New vaccine trial aims to train Kids' immune systems to fight deadly brain cancers

NCT ID NCT04978727

Summary

This study is testing a cancer vaccine called SurVaxM in children and young adults with aggressive brain tumors that have come back or progressed. The vaccine is designed to teach the body's immune system to find and destroy cancer cells that carry a specific protein called survivin. The main goal is to check the safety of the vaccine and see how well patients tolerate it, while also measuring its effects on the immune system.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90026, United States

  • Children's National

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

  • Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

  • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University Medical Center

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

  • Texas Children's Hospital

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, Florida, 32608, United States

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