Radiation Therapy Compared With Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Germ Cell Tumor
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Brain Tumor, Central Nervous System Tumor
In brief
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known whether radiation therapy alone is as effective as chemotherapy plus radiation therapy in treating germ cell tumor. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying radiation therapy alone to see how well it works compared to chemotherapy and radiation therapy in treating patients with newly diagnosed primary CNS germ cell tumor.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00085098
- Run by
- Children's Oncology Group
- People needed
- 24
- Starts
- 2007-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-09-07
Who can join
Age: 3 and older, up to 25. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- 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
- Children's Hospital Central California — Madera, California, United States
- Sutter Cancer Center — Sacramento, California, United States
- Stanford Cancer Center — Stanford, 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
- Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Lee Cancer Care of Lee Memorial Health System — Fort Myers, Florida, United States
- Nemours Children's Clinic — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
- Miami Children's Hospital — Miami, Florida, United States
- Florida Hospital Cancer Institute at Florida Hospital Orlando — Orlando, Florida, United States
- Sacred Heart Cancer Center at Sacred Heart Hospital — Pensacola, Florida, United States
- All Children's Hospital — St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
- St. Joseph's Cancer Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital — Tampa, Florida, United States
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Mountain States Tumor Institute at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center — Boise, Idaho, United States
- Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Advocate Christ Medical Center — Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States
- Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky — Lexington, Kentucky, United States
- Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center — Loma Linda, California, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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