Scientists re-engineer Kids' own cells to hunt deadly brain tumors

NCT ID NCT04903080

Summary

This early-stage trial is testing a new personalized treatment for children with ependymoma, a type of brain tumor that has come back or stopped responding to standard care. Doctors take a child's own immune cells, modify them in a lab to recognize and attack the tumor, and then infuse them back into the patient. The main goals are to see if this approach is safe and practical to deliver across multiple hospitals.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30329, United States

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90026, United States

  • Children's National Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Pittsburgh Children's Hospital of UPMC

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

  • Texas Children's Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G1X8, Canada

  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, Florida, 32608, United States

Conditions

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