Table 1: Provides selected clinical trials currently open in pediatric neuro-oncology that utilize immunotherapy strategies within the categories of Vaccine therapy, Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, Checkpoint blockade, and Viral therapies. This table provides Immunotherapy category, Clinicaltrials.gov NCT number, Primary site location, Name of specific therapy, and Eligible disease types.

Recent clinical trials: Immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors
Type of immunotherapy Clinical trials.gov identifier Lead institution/Consortium Investigational agent Eligible tumor type
Vaccine NCT02960230 University of california, San francisco (PNOC) H3.3K27M peptide vaccine HLA-A201+ children with newly diagnosed DIPG and H3.3K27M positive glioma
NCT01130077 University of pittsburgh Glioma-associated antigen vaccine (EphA2, IL-13Rα2, survivin) HLA-A2+ children with DIPG or recurrent or High grade glioma
NCT01808820 University of miami (HGG Immuno Group) Tumor lysate pulsed dendritic cell vaccine + Imiquimod High grade glioma
NCT02722512 Lurie children's hospital of chicago Heat shock protein peptide complex-96 (HSPPC-96) vaccine Newly diagnosed or Recurrent high grade glioma
NCT03068832 Washington university Neo-epitope personalized synthetic long peptide vaccine Recurrent malignant CNS tumors
CAR T cell NCT03500991 Seattle children's hospital HER2-specific CAR T cell HER2-positiive recurrent or Refractory CNS tumors
NCT02208362 City of hope medical center IL13Rα2-specific CAR T cell Recurrent or Refractory high grade glioma
Checkpoint blockade NCT02502708 Children's healthcare of Atlanta IDO pathway inhibitor plus indoximod and Temozolomide Progressive malignant brain tumors (including DIPG)
NCT02359565 National cancer institute/Children's national medical center (PBTC) Pembrolizumab Recurrent, refractory high grade glioma, DIPG, Hypermutated tumors, Ependymoma, Medulloblastoma
NCT02992964 The hospital for Sick children Nivolumab Hypermutant tumors
NCT03130959 Bristol meyers squibb Nivolumab, Ipilimumab High grade CNS malignancies
Viral gene therapy NCT00634231 Dana farber cancer institute ADV-tk + Prodrug therapy in combination with radiation Malignant glioma (WHO grade III or IV); Recurrent ependymoma
NCT03330197 Ziopharm Ad-RTS-hIL-12 + Veledimex DIPG and Recurrent malignant brain tumors
Viral targets NCT03299309 Duke university PEP-CMV vaccine (human pp65 and CMV glyocoprotein B + KLH) Recurrent medulloblastoma and Malignant glioma
Oncolytic virus NCT02962167 University of california, San francisco (PNOC) Modified measles vaccine (MV-NIS) Recurrent medulloblastoma or ATRT
NCT03178032 Clinica universidad de navarra DNX-2401 oncolytic virus targeting abnormal RB pathway DIPG