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Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric TumorMAPPYACTSNCT02613962

Proof -of -Concept Study To Stratify Targeted Therapies Adapted To Molecular Profiling

A study testing biopsy or surgical resection of tumor and blood sampling in people with Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric Tumor, run by Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris at 5 sites in 5 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

In the light of the development of high-throughput technologies enabling a biology-based reclassification of tumors and the increasing number of available specifically targeting anticancer agents the era of "precision medicine" has begun. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 6 months to 18 years
Conditions the study is for
Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric Tumor
What is being tested?
biopsy or surgical resection of tumor and blood sampling
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
791 participants
Where
5 sitesin 5 countries
Study dates
13 Jan 2016to 16 Nov 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 6 months to 18 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Written informed consent signed by the patient, or parents or legal representative and assent of the minor child to perform biopsy/surgical resection/aspiral/sample and molecular analysis of the tumor and blood sample
  • Patient with confirmed solid tumor or leukemia which is recurrent or refractory to standard treatment and who is eligible for an early phase clinical trial
  • In case of solid tumor, lesion must be accessible for biopsy or surgical resection or cytological puncture
  • Age: Patients aged ≥ 6 months at time of inclusion and aged ≤ 18 years at the time of initial diagnosis
  • Performance status and life expectancy that allows treatment in an experimental trial: Karnofsky performance status ≥ 70% for patients > 12 years of age, Lansky play scale ≥ 70% for patients ≤ 12 years of age
  • Adequate organ function:
  • Adequate hematopoietic function for patients with solid tumor (Leukemia patients are excluded from hematological criteria) : Neutrophils >1.0 x 109/l, Platelets >100 x 109/l, Heamoglobin >80 g/l (transfusion allowed) In case of bone marrow involvment: Neutrophils >/= 0.75 x 109/l (unsupported) , Platelet count >/= 0.75 x 109/l (unsupported) Adequate hepatic function: ALAT/ASAT <2.5 x ULN, Bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN (in case of tumor involvement of the liver ALAT/ASAT <5 x ULN) Adequate renal function: Serum creatinemia <1.5 x ULN for age. In case serum creatinine >1.5 ULN according to age, creatinine clearance has to be >70mL/mL/1.73 m2 or glomerular filtration rate measurement >70% of the expected value
  • Patients affiliated to a Social Security Regimen or beneficiary of the same as per local regulatory requirements

Who cannot join

  • Life expectancy ≤ 3 months
  • Symptomatic CNS metastases
  • In case of leukemia, are excluded patients with isolated meningitis relapses.
  • Coagulation disorder that prevents the accomplishment of a biopsy or surgery
  • Uncontrolled infections not responsive to antibiotics, antiviral medicines, or antifungal medicines
  • Presence of ≥ CTCAE grade 2 toxicity (except alopecia, ototoxicity, lymphopenia which are not excluded if grade 3 or less) due to prior cancer therapy
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  • Malignant disease other than that being treated in this study. Exceptions to this exclusion include the following: malignancies that were treated curatively and have not recurred within 3 years prior to study entry
  • Any concurrent illness or laboratory abnormality that in opinion of investigator may interfere with the interpretation of study results, may suppose a risk for the realization of biopsy/surgery, and in the judgment of the investigator would make the patient inappropriate for the study
  • Evidence of active viral Hepatitis B or C or known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection

Trial locations and contacts

5 sites in 5 countries.

5 sites in 5 countries

France1 site
  • Gustave Roussy

    Villejuif, Val de Marne, 94805

Other trials in France

Ireland1 site
  • Our Lady's Children's Hospital

    Dublin, Crumlin, 12

Other trials in Ireland

Israel1 site
  • Schneider Children's Medical Center

    Petah Tikva, 49202

Other trials in Israel

Italy1 site
  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto

    Milan, 20133

Other trials in Italy

Spain1 site
  • Hospital Universitari Vall D'Hebron

    Barcelona, Catalonia, 08035

Other trials in Spain

About this study

Official title: A Prospective, Multicentric Clinical Proof-of-concept Study to Stratify Targeted Therapies Adapted to Molecular Profiling of Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric Tumors

In the light of the development of high-throughput technologies enabling a biology-based reclassification of tumors and the increasing number of available specifically targeting anticancer agents the era of "precision medicine" has begun. Several clinical precision medicine trials with the aim of stratifying treatment according to molecular profiles (for example in France: 'MOlecular Screening for CAncer Treatment Optimization' MOSCATO-01, SHIVA, PROFILER, Safir01, Safir02) are ongoing in adults and have shown the feasibility of this approach. MOSCATO-01 is the first trial worldwide including pediatric patients, performing an on-purpose intervention and molecular profiling in recurrent tumors. Together with more than 500 adult patients, between December 2012 to August 2014, the tumors of 35 children and adolescents have been profiled, confirming that this approach is feasible in pediatric patients albeit with accelerated time stringencies. Importantly, the results of the first children and adolescents profiled showed that 2/3 of patients had 'actionable' alterations using hot spot mutations sequencing and CGH array (Geoerger B et al, ASCO 2014).

The project 'MAPPYACTS' will use both Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) and RNA Sequencing of tumor tissue to increase the number of targetable genomic alterations. Furthermore to improve understanding of the overall molecular profile and possible response to treatment, methylation array, miRNA expression profiles, and study of immunomodulators will be performed on tumor samples subsequently. CLIP2 (INCa-labeled early phase clinical trials centers) - SiRIC (INCa- labeled comprehensive cancer centers) molecular profiling and bioinformatics platforms will contribute with their expertise in molecular profiling projects and characterization of pediatric cancers. Data interpretation of molecular genetic alterations detected by WES and RNA Seq and treatment recommendation will be done within a multidisciplinary therapeutic molecular biology tumor board.

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'MAPPYACTS' will produce one of the largest cohorts of molecularly characterized relapsed tumors reported to date, and thanks to increased access to clinical trials since the European pediatric legislation, the investigators expect that 20-30% of patients can be stratified into a targeted trial based on the detected profile.

It is the investigators' intention that this initiative paves the way to enrich ongoing clinical targeted agent trials, to increase the numbers of stratified clinical trials, to an earlier access to targeted agents, and will play a crucial role in the relevant development of these new agents in pediatric malignancies.

Being tested
biopsy or surgical resection of tumor and blood sampling
Medical subject headings
Recurrence, Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • biopsy or surgical resection of tumor and blood samplingProcedure or surgery

Study groups in NCT02613962
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
relapsed or refractory pediatric tumorExperimentalThis is a prospective, international, multicentric clinical proof-of-concept study to stratify targeted therapies adapted to molecular profiling of relapsed or refractory pediatric tumors. The molecular screening will be done on a newly biopsied or resected tumor sample obtained at the time of relapse/progression, using high-throughput technologies, primarily WES and RNA Sequencing, and bioinformatics analysis.
Receives: Procedure: biopsy or surgical resection of tumor and blood sampling

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. The percentage of patients with recurrent or refractory pediatric solid tumor or leukemia that could be attributed to treatment with matched targeted agents

    The percentage of patients with recurrent or refractory pediatric solid tumor or leukemia that could be attributed to treatment with matched targeted agents according to the molecular profile in their individual tumor will be estimated

    Measured: assessed four years after beginning of study

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted25 Nov 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study start13 Jan 2016
  3. Primary completion16 Nov 2022
  4. Study completion16 Nov 2022

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Screening
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
791 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02613962
Sponsor's protocol ID
2015-A00464-45
Other IDs
2015/2244
Acronym
MAPPYACTS
Status last verified
Mar 2026
First submitted
23 Nov 2015
Last updated
1 Apr 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Chaix J, Schleiermacher G, Corradini N, Andre N, Thebaud E, Gambart M, Defachelles AS, Entz-Werle N, Chastagner P, De Carli E, Ducassou S, Landman-Parker J, Adam-de-Beaumais T, Larive A, Michiels S, Vassal G, Valteau-Couanet D, Geoerger B, Berlanga P. Clinical trial inclusion in patients with relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma following the European Precision Cancer Medicine trial MAPPYACTS. Eur J Cancer. 2024 Apr;201:113923. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2024.113923. Epub 2024 Feb 15.

    PubMed 38377775
  • Marques Da Costa ME, Zaidi S, Scoazec JY, Droit R, Lim WC, Marchais A, Salmon J, Cherkaoui S, Morscher RJ, Laurent A, Malinge S, Mercher T, Tabone-Eglinger S, Goddard I, Pflumio F, Calvo J, Redini F, Entz-Werle N, Soriano A, Villanueva A, Cairo S, Chastagner P, Moro M, Owens C, Casanova M, Hladun-Alvaro R, Berlanga P, Daudigeos-Dubus E, Dessen P, Zitvogel L, Lacroix L, Pierron G, Delattre O, Schleiermacher G, Surdez D, Geoerger B. A biobank of pediatric patient-derived-xenograft models in cancer precision medicine trial MAPPYACTS for relapsed and refractory tumors. Commun Biol. 2023 Sep 18;6(1):949. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05320-0.

    PubMed 37723198
  • Berlanga P, Pierron G, Lacroix L, Chicard M, Adam de Beaumais T, Marchais A, Harttrampf AC, Iddir Y, Larive A, Soriano Fernandez A, Hezam I, Chevassus C, Bernard V, Cotteret S, Scoazec JY, Gauthier A, Abbou S, Corradini N, Andre N, Aerts I, Thebaud E, Casanova M, Owens C, Hladun-Alvaro R, Michiels S, Delattre O, Vassal G, Schleiermacher G, Geoerger B. The European MAPPYACTS Trial: Precision Medicine Program in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients with Recurrent Malignancies. Cancer Discov. 2022 May 2;12(5):1266-1281. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-1136.

    PubMed 35292802
  • Morscher RJ, Brard C, Berlanga P, Marshall LV, Andre N, Rubino J, Aerts I, De Carli E, Corradini N, Nebchi S, Paoletti X, Mortimer P, Lacroix L, Pierron G, Schleiermacher G, Vassal G, Geoerger B. First-in-child phase I/II study of the dual mTORC1/2 inhibitor vistusertib (AZD2014) as monotherapy and in combination with topotecan-temozolomide in children with advanced malignancies: arms E and F of the AcSe-ESMART trial. Eur J Cancer. 2021 Nov;157:268-277. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.08.010. Epub 2021 Sep 17.

    PubMed 34543871
  • Peneder P, Stutz AM, Surdez D, Krumbholz M, Semper S, Chicard M, Sheffield NC, Pierron G, Lapouble E, Totzl M, Erguner B, Barreca D, Rendeiro AF, Agaimy A, Boztug H, Engstler G, Dworzak M, Bernkopf M, Taschner-Mandl S, Ambros IM, Myklebost O, Marec-Berard P, Burchill SA, Brennan B, Strauss SJ, Whelan J, Schleiermacher G, Schaefer C, Dirksen U, Hutter C, Boye K, Ambros PF, Delattre O, Metzler M, Bock C, Tomazou EM. Multimodal analysis of cell-free DNA whole-genome sequencing for pediatric cancers with low mutational burden. Nat Commun. 2021 May 28;12(1):3230. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23445-w.

    PubMed 34050156

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing biopsy or surgical resection of tumor and blood sampling in people with Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric Tumor, run by Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris at 5 sites in 5 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Apr 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 5 sites in France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

The percentage of patients with recurrent or refractory pediatric solid tumor or leukemia that could be attributed to treatment with matched targeted agents (time frame: assessed four years after beginning of study). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02613962, which also lists 5 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 1 Apr 2026.

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