Promising combo aims to tame relapsed childhood cancers

NCT ID NCT02574728

First seen Jun 27, 2026 ยท Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a daily combination of sirolimus, celecoxib, and low-dose chemotherapy in 46 children whose solid or brain tumors have returned or not responded to standard treatment. The goal is to see if this approach can shrink tumors or stop them from growing. While not a cure, it offers a potential way to control the disease and manage symptoms.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

brain cancer brain neoplasm cancer carcinoma ependymoma Ewing sarcoma histiocytosis Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell medulloblastoma neoplasm Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal neuroblastoma osteosarcoma Pinealoma rhabdoid tumor rhabdomyosarcoma sarcoma

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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Scottish Rite

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, United States

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta-Egleston

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Children's Mercy Hospital

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

  • Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, United States

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85016, United States

  • University of Virginia Health System

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States