Table 3.
Examples of precision trials in pediatric oncology
Trial type | Examples of precision trials | Sponsor | ClinicalTrials ID |
Basket in relapsed/refractory cancers across multiple diagnoses | NCI–COG Pediatric MATCHAcSé-ESMART | COG/NCIGustave Roussy | NCT03155620NCT02813135 |
Disease-specific umbrella in patients with progressive disease | Ruxolitinib or Dasatinib with Chemotherapy in Ph-Like ALLNEPENTHE (Neuroblastoma) | MD AndersonCHOP | NCT02420717NCT02780128 |
Single-agent targeted therapy in advanced cancers | Larotrectinib in NTRK Fusion Positive TumorsEZH2 Inhibitor Tazemetostat in INI-1 Negative tumorsCrizotinib for Tumors with an ALK, MET or ROS1 alterationLDK378 (Ceritinib) in ALK-activated Pediatric TumorsDabrafenib with Trametinib for BRAF V600 Positive TumorsAfatinib in Pediatric Tumors with ErbB Pathway Deregulation | LOXO OncologyEpizymeUNICANCERNovartisNovartisBoehringer Ingelheim | NCT02637687NCT02601937NCT02034981NCT01742286NCT02684058NCT02372006 |
Disease-specific trials in newly diagnosed patients | Total Therapy XVII JAK/STAT Mutations in ALL and LymphomaAddition of Dasatinib for ALL with TKI-targetable FusionsCombination Therapy Plus Dasatinib for Ph-Like B-ALLClinical and Molecular Risk-Directed Therapy (Medulloblastoma)BIOMEDE (DIPG) | St. JudeDFCICOG/NCISt. JudeGustave Roussy | NCT03117751NCT03020030NCT02883049NCT01878617NCT02233049 |
ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AcSé-ESMART, Secured Access Program of the French National Cancer Institute (INCa); COG, Children's Oncology Group; ESMART, European Proof-of-Concept Therapeutic Stratification Trial of Molecular Anomalies in Relapsed or Refractory Tumors in Children; MATCH, Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice; NCI, National Cancer Institute; NEPENTHE, Next Generation Personalized Neuroblastoma Therapy; Ph-like, Philadelphia chromosome-like.