A Study of a New Drug, Nirogacestat, for Treating Desmoid Tumors That Cannot be Removed by Surgery (NCT04195399)
A Safety, Pharmacokinetic and Efficacy Study of a y-Secretase Inhibitor, Nirogacestat (PF-03084014), in Children and Adolescents With Progressive, Surgically Unresectable Desmoid Tumors
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
This phase II trial studies the side effects and how well nirogacestat works in treating patients less than 18 years of age with desmoid tumors that has grown after at least one form of treatment by mouth or in the vein that cannot be removed by surgery. Nirogacestat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (41 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (19 items).
Location: Children's Hospital of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama
Age range: 12 Months to 18 Years
🧪 Interventions in This Study
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Active or chronic infection within 7 days prior to study entry
- Presence of non-healing fracture
- Note: patients with pathologic fracture related to tumor are eligible
- Use of corticosteroids within 21 days of enrollment, except in the following situations:
- Physiologic steroid replacement for adrenal insufficiency
- Topical, ocular, intra-articular, intranasal, or inhaled corticosteroid with minimal systemic absorption
- Short course (=\< 7 days) of corticosteroid prescribed prophylactically (eg, for contrast dye allergy) or for the treatment of a non-autoimmune condition (eg, delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction caused by contact allergen), or exacerbation of asthma
- Patients with gastrointestinal conditions that might predispose for drug intolerability or poor drug absorption (e.g., inability to take oral medication, prior surgical procedures affecting absorption (e.g., gastric bypass), malabsorption syndrome, and active peptic ulcer disease)
- Patients with ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, or a partial or complete small bowel obstruction
- Known active infection with hepatitis B, hepatitis C or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Patients with a prior history of malignancy, with the exceptions of desmoid tumor(s) and non-melanoma skin cancer, who are not in remission for more than 3 years
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (98 Sites)
Showing the first 25 of 98 sites.
- Children's Hospital of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama
- USA Health Strada Patient Care Center — Mobile, Alabama
- Banner Children's at Desert — Mesa, Arizona
- Arkansas Children's Hospital — Little Rock, Arkansas
- Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center — Downey, California
- Loma Linda University Medical Center — Loma Linda, California
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
- Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA — Los Angeles, California
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland — Oakland, California
- Kaiser Permanente-Oakland — Oakland, California
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University — Palo Alto, California
- University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center — Sacramento, California
- Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego — San Diego, California
- UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay — San Francisco, California
- Children's Hospital Colorado — Aurora, Colorado
- Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center — Denver, Colorado
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center — Hartford, Connecticut
- Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children — Wilmington, Delaware
- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
- Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
- UF Health Cancer Institute - Gainesville — Gainesville, Florida
- Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida
- AdventHealth Orlando — Orlando, Florida
- Nemours Children's Hospital — Orlando, Florida
- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital — St. Petersburg, Florida
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
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💡 How to Participate
- Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
- Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
- Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
- Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.