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Study Description

 This study is eligible for STEP-1 funding. Find more information here. 

This international multi-centre phase 2 pilot trial aims to explore the efficacy of Opdualag, a fixed dose combination of nivolumab and relatlimab, across two cohorts of children, adolescent, and young adult (CAYA) patients, ≥ 12 years of age, with relapsed/refractory extra-cranial solid and CNS tumours. The main study cohort will enrol CAYA patients with relapsed/refractory extra cranial solid and CNS tumours, characterised by high immune infiltration as indicated by their high CD8+ T cell infiltration, M1M2 macrophage ratios and/or Immune Paediatric Signature Score (IPASS), established using whole transcriptome sequencing of RNA extracted from tumour samples and subsequent comparison to other paediatric cancers. A second exploratory cohort includes CAYA patients with deficient (RRD) tumours that have progressed on, or recurred following PD(L)-1 blockade treatment.

The efficacy assessment of both cohorts will be complemented by safety data (AEs), alongside further exploratory data on patient- and parent/proxy-reported outcomes, focusing on symptoms experienced during treatment with Opdualag and its impact on patient quality of life. Biological samples will be collected to explore the correlation between quantitative circulating tumour DNA and disease response, as well as other genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and immunological biomarkers. These analyses will offer a detailed understanding of the tumour immune microenvironment and enhance our ability to predict responses to Opdualag for paediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients in the future.

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must meet all the study eligibility criteria outlined in BOTH the Master Protocol, in addition to Arm’s C specific inclusion criteria as listed below: 

Arm C Inclusion Criteria

Specific criteria for Cohort C1 only:

• Age: Patients should be ≥ 12 years of age at the time of entry into screening.
• Tumour characterised by high immune infiltration: Patients must be diagnosed with a relapsed or refractory extracranial or CNS solid tumour that is characterised by high immune infiltration as outlined in lab manual and as evidenced by any two immune scores, including a CD8+ T cell score, M1M2 score or IPASS score that are ≥80th percentile relative to a pre-defined comparator cohort of paediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancer patients

Specific criteria for Cohort C2 only:

• Age: Patients should be ≥ 12 years of age at the time of entry into screening.
• Diagnosis: CAYA patients RRD relapsed or refractory extracranial or CNS solid tumour, with evidence of replication repair deficiency that has been established using tumour immunohistochemistry and/or a validated functional assay (e.g. genomic MSI burden using low-pass WGS/LOGIC) showing high MMRDness >0) or based on prior germline testing confirming congenital mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD), Lynch syndrome or Polymerase-proofreading associated polyposis (PPAP) (Chung et al., 2022)
• Disease trajectory: They have objective evidence of disease progression at any time following (or during) previous PD(L)1 therapy.
• Ineligible for Cohort C1: They do not meet the criteria for high immune infiltration criteria as stipulated for Cohort C1, either because the immune score thresholds are not reached or because data relating to immune scores is not available).

All participants: 

• All patients should have measurable disease, except for patients with neuroblastoma who will also be eligible if they have metastatic disease evaluable only by mIBG scintigraphy
• Adequate organ function as per Master Protocol, with the following specific requirements of Arm C, including: 
  • Cardiac Function: 
    • Shortening fraction of ≥27% by echocardiogram, OR Ejection fraction of ≥50% by echocardiogram
    • QTC <480 msec by the Fridericia formula
  • Endocrine function:
    • TSH within institutional normal limits for age. Patients on treatment for thyroid dysfunction can be included if their TSH is within normal limits on therapy at the time of inclusion. 
• Patients with CNS lesions are eligible if all the following criteria are met: 
  • No evidence of uncal herniation or mass effect leading to severe midline shift.
  • Lesion <6 cm in single maximal dimension.
  • A lesion that in the opinion of the investigator does not show significant mass effect.
  • No history of clinically significant intracranial haemorrhage or spinal cord haemorrhage.
  • No ongoing requirement for corticosteroids as therapy for CNS disease.
• ≥14 days after last immunosuppressive dose of corticosteroids (>2mg/kg/day prednisone equivalent) or other systemic immunosuppressive medications azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti-tumour necrosis factor [anti-TNF] agents prior to Cycle 1, Day 1. Note: Concurrent use of corticosteroids for physiological replacement is permitted. Use of topical, intra-articular, ocular, intranasal or inhaled corticosteroids is permitted.
• Female patients of childbearing potential must agree to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use adequate contraceptive methods, as defined in the Master Protocol, for the duration of treatment with Opdualag plus 5 months after the last dose of Opdualag.
• Male patients must agree to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse with a female partner of childbearing potential or who is pregnant) or use contraceptive measures,as defined in the Master Protocol, and agree to refrain from donating sperm for the entire duration of treatment with Opdualag.

Master Protocol Inclusion Criteria

• Patients must be diagnosed with a solid tumour, CNS tumour or lymphoma that has progressed despite standard therapy, or for which no effective standard therapy exists.
• Age <21 years at inclusion; patients 21 years and older may be included after approval by the Study Chair if they have a paediatric type recurrent/refractory malignancy.
• Patients must be enrolled on a precision medicine study (i.e. PROFYLE, ZERO or equivalent as agreed with Study Chair (or their delegate)).
  • Tumour profiling should be performed as close to the time of study enrolment as possible; at a minimum profiling should have been performed on a sample obtained 
    within 12 months prior to enrolment, or had confirmation that the targeted molecular aberration is still present from a tumour sample collected within the 12 months prior to 
    enrolment. Patients for whom tumour profiling has been performed outside this window may only be enrolled after approval by the Study Chair.
  • Patients are eligible to enroll using existing sequencing results or other criteria such as immunohistochemistry (provided a report from a CLIA-approved or equivalent 
    laboratory is provided), but concurrent enrolment on a precision medicine study is still required.
• Patients enrolled in a Phase I cohort must have either evaluable or measurable disease*.
• 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
    tumour type (RECIST V1.1 for solid tumours, RAPNO or RANO criteria for patients with CNS 
    tumours, INRC criteria for patients with neuroblastoma, RECIL for lymphoma). Refer to Section 8.
• 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. 
• Performance status: Karnofsky performance status (for patients >16 years of age) or Lansky Play score (for patients ≤16 years of age) ≥50%. Patients who are unable to walk because of paralysis 
  or stable neurological disability, but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing the performance score
• Life expectancy ≥6 weeks
• 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 to an arm.
  • Cytotoxic chemotherapy or other anticancer agents known to be myelosuppressive: ≥21 days after the last dose of cytotoxic or myelosuppressive chemotherapy (42 days 
    if prior nitrosourea, e.g. lomustine). 
  • Anticancer agents not known to be myelosuppressive (e.g. not associated with reduced platelet or neutrophil counts): ≥7 days after the last dose of agent.
  • Antibodies: ≥21 days must have elapsed from infusion of last dose of antibody, and toxicity related to prior antibody therapy must be recovered to Grade ≤1.
  • Corticosteroids: If used to modify immune adverse events related to prior therapy, ≥14 days must have elapsed since last dose of corticosteroid.
  • Haematopoietic growth factors: ≥14 days after the last dose of a long-acting growth factor (e.g. Neulasta) or 7 days for short-acting growth factor
  • Interleukins, Interferons and Cytokines (other than Hematopoietic Growth Factors): ≥21 days after the completion of interleukins, interferon or cytokines (other than Hematopoietic Growth Factors) 
  • Stem cell Infusions (with or without TBI): 
    • Allogeneic (non-autologous) bone marrow or stem cell transplant, or any stem cell infusion including DLI or boost infusion: ≥84 days after infusion and no evidence of GVHD.
    • Autologous stem cell infusion including boost infusion: ≥42 days
  • Cellular Therapy: ≥42 days after the completion of any type of cellular therapy (e.g. modified T cells, NK cells, dendritic cells, etc.) 
  • XRT/External Beam Irradiation including Protons: ≥14 days after local XRT; ≥150 days after TBI, craniospinal XRT or if radiation to ≥50% of the pelvis; ≥42 days if other substantial BM radiation. Note: target lesions being used to follow response to study 
    arm treatment that have been irradiated must show progression following radiotherapy to be considered evaluable for response
  • Radiopharmaceutical therapy (e.g. radiolabelled antibody, 131I-MIBG): ≥42 days after systemically administered radiopharmaceutical therapy. 
  • Palliative radiotherapy of up to 2 pre-existing, non-target bone metastases will be permitted without being considered progressive disease and may be administered concurrently with study therapy provided DLT evaluation period has been completed.
• Adequate organ function:
  • Haematologic criteria:
    • Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.0 x 109/L (unsupported) (i.e. at least 7 days post filgrastim; at least 14 days post PEG-filgrastim (if administered)).
    • Platelet count ≥75 x 109/L (unsupported; defined as no platelet transfusions within prior 7 days).
    • Haemoglobin ≥80 g/L (transfusion is allowed).
  • Renal and hepatic function:
    • Serum creatinine ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age.
    • Total bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN.
    • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤5 x ULN except in patients with documented tumour involvement of the liver who 
      must have AST and ALT ≤10 x ULN.
• Able to comply with scheduled follow-up and with management of toxicity.
• Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to initiation of treatment and agree to use adequate contraception during the study 
  and following completion of treatment as per the treatment arm guidelines. 
• Fertile males must agree to use adequate contraception during the study and following completion of treatment as per the treatment arm guidelines. 
• Provide a signed and dated informed consent form or has a legally acceptable representative capable of understanding the informed consent document, and providing consent on the 
  participant’s behalf.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients must meet all the study eligibility criteria outlined in BOTH the Master Protocol, in addition to Arm’s C specific exclusion criteria as listed below: 

Arm C Exclusion Criteria

• For Cohort C1 only: A solid or CNS tumour patient with only lymph node derived tumour samples for assessing CD8+ T cell / M1M2 / IPASS high immune infiltration score (as such lymph node derived tumour samples were excluded during the development of the RICO container).
• An anticipated requirement for systemic immunosuppressive medications while receiving treatment with Opdualag.  
• A diagnosis of a haematolymphoid malignancies, including Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, will not be eligible (as may be eligible for RELATIVITY-069, NCT05255601). 
• An active autoimmune disease at any point within the last 2 years prior to enrolment including but not limited to myasthenia gravis, myositis, autoimmune hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, vascular thrombosis associated with antiphospholipid syndrome, Wegener’s granulomatosis, Sjögren’s syndrome, Guillain Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, vasculitis, or glomerulonephritis. Note: patients with a history of autoimmune-related hypothyroidism on a stable dose of thyroid-replacement hormone, controlled Type I diabetes mellitus on a stable dose of insulin regimen or an autoimmune condition that is not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger may be permitted to enrol. Asymptomatic laboratory abnormalities (e.g. ANA, rheumatoid factor) will not render a patient ineligible in the absence of a diagnosis of an autoimmune disorder
• Patients with eczema, psoriasis, lichen simplex chronicus, vitiligo with dermatologic manifestations only, or other chronic skin conditions are not eligible if any of the following apply:
  • Rash covers more than 10% of body surface area (BSA)
  • Disease is not well controlled at baseline, requiring more than low potency topical steroids
  • Patient has experienced acute exacerbation within previous 12 months requiring treatment with PUVA, methotrexate, retinoids, biologic agents, oral calcineurin inhibitors, or high potency/oral steroids
• Patients with severe or life-threatening skin adverse reaction on prior treatment with other immune-stimulatory anticancer agents (such as immune checkpoint inhibitors).
• Patients with a history of myocarditis. 
• History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest CT scan. History of radiation pneumonitis in the radiation field (fibrosis) is permitted.
• Prior solid organ or allogeneic stem cell transplant.
• Previous treatment with relatlimab. Note that prior therapy with PD(L)1 and/or CTLA-4 inhibitor is not an exclusion.
• Active tuberculosis.
• Treatment with a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for such a vaccine during Opdualag treatment.
• Patients who are breastfeeding. 

Master Protocol Exclusion Criteria

• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• Known active viral hepatitis or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or any other uncontrolled infection.
• 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.
• Known hypersensitivity to any study drug or component of the formulation.
• Pregnant or nursing (lactating) females.
• 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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Study Description

If you are a long-distance patient of >160 km, round trip - you may be eligible for STEP-1 travel funding. Find more information here. 

This is a pilot study to determine feasibility of adding intrathecal (IT) chemotherapy and maintenance therapy after high dose chemotherapy for treatment of newly diagnosed HR-EBTs in patients less than 6 years of age. Patients meeting all inclusion criteria will receive 3 cycles of multiagent chemotherapy induction (vinCRIStine, cyclophosphamide, CISplatin, etoposide) with IT cytarabine and hydrocortisone, and 3 cycles of consolidation with CARBOplatin, thiotepa, and autologous stem cell rescue (as per CCG 99703). Maintenance chemotherapy will then be given immediately after the completion of consolidation therapy and consist of risk-stratified oral chemotherapy using either "Maintenance A" (48 weeks) using tamoxifen and retinoic acid or "Maintenance B" (54 weeks) using metronomic isotretinoin, celecoxib, etoposide, temozolomide, and cyclophosphamide. Both arms of maintenance will receive monthly IT topotecan.

Following the end of treatment, patients will be scheduled for a follow-up visit every 3 months for 24 months to evaluate PFS and OS. Approximately 15 patients will be recruited as part of this clinical study.

Patients aged between 0 and 6 years old at the time of enrollment will be eligible. This study will only enrol patients with high risk Central Nervous System Embryonal Brain Tumors (CNS-EBTs) with histologic and/or molecular confirmation of diagnosis for ATRT intrinsic to the brain and spinal cord, group 3 and group 4 MB, pineoblastoma, CNS neuroblastoma, ETMR, including embryonal tumor with abundant neuropil and true rosettes (ETANTR), ependymoblastoma and ETMR not otherwise specified), medulloepithelioma, CNS embryonal tumor with rhabdoid features (INI-1 intact) and CNS embryonal tumor, not otherwise specified.

Response to treatment will be evaluated using the modified RAPNO (Response Assessment in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology) 1.

This study will also explore the genetic landscape of CNS HR-EBTs. Our biological study will include genomic analyses of tumor and CSF with use of epigenomic analyses (methylation profiling) arrays, Nanostring sub-typing studies, Next generation sequencing analyses for DNA and/or RNA.

Inclusion Criteria

• Tumor Tissue Sample
• Age: Patient must be aged ≥ 0 years to ≤ 6 years at the time of definitive confirmation of histologic diagnosis of eligible CNS tumor.
• Diagnoses. Participants must have Central nervous system (CNS) HR-EBT including atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour (ATRT), group 3 and group 4 medulloblastoma (MB), pineoblastoma, CNS neuroblastoma, embryonal tumor with multi-layered rosettes (ETMR including embryonal tumor with abundant neuropil and true rosettes (ETANTR), ependymoblastoma and ETMR not otherwise specified), medulloepithelioma, CNS embryonal tumor with rhabdoid features (INI-1 intact) and CNS embryonal tumor, not otherwise specified. Metastatic disease included. Any extent of resection included.
• Cranial and Spine MRI. A baseline MRI brain and spine with and without contrast is required for all patients. cranial MRI (with and without gadolinium) must be done pre-operatively. Post-operatively, cranial MRI (with and without gadolinium) must be done.
• Lumbar Puncture (LP) CSF for cytopathology (strongly recommended but not mandatory; if medically feasible). A baseline LP CSF cytology either pre-operatively or post-operatively at least 10 days after definitive surgery for all patients if medically feasible (This is not mandatory and will not make the patient ineligible).
• Life expectancy: Patients must have a life expectancy of greater than 8 weeks from diagnosis.
• Performance level: Patients must have a performance status corresponding of a Lansky score ≥ 50.
• Organ Function Requirements: Participants must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
  • Adequate renal function defined as:
    • Creatinine clearance (12-24-hour urine collection) or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73m2
  • Adequate cardiac function defined as:
    • Shortening fraction of ≥ 27% by echocardiogram, or
    • Ejection fraction of ≥ 47% by radionuclide angiogram.
  • Adequate pulmonary function defined as:
    • No evidence of dyspnea at rest and a pulse oximetry > 94% on room air.
  • Adequate Bone Marrow Function defined as:
    • Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1000/μL
    • Platelet Count > 100,000/μL (without transfusion for 3 days)
    • Hemoglobin greater than 8 gm/dL (may have received red blood cell (RBC) transfusions)
  • Adequate liver function defined as:
    • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5X upper limit of normal (ULN) within normal institutional limits for age (patients with documented Gilbert's Disease may be enrolled with Study Chair approval and total bilirubin ≤ 2.0 × ULN)
    • Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 100 U/L

Other inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply. 

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who are receiving any other conventional anti-cancer agents or investigational agents.
• Patients who received previous therapy including radiotherapy or chemotherapy other than corticosteroids.
• Presence of another malignancy, except if the other primary malignancy is neither currently clinically significant nor requiring active intervention.
• Concomitant medications restrictions: Concurrent use of enzyme inducing anticonvulsants (e.g. phenytoin, phenobarbital, and carbamazepine), selected strong inhibitors of cytochrome P450 3A4 include azole antifungals, such as fluconazole, voriconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, and strong inducers include drugs such as rifampin, phenytoin, phenobarbitol, carbamazepine, and St. John's wort or CYP450 3A4 stimulators or inhibitors.
• Other uncontrollable medical disease: Patient has a severe and uncontrollable medical disease (i.e., uncontrolled diabetes, hyperglycemia, chronic renal disease or active uncontrolled infection), has chronic liver disease (i.e., chronic active hepatitis and cirrhosis), hypercholesterolemia (serum cholesterol >300 mg/dL), intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, active hyperparathyroidism, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
• Patients who have a known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, hepatitis B or C.
• Ineligible diagnoses for study entry by neuropathology: This includes sonic hedgehog (SHH) and wingless (WNT) MBs, all ependymomas, all choroid plexus carcinomas, all high grade glial and glio-neuronal tumors, all diffuse midline gliomas, all primary CNS germ cell tumors, all primary CNS sarcomas, all primary or metastatic CNS lymphomas and solid leukemic lesions (chloromas, granulocytic sarcomas).
• The participant or parent(s)/guardian(s) cannot comply with the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements, in the investigator's opinion.

Other inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply. 

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Study Description

Brief Summary:

Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) will be used in an open label, multicenter, study in combination with etoposide for subjects with relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma.

Detailed Description:

Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) will be used in an open label, multicenter, study in combination with etoposide for subjects with relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma.

In this study subjects will receive six 21-day cycles of Etoposide and DFMO followed by an additional 630 days of DFMO alone.

Subjects will be evaluated in 3 arms:

• Arm 1: Subjects who show no active disease after receiving any additional therapy for neuroblastoma that was refractory to standard induction/consolidation therapy.

Refractory: Subjects with progressive disease on upfront therapy OR did not have at least PR on induction OR required additional second line therapy to achieve remission who are now in first remission.

• Arm 2: Subjects who have previously relapsed and currently show no active disease (in CR2 or greater).
• Arm 3: Subjects who are relapsed or refractory with active disease.

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients must have a pathologically confirmed diagnosis of neuroblastoma, ≤ 30.99 years of age with history of relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma.
• All patients must have completed upfront therapy with at least 4 cycles of aggressive multi-drug chemotherapy.
• Specific Criteria by Arm:

Arms 1 and 2:

Subjects with no active disease:

i. No evidence of residual disease by CT/MRI and MIBG scan (or PET for patients who have a history of MIBG non-avid disease).

o Note: Patients with residual masses detected by CT/MRI may be considered in CR if their MIBG is negative or if MIBG positive and evaluated by PET and found to have negative PET scans; biopsy confirmation may be considered if there is still reasonable concern for persistent disease but is not required.

ii. No evidence of disease metastatic to bone marrow.

Arm 3:

Measurable or evaluable disease, including at least one of the following:

Measurable tumor by CT or MRI; or a positive MIBG and PET; or positive bone marrow biopsy/aspirate in at least one site.

• Timing from prior therapy: Enrollment (first dose of DFMO) no later than 60 days from last dose of the most recent therapy.

• Subjects must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anti- cancer chemotherapy and be within the following timelines:

  1. Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: Must not have received within 2 weeks of enrollment onto this study (6 weeks if prior nitrosourea).
  2. Hematopoietic growth factors: At least 5 days since the completion of therapy with a growth factor.
  3. Biologic (anti-neoplastic agent): At least 7 days since the completion of therapy with a biologic agent. For agents that have known adverse events occurring beyond 7 days after administration, this period must be extended beyond the time during which adverse events are known to occur. The duration of this interval must be discussed with the Study Chair.
  4. Immunotherapy: At least 6 weeks since the completion of any type of immunotherapy, e.g. tumor vaccines, CAR-T cells.
  5. Anti-GD2 Monoclonal antibodies: At least 2 weeks must have elapsed since prior treatment with a monoclonal antibody.
  6. XRT: At least 14 days since the last treatment except for radiation delivered with palliative intent to a non-target site.

  7. Stem Cell Transplant:

     1. Allogeneic: No evidence of active graft vs. host disease
     2. Allo/Auto: ≥ 2 months must have elapsed since transplant.
  8. MIBG Therapy: At least 8 weeks since treatment with MIBG therapy
• Subjects must have a Lansky or Karnofsky Performance Scale score of 60% or higher.
• Life expectancy > 2 months
• All clinical and laboratory studies for organ functions to determine eligibility must be performed within 7 days prior to first dose of study drug unless otherwise indicated below.

• Subjects must have adequate organ functions at the time of registration:

  • Hematological: Total absolute neutrophil count ANC ≥750/μL
  • Liver: Subjects must have adequate liver function as defined by AST and ALT <5x upper limit of normal (Normal=45), Bilirubin <1.5x upper limit normal (Normal=1.0). Normal PT, PTT, fibrinogen.
  • Renal: Adequate renal function defined as (perform one of the following): Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR 70 mL/min/1.73 m2 or greater or a serum creatinine based on age/gender
• Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test. Patients of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective birth control method. Female patients who are lactating must agree to stop breast-feeding.
• Written informed consent in accordance with institutional and FDA guidelines must be obtained from all subjects (or patients' legal representative).

Exclusion Criteria

• BSA of <0.25 m2.
• Subjects that received DFMO at a dose higher than 1000mg/m2 BID prior to this study are not eligible.
• Subjects that received a dose of DFMO in combination with etoposide are not eligible.
• Investigational Drugs: Subjects who are currently receiving another investigational drug are excluded from participation.
• Anti-cancer Agents: Subjects who are currently receiving other anticancer agents are not eligible. Subjects must have fully recovered from hematological and bone marrow suppression effects of prior chemotherapy.
• Infection: Subjects who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible until the infection is judged to be well controlled in the opinion of the investigator.
• Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study, or in whom compliance is likely to be suboptimal, should be excluded.

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Study Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the investigational drug, silmitasertib (a pill taken by mouth), in combination with FDA approved drugs for solid tumors. An investigational drug is one that has not been approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), or any other regulatory authorities around the world for use alone or in combination with any drug, for the condition or illness it is being used to treat.

The goals of this part of the study are:

• Establish a recommended dose of silmitasertib in combination with chemotherapy
• Test the safety and tolerability of silmitasertib in combination with chemotherapy in subjects with cancer
• To determine the activity of study treatments chosen based on:
• How each subject responds to the study treatment
• How long a subject lives without their disease returning/progressing

Inclusion Criteria

• Age: Less than 30 years old at initial diagnosis
• Pathology All subjects must have a confirmed diagnosis of tumor type. Phase I: Relapsed/refractory solid tumors: Neuroblastoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Liposarcoma
  • Phase II: 
    • Relapsed/refractory Neuroblastoma
    • Relapsed/refractory Ewing sarcoma
• Tumor assessment: Disease assessment is required for eligibility and must be done after last dose of previous therapy and prior to first dose of study drug.
• Disease Status: Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma Relapsed disease defined as neuroblastoma that was previously in remission after standard therapy (at least 4 cycles of aggressive multi-drug induction chemotherapy, with or without radiation and surgery, followed by immunotherapy, or according to a standard high-risk treatment/neuroblastoma protocol) and has now relapsed and is in any number of relapses. Refractory disease defined as High-risk neuroblastoma (as defined by INRG) that failed to achieve CR after at least 4 cycles of aggressive multi-drug induction chemotherapy, progression during upfront therapy or with disease remaining after standard immunotherapy. 
  • International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Staging System (INRG) High Risk NB defined as one of the following:
    • Any age with International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) Stage L2, MS, or M with MYCN amplification
    • Age ≥ 547 days and INRG Stage M regardless of biologic features
    • Any age initially diagnosed with INRG Stage L1 MYCN amplified NBL who have progressed to Stage M without systemic chemotherapy
    • Age ≥ 547 days of age initially diagnosed with INRG Stage L1, L2, or MS who have progressed to Stage M without systemic chemotherapy
  • Relapsed/refractory Sarcoma Subjects that have relapsed following standard of care therapy or having progressed during standard of care therapy. Standard of care therapy for sarcoma includes multi-agent chemotherapy with local control consisting of either surgery or radiation therapy.
• Measurable or evaluable disease, including at least one of the following:
  • Measurable tumor by CT or MRI
  • MIBG or PET that is positive for disease
  • Bone Marrow biopsy/aspirate that is positive for disease
• Timing from prior therapy:
  • Subjects must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anti- cancer therapy and be within the following timelines:
    • Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: Must not have received within 2 weeks of enrollment onto this study.
    • Small Molecule Inhibitors (anti-neoplastic agent): At least 2 weeks from the completion of therapy with a small molecule inhibitor.
    • Immunotherapy: At least 4 weeks since the completion of any type of immunotherapy, e.g. tumor vaccines, CAR-T cells, anti-GD2 Monoclonal antibodies (ex. naxitamab, dinutuximab, etc.).
    • Radiotherapy: At least 30 days since the last treatment except for radiation delivered with palliative intent to a non-target site.
    • Stem Cell Transplant:
      • Allogeneic: No evidence of active graft vs. host disease
      • Allogeneic/Autologous: ≥ 2 months must have elapsed since transplant.
    • MIBG Therapy: At least 6 weeks since treatment with MIBG therapy.
• Subjects must have a Lansky or Karnofsky Performance Scale score of >/= 50.
• Subjects must have adequate organ function at the time of enrollment:
  • Cardiac: Subjects must have a QTcF ≤ 480 msc.
  • Hematological: Hematological recovery as defined by ANC ≥750/μL
  • Liver: Adequate liver function as defined by AST and ALT <5x upper limit of normal
  • Renal: Subjects must have adequate renal function defined as an estimated Glomerular Filtration rate (eGFR) as calculated from the Bedside Schwartz equation (in units of mL/min/1.73 m2) or via radioisotope GFR ≥ 70. The Bedside Schwartz equation is: [(0.413) X (Height in cm)] / SCr
• Subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test. Subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use effective measures to avoid pregnancy.
• Written informed consent in accordance with institutional and FDA guidelines must be obtained from all subjects (or subjects' legal representative).

Exclusion Criteria

• Investigational Drugs: Subjects who are currently receiving another investigational drug are excluded from participation.
• Anti-cancer Agents: Subjects who are currently receiving other anticancer agents are not eligible. Subjects must have fully recovered from the hematological and bone marrow suppression effects of prior therapy.
• Subjects who are currently receiving Vitamin K antagonists (warfarin).
• Subjects who are currently receiving the class of lipid-lowering medications HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins).
• Infection: Subjects who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible until the infection is judged to be well controlled in the opinion of the investigator.
• Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study, or in whom compliance is likely to be suboptimal, should be excluded.
• Subjects with any clinically significant unrelated systemic illness (serious infections or significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic or other organ dysfunction), that in the opinion of the investigator would compromise the subject's ability to tolerate protocol therapy, put them at additional risk for toxicity or would interfere with the study procedures or results.
• Subjects with any of the following gastrointestinal disorders:
  • Active malabsorption (e.g. short gut) syndrome.
  • Uncontrolled diarrhea (excess of 4 stools/day)
  • Gastritis, ulcerative colitis, Chron's disease or hemorrhagic coloproctitis
  • History of gastric or small bowel surgery involving any extent of gastric or small bowel resection
• Lactating subjects are not eligible unless they have agreed to not breastfeed their infants. There is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the nursing subject with silmitasertib. (NOTE: breast milk cannot be stored for future use while the nursing subject is being treated on study.)
• Subjects with a history of any other malignancy.

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This phase II trial studies how well combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with newly diagnosed stage II-IV diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumors (DAWT) or favorable histology Wilms tumors (FHWT) that have come back (relapsed). Drugs used in chemotherapy regimens such as UH-3 (vincristine, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, carboplatin, etoposide, and irinotecan) and ICE/Cyclo/Topo (ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide, cyclophosphamide, and topotecan) work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. This trial may help doctors find out what effects, good and/or bad, regimen UH-3 has on patients with newly diagnosed DAWT and standard risk relapsed FHWT (those treated with only 2 drugs for the initial WT) and regimen ICE/Cyclo/Topo has on patients with high and very high risk relapsed FHWT (those treated with 3 or more drugs for the initial WT).

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate whether the addition of vincristine/irinotecan to cyclophosphamide/ carboplatin/etoposide alternating with vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide improves the event-free survival (EFS) of patients with newly diagnosed stage 4 diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor (DAWT) as compared to historical controls.

II. To evaluate whether the addition of vincristine/irinotecan to cyclophosphamide/carboplatin/etoposide alternating with vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide improves the EFS of patients with standard-risk relapsed favorable histology Wilms tumor (SRrFHWT) as compared to historical controls.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate whether the addition of vincristine/irinotecan to cyclophosphamide/carboplatin/etoposide alternating with vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide improves the overall survival (OS) of patients with newly diagnosed stage 4 DAWT as compared to historical controls.

II. To evaluate whether the addition of vincristine/irinotecan to cyclophosphamide/carboplatin/etoposide alternating with vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide improves the OS of patients with SRrFHWT as compared to historical controls.

III. To evaluate whether the addition of vincristine/irinotecan to cyclophosphamide/carboplatin/etoposide alternating with vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide improves the EFS and OS of patients with newly diagnosed stage 2 and 3 DAWT as compared to historical controls.

IV. To establish EFS and OS for high-risk (HRrFHWT) and very high risk (VHRrFHWT) relapsed favorable histology Wilms tumor treated with ifosfamide/carboplatin/etoposide alternating with cyclophosphamide/ topotecan.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To describe renal toxicity of ifosfamide/carboplatin/etoposide in HRrFHWT and VHRrFHWT patients using conventional and novel biomarkers of renal toxicity (urine NGAL, cystatin C and Kim1) in the context of the chemotherapy regimens used on this study.

II. To collect and bank serial blood and urine samples in patients with newly diagnosed DAWT or relapsed FHWT and tumor tissue in patients with relapsed FHWT, for future analysis.

III. To assess the impact of p53 gene and protein expression on outcome for patients with newly diagnosed DAWT.

IV. To determine EFS/OS in the subsets of patients with newly diagnosed DAWT or relapsed FWHT who undergo gross total resection at all disease sites at diagnosis or after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

V. To describe the rate of regional lymph node sampling at the time of nephrectomy with the use of a pre-operative surgical checklist for patients with newly diagnosed DAWT.

VI. To determine the feasibility of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with central quality assurance (QA) monitoring to reduce radiation induced toxicity to the heart, thyroid, breast and solitary kidney for children with lung and liver metastases (part of an overarching aim in this study and across frontline favorable histology Wilms tumor studies).

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with newly diagnosed stages 2 - 4 diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor must be enrolled on AREN03B2 and have risk assignment or final pathology classification (if at delayed nephrectomy) results available prior to enrollment on AREN1921. Enrollment on AREN03B2 is not applicable for patients with relapsed favorable histology Wilms tumor
• Patients with the following diagnoses are eligible for this study:
  • Newly diagnosed stages 2 - 4 diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor as confirmed by central review
  • Favorable histology Wilms tumor at first relapse. Relapsed FHWT patients must have previously achieved remission for their initial FHWT diagnosis to be eligible for this study. The relapse risk groups are defined as follows, regardless of radiation therapy:
    • Standard-Risk relapse: Patients who received two chemotherapy agents for frontline therapy; primarily actinomycin D and vincristine
    • High-Risk relapse: Patients who received three chemotherapy agents for frontline therapy; primarily vincristine, actinomycin D and doxorubicin or vincristine, actinomycin D and irinotecan
    • Very High-Risk relapse: Patients who received four or more chemotherapy agents as part of initial therapy; primarily Regimen M or its variations
• Patients with newly diagnosed DAWT must have had histologic verification of the malignancy. For relapsed FHWT patients, biopsy to prove recurrence is encouraged, but not required
  • Note: for relapsed FHWT patients, an institutional pathology report confirming favorable histology Wilms tumor (from relapse, if available, or from original diagnosis) must be available for upload prior to initiation of protocol therapy
• Patients with newly diagnosed stages 2 - 4 diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor must be enrolled on AREN1921 within 2 weeks of the first tumor-directed surgery or biopsy procedure (surgery/biopsy is day 0), except for patients who received prior therapy for presumed favorable histology Wilms tumor, later confirmed to have diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor at subsequent review
• Patients with newly diagnosed DAWT who undergo upfront nephrectomy must have at least 1 lymph node sampled prior to study enrollment
• Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1 or 2. Use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =< 16 years of age
• Patients must have a life expectancy of >= 8 weeks
• Diffuse Anaplastic Wilms Tumor: Patients with diffuse anaplastic histology must have had no prior systemic therapy, except in the following situations:
  • Patients with diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor who received no more than 12 weeks of pre nephrectomy chemotherapy for what was originally presumed to be favorable histology Wilms tumor, subsequently confirmed to be diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor at delayed nephrectomy.
  • Patients with diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor who received no more than 6 weeks of chemotherapy following upfront nephrectomy or biopsy for presumed favorable histology Wilms tumor based on institutional review, but subsequently corrected to diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor based on the AREN03B2 initial risk assignment results.
  • Treatment consisting of vincristine/doxorubicin/ cyclophosphamide initiated on an emergent basis and within allowed timing as described
  • Patients who received prior therapy for presumed favorable histology Wilms tumor, later identified to have diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor as per above, must begin study treatment starting at cycle 3 (week 7) of regimen UH 3. For treatment details specific to this group of patients. Patients who received emergency radiation to preserve organ function are eligible as noted
• Relapsed Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor: Patients must not have received prior chemotherapy for their relapsed favorable histology Wilms tumor diagnosis. In addition, patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy prior to entering this study
  • Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: Must not have received within 2 weeks of entry onto this study
  • Radiation therapy (RT): >= 2 weeks (wks) must have elapsed for local palliative RT (small port); >= 6 months must have elapsed if prior craniospinal RT or if >= 50% radiation of pelvis; >= 6 wks must have elapsed if other substantial BM radiation. Patients with relapsed favorable histology Wilms tumor who received emergency radiation to preserve organ function are eligible and do not need to washout with the above criteria
• Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents (within 4 weeks prior to study enrollment)
• Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 750/uL (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment)
• Platelet count >= 75,000/uL (transfusion independent) (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment)
• Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dL (may receive red blood cell [RBC] transfusions) (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment)
• Patients with high-risk or very high-risk relapsed FHWT who will be treated with Regimen ICE/Cyclo/Topo, must have renal function assessed by creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and meet the following requirement:
  • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment)
• Patients diagnosed with stage 2-4 DAWT or standard risk relapsed FHWT, who will be treated with Regimen UH 3, may either obtain a creatinine clearance, radioisotope GFR (meeting the above criteria of GFR >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2), or an adequate serum creatinine as per the following table:
  • Age: Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL)
  • 1 month to < 6 months: 0.4 (male and female)
  • 6 months to < 1 year: 0.5 (male and female)
  • 1 to < 2 years: 0.6 (male and female)
  • 2 to < 6 years: 0.8 (male and female)
  • 6 to < 10 years: 1 (male and female)
  • 10 to < 13 years: 1.2 (male and female)
  • 13 to < 16 years: 1.5 (male), 1.4 (female)
  • >= 16 years: 1.7 (male), 1.4 (female)
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age or direct bilirubin =< ULN for patients whose total bilirubin > 1.5 x ULN (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment)
• Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) (aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) or serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) < 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age or =< 5 x ULN for patients with liver metastases (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment)
• Shortening fraction of >= 27% by echocardiogram, or ejection fraction of >= 50% by radionuclide angiogram (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment)

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with a history of bilateral Wilms tumor (synchronous or metachronous)
• Patients with any uncontrolled, intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, or symptomatic congestive heart failure (defined as grade 2 or higher heart failure per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] version 5.0)
• Relapsed FHWT patients who did not receive frontline chemotherapy (e.g., very low risk FHWT initially observed without chemotherapy) or received only one chemotherapy agent for frontline therapy
• For patients with high-risk or very high-risk relapsed FHWT:
  • Patients with renal tubular acidosis (RTA) as evidenced by serum bicarbonate < 16 mmol/L and serum phosphate =< 2 mg/dL (or < 0.8 mmol/L) without supplementation
• For stages 2-4 DAWT and standard-risk relapsed FHWT patients:
  • Chronic inflammatory bowel disease and/or bowel obstruction
  • Concomitant use of St. John's wort, which cannot be stopped prior to the start of trial treatment
• Female patients who are pregnant since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs. A pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential
• Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants
• Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation

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Brief Summary:

This partially randomized phase II/III trial studies how well, in combination with surgery, cisplatin and combination chemotherapy works in treating children and young adults with hepatoblastoma or hepatocellular carcinoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, doxorubicin, fluorouracil, vincristine sulfate, carboplatin, etoposide, irinotecan, sorafenib, gemcitabine and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving combination chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells than one type of chemotherapy alone.

Detailed Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To reduce therapy associated toxicity for patients with non-metastatic hepatoblastoma (HB) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) without adversely affecting long term outcomes.

II. To determine the event-free survival (EFS) in patients with HB whose tumor is completely resected at diagnosis and either receive no adjuvant chemotherapy (completely resected well differentiated fetal [WDF] histology HB) or 2 cycles of standard dose cisplatin monotherapy (completely resected non-well differentiated fetal histology HB - 100 mg/m^2/cycle given 3 weeks apart). (Group A) III. To demonstrate that 4 to 6 cycles of interval compressed lower dose cisplatin monotherapy (80 mg/m^2/cycle; 320-480 mg/m^2 total) is adequate for low risk HB. (Group B) IIIa. In patients who are resected after 2 cycles of cisplatin monotherapy, to compare EFS following a randomized comparison of 2 versus 4 post-operative cycles of cisplatin monotherapy. (Group B) IIIb. In patients whose tumors are deemed unresectable after 2 cycles of cisplatin monotherapy, to determine the proportion of tumors rendered completely resectable by an additional 2 or 4 cycles of chemotherapy. (Group B) IV. To compare in a randomized fashion, EFS in patients with intermediate risk HB treated with 6 cycles of cisplatin/5-fluorouracil/vincristine/doxorubicin (C5VD) chemotherapy versus 6 cycles of interval compressed cisplatin monotherapy (100 mg/m^2/dose). (Group C) V. To determine the EFS in patients with HCC whose tumor is completely resected at diagnosis who receive no adjuvant chemotherapy (completely resected HCC arising in the context of underlying liver disease) or 4 cycles of cisplatin/doxorubicin (PLADO) (completely resected de novo HCC). (Group E) VI. To improve the EFS of patients with high risk HB by treating them with interval compressed cisplatin and doxorubicin based induction regimen followed by response-adapted consolidation therapy. (Group D) VIa. In patients whose metastatic disease resolves with the administration of Societe Internationale d'Oncologie Pediatrique (SIOPEL) 4 Induction therapy, to determine if the promising pilot results observed in SIOPEL 4 can be validated in a large international study. (Group D1) VIb. In patients whose metastatic disease does not resolve with the administration of SIOPEL 4 Induction therapy, to determine in a randomized comparison which post induction treatment (irinotecan and vincristine sulfate [vincristine] alternating with carboplatin and doxorubicin or carboplatin and etoposide alternating with carboplatin and doxorubicin) results in superior outcomes. (Group D Arm CE & Arm VI) VII. In patients with unresectable/metastatic HCC at diagnosis, to determine whether the addition of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin (GEMOX + sorafenib) to a cisplatin, doxorubicin and sorafenib backbone improves chemotherapy response, resectability and survival. (Group F)

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine if the Childhood Hepatic tumor International Consortium (CHIC) hepatoblastoma risk stratification analysis of very low risk (Group A), low risk (Group B), intermediate risk (Group C) and high risk (Group D) groups stratifies patients allowing appropriate utilization of varying intensity chemotherapy regimens and surgical resection strategies.

II. To define the prognostic relevance of a positive microscopic margin in Group A-D resected HB specimens.

III. To define the frequency of histologically detectable multifocal lesions in liver explants and resected specimens in which multifocal disease was detected at diagnosis and disappeared on cross sectional imaging following treatment with chemotherapy.

IV. To define the prognostic relevance in HB of a 'small cell undifferentiated' tumor component and percentage of tumor necrosis in post chemotherapy specimens.

V. To determine the prognostic impact on EFS and overall survival (OS) of biopsy technique in liver tumors unresectable at diagnosis.

VI. To determine the 3-year EFS and OS of HB patients who undergo liver transplantation vs extreme resection in Group C and D patients.

VII. To determine the 3-year EFS and OS of Group D patients who undergo pulmonary metastasectomy.

VIII. To determine the 3-year EFS and OS of patients who undergo liver transplantation for HCC.

IX. To determine the frequency of relapse in non-metastatic HCC in children treated by liver transplantation versus conventional resection.

X. To determine the concordance of Pretreatment Extent of Disease (PRETEXT) and Post-treatment Extent of disease (POSTTEXT) based surgical guidelines and the surgical intervention performed.

XI. To collect for future analysis, HB and HCC tumor specimens that can be molecularly characterized to validate newly identified molecular and immunohistochemical biomarkers correlating with known clinical prognostic factors and outcome.

XII. To evaluate the hepatoblastoma molecular risk-predictive model (HB-MRP) to risk stratify hepatoblastoma patients in the context of the current AHEP1531 trial.

XIII. To collect for future analysis samples to assess the pharmacogenomics (PG) related to cisplatin therapy in pediatric and adolescent liver tumor patients and correlate PG with Boston Grading Scale for ototoxicity.

XIV. To collect for future analysis samples such that novel biomarkers of renal toxicity (urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin [NGAL], cystatin C and Kim1) from cisplatin therapy can be correlated with pharmacogenomics, other associated toxicities, and outcomes.

XV. To determine which system (Children's Oncology Group [COG] PRETEXT, SIOPEL PRETEXT, or a new hybrid definition of PRETEXT) of the annotation factors for V, P, E, F and R provides the best prognostic information for determining response to chemotherapy, guiding risk based therapy, predicting surgical resectability, and EFS.

XVI. To determine the concordance between institutional and expert panel review assessment of PRETEXT and POSTTEXT stage in an international cooperative group setting.

OUTLINE:

GROUP A (VERY LOW RISK HB): Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 groups.

GROUP A1 (WDF): Patients undergo observation.

GROUP A2 (NON-WDF): Patients receive cisplatin (CDDP) intravenously (IV) over 6 hours on day 1 following surgery. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 2 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

GROUP B (LOW RISK HB): Patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 2 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are then assigned to 1 of 2 groups

GROUP B1 (RESECTABLE): Patients receive 2 cycles of cisplatin, undergo surgery, then are randomized to 1 of 2 arms (2 vs 4 additional cycles of cisplatin).

GROUP B1 ARM 4-CDDP: Patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 4 total cycles (2 pre-surgery, 2 post-surgery) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

GROUP B1 ARM 6-CDDP: Patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 total cycles(2 pre-surgery, 4 post-surgery) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

GROUP B2 (UNRESECTABLE): Patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 total cycles (4 pre-surgery, 2 post-surgery). Patients with resectable tumors undergo surgery, then all patients continue with 2 additional cycles of cisplatin.

GROUP C (INTERMEDIATE RISK HB): Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

GROUP C ARM CDDP: Patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo surgery after cycle 2 or 4.

GROUP C ARM C5VD: Patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1, 5-fluorouracil IV over 1-15 minutes, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 1, 8, and 15 and doxorubicin IV over 1-15 minutes on days 1 and 2. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo surgery after cycle 2 or 4.

GROUP D (HIGH RISK HB): SIOPEL-4 IV INDUCTION: Patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on days 1, 8, and 15 (for cycles 1 and 2) and days 1 and 8 (for cycle 3) and doxorubicin IV over 1-15 minutes on days 8 and 9 (for cycles 1 and 2) and days 1 and 2 (for cycle 3). Cycles 1 and 2 are 28 days; cycle 3 is 21 days. Patients are then assigned to 1 of 2 arms.

GROUP D1: CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Patients with lung complete remission (either with chemotherapy and/or surgery) receive carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1 and doxorubicin IV over 1-15 minutes on days 1 and 2. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

GROUP D2: Patients with residual metastatic disease are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

GROUP D2 ARM CE: Patients receive carboplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 2, doxorubicin IV over 1-15 minutes on days 1 and 2 during cycles 1, 3 and 5, and carboplatin IV over 1 hour and etoposide IV over 2 hours on day 1 and 2 of cycles 2, 4 and 6. Treatments repeat every 21 days for 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

GROUP D2 ARM VI: Patients receive carboplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 2 and doxorubicin IV over 1-15 minutes on days 1 and 2 during cycles 1, 3 and 5. Patients also receive vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 1 and 8 and irinotecan IV over 60-90 minutes once daily (QD) on days 1 to 5 of cycles 2, 4 and 6. Treatments repeat every 21 days for 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

GROUP E (RESECTED HCC): Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 groups.

GROUP E1: Patients with HCC secondary to underlying hepatic disease undergo observation only.

GROUP E2 (PLADO): Patients with de novo HCC receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1 and doxorubicin IV over 1-15 minutes on days 1 and 2 following surgery. Treatments repeat every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

GROUP F (UNRESECTED AND/OR METASTATIC HCC): Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

GROUP F ARM 1 (PLADO): Patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1, doxorubicin IV over 1-15 minutes on days 1 and 2 and sorafenib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 3-21. Treatments repeat every 21 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may undergo surgery, if tumors are resectable, or receive an additional 3 cycles of the treatment.

GROUP F ARM 2 (P/GEMOX): Patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1, doxorubicin IV over 1-15 minutes on days 1 and 2 and sorafenib PO BID on days 3-14 of cycles 1 and 3. Patients also receive gemcitabine IV over 90 minutes on day 1, oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1 and sorafenib PO on days 1-14 of cycles 2 and 4. Patients may undergo surgery, if tumors are resectable, or receive an additional 4 cycles of the treatment.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for a minimum of 2 years.

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients in Group F must have a body surface area (BSA) >= 0.6 m^2
• Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1, or 2; use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =< 16 years of age; patients who are unable to walk because of paralysis, but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing the performance score
• Patients must be newly diagnosed with histologically-proven primary pediatric hepatic malignancies including hepatoblastoma or hepatocellular carcinoma, except as noted below; patients with a diagnosis of hepatocellular neoplasm, not otherwise specified, should be classified and treated per hepatoblastoma treatment arms; note that rapid central pathology review is required in some cases; please note: all patients with histology as assessed by the institutional pathologist consistent with pure small cell undifferentiated (SCU) HB will be required to have testing for INI1/SMARCB1 by immunohistochemistry (IHC) according to the practices at the institution
• Patients with histology consistent with pure SCU must have positive INI1/SMARCB1 staining

• For all Group A patients, WDF status as determined by rapid review will be used to further stratify patients to Group A1 or A2

  • For Groups B, C and D, rapid review is required if patients are either >= 8 years of age or have an alphafetoprotein (AFP) =< 100 at diagnosis
  • For all Groups E and F patients, rapid central pathology review is required

• In emergency situations when a patient meets all other eligibility criteria and has had baseline required observations, but is too ill to undergo a biopsy safely, the patient may be enrolled without a biopsy

  • Clinical situations in which emergent treatment may be indicated include, but are not limited to, the following circumstances:

    • Anatomic or mechanical compromise of critical organ function by tumor (e.g., respiratory distress/failure, abdominal compartment syndrome, urinary obstruction, etc.)
    • Uncorrectable coagulopathy

  • For a patient to maintain eligibility for AHEP1531 when emergent treatment is given, the following must occur:

    • The patient must have a clinical diagnosis of hepatoblastoma, including an elevated alphafetoprotein (AFP), and must meet all AHEP1531 eligibility criteria at the time of emergent treatment
    • Patient must be enrolled on AHEP1531 prior to initiating protocol therapy; a patient will be ineligible if any chemotherapy is administered prior to AHEP1531 enrollment
  • Note: If the patient receives AHEP1531 chemotherapy emergently PRIOR to undergoing a diagnostic biopsy, pathologic review of material obtained in the future during either biopsy or surgical resection must either confirm the diagnosis of hepatoblastoma or not reveal another pathological diagnosis to be included in the analysis of the study aims
• Patients may have had surgical resection of the hepatic malignancy prior to enrollment; all other anti-cancer therapy for the current liver lesion is prohibited

• Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 or

  • A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows:

    • Age: maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL)
    • 1 month to < 6 months: 0.4 (male and female)
    • 6 months to < 1 year: 0.5 (male and female)
    • 1 to < 2 years: 06 (male and female)
    • 2 to < 6 years: 0.8 (male and female)
    • 6 to < 10 years: 1 (male and female)
    • 10 to < 13 years: 1.2 (male and female)
    • 13 to < 16 years: 1.5 (male), 1.4 (female)
    • >= 16 years: 1.7 (male), 1.4 (female)
• Total bilirubin =< 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) < 10 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
• Shortening fraction of >= 28% by echocardiogram (for patients on doxorubicin-containing regimens [Groups C, D, E2, and F] assessed within 8 weeks prior to study enrollment) or
• Ejection fraction of >= 47% by echocardiogram or radionuclide angiogram (for patients on doxorubicin-containing regimens [Groups C, D, E2, and F] assessed within 8 weeks prior to study enrollment)
• Group F patients only: QT/corrected QT (QTc) interval =< 450 milliseconds for males and =< 470 milliseconds for females (assessed within 8 weeks prior to study enrollment)
• Normal pulmonary function tests (including diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide [DLCO]) if there is clinical indication for determination (e.g. dyspnea at rest, known requirement for supplemental oxygen) (for patients receiving chemotherapy [Groups A, B, C, D, E2, F]); for patients who do not have respiratory symptoms or requirement for supplemental oxygen, pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are NOT required
• All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
• All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met

Exclusion Criteria

• Prior chemotherapy or tumor directed therapy (i.e. radiation therapy, biologic agents, local therapy (embolization, radiofrequency ablation, and laser); therefore, patients with a pre-disposition syndrome who have a prior malignancy are not eligible
• Patients who are currently receiving another investigational drug
• Patients who are currently receiving other anticancer agents
• Patients with uncontrolled infection
• Patients who previously received a solid organ transplant, other than those who previously received an orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) as primary treatment of their hepatocellular carcinoma
• Patients with hypersensitivity to any drugs on their expected treatment arm
• Group C: Patients who have known deficiency of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD)

• Group D:

  • Patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease and/or bowel obstruction
  • Patients with concomitant use of St. John's wort, which cannot be stopped prior to the start of trial treatment

• Group F:

  • Patients with peripheral sensitive neuropathy with functional impairment
  • Patients with a personal or family history of congenital long QT syndrome

• These criteria apply ONLY to patients who may receive chemotherapy (all groups other than Group E1):

  • Female patients who are pregnant since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs; a pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential
  • Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants

  • Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation

    • Note for Group F: patients of childbearing potential should use effective birth control during treatment with sorafenib and for at least 2 weeks after stopping treatment

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NOTE: Enrollment for DIPG and DMG has been discontinued. This study is only opened for patients with HGG without a H3 K27M mutation. 

This phase I/II trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of selinexor given in combination with standard radiation therapy in treating children and young adults with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) or high-grade glioma (HGG) with a genetic change called H3 K27M mutation.

It also tests whether combination of selinexor and standard radiation therapy works to shrink tumors in this patient population. Glioma is a type of cancer that occurs in the brain or spine. Glioma is considered high risk (or high-grade) when it is growing and spreading quickly. The term, risk, refers to the chance of the cancer coming back after treatment. DIPG is a subtype of HGG that grows in the pons (a part of the brainstem that controls functions like breathing, swallowing, speaking, and eye movements). This trial has two parts. The only difference in treatment between the two parts is that some subjects treated in Part 1 may receive a different dose of selinexor than the subjects treated in Part 2. In Part 1 (also called the Dose-Finding Phase), investigators want to determine the dose of selinexor that can be given without causing side effects that are too severe. This dose is called the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). In Part 2 (also called the Efficacy Phase), investigators want to find out how effective the MTD of selinexor is against HGG or DIPG.

Selinexor blocks a protein called CRM1, which may help keep cancer cells from growing and may kill them. It is a type of small molecule inhibitor called selective inhibitors of nuclear export (SINE). Radiation therapy uses high energy to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. The combination of selinexor and radiation therapy may be effective in treating patients with newly-diagnosed DIPG and H3 K27M-Mutant HGG.

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY: Patients receive standard of care radiation therapy 5 days per week for 5-7 weeks. Starting on day 4 or 5 of radiation therapy, patients receive selinexor orally (PO) on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43, and 50 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After a 2-week rest period, patients proceed to Maintenance. Patients undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and may undergo a biopsy during screening.

MAINTENANCE: Patients receive selinexor PO on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days for up to 24 cycles of maintenance therapy in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo a MRI on study and during follow-up.

FOLLOW UP: After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months for year 1 (i.e., 3, 6, 9, 12 months), then every 6 months for years 2-3 (i.e., 18, 24, 30, 36 months), and finally once yearly for years 4-5 of this study.

Inclusion Criteria

PRE-ENROLLMENT

• Patients must be =< 25 years of age at the time of enrollment on APEC14B1 part A central nervous system (CNS)/high grade glioma (HGG) pre-enrollment eligibility screening
  • Please note:
    • This required age range applies to pre-enrollment eligibility for all HGG patients. Individual treatment protocols may have different age criteria.
    • Non-DIPG patients with tumors that do not harbor an H3K27M-mutation and are >= 18 years of age will not be eligible to enroll on ACNS1821 (Step 1).
• Patient is suspected of having localized, newly diagnosed HGG, excluding metastatic disease, OR patient has an institutional diagnosis of DIPG
  • Please note: there are specific radiographic criteria for DIPG patient enrollment on ACNS1821 (Step 1)
• For patients with non-pontine tumors:
  • Patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must have signed informed consent for eligibility screening on APEC14B1 Part A. 
  • The specimens obtained at the time of diagnostic biopsy or surgery must be submitted through APEC14B1 ASAP, preferably within 5 calendar days of definitive surgery
• For patients with DIPG: Patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must have signed informed consent for ACNS1821

MAIN ENROLLMENT

• Patients must be >= 12 months and =< 21 years of age at the time of enrollment
• Patients must have newly-diagnosed DIPG or HGG (including DMG).
• Stratum DIPG: - NOW CLOSED 
  • Patients with newly-diagnosed typical DIPG, defined as tumors with a pontine epicenter and diffuse involvement of at least 2/3 of the pons on at least 1 axial T2 weighted image, are eligible. No histologic confirmation is required.
  • Patients with pontine tumors that do not meet radiographic criteria for typical DIPG (e.g., focal tumors or those involving less than 2/3 of the pontine cross-sectional area with or without extrapontine extension) are eligible if the tumors are biopsied and proven to be high-grade gliomas (such as anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma, high-grade glioma not otherwise specified [NOS], and/or H3 K27M-mutant) by institutional diagnosis.
• Stratum DMG (with H3 K27M mutation) - NOW CLOSED
  • Patients must have newly-diagnosed non-pontine H3 K27M-mutant HGG without BRAF V600 or IDH1 mutations as confirmed by Rapid Central Pathology and Molecular Screening Reviews performed on APEC14B1
  • Note: Patients need not have either measurable or evaluable disease, i.e., DMG patients may have complete resection of their tumor prior to enrollment. Primary spinal tumors are eligible for enrollment. For rare H3 K27M-mutant HGG in non-midline structures (e.g., cerebral hemispheres), these patients will be considered part of Stratum DMG.
• Stratum HGG (without H3 K27M mutation) - OPEN
  • Patients must have newly-diagnosed non-pontine H3 K27M-wild type HGG without BRAF V600 or IDH1 mutations as confirmed by Rapid Central Pathology and Molecular Screening Reviews performed on APEC14B1
  • Please note: 
    • Patients who fall in this category and who are >= 18 years of age are not eligible due to another standard-of-care regimen (radiation/temozolomide) that is available
    • Patients need not have either measurable or evaluable disease, i.e., HGG patients may have complete resection of their tumor prior to enrollment. Primary spinal tumors are eligible for enrollment
• Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1 or 2. Use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =<16 years of age. Patients who are unable to walk because of paralysis, but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing the performance score.
• Meet clinical criteria as follows:
  • Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1000/uL (within 7 days prior to step 1 enrollment)
  • Platelet count >= 100,000/uL (transfusion independent) (within 7 days prior to step 1 enrollment)
  • Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dL (may receive red blood cell [RBC] transfusions) (within 7 days prior to step 1 enrollment)
  • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (within 7 days prior to step 1 enrollment) OR
    • A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows (within 7 days prior to step 1 enrollment):
      • Age / Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL):
        • 1 to < 2 years / male: 0.6; female: 0.6
        • 2 to < 6 years / male: 0.8; female: 0.8
        • 6 to < 10 years / male: 1; female: 1
        • 10 to < 13 years / male: 1.2; female: 1.2
        • 13 to < 16 years / male: 1.5; female: 1.4
        • >= 16 years / male: 1.7; female: 1.4
  • Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
  • Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) =< 135 U/L. For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L.
  • Serum amylase =< 1.5 x ULN
  • Serum lipase =< 1.5 x ULN
  • No evidence of dyspnea at rest, no exercise intolerance, and a pulse oximetry > 94% if there is clinical indication for determination.
  • Patients with seizure disorder may be enrolled if on anticonvulsants and well controlled.
• Patients must be enrolled and protocol therapy must begin no later than 31 days after the date of radiographic diagnosis (in the case of non-biopsied DIPG patients only) or definitive surgery, whichever is the later date (Day 0).
  • For patients who have a biopsy followed by resection, the date of resection will be considered the date of definitive diagnostic surgery. If a biopsy only was performed, the biopsy date will be considered the date of definitive diagnostic surgery.
• All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients must not have received any prior therapy for their central nervous system (CNS) malignancy except for surgery and steroid medications.
• Patients who are currently receiving another investigational drug are not eligible.
• Patients who are currently receiving other anti-cancer agents are not eligible.
• Patients >=18 years of age who have H3 K27M-wild type HGG.
• Patients who have an uncontrolled infection.
• Patients who have received a prior solid organ transplantation.
• Patients with grade > 1 extrapyramidal movement disorder.
• Patients with known macular degeneration, uncontrolled glaucoma, or cataracts.
• Patients with metastatic disease are not eligible; MRI of spine with and without contrast must be performed if metastatic disease is suspected by the treating physician.
• Patients with gliomatosis cerebri type 1 or 2 are not eligible, with the exception of H3 K27M-mutant bithalamic tumors.
• Patients who are not able to receive protocol specified radiation therapy.
• Female patients:
  • Female patients who are pregnant are ineligible since there is yet no available information regarding human fetal or teratogenic toxicities.
  • Lactating females are not eligible unless they have agreed not to breastfeed their infants. It is not known whether selinexor is excreted in human milk.
  • Female patients of childbearing potential are not eligible unless a negative pregnancy test result has been obtained.
  • Sexually active patients of reproductive potential are not eligible unless they have agreed to use two effective methods of birth control (including a medically accepted barrier method of contraception, e.g., male or female condom) for the duration of their study participation and for 90 days after the last dose of selinexor. Abstinence is an acceptable method of birth control.

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Study Description

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This is a Pilot, multicenter, open-label study of patients less than or equal to 25 years, with recurrent or progressive LGG harboring a CRAF or BRAF alteration, including BRAF V600 mutations and KIAA1549: BRAF fusions. Patients with BRAF or CRAF alterations will be identified through molecular assays as routinely performed at Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 or other similarly certified laboratories.

The study will be conducted in two sequential phases:

Phase A: A Feasibility (combination dose finding) phase, followed by Phase B: An Efficacy phase. The maximum tolerated dose (MTD)/Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D) of the combination as determined in Phase A would be the dose used in Phase B. The patients on Phase A who were below the MTD/RP2D would be eligible for intra-patient dose escalation to MTD/RP2D subject to criteria outlined later.

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Phase A (Feasibility Phase) - Open at SickKids

A feasibility phase will be conducted to establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD/RP2D) of the combination of vinblastine + tovorafenib using the Rolling 6 design.

Patients will receive vinblastine and tovorafenib on Days 1, 8, 15, 22 of each cycle for a total duration of 17 cycles followed by 7 additional cycles of tovorafenib alone. One cycle of protocol therapy is 28 days.

Treatment cycles will repeat every 28 days for a total of 24 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients will undergo radiographic evaluation of their disease at the end of every third cycle, starting with the end of Cycle 3.

The RP2D of tovorafenib of 420 mg/m2 once weekly (not exceeding 600 mg) in combination with vinblastine (4mg/m2) will be used as the starting dose and will be de-escalated/escalated as per Table 4. Dose of tovorafenib will not be escalated further.

Patients will be treated on protocol therapy for a total of 24 cycles, the vinblastine and tovorafenib for a total duration of 17 cycles followed by 7 additional cycles of alone tovorafenib, unless disease progression, unacceptable toxicity occurs, or withdrawal from the study occurs. Missed doses of either vinblastine or tovorafenib will not be made up.

Phase B (Expansion/Efficacy Phase) - Not Yet Open

Once the MTD/RP2D of the combination, vinblastine + tovorafenib has been established, the expansion/efficacy phase will be initiated at the dose determined in Phase A.

Patient will receive vinblastine and tovorafenib weekly on Days 1, 8, 15, 22 of each cycle at dose determined in Phase A for a total duration of 17 cycles followed by 7 additional cycles of tovorafenib alone. One cycle of protocol therapy is 28 days.

Treatment cycles will repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients will undergo radiographic evaluation of their disease at the end of every third cycle, starting with the end of Cycle 3.

Patients will be treated on protocol therapy for a total of 24 cycles, the vinblastine and tovorafenib for a total duration of 17 cycles followed by 7 additional cycles of alone tovorafenib, unless disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs, unless disease progression, unacceptable toxicity or withdrawal from study occurs. Missed doses of either vinblastine or tovorafenib will not be made up.

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients must be less than or equal to 25 years of age at the time of enrollment
• Progressive/Recurrent LGG (non-NF1) with documented BRAF or CRAF alteration as identified through molecular assays as routinely performed at CLIA or other similar certified laboratories.
• Diagnosis:
  • All patients must have pathological confirmation of low-grade glioma with BRAF or CRAF alteration.
  • Patient must have progressive or recurrent LGG.
  • Must have at least 1 measurable lesion, as defined by RANO-LGG criteria.
  • Eligible histologies will include all tumors considered low-grade glioma or low-grade astrocytoma (WHO grade I and II) by WHO classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous system -5th edition revised with exception of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma.
• Prior Therapy:
  • Must have received at least 1 line of systemic therapy prior (at least a vinca alkaloid and/or single agent carboplatin and/or a MEK or BRAF inhibitor) and have documented evidence of radiographic progression.
  • Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects (≤ Grade I) of all prior anticancer chemotherapy and have undergone the following washout periods, as applicable.
    • i. Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: At least 21 days after the last dose of myelosuppressive chemotherapy (42 days if prior nitrosourea)
    • ii. Radiation therapy (XRT): Radiation therapy to the measurable lesion(s) must be completed at least 6 months prior to administration of combination therapy. Patients who have documented radiographic progression less than 6 months from radiotherapy in 1 or more measurable lesions are eligible. At least 2 weeks after the last dose fraction of XRT to the non-target lesion.
    • iii. Investigational agent or any other anticancer therapy not defined above: At least four weeks prior to planned start of combination therapy, or five half-lives, whichever is shorter.
    • iv. Patients must have recovered from acute effects of any prior surgery. 
    • v. Chronic toxicities from prior anticancer therapy must be stable as per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 Grade ≤ 2, except ongoing retinopathy which must be ≤ Grade 1.
• Performance Level: a) Karnofsky (those 16 years and older) or Lansky (those younger than 16 years) performance score of at least 50. Patients who are unable to walk because of paralysis, but who are able to sit in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing the performance score.
• Tumor Tissue Sample Confirmation that an archival tumor tissue sample is available. If an archival tumor tissue sample is not available, a fresh biopsy should be performed at baseline. Submission of tumor tissue and a blood sample are mandatory and must be submitted within 14 days from enrollment onto the study and prior to initiation of treatment. Biopsy may be either at initial diagnosis or recurrence.
• Organ function: 
  • Adequate bone marrow function defined as:
    • i. Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1000/mm3
    • ii. Platelet count (unsupported) ≥ 100 x 109/L (transfusions allowed per institutional guidelines; last transfusion > 2 weeks prior to enrollment)
    • iii. Hemoglobin (unsupported)≥ 10.0 g/dL (transfusions allowed per institutional guidelines; last transfusion > 4 weeks prior to enrollment)
    • iv. Hematopoietic growth factors: At least 14 days after the last dose of a long-acting growth factor (e.g., Neulasta®) or 7 days for short-acting growth factor.
  • Adequate hepatic and renal function defined as:
    • i. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (patients with documented Gilbert's disease may be enrolled with sponsor approval and total bilirubin ≤ 2 x ULN)
    • ii. Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN
    • iii. Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT)/aspartate transaminase (AST) ≤ 2.5 x ULN
    • iv. Serum creatinine within normal limits or estimated glomerular filtration rate ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 based on local institutional practice for determination.
  • Thyroid functions tests within institutional normal range. Patients on a stable dose of thyroid replacement therapy for a minimum of 3 weeks before starting therapy are eligible.
  • Adequate cardiac function defined as:
    • i. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≥ 50% as measured by echocardiogram (ECHO) or multiple-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan, or fractional shortening (FS) ≥ 25% (Tissot et al., 2018) as measured by ECHO, within 14 days before enrollment (while not receiving medications for cardiac function). If normal practice at the institution is to provide the LVEF result as a range of values, then the upper value of the range will be used to determine the result.
    • ii. QTc (by Fridericia's formula) < 470ms as measured by electrocardiogram (ECG) within 14 days before enrollment (while not receiving medications for cardiac function).
  • Adequate central nervous system (CNS) function defined as:
    • i. Patients with seizures should be stable and not have experienced a significant increase in seizure frequency within 14 days prior to enrollment.
    • ii. Patients with neurologic deficits should have deficits that are stable for a minimum of 14 days prior to enrollment.
    • iii. Patients receiving steroids for tumor-associated symptoms must be on a stable dose (e.g., no initial/loading dose, no increase or decrease) for 14 days prior to enrollment.
• Study specific:
  • Baseline ophthalmology assessment within 28 days of study enrollment.
  • MRI assessment within 28 days of study enrollment. MRI done for clinical indication but within the window for study would be permitted as baseline.
  • Ability to comply with treatment, laboratory monitoring, and required clinic visits for the duration of study participation.
  • Willingness of male and female patients with reproductive potential to use double effective birth control methods, defined as one used by the patient and another by his/her partner, for the duration of treatment and for 180 days following the last dose of study drug. Effective birth control methods are described in Appendix H.
  • Ability to swallow tablets or liquid, or gastric access via a nasal or gastric tube.
  • Patient is able to start treatment within 14 working days of screening.
  • Parent/guardian of child or adolescent patient has the ability to understand, agree to, and sign the study ICF and applicable pediatric assent form before initiation of any protocol related procedures; patient has the ability to give assent, as applicable, at the time of parental/guardian consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient's tumor has additional previously known activating molecular alterations, other than BRAF or CRAF.
• Known or suspected diagnosis of neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF-1) via genetic testing or current diagnostic clinical criteria.
• History of any major disease, other than the diagnosis of LGG, that might interfere with safe protocol participation.
• Patient with a history or current evidence of central serous retinopathy (CSR), retinal vein occlusion (RVO), or ophthalmopathy present at baseline who would be considered a risk factor for CSR or RVO. Ophthalmological findings secondary to long-standing optic pathway glioma (such as visual loss, optic nerve pallor, or strabismus) will NOT be considered a significant abnormality for the purposes of this study.
• Major surgery within 14 days (2 weeks) prior to enrollment (does not include central venous access, cyst fenestration or cyst drainage, or ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement or revision).
• Clinically significant active cardiovascular disease, or history of myocardial infarction, or deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism within 6 months prior to enrollment, ongoing cardiomyopathy, or current prolonged QT interval corrected for heart rate by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) interval > 470 ms based on triplicate ECG average.
• Concomitant medications that are strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP2C8 or CYP3A4 within 14 days before initiation of therapy. Concomitant medications that are substrates of BCRP with a narrow therapeutic index within 14 days before initiation of therapy
• Current enrollment in any other investigational treatment study. Participation on a concurrent observational or bio-sampling study is allowed.
• Active systemic bacterial, viral, or fungal infection.
• Nausea and vomiting ≥ National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) 5.0 Grade 2 (for those not controlled by supportive care), malabsorption requiring supplementation, or significant bowel or stomach resection that would preclude adequate absorption of tovorafenib.
• Patient has CTCAE v5.0 Grade 3, creatine phosphokinase (CPK) elevation (> 5 × ULN - 10 × ULN).
• Patients who are neurologically unstable despite adequate treatment (e.g., uncontrolled seizures).
• Pregnancy or lactation.
• History of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome or Stevens Johnsons syndrome (SJS). Patients with hypersensitivity to the investigational medicinal product or to any drug with similar chemical structure or to any other excipient present in the pharmaceutical form of the investigational medicinal product.
• Other unspecified reasons that, in the opinion of the investigator, make the patient unsuitable for enrollment.