Promising combo targets hard-to-treat childhood cancer

NCT ID NCT04301843

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether combining two drugs, DFMO and etoposide, can help children and young adults (up to age 30) whose neuroblastoma has come back or not responded to standard treatment. About 131 participants will receive the drug combination to see if it delays cancer growth and improves survival. The goal is to find a better option for this aggressive childhood cancer.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

neuroblastoma

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Alberta Children's Hospital

    Calgary, Alberta, AB T3B 6A8, Canada

  • Arkansas Children's Hospital

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202, United States

  • Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

    Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States

  • Augusta University Health

    Augusta, Georgia, 30912, United States

  • CHUQ

    Québec, Quebec, QC G1V 4W6, Canada

  • CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS

    Sherbrooke, Quebec, QC J1H 5H3, Canada

  • CancerCare Manitoba

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, MB R3E 0V9, Canada

  • Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

    St Louis, Missouri, 63104, United States

  • Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404, United States

  • Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

    Norfolk, Virginia, 23507, United States

  • Children's Medical Center Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States

  • Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

  • Cleveland Clinic Children's

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Connecticut Children's Hospital

    Hartford, Connecticut, 06106, United States

  • Dell Children's Blood and Cancer Center

    Austin, Texas, 78723, United States

  • Hackensack University Medical Center

    Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

  • Hasbro Children's Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02901, United States

  • Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

  • Levine Children's Hospital

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Montreal Children's Hospital

    Montreal, Quebec, QC H4A 3H9, Canada

  • Norton Children's Research Institute/Affiliated with University of Louisville School of Medicine

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40201, United States

  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Children's Hospital

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

  • Rady Children's Hospital

    San Diego, California, 92123, United States

  • Randall Children's Hospital

    Portland, Oregon, 97227, United States

  • St. Joseph's Children's Hospital

    Tampa, Florida, 33614, United States

  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

    Oakland, California, 94609, United States

  • UHC Sainte-Justine

    Montreal, Quebec, QC H3S 2G4, Canada

  • University of Alabama/Children's of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35201, United States

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States