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A Multi-Arm, Platform Trial For Relapsed Neuroblastoma

Sponsor: University of Birmingham

NCT ID: NCT07334301

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At a glance

What the study gets you
Access to the study treatment being tested
Type of study
Interventional (receives a drug or procedure)
Time in hospital
In-person visits at study sites — visit count not specified by the sponsor
Drug or intervention
Bevacizumab (drug), Dinutuximab beta (drug), Irinotecan (drug) (drug), Topotecan (drug)
How long the study runs
Study runs about 73 months (dates as stated)
About the drug or intervention
Bevacizumab — drug: Bevacizumab · Dinutuximab beta — drug: Dinutuximab beta · Irinotecan (drug) — drug: Irinotecan · Topotecan — drug: Topotecan · Temozolomide (TMZ) — drug: Temozolomide capsule · Temozolomide (TMZ) — drug: Temozolomide liquid suspension
Patient visit burden
Not specified by the sponsor

In plain English

This trial, run by the University of Birmingham, is for children and young people whose high-risk neuroblastoma (a cancer of nerve tissue) has come back or continued to grow after treatment. It is a 'multi-arm, platform' trial, meaning it tests several treatments at the same time within one study.

Who can take part

  • Confirmed neuroblastoma diagnosed from tissue samples, staged using the International Neuroblastoma Staging System
  • High-risk neuroblastoma that has relapsed (come back) or got worse after treatment
  • Disease that can be measured on scans or seen on an MIBG scan (disease only found in the bone marrow cannot be included)
  • Age 1 year or older
  • Consent given by the participant, parent or guardian
  • Able to carry out most daily activities (performance score of at least 50%), including children who use a wheelchair due to paralysis but can sit upright unaided
  • Expected to live at least 12 weeks
  • Good enough blood, kidney, liver and blood-clotting function, and blood pressure below a set level for age (blood pressure medicines are allowed)
  • For the Tier 2 group: more than one relapse, or not suitable for Tier 1; previous bevacizumab, anti-GD2 antibody with chemotherapy, or temozolomide with irinotecan may be allowed if the doctor thinks the treatment could still help

Who may not be able to

  • Allergy or strong bad reaction to any study drug or to antibody medicines made in the lab; severe past reactions to anti-GD2 antibodies
  • Significant nerve problems, uncontrolled seizures, or previous serious (Grade 3 or worse) muscle weakness caused by anti-GD2 treatment
  • Past or current blood clots in the arteries, such as a stroke or heart attack
  • Lung inflammation (pneumonitis), past or present, that needed steroids
  • Allergic to all medicines used to prevent a chest infection called Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
  • Uncontrolled infection
  • Not fully recovered from recent surgery, or recent surgery or procedures too close to the start of treatment
  • Not enough time since previous treatments, including chemotherapy, anti-GD2 therapy, radiotherapy, MIBG therapy, or stem cell transplants
  • Bleeding tumours, or serious coughing up of blood or bleeding in the lungs within the last 6 months
  • Enzyme-affecting seizure medicines within 72 hours of starting treatment
  • Conditions that raise the risk of bevacizumab side effects, such as bleeding disorders, holes in the bowel, fistulas, abscesses in the tummy, or bowel blockage
  • Cannot digest galactose or fructose (a rare inherited problem)
  • Not willing or able to use very reliable contraception during treatment and for 6 months after the last dose
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Live vaccines (such as some routine jabs) within 28 days before joining
  • Any other uncontrolled health problem that would add extra risk
  • For Tier 1: more than one relapse, or previous bevacizumab or anti-GD2-with-chemotherapy treatment for relapsed neuroblastoma (unless given for refractory disease with no progression during it)

What taking part involves

  • • Not stated — ask the trial team. The registry data does not describe the study treatments, how they are given, or which treatment each participant receives.
  • • Previous treatments mentioned in the criteria include bevacizumab, anti-GD2 antibodies, temozolomide and irinotecan, but these are described only as past treatments participants may or may not have had.

Time commitment: Not stated — ask the trial team. The registry data does not say how long the trial lasts or how many hospital visits are needed.

Plain-English summary (AI-generated) from registry data. Not eligibility advice — only the trial team can confirm whether you can take part. Use the eligibility checker to see how your health profile matches this trial.

Type of study
Testing a treatment
Ages
1 Year and over
Who
All
Number of participants
160
Started
2024-11-11
Last checked
2026-01

Plain English Summary

What is this study?

  • • Testing a new treatment for relapsed neuroblastoma
  • • Phase1/Phase2 - 160 participants
  • • Neuroblastoma is one of the most common solid childhood tumours, and a major cause of cancer-related death in children

Who can take part?

  • • Ages 1 Year and over
  • • Diagnosed with relapsed neuroblastoma

Where?

  • • Aberdeen - Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
  • • Belfast - Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
  • • Birmingham - Birmingham Children's Hospital
  • • Bristol - Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
  • • +15 more UK sites

This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.

About This Trial

Neuroblastoma is one of the most common solid childhood tumours, and a major cause of cancer-related death in children. More than 1200 children/young adults a year are diagnosed in USA and Europe. Around 600 of these cases are considered high-risk, which means the cancer is more difficult to treat successfully. Despite improvements in survival over recent decades, a significant proportion of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma have disease that does not respond to standard treatments (refractory neuroblastoma) or comes back after completion of standard frontline treatment (relapsed neuroblastoma). Therefore, there is a need to develop new treatment strategies and test new drugs to improve outcomes for children with neuroblastoma. Aims Of The BEACON2 Trial * To improve survival for patients with relapsed neuroblastoma by developing new treatment combinations * To evaluate new treatment combinations in relapsed neuroblastoma, within a phase I/II trial that can impact clinical practice, while also allowing dose confirmation for new promising combinations * To evaluate the safety, activity, efficacy and impact on quality of life of these new treatment combinations in relapsed neuroblastoma patients * To improve our understanding of relapsed neuroblastoma biology and advance the development of targeted therapies using biomarkers, by conducting a comprehensive biomarker sample collection. Trial Design BEACON2 is a randomised phase I/phase II, open label, international trial. The trial will have two tiers: Tier 1 will be the main randomisation for two treatment arms initially. Participants will be randomised at trial entry to receive one of the available regimens, treatment A or treatment B. Tier 2 will include smaller dose expansion/confirmation cohorts for more novel experimental treatment combinations (Arm C and future arms), with the potential for them to be moved to Tier 1. Current Tier 1 (Randomisation Tier) Treatment Arms in the BEACON2 Trial: Arm A: dbIT Treatment with dinutuximab beta, irinotecan, and temozolomide, 3 weekly x12 cycles Arm B: BIT Treatment with bevacizumab, irinotecan, and temozolomide, 3 weekly x12 cycles Current Tier 2 (Registration Only Tier) Treatment Arms in the BEACON2 Trial: Arm C: dbBIT Treatment with dinutuximab beta, bevacizumab, irinotecan, and temozolomide, 3 weekly x12 cycles Patient Population and Sample Size Patients aged ≥1 years of age with relapsed neuroblastoma. For each arm in Tier 1, up to 75 patients will be recruited to complete phase 2 investigations. For each arm in Tier 2, 10 patients will be recruited to complete phase I investigations. Approximately 160 participants are initially planned, 75 in each arm of Tier 1 and 10 participants for one dose-confirmation cohort in Tier 2. The study is expected to recruit patients for 3 years, and then finish patient follow-up after an additional 5 years. Translational Sub-study / Biological Studies It is standard of care for patients diagnosed with relapsed neuroblastoma to: * Have had a tumour sample collected at point of initial diagnosis (either during biopsy or surgery) * Have bloods collected before they start and during treatment for their relapsed neuroblastoma * Have a bone aspirate/trephine procedure in order to help confirm relapse. These samples provide very important opportunities for further research, and the study investigators would like to make full use of these opportunities by collecting the analysis already performed on these samples and collect some additional samples (at the same time as the standard ones) to learn and understand more about neuroblastoma and its treatment. Samples will undergo research analysis at the national SIOPEN reference laboratories.

Relapsed Neuroblastoma

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Eligibility at a Glance

Key info

  • Age: 1 Year and over
  • Who can join: All genders

Biomarkers mentioned

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Treatment history

Treatments you must have had:

  • ✓ temozolomide with irinotecan

Treatments you must NOT have had:

  • ✗ treatments that

What the study is looking for

  • ✓Disease specific
  • ✓Histologically proven neuroblastoma as per International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS)\[1\] definition
  • ✓High risk relapsed neuroblastoma (relapsed or progressed after being defined as High Risk at any time following...
  • ✓Age ≥1 year
  • ✓Signed agreement to take part from participant, parent or guardian Performance and organ health

Who cannot take part

  • ✗• Known safety concern or hypersensitivity to:
  • ✗Any the study treatment or component of the formulation
  • ✗Chinese hamster ovary products or other recombinant human or humanised antibodies.
  • ✗Participants with mild previous hypersensitivity reactions to anti-GD2 antibodies may be included, but those with...
  • ✗Prior severe arterial thrombo-embolic events (e.g. heart ischemia, cerebral vascular accident, peripheral arterial...
See the full criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Disease specific * Histologically proven neuroblastoma as per International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS)\[1\] definition * High risk relapsed neuroblastoma (relapsed or progressed after being defined as High Risk at any time following diagnosis or progressed/relapsed as high-risk neuroblastoma) * Measurable disease by cross sectional imaging or evaluable disease (uptake on MIBG scan with or without bone marrow histology), as per INRC \[2, 3\]. Participants with only bone marrow detectable disease (bone marrow aspirate or trephine) are NOT eligible for the study General * Age ≥1 year * Signed informed consent from participant, parent or guardian Performance and organ function * Performance Status o Lansky (for patients ≤12 years of age) or Karnofsky (for those \>12) ≥ 50%, (Participants who are unable to walk because of paralysis, but who are able to sit upright unassisted in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing performance score) * Life expectancy of ≥12 weeks * Bone marrow function (within 72 hours prior to randomisation): * Platelets ≥ 50 x 109/L (unsupported for 72 hours) * ANC ≥ 0.50 x 109/L (no G-CSF support for 72 hours) * Haemoglobin \> 8 g/dL (transfusions allowed) * Renal function (within 72 hours prior to randomisation): * Absence of clinically significant proteinuria (either early morning urine dipstick ≤ 2+) or if dipstick urinalysis shows \> 2+ proteinuria, protein: creatinine (Pr/Cr) ratio must be \< 0.5 or a 24 hour protein excretion must be \< 0.5g * Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 ULN for age, if higher, a measured GFR (radioisotope or 24 hour urine calculated creatinine clearance) must be ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 * Liver function (within 72 hours prior to randomisation): o Absence of clinically significant signs of liver dysfunction. AST or ALT ≤ 3.0 ULN and total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 ULN. In patients with liver metastases, AST or ALT ≤ 5 ULN and total bilirubin ≤ 2.5 ULN is allowed. * Coagulation: * Participants must not have an active uncontrolled coagulopathy. * Anticoagulation is permitted as long as the INR or APTT is within therapeutic limits (according to the medical standard of the institution) and the participant has been on a stable dose of anticoagulants for at least two weeks at the time of study enrolment. * Blood pressure below 95th centile for age and sex. Participants ≥18 years of age should have a blood pressure ≤150/90 mmHg (within 72 hours prior to randomisation). Use of antihypertensive medication is permitted. Tier 2 Specific Inclusion Criteria • More than one relapse event or ineligible for Tier 1. NB- The following previous treatments are allowed provided that the principal investigator expects a favourable benefit/risk assessment (e.g. patients could derive potential benefit from the Tier 2 combination): * bevacizumab, * any anti-GD2 antibody given with chemotherapy ('chemo-immunotherapy') * previous treatment with temozolomide with irinotecan Exclusion Criteria: * • Known contraindication or hypersensitivity to: * Any study drug or component of the formulation * Chinese hamster ovary products or other recombinant human or humanised antibodies. * Participants with mild previous hypersensitivity reactions to anti-GD2 antibodies may be included, but those with severe (or G4) hypersensitivity reactions to anti-GD2 antibodies will be excluded. * Clinically significant neurological toxicity, uncontrolled seizures or objective peripheral neuropathy (\> grade 2). (Unresolved neurological deficits from previous spinal cord compression or surgeries are acceptable). Participants with previous ≥ Grade 3 motor neurotoxicity secondary to anti-GD2 are excluded, even if recovered * Prior severe arterial thrombo-embolic events (e.g. cardiac ischemia, cerebral vascular accident, peripheral arterial thrombosis) or any ongoing arterial thrombo-embolic events * A history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis requiring steroids, or current pneumonitis. * Patients that are allergic to all therapies for Pnemocystis jirovecii pneumonia and can thus not receive prophylaxis for PJP * Uncontrolled infection * Inadequate recovery from prior surgery with ongoing ≥ Grade 3 surgical complications. Grade ≥ 2 wound dehiscence. * Recent surgical procedures (at start of trial treatment). Patient can be randomised up to 48hr prior to these periods being completed provided that trial treatment only starts after complying with all of them: * Core biopsies within previous 24hr * Open excisional biopsies within previous 48hr * Major surgery within previous 2 weeks * Bone marrow aspirates/trephines, within previous 48hr * Tunnelled central line insertion within previous 48hr • Washout from prior treatments (at start of trial treatment): * Chemotherapy within previous 2 weeks (1 week for oral metronomic chemotherapy regimens) * Any anti-GD2 therapy within previous 2 weeks * Craniospinal radiotherapy or MIBG therapy within previous 6 weeks * Radiotherapy to the tumour bed within previous 2 weeks (no washout for palliative radiotherapy) * Myeloablative therapy with haematopoietic stem cell rescue (autologous stem cell transplant) within previous 8 weeks * Allogeneic stem cell transplant within previous 12 weeks (with absence of active ≥ G2 acute GVHD) * 14 days or 5 half-lives (whichever occurs later) from last administration of an IMP in an IMP-trial * Bleeding metastases (participants with CNS metastases can be enrolled as long as the metastases are not bleeding). At least 6 months from any ≥ G3 haemoptysis or pulmonary haemorrhage * Use of enzyme inducing anticonvulsants within 72hr of start of trial treatment * Conditions that increase the risk of bevacizumab-related toxicities: * History or evidence of inherited bleeding diathesis or significant coagulopathy at risk of bleeding (i.e. in the absence of therapeutic anticoagulation) * History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, intra-abdominal abscess or active gastrointestinal bleeding within 6 months prior to study enrolment * Current chronic intestinal inflammatory disease/bowel obstruction * Intolerance to galactose and fructose, lactase deficiency, and/or defect of absorption of galactose and fructose * Males or females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they agree to use a highly effective method of birth control, i.e. with a failure rate of less than 1% per year, (e.g. implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, IUDs, sexual abstinence or vasectomised partner), for the duration of study therapy and for up to 6 months after the last dose of trial drugs. A negative urine or serum pregnancy test must be obtained within 72 hours prior to dosing in females who are post-menarche. * Pregnant or lactating participant * Live or live-attenuated vaccines given within previous 28 days prior to study enrolment * Any uncontrolled medical condition that poses an additional risk to the participant Tier 1 Specific Exclusion Criteria * More than one relapse/progression event after the start of high risk neuroblastoma therapy * Previous treatments that are not allowed * Bevacizumab for relapsed neuroblastoma. Patients who have received BIT for refractory disease are not excluded, providing no progression of disease during this treatment occurred * Treatment with any anti-GD2 antibody given with chemotherapy ('chemo-immunotherapy') for treatment of relapsed neuroblastoma. Prior treatment with chemo-immunotherapy for refractory disease is allowed, provided no disease progression during this therapy.

Where Is This Study? (19 UK sites)

Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Recruiting

Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

Belfast, United Kingdom

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Sarah Pountain Head of Research Governance

R&D@uhb.nhs.uk0121 371 4185

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Bristol, United Kingdom

Recruiting

Addenbrookes Hospital

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Stephen Kelleher

cuh.research@nhs.net01223 348490

Children's Hospital for Wales

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Recruiting

Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Royal Hospital for Children

Glasgow, United Kingdom

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Leeds General Infirmary

Leeds, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

R&I Team

leedsth-tr.researchfacilitation@nhs.net0113 2060469

Alder Hey Hospital

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Kelly Davies

research@alderhey.nhs.uk0151 2525570

Great Ormond Street Hospital

London, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Main Email: Research.Governance@gosh.nhs.uk

Research.Governance@gosh.nhs.uk0207 905 2700

University College London Hospital

London, United Kingdom

NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Rajinder Sidhu - Associate Director, Research Governance and Operations

uclh.jro-communications@nhs.net020 3447 9825

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

Manchester, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Elizabeth Mainwaring

R&D.applications@mft.nhs.uk0161 276 3340

Royal Victoria Infirmary

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Colleen Bowthorpe

colleen.bowthorpe@nhs.scot01387 241815

Nottingham Children's Hospital

Nottingham, United Kingdom

NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Alison Lloyd

nuhnt.researchsponsor@nhs.net0115 9249924

John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford, United Kingdom

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Sheffield Children's Hospital

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Alessia Dunn

STH.ResearchAdministration@nhs.net0114 2712550

Southampton General Hospital

Southampton, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Site contact (verified)
Ramya Ramanujacharclinicaltrials@uhs.nhs.uk

Royal Marsden Hospital

Sutton, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Mark Brandon-Grove

research.development@rmh.nhs.uk020 3186 5416

How to Get in Touch

Trial Coordinator

Sponsor contact

CONTACT

44 (0) 121 4143799 beacon2@trials.bham.ac.uk
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov · Last verified: 2026-01