New hope for kids with tough cancers: drug targets unique genetic flaw

NCT ID NCT03213704

Summary

This study is testing a drug called larotrectinib in children and young adults (ages 1-21) whose advanced solid tumors, lymphomas, or histiocytic disorders have returned or not responded to standard treatments. The drug is given to patients whose tumors have a specific genetic change called an NTRK fusion. The main goal is to see if the drug can shrink these tumors and control the cancer.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AdventHealth Orlando

    Orlando, Florida, 32803, United States

  • Albany Medical Center

    Albany, New York, 12208, United States

  • Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, United States

  • Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89135, United States

  • Arkansas Children's Hospital

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202-3591, United States

  • Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

    Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States

  • Ascension Saint Vincent Indianapolis Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46260, United States

  • BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29605, United States

  • Banner Children's at Desert

    Mesa, Arizona, 85202, United States

  • Banner University Medical Center - Tucson

    Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States

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

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Blank Children's Hospital

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50309, United States

  • Bronson Methodist Hospital

    Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49007, United States

  • C S Mott Children's Hospital

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

    St Louis, Missouri, 63104, United States

  • Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28203, 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 New Orleans

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118, United States

  • Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68114, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, 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 Hospital of San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78207, United States

  • Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

    Norfolk, Virginia, 23507, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404, 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

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Cook Children's Medical Center

    Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

  • Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

  • Dayton Children's Hospital

    Dayton, Ohio, 45404, United States

  • Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas

    Austin, Texas, 78723, United States

  • Driscoll Children's Hospital

    Corpus Christi, Texas, 78411, United States

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • East Tennessee Childrens Hospital

    Knoxville, Tennessee, 37916, United States

  • Eastern Maine Medical Center

    Bangor, Maine, 04401, United States

  • Geisinger Medical Center

    Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822, United States

  • Hackensack University Medical Center

    Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, 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

  • Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center

    Downey, California, 90242, United States

  • Kaiser Permanente-Oakland

    Oakland, California, 94611, United States

  • Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital

    Portland, Oregon, 97227, United States

  • Loma Linda University Medical Center

    Loma Linda, California, 92354, United States

  • Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Madigan Army Medical Center

    Tacoma, Washington, 98431, United States

  • Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield

    Marshfield, Wisconsin, 54449, United States

  • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • Medical City Dallas Hospital

    Dallas, Texas, 75230, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Mercy Hospital Saint Louis

    St Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States

  • Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • Michigan State University

    East Lansing, Michigan, 48823, United States

  • Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach

    Long Beach, California, 90806, United States

  • Mission Hospital

    Asheville, North Carolina, 28801, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • Morristown Medical Center

    Morristown, New Jersey, 07960, United States

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

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola

    Pensacola, Florida, 32504, United States

  • Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32207, United States

  • Nemours Children's Hospital

    Orlando, Florida, 32827, United States

  • New York Medical College

    Valhalla, New York, 10595, United States

  • Nicklaus Children's Hospital

    Miami, Florida, 33155, United States

  • Norton Children's Hospital

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States

  • Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121, United States

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Primary Children's Hospital

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113, United States

  • Prisma Health Richland Hospital

    Columbia, South Carolina, 29203, United States

  • ProMedica Toledo Hospital/Russell J Ebeid Children's Hospital

    Toledo, Ohio, 43606, United States

  • Providence Alaska Medical Center

    Anchorage, Alaska, 99508, United States

  • Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital

    Spokane, Washington, 99204, United States

  • Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • Riley Hospital for Children

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center

    Denver, Colorado, 80218, United States

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

  • Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa

    Tampa, Florida, 33607, United States

  • Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States

  • Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate

    Peoria, Illinois, 61637, United States

  • Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Boise

    Boise, Idaho, 83712, United States

  • Saint Mary's Medical Center

    West Palm Beach, Florida, 33407, United States

  • Saint Peter's University Hospital

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States

  • San Jorge Children's Hospital

    San Juan, 00912, Puerto Rico

  • Sanford Broadway Medical Center

    Fargo, North Dakota, 58122, United States

  • Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57117-5134, United States

  • Scott and White Memorial Hospital

    Temple, Texas, 76508, United States

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21215, United States

  • Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

    Springfield, Illinois, 62702, United States

  • State University of New York Upstate Medical University

    Syracuse, New York, 13210, United States

  • Stony Brook University Medical Center

    Stony Brook, New York, 11794, United States

  • Summerlin Hospital Medical Center

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89144, United States

  • Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109, United States

  • The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York

    New Hyde Park, New York, 11040, United States

  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

    Oakland, California, 94609, United States

  • UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay

    San Francisco, California, 94158, United States

  • UF Health Cancer Institute - Gainesville

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

  • UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89102, United States

  • University Pediatric Hospital

    San Juan, 00926, Puerto Rico

  • University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

  • University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

  • University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

  • University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68198, United States

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

  • University of Rochester

    Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

  • University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center - University Hospital

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

  • VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

  • Valley Children's Hospital

    Madera, California, 93636, United States

  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • West Virginia University Healthcare

    Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506, United States

  • Yale University

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

Conditions

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