A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Silmitasertib and Irinotecan in Neuroblastoma, Ewing Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma, sponsored by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Recruiting at 24 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged Up to 30 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-06.
Sponsored by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the investigational drug, silmitasertib (a pill taken by mouth), in combination with FDA approved drugs for solid tumors. An investigational drug is one that has not been approved by the U.S. Food \& Drug Administration (FDA), or any other regulatory authorities around the world for use alone or in combination with any drug, for the condition or illness it is being used to treat.
The goals of this part of the study are:
675 studies on the registry are indexed under Neuroblastoma; 127 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 104 is above the median of 32 across 507 interventional studies indexed under Neuroblastoma.
Browse Neuroblastoma studies →Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 492 studies on the registry; 60 are open to participants now.
Of its 58 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 46 (79%) have results posted.
Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.
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Pathology All subjects must have a confirmed diagnosis of tumor type. Phase I: solid tumors: Neuroblastoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Liposarcoma
Phase II:
Tumor assessment:
Disease assessment is required for eligibility and must be done after last dose of previous therapy and prior to first dose of study drug.
Disease Status:
Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma Relapsed disease defined as neuroblastoma that was previously in remission after standard therapy (at least 4 cycles of aggressive multi-drug induction chemotherapy, with or without radiation and surgery, followed by immunotherapy, or according to a standard high-risk treatment/neuroblastoma protocol) and has now relapsed and is in any number of relapses.
Refractory disease defined as High-risk neuroblastoma (as defined by INRG) that failed to achieve CR after at least 4 cycles of aggressive multi-drug induction chemotherapy, progression during upfront therapy or with disease remaining after standard immunotherapy.
International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Staging System (INRG) High Risk NB defined as one of the following:
Relapsed/refractory Sarcoma Subjects that have relapsed following standard of care therapy or having progressed during standard of care therapy. Standard of care therapy for sarcoma includes multi-agent chemotherapy with local control consisting of either surgery or radiation therapy.
Measurable or evaluable disease, including at least one of the following:
Timing from prior therapy:
Subjects must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anti- cancer therapy and be within the following timelines:
Stem Cell Transplant:
Subjects must have adequate organ function at the time of enrollment:
Exclusion Criteria:
Subjects with any of the following gastrointestinal disorders:
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.
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
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.
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
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.
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
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.
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.
Biopsy and archival tissue
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
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.
QT and QTc
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
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.
Investigational drug or device
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Clinically significant
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
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.
Silmitasertib 600 mg/m2 twice a day plus Neuroblastoma: Regimen A: Irinotecan and Temozolomide Sarcoma: Regimen B: Vincristine, Irinotecan and Temozolomide
Drug: Silmitasertib · Drug: Irinotecan · Drug: Temozolomide · Drug: Vincristine
Silmitasertib 800 mg/m2 twice a day plus Neuroblastoma: Regimen A: Irinotecan and Temozolomide Sarcoma: Regimen B: Vincristine, Irinotecan and Temozolomide
Drug: Silmitasertib · Drug: Irinotecan · Drug: Temozolomide · Drug: Vincristine
Silmitasertib RP2D twice a day plus Irinotecan and Temozolomide
Drug: Silmitasertib · Drug: Irinotecan · Drug: Temozolomide
Silmitasertib RP2D twice a day plus Vincristine, irinotecan and temozolomide
Drug: Silmitasertib · Drug: Irinotecan · Drug: Temozolomide · Drug: Vincristine
Capsules
Also known as: CX-4945
IV
Oral or IV
IV
Phase I- Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability
To characterize the safety profile of silmitasertib in combination with chemotherapy
Time frame: 2 years plus 30 days
Phase I- Number of Participants with Dose Limiting Toxicities to determine RP2D
To determine the Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D) of silmitasertib in combination with chemotherapy
Time frame: 21 days
Phase II- Determine the Overall Response Rate (ORR) of Participants using INRC
To evaluate the efficacy of silmitasertib in combination with chemotherapy in 2 disease cohorts, based upon Overall response rate (ORR)
Time frame: 2 years
Phase I- Determine the Overall Response Rate (ORR) of Participants using INRC
To evaluate the efficacy of silmitasertib in combination with chemotherapy in 2 disease cohorts based upon Overall response rate (ORR)
Time frame: 2 years
Number of participants with progression free survival (PFS) during study
To evaluate the efficacy of silmitasertib in combination with chemotherapy in 2 disease cohorts based upon Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Time frame: 2 years
Phase II- Length of time that participants experience Overall Survival (OS)
To evaluate the efficacy of silmitasertib in combination with chemotherapy in 2 disease cohorts based upon Overall Survival (OS)
Time frame: 7 years
Phase II- Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability
To characterize the safety profile of silmitasertib in combination with chemotherapy
Time frame: 2 years plus 30 days
Phase II - Determine the Disease Control Rate (DCR) of participants based on response
Disease Control Rate (DCR): Defined as CR + PR + MR + SD for Neuroblastoma (INRC) and CR + PR + SD for Ewing Sarcoma (RECIST v1.1).
Time frame: 2 years plus 30 days
Plan to share: No
Started Oct 2024 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Nov 2030, 72 months after the start.
Of 35 phase 1/2 interventional studies under Neuroblastoma, half reached primary completion within 80 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 62 and three quarters within 115. This study's planned 72 months is close to that.
How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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