Etoposide Plus Radiation Therapy Followed by Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Newly Diagnosed Advanced Medulloblastoma
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Brain Tumors, Central Nervous System Tumors
In brief
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. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of etoposide plus radiation therapy followed by combination chemotherapy in treating children with newly diagnosed advanced medulloblastoma.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00003573
- Run by
- Children's Oncology Group
- People needed
- 53
- Starts
- 1998-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-07-25
Who can join
Age: 3 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- MBCCOP - Gulf Coast — Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Arizona Cancer Center — Tucson, Arizona, United States
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
- University of California San Diego Cancer Center — La Jolla, California, United States
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford — Palo Alto, California, United States
- Sutter Cancer Center — Sacramento, California, United States
- University of California Davis Medical Center — Sacramento, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente-Southern California Permanente Medical Group — San Diego, California, United States
- Children's Hospital and Health Center — San Diego, California, United States
- Naval Medical Center - San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Santa Clara — Santa Clara, California, United States
- Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Shands Hospital and Clinics, University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida, United States
- Nemours Children's Clinic — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
- Miami Children's Hospital — Miami, Florida, United States
- Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute — Orlando, Florida, United States
- CCOP - Florida Pediatric — Tampa, Florida, United States
- St. Mary's Hospital — West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
- Emory University Hospital - Atlanta — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Cancer Research Center of Hawaii — Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- Tripler Army Medical Center — Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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