Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

An Open-Label Intervention Trial to Reduce Senescence and Improve Frailty in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Frailty

Childhood Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This is a first-in survivor pilot study with the goal of establishing preliminary evidence of efficacy, safety, and tolerability of two senolytic regimens to reduce markers of cellular senescence (pri...

Detailed Description

Eligible subjects who meet inclusion criteria will be randomized, stratified on sex, 1:1 and age ( ≥40 vs \< 40) to receive Dasatinib (100 mg/day) plus Quercetin (500 mg twice daily) on days 1, 2, 3, ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participant in SJLIFE and \> 5 years from diagnosis.
  • ≥18 years of age.
  • Frail (2 of 4 objectively measured Fried criteria adapted,(excluding self-reported fatigue as a criteria), including abnormal walking speed; muscle strength; activity level; and muscle mass). See Section 5 for details.
  • CD3+ T lymphocytes: p16INK4A detected at \<34 cycles by RT PCR.
  • Agrees to use contraception as Dasatinib is teratogenic.
  • Female participant has a negative pregnancy test.
  • QTc \<450 milliseconds in electrocardiogram.
  • Able to take oral medications.

Exclusion

  • Currently has HIV, Hepatitis B/C, invasive fungal infection
  • Anemia or as per clinical judgement.
  • Hypersensitivity to study drugs
  • New/active malignancy/taking chemotherapy and/or radiation except non-melanoma skin cancers
  • Currently taking medications that inhibit or induce CYP3A4 or that are sensitive to substrates or substrates with a narrow therapeutic range for CYP2C8, CYP2C9, or CYP2D6.
  • Taking anticoagulants or antimicrobial agents
  • Currently taking Quercetin or Fisetin
  • Pregnant or nursing at time of enrollment/during the study
  • Impaired cognition or motor performance due to congenital defects
  • Currently participating in another research intervention to aid walking speed or other measures of frailty including muscle strength; low activity; muscle mass or exhaustion/fatigue
  • Participant is a Non-English Speaker
  • Uncontrolled pleural/pericardial effusion or ascites
  • Subjects on anticoagulant or antiplatelet agents (Warfarin, Clopidogrel \[Plavix\]; Dipyridamole + Aspirin \[Aggrenox\]; Ticagrelor \[Brilintal\]; Prasugrel \[Effient\]; Ticlopidine \[Ticlid\]; or other) who are unable or unwilling to reduce or hold therapy prior to and during the 2-3 day drug dosing. Subjects may continue their previous regimen after drug dosing is complete.
  • Cognitive impairment defined by IQ \<80
  • Diagnosis of a psychotic disorder
  • Laboratory tests as indicated or as per clinical judgement
  • Severe hepatic dysfunction with ALT/AST \> 3 times upper limit of normal.
  • Total bilirubin \> 2 times upper limit of normal.
  • eGFR \<25 ml/min/1.73m2 or as per clinical judgement.
  • Hemoglobin \< 7 g/dl; white blood cell count ≤2,000/mm3 (≤2.0 x 109/L) or ≥20,000/mm3 (≥20 x 109/L); platelet count ≤40,000/μL (≤40 x 109/L); absolute neutrophil count ≤1 x 109/L; lymphocyte count \<0.3 x 109/L at screening as a marker of poor nutrition
  • Fasting glucose \>300.
  • Participant is unable to ambulate

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 6 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

110 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04733534

Start Date

June 6 2022

End Date

December 1 2027

Last Update

August 14 2025

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105