New hope for kids with rare cancers: targeted drug shows promise

NCT ID NCT04616560

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Jun 13, 2026 · Updated 30 times

Summary

This study tests a drug called DS-8201a (trastuzumab deruxtecan) in children, teens, and young adults whose osteosarcoma, Wilms tumor, or desmoplastic small round cell tumor has come back or not responded to treatment. The drug works like a smart bomb, attaching to cancer cells and delivering chemotherapy directly to them. The goal is to find the safest dose and see if it can shrink tumors or slow the disease.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • C S Mott Children's Hospital

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30329, United States

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Orange County

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

  • Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, 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

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

    St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701, United States

  • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Primary Children's Hospital

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113, United States

  • Riley Hospital for Children

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States

  • UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay

    San Francisco, California, 94158, United States

  • UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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