Gene Testing to Help in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Brain Tumors

Completed

Conditions studied: Brain Tumors, Central Nervous System Tumors

In brief

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. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the number and structure of genes in cancer cells of children with brain tumors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00003096

Run by

Children's Oncology Group

People needed

88

Starts

1996-12-01

Expected to finish

2007-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-06

Who can join

Age: any, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Southern California Permanente Medical Group — Downey, California, United States
• Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center — Loma Linda, California, United States
• Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center at Miller Children's Hospital — Long Beach, California, United States
• Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Children's Hospital Central California — Madera, California, United States
• Children's Hospital of Orange County — Orange, California, United States
• Santa Barbara Cottage Children's Hospital — Santa Barbara, California, United States
• Children's Hospital Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center — Farmington, Connecticut, United States
• Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children — Wilmington, Delaware, United States
• Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• AFLAC Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston Campus — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial Health University Medical Center — Savannah, Georgia, United States
• Advocate Lutheran General Cancer Care Center — Park Ridge, Illinois, United States
• Swedish-American Regional Cancer Center — Rockford, Illinois, United States
• Simmons Cooper Cancer Institute — Springfield, Illinois, United States
• St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Blank Children's Hospital — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
• Kosair Children's Hospital — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Butterworth Hospital at Spectrum Health — Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
• CCOP - Kalamazoo — Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
• Phoenix Children's Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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