Tretinoin and Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Untreated Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
- Conditions
- Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia With t(15;17)(q24.1;q21.2); PML-RARA
- Interventions
- Other: Laboratory Biomarker AnalysisOther: Quality-of-Life AssessmentOther: Questionnaire Administration
- Registration Number
- NCT02339740
- Lead Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
- Brief Summary
This phase III trial studies tretinoin and arsenic trioxide in treating patients with newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia. Standard treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia involves high doses of a common class of chemotherapy drugs called anthracyclines, which are known to cause long-term side effects, especially to the heart. Tretinoin may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Arsenic trioxide may stop the growth of cancer cells by either killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Completely removing or reducing the amount of anthracycline chemotherapy and giving tretinoin together with arsenic trioxide may be an effective treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia and may reduce some of the long-term side effects.
- Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To eliminate exposure to conventional chemotherapy (including anthracyclines), for patients with standard risk acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), through use of arsenic trioxide (ATO) and all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) (tretinoin) based therapy while achieving an event free survival (EFS) that is not inferior compared to historical controls.
II. To significantly reduce exposure to conventional chemotherapy, and in particular, anthracycline exposure, for patients with high risk APL, through use of ATO and ATRA based therapy while achieving an event free survival that is not inferior compared to historical controls.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To analyze the clinical impact of FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) mutations in pediatric APL.
II. To correlate clinical outcomes with the kinetics of reduction in promyelocytic leukemia (PML)/retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARalpha) transcript level by quantitative real-time (RT)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (RQ-PCR) in bone marrow and peripheral blood samples from diagnosis to time points during therapy.
III. To monitor incidence of coagulopathy complications, utilizing standardized conventional supportive care, and correlate with a battery of coagulation testing.
IV. To evaluate the neurocognitive outcomes of patients treated on this protocol using patient-completed, performance-based measures of neuropsychological functioning and parent questionnaire report.
OUTLINE:
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients with standard and high risk APL receive tretinoin orally (PO) twice daily (BID) and arsenic trioxide intravenously (IV) over 2-4 hours on days 1-28. High risk APL patients also receive dexamethasone PO or IV BID on days 1-14 and idarubicin IV over 15 minutes on days 1, 3, 5, and 7. Patients achieving hematologic complete remission (hCR)/hematologic complete remission with incomplete blood count recovery (hCRi) may go on to consolidation therapy. Patients who do not achieve hCR/hCRi may continue treatment with tretinoin and arsenic trioxide for up to 70 days.
CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Patients receive tretinoin PO BID on days 1-14 and 29-42 and arsenic trioxide IV over 2-4 hours on days 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, and 22-26. Treatment repeats every 56 days for up to 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then receive tretinoin PO BID on days 1-14 and arsenic trioxide IV over 2-4 hours on days 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, and 22-26.
MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE (MRD) CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Patients who have APL in the bone marrow after 2 courses of consolidation therapy receive MRD consolidation therapy prior to continuing onto consolidation course 3. Patients receive cytarabine IV over 1-3 hours every 12 hours on days 1-4; mitoxantrone hydrochloride IV over 15-30 minutes on days 3-6; and tretinoin PO BID on days 1-14. If there are no APL cells in the bone marrow after completion of MRD consolidation therapy, patients continue on to consolidation course 3.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up monthly for 12 months, every 3 months for 36 months, every 6 months for 48 months, and then annually for 2 years.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 158
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Patients must be newly diagnosed with a clinical diagnosis of APL (initially by morphology of bone marrow or peripheral blood)
- Bone marrow is highly preferred but in cases where marrow cannot be obtained at diagnosis, peripheral blood will be accepted
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If the RQ-PCR results are known at the time of study enrollment, the patient must demonstrate the PML-RARalpha transcript by RQ-PCR to be eligible
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NOTE: A lumbar puncture is not required in order to be enrolled on study nor are lumbar punctures recommended at the time of diagnosis; if the diagnosis of APL is known or suspected, diagnostic lumbar punctures in patients with neurologic symptoms should be deferred until any coagulopathy is corrected; if central nervous system (CNS) disease is suspected or proven, a computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be considered to rule out the possibility of an associated chloroma; if CNS disease is documented, patients are still eligible and will receive protocol directed intrathecal treatments
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Patients may receive up to a maximum of 5 days of pre-treatment with ATRA prior to administration of protocol therapy
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Treatment with hydroxyurea, corticosteroids (any route) and intrathecal cytarabine prior to beginning protocol directed therapy is allowed; however, it should be noted that lumbar puncture and intrathecal therapy at initial diagnosis of APL is not recommended
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All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
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All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
- Patients with secondary APL are excluded; this includes all patients with APL that may have resulted from prior treatment (chemotherapy or radiation)
- Patients with isolated myeloid sarcoma (myeloblastoma, chloroma, including leukemia cutis) but without evidence of APL by bone marrow or peripheral blood morphology are excluded
- Patients with a pre-existing diagnosis of a prolonged QT syndrome (even if corrected QT interval [QTc] is normal at the time of APL diagnosis) are excluded
- Patients with a baseline QTc of > 450 msec are excluded; Bazett's formula is to be used for measurement of the corrected QT interval: the QT interval (msec) divided by the square root of the RR interval (msec)
- Patients with a history or presence of significant ventricular or atrial tachyarrhythmia are excluded
- Patients with right bundle branch block plus left anterior hemiblock, bifascicular block are excluded
- Patients with serum creatinine > 3.0 mg/dL and patients on active dialysis for renal dysfunction are excluded
- Patients who have received treatment with any other cytotoxic chemotherapy prior to beginning protocol therapy (other than allowed in above criteria) are excluded
- Female patients who are pregnant are excluded; patients should not be pregnant or plan to become pregnant while on treatment; a pregnancy test prior to enrollment is required for female patients of childbearing potential
- Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants are excluded
- Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to be abstinent or use 2 forms of effective contraception during treatment through 1 month off therapy are excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Treatment (tretinoin, arsenic trioxide, chemotherapy) Arsenic Trioxide See Detailed Description Treatment (tretinoin, arsenic trioxide, chemotherapy) Cytarabine See Detailed Description Treatment (tretinoin, arsenic trioxide, chemotherapy) Dexamethasone See Detailed Description Treatment (tretinoin, arsenic trioxide, chemotherapy) Idarubicin See Detailed Description Treatment (tretinoin, arsenic trioxide, chemotherapy) Laboratory Biomarker Analysis See Detailed Description Treatment (tretinoin, arsenic trioxide, chemotherapy) Mitoxantrone Hydrochloride See Detailed Description Treatment (tretinoin, arsenic trioxide, chemotherapy) Quality-of-Life Assessment See Detailed Description Treatment (tretinoin, arsenic trioxide, chemotherapy) Questionnaire Administration See Detailed Description Treatment (tretinoin, arsenic trioxide, chemotherapy) Tretinoin See Detailed Description
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Event-free Survival (EFS) in Standard Risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL) Patients Up to 24 months EFS is defined as the time from on study to failure to achieve hematological complete response (CR) prior to start of consolidation, persistence of molecular positive disease after minimal residual disease (MRD) positive consolidation course, relapse (molecular, morphologic or extramedullary), or death. The Kaplan-Meier method will be used to estimate 2-year EFS along with 90% log-minus-log transformed confidence limits.
EFS in High Risk APL Patients Up to 24 months EFS is defined as the time from on study to failure to achieve hematological CR prior to start of consolidation, persistence of molecular positive disease after MRD positive consolidation course, relapse (molecular, morphologic or extramedullary), or death. The Kaplan-Meier method will be used to estimate 2-year EFS along with 90% log-minus-log transformed confidence limits.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (174)
University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Sacramento, California, United States
Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego
🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States
Naval Medical Center -San Diego
🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States
UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States
Children's Hospital Colorado
🇺🇸Aurora, Colorado, United States
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center
🇺🇸Denver, Colorado, United States
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
🇺🇸Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children
🇺🇸Wilmington, Delaware, United States
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
🇺🇸Springfield, Illinois, United States
Riley Hospital for Children
🇺🇸Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Ascension Saint Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
🇺🇸Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Iowa City, Iowa, United States
University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center
🇺🇸Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Norton Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson
🇺🇸New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Eastern Maine Medical Center
🇺🇸Bangor, Maine, United States
Maine Children's Cancer Program
🇺🇸Scarborough, Maine, United States
University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center
🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
🇺🇸Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Baystate Medical Center
🇺🇸Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus
🇺🇸Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
C S Mott Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute
🇺🇸Detroit, Michigan, United States
Bronson Methodist Hospital
🇺🇸Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
🇺🇸Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center
🇺🇸Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
🇺🇸Rochester, Minnesota, United States
University of Mississippi Medical Center
🇺🇸Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
🇺🇸Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Washington University School of Medicine
🇺🇸Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Mercy Hospital Saint Louis
🇺🇸Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
🇺🇸Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation
🇺🇸Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center
🇺🇸Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Dartmouth Cancer Center
🇺🇸Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas
🇺🇸Dallas, Texas, United States
Cook Children's Medical Center
🇺🇸Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Houston, Texas, United States
UMC Cancer Center / UMC Health System
🇺🇸Lubbock, Texas, United States
Children's Hospital of San Antonio
🇺🇸San Antonio, Texas, United States
Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas
🇺🇸San Antonio, Texas, United States
Primary Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Inova Fairfax Hospital
🇺🇸Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
🇺🇸Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Naval Medical Center - Portsmouth
🇺🇸Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Carilion Children's
🇺🇸Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Seattle Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Spokane, Washington, United States
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center
🇺🇸Tacoma, Washington, United States
Madigan Army Medical Center
🇺🇸Tacoma, Washington, United States
West Virginia University Healthcare
🇺🇸Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
Saint Vincent Hospital Cancer Center Green Bay
🇺🇸Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield
🇺🇸Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
🇺🇸Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
John Hunter Children's Hospital
🇦🇺Hunter Regional Mail Centre, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Children's Hospital
🇦🇺Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
🇦🇺Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Queensland Children's Hospital
🇦🇺South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Women's and Children's Hospital-Adelaide
🇦🇺North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Royal Children's Hospital
🇦🇺Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
🇦🇺Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Perth Children's Hospital
🇦🇺Perth, Western Australia, Australia
CancerCare Manitoba
🇨🇦Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
IWK Health Centre
🇨🇦Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences
🇨🇦Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
🇨🇦Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Hospital for Sick Children
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC
🇨🇦Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine
🇨🇦Montreal, Quebec, Canada
CHU de Quebec-Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite Laval (CHUL)
🇨🇦Quebec, Canada
Starship Children's Hospital
🇳🇿Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand
Christchurch Hospital
🇳🇿Christchurch, New Zealand
HIMA San Pablo Oncologic Hospital
🇵🇷Caguas, Puerto Rico
San Jorge Children's Hospital
🇵🇷San Juan, Puerto Rico
University Pediatric Hospital
🇵🇷San Juan, Puerto Rico
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
🇸🇦Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate
🇺🇸Peoria, Illinois, United States
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital
🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
🇺🇸Mineola, New York, United States
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center - University Hospital
🇺🇸Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Children's Hospital of Alabama
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States
USA Health Strada Patient Care Center
🇺🇸Mobile, Alabama, United States
Providence Alaska Medical Center
🇺🇸Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Banner Children's at Desert
🇺🇸Mesa, Arizona, United States
Phoenix Childrens Hospital
🇺🇸Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Arkansas Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center
🇺🇸Downey, California, United States
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Duarte, California, United States
Loma Linda University Medical Center
🇺🇸Loma Linda, California, United States
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
Valley Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Madera, California, United States
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States
Kaiser Permanente-Oakland
🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States
Children's Hospital of Orange County
🇺🇸Orange, California, United States
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University
🇺🇸Palo Alto, California, United States
Children's National Medical Center
🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Broward Health Medical Center
🇺🇸Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida
🇺🇸Fort Myers, Florida, United States
Memorial Regional Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Hollywood, Florida, United States
Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville
🇺🇸Jacksonville, Florida, United States
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center
🇺🇸Miami, Florida, United States
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Miami, Florida, United States
AdventHealth Orlando
🇺🇸Orlando, Florida, United States
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
🇺🇸Orlando, Florida, United States
Nemours Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Orlando, Florida, United States
Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola
🇺🇸Pensacola, Florida, United States
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
Tampa General Hospital
🇺🇸Tampa, Florida, United States
Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa
🇺🇸Tampa, Florida, United States
Saint Mary's Hospital
🇺🇸West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Memorial Health University Medical Center
🇺🇸Savannah, Georgia, United States
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
🇺🇸Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Boise
🇺🇸Boise, Idaho, United States
Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Illinois
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
Loyola University Medical Center
🇺🇸Maywood, Illinois, United States
Advocate Children's Hospital-Oak Lawn
🇺🇸Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States
Advocate Children's Hospital-Park Ridge
🇺🇸Park Ridge, Illinois, United States
Hackensack University Medical Center
🇺🇸Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Morristown Medical Center
🇺🇸Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
🇺🇸New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
🇺🇸Newark, New Jersey, United States
Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center
🇺🇸Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Albany Medical Center
🇺🇸Albany, New York, United States
Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus
🇺🇸Bronx, New York, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
🇺🇸Buffalo, New York, United States
Mount Sinai Hospital
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
University of Rochester
🇺🇸Rochester, New York, United States
Stony Brook University Medical Center
🇺🇸Stony Brook, New York, United States
State University of New York Upstate Medical University
🇺🇸Syracuse, New York, United States
New York Medical College
🇺🇸Valhalla, New York, United States
Mission Hospital
🇺🇸Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute
🇺🇸Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center
🇺🇸Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Duke University Medical Center
🇺🇸Durham, North Carolina, United States
East Carolina University
🇺🇸Greenville, North Carolina, United States
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
🇺🇸Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Sanford Broadway Medical Center
🇺🇸Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
🇺🇸Akron, Ohio, United States
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
🇺🇸Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital
🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Nationwide Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Columbus, Ohio, United States
Dayton Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Dayton, Ohio, United States
ProMedica Toledo Hospital/Russell J Ebeid Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Toledo, Ohio, United States
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
🇺🇸Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Portland, Oregon, United States
Oregon Health and Science University
🇺🇸Portland, Oregon, United States
Penn State Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
🇺🇸Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Rhode Island Hospital
🇺🇸Providence, Rhode Island, United States
BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center
🇺🇸Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls
🇺🇸Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
T C Thompson Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
East Tennessee Childrens Hospital
🇺🇸Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
🇺🇸Memphis, Tennessee, United States
The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial
🇺🇸Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
🇺🇸Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States
Driscoll Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Medical City Dallas Hospital
🇺🇸Dallas, Texas, United States