Clinical trials: Childhood Cancers
Childhood Acute Basophilic Leukemia, Childhood Acute Eosinophilic Leukemia
Biomarkers in Bone Marrow Samples From Pediatric Patients With High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia
This pilot research trial studies biomarkers in bone marrow samples from pediatric patients with high risk acute myeloid leukemia.
- Conditions
- Childhood Acute Basophilic Leukemia, Childhood Acute Eosinophilic Leukemia, Childhood Acute Erythroleukemia (M6), Childhood Acute Megakaryocytic Leukemia (M7)
- Trial name
- NCT01076569
- Testing
- laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Moderate and Severe Undernutrition
Transition to Scale of Nutrition and Psychosocial Stimulation Program for Malnourished Children
We hypothesize that it is feasible to integrate a program of Nutritional Care and Pychosocial Stimulation into the Community Clinics in Bangladesh and thereby improve malnourished children's growth and development after a year of…
- Trial name
- TTS Bangladesh (NCT02208531)
- Testing
- Psychosocial Stimulation and Nutritional Care
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 6,400 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Radiation Disease
Pelvic Radiation Disease in Childhood Cancer Survivors
This study aims to characterise the impact of radiotherapy on physical symptoms and quality of life in childhood and young adult cancer survivors.
- Trial name
- NCT05533541
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Kidney Cancer
Studying Tumor Tissue Samples From Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Localized Kidney Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00908739
- Testing
- gene expression analysis, immunohistochemistry staining method, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Graft Versus Host Disease, Leukemia
Donor Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant and Donor Natural Killer Cell Transplant After Total-Body Irradiation, Thiotepa, Fludarabine, and Muromonab-CD3 in Treating Patients With Leukemia or Other Blood Diseases
RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy and total-body irradiation before a donor peripheral blood stem cell and donor natural killer cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer and abnormal cells and helps stop the patient's immune…
- Conditions
- Graft Versus Host Disease, Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT00450983
- Testing
- muromonab-CD3, natural killer cell therapy, fludarabine phosphate
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Childhood Cancers
Facilitating Parent Adaptation to Pediatric Transplant: The P-SCIP Trial
The investigators have developed a parent social-cognitive processing intervention (P-SCIP) to help decrease distress among parent caregivers of children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT).
- Trial name
- P-SCIP (NCT00939380)
- Testing
- Behavioral intervention sessions, CD-ROM, DVD and pamphlet
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 212 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Relapsed Neuroblastoma
Parental Decision-Making for Children With Relapsed Neuroblastoma
Parental decision-making for children with advanced cancer is complex. Many parents have overly optimistic beliefs about prognosis and as a result choose aggressive measures even at the end of life, which are associated with…
- Trial name
- NCT02282735
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Neoplasm of Uncertain Malignant Potential, Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
PEG-Interferon Alfa-2b in Treating Young Patients With Plexiform Neurofibroma
RATIONALE: PEG-interferon alfa-2b may interfere with the growth of tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of PEG-interferon alfa-2b in treating young patients with plexiform…
- Trial name
- NCT00253474
- Testing
- PEG-interferon alfa-2a
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Chordoma
Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Sodium Hyaluronate Gel in Reducing Pain From Oral Mucositis in Young Patients With Cancer
RATIONALE: Polyvinylpyrrolidone-sodium hyaluronate gel may lessen the pain of oral mucositis, or mouth sores, in patients undergoing treatment for cancer.
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Chordoma, Kidney Cancer, Leukemia
- Trial name
- NCT00349024
- Testing
- polyvinylpyrrolidone-sodium hyaluronate gel
- Where
- 21 sites in Ireland, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Decitabine in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome
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 decitabine in treating patients with myelodysplastic…
- Trial name
- NCT00003361
- Testing
- decitabine
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Study for Epidemiology and Characterization of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leucemia (JMML) in Childhood
The aim of the study is to improve the accuracy of diagnosis for children and adolescents with MDS by a standardized review of morphology and standardized cytogenetic and molecular analysis.
- Trial name
- EWOG MDS 2006 (NCT00662090)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Freiburg
ALL, Childhood, Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Childhood
PO Ixazomib in Combination With Chemotherapy for Childhood Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
This is a phase 1/2 study of a drug called Ixazomib in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy consisting of Vincristine, Dexamethasone, Asparaginase, and Doxorubicin (VXLD).
- Conditions
- ALL, Childhood, Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Childhood, Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute, Childhood
- Trial name
- NCT03817320
- Testing
- Ixazomib, Vincristine, Dexamethasone
- Where
- 18 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Therapeutic Advances in Childhood Leukemia Consortium
Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome
RATIONALE: Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of interleukin-2 in treating patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT00002746
- Testing
- aldesleukin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Brain Tumors, Central Nervous System Tumors
Gene Testing to Help in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Brain Tumors
RATIONALE: Analyzing the number and structure of genes found in a child's cancer cells may help doctors improve methods of diagnosing and treating children with brain tumors.
- Trial name
- NCT00003096
- Testing
- DNA ploidy analysis, comparative genomic hybridization, cytogenetic analysis
- Where
- 61 sites in United States, Australia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Brain Tumors, Central Nervous System Tumors
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Progressive Brain Tumors
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 may kill more tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00002944
- Testing
- carboplatin, lomustine, procarbazine hydrochloride
- Where
- 204 sites in United States, Australia and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 428 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Endocrine; Deficiency, Hypothalamo-Pituitary Disorder
Brain Irradiation for Childhood Cancer - Endocrine Monitoring During the First Years
BICHE- 1: Brain Irradiation for Childhood cancer - Endocrine monitoring during the first five years is a study of endocrine monitoring after cerebral radiotherapy.
- Conditions
- Endocrine; Deficiency, Hypothalamo-Pituitary Disorder, Radiotherapy Side Effect
- Trial name
- BIChE-1 (NCT06618703)
- Testing
- Blood sample, urine sample, osteodensitometry
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 230 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Accelerated Phase of Disease, Childhood Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive
Fludarabine Phosphate, Low-Dose Total-Body Irradiation, and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant Followed by Donor Lymphocyte Infusion in Treating Older Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
This clinical trial studies fludarabine phosphate, low-dose total-body irradiation, and peripheral blood stem cell transplant followed by donor lymphocyte infusion in treating older patients with chronic myeloid leukemia.
- Conditions
- Accelerated Phase of Disease, Childhood Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, Chronic Phase of Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00003145
- Testing
- Fludarabine Phosphate, Total-Body Irradiation, Nonmyeloablative Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Germany and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Brain Neoplasms, Child
Effectiveness of Musical Training in Hong Kong Chinese Childhood Brain Tumor Survivors
This study aims to work out the effectiveness (effect size) of the musical training intervention in reducing depressive symptoms, improving self-esteem and quality of life among childhood brain tumour survivors and to examine the…
- Trial name
- NCT03399864
- Testing
- musical training, usual care
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Bevacizumab in Treating Young Patients With Refractory Solid Tumors
This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of bevacizumab in treating young patients with refractory solid tumors.
- Trial name
- NCT00085111
- Testing
- bevacizumab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Ototoxicity, Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Assessing Ear Damage in Young Cancer Patients Treated With Cisplatin
RATIONALE: New ways to find out about hearing loss after treatment with chemotherapy may improve the ability to plan cancer treatment and may help patients live more comfortably.
- Trial name
- NCT00458887
- Testing
- management of therapy complications
- Where
- 81 sites in United States, Australia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 301 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group