Clinical trials

Neuroblastoma (NB) is a malignant neoplasm of the sympathetic nervous system, occurring in 1 in 8,000 live births, accounting for 6-10% of all childhood malignant neoplasms and responsible for 12-15% of mortality -, making it the most common and life-threatening extracranial tumor in childhood. Patients with stage 4 high-risk NB is the subgroup with the poorest prognosis. Within this group, two subgroups with an extremely unfavorable disease course are distinguished: patients with a poor response to the induction phase of therapy (refractory disease) and patients with relapsed or progressive disease. Nowadays, 10-15% of patients show a poor end-induction response, whereas achieving a good end-induction response associated with better long-term survival. Improvement of the response to induction therapy may contribute to better treatment outcomes in newly diagnosed high-risk NB patients and can be achieved by intensification of the induction phase to decrease the number of patients with refractory disease. Also intensification of the second-line therapy may contribute to better responses in patients with relapsed and progressive disease. Protocol aimed to overcome heterogeneous tumor drug resistance through the synergistic interaction of cytostatic and immunobiological agents in combination with NK cell therapy. This approach combines cytotoxic agents with anti-GD2 monoclonal antibodies (mAb) to enhance antitumor activity. Cultured, ex vivo-activated autologous NK cells are infused to compensate for effector cell depletion during therapy and to augment antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), potentially improving clinical outcomes. This comprehensive approach opens novel prospects for enhancing treatment efficacy in patients with refractory and relapsed high-risk NB. The expected outcomes of this protocol include a significant increase in therapeutic efficacy indicators - objective response rate (ORR), overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS) and relapse-free survival (RFS), as well as in patient quality of life.

Two key methods of GVHD prevention in allogeneic HSCT have a number of limitations: ex vivo T depletion is associated with an excess of infectious complications, and pharmacological immunosuppression with insufficient efficacy of GVHD prevention. Modern graft engineering technologies make it possible to create a graft with a balanced cell composition, reducing the risk of adverse events, in particular, severe forms of acute and chronic GVHD, while preserving the immunological function of the graft. In the proposed concept, enrichment of the T graft with regulatory cells will reduce the risk of GVHD and preserve a sufficient number of T lymphocytes in the graft for the formation of protective anti-infective immunity in the early stages after HSCT. The combination of partial T depletion and pharmacological immunosuppression minimized in volume and duration will combine the advantages of T depletion (early engraftment, low risk of GVHD, low risk of organ complications) and pharmacological prophylaxis (restoration of anti-infective immunity).

Nijmegen breakage syndrome is one of the DNA repair defect disorders. A characteristic feature of these syndromes is a predisposition to the development of malignant neoplasms. The only curative option for the combined immunodeficiency in Nijmegen breakage syndrome is allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In addition to correcting the immunodeficiency, HSCT can reduce the risk of developing hematopoietic tumors. Due to the increased sensitivity of cells in patients with Nijmegen breakage syndrome to alkylating drugs, the use of standard myeloablative conditioning regimens for this disease significantly increases the risks of toxic complications and transplant-related mortality. Treosulfan is an alkylating agent that has demonstrated efficacy with comparatively low risks of toxic complications when used as part of conditioning prior to allogeneic HSCT for various diseases in patients of all age groups. There is currently experience using treosulfan in patients with Nijmegen breakage syndrome at reduced doses (21 and 30 g/m²). However, a number of questions remain unresolved. Based on our previous experience, a dose of 21 g/m² is sufficient for patients with Nijmegen breakage syndrome without a malignant disease, as it ensures good graft function (a high probability of full donor chimerism and control of the immunodeficiency). At the same time, there is reason to believe that this dose is insufficient to provide an antitumor effect from the conditioning. We are planning a multicenter study to investigate treosulfan-based conditioning in patients with Nijmegen breakage syndrome, which will stratify patients based on the presence or absence of malignant disease. Patients without a tumor will receive treosulfan at a dose of 21 g/m², and patients with a tumor will receive 30 g/m².

This pilot clinical trial aims to evaluate the feasibility, adverse reactions and maximum tolerated dose of mbIL21 ex vivo-expanded donor-derived NK-cell infusions before and after haploidentical or matched-related hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a cohort of pediatric and young adult patients with chemorefractory or minimal residual disease (MRD) positive acute leukemia.

This prospective non-randomized multicenter trial created based on protocol ML DS 2006 and aimed at standardization of current therapy approaches and creating a national network for diagnostic, treatment and monitoring of children (0-18 years) with AML and Down syndrome in Russia. Based on the results the investigators expect to increase long-term overall and event-free survival in children with AML and DS and reduce the immediate and remote toxicity of chemotherapy by reducing the dose load of chemotherapeutic drugs. The study protocol therapy for all patients includes four chemotherapy blocks: Course 1 AIE (cytarabine/idarubicin/etoposide) Course 2 AI (cytarabine/idarubicin) Course 3 HAD (high -dose cytarabine (1g)/daunorubicin) Course 4 HA (high-dose cytarabine) Safety to be monitored based on CTCAE v5.0

GVHD prevention using a combination of post-transplantation cyclophosphamide in combination with abatacept, vedolizumab and Ruxolitinib in children and young adults with hematoloblastosis after myeloablative conditioning regimen with treosulfan/TBI, etoposide, fludarabine after HSCT from matched unrelated and haploidentical donors

The innovation of this protocol is the risk-adapted choice of therapy and the use of a combination of chemotherapy with immunotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for patients with risk factors. Investigators have proposed a two-stage stratification into risk groups: Initially: * Standard risk: patients with no rearrangement of the KMT2A gene. * Intermediate risk: patients with rearrangement of the KMT2A gene without damage to the central nervous system. * High risk: patients with rearrangement of the KMT2A gene with lesions of the central nervous system. According to the results of induction therapy: * The high-risk group includes patients from the standard risk group with an MRD level of more than 0.1% after the induction course and from the intermediate risk group with MRD-positive (PCR) after HR1 block. * The allocation of children in the first year of life without the rearranged KMT2A gene into a separate group seems to be logical, since the prognosis in this group is better than in children with the rearranged KMT2A gene. In this protocol, non-intensive therapy with consolidations and maintenance therapy remains for those who achieve a low MRD level (less than 0.1%) after a course of induction. The rest of the patients move into a high-risk group: they receive blinatumomab and HSCT. * The concept of therapy for patients at intermediate risk is based on the rate at which MRD-negativity is achieved: standard consolidation and maintenance therapy for those who became MRD-negative at the end of induction, "block" chemotherapy for those who were positive at the end of induction, but achieved negativity after HR1 block, blinatumomab with HSCT for those who have preserved the MRD after the HR1 block. * For high-risk patients, a combination of immunotherapy (blinatumomab - a bispecific CD3 / CD19 T-cell activator) and HSCT in the first remission was chosen.

Surgery plays significant role in treatment of neurogenic tumors, both for benign ganglioneuroma and for high risk neuroblastoma. The world literature has accumulated large experience in laparoscopic surgery for abdominal neuroblastoma. The presence of IDRF (image-defined risk factors) and tumor size (\>4-7 cm) are considered as common contraindications for minimally invasive surgery in neuroblastoma. However, the recent studies have shown that presence of IDRF is not an absolute contraindication for laparoscopic surgery. This open-label, nonrandomized, observational, phase III evaluates role and weight of different surgical risk factors (including IDRF, tumor size, tumor localization, tumor volume/patient height ratio, previous open surgical procedures, previous chemotherapy etc.) in the laparoscopic neuroblastoma resections. The aim of this study is to create novel risk factors scoring system for laparoscopic surgery in abdominal neuroblastoma.

The aim of the current study is to evaluate the efficacy of combined regimen of GVHD prophylaxis with thymoglobulin in conditioning regimen and PTCY with ruxolitinib used after HSCT in patients with inborn errors of immunity (IEI)

The aim of the current study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of low dose treosulfan based conditioning regimen in HSCT with post-transplant cyclophosphamide in Nijmegen breakage syndrome

The modern strategy of therapy of high-risk neuroblastoma, stage 4, consists of three phases - induction, consolidation and post- consolidation. Still current approaches demonstrates insufficient levels of ORR (overall response rate), OS (overall survival) and EFS (event free survival). NB-HR-2023 (neuroblastoma high risk) protocol aimed to investigate tolerability and toxicity and potential improvement of ORR, OS and EFS by overcoming of tumor heterogeneous drug resistance using the synergistic interaction of cytostatic and immunobiological agents in the induction. Protocol include the combination of standard chemotherapy (N5 and N6) with anti-GD2 MAB, which is potentially expected to improve outcomes in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroblastoma, 4th stage older 18 months. Currently, treatment with combinations of cytostatics with immunobiological agents is limited due to the risk of complications, which, nevertheless, is controlled with proper monitoring and concomitant therapy. Still no data about use of combination of standard chemotherapy (N5 and N6) with ch14.18/CHO MAB (dinutuximab beta) in induction in primary patients with neuroblastoma. Prospective, interventional trial include patients with neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroblastoma, 4th stage of the high-risk group older 18 months, who will receive combination of standard induction chemotherapy (N5 and N6) with anti-GD2 MAB. Consolidation and post consolidation chemotherapy courses are not the subjects for analysis. Patients with high-risk neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroblastoma, stage 4, older 18 months who receive combination of standard induction chemotherapy (N5 and N6) with anti-GD2 MAB at the Dmitry Rogachev National Medical Research Center Of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology Delayed surgery (if needed) will be done after the 4th or 6th course of induction therapy and stem cells apheresis after the 2nd-5th course of induction therapy.

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a pathologically benign yet locally aggressive and destructive tumor that develops in the choana and nasopharynx. Historical treatment of JNA has included embolization, surgical resection, and radiation. mTOR signaling way demonstrated to be involved in regulation of growth and angiogenesis of JNA. Sirolimus, as mTOR inhibitor, is a potential target JNA therapy. The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sirolimus in children and adolescents with primary or recurrent JNA. Efficacy will be estimated based on dynamics of the JNA progression. Historical control group will be used for comparison as standard therapy. Due to limited experience of sirolimus in JNA in routine practice, study should be conducted in 2 phases: pilot and extended. Decision regarding extended phase will be based on the results of pilot phase.

The aim of the trial is to evaluate the molecular characteristics and MDD/MRD of B-NHL in pediatric patients in order to identify on the one hand the very high risk group and to prescribe them more intensive treatment on the other hand to identify those patients who don't need very aggressive therapy. One more study question is to evaluate the role of PET/CT in assessment of the completeness of remission. The following primary study questions are going to be analyzed: * the effectiveness (event-free survival) in pediatric patients with very limited mature B-NHL (R1 - stage I and II R) of substituting anthracyclines and vincristine by the rituximab without compromising survival rates. * the effectiveness (event-free survival) in pediatric patients with limited mature B-NHL (R2 - stage I and II NR) of substituting anthracyclines by the rituximab without compromising survival rates. * the effectiveness (event-free survival) in pediatric patients with advanced VHR mature B-NHL (R4 - stages with unfavourable genetics of substituting standard chemotherapy by "second-line" block VICI in order to improve results Secondary study questions will address * additional parameters for immune reconstitution, lymphocyte subpopulations, immunoglobulin levels, vaccination titers and infection rates * kinetics of immune reconstitution after treatment