Diabetes drug takes on childhood cancers in early safety trial

NCT ID NCT05521984

First seen Jan 11, 2026

Summary

This early-phase study tests whether dapagliflozin, a diabetes medicine, is safe for children with brain or solid tumors that have come back or not responded to other treatments. About 20 children will receive the drug alongside standard care. The goal is to check for side effects, not to cure the disease.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • Washington University School of Medicine/St. Louis Children's Hospital

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    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

childhood neoplasm primary brain neoplasm refractory malignant neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.