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

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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