamin containing vitamin E must be stopped prior to study enrollment even if less than 100% of the daily recommended dosing for vitamin E
    • Surgery within 2 weeks prior to enrollment, with the exception of surgical placement for vascular access or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diverting procedures such as endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt.
    • Note: Patients must have healed from any prior surgery prior to enrollment
    • Patients who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible

    Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site www.clinicaltrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.

    For further information about clinical trials, please contact us at 732-235-7356 or 844-CANCERNJ.

    • Rutgers Cancer Institute
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