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CAC2 Childhood Cancer Community News Digest (January 27-February 2)

February 3, 2025
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Assorted News from the Last Week: A recent study indicates that children and young adults with cancer face an elevated risk of dying if they live in previously redlined neighborhoods—residential areas marked in the 1920s–1930s by lenders as undesirable for mortgage loans due to their racial demographics. International convention: Defeating childhood and adolescent cancer and reducing global disparities. Landscape of global pediatric oncology publications: A cross-sectional analysis. New research explains why immunotherapy is less effective in children with cancer. Epigenetic states during development establish cancer risk before birth. Teens with cancer report worse pain, mental health a year after advance [...] Read more

CAC2 Childhood Cancer Community News Digest (January 20-26)

January 27, 2025
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Assorted News from the Last Week: A large number of CAC2 members contributed to the recently published conclusions from the 2024 paediatric strategy forum for medicinal product development in diffuse midline gliomas: to achieve progress: i) drug discovery; ii) new multi-modality, efficient, collaborative, pre-clinical approaches, possibly including artificial intelligence and, iii) efficient clinical trial designs fit for regulatory purposes are required. The FDA approved treosulfan (Grafapex) with fludarabine as a preparative regimen for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients ages 1 year and older with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Researchers have determined how children's immune [...] Read more

CAC2 Childhood Cancer Community News Digest (January 13-19)

January 20, 2025
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Assorted News from the Last Week: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved FoundationOne®CDx as a companion diagnostic for Supporting Organization Member Day One Biopharmaceuticals’ OJEMDA, a type II RAF inhibitor, for the treatment of patients six months of age and older with relapsed or refractory pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG) harboring a BRAF fusion or rearrangement. Pediatric patients with cancer who have obesity at the time of diagnosis may face an elevated risk of mortality. About 30% of adolescents and young adults with cancer who wanted to die at home did not do so. Cancer burden is shifting from [...] Read more

CAC2 Webinar–“Fit for Filing”

January 20, 2025
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In CAC2's "Fit for Filing" webinar, our speakers explored designing and conducting academic or academic industry collaborative trials that produce data suitable for regulatory filing. This presentation covered best practices and considerations for conducting trials ready to submit for regulatory approval. The panel examined multiple perspectives, including academia, industry, regulatory authorities, funding organizations, and patient advocates. The speakers emphasized the importance of early, robust, and multi-directional partnerships among academic investigators, cooperative groups, regulatory agencies, and industry, and how funding organizations can help promote these collaborations that are crucial to ensure the unmet medical needs of children with cancer remains a [...] Read more

CAC2 Childhood Cancer Community News Digest (January 6-12)

January 13, 2025
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Assorted News from the Last Week: Pope Francis tells pediatric cancer patients they are ‘witnesses of hope.’ Unraveling the relationship between stress exposure and childhood anxiety: Considering accumulation, impact, and type in the first five years of life. New symptom reporting tool improves quality of life for children with cancer. Draft guidance from the FDA and Office for Human Research Protections offers draft guidance for incorporating tissue biopsies into clinical trials. Bone mineral density deficits prevalent among childhood cancer survivors, but modifiable risk factors suggest there are targets for intervention. Childhood cancer genome study reveals hidden variants. Transplant of frozen [...] Read more

CAC2 Childhood Cancer Community News Digest (December 30-January 5)

January 6, 2025
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Assorted News from the Last Week: GLO-BNHL opens first sites of a multi-country platform trial that will offer multiple new treatments and a better chance of survival for pediatric B-cell Non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Read more about this trial from a personal point of view! The finding that children from low-income households are more likely to experience cancer relapse and face lower survival rates compared to their more privileged peers, despite receiving treatment on highly standardized clinical trials at top academic centers, prompts formation of the IGNITE Consortium. In a small clinical trial, a CAR T-cell therapy—a type of immunotherapy that [...] Read more

CAC2 Childhood Cancer Community News Digest (December 23-29)

December 30, 2024
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Assorted News from the Last Week: Spending package extends medicare telehealth flexibilities for three months and Gabriella Miller Kids First 2.0 reauthorization passes in standalone bill.  Other childhood cancer priorities left behind. FDA approves Remestemcel-L for pediatric steroid-refractory acute graft-vs-host disease. Neurocognitive battery feasible in 3-year-olds during leukemia treatment. Saro H. Armenian, DO, MPH, discussed the unique challenges facing children diagnosed with cancer and their families and what lies on the horizon. Upcoming Webinars, Online Opportunities, and Meetings: ACCELERATE Multi-stakeholder Conference "A Decade of Impact – and Beyond" on February 6th & 7th in Brussels Belgium. In-person and virtual registration [...] Read more

CAC2 Childhood Cancer Community News Digest (December 16-22)

December 23, 2024
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Assorted News from the Last Week: Special Advocacy Call to Action:  CAC2 Supporting Organization LLS is spearheading an effort and inviting all in the community to call on Congress to make children with cancer its number one priority when it reconvenes in January.  Read about it here. FDA approves Remestemcel-L for pediatric steroid-refractory acute Graft-vs-Host disease. Alarming mental health challenges among young cancer survivors, especially males, demand action. Giving pediatric cancer survivors hope in Nigeria. Breakthrough study set to change how osteosarcomas are diagnosed and treated. Experimental drug that summons 'warriors of the immune system' shows early promise against non-Hodgkin [...] Read more

SPECIAL YEAR-END ADVOCACY ALERT

December 23, 2024
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There were five pieces of legislation that had gained a lot of support across both the House and the Senate over the past two years thanks to the collective efforts of the childhood cancer community and our legislative champions:   ACCELERATING ACCESS TO CARE ACT: Streamlines out-of-state treatment for children on Medicaid. GABRIELLA MILLER KIDS FIRST RESEARCH ACT 2.0: Extends research funding authorization for another seven years. GIVE KIDS A CHANCE ACT: Supports pediatric studies on new cancer drug combinations. INNOVATIONS IN PEDIATRIC DRUGS ACT: Imposes financial penalties on drug companies that fail to complete required pediatric studies. PRIORITY REVIEW […]

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CAC2 Childhood Cancer Community News Digest (December 9-15)

December 16, 2024
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Assorted News from the Last Week: The simple act of asking young patients about their symptoms regularly during cancer treatment can help them get more supportive care and reduce distressing side effects, according to the results of two new clinical trials. A simple change to the chemotherapy regimen for people with Hodgkin lymphoma could reduce the long-term health impacts that can result from treatment. Indian researchers are working on developing less expensive treatment for children's blood cancers. Frequent copy number gain of MCL1 is a therapeutic target for osteosarcoma. The survival rate for children high risk neuroblastoma could one day [...] Read more
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