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Clinical Trial: Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Progressive Brain Tumors

This study is currently recruiting patients.

Sponsors and Collaborators: Children's Oncology Group
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying two different combination chemotherapy regimens and comparing how well they work in treating children with low-grade astrocytomas or other residual tumors of the brain.

Condition Treatment or Intervention Phase
recurrent childhood brain stem glioma
recurrent childhood visual pathway glioma
recurrent childhood cerebellar astrocytoma
recurrent childhood cerebral astrocytoma
 Drug: carboplatin
 Drug: lomustine
 Drug: procarbazine
 Drug: thioguanine
 Drug: vincristine
 Procedure: chemotherapy
Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics:  Cancer;   Cancer Alternative Therapy

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment

Official Title: Phase III Randomized Study of Carboplatin and Vincristine Versus Thioguanine, Procarbazine, Lomustine, and Vincristine in Children With Progressive Low Grade Astrocytoma

Further Study Details: 

OBJECTIVES:

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to site of disease, status at entry, and pathology. Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms. Patients with neurofibromatosis are nonrandomly assigned to arm II.

  • Arm I: Patients receive induction with carboplatin and vincristine for 10 weeks followed by 2 weeks of rest. Induction is followed by 8 courses of maintenance beginning on day 84 of induction or upon hematopoietic recovery. Each course consists of 4 weekly doses of carboplatin and 3 weekly doses of vincristine (given concurrently with the first 3 weeks of carboplatin), followed by 2 weeks of rest.
  • Arm II: Patients receive oral thioguanine, procarbazine, and lomustine on days 0-4, followed by vincristine IV on days 14 and 28. Treatment continues every 6 weeks for a maximum of 8 courses.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 280-340 patients will be accrued over 4 years.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:  up to  9 Years,  Genders Eligible for Study:  Both

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Pathologically confirmed low grade residual astrocytomas or other eligible residual tumors of the brain interpreted as low grade (WHO grades I and II) such as the following:
  • Glial Tumors
  • Astrocytic tumors
  • Low grade astrocytoma (variants: fibrillary, protoplasmic, gemistocytic)
  • Pilocytic astrocytoma
  • Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas
  • Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
  • Infantile desmoplastic astrocytoma
  • Low grade oligodendroglial tumors
  • Low grade oligodendroglioma
  • Low grade mixed gliomas
  • Oligo-astrocytoma
  • Neuronal Tumors
  • Ganglioglioma (excluding tumors with anaplastic astrocytic components)
  • Infantile desmoplastic ganglioglioma
  • Chiasmatic-hypothalamic tumor without histologic confirmation
  • All of the following diagnostic tests (radiological or clinical evidence of progression, surgery, or confirmatory MRI) must be carried out within 6 weeks of enrollment into this study
  • Progressive disease following surgical excision based on clear radiological or clinical evidence of progression, or an incomplete excision (less than 95% or greater than 1.5 cm2) with necessity to begin treatment because of a risk of neurologic impairment with progression
  • Chiasmatic lesions that have contiguous extensions of tumor into other regions of the visual pathways demonstrated on contrast MRI will be eligible for study without histopathological confirmation
  • Patients with neurofibromatosis who have radiographic diagnosis of chiasmatic-hypothalamic tumor are eligible for the study, without requiring a biopsy confirmation of tumor histology, but not unless tumor progression is documented radiographically
  • No intrinsic brain stem tumors of the pons or isolated optic nerve tumors without definitive involvement of the optic chiasm

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age:

  • Under 10

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,000/mm^3 (arm II)
  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3 (arm II)

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Creatinine less than 1.5 times upper limit of normal for age OR
  • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR greater than 70 mL/min or equivalent GFR as determined by the institutional normal range

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

Endocrine therapy:

Radiotherapy:

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characterisitcs

Other:


Location and Contact Information


Arizona
      Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix,  Arizona,  85016,  United States; Recruiting
Dale Anne Singer, MD  602-546-0920 

California
      Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange,  California,  92868,  United States; Recruiting
Stanley Calderwood, MD  714-456-6615    scalderw@uci.edu 

      Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, Oakland,  California,  94609-1809,  United States; Recruiting
James H. Feusner, MD  510-428-3000    jfeusner@mail.cho.org 

      Children's Hospital Central California, Madera,  California,  93638-8762,  United States; Recruiting
Vonda Lee Crouse, MD  559-353-5480    vcrouse@childrenscentralcal.org 

      Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles,  California,  90027-0700,  United States; Recruiting
Paul S. Gaynon, MD  323-669-2163    pgaynon@chla.usc.edu 

      Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange,  California,  92868,  United States; Recruiting
Wei-Ping Violet Shen, MD  714-516-4348    vshen@choc.org 

      City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte,  California,  91010-3000,  United States; Recruiting
Clinical Trials Office - New Patient Services  800-826-4673    becomingapatient@coh.org 

      General Robert Huyser Cancer Center at David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base,  California,  94535,  United States; Recruiting
Peter J. Chenaille, MD  707-423-7176 

      Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles,  California,  90095-1781,  United States; Recruiting
Stephen A. Feig, MD  310-825-5268 

      Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Sacramento, Sacramento,  California,  95825,  United States; Recruiting
Vincent A. Kiley, MD  916-973-7331    vincent.kiley@kp.org 

      Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Santa Clara, Santa Clara,  California,  95051-5386,  United States; Recruiting
Carolyn Lucille Russo, MD  408-236-5028    carolyn.l.russo@kp.org 

      Kaiser Permanente Medical Center/Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego, San Diego,  California,  92120,  United States; Recruiting
Wellington Loh, MD  619-516-6144 

      Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda,  California,  92354,  United States; Recruiting
Antranik Bedros, MD  909-558-8626    abedro@ahs.llumc.edu 

      Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles,  California,  90048,  United States; Recruiting
Moshe Arditi, MD  310-423-4471 

      Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara,  California,  93102,  United States; Recruiting
Felicity Hodder, MD  805-682-7111    fhodder@cottagehealthsystem.org 

      Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Downey,  California,  90242,  United States; Recruiting
Willye B. Powell, MD  562-803-2472 

      UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco,  California,  94143,  United States; Recruiting
Katherine K. Matthay, MD  415-476-3831 

Colorado
      Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Denver,  Colorado,  80218,  United States; Recruiting
Roger Howard Giller, MD  303-861-6892    giller.roger@tchden.org 

      Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver,  Colorado,  80218,  United States; Recruiting
Stephen R. Palmer, MD  719-471-2462 

Connecticut
      Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington,  Connecticut,  06360-7106,  United States; Recruiting
Arnold J. Altman, MD  860-545-9630 

District of Columbia
      Children's National Medical Center, Washington,  District of Columbia,  20010-2970,  United States; Recruiting
Nita Louise Seibel, MD  202-884-2144    nseibel@cnmc.org 

      Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington,  District of Columbia,  20007,  United States; Recruiting
Aziza Shad, MD  202-444-2224    shada@georgetown.edu 

Florida
      Broward General Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale,  Florida,  33316,  United States; Recruiting
Rudolph R. Roskos, MD  954-355-4527    rroskos@nbhd.org 

Georgia
      AFLAC Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Scottish Rite Campus, Atlanta,  Georgia,  30342,  United States; Recruiting
Howard M. Katzenstein, MD  404-785-0853    howard.katzenstein@choa.org 

      Curtis & Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah,  Georgia,  31405,  United States; Recruiting
Tribhawan S. Vats, MD  912-350-8194    vatsri@memorialhealth.com 

      MBCCOP-Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta,  Georgia,  30912-4000,  United States; Recruiting
Roger A. Vega, MD  706-721-3626 

      Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon,  Georgia,  31201,  United States; Recruiting
Hassan Dannawi, MD  478-633-1104    dannawi.hassan@mccg.org 

Idaho
      Mountain States Tumor Institute - Boise, Boise,  Idaho,  83712,  United States; Recruiting
J. Martin Johnston, MD  208-381-2782    johnstom@slrmc.org 

Illinois
      Lutheran General Cancer Care Center, Park Ridge,  Illinois,  60068-1174,  United States; Recruiting
Jong-Hyo Kwon, MD  847-723-5962    jong-hyo.kwon_md@advocatehealth.com 

      Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield,  Illinois,  62794-9658,  United States; Recruiting
Gregory Brandt, MD  217-545-5817    gbrandt@siumed.edu 

      University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, Chicago,  Illinois,  60601,  United States; Recruiting
James B. Nachman, MD  773-702-6808 

      University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago,  Illinois,  60612,  United States; Recruiting
Mary Lou Schmidt, MD  312-996-6143    mls3@uic.edu 

Indiana
      Riley Children Cancer Center at Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis,  Indiana,  46202-5225,  United States; Recruiting
Robert Fallon, MD, PhD  317-274-8784    rfallon@iupui.edu 

Iowa
      Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines,  Iowa,  50308,  United States; Recruiting
Torrey Leighton Mitchell, MD  515-241-8912    mitchetl@ihs.org 

      Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa, Iowa City,  Iowa,  52242-1009,  United States; Recruiting
Raymond Tannous, MD  319-356-1905 

Kentucky
      Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville,  Kentucky,  40202-3830,  United States; Recruiting
Salvatore J. Bertolone, MD  502-852-8450 

      Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington,  Kentucky,  40536-0284,  United States; Recruiting
Martha F. Greenwood, MD  859-323-6771    mfgree0@pop.uky.edu 

Louisiana
      MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans,  Louisiana,  70112,  United States; Recruiting
Jill Gilbert, MD  504-568-5613    jgilbe@lsuhsc.edu 

Maryland
      Alvin and Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute at Sinai Hospital, Baltimore,  Maryland,  21215,  United States; Recruiting
Joseph Michael Wiley, MD  410-601-5864    jwiley@lifebridehealth.org 

Massachusetts
      Baystate Regional Cancer Program at D'Amour Center for Cancer Care, Springfield,  Massachusetts,  01107,  United States; Recruiting
David A. Steele, MD  413-794-9338    david.steele@bhs.org 

Michigan
      Breslin Cancer Center at Ingham Regional Medical Center, Lansing,  Michigan,  48910,  United States; Recruiting
Renuka Gera, MD  517-334-2337 

      Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  49007-5364,  United States; Recruiting
Leonard August Mattano, MD, PhD  616-341-6350 

      CCOP - Beaumont, Royal Oak,  Michigan,  48073-6769,  United States; Recruiting
Jeanne Archer, PhD, APN  248-551-8299    carcher@beaumon.edu 

      DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids,  Michigan,  49503,  United States; Recruiting
David Robert Freyer, DO  616-391-2086 

      Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Health System, Detroit,  Michigan,  48202,  United States; Recruiting
Hassan M. Yaish, MD  313-916-3138 

      University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor,  Michigan,  48109-0914,  United States; Recruiting
Raymond J. Hutchinson, MD  734-936-8785 

      William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak, Royal Oak,  Michigan,  48073-6769,  United States; Recruiting
Charles A. Main, MD  248-551-0360 

Minnesota
      Children's Hospitals and Clinics - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  55404,  United States; Recruiting
Maura C. O'Leary, MD  612-813-5940 

      Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester,  Minnesota,  55905,  United States; Recruiting
Carola A.S. Arndt, MD  507-284-2511    carndt@mayo.edu 

      St. Mary's - Duluth Clinic Cancer Center, Duluth,  Minnesota,  55805,  United States; Recruiting
Jacquelyn Dawn Wiermaa, MD  218-786-3625 

      University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  55455,  United States; Recruiting
Joseph P. Neglia, MD, MPH  612-625-6903    jneglia@umn.edu 

Missouri
      Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City,  Missouri,  64108,  United States; Recruiting
Maxine L. Hetherington, MD  816-234-3265 

Nebraska
      Children's Hospital of Omaha, Omaha,  Nebraska,  68114,  United States; Recruiting
Minnie Abromowitch, MD  402-955-3949    mabromo@unmc.edu 

      UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha,  Nebraska,  68198-2168,  United States; Recruiting
Peter F. Coccia, MD  402-559-7257    pcoccia@unmc.edu 

Nevada
      Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Las Vegas,  Nevada,  89109,  United States; Recruiting
Jonathan Bernstein, MD  702-732-0971    jonbern1@aol.com 

New Jersey
      Cancer Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick,  New Jersey,  08903,  United States; Recruiting
Richard A. Drachtman, MD  732-235-5437    drachtri@umdnj.edu 

      Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark,  New Jersey,  07112-2094,  United States; Recruiting
Peri Kamalakar, MD  973-926-7161    pkamalak@sghcs.com 

      St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston,  New Jersey,  07039,  United States; Recruiting
Brenda Sison, MD  973-322-2800 

      St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Paterson,  New Jersey,  07503,  United States; Recruiting
Mary Ann Bonilla, MD  973-754-3230    bonillam@sjhmc.org 

      Valerie Fund Children's Center at Atlantic Health, Summit,  New Jersey,  07901,  United States; Recruiting
Hazem Helmy Mahmoud, MD  973-971-6731 

New York
      Albert Einstein Cancer Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx,  New York,  10461,  United States; Recruiting
Eva Radel, MD  718-920-7844 

      Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn,  New York,  11212,  United States; Recruiting
Kusum Viswanathan, MD  718-240-5904 

      Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn,  New York,  11201-5493,  United States; Recruiting
Swayamprabha Sadanandan, MD  718-250-6074    sws9001@nyp.org 

      Cancer Center of Albany Medical Center, Albany,  New York,  12208,  United States; Recruiting
Jennifer M. Pearce, MD  518-262-5513    pearcej@mail.amc.edu 

      Comprehensive Cancer Center at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn,  New York,  11219,  United States; Recruiting
Ludovico Guarini, MD  718-283-8173    lguarini@maimonidesmed.org 

      Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University, New York,  New York,  10032,  United States; Recruiting
Linda Granowetter, MD  212-305-8652    lg519@columbia.edu 

      Long Island Cancer Center at Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook,  New York,  11794,  United States; Recruiting
Robert Ingalls Parker, DSc  631-444-4000 

      Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York,  New York,  10021,  United States; Recruiting
Peter G. Steinherz, MD  212-639-7951 

      New York Medical College, Valhalla,  New York,  10595,  United States; Recruiting
M. Fevzi Ozkaynak, MD  914-493-7997    mehmet_ozkaynak@nymc.edu 

      New York Weill Cornell Cancer Center at Cornell University, New York,  New York,  10021,  United States; Recruiting
Patricia J.V. Giardina, MD  212-746-3400 

      Schneider Children's Hospital, New Hyde Park,  New York,  11042,  United States; Recruiting
Arlene Sara Redner, MD  718-470-3460 

      SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn,  New York,  11203,  United States; Recruiting
Sreedhar P. Rao, MD  718-270-1693 

      SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital, Syracuse,  New York,  13210,  United States; Recruiting
Ronald L. Dubowy, MD  315-464-5294    dubowyr@upstate.edu 

North Carolina
      Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte,  North Carolina,  28232-2861,  United States; Recruiting
Daniel P. McMahon, MD  704-355-1130    dmcmahon@carolinas.org 

      Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,  North Carolina,  27599,  United States; Recruiting
Stuart Gold, MD  919-966-0985    stubaby@med.unc.med 

      Mission Hospitals, Asheville,  North Carolina,  28801,  United States; Recruiting
Orren Beaty, DO, PhD  823-213-5770    orren.beaty@msj.org 

North Dakota
      Dakota Cancer Institute at Innovis Health - Dakota Clinic, Fargo,  North Dakota,  58103-4940,  United States; Recruiting
Janet K. Tillisch, MD  701-364-4964 

      Meritcare Roger Maris Cancer Center, Fargo,  North Dakota,  58122,  United States; Recruiting
Nathan L. Kobrinsky, MD  701-234-2735 

Ohio
      Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron,  Ohio,  44308-1062,  United States; Recruiting
Steven J. Kuerbitz, MD  330-543-8730    skuerbitz@chmca.org 

      Children's Medical Center - Dayton, Dayton,  Ohio,  45404,  United States; Recruiting
Emmett H. Broxson, MD, FAAP  937-641-3111    broxsone@childrensdayton.org 

      Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati,  Ohio,  45229-3039,  United States; Recruiting
John Peter Perentesis, MD  513-636-6090 

      Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus,  Ohio,  43205-2696,  United States; Recruiting
Amanda Termuhlen, MD  614-722-3552 

      Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,  Ohio,  44106-5065,  United States; Recruiting
Susan Wiersma, MD  216-844-3345    srw3@po.cwru.edu 

      St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo,  Ohio,  43608,  United States; Recruiting
Rama Jasty, MD  419-251-8215    rjasty@mco.edu 

      Toledo Children's Hospital, Toledo,  Ohio,  43601,  United States; Recruiting
Richard M. Shore, MD  419-471-5437 

Oregon
      CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program, Portland,  Oregon,  97225,  United States; Recruiting
Keith S. Lanier, MD  503-216-6260 

      Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland,  Oregon,  97239-3098,  United States; Recruiting
H. Stacy Nicholson, MD, MPH  503-494-1543 

Pennsylvania
      Children's Hospital at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey,  Pennsylvania,  17033,  United States; Recruiting
John E. Neely, MD  717-531-6012    jen6@psu.edu 

      Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  19104,  United States; Recruiting
Richard Berry Womer, MD  215-590-2229    rwomer@mail.med.upenn.edu 

      Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  15213,  United States; Recruiting
Arthur Kim Ritchey, MD  412-692-5055    kim.ritchey@chp.edu 

      Geisinger Medical Center, Danville,  Pennsylvania,  17822-1320,  United States; Recruiting
Jeffrey Taylor, MD  570-271-6848 

Rhode Island
      Rhode Island Hospital, Providence,  Rhode Island,  02903,  United States; Recruiting
Sam W. Lew, MD  401-444-5171 

South Dakota
      Sioux Valley Hospital and University of South Dakota Medical Center, Sioux Falls,  South Dakota,  57117-5039,  United States; Recruiting
Jakica Tancabelic, MD  605-333-7171    jtancabe@usd.edu 

Tennessee
      East Tennessee Children's Hospital, Knoxville,  Tennessee,  37901,  United States; Recruiting
Ray C. Pais, MD  865-541-8266    hemonc@etch.com 

      East Tennessee State University Cancer Center at Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City,  Tennessee,  37614-0622,  United States; Recruiting
David K. Kalwinsky, MD  423-433-6200    sjcrhta@msha,cin 

      Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville,  Tennessee,  37232-6310,  United States; Recruiting
James A. Whitlock, MD  615-936-1762 

Texas
      CCOP - Scott and White Hospital, Temple,  Texas,  76508,  United States; Recruiting
Lucas Wong, MD  254-724-1053    lwong@swmail.sw.org 

      Children's Hospital of Austin, Austin,  Texas,  78701,  United States; Recruiting
Sharon K. Lockhart, MD  512-324-8480    slockhart@stcaustin.com 

      Covenant Children's Hospital, Lubbock,  Texas,  79410,  United States; Recruiting
John Iacuone, MD  806-725-4840 

      MBCCOP - South Texas Pediatrics, San Antonio,  Texas,  78229-3900,  United States; Recruiting
Anne-Marie Langevin, MD  210-704-3405    langevin@uthscsa.edu 

      MD Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas, Houston,  Texas,  77030-4009,  United States; Recruiting
Joann Ater, MD  713-792-6665    jater@mdanderson.org 

      Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas,  Texas,  75230,  United States; Recruiting
Carl Lenarsky, MD  972-566-6647    carl.lenarsky@usoncology.com 

      Methodist Cancer Center at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital, San Antonio,  Texas,  78229-3902,  United States; Recruiting
Jaime Estrada, MD  210-575-8130 

      Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Amarillo,  Texas,  79106,  United States; Recruiting
Curtis Wade Turner, MD  806-354-5434    curtis.turner@ttuhsc.edu 

Virginia
      Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk,  Virginia,  23507,  United States; Recruiting
Rebecca L. Byrd, MD  757-668-7243    byrdrl@chkd.org 

Washington
      Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center - Seattle, Seattle,  Washington,  98105,  United States; Recruiting
Douglas Hawkins, MD  206-987-3096 

      Deaconess Medical Center, Spokane,  Washington,  99210-0248,  United States; Recruiting
Steven K. Bergstrom, MD  509-473-7012    bergst@empirehealth.org 

      Group Health Central Hospital, Seattle,  Washington,  98112,  United States; Recruiting
Philip Herzog, MD  425-883-5291 

      Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center, Tacoma,  Washington,  98415-0299,  United States; Recruiting
William J. Thomas, MD  253-403-4915    hemonc@multicare.org 

West Virginia
      Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington,  West Virginia,  25701,  United States; Recruiting
Andrew Pendleton, MD  304-691-1384    dpendlet@marshall.edu 

      Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center at West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown,  West Virginia,  26506-9300,  United States; Recruiting
Frank G. Keller, MD  304-293-1217 

Wisconsin
      Bellin Memorial Hospital, Green Bay,  Wisconsin,  54301,  United States; Recruiting
Dorothy J. Ganick, MD  920-433-6025 

      CCOP - Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield,  Wisconsin,  54449,  United States; Recruiting
Tarit Kumar Banerjee, MD, FACP  715-387-5511 

      Gundersen Lutheran Cancer Center at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse,  Wisconsin,  54601,  United States; Recruiting
Robert S. Ettinger, MD  608-782-7300    rsetting@gundluth.org 

      Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center, Marshfield,  Wisconsin,  54449-5772,  United States; Recruiting
Harlan James Nickerson, MD  715-387-5018 

      University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison,  Wisconsin,  53792-6164,  United States; Recruiting
Diane Puccetti, MD  608-263-0320 

Australia, New South Wales
      Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick,  New South Wales,  2031,  Australia; Recruiting
Glenn Marshall, MD, MBBS  61-2-9382-1721    g.marshall@unsw.edu.au 

Australia, Western Australia
      Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth,  Western Australia,  6001,  Australia; Recruiting
David L. Baker, MD, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA  61-8-9340-8234 

Canada, British Columbia
      British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver,  British Columbia,  V6H 3V4,  Canada; Recruiting
Paul C.J. Rogers, MB, ChB, FRCPC, MBA, FRCP  604-875-2322    progers@cw.bc.ca 

Canada, Manitoba
      CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  R3E 0V9,  Canada; Recruiting
Rochelle A. Yanofsky, MD  204-787-4163    rochelle.yanofsky@cancercare.mb.ca 

Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador
      Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre, St. John's,  Newfoundland and Labrador,  A1B 3V6,  Canada; Recruiting
John (Jack) Hand, MD  709-777-4799    hcc.hanjg@hccsj.nf.ca 

Canada, Nova Scotia
      IWK Health Centre, Halifax,  Nova Scotia,  B3J 3G9,  Canada; Recruiting
Dorothy R. Barnard, MD  902-470-8291    dorothy.barnard@iwk.nshealth.ca 

Canada, Ontario
      Children's Hospital of Western Ontario, London,  Ontario,  N6C 2V5,  Canada; Recruiting
Anne Elizabeth Lois Cairney, MD  519-685-8494    beth.cairney@lhsc.on.ca 

Canada, Saskatchewan
      Allan Blair Cancer Centre at Pasqua Hospital, Regina,  Saskatchewan,  S4T 7T1,  Canada; Recruiting
Christina Ten Suan Goh, MD  306-766-2205    tgoh@scf.sk.ca 

      Saskatoon Cancer Centre, Saskatoon,  Saskatchewan,  S7N 4H4,  Canada; Recruiting
Ali S. Kaiser, MD  306-655-2684 

New Zealand
      Starship Children's Health, Auckland,  New Zealand; Recruiting
Lochie Teague, MD  64-9-307-4949 ext. 6295    lochiet@adhb.govt.nz 

Switzerland
      Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group Bern, Bern,  CH 3010,  Switzerland; Recruiting
Annette Ridolfi-Luethy, MD  41-31-632-9372 

      Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group Geneva, Geneva,  CH 1211,  Switzerland; Recruiting
Pierre Wacker, MD  41-22-382-3311 

      Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group Lausanne, Lausanne,  CH 1011,  Switzerland; Recruiting
Maja Beck Popovic, MD  41-21-314-3567 

Study chairs or principal investigators

Joann Ater, MD,  Study Chair,  M.D. Anderson Cancer Center   

More Information

Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database

Study ID Numbers:  CDR0000065394; COG-A9952; CCG-A9952; POG-A9952; CCG-9952; NCT00002944
Record last reviewed:  May 2004
Last Updated:  April 4, 2005
Record first received:  November 1, 1999
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:  NCT00002944
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-04-08


Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
Cache Date: April 8, 2005

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