Clinical trials: Childhood CNS Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors

Radiation Therapy and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Medulloblastoma, Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor, or Ependymoma

• Completed
• Age: Up to 21 years

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.

Trial name

NCT00303810

Testing

carboplatin, cisplatin, cyclophosphamide

Where

Germany

Volunteers

567 people

Sponsor

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf