Breakthrough trial aims to cure childhood cancer with fewer side effects

NCT ID NCT03020030

Summary

This study is testing a more personalized approach to treating children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer. Researchers are using updated risk factors to determine treatment intensity and testing a new way to dose a key chemotherapy drug based on blood levels. The goal is to improve cure rates while reducing side effects by giving stronger treatment only to those who need it and adjusting medication doses based on individual responses.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier U. de Quebec

    Québec, Quebec, Canada

  • Columbia University Medical Center, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Hasbro Children's Hospital / Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States

  • Hospital Sainte Justine, University of Montreal

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, United States

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