DFMO as Maintenance Therapy for Molecular High/Very High Risk and Relapsed Medulloblastoma

Last updated: May 19, 2025
Sponsor: Giselle Sholler
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Brain Cancer

Gliomas

Brain Tumor

Treatment

Difluoromethylornithine

Clinical Study ID

NCT04696029
BCC016
  • Ages < 21
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) will be used in an open label, multicenter, study as Maintenance Therapy for Molecular High Risk/Very High Risk and Relapsed/Refractory Medulloblastoma.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age: 0-21 years of age at diagnosis

  2. Pathology All patients must either have a pathologically confirmed diagnosis ofmedulloblastoma with molecular grouping identified by either Nanostring ormethylation profiling. Cohort 1- Molecular High Risk:

  • Metastatic non-MYC amplified Group 3

  • Metastatic Group 4

  • Metastatic non-WNT/non-SHH (Must be non-MYC amplified) Cohort 2- Molecular Very High Risk

  • Metastatic OR MYCN amplified OR TP53 mutant non-infant (>3 yrs) SHH

  • MYC amplified Group 3

  • Non-WNT, non-SHH infant (< 3 yrs) Cohort 3: Relapsed/Refractory Medulloblastoma

  1. Pre-enrollment tumor survey: Prior to enrollment on this study, a determination of mandatory disease staging mustbe performed:
  • Tumor imaging studies including: Brain and spine MRI

  • Lumbar Puncture only if previously positive

  • Bone Marrow aspiration/biopsy only if previously positive

  • This disease assessment is required for eligibility and preferably should bedone within 2 weeks prior to first dose of study drug, but must be done withina maximum of 4 weeks before first dose of study drug.

  1. Disease Status: Subjects must have no evidence of disease, or stable* residualnonbulky** disease.

*Stable residual disease defined as non-progression over 2 separate imaging studiesat least 6 weeks apart

**Non-bulky disease defined as maximal cross-sectional area < 3cm^2 at enrollment.Patients with leptomeningeal disease are allowed to participate on study.

  1. Timing from prior therapy: Enrollment (first dose of DFMO) no later than 60 days after last dose ofconventional chemotherapy. Patients who have undergone high dose chemotherapy (HDCT)with autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT) are eligible if more than 45 dayshave elapsed since date of last SCT.

  2. Patients must have a Lansky or Karnofsky Performance Scale score of ≥ 50% (seeAppendix II) and patients must have a life expectancy of ≥ 2 months.

  3. All clinical and laboratory studies for organ functions to determine eligibilitymust be performed within 7 days prior to first dose of study drug unless otherwiseindicated below.

  4. Patients must have adequate organ functions at the time of registration:

  • Hematological: Hematological recovery as defined by ANC ≥750/μL, platelets ≥30 (non-transfused x 7 days)

  • Liver: Adequate liver function as defined by AST and ALT <10x upper limit ofnormal

  • Renal: Adequate renal function defined as (perform one of the following):Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR ≥ 70 mL/min/1.73 m2 or a serumcreatinine based on age/gender

  1. Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test. Patients ofchildbearing potential must agree to use an effective birth control method. Femalepatients who are lactating must agree to stop breast-feeding.

  2. Written informed consent in accordance with institutional and FDA guidelines must beobtained from all subjects (or patients' legal representative).

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. BSA of <0.25 m2

  2. Metastatic disease outside of CNS

  3. Relapsed/refractory patients who are radiation-naïve and age 5 years or older attime of enrollment

  4. Investigational Drugs: Subjects who are currently receiving another investigationaldrug are excluded from participation.

  5. Anti-cancer Agents: Subjects who are currently receiving other anticancer agents arenot eligible. Subjects must have fully recovered from the hematological and bonemarrow suppression effects of prior chemotherapy.

  6. Infection: Subjects who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible until theinfection is judged to be well controlled in the opinion of the investigator.

  7. Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with thesafety monitoring requirements of the study, or in whom compliance is likely to besuboptimal, should be excluded.

Study Design

Total Participants: 118
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Difluoromethylornithine
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
March 29, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
March 31, 2029

Study Description

In this study subjects will receive 730 Days of oral difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) at a dose of 2500 mg/m2 BID on each day of study.

Subjects will be evaluated in 3 Cohorts:

Cohort 1: Molecular High Risk Medulloblastoma Cohort 2: Molecular Very High Risk Medulloblastoma Cohort 3: Relapsed/Refractory Medulloblastoma

A total of 118 subjects across all cohorts will be enrolled to ensure that there will be 107 evaluable subjects (32-39 per cohort)

Connect with a study center

  • Arkansas Children's Hospital

    Little Rock, Arkansas 72202
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland-

    Oakland, California 94609
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rady Children's Hospital

    San Diego, California 92123
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Connecticut Children's Hospital

    Hartford, Connecticut 06106
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

    Orlando, Florida 32806
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. Joseph's Children's Hospital

    Tampa, Florida 33607
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Kentucky Children's Hospital

    Lexington, Kentucky 40502
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Norton Children's Hospital/University of Louisville

    Louisville, Kentucky 40202
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Louisville/Norton's Children's

    Louisville, Kentucky 40202
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

    Kansas City, Missouri 64108
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

    Saint Louis, Missouri 63104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Hackensack University Medical Center

    Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Levine Children's Hospital

    Charlotte, North Carolina 28204
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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

    Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina 29425
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Dell Children's Blood and Cancer Center

    Austin, Texas 78723
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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