New hope for toughest childhood leukemia cases

NCT ID NCT02723994

Summary

This study tested whether adding the drug ruxolitinib to standard chemotherapy could help children with a particularly aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It involved 171 children and young adults (ages 1-21) who had specific genetic markers that make their cancer harder to treat. The first part of the study aimed to find the safest dose, and the second part measured how well the combination worked to keep patients cancer-free for three years.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Akron Children'S Hospital

    Akron, Ohio, 44308, United States

  • Albany Medical College

    Albany, New York, 12208, United States

  • Alberta'S Children Hospital

    Calgary, Alberta, T3B 6A8, Canada

  • Alfred I. Dupont Hospital For Children

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, United States

  • All Childrens Hospital

    St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701, United States

  • Alliance For Childhood Diseases

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109, United States

  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children'S Hospital

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Arkansas Childrens Hospital

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202, United States

  • Arnold Palmer Hospital For Children

    Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States

  • Bc Children'S Hospital

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V6G1R8, Canada

  • Blank Childrens Hospital

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50309, United States

  • Carolinas Medical Center

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28203, United States

  • Children'S Center For Cancer & Blood Dis

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109, United States

  • Children'S Hospital & Medical Center

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68114, 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 Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Children'S Hospital of the

    Norfolk, Virginia, 23507, United States

  • Children'S Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404, United States

  • Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

  • Childrens Hospital of Southwest Florida

    Fort Myers, Florida, 33908, United States

  • Choc Children Hospital

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • Chu Sainte-Justine

    Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada

  • Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Cohen Children'S Medical Center

    New Hyde Park, New York, 11040, United States

  • Connecticut Children'S Medical Ctr

    Hartford, Connecticut, 06106, United States

  • Cs Mott Childrens Hospital

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • Dana Farber Boston Children'S

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Dayton Children'S Hospital

    Dayton, Ohio, 45404, United States

  • Dell Childrens Medical Center of Central Texas

    Austin, Texas, 78723, United States

  • Doernbecher Childrens Hospital

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Driscoll Children'S Hospital

    Corpus Christi, Texas, 78411, United States

  • Egleston Children'S Health

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322-1060, United States

  • El Paso Children'S Hospital Corporation

    El Paso, Texas, 79905, United States

  • Florida Hospital Orlando

    Orlando, Florida, 32803, United States

  • Hackensack University Medical Center

    Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

  • Hasbro Childrens Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States

  • Helen Devos Childrens Hosp

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

  • Joe Dimaggio Children Hospital

    Hollywood, Florida, 33021, United States

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287-7049, United States

  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan

    Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States

  • Kaiser Permanente

    Fontana, California, 92335, United States

  • Kaiser Permanente

    San Diego, California, 92111, United States

  • Kaiser Permanente Downey

    Santa Fe Springs, California, 90670, United States

  • Kapiolani Medical Center For Women and Children

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96826, United States

  • Kosair Childrens Hospital

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center

    Portland, Oregon, 97227, United States

  • Loma Linda University Cancer Center

    Loma Linda, California, 92350, United States

  • Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153-3328, United States

  • Lucille Packard Childrens Hospital

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • Maine Center For Cancer Medicine

    Scarborough, Maine, 04074, United States

  • McGill University Health Centre/Glen Site/Cedars Cancer Centre

    Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada

  • McMaster University Medical Centre

    Hamilton, L8V 5C2, Canada

  • Medical City Dallas Hospital

    Dallas, Texas, 75230, United States

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Michigan State University

    Lansing, Michigan, 48912, United States

  • Miller Childrens Hospital Pharmacy

    Long Beach, California, 90806, United States

  • Morristown Medical Center

    Morristown, New Jersey, 07962, United States

  • Nationwide Children'S Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Nemours Childrens Clinic

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32207, United States

  • Nemours Childrens Clinic

    Pensacola, Florida, 32504, United States

  • New York Medical College

    Valhalla, New York, 10595, United States

  • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

    Newark, New Jersey, 07112, United States

  • Nyu Clinical Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Ochsner Clinic

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121, United States

  • Penn State Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033-2360, United States

  • Phoenix Children'S Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85016-7710, United States

  • Primary Children'S Hospital

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113, United States

  • Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children'S Hospital

    Spokane, Washington, 99204, United States

  • Rady Children'S Hospital - San Diego

    San Diego, California, 92123, United States

  • Rainbow Babies & Children Hosp

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • Riley Hospital For Children

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of Nj

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States

  • Saint Marys Medical Center

    West Palm Beach, Florida, 33407, United States

  • San Jorge Childrens Hospital

    San Juan, 00912, Puerto Rico

  • Seattle Children'S Hospital

    Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21215, United States

  • Smilow Cancer Center - Yale

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States

  • Southern California Permanente Medical Group

    Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States

  • Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

    Springfield, Illinois, 62702, United States

  • St Josephs Childrens Hospital Tampa

    Tampa, Florida, 33607, United States

  • St Josephs Regional Medical Center

    Paterson, New Jersey, 07503, United States

  • St Vincent Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46260, United States

  • St Vincent Hospital

    Green Bay, Wisconsin, 54301, United States

  • Suny Upstate Medical University

    Syracuse, New York, 13210, United States

  • Texas Childrens Hospital

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • The Children'S Mercy Hospital Outpatient

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

  • The Childrens Hospital of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • The Hospital For Sick Children

    Toronto, Ontario, 94611, Canada

  • Toledo Hospital

    Toledo, Ohio, 43606, United States

  • Ucsf Pediatric Oncology

    San Francisco, California, 94158, United States

  • University Pediatric Hospital

    San Juan, PR, 00930, Puerto Rico

  • University of Florida Health Shands Hospital

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32209, United States

  • University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Kentucky

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

  • University of New Mexico Hospital

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States

  • University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

  • University of Rochester Medical Center

    Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

  • University of Texas Health Science Cente

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • Valley Childrens Hospital

    Madera, California, 93636-8762, United States

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

  • Washington University

    St Louis, Missouri, 63130, United States

  • Weill Cornell Medical College

    New York, New York, 10021, United States

Conditions

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