Recruiting

Personalized Medicine

Sponsor:

Adriana Fonseca

Code:

NCT07851636

Conditions

Rare CNS Tumor

FOXR2-activated

BCOR ITD Sarcoma

CNS Sarcoma

PLAG-altered Tumors

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 45

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Personalized Treatment Recommendation

Study Details

Brief summary:

The current study will use a new treatment approach based on the molecular characteristics of each participant's tumor. The study will test the feasibility in of performing real-time drug screening on tissue taken during surgery in patients with relapsed ultra rare brain tumors (BCOR -altered, MN1-altered, CNS Sarcomas, other rare brain tumors) and of having a specialized tumor board assign a treatment plan based on the results of the drug screening and genomic sequencing. The aim of this trial is to allow every child and young adult with relapsed ultra rare brain tumors to receive the most effective and least toxic therapies currently available and will pave the way for improved understanding and treatment of these tumors in the future. Moreover, if successful, it could serve as a paradigm for personalized medicine programs for other types of cancer.

Conditions

Rare CNS Tumor

FOXR2-activated

BCOR ITD Sarcoma

CNS Sarcoma

PLAG-altered Tumors

Study ID

NCT07851636

Start date

Oct, 2026

Status verified date

Oct, 2026

Completion date

Oct, 2032

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan, 2032

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 45

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients must have a relapse or recurrence of one of the following rare brain tumors:

  • CNS sarcoma (e.g. EWS, CIC, DICER1 altered)
  • BCOR altered tumors (e.g. BCOR ITD; BCOR, BCORL1, EP300, fused)
  • Mesenchymal tumors (e.g. FET::CREB altered tumors)
  • MN1::PATZ1 fused tumors
  • PLAG- altered tumors
  • Astroblastomas/MN-1 altered (e.g. EWSR2BEND2 altered)
  • Unclassifiable tumors
  • Other rare brain tumors: (e.g. recently described, poorly characterized, and/or ambiguous entities)
2. Participant must be a candidate for surgical resection or biopsy.

• Participants must have surgically accessible disease.
3. Prior therapy

• The participant must have a relapsed or recurrent rare brain tumor following at least one prior therapy for initial diagnosis or previous recurrence prior to study registration:
  • Surgery followed by observation.
  • Multi-modality therapy: surgery, radiation, and/or chemotherapy
4. Participants must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy prior to entering this study.

  • Biologic agent: Participant must have recovered from any toxicity potentially related to the agent.
  • Last radiation at least 7 days prior to therapy start
5. Karnofsky 50 for participants > 16 years of age and Lansky 50 for participants <16 years of age
6. Corticosteroids: Subjects who are receiving dexamethasone or equivalent must be on a stable or decreasing dose for at least 1 week prior to therapy start.
7. The effects of the agents used in this study on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation and 4 months after completion of therapy administration.
8. Adequate neurologic function defined as:

• Participants with seizure disorders may be enrolled if seizures are well controlled. Participants on non-enzyme inducing anticonvulsants may be excluded pending interaction(s) with study drug.
9. A legal parent or guardian must be able to understand and agree to sign a written informed consent and assent document, as appropriate.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection.
2. Women of childbearing potential must not be pregnant or breast-feeding. A negative serum or urine pregnancy test is required prior to start of therapy.

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Sequential

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Personalized Treatment Recommendation

Participants will be provided a treatment recommendation by the tumor board within 28 days from tissue acquisition. Based on the results of the real-time, High-throuput drug screeningRNA sequencing (RNAseq), whole genome sequencing (WGS), and clinical details of each subject's tumor.

Interventions

Personalized Treatment Recommendation

Specialized Treatment Plan of up to four FDA approved drugs based on participant's screening results will be assigned by Rare Brain Tumor specialized tumor board. Recommendations will be provided and to primary physician.

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of participants for whom a treatment recommendations are completed within 28 calendar days from tissue collection. [ Time Frame: Up to 28 calendar days ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Children's National Hospital

Recruiting

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010

More Information

Sponsor

Adriana Fonseca

Last update posted

Oct 13, 2026

Last verified

Oct, 2026

Keywords

  • Brain Tumor
  • CNS Sarcoma
  • BCOR altered tumor
  • Mesenchymal tumor
  • MN1 fused tumor
  • PATZ1 fused tumor
  • MN1 altered tumor
  • Astroblastoma
  • Drug Screening
  • Personalized Treatment

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-10-14. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Adriana Fonseca on 2026-10-13. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.