UTSW Partners with Children’s Health to Tackle Pediatric Cancer with Novel Protocol

UT Southwestern Medical Center will lead a national multicenter clinical trial to test a treatment strategy for pediatric cancer patients that has shown promising results in adults.

The trial will examine the effects of combining several chemotherapy agents with an immunotherapy drug in children with solid tumors that have recurred or shown no significant response after initial treatment. The survival rate for this population is unacceptably low and hasn’t improved in decades.