A Phase 1 interventional study of Vorinostat in Ewing Sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma and Wilms Tumor, sponsored by New York Medical College. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 1 Year to 30 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-15.
Sponsored by New York Medical College · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
Investigators are testing new experimental drug combinations such as the combination of vorinostat, vincristine, irinotecan, and temozolomide in the hopes of finding a drug that may be effective against tumors that have come back or that have not responded to standard therapy.
The goals of this study are:
This first cycle will be used to determine whether the patient can tolerate the chemotherapeutic backbone without developing a DLT. The baseline disease evaluation will be obtained following hematologic recovery from the first cycle of chemotherapy, after which combination therapy with vorinostat will be given in subsequent cycles (2-12) w/ modifications if needed. Vorinostat dose escalation in subsequent patient cohorts will occur based on DLT to determine a MTD.
250 studies on the registry are indexed under Sarcoma, Ewing; 69 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 30 is below the median of 36 across 204 interventional studies indexed under Sarcoma, Ewing.
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Prior therapy: Patients may have received prior therapy with vincristine, irinotecan, or temozolomide. They may not however have received therapy that included a treatment cassette of irinotecan and temozolomide in combination.
Bone marrow function:
Patients with known bone marrow disease may enroll on the study if they have a peripheral ANC greater than or equal to 750 cells/mcL. They will not be evaluable for hematologic toxicity.
- Adequate liver function:
Serum albumin greater than or equal to 2 gm/dL
- Adequate renal function:
Age Maximum serum creatinine concentration (mg/dL) Male Female 1-\<2 years 0.6 0.6 2-\<6 years 0.8 0.8 6-\<10 years 1 1 10-\<13 years 1.2 1.2 13-\<16 years 1.5 1.4 greater than or equal to 16 years 1.7 1.4 The threshold creatinine values in this table were derived from the Schwartz formula to estimate glomerular filtration rates (Schwartz et al. J. Peds. 106; 522. 1985) using child length and stature data from the CDC.
- : All patients less than 18 years of age must sign a written informed consent. For patients \<18 years of age, a parent or guardian must sign a written informed consent, unless the patient is an emancipated minor. Childhood assent, when appropriate, should be obtained as well per institutional guidelines.
Exclusion Criteria:
Allergy or intolerance to any of the protocol agents: vincristine, irinotecan, temozolomide, or vorinostat.
Allergy or intolerance to cephalosporins.
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
A 0–100 scale of how well someone can carry out everyday activities. 100 is no complaints and no signs of illness; 70 is able to look after yourself but not to work or keep up normal activity; 50 is needing considerable help and frequent medical care.
Studies often ask for 60 or 70 and above. Your doctor gives the score.
Stem cell (bone marrow) transplants. Allogeneic uses cells from a donor; autologous uses your own cells, collected earlier and given back.
A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
Relapsed and refractory
Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Cancer (malignancy)
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Karnofsky performance status (KPS)
A 0–100 scale of how well someone can carry out everyday activities. 100 is no complaints and no signs of illness; 70 is able to look after yourself but not to work or keep up normal activity; 50 is needing considerable help and frequent medical care.
Studies often ask for 60 or 70 and above. Your doctor gives the score.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Allogeneic and autologous transplant
Stem cell (bone marrow) transplants. Allogeneic uses cells from a donor; autologous uses your own cells, collected earlier and given back.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Immunosuppression
A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hemoglobin (Hb)
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Bilirubin
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Creatinine clearance (CrCl)
How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Corticosteroids (steroids)
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
The first cycle of chemotherapy will not include the experimental agent vorinostat. This first cycle will be used to determine whether the patient can tolerate the chemotherapeutic backbone without developing a DLT. Cycle 1 * Vincristine: 1.5 mg/m2/day (maximum dose 2 mg) IV Days 1 and 8 over 1-15 minutes. * Temozolomide: 125 mg/m2/day PO Days 1-5. * Irinotecan: 50 mg/m2/day IV Days 1-5 over 60 minutes. * Cefixime: 8 mg/kg/day (maximum dose 400 mg) PO. Begin 2 days prior to irinotecan therapy and continue through Day 8. Cycles 2-12 * Vincristine: 1.5 mg/m2/day (maximum dose 2 mg) IV Days 1 and 8 over 1-15 minutes. * Temozolomide: 125 mg/m2/day PO Days 1-5. * Irinotecan: 50 mg/m2/day IV Days 1-5 over 60 minutes. * Cefixime: 8 mg/kg/day (maximum dose 400 mg) PO. Begin 2 days prior to irinotecan therapy and continue through Day 8. * Vorinostat: Dose per escalation schema daily Days 1-5. * Vorinostat will not be administered during Cycle 1.
Drug: Vorinostat
This is a phase I study of the combination of four drugs: vorinostat, vincristine, irinotecan, and temozolomide. This is called a Phase I study because the goal is to find the highest dose of vorinostat that investigators can give safely when it is used together with the chemotherapy drugs vincristine, irinotecan and temozolomide. Investigators are using vorinostat because it seems to work against cancer in test tubes and animals. It may be most effective when it is given with chemotherapy. The combination of these three agents together has never been given to children. Vincristine, irinotecan, and temozolomide are approved and used for the treatment of other types of cancer in adults and children. Vorinostat is approved and used to treat cancer in adults. The combination of these four drugs together is experimental. Investigators do not know if this combination of medicines will work in people. There is a lot that investigators do not yet know about this combination of medicines.
Also known as: Zolinza
To determine a maximally tolerated (or optimal) dose of vorinostat
A minimum of 3 evaluable patients will be entered at each dose level. If no significant dose limiting toxicity is discovered, a maximum of 3 dose levels will be evaluated. The minimum patient enrollment will be 3 patients. Many of the patients enrolled on this trial are expected to be heavily pretreated. All patients will be given a VIT only "window" to evaluate adequate bone marrow reserve to tolerate protocol therapy. We expect that at most 20% of patients will not be able to tolerate VIT or VIT with dose reduced temozolomide. A maximum of 24 patients enrolled on study is anticipated. Once the MTD has been defined, up to 6 additional patients may be enrolled to acquire additional safety data regarding this combination of agents.
Time frame: 1 year
Overall response rate (ORR) after therapy
To determine the overall response rate (ORR) of vorinostat in combination with VIT in children, adolescents, and young adults with relapsed or refractory solid tumors. The overall (CR+PR) and best response rates with the 95% confidence intervals will be estimated based on the exact binomial distribution.
Time frame: 1 year
Plan to share: No
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