New hope for kids with advanced cancer: testing a targeted drug combo

NCT ID NCT02979522

Summary

This study is testing a new drug, brentuximab vedotin, added to standard chemotherapy for children with newly diagnosed, advanced Hodgkin lymphoma. The goal is to see if this combination is safe, effective, and what the best dose is for young patients. The trial enrolled about 59 children in the U.S. and other countries.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

    Torino, 10126, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedale Pediatrico Meyer

    Florence, 50139, Italy

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

  • Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo

    Pavia, 27100, Italy

  • GRAACC - Grupo de Apoio ao Adolescente e a Crianca com Cancer

    São Paulo, 04023-062, Brazil

  • Hospital Santa Marcelina

    São Paulo, 08270-070, Brazil

  • Hospital Sao Rafael S/A

    Salvador, Estado de Bahia, 41253-190, Brazil

  • ICr - Instituto da Crianca - HCFMUSP

    São Paulo, 05403-000, Brazil

  • INCA - Instituto Nacional de Cancer

    Rio de Janeiro, 20230-230, Brazil

  • Jardim das Americas

    Paranã, 81520-060, Brazil

  • NHO Nagoya Medical Center

    Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 460-0001, Japan

  • Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu,UOC Onco-ematologia

    Roma, 165, Italy

  • St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital

    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 216-8511, Japan

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