Brave Lucy, 11, officially in remission after three-year cancer battle

Eleven-year-old Lucy Wright, who has the childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, is now officially in remission after being told her latest scans were clear.

The St Hubert's Primary School pupil has been taking part in a clinical trial in North Carolina, USA, after the cancer, which she was diagnosed with when she was just eight-years-old, didn't respond to standard treatments available in the UK.

Brave Lucy Wright has had the all clear and no longer has any signs of cancer inside her body

Parents, Carrie and Richard Wright have been fundraising ever since her diagnosis, in order to get her a place on the trial, and now say they are over the moon to have received the latest news.

Mrs Wright said: "It’s been a very long journey to get this far but she’s done amazingly well.

"We are extremely grateful for all the love and support we’ve received from far and wide."

The Wrights have spent the last few months travelling back and forth between their home in Great Harwood and a special hospital in North Carolina, and received the news of the clear scans while in the States.

Brave Lucy Wright has had the all clear and no longer has any signs of cancer inside her body

Mrs Wright added: "Lucy’s tumour was in her chest with metastatic disease in her skull, shoulders, all the way down her spine and in her pelvis.

"Typically treatment takes 16/18 months but Lucy's disease was very stubborn and did not respond to the standard treatments currently available.

"As a result, we had to find a different path for her and a clinical trial was available in the USA."

The treatment being trialled on Lucy is called difluoromethylornithine, or DFMO, which has shown promising results in keeping neuroblastoma children in remission, and Lucy has been tolerating the medication well.

Brave Lucy Wright has had the all clear and no longer has any signs of cancer inside her body

At the end of March, the brave youngster had her sixth and final dose of chemo required for the trial and following this, she had a number of scans and tests, and on April 7, the results came back clear.

Speaking from North Carolina, Mrs Wright continued: "So the scan results arrived from the UK and she has officially kicked cancer’s butt completely.

"Every single scan is clear and she is in remission.

"We love her so much and are so grateful for all the support we’ve had to get her here."

Lucy Wright in hospital

Originally, Lucy's treatment was expected to take place in Michigan, but the doctor heading up the trial moved last summer, so the trial moved with her, meaning all treatment has been undertaken in North Carolina.

Lucy and her family will now travel home to Great Harwood, where the inspirational 11-year-old will look forward to going back to the classroom before starting secondary school in September.