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Children's Hospital Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, California 90027

Global Leader in Brain Tumor

Global Leader in Neuroblastoma

Conducts research for Cancer

Conducts research for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Conducts research for Solid Tumors

1022 reported clinical trials

64 medical researchers

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Summary

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is a medical facility located in Los Angeles, California. This center is recognized for care of Brain Tumor, Neuroblastoma, Cancer, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Solid Tumors and other specialties. Children's Hospital Los Angeles is involved with conducting 1,022 clinical trials across 1,257 conditions. There are 64 research doctors associated with this hospital, such as Leo Mascarenhas, MD, Fariba Navid, MD, Nathan Robison, MD, and Michael Pulsipher, MD.

Area of expertise

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Brain Tumor

Global Leader

Children's Hospital Los Angeles has run 102 trials for Brain Tumor. Some of their research focus areas include:

Stage IV
BRAF positive
Stage II
2

Neuroblastoma

Global Leader

Children's Hospital Los Angeles has run 99 trials for Neuroblastoma. Some of their research focus areas include:

MYC positive
Stage IV
MYC negative

Top PIs

Clinical Trials running at Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Neuroblastoma

Brain Tumor

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Testicular cancer

Hemophilia B

Cancer

Burkitt Lymphoma

Leukemia

Osteosarcoma

Bone Cancer

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Rapid Infusion of Dinutuximab

for Neuroblastoma

This trial aims to test if a cancer-fighting antibody can be given more quickly to children with high-risk neuroblastoma. The goal is to see if faster treatment is safe and effective, which could make it easier and less costly by allowing it to be done outside the hospital.

Recruiting

3 awards

Phase 1

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Dinutuximab + Chemotherapy

for High-Risk Neuroblastoma

This phase III trial tests how well the addition of dinutuximab to Induction chemotherapy along with standard of care surgical resection of the primary tumor, radiation, stem cell transplantation, and immunotherapy works for treating children with newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma. Dinutuximab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to a molecule called GD2, which is found on the surface of neuroblastoma cells, but is not present on many healthy or normal cells in the body. When dinutuximab binds to the neuroblastoma cells, it helps signal the immune system to kill the tumor cells. This helps the cells of the immune system kill the cancer cells, this is a type of immunotherapy. When chemotherapy and immunotherapy are given together, during the same treatment cycle, it is called chemoimmunotherapy. This clinical trial randomly assigns patients to receive either standard chemotherapy and surgery or chemoimmunotherapy (chemotherapy plus dinutuximab) and surgery during Induction therapy. Chemotherapy drugs administered during Induction include, cyclophosphamide, topotecan, cisplatin, etoposide, vincristine, and doxorubicin. These drugs work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing or by stopping them from spreading. Upon completion of 5 cycles of Induction therapy, a disease evaluation is completed to determine how well the treatment worked. If the tumor responds to therapy, patients receive a tandem transplantation with stem cell rescue. If the tumor has little improvement or worsens, patients receive chemoimmunotherapy on Extended Induction. During Extended Induction, dinutuximab is given with irinotecan, temozolomide. Patients with a good response to therapy move on to Consolidation therapy, when very high doses of chemotherapy are given at two separate points to kill any remaining cancer cells. Following, transplant, radiation therapy is given to the site where the cancer originated (primary site) and to any other areas that are still active at the end of Induction. The final stage of therapy is Post-Consolidation. During Post-Consolidation, dinutuximab is given with isotretinoin, with the goal of maintaining the response achieved with the previous therapy. Adding dinutuximab to Induction chemotherapy along with standard of care surgical resection of the primary tumor, radiation, stem cell transplantation, and immunotherapy may be better at treating children with newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma.

Recruiting

2 awards

Phase 3

7 criteria

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Lorlatinib + Standard Therapy

for Neuroblastoma

This phase III trial studies iobenguane I-131 or lorlatinib and standard therapy in treating younger patients with newly-diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma. Radioactive drugs, such as iobenguane I-131, may carry radiation directly to tumor cells and not harm normal cells. Lorlatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving iobenguane I-131 or lorlatinib and standard therapy may work better compared to lorlatinib and standard therapy alone in treating younger patients with neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma.

Recruiting

2 awards

Phase 3

22 criteria

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