Study of Aspirin in Patients With Vestibular Schwannoma
Status: | Recruiting |
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Conditions: | Cancer, Other Indications, Neurology, Podiatry |
Therapuetic Areas: | Neurology, Oncology, Orthopedics / Podiatry, Other |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 12 - Any |
Updated: | 1/13/2019 |
Start Date: | June 11, 2018 |
End Date: | February 2022 |
Contact: | Edina Shu |
Email: | Edina_Shu@meei.harvard.edu |
Phone: | 617-573-6822 |
Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Trial of Aspirin for Vestibular Schwannomas
This is a phase II prospective, randomized, double-blind, longitudinal study evaluating
whether the administration of aspirin can delay or slow tumor growth and maintain or improve
hearing in VS patients.
whether the administration of aspirin can delay or slow tumor growth and maintain or improve
hearing in VS patients.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Radiographic diagnosis of vestibular schwannoma (NF2-associated or sporadic).
- Age≥12 years.
- Ability to provide informed consent.Pediatric patients must provide assent in addition
to their parents'/guardians' consent. Adult patients who cannot consent for themselves
will not be eligible to participate in this study.
- Ability to swallow tablets.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to perform volumetric measurements of vestibular schwannoma(s).
- Inability to tolerate MRI with contrast.
- Daily use of aspirin within the last two months. Occasional use of aspirin for pain
relief is not exclusionary.
- Known allergy to aspirin.
- Impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that may
significantly alter the absorption of aspirin.
- Pregnant or lactating women.
- Patients with serious medical illnesses (e.g. severe asthma) that in the option of the
investigator could prevent participation in the trial.
- Active bleeding diathesis.
- Hydrocephalus from brainstem compression.
- Febrile illness or flu-like illness in children and adolescents less than 18 years of
age.
We found this trial at
6
sites
185 Cambridge Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
617-724-5200
Principal Investigator: Scott Plotkin, MD, PhD
Phone: 617-643-5495
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101 Jessup Hall
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
(319) 335-3500
Principal Investigator: Marlan Hansen, MD
University of Iowa With just over 30,000 students, the University of Iowa is one of...
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201 Presidents Circle
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
801) 581-7200
Principal Investigator: Clough Shelton, MD
University of Utah Research is a major component in the life of the U benefiting...
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243 Charles St
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
(617) 523-7900
Phone: 617-573-6822
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Whether you see our physicians at Mass. Eye and Ear's...
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Rochester, Minnesota 55905
Principal Investigator: Brian Neff, MD
Phone: 507-538-6582
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Stanford, California 94304
Principal Investigator: Robert Jackler, MD
Phone: 650-723-7697
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