Neuropsychological and Behavioral Testing in Younger Patients With Cancer

Completed

Conditions studied: Childhood Malignant Neoplasm

In brief

This research trial studies neuropsychological (learning, remembering or thinking) and behavioral outcomes in children and adolescents with cancer by collecting information over time from a series of tests.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00772200

Run by

Children's Oncology Group

People needed

1200

Starts

2009-02-27

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-29

Who can join

Age: 0 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The patient must be currently be enrolled or plan to be enrolled on a COG therapeutic study that aims to examine neuropsychological, social, emotional, and/or behavioral functioning
• The patient must have receptive and expressive language skills in English, French, or Spanish; if a patient meets these criteria but the parent/guardian speaks a language other than English, French, or Spanish, the patient may still be enrolled and tested, and the parent-report measures should be omitted
• All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
• All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with a history of moderate to profound intellectual disability (i.e. intelligence quotient [IQ] =< 55) are not eligible for enrollment; PLEASE NOTE: Children with a prior history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or a specific learning disability (e.g., dyslexia) are eligible for this study

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• Cardon Children's Medical Center — Mesa, Arizona, United States
• Phoenix Childrens Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center — Downey, California, United States
• Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach — Long Beach, California, United States
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Cedars Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Valley Children's Hospital — Madera, California, United States
• Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland — Oakland, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente-Oakland — Oakland, California, United States
• Children's Hospital of Orange County — Orange, California, United States
• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University — Palo Alto, California, United States
• Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• UCSF Medical Center-Parnassus — San Francisco, California, United States
• UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay — San Francisco, California, United States
• Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center — Torrance, California, United States
• Children's Hospital Colorado — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• Connecticut Children's Medical Center — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children — Wilmington, Delaware, United States
• MedStar Georgetown University Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Broward Health Medical Center — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
• Children's Hospital of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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