Immunotherapy drug nivolumab takes on rare childhood cancer
NCT ID NCT06622941
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 05, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This phase 2 trial is testing the immunotherapy drug nivolumab in 23 people aged 1 year and older with advanced or recurrent rhabdoid tumors that have not responded to chemotherapy. The goal is to see if the drug can shrink tumors and improve survival. Participants receive nivolumab every two weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Nivolumab (a type of immunotherapy that helps the immune system fight cancer)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for people with rhabdoid tumors that have not responded to chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 23 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Immunotherapy can cause side effects like inflammation in healthy organs.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 23 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 year and older
- 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: 1. Gender: Not specified 2. Age (at the time of consent): 1 year or older 3. Patients who are refractory or intolerant to one or more regimens of chemotherapy for rhabdoid Tumors 4. Patients with advanced or recurrent rhabdoid Tumors not eligible for curative resection Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with a history of active concurrent malignancy or complications 2. Patients with spinal lesions expected to require radiation therapy or surgical intervention during the trial period 3. Patients with concomitant central nervous system disorders other than AT/RT that are inadequately controlled or may lead to discontinuation of the investigational drug
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
14 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chiba University Hospital
RECRUITINGChiba, Japan
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Fukushima Medical University Hospital
RECRUITINGFukushima, Japan
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Hiroshima University Hospital
RECRUITINGHiroshima, Japan
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Hokkaido University Hospital
RECRUITINGSapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan
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Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGKobe, Hyōgo, Japan
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Kanazawa University Hospital
RECRUITINGKanazawa, Japan
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Kyushu University Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFukuoka, Japan
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Nagoya University Hospital
RECRUITINGNagoya, Aichi-ken, Japan
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National Cancer Center Hospital
RECRUITINGChuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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National Center for Child Health and Development
RECRUITINGTokyo, Japan
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Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital
RECRUITINGNiigata, Japan
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Osaka City General Hospital
RECRUITINGOsaka, Osaka, Japan
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Tohoku University Hospital
RECRUITINGMiyagi, Japan
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University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
RECRUITINGKyoto, Japan
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