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Filter by:This study tests the efficacy of an 8-week, Skype-based, group resiliency training intervention (The Relaxation Response Resiliency Program) for improving psychological stress in patients with Neurofibromatosis. A control group will receive a general health education curriculum. The investigators hypothesize that patients will improve on measures of psychological stress as a result of the resiliency program. A substudy (Unique Protocol ID: 2013P002605b) has been approved to test this study on a sub-population: patients with NF2 who are hard of hearing.
This will be a multi-center, proof of concept phase 0 study to assess the suppression of p-AKT in Vestibular Schwannoma (VS) and meningiomas by AR-42 in adult patients undergoing tumor resection. AR-42 is a small molecule which crosses the blood brain barrier (BBB) in rodents, but the investigators are not certain yet if it will penetrate human VS. Meningiomas are outside the BBB, but seem to be unusually resistant to all current medical treatments. The primary endpoint of the bioactivity of suppression of p-AKT by AR-42 was selected as drug activity seems more informative than bioavailability. Our preclinical data and others have shown dose dependent suppression of p-AKT by AR-42 in both VS and meningiomas.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether lamotrigine can improve cognitive and neurophysiological deficits in adolescents with Neurofibromatosis type 1.
Patients with Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) almost always develop acoustic neuromas in both ears. As a result of the tumours themselves or the treatment of the tumours, many patients become profoundly deaf in both ears. It is possible to restore a degree of hearing by placing a hearing implant in the brainstem adjacent to the hearing pathways within the brain. This is termed an auditory brainstem implant (ABI). The aim of this study is to find the optimum head position in relation to the MRI magnet field, which would produce least area of image distortion in patients with ABIs. This will be of benefit in optimising the MR imaging in future patients with implants.
Background:<TAB> - Many people with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) get tumors of the nervous system. Finding malignant tumors early is important for removing them. Researchers want to find ways of doing this with scans and genetic testing. Objectives: - To learn more about neurofibromatosis type 1. Eligibility: - People age 10 and older with NF1 who have a benign tumor or have had a malignant one. Design: - Participants will be screened in another study with medical history, physical exam, and urine and blood tests. They will have a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. - MRI: Participants will lie on a table that slides into a metal cylinder. They will be in the scanner for 60 90 minutes, lying still for 15 minutes at a time. Participants will get earplugs for the loud sounds. They will get a contrast agent (dye) through a thin plastic tube (catheter) inserted in an arm vein. - As part of their regular care, participants will have: - FDG-PET/CT scan. They will get radioactive glucose (sugar) through a catheter in an arm vein. - [18F]-FLT-PET/CT scan. This is like the FDG scan but with a different radioactive chemical. - Biopsy. A piece of tumor tissue is removed with a needle. A piece of tissue from a previous biopsy may also be studied. - Participants may have genetic testing. Blood will be taken. It will be tested along with biopsy samples. Researchers will explain the risks and procedures. They may notify participants if testing shows health problems. - After this study, participants will continue their regular cancer care.
This phase II trial will test the hypothesis that inhibition of c-kit signalling pathways in pediatric patients with Neurofibromatosis Type I(NF-1) and progressing plexiform neurofibroma will result in objective reduction and/or inhibition of plexiform neurofibromas progression. This will be a Phase II study of imatinib mesylate given orally. Patients with stable or responding disease may receive the drug for a period not exceeding one year.
Background: - Studies show that Internet Support Groups (ISGs) can help parents of children with chronic conditions. Researchers want to find out if ISGs can help parents of a child with the genetic disorder Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). Objective: - To see if an ISG for parents with a child with NF1 can give the parents more social support and less anxiety. Eligibility: - Adults age 18 and older with a child (age 0 25 years) with NF1. Design: - Participants will register for the study on a website hosted by the Children s Tumor Foundation. - Participants will complete 5 questionnaires. These will be about their emotional well-being, their child s health status, and their contact information. - The ISG will include a Discussion Forum that participants can enter 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A professional moderator will post questions and discussion topics. The moderator can also respond to questions. They will be a psychologist, a psychology associate, or a nurse-practitioner. Each one will be highly experienced at working with young people with NF1 and their families. - The ISG also will contain a chat room. Here participants can chat with other users in real time. The chat room will be open for one 90-minute session per week. - The ISG will remain open for 8 weeks. Then participants will retake 4 of the questionnaires from the beginning of the study. They will also complete 1 other questionnaire about their experiences with the ISG. Information from any messages participants post on the ISG website will be collected. - Three months after the ISG closes, participants will complete the questionnaires one final time.
The purpose of this study is to determine if the study drug, AXITINIB, has any effect on tumors found in patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2).
This was a 4-part (Part A, Part B, Part C and Part D), Phase I/IIa, multi-center, open label, study in pediatric subjects with refractory or recurrent tumors. Part A was a repeat dose, dose escalation and expansion phase that identified the recommended phase II dose (RP2D) of trametinib monotherapy. Part B evaluated the preliminary activity of trametinib monotherapy in 4 disease-specific cohorts of subjects. Part C was aimed to determine the safety, tolerability and preliminary activity of the RP2D of trametinib in combination with a limited dose escalation of dabrafenib. Part D evaluated the preliminary activity of trametinib in combination with dabrafenib in 2 disease-specific cohorts of subjects. The overall goal of this trial was to efficiently establish safe, pharmacologically relevant dose of trametinib monotherapy and trametinib in combination with dabrafenib in infants, children and adolescents and determine preliminary activity of trametinib monotherapy and trametinib in combination with dabrafenib in selected recurrent, refractory or unresectable childhood tumors.
1)Preliminarily evaluate the treatment effect of continuous vein injection of recombinant human endostatin on NF2; 2)Preliminarily evaluate the safety and the patient's tolerance of the treatment of endostatin; 3)Provide an objective basis for an enlarged randomized double-blind trial.