🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-07-01

A Study to Compare Treatment With the Drug Selumetinib Alone Versus Selumetinib and Vinblastine in Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Low-Grade Glioma (NCT04576117)

A Phase 3 Study of Selumetinib (NSC# 748727) or Selumetinib in Combination With Vinblastine for Non-NF1, Non-TSC Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Low-Grade Gliomas (LGGs) Lacking BRAFV600E or IDH1 Mutations

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Phase3 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

This phase III trial investigates the best dose of vinblastine in combination with selumetinib and the benefit of adding vinblastine to selumetinib compared to selumetinib alone in treating children and young adults with low-grade glioma (a common type of brain cancer) that has come back after prior treatment (recurrent) or does not respond to therapy (progressive). Selumetinib is a drug that works by blocking a protein that lets tumor cells grow without stopping. Vinblastine blocks cell growth by stopping cell division and may kill cancer cells. Giving selumetinib in combination with vinblastine may work better than selumetinib alone in treating recurrent or progressive low-grade glioma.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (44 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (32 items).

Location: Children's Hospital of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama

Age range: 2 Years to 25 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check 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:
  • Prior therapy with vinblastine and/or a MEK inhibitor is permitted, with the following exceptions:
  • Patients must not have had progressive disease while on therapy with vinblastine or a MEK inhibitor;
  • Patients must not have discontinued vinblastine or selumetinib due to toxicity
  • Patients with a concurrent malignancy or history of treatment (other than surgery) for another tumor within the last year are ineligible
  • Patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine tumors as seen on MRI (\> 2/3 of pons involvement on imaging) are not eligible even if biopsy reveals grade I/II histology
  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
  • Patients must not have known hypersensitivity to selumetinib, vinblastine, or similar compounds
  • CYP3A4 agents: Patients must not have received fluconazole or drugs that are strong inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A4 within 7 days prior to study enrollment
  • Patients with any serious medical or psychiatric illness/condition, including substance use disorders or ophthalmological conditions, likely in the judgment of the investigator to interfere or limit compliance with study requirements/treatment
  • Patients who, in the opinion of the investigator, are not able to comply with the study procedures are not eligible
  • PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS (CARDIAC):

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (101 Sites)

Showing the first 25 of 101 sites.

  • Children's Hospital of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama
  • Arkansas Children's Hospital — Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center — Loma Linda, California
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Oakland — Oakland, California
  • Children's Hospital of Orange County — Orange, California
  • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University — Palo Alto, California
  • Children's Hospital Colorado — Aurora, Colorado
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center — Hartford, Connecticut
  • Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut
  • Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children — Wilmington, Delaware
  • Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia
  • Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida — Fort Myers, Florida
  • UF Health Cancer Institute - Gainesville — Gainesville, Florida
  • Memorial Regional Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital — Hollywood, Florida
  • Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida
  • Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children — Orlando, Florida
  • Nemours Children's Hospital — Orlando, Florida
  • Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital — St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa — Tampa, Florida
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia
  • Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Boise — Boise, Idaho
  • Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago — Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Illinois — Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois

💰 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.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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