We know that puberty is a major time of change! Adolescents develop new decision-making skills and independence. It is possible that some of these changes are due to the hormonal changes during puberty. One of the ways we treat transgender and gender non-conforming teens is to suppress or "block" puberty. We know that this is a safe thing to do…
We are studying the effects of iron supplementation in patients undergoing surgery for scoliosis. If you are scheduled or are planning to schedule a scoliosis surgery in greater than 3 months, please contact us to determine eligibility.
This study is called a screening study and the purpose of this study to find better ways to diagnose and treat leukemia that has come back after treatment or difficult to treat. Bone marrow, blood, and medical information about cancer and treatment will be collected. The results from this screening study may give other information about leukemia that is…
The purpose of this study is to determine if a study drug called pembrolizumab is safe and effective in the treatment of children and adolescents who have advanced melanoma, or advanced, relapsed, or refractory PD-L1 positive malignant solid tumor or other lymphoma, relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (rrcHL), advanced, relapsed or refractory…
The main purpose of this research study is to determine if the experimental product, KTE-C19, when administered after you receive 3 days of chemotherapy, is safe and effective in treating your leukemia or non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Children and young adults with diffuse midline glioma will be treated with Focused Ultrasound (FUS) with DEFINITY microbubbles and neuro-navigator-controlled sonication. The overall goal of this study is to see if the study treatment plan will improve the outcome of participants with diffuse midline glioma, for which no known cure exists, and determine…
This is a Phase 1 study of a drug called uproleselan. We are testing new experimental drugs such as uproleselan in the hopes of finding a treatment that may be effective against acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome or mixed phenotype acute leukemia that has come back or that has not responded to standard therapy. This study looks at how well…
The purpose of this study is to find the best dose of Quizartinib that can be given safely with chemotherapy in children and young adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) which has come back or has not responded to the standard therapy. Quizartinib will be given by mouth once a day from Day 6 through Day 28. It will be given in combination with…
The purpose of this study is to find out if the drugs called Nivolumab and 5-Azacytidine can be given safely in children and young adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) which has come back after treatment or has not responded to standard therapy. These drugs are thought to work by turning on genes that limit the growth of cancer cells. The study drugs…
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the treatment of children and teenagers whose leukemia has come back (has relapsed) or has not gone away after other treatments (is refractory). Participants will receive the study drug, called carfilzomib in combination with standard chemotherapy, that are dexamethasone, daunorubicin, vincristine and PEG-…
Although supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), including atrial flutter (AF), are the most common causes of intended in-utero fetal therapy, none of the medication used to date has been evaluated for their effects on the mother and her baby in a randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT). In the absence of such evidence, there is no consensus for the optimal…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and adverse reactions of the various types of noninvasive positive pressure supportive use in the management of children with moderate to severe acute asthma exacerbation.
This research study is to find out whether adding olanzapine to standard antiemetics will be helpful in controlling chemotherapy-induced vomiting (CINV) in children receiving high-dose cyclophosphamide for Blood/Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) conditioning.
The purpose of this study is to find the best dose of a drug called MTX110 and a contrast agent called gadolinium that can be given safely in children with newly diagnosed diffuse midline gliomas, which is a kind of brain tumor. All patients enrolled in the study will receive infusion of MTX110 and Gadolinium delivered with a pump directly into the tumor…
The purpose of this study is to find out the effects and safety of an investigational (experimental) new drug called copanlisib in pediatric patients from 6 months to 21 years of age. This study consists in two-phase, Phase I part will determine which is the right dose of copanlisib to be used in children/adolescents/adults with relapsed (has returned) or…
This is a Phase 1 multicenter study of Vincristine Sulfate Liposome Injection (Marqibo) in combination with UK ALL R3 induction chemotherapy. The study treatment is considered experimental because it is not approved by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who have relapsed…
The purpose of this study is to find the highest dose of Flotetuzumab that can be given safely to patients who have a certain type of leukemia called Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) that has relapsed (has come back after treatment) or is refractory (never responded to treatment). Flotetuzumab is an experimental treatment that works by targeting certain…
We are testing new experimental drugs such as selinexor in the hopes of finding a treatment that may be effective against tumors that have come back or that have not responded to standard therapy. The goals of this study are: To find the highest safe dose of selinexor that can be given without causing severe side effects; To learn what kind of side effects…
The purpose of this study is to find out if an investigational drug, called ADP-A2M4, is safe and how well it works in attacking Synovial Sarcoma or Myxoid/Round Cell Liposarcoma (MRCLS) cancer cells. The study involves taking certain types of immune cells from the blood, called T cells, and changing them in a laboratory before putting them back into the…
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the treatment of children and young adults patient with relapsed (has returned) and progressive medulloblastoma (brain tumor). This study is being done to find out if bevacizumab can be safely given in combination with five study drugs given by mouth, thalidomide, fenofibrate, celecoxib and alternating every…
The purpose of this study is to find out more about the effectiveness (how well the drug works), safety, and tolerability of an investigational drug called nivolumab (also known as BMS-936558) when given alone or when combined with ipilimumab in children/ adolescents/ young adults with high grade primary central nervous system (CNS) malignancies (certain…
The purpose of this study is to compare two different combinations of treatment plans to a standard transplant procedure in order to see whether one or both of them are better at reducing the occurrence and severity of chronic GVHD. The research portion of this study involves manipulation of your stem cell product by removing T-cells, which cause chronic…
This is a Phase 1 multicenter study of Decitabine (DEC) and Vorinostat (VOR) followed by the standard chemotherapy drugs (Fludarabine, Cytarabine and G-CSF (FLAG)). The study treatment is considered experimental because it is not approved by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)…
This study is being carried out by the Childrens Oncology Group (COG) Phase 1 Consortium. COG is an international research group that consists of more than 200 hospitals that treat children with cancer in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Switzerland. The Phase 1 Consortium is the group within COG that consists of 21 hospitals, and participation in…
The purpose of this study is to find out more about how the study drug called entrectinib will be used in children, adolescents and young adults with treatment-resistant solid tumor in brain or body. This is a phase 1/1b study, divided into a dose escalation portion (different dose will be tested) and a dose expansion portion (one dose will be tested) in…
The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence and severity of acute GVHD following CD34+ selection in children, adolescents and young adults receiving an allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant from a family member or unrelated adult donor for a malignant condition.
This study is for patients with the following cancers: advanced non-small cell lung cancer, head and neck cancer, melanoma, colon cancer, or bladder cancer. The purpose of this study is to find out more about the effects of AMG 228 in people and on their cancer. AMG 228 is an experimental drug that is being developed to stimulate the bodys immune system to…
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is the virus that causes mononucleosis, also known as mono. Almost all adults have had EBV. For most people, EBV never causes a health problem. However, when their immune system is not working properly (people who have had a transplant and those who have immune disorders), EBV can cause certain diseases where cells grow abnormally.…
The purpose of this study is to find out more about how the study drug called talimogene laherparepvec will be used in children/adolescents/young adults with advanced solid tumors not involving the central nervous system that are available for direct injection. This is a phase 1 study, multicenter, open-label study, that means all subject enrolled in the…
This is a phase 1/2 multicenter study of AZD1775 (MK-1775) that will be given in combination with irinotecan. The study treatment is considered experimental because it is not approved by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating children and young adults with solid tumors which have come back or have not responded to standard…
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness and safety of the study drug moxetumomab pasudotox in treating children with relapsed or refractory pALL or Lymphoblastic Lymphoma of B-cell origin. Moxetumomab pasudotox is made up of two parts: 1) a modified mouse antibody that attaches to a protein from the immune system, called CD22, which can…
This is a Phase 1 multicenter study of temsirolimus in combination with etoposide and cyclophosphamide. The study treatment is considered experimental because it is not approved by the Unites States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL) who have relapsed. The…
The goals of this study are to find the highest safe dose of ramucirumab that can be given without causing severe side effects, to learn what kind of side effects ramucirumab can cause, to learn more about the effects of ramucirumab on cells and proteins in the blood and to determine whether ramucirumab is a beneficial treatment for patients with solid…
The purpose of this study is to: 1) Test the safety and tolerability of the research study drug, MK-5592 posaconazole (POS), intravenously (IV) and in powder for oral suspension (PFS), 2) Evaluate the pharmacokinetics (how the study drug is absorbed and broken down in the body), of POS IV solution and POS PFS, and 3) Evaluate the taste and reaction to the…
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness and tolerability of a study drug called PF-02341066. Additional goals of this study are to learn how the body handles the study drug as well as determine whether or not PF-02341066 is a beneficial treatment for your tumor This study is for children with a recurrent or progressive tumor or lymphoma…
This is a Phase 1 multicenter study of pevonedistat in combination with Temozolomide and Irinotecan in pediatric patients with refractory solid tumors, including CNS tumors and lymphoma. The study treatment is considered experimental because pevonedistat is not approved by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating pediatric…
The purpose of this research study is to collect information about the percentage of people that develop HACA when they are treated with Unituxin and determine if HACA affects the blood levels of Unituxin. Unituxin is a type of antibody. Antibodies are made by the body to attack tumors and fight infections. Unituxin is a chimeric antibody which means it is…
This is a Phase 3 multi-center open label randomized clinical trial. The purpose of this study is to learnmore about which anti-rejection (or immunosuppressive) medications best protect infants, children,adolescents, and young adults after they have had a heart transplant. Two different drug regimens will bewill be compared. All of these drugs are FDA-…
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of a study drug called axitinib on treating tumors that have returned (recurrent) or have not responded to standard therapy (refractory). Children will take axitinib twice a day for 28 days (1 cycle). Children may take study drug for up to 24 cycles (2 years).
This study is for children with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (rrAML). Acute myeloid leukemia is a fast growing cancer of the blood and bone marrow. This study examines the effects of study drug Lenalidomide on children with rrAML. Lenalidomide is an anti-cancer drug that belongs to a group of drugs known as immunomodulating drugs (IMiDs), a…
This is a Phase 1 multicenter study of a drug called ABI-009 (nab-Rapamycin) in combination withtemozolomide and irinotecan in children and young adults with solid tumors (including CNS tumors)which have come back or have not responded to standard therapy. The study is considered experimental because ABI-009 (nab-Rapamycin) is not approved by the United…
This is a phase I, multicenter, dose escalation study of MK-1775 in combination with radiation. The study treatment is considered experimental because it is not approved by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating children and young adults with newly diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). MK-1775 is an oral…
The purpose of this study is to learn what kind of side effects nivolumab as a single agent and nivolumab in combination with ipilimumab can cause and if these treatments are beneficial for solid tumors. Nivolumab (Dose Level 1) will be given as an intravenous infusion every 14 days of a 28 day cycle. If Dose Level 1 is not tolerable, then it will be…
The purpose of this study is to find the best dose of pevonedistat that can be given safely with chemotherapy in children with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) or Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) that has either come back or has not responded to the standard therapy. Pevonedistat works by blocking some of the enzymes that are needed for cell growth.
This is a Phase 1 multicenter study of LY2606368, a CHK1/2 inhibitor, in pediatric patients with refractory solid tumors, including CNS tumors. The study treatment is considered experimental because LY2606368 is not approved by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating pediatric patients with refractory solid tumors, including…
Over time, children and young adults who have had a Fontan operation may find they are more tired, have difficulty breathing and cannot exercise as well as before. Currently, there are no approved medicines to prevent this decline. The purpose of this research study is to learn whether children who have had the Fontan operation can improve their ability to…