New drug trial aims to shrink debilitating nerve tumors

NCT ID NCT03962543

Summary

This study is testing an oral drug called mirdametinib for people with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) who have painful, inoperable nerve tumors called plexiform neurofibromas. The main goal is to see if the drug can shrink these tumors by at least 20% and reduce pain and other symptoms. The trial includes 114 children and adults and is currently in its later testing phase.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AdventHealth Pediatric Oncology Hematology at Orlando

    Orlando, Florida, 32804, United States

  • Albany Medical Center

    Albany, New York, 12208, United States

  • Arkansas Children's Hospital

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202, United States

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Center for Advanced Pediatrics

    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 at Montefiore

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Orange County

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh UPMC

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

  • Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

    Norfolk, Virginia, 23510, United States

  • Children's Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75235, 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

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

  • Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • IU Health Brain Tumor Infusion Clinic

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

    St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701, United States

  • Kosair Charities Pediatric Clinical Research Unit

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • MACC Fund Research Center

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • Mayo Clinic Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85054, United States

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Nemours A. I. duPont Hospital for Children

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, United States

  • Nicklaus Children's Hospital

    Miami, Florida, 33155, United States

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Orlando Health, Inc.

    Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States

  • St. Joseph's Univeristy Medical Center

    Paterson, New Jersey, 07503, United States

  • Swedish Medical Center - Cherry Hill Campus

    Seattle, Washington, 98122, United States

  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • UCLA Oncology Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

  • UNC Medical Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States

  • UVA Health, Division of Neuro-Oncology

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • University of California - Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

  • University of California - Irvine Health

    Orange, California, 92868-3201, United States

  • University of Chicago Medical Centers

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

  • University of Florida Clinical Research Center

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

  • University of Illinois Hospital and Health Systems

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Michigan CS Mott Children's Hospital

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Jimmy Everest Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in Children

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

  • University of Utah, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine-Siteman Cancer Center

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

Conditions

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