This Phase 1, open-label, non-randomized study will enroll pediatric and young adult subjects with relapsed or refractory non-central nervous system (CNS) malignant solid tumors expressing glypican-3 (GPC3) to examine the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of administering T cell products derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) that have been genetically modified to co-express a GPC3-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), interleukin (IL)-15 and IL-21 as well as the inducible caspase 9 (iC9) suicide gene (SC-CAR.GPC3xIL15.21 T cells). A child or young adult meeting all eligibility criteria and meeting none of the exclusion criteria will have a blood sample collected, which will be used to bioengineer the CAR T cells targeting their tumor.
This is a single center, single arm phase I clinical trial exploring the feasibility and safety of performing transarterial embolization of incurable hypervascular pediatric soft tissue sarcomas with at least an index tumor with 50% arterial enhancement and a 3mm feeding vessel on pre study evaluation. The target study sample size is 10 tumors in a requisite number of participants. These patients will be enrolled to undergo evaluation of all angiographically visible tumors \>3cm with subsequent bland (not adsorbed to radioactive or chemotherapy) particle embolization of at least 25% perfusion to the target tumor.
The Johns Hopkins Pediatric Radiation Oncology Program is creating a registry that will capture the full 3D radiation dosimetry delivered to its pediatric patients to manage the quality of care provided, as well as to examine the long-term outcomes and toxicity of each patient. The registry will capture baseline clinical data, disease, toxicity, and quality of life outcomes. The goal is to include all pediatric patients undergoing proton therapy and photon therapy to enable future comparisons of treatment outcomes.
This proposal addresses a critical gap in our understanding of the impact of household food insecurity (FI) on pediatric metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) severity. There is evidence that children in families that do not have the ability to provide consistently healthy and high-quality foods, such as fruits and vegetables, have worse diet quality that children in households that are food secure. Additionally, evidence from adult studies link household FI to MASLD and liver fibrosis, and prior research of the PI has shown that exposure to household FI in early childhood was associated with a nearly 4 times increased odds of pediatric MASLD in middle childhood. Possible mechanisms linking household FI to pediatric MASLD include lower intake of fruits and vegetables, higher intake of caloric dense nutrient poor foods (e.g., sugar sweetened beverages), and less diversity of foods. Given consensus recommendations for the management of MASLD focus on lifestyle modification, i.e., diet and exercise to achieve weight loss, this proposal seeks to explore the association of household FI and pediatric MASLD disease severity and whether those effects are mediated by dietary intake. Study participants include children/adolescents with MASLD who are receiving care at UCSF's liver clinic and Weight Management for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Clinic, a pediatric subspecialty clinic.
The purpose of this study is to compare two different treatments (normal saline and hypertonic saline) for concussions to see if one makes more of a difference in symptoms that can occur following concussions.
This is a prospective, interventional study to evaluate efficacy and end user satisfaction of remote cochlear implant programming in the pediatric population. Additionally, this study will evaluate the long-term replicability of digital audio streaming (DAS) self-assessment speech perception measures via iOS mobile application.
The primary objective of this study is to characterize the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of treatment with ravulizumab IV in pediatric participants to support the extrapolation of efficacy from the adult population.
The goal of the study is to see if the use of music improves attention during visual field exams for pediatric glaucoma patients.
This is a study of a single systemic dose of SRP-9005 in pediatric and adult participants with limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C/R5 (LGMD2C/R5). It is comprised of 2 parts (Part A, Part B) that will assess safety and efficacy.
This clinical trial focuses on pediatric patients aged 2 up to 18 years of age with a new or recurrent pediatric brain tumor, suspected to be either a high-grade or low-grade glioma, and scheduled for surgical removal. 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is FDA-approved for improving brain tumor visualization in adults during surgery through fluorescence, enabling more complete removal of the tumor. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of administering 5-ALA to pediatric brain tumor patients and to assess the quality of tumor fluorescence during surgery in this patient population. For the clinical trial, the patient will orally ingest 5-ALA 6 to 12 hours before brain surgery. All study participants will be provided standard medical care for removal of the brain tumor. All children enrolled in the study will be closely monitored prior to, during, and after surgery to ensure there are no reactions to the study drug. 5-ALA can make the patient more sensitive to sunlight and direct indoor lighting, referred to as photosensitivity, and can cause a sunburn-type reaction. It is for this reason that patients will be kept in subdued light conditions for 48 hours following surgery. Study participation starts once the patient is enrolled in the study until 6-month post-surgery.