Clinical Research Directory

A Study of Avutometinib for People With Solid Tumor Cancers

The purpose of this study is to find out whether avutometinib is a safe treatment for advanced or recurrent solid tumor cancers in children and young adults. Researchers will look for the highest dose of avutometinib that is safe and cause few or mild side effects.

Combination of Tarlatamab and Temozolomide in Patients With Central Nervous System Tumors

This clinical trial is a 2-phase trial designed to evaluate the safety of tarlatamab in combination with a fixed dose of metronomic temozolomide in adolescents and adults with CNS tumors (stratified into two age-based cohorts), and to assess the clinical activity of this therapeutic strategy in three parallel, histology-defined cohorts (IDH-mutant glioma, other gliomas, and other CNS tumors). A pre-screening to detect DLL3 expression by IHC on archival tumor sample must be performed before the therapeutic part. Only patients with DLL3 positive tumor on IHC can be enrolled in the therapeutic part. This pre-screening must be optimally performed during the ongoing treatment line i.e. before documented progression to not delay treatment starts at time of progression. Tumor samples (surgery or biopsy specimen) will be sent to a central lab for IHC testing.

Whole Body Metabolism in Children Before and After Treatment of CNS Tumor

At the center of pediatric oncology in Copenhagen the investigators experience that the children with brain tumor, more or less have a healthy body with normal skeletal muscle mass and are physical active to the same level as their friends at the same age. The treatment period for brain tumor is approximately two years. After the treatment period, the children are more sedative with less interest in coming out doing physical activities and thus the investigators suspect that they have altered hormonal response, low skeletal muscle mass and perhaps are in risk of developing metabolic syndrome. By comparing children with newly diagnosed CNS tumor with children finished treated for CNS tumor, we wish to describe the metabolic path during the approximately two years treatment period these children go through. These results will also be compared with results from healthy controls. The investigators aim to include 10 children (aged 6-18 years) with newly diagnosed CNS tumor, 10 children (aged 6-18 years) finished treated for CNS tumor and 10 healthy controls (aged 6-18 years). By using stable isotope technique the investigators will investigate systemic fat, glucose and protein metabolism together with liver protein degradation and glucose production. Furthermore, by using DXA scan the investigators will describe the quality and distribution of skeletal muscle. Lastly, the investigators will determine the skeletal muscle signal pathway and metabolism in skeletal muscle via the Bergström biopsy technique in vastus lateralis.