New hope for kids with tough cancers: precision drugs tested
NCT ID NCT06208657
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This trial tests whether giving children and teens with advanced solid tumors, brain tumors, or lymphomas drugs that match their tumor's genetic profile can help. About 90 participants will receive one of four drug combinations based on their tumor's molecular features. The goal is to find the right dose and see if the tumors shrink or stop growing.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Paxalisib, Opdualag (nivolumab + relatlimab), irinotecan, temozolomide
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to more effective, personalized treatment options for children with hard-to-treat cancers.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with a small number of participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The drugs may cause side effects or not work as hoped.
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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 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2035
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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0 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients must be diagnosed with a solid tumor, CNS tumor or lymphoma that has progressed despite standard therapy, or for which no effective standard therapy exists. 2. Age \<21 years at inclusion; patients 21 years and older may be included after approval by the Study Chair if they have a pediatric type recurrent/refractory malignancy. 3. Patients must be enrolled on a precision medicine study (i.e. PROFYLE, ZERO or equivalent as agreed with Study Chair). 4. Patients enrolled in a Phase I cohort must have either evaluable or measurable disease. 5. Patients enrolled in a Phase II cohort must have measurable disease. Evaluable and measurable disease are defined by standard imaging criteria for the patient's tumor type. 6. Disease evaluations, laboratory tests, and other clinical assessments that are considered standard of care may be undertaken at the patient's local oncology treatment centre with results transferred to study site for evaluation. 7. Performance status: Karnofsky performance status (for patients \> 16 years of age) or Lansky play score (for patients ≤ 16 years of age) ≥ 50%. 8. Life expectancy ≥ 6 weeks. 9. Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anticancer therapy and must meet the following minimum duration from prior anticancer-directed therapy prior to enrolment. 10. Adequate organ function. 11. Able to comply with scheduled follow-up and with management of toxicity. 12. Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test. 13. Fertile males must agree to use adequate contraception during the study and following completion of treatment. 14. Provide a signed and dated informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) primary or metastatic tumours who are neurologically unstable or require increasing doses of corticosteroids or local CNS-directed therapy to control their CNS disease. Patients on stable doses of corticosteroids for at least 7 days prior to receiving study drug may be included. 2. Impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter drug absorption of oral drugs (e.g., ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, or malabsorption syndrome) - only for arms that include orally administered therapeutic agents. 3. Clinically significant, uncontrolled heart disease (including history of any cardiac arrhythmias, e.g., ventricular, supraventricular, nodal arrhythmias, or conduction abnormality), unstable ischemia, congestive heart failure within 12 months of screening. 4. Known active viral hepatitis or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or any other uncontrolled infection. 5. Major surgery within 21 days of the first dose of investigational drug. Gastrostomy, ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, endoscopic ventriculostomy, tumour biopsy and insertion of central venous access devices are not considered major surgery, but for these procedures, a 48-hour interval must be maintained before the first dose of the investigational drug is administered. 6. Known hypersensitivity to any study drug or component of the formulation. 7. Pregnant or nursing (lactating) females. 8. Any other concomitant serious medical condition or organ dysfunction that in the opinion of the investigator would either compromise patient safety or interfere with the evaluation of the safety of the investigational drug(s).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The study's own enquiry address
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The places running it
14 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
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Locations
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BC Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGVancouver, Canada
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CHU Sainte Justine
RECRUITINGMontreal, Canada
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Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGOttawa, Canada
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John Hunter Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGNewcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Monash Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Perth Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGPerth, Western Australia, Australia
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Queensland Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Royal Hobart Hospital
RECRUITINGHobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia
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Stollery Children's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGEdmonton, Canada
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Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick
RECRUITINGSydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The Children's Hospital at Westmead
RECRUITINGSydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The Hospital for Sick Children
RECRUITINGToronto, Canada
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The Royal Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Women's and Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
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