Andrew Freiberg, MD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Andrew Freiberg, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Pediatric Cancer Team
Clinical Trials
A Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Open vs Thoracoscopic Management of Pulmonary Metastases in Patients With Osteosarcoma
Phase II Trial of Tipifarnib and Naxitamab for Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma BCC022
A Dose Escalation Study Using Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) and AMXT-1501 followed by a Randomized Controlled Trial of DFMO with or without AMXT-1501 for Neuroblastoma, CNS Tumors, and Sarcomas
BCC021 Phase I/II study of Silmitasertib (CX-4945) in combination with chemotherapy in children and young adults with relapsed refractory solid tumors
Pediatric Acute Leukemia (PedAL) Screening Trial Developing New Therapies for Relapsed Leukemias
A Prospective Phase 3 Study of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Very Low-risk and Low-risk Fusion Negative Rhabdomyosarcoma
AHOD2131 A Randomized Phase 3 Interim Response Adapted Trial Comparing Standard Therapy with Immuno-oncology Therapy for Children and Adults with Newly Diagnosed Stage I and II Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
Recent Publications
2024
Devine, KJ, Freiberg, AS & Reilly, AF 2024, 'Adolescent with primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma treated with rituximab', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, vol. 71, no. 4, e30885. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.30885
Darok, MC, Ho, L, Holstrom-Mercader, MS, Lorenz, FJ, Freiberg, AS & Dellasega, CA 2024, 'How Medical Students make Meaning of Uncertainty Through a Novel Pediatric Psycho-oncology Rotation', Health Professions Education, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 17-56. https://doi.org/10.55890/2452-3011.1051
Wood, ML, Fanburg-Smith, JC, Brian, JM, White, JC, Powell, JL & Freiberg, AS 2024, 'Successful Crizotinib-Targeted Therapy of Pediatric Unresectable ERC1::ALK Fusion Sarcoma', Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. E184-E187. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000002777
2021
Chen, T, Wang, Y, Goetz, L, Corey, Z, Dougher, MC, Smith, JD, Fox, EJ, Freiberg, AS, Flemming, D & Fanburg-Smith, JC 2021, 'Novel fusion sarcomas including targetable NTRK and ALK', Annals of Diagnostic Pathology, vol. 54, 151800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2021.151800
Mikhail, D, Zhu, J, Pradhan, S & Freiberg, AS 2022, 'Rate of Rise of Platelet Count after IVIG for Pediatric Immune Thrombocytopenia', Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. E672-E676. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000002319
Lorenz, FJ, Darok, MC, Ho, L, Holstrom-Mercader, MS, Freiberg, AS & Dellasega, CA 2022, 'The Impact of an Unconventional Elective in Narrative Medicine and Pediatric Psycho-oncology on Humanism in Medical Students', Journal of Cancer Education, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 1798-1805. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-021-02029-8