Clinical Research Pediatric Neuro-Oncology program

Stergios Zacharoulis, MD
Herbert Irving Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center

“With the very kind support of the Pediatric Cancer Foundation, we have been able to move very quickly establishing novel institutional clinical trials focusing on the way we deliver drugs directly into the brain tumors. The first worldwide trial using Convection Enhanced Delivery via subcutaneous pump in children with Diffuse pontine glioma has opened with impressive preliminary results.

We are also about to open the first ever in children Non-invasive Focused Ultrasound study that will allow open the blood brain barrier and drugs to reach the target in children with diffuse pontine glioma. A huge thank you to Pediatric Cancer Foundation for the incredible support for all these efforts…”