Clinical trials: Desmoplastic
Childhood Alveolar Soft-part Sarcoma, Childhood Angiosarcoma
Studying Genes in Tissue Samples From Younger and Adolescent Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcomas
This research trial studies genes in tissue samples from younger and adolescent patients with soft tissue sarcomas. Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about…
- Conditions
- Childhood Alveolar Soft-part Sarcoma, Childhood Angiosarcoma, Childhood Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, Childhood Epithelioid Sarcoma
- Trial name
- NCT01567046
- Testing
- laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor
Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Advanced Neuroblastoma or Other Childhood Solid Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of arsenic trioxide in treating children who have advanced…
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor, Kidney Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00024258
- Testing
- arsenic trioxide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Childhood Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, Childhood Synovial Sarcoma
Imatinib Mesylate in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors of Childhood
Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of imatinib mesylate in treating patients who have relapsed or refractory solid tumors of childhood.
- Conditions
- Childhood Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, Childhood Synovial Sarcoma, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, Lung Metastases
- Trial name
- NCT00030667
- Testing
- imatinib mesylate, laboratory biomarker analysis, pharmacological study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Childhood Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone, Sarcoma
Surgery Followed by Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one chemotherapy drug with surgery and/or radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00002898
- Testing
- dactinomycin, carboplatin, cyclophosphamide
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Societe Internationale d'Oncologie Pediatrique
Ovarian Cancer, Sarcoma
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Metastatic Rhabdomyosarcoma or Other Malignant Mesenchymal Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.
- Conditions
- Ovarian Cancer, Sarcoma, Small Intestine Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00025441
- Testing
- dactinomycin, filgrastim, carboplatin
- Where
- 22 sites in France, Ireland and 1 more
- Sponsor
- Societe Internationale d'Oncologie Pediatrique
Childhood Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone, Sarcoma
Glutamine in Preventing Oral Mucositis in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for Sarcoma
RATIONALE: Glutamine may help prevent mucositis, or mouth sores, in patients receiving chemotherapy for sarcoma. It is not yet known whether glutamine is more effective than a placebo in preventing mucositis in patients receiving…
- Trial name
- NCT00334984
- Testing
- glutamine, chemoprotection, management of therapy complications
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients With Rare Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Bone marrow transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more tumor cells.
- Conditions
- Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor, Head and Neck Cancer, Kidney Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00002515
- Testing
- filgrastim, carboplatin, thiotepa
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Kidney Cancer, Sarcoma
Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumors, Ewing's Sarcoma, Wilms' Tumor, or Bone Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug or combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00002466
- Testing
- cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride, etoposide
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Childhood Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Childhood Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor
Tanespimycin in Treating Young Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Leukemia or Solid Tumors
This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of tanespimycin in treating young patients with recurrent or refractory leukemia or selected solid tumors.
- Conditions
- Childhood Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Childhood Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, Disseminated Neuroblastoma, Metastatic Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Trial name
- NCT00093821
- Testing
- tanespimycin, pharmacological study, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Sarcoma
Exatecan Mesylate in Treating Patients With Ewing's Sarcoma, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor, or Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of exatecan mesylate in treating patients who have…
- Trial name
- NCT00055952
- Testing
- exatecan mesylate
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Canada
- Sponsor
- Daiichi Sankyo
Peritoneal Neoplasms, Retroperitoneal Neoplasms
Continuous Hyperthermic Peritoneal Perfusion (CHPP) With Cisplatin for Children With Peritoneal Cancer
There has been no successful treatment of diffuse peritoneal metastasis or carcinomatosis, in childhood tumors. Once this advanced stage of disease is evident, survival is measured in weeks.
- Conditions
- Peritoneal Neoplasms, Retroperitoneal Neoplasms, Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, Adenocarcinoma
- Trial name
- NCT00436657
- Testing
- CHPP of Cisplatin, Abdominal Surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Refractory Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors
Imatinib Mesylate in Patients With Refractory Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors
An open-label, non-comparative study conducted to investigate the activity and safety of imatinib mesylate in refractory desmoplastic small round cell tumors expressing PDGF-R.
- Trial name
- NCT00417807
- Testing
- Imatinib mesilate
- Where
- 8 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals