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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/ |
Study of Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Versus Standard of Care Therapy in Participants With Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma
Lymphoma
Lymphoma
The goal of this clinical study is test how well the study drug, axicabtagene ciloleucel,
works in participants with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma
works in participants with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma
Lymphoma
III
Oluwole, Olalekan
NCT05371093
VICCCTT2266
Treatment Response and Biomarker-Guided Steroid Taper for Children with GVHD
Multiple Cancer Types
This phase II trial studies the treatment response for patients with acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). GVHD occurs when donor immune cells attack the healthy tissue of a bone marrow or stem cell transplant patient. The standard treatment for GVHD is to lower the activity of the donor cells by using steroid medications such as prednisone. But steroid treatment may cause many complications and the risk of these complications increases with higher doses of steroids and longer treatment. It is important to find ways to decrease the steroid treatment in patients who do not need long courses. Researchers are doing this study to find out how many subjects respond well to lower steroid dosing based on a blood test (GVHD biomarker) and if they develop fewer complications.
Miscellaneous,
Pediatrics
II
Kitko, Carrie
NCT05090384
VICCPED2213
Inotuzumab Ozogamicin with Standard Chemotherapy Regimen for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Multiple Cancer Types
This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of inotuzumab ozogamicin when given with 3 and 4 drug standard chemotherapy regimen in treating patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia that has come back (relapsed) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). Inotuzumab ozogamicin is a monoclonal antibody, called inotuzumab, linked to a toxic agent called ozogamicin. Inotuzumab attaches to CD22 positive cancer cells in a targeted way and delivers ozogamicin to kill them. Chemotherapy drugs, such as daunorubicin, vincristine, cytarabine, methotrexate, and pegaspargase, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Anti-inflammatory drugs, such as prednisone lower the bodys immune response and are used with other drugs in the treatment of some types of cancer. Giving inotuzumab ozogamicin with standard chemotherapy may work better in treating patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia compared to inotuzumab ozogamicin alone.
Leukemia,
Phase I
I
Oluwole, Olalekan
NCT03962465
VICCHEMP20108
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
Zarnegar-Lumley, Sara
NCT02205762
VICCPED2231
