Could a lower drug dose be safer and just as effective for kids with rare tumor?
NCT ID NCT07656909
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two doses of sirolimus (low vs high) given with prednisolone to children aged 0-18 who have a rare blood vessel tumor called kaposiform hemangioendothelioma with a serious blood clotting problem (Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon). The goal is to see if the lower dose works just as well to restore platelet counts but causes fewer side effects. About 76 children will take part and be monitored with blood tests and imaging.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 76 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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1 day to 18 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Presenting a KHE with the following characteristics: 1. Clinical features and histological findings consistent with progressive, non-resectable KHE associated with KMP. 2. Patients must be 0 - 18 years of age at the time of study entry. 3. Without functional impairment requiring treatment of corticosteroid. * Organ function requirements: 1 Adequate liver function: 1. Total bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)for age, and 2. ALT and AST less than or equal to 2.5 x upper limit normal (ULN) for age. 2 Adequate renal function: 1. 0-5 years of age maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL) of 0.8 2. 6-10 years of age maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL) of 1.0 3. 11-15 years of age maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL) of 1.2 4. 16-18 years of age maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL) of 1.5 * Adequate bone marrow function: Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) greater than or equal to 1 x 10 to the ninth/Liter. * Consent of parents (or the person having parental authority in families): Signed and dated written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Allergy to sirolimus or other rapamycin analogues. * Any known evidence of significant local or systemic uncontrolled infection, defined as receiving intravenous antibiotics at the time of randomization. * Patients must not be known to be Human Immunodeficiency Virus positive or known immunodeficiency. Testing is not required unless a condition is suspected. * Other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical disease which could compromise participation in the study (e.g. uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, severe malnutrition, chronic liver or renal disease, active upper gastrointestinal tract ulceration). * Impairment of gastrointestinal function or chronic gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter the absorption of sirolimus. * Patients who have a history of malignancy. * Patients with an inability to participate or to follow the study treatment and assessment plan.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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West China Hospital of Sichuan University
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China