Combination Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Brain Stem Glioma
Completed · Phase 1
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 more than one chemotherapy drug with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus radiation therapy in treating patients with newly diagnosed brain stem glioma.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00003625
- Run by
- Children's Oncology Group
- People needed
- 7
- Starts
- 1998-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2006-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-07-28
Who can join
Age: 3 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- 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
- Kaiser Permanente-Southern California Permanente Medical Group — 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
- Nemours Children's Clinic — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
- Baptist Hospital of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
- Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute — Orlando, Florida, United States
- St. Mary's Hospital — West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
- Emory University Hospital - Atlanta — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Tripler Army Medical Center — Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Christ Hospital — Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States
- Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate — Peoria, Illinois, United States
- University of Kansas Medical Center — Kansas City, Kansas, United States
- Via Christi Regional Medical Center-Saint Francis Campus — Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Tulane University School of Medicine — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Eastern Maine Medical Center — Bangor, Maine, United States
- Maine Children's Cancer Program — Portland, Maine, United States
- University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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