New hope for kids with relapsed cancers: experimental drug CBL0137 enters trial
NCT ID NCT04870944
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests a new drug called CBL0137 in children and young adults (ages 1 to 21) whose solid tumors, brain tumors, or lymphoma have returned or stopped responding to treatment. The goal is to find the best dose, check side effects, and see if the drug can shrink tumors. The drug works by blocking signals inside cancer cells that help them grow and survive.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 63 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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12 months to 21 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Parts A and B: Patients must be \>= 12 months and =\< 21 years of age at the time of study enrollment * Patients must have had histologic verification of malignancy at original diagnosis or relapse, except in patients with diffuse intrinsic brain stem tumors, or patients with pineal tumors and elevations of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or serum tumor markers, including alpha-fetoprotein or beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) * Part A: Patients with relapsed or refractory solid tumors or lymphoma, including patients with CNS tumors or known CNS metastases (including untreated or progressive) are eligible * Part B: Patients with progressive or recurrent DIPG (diagnosed by biopsy or imaging characteristics) and other H3 K27-altered DMG previously treated with radiation therapy * Part A: Patients must have either measurable or evaluable disease * Part B: Patients must have measurable disease * Patient's current disease state must be one for which there is no known curative therapy or therapy proven to prolong survival with an acceptable quality of life * Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Easter Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1 or 2. Use Karnofsky for patients \> 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =\< 16 years of age. Patients must have a Karnofsky or Lansky score \>= 50% * Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anti-cancer therapy and must meet the following minimum duration from prior anti-cancer directed therapy prior to enrollment. If after the required timeframe, the numerical eligibility criteria are met, e.g., blood count criteria, the patient is considered to have recovered adequately * Cytotoxic chemotherapy or other anti-cancer agents known to be myelosuppressive * Solid tumor patients: \>= 21 days after the last dose of myelosuppressive chemotherapy (42 days if prior nitrosourea) * Anti-cancer agents not known to be myelosuppressive (eg, not associated with reduced platelet or absolute neutrophil count \[ANC\] counts): \>= 7 days after the last dose of agent * Antibodies: \>= 21 days must have elapsed from infusion of last dose of antibody, and toxicity related to prior antibody therapy must be recovered to grade =\< 1 * Corticosteroids: If used to modify immune adverse events related to prior therapy, \>= 14 days must have elapsed since last dose of corticosteroid. Patients with CNS tumors receiving corticosteroids must have been on a stable or decreasing dose of corticosteroid for at least 7 days prior to enrollment * Hematopoietic growth factors: \>= 14 days after the last dose of a long-acting growth factor (e.g., pegfilgrastim) or 7 days for short acting growth factor. For agents that have known adverse events occurring beyond 7 days after administration, this period must be extended beyond the time during which adverse events are known to occur * Interleukins, interferons and cytokines (other than hematopoietic growth factors): \>= 21 days after the completion of interleukins, interferon or cytokines (other than hematopoietic growth factors) * Stem cell Infusions (with or without total body irradiation \[TBI\]): * Allogeneic (non-autologous) bone marrow or stem cell transplant, or any stem cell infusion including donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) or boost infusion: \>= 84 days after infusion and no evidence of graft versus host disease (GVHD) * Autologous stem cell infusion including boost infusion: \>= 30 days * Cellular therapy: \>= 42 days after the completion of any type of cellular therapy (e.g., modified T cells, natural killer \[NK\] cells, dendritic cells, etc.) * Radiation therapy \[XRT\]/external beam irradiation including protons: \>= 14 days after local XRT; \>= 150 days after TBI, craniospinal XRT or if radiation to \>= 50% of the pelvis; \>= 42 days if other substantial bone marrow (BM) radiation * Radiopharmaceutical therapy (e.g., radiolabeled antibody, I-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine \[131I MIBG\]): \>= 42 days after systemically administered radiopharmaceutical therapy * Patients must not have received prior exposure to CBL0137 * For patients with solid tumors without known bone marrow involvement: * Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1000/uL (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated) * Patients with known bone marrow metastatic disease will be eligible for study provided they meet the blood counts (may receive transfusions provided they are not known to be refractory to red cell or platelet transfusions). These patients will not be evaluable for hematologic toxicity. At least 5 of every cohort of 6 patients must be evaluable for hematologic toxicity for the dose-escalation part of the study. If dose-limiting hematologic toxicity is observed, all subsequent patients enrolled must be evaluable for hematologic toxicity * For patients with solid tumors without known bone marrow involvement: * Platelet count \>= 100,000/uL (transfusion independent, defined as not receiving platelet transfusions for at least 7 days prior to enrollment) (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated) * Patients with known bone marrow metastatic disease will be eligible for study provided they meet the blood counts (may receive transfusions provided they are not known to be refractory to red cell or platelet transfusions). These patients will not be evaluable for hematologic toxicity. At least 5 of every cohort of 6 patients must be evaluable for hematologic toxicity for the dose-escalation part of the study. If dose-limiting hematologic toxicity is observed, all subsequent patients enrolled must be evaluable for hematologic toxicity * Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 or a creatinine based on age/sex as follows (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated): * Age: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL) * 1 to \< 2 years: 0.6 (male); 0.6 (female) * 2 to \< 6 years: 0.8 (male); 0.8 (female) * 6 to \< 10 years: 1 (male); 1 (female) * 10 to \< 13 years: 1.2 (male); 1.2 (female) * 13 to \< 16 years: 1.5 (male); 1.4 (female) * \>= 16 years: 1.7 (male); 1.4 (female) * Patients with solid tumors: * Bilirubin (sum of conjugated + unconjugated or total) =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated) * Patients with solid tumors: * Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\]) =\< 135 U/L. For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated) * Shortening fraction of \>= 27% by echocardiogram (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated) or * Ejection fraction of \>= 50% by gated radionuclide study (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated) * Corrected QT (QTC) \< 480 msec (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment unless otherwise indicated) * Patients with seizure disorder may be enrolled if seizures well controlled without the use of enzyme-inducing anti-convulsant agents. Well controlled is defined by no increase in seizure frequency in the prior 7 days * Nervous system disorders (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events \[CTCAE\] version \[v\]5) resulting from prior therapy must be =\< grade 2, with the exception of decreased tendon reflex (DTR). Any grade of DTR is eligible * Patients have consented to receive a central venous catheter prior to the administration of CBL0137. A central line is required for CBL0137 administration Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breast-feeding women will not be entered on this study due to risks of fetal and teratogenic adverse events as seen in animal/human studies, OR because there is yet no available information regarding human fetal or teratogenic toxicities. Pregnancy tests must be obtained in girls who are post-menarchal. Males or females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to use two effective methods of birth control, including a medically accepted barrier or contraceptive method (e.g., male or female condom) for the duration of the study. Abstinence is an acceptable method of birth control * Patients receiving corticosteroids who have not been on a stable or decreasing dose of corticosteroid for at least 7 days prior to enrollment are not eligible. If used to modify immune adverse events related to prior therapy, \>= 14 days must have elapsed since last dose of corticosteroid * Patients who are currently receiving another investigational drug are not eligible * Patients who are currently receiving other anti-cancer agents are not eligible (except leukemia patients receiving hydroxyurea, which may be continued until 24 hours prior to start of protocol therapy) * Patients who are receiving cyclosporine, tacrolimus or other agents to prevent graft-versus-host disease post bone marrow transplant are not eligible for this trial * Patients who are receiving drugs that are strong inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A4, CYP2B6 (e.g., carbamazepine) and CYP1A2 (e.g., ciprofloxacin, enoxacin, fluvoxamine, smoking) are not eligible. These agents are to be avoided for 7 days prior to the start of CBL0137 and for the duration of the protocol therapy. Sensitive substrates of CYP2D6 (e.g., atomoxetine, desipramine, dextromethorphan, eliglustat, nebivolol, nortriptyline, perphenazine, tolterodine, R-venlafaxine) should also be avoided for the duration protocol therapy * Patients who are receiving drugs associated with a known risk of Torsades de Pointes (TdP) are not eligible. Drugs associated with known risk of Torsades de Pointes (TdP) are to be avoided for 7 days prior to the start of CBL0137 and for duration of the protocol therapy * Patients with known peripheral vascular disease are excluded * Patients with a history of pro-thrombotic disorder are not eligible * Patients who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible * Patients who have received a prior solid organ transplantation are not eligible * Patients who in the opinion of the investigator may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study are not eligible
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
35 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
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Locations
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Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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C S Mott Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGAnn Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30329, United States
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Children's Hospital Colorado
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90027, United States
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Children's Hospital of Alabama
RECRUITINGBirmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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Children's Hospital of Orange County
RECRUITINGOrange, California, 92868, United States
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
RECRUITINGMilwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
RECRUITINGKansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States
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Children's National Medical Center
RECRUITINGWashington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
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Cook Children's Medical Center
RECRUITINGFort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Duke University Medical Center
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGSt. Petersburg, Florida, 33701, United States
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Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10032, United States
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New York Medical College
RECRUITINGValhalla, New York, 10595, United States
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Oregon Health and Science University
RECRUITINGPortland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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Phoenix Childrens Hospital
RECRUITINGPhoenix, Arizona, 85016, United States
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Primary Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGSalt Lake City, Utah, 84113, United States
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Riley Hospital for Children
RECRUITINGIndianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGBuffalo, New York, 14263, United States
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Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
RECRUITINGMemphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States
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Seattle Children's Hospital
SUSPENDEDSeattle, Washington, 98105, United States
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Sydney Children's Hospital
SUSPENDEDRandwick, New South Wales, 2031, Australia
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UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas
RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center
RECRUITINGMinneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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Washington University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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