Pediatric Cancer

The FDA approved blinatumomab for patients 1 month or older with CD19-positive, Philadelphia chromosome–negative, B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Selpercatinib was granted accelerated approval from the FDA for patients aged 2 years and older with thyroid cancer or solid tumors with RET mutations.

Throughout April, the FDA approved drugs for the treatment of diseases including solid tumors, lung cancer, multiple myeloma, bladder cancer, and low-grade glioma.

The FDA approved tovorafenib for certain patients with relapsed or refractory pediatric low-grade glioma.

Lutetium Lu 177 dotatate was approved by the FDA for children aged 12 years and older with somatostatin receptor-positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

The FDA granted LSTA1 rare pediatric disease designation for the treatment of osteosarcoma.

The antibody-drug conjugate inotuzumab ozogamicin was approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients aged 1 year and older with relapsed or refractory CD22-positive B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

A treatment for NTRK-positive locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors, repotrectinib, is currently under priority review by the FDA and may address a high unmet medical need.

The NCCN has published its first set of treatment recommendations patients with for neuroblastoma.

Oncology nurses can bring creative art to their pediatric patients with cancer, thereby potentially reducing their anxiety levels, research showed.

Proper counseling is needed to help decrease fertility-related psychological distress in adolescent/young adult cancer survivors.

The FDA has approved entrectinib to treat pediatric patients ages 1 month and older with NTRK-positive solid tumors.

The FDA has approved bosutinib to treat pediatric patients with Philadelphia chromosome–positive, chronic-phase chronic myelogenous leukemia.

The resubmitted biologics license application for remestemcel-L has been issued a complete response letter.

Veno-occlusive disease or sinusoidal obstruction syndrome is commonly associated as a complication with transplant in pediatric patients but can also be seen with chemotherapy alone.

The FDA has granted blinatumomab full approval for patients with minimal residual disease–positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Treatment with the third-generation CAR T-cell agent GD2-CART01 was safe and feasible for patients aged 1 to 25 years with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma.

A cohort study identified factors associated with late deaths in childhood cancer survivors.

Nurse researchers sought to improve the communication between the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation care team and pediatric patient caregivers.

According to Fennec Pharmaceuticals, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network is updating it guidelines to recommend injections of sodium thiosulfate to reduce the risk of ototoxicity in pediatric patients receiving cisplatin.

Adolescents and young adults who have cancer also have a negative body image, financial toxicity, and concerns about family planning.

Nurse investigators created an enteral nutrition standardized pathway for pediatric patients about undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Patients who receive high cumulative doses of triple intrathecal therapy may be at an increased risk of neurocognitive problems.

Jesus Cepero, PhD, RN, highlights the value of holistic care environments in pediatric oncology.

The FDA has approved sodium thiosulfate to protect the hearing of pediatric patients who are at least 1 year old and are receiving cisplatin-based treatments.

Innovative strategies are needed to ensure that adolescents and young adults with cancer who prefer to die at home are able to make that choice.

Ibrutinib is now an FDA-approved treatment for patients aged 1 year or older who have chronic graft-versus-host-disease. Prescription warnings include bleeding and cardiac problems, infections, high blood pressure, a decrease in blood cell count, and tumor lysis syndrome.

Pediatric oncology nurses and social workers routinely collaborate not only in the biopsychosocial assessment of families’ psychosocial needs and distress, but in developing interventions that can improve a patient’s and family’s quality of life while in pediatric cancer treatment and in survivorship.

A single-center study evaluated the efficacy of saline flush in pediatric patients with central venous access devices.

Updated data from the phase 3 BELIEVE trial revealed a sustained reduction in the need for red blood cell transfusions among patients with β-thalassemia who received treatment with luspatercept-aamt.