Recruiting
Phase 2

DFMO

Sponsor:

Giselle Sholler

Code:

NCT04696029

Conditions

Medulloblastoma

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 21

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Difluoromethylornithine

Study Details

Brief 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.

Conditions

Medulloblastoma

Study ID

NCT04696029

Start date

Mar 29, 2021

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Mar, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 21

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age: 0-21 years of age at diagnosis
2. Pathology All patients must either have a pathologically confirmed diagnosis of medulloblastoma with molecular grouping identified by either Nanostring or methylation 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
3. Pre-enrollment tumor survey:

Prior to enrollment on this study, a determination of mandatory disease staging must be 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 be done within 2 weeks prior to first dose of study drug, but must be done within a maximum of 4 weeks before first dose of study drug.
4. Disease Status: Subjects must have no evidence of disease, or stable\* residual nonbulky\*\* disease.

\*Stable residual disease defined as non-progression over 2 separate imaging studies at 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.
5. Timing from prior therapy:

Enrollment (first dose of DFMO) no later than 60 days after last dose of conventional chemotherapy. Patients who have undergone high dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT) are eligible if more than 45 days have elapsed since date of last SCT.
6. Patients must have a Lansky or Karnofsky Performance Scale score of ≥ 50% (see Appendix II) and patients must have a life expectancy of ≥ 2 months.
7. All clinical and laboratory studies for organ functions to determine eligibility must be performed within 7 days prior to first dose of study drug unless otherwise indicated below.
8. 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 of normal
  • Renal: Adequate renal function defined as (perform one of the following): Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR ≥ 70 mL/min/1.73 m2 or a serum creatinine based on age/gender
9. Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test. Patients of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective birth control method. Female patients who are lactating must agree to stop breast-feeding.
10. Written informed consent in accordance with institutional and FDA guidelines must be obtained from all subjects (or patients' legal representative).

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 at time of enrollment
4. Investigational Drugs: Subjects who are currently receiving another investigational drug are excluded from participation.
5. Anti-cancer Agents: Subjects who are currently receiving other anticancer agents are not eligible. Subjects must have fully recovered from the hematological and bone marrow suppression effects of prior chemotherapy.
6. Infection: Subjects who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible until the infection 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 the safety monitoring requirements of the study, or in whom compliance is likely to be suboptimal, should be excluded.

Study Design

Enrollment

118 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO)

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

Interventions

Difluoromethylornithine

DFMO (difluoromethylornithine is an inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) designated chemically as 2-(difluoromethyl)-DL-ornithine monohydrochloride monohydrate.

The dosage form to be used in this study is provided as a convex tablet containing 192 mg eflornithine (equivalent to 250 mg of eflornithine HCl, monohydrate). The tablets are packaged and sealed in opaque white HDPE bottles, and each bottle contains 100 tablets. The DMFO tablets are supplied by USWorldMeds (USWM).

The tablets are to be stored at room temperature (20-250C).

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of participants with event free survival (EFS) during study [ Time Frame: 2 years plus 5 years follow up ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kevin Bielamowicz

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Recruiting

Oakland, California, United States, 94609

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Caroline Hastings

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Recruiting

Sacramento, California, United States, 95817

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Marcio Malogolowkin

Rady Children's Hospital

Recruiting

San Diego, California, United States, 92123

Contacts

Sarah Hollander

shollander@rchsd.org

Principal Investigator:

William Roberts

Stanford University

Recruiting

Stanford, California, United States, 94305

Contacts

Stefania U Chirita

schirita@stanford.edu

Principal Investigator:

Raya Saab

Connecticut Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Michael Isakoff

Nicklaus Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Miami, Florida, United States, 33155

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Ossama Maher

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

Recruiting

Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jamie Libes-Bander

All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine

Recruiting

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 33701

Contacts

Kevin Samnarine

ksamnar1@jh.edu

Principal Investigator:

Jennifer Dean

St. Joseph's Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33607

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Don Eslin

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

Recruiting

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96813

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kelley Hutchins

Advocate Aurora Research Institute

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60453

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Rebecca McFall

Kentucky Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40502

Contacts

Brittany Fuller

blfull2@email.uky.edu

Principal Investigator:

Tom Badgett

Norton Children's Research Institute/Affiliated with University of Louisville School of Medicine

Recruiting

Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202

Principal Investigator:

Mustafa Barbour

Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Recruiting

Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108

Contacts

Nicole Harvey

ndharvey@cmh.edu

Principal Investigator:

Kevin Ginn

Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63104

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

William Ferguson

Hackensack University Medical Center

Recruiting

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Derek Hanson

Levine Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28204

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Thomas Russell

Duke University

Recruiting

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27708

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jessica Sun

University of Oklahoma

Recruiting

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104

Contacts

Christina Gonzalez

Christina-gonzalez@ou.edu

Principal Investigator:

Rene McNall-Knapp

Randall Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Portland, Oregon, United States, 97227

Contacts

Aaron White

AJWHITE@lhs.org

Principal Investigator:

Jason Glover

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

Recruiting

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Valerie Brown

Hasbro Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903

Contacts

Christopher Bouressa

cbouressa@lifespan.org

Principal Investigator:

Bradley DeNardo

Medical University of South Carolina

Recruiting

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425

Contacts

Shanta Salzar, MD

salzers@musc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Jaqueline Kraveka

Dell Children's Blood and Cancer Center

Recruiting

Austin, Texas, United States, 78723

Contacts

Rhea Robinson, RN

rmrobinson@ascension.org

Principal Investigator:

Virginia Harrod

CHUQ

Recruiting

Québec, Quebec, Canada, QC G1V 4W6

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Bruno Michon

More Information

Sponsor

Giselle Sholler

Last update posted

Aug 12, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Giselle Sholler on 2026-08-12.