An Intermediate Expanded Use Trial of DFMO

Trial statusAvailable
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeExpanded Access
Biological sexAll
Age0-30
SponsorGiselle Sholler

About this trial

To provide DFMO in an expanded use setting to subjects with relapsed rare tumors with increased LIN28 expression or MYCN amplification or up regulation of ornithine decarboxylase.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age: 0-30 years at the time of initial diagnosis.

Diagnosis: Histologic verification at either the time of original diagnosis or a previous relapse of High Risk neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, embryonal tumor with abundant neuropil and true rosettes, ependymoblastoma, medulloepithelioma and other rare pediatric MYC, ODC or LIN28/Let7 driven tumors (each type will form a new subset).

High risk neuroblastoma patients that have completed standard of care upfront therapy and are not eligible for NMTRC014.

Medulloblastoma patients who have completed standard of care therapies.

Disqualifiers

BSA (m2) of <0.25

Investigational Drugs: Subjects who are currently receiving another investigational drug are excluded from participation.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • eflornithine HCl

    Drug

    In this study subjects without CNS disease will receive oral difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) at a dose of 500 to 1000 mg/m2 BID Subjects with CNS disease will receive a dose of 2500 mg/m2/dose BID in order to facilitate crossing into the CNS.

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Trial outcomes

This trial has no outcomes listed.

Sponsors and contacts

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Giselle Sholler

Lead sponsor

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Sponsor institution

K C Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Collaborator

USWM, LLC

Collaborator