Clinical trials: Childhood Brain Tumor
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Neuroblastoma
Temozolomide Followed by Radiation Therapy in Treating Children With Newly Diagnosed Malignant CNS Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00005955
- Testing
- temozolomide
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Etoposide in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed Ependymoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as etoposide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00278252
- Testing
- etoposide, conventional surgery
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor
Temozolomide Plus Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Children With Newly Diagnosed Malignant Glioma or Recurrent CNS or Other Solid Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of…
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Head and Neck Cancer, Kidney Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00005952
- Testing
- filgrastim, temozolomide, peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Carmustine Implants and O(6)-Benzylguanine in Treating Children With Recurrent Malignant Glioma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Chemotherapy placed into the surrounding tissue after surgery to remove the tumor may kill any remaining…
- Trial name
- NCT00045721
- Testing
- O6-benzylguanine, polifeprosan 20 with carmustine implant, adjuvant therapy
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Studying Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins and Angiogenesis Proteins in Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed Central Nervous System Tumors
RATIONALE: Studying samples of cerebrospinal fluid from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00897858
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
Brain Tumor, Pediatric, Cancer-related Fatigue
Methylphenidate in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors With Cancer-related Fatigue
Cancer-related fatigue is a common and debilitating late effect in pediatric brain tumor survivors. Currently, evidence-based recommendations to ameliorate this condition are lacking.
- Conditions
- Brain Tumor, Pediatric, Cancer-related Fatigue, Methylphenidate
- Trial name
- EMBRAIN (NCT06905587)
- Testing
- Methylphenidate (MPH)
- Where
- 4 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
Brain Cancer, Malignant Brain Tumor
Magrolimab in Children and Adults With Recurrent or Progressive Malignant Brain Tumors
Children and adults with recurrent or progressive malignant brain tumors have a dismal prognosis, and outcomes remain very poor.
- Conditions
- Brain Cancer, Malignant Brain Tumor, Recurrent Brain Tumor, Progressive Malignant Brain Tumor
- Trial name
- PNOC025 (NCT05169944)
- Testing
- Magrolimab
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Brain Tumors, Central Nervous System Tumors
DNA Analysis of Tumor Tissue Samples From Patients With Diffuse Brain Stem Glioma
This multi-institutional study will prospectively collect tumor and constitutional tissue samples from patients with diffuse brainstem glioma and other types of brainstem gliomas either during therapy or at autopsy to perform an…
- Trial name
- NCT00899834
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Combination Chemotherapy, Surgery or Radiation Therapy, and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Recurrent Medulloblastoma or Primitive Neuroectodermal and Pineal Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving a chemotherapy drug before surgery or radiation therapy may shrink the tumor so that it can be removed…
- Trial name
- NCT00025077
- Testing
- filgrastim, carboplatin, cyclophosphamide
- Where
- 21 sites in Ireland, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Valproic Acid in Treating Young Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Solid Tumors or CNS Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as valproic acid, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00107458
- Testing
- valproic acid
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Glioblastoma, Medulloblastoma
Pediatric Trial of Indoximod With Chemotherapy and Radiation for Relapsed Brain Tumors or Newly Diagnosed DIPG
Indoximod was developed to inhibit the IDO (indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase) enzymatic pathway, which is important in the natural regulation of immune responses.
- Conditions
- Glioblastoma, Medulloblastoma, Ependymoma, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
- Trial name
- NCT04049669
- Testing
- Indoximod, Partial Radiation, Full-dose Radiation
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Theodore S. Johnson
Leukemia, Acute, Brain Neoplasms
Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Childhood Cancersurvivors- a Long-term Follow-up
The project intends to study physical functional capacity and degree of physical activity health related quality of life and fatigue.
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Acute, Brain Neoplasms, Physical Fitness, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT07046481
- Testing
- Physical activity
- Sponsor
- Region Skane
Brain Tumors, Central Nervous System Tumors
Chemotherapy Plus Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Infants With Malignant Brain or Spinal Cord Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctors to give higher doses…
- Conditions
- Brain Tumors, Central Nervous System Tumors, Neuroblastoma, Sarcoma
- Trial name
- NCT00003141
- Testing
- filgrastim, carboplatin, cisplatin
- Where
- 71 sites in United States, Australia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 94 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Bone Marrow Suppression, Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Acetylcysteine, Mannitol, Combination Chemotherapy, and Sodium Thiosulfate in Treating Children With Malignant Brain Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide, etoposide phosphate, and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Conditions
- Bone Marrow Suppression, Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ, Long-term Effects Secondary to Cancer Therapy in Children
- Trial name
- NCT00238173
- Testing
- filgrastim, acetylcysteine, carboplatin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Lymphoma
Rebeccamycin Analogue in Treating Children With Solid Tumors or Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of rebeccamycin analogue in treating children who have solid tumors or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Lymphoma, Neuroblastoma, Retinoblastoma
- Trial name
- NCT00006102
- Testing
- becatecarin
- Where
- 226 sites in United States, Australia and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Cancer, Brain Tumor
Comparison of Educational Services and Outcomes for Patients Treated for Childhood Cancer
The purpose of the study is to evaluate some educational outcomes of children treated for childhood cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00178386
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Childhood Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor, Childhood Choroid Plexus Tumor
Irinotecan in Treating Children With Refractory Solid Tumors
This phase II trial is studying irinotecan to see how well it works in treating children with refractory solid tumors. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.
- Conditions
- Childhood Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor, Childhood Choroid Plexus Tumor, Childhood Craniopharyngioma, Childhood Grade I Meningioma
- Trial name
- NCT00004078
- Testing
- irinotecan hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 181 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Immunotoxin Therapy in Treating Children With Recurrent Malignant Gliomas
RATIONALE: Immunotoxins can locate tumor cells and kill them without harming normal cells. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of immunotoxin therapy and to see how well it works in treating…
- Trial name
- NCT00053040
- Testing
- cintredekin besudotox, conventional surgery
- Sponsor
- Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
Refractory Cancer, CNS Tumors
A Study of Avutometinib for People With Solid Tumor Cancers
The purpose of this study is to find out whether avutometinib is a safe treatment for advanced or recurrent solid tumor cancers in children and young adults.
- Conditions
- Refractory Cancer, CNS Tumors, CNS Tumor, Adult, CNS Tumor, Childhood
- Trial name
- NCT06104488
- Testing
- Avutometinib
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor
Etoposide, Carboplatin, and Bleomycin in Treating Young Patients Undergoing Surgery For Malignant Germ Cell Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as etoposide, carboplatin, and bleomycin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor, Ovarian Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00276718
- Testing
- bleomycin sulfate, carboplatin, etoposide
- Where
- 22 sites in Ireland, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group