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| Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, Senior Vice President for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence for Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence for Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, always knew she wanted to be a physician. "Health equity was built into everything I did, even if I didn’t know it or recognize it at the time," Wilkins said. "I have always learned and believed that people are the same — everyone deserves to be healthy, and everyone should have the best opportunities to take care of themselves and their families." Click below to learn more about health equity initiatives. https://momentum.vicc.org/2021/09/everyone-deserves-to-be-healthy/ |
Vanderbilt was the lead site for an NIH-funded, phase 2, multicenter influenza vaccine study in pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients that may lead to a change in the current flu vaccine recommendations in this vulnerable population. Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH and colleagues recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, that two doses of high-dose trivalent flu vaccine resulted in higher amounts of influenza-specific antibodies than two doses of standard dose quadrivalent vaccine. https://news.vumc.org/2023/03/02/high-dose-flu-vaccine-beneficial-for-pediatric-stem-cell-transplant-patients/ |
REACH (Research, Education, Advocacy, Clinical Care and Health) for Survivorship Program: Long Term Effects for Survivors of Cancer
Multiple Cancer Types
Miscellaneous,
Pediatrics
N/A
Esbenshade, Adam
VICCPED0710
Infectious Disease Outcomes in Pediatric Oncology Patients
Multiple Cancer Types
Miscellaneous,
Pediatrics
N/A
Esbenshade, Adam
VICCPED14127
Ocular Tumor Tissue Acquisition to Study Biologic Correlates of Disease
Multiple Cancer Types
Pediatrics,
Retinoblastoma (Pediatrics)
N/A
Daniels, Anthony
VICCPED16115
Developing Evidence-Based Criteria for Initiating Treatment for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Associated Optic Pathway Glioma
Multiple Cancer Types
Neuro-Oncology,
Pediatrics
N/A
Esbenshade, Adam
VICCPED17108
Blood based biomarkers for minimal residual disease detection in Pediatric Sarcomas
Multiple Cancer Types
Pediatrics,
Sarcoma
N/A
Borinstein, Scott
VICCPED2160
CAUSAL: Cohort to Augment the Understanding of Sarcoma Survivorship Across the Lifespan.
Multiple Cancer Types
Pediatrics,
Sarcoma
N/A
Friedman, Debra
VICCPED2222
Expanded Access to Trametinib for a child with Plexiform Neurofibroma in NF1
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
N/A
Esbenshade, Adam
VICCPED2251
Evolutionary Inspired Therapy for the Treatment of Fusion Positive Newly Diagnosed, Metastatic Rhabdomyosarcoma
Multiple Cancer Types
This phase II trial investigates evolutionary inspired therapy in treating fusion positive rhabdomyosarcoma that is newly diagnosed and has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Chemotherapy drugs, such as vinorelbine, vincristine sulfate, and actinomycin D, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Cyclophosphamide is used to decrease the body's immune response and may inhibit DNA replication and initiate cell death. This study is being done to determine which of 4 different therapeutic treatments will have the best chance of the disease not worsening or coming back.
Pediatrics,
Sarcoma
II
Borinstein, Scott
NCT04388839
VICCPED2134
LCH-IV, International Collaborative Treatment Protocol for Children and Adolescents With Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Multiple Cancer Types
The LCH-IV is an international, multicenter, prospective clinical study for pediatric
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis LCH (age < 18 years).
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis LCH (age < 18 years).
Miscellaneous,
Pediatrics
III
Pastakia, Devang
NCT02205762
VICCPED2231
Mismatched Related Donor versus Matched Unrelated Donor Stem Cell Transplantation for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Acute Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Multiple Cancer Types
This phase III trial compares hematopoietic (stem) cell transplantation (HCT) using mismatched related donors (haploidentical [haplo]) versus matched unrelated donors (MUD) in treating children, adolescents, and young adults with acute leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). HCT is considered standard of care treatment for patients with high-risk acute leukemia and MDS. In HCT, patients are given very high doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy, which is intended to kill cancer cells that may be resistant to more standard doses of chemotherapy; unfortunately, this also destroys the normal cells in the bone marrow, including stem cells. After the treatment, patients must have a healthy supply of stem cells reintroduced or transplanted. The transplanted cells then reestablish the blood cell production process in the bone marrow. The healthy stem cells may come from the blood or bone marrow of a related or unrelated donor. If patients do not have a matched related donor, doctors do not know what the next best donor choice is or if a haplo related donor or MUD is better. This trial may help researchers understand whether a haplo related donor or a MUD HCT for children with acute leukemia or MDS is better or if there is no difference at all.
Leukemia,
Myelodysplastic Syndrome,
Pediatric Leukemia,
Pediatric Lymphoma,
Pediatrics
III
Kitko, Carrie
NCT05457556
COGASCT2031
