Study aims to tame childhood brain tumors with gentler radiation

NCT ID NCT01602666

Summary

This study tested whether doctors could safely use lower doses of radiation to treat two types of rare brain tumors in children and young adults. The goal was to control the cancer while trying to reduce the long-term side effects of treatment, especially on thinking and learning. The treatment plan was personalized based on how well the tumor responded to initial chemotherapy.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AdventHealth Orlando

    Orlando, Florida, 32803, United States

  • Advocate Children's Hospital-Oak Lawn

    Oak Lawn, Illinois, 60453, United States

  • Advocate Children's Hospital-Park Ridge

    Park Ridge, Illinois, 60068, United States

  • Albany Medical Center

    Albany, New York, 12208, United States

  • Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, United States

  • Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89135, United States

  • Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

    Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States

  • Ascension Saint Vincent Indianapolis Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46260, United States

  • BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29605, United States

  • Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Blank Children's Hospital

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50309, United States

  • British Columbia Children's Hospital

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3V4, Canada

  • Bronson Methodist Hospital

    Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49007, United States

  • CancerCare Manitoba

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0V9, Canada

  • Carilion Children's

    Roanoke, Virginia, 24014, United States

  • Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28203, United States

  • Cedars Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine

    Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30329, United States

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States

  • Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron

    Akron, Ohio, 44308, United States

  • Children's Hospital New Orleans

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Orange County

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

  • Children's Hospital of San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78207, United States

  • Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

    Norfolk, Virginia, 23507, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404, United States

  • Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

  • Children's National Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

  • Christchurch Hospital

    Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center

    Hartford, Connecticut, 06106, United States

  • Cook Children's Medical Center

    Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

  • Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Dartmouth Cancer Center

    Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, United States

  • Dayton Children's Hospital

    Dayton, Ohio, 45404, United States

  • Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas

    Austin, Texas, 78723, United States

  • Driscoll Children's Hospital

    Corpus Christi, Texas, 78411, United States

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • East Tennessee Childrens Hospital

    Knoxville, Tennessee, 37916, United States

  • Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida

    Fort Myers, Florida, 33908, United States

  • Greenville Cancer Treatment Center

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29605, United States

  • Hackensack University Medical Center

    Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

  • Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

  • IWK Health Centre

    Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 6R8, Canada

  • Inova Fairfax Hospital

    Falls Church, Virginia, 22042, United States

  • John Hunter Children's Hospital

    Hunter Regional Mail Centre, New South Wales, 2310, Australia

  • Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

    St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701, United States

  • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center

    Downey, California, 90242, United States

  • Kaiser Permanente-Oakland

    Oakland, California, 94611, United States

  • Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96826, United States

  • Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone

    New York, New York, 10016, United States

  • Lee Memorial Health System

    Fort Myers, Florida, 33901, United States

  • Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital

    Portland, Oregon, 97227, United States

  • Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg

    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18017, United States

  • Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest

    Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18103, United States

  • Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States

  • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

    Torrance, California, 90502, United States

  • Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Madigan Army Medical Center

    Tacoma, Washington, 98431, United States

  • Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield

    Marshfield, Wisconsin, 54449, United States

  • Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

  • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences

    Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada

  • MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007, United States

  • Medical City Dallas Hospital

    Dallas, Texas, 75230, United States

  • Memorial Health University Medical Center

    Savannah, Georgia, 31404, United States

  • Memorial Regional Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

    Hollywood, Florida, 33021, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Mercy Hospital Saint Louis

    St Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States

  • Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • Michigan State University

    East Lansing, Michigan, 48823, United States

  • Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach

    Long Beach, California, 90806, United States

  • Mission Hospital

    Asheville, North Carolina, 28801, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • Morristown Medical Center

    Morristown, New Jersey, 07960, United States

  • NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island

    Mineola, New York, 11501, United States

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Nemours Children's Clinic - Orlando

    Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States

  • Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola

    Pensacola, Florida, 32504, United States

  • Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32207, United States

  • Nemours Children's Hospital

    Orlando, Florida, 32827, United States

  • New York Medical College

    Valhalla, New York, 10595, United States

  • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

    Newark, New Jersey, 07112, United States

  • Nicklaus Children's Hospital

    Miami, Florida, 33155, United States

  • Norton Children's Hospital

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Orlando Health Cancer Institute

    Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States

  • Overlook Hospital

    Summit, New Jersey, 07902, United States

  • Penn State Children's Hospital

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

  • Perth Children's Hospital

    Perth, Western Australia, 6009, Australia

  • Phoenix Childrens Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85016, United States

  • Primary Children's Hospital

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113, United States

  • Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

    Perth, Western Australia, 6008, Australia

  • Prisma Health Richland Hospital

    Columbia, South Carolina, 29203, United States

  • Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital

    Spokane, Washington, 99204, United States

  • Queensland Children's Hospital

    South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia

  • Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego

    San Diego, California, 92123, United States

  • Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • Riley Hospital for Children

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

  • Royal Children's Hospital

    Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia

  • Royal Children's Hospital-Brisbane

    Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, United States

  • Saint Barnabas Medical Center

    Livingston, New Jersey, 07039, United States

  • Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States

  • Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate

    Peoria, Illinois, 61637, United States

  • Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Boise

    Boise, Idaho, 83712, United States

  • Saint Mary's Medical Center

    West Palm Beach, Florida, 33407, United States

  • Saint Vincent Hospital Cancer Center Green Bay

    Green Bay, Wisconsin, 54301, United States

  • Sanford Broadway Medical Center

    Fargo, North Dakota, 58122, United States

  • Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57117-5134, United States

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

  • Starship Children's Hospital

    Grafton, Auckland, 1145, New Zealand

  • State University of New York Upstate Medical University

    Syracuse, New York, 13210, United States

  • Summerlin Hospital Medical Center

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89144, United States

  • Sutter Medical Center Sacramento

    Sacramento, California, 95816, United States

  • Sydney Children's Hospital

    Randwick, New South Wales, 2031, Australia

  • T C Thompson Children's Hospital

    Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37403, United States

  • Tampa General Hospital

    Tampa, Florida, 33606, United States

  • The Children's Hospital at Westmead

    Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia

  • The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York

    New Hyde Park, New York, 11040, United States

  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

    Oakland, California, 94609, United States

  • UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay

    San Francisco, California, 94158, United States

  • UCSF Medical Center-Parnassus

    San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

  • UMC Cancer Center / UMC Health System

    Lubbock, Texas, 79415, United States

  • UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

  • UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89102, United States

  • University Pediatric Hospital

    San Juan, 00926, Puerto Rico

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

  • University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

  • University of Hawaii Cancer Center

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, United States

  • University of Illinois

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States

  • University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

  • University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

  • University of New Mexico Cancer Center

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87106, United States

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

  • University of Rochester

    Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • University of Virginia Cancer Center

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States

  • University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center - University Hospital

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

  • VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

  • Valley Children's Hospital

    Madera, California, 93636, United States

  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

  • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20889-5600, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

  • Women's and Children's Hospital-Adelaide

    North Adelaide, South Australia, 5006, Australia

  • Yale University

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

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