Actively Recruiting

Phase 2
Age: 1Year - 30Years
All Genders
NCT02679144

Neuroblastoma Maintenance Therapy Trial

Led by Giselle Sholler · Updated on 2026-01-21

441

Participants Needed

49

Research Sites

887 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

G

Giselle Sholler

Lead Sponsor

B

Beat NB Cancer Foundation

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) will be used in an open label, single agent, multicenter, study for patients with neuroblastoma in remission. In this study subjects will receive 730 Days of oral difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) at a dose of 750 mg/m2 ± 250 mg/m2 BID (strata 1, 2, 3, and 4) OR 2500 mg/m2 BID (stratum 1B) on each day of study. This study will focus on the use of DFMO in high risk neuroblastoma patients that are in remission as a strategy to prevent recurrence.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Neuroblastoma Maintenance Therapy Trial

Who Can Participate

Age: 1Year - 30Years
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Patients must have a confirmed diagnosis of neuroblastoma and be younger than 31 years old
  • Patients must be classified as high risk at diagnosis or have converted to high risk after relapse
  • Patients must be in complete remission with no evidence of disease on scans or bone marrow
  • Patients in Stratum 1/1B must have completed standard upfront therapy including chemotherapy, surgery if feasible, stem cell transplant, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy with dinutuximab and retinoic acid
  • Patients in Stratum 1/1B must have met response criteria including less than 10% tumor involvement in bone marrow before transplant
  • Patients in Stratum 2 must be in first complete remission following standard therapy different from Stratum 1
  • Patients in Stratum 3 must have achieved complete remission after failing to respond to induction chemotherapy and surgery but responding to additional therapy
  • Patients in Stratum 4 must have achieved a second or subsequent complete remission after relapse
  • Pre-enrollment tumor survey including imaging and bilateral bone marrow aspirates and biopsy must be completed within 4 weeks before enrollment
  • Patients must enroll no later than 60 days after completing prior therapy
  • Patients must have a Lansky or Karnofsky score over 50% and life expectancy of at least 2 months
  • Organ function tests must be done within 7 days before enrollment showing adequate hematological, liver, and kidney function
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and agree to use birth control; lactating females must agree to stop breastfeeding
  • Written informed consent must be obtained
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Body surface area less than 0.25 m2
  • Currently receiving investigational drugs
  • Currently receiving other anticancer agents or not recovered from prior chemotherapy effects
  • Uncontrolled infection until judged well controlled by investigator
  • Inability to comply with study safety monitoring or likely poor compliance according to investigator

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 49 locations

1

University of Alabama, Children's of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233

Actively Recruiting

2

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202

Actively Recruiting

3

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland-

Oakland, California, United States, 94609

Actively Recruiting

4

Rady Children's Hospital

San Diego, California, United States, 92123

Actively Recruiting

5

Rocky Mountain Pediatric Hematology

Denver, Colorado, United States, 80205

Actively Recruiting

6

Connecticut Children's Hospital

Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106

Actively Recruiting

7

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32611

Actively Recruiting

8

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806

Actively Recruiting

9

All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 33701

Actively Recruiting

10

St. Joseph's Children's Hospital

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33614

Actively Recruiting

11

Augusta University Health

Augusta, Georgia, United States, 30912

Actively Recruiting

12

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96813

Actively Recruiting

13

St. Lukes

Boise, Idaho, United States, 83712

Completed

14

Advocate Aurora Research Institute

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60453

Actively Recruiting

15

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242

Actively Recruiting

16

Kentucky Children's Hospital

Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536

Actively Recruiting

17

Norton Children's Research Institute/Affiliated with University of Louisville School of Medicine

Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202

Actively Recruiting

18

Tufts Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111

Completed

19

University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01655

Withdrawn

20

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503

Actively Recruiting

21

Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55404

Actively Recruiting

22

Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108

Actively Recruiting

23

Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63104

Actively Recruiting

24

Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601

Actively Recruiting

25

NYU Langone Health Hassenfeld Children's Hospital

New York, New York, United States, 10016

Actively Recruiting

26

The Children's Hospital at Montefiore

The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467

Completed

27

Levine Children's Hospital

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28204

Actively Recruiting

28

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27708

Actively Recruiting

29

Cleveland Clinic Children's

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106

Actively Recruiting

30

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205

Active, Not Recruiting

31

Randall Children's Hospital

Portland, Oregon, United States, 97227

Actively Recruiting

32

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Children's Hospital

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033

Actively Recruiting

33

Hasbro Children's Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903

Actively Recruiting

34

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425

Actively Recruiting

35

Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232

Actively Recruiting

36

Dell Children's Blood and Cancer Center

Austin, Texas, United States, 78723

Actively Recruiting

37

Children's Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235

Actively Recruiting

38

Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Active, Not Recruiting

39

Primary Children's Hospital

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84113

Actively Recruiting

40

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507

Actively Recruiting

41

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23284

Actively Recruiting

42

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226

Actively Recruiting

43

Alberta Children's Hospital

Calgary, Alberta, Canada, AB T3B 6A8

Actively Recruiting

44

CancerCare Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, MB R3E 0V9

Actively Recruiting

45

Janesway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, NL A1B 3V6

Actively Recruiting

46

UHC Sainte-Justine

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, QC H3S 2G4

Actively Recruiting

47

Montreal Children's Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, QC H4A 3H9

Actively Recruiting

48

CHUQ

Québec, Quebec, Canada, QC G1V 4W6

Actively Recruiting

49

CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, QC J1H 5H3

Actively Recruiting

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Research Team

B

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How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

NONE

Allocation

NA

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Purpose

PREVENTION

Number of Arms

1

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