Childhood neoplasm
MONDO:0021079A benign or malignant neoplasm arising during childhood.
Also known as: childhood neoplasm, childhood neoplasm (disease), childhood tumor, childhood tumour, neoplasm (disease) of childhood, paediatric neoplasm, paediatric neoplasm (disease), paediatric tumour
2050 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 46 tagged with Childhood neoplasm itself.
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Sub-types of Childhood neoplasm
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Childhood malignant neoplasm 239 trials · 598 incl. sub-types
30 sub-types
- Childhood leukemia 23 trials · 172 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pediatric lymphoma 3 trials · 141 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Childhood brain stem neoplasm 3 trials · 95 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma 36 trials
- Childhood malignant kidney neoplasm 0 trials · 30 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pediatric high-grade glioma 14 trials · 16 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Childhood precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia 0 trials · 13 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pediatric osteosarcoma 8 trials Sub-types →
- Childhood central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal neoplasm 6 trials Sub-types →
- Pleuropulmonary blastoma 4 trials Sub-types →
- Malignant childhood germ cell neoplasm 0 trials · 3 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pediatric fibrosarcoma 0 trials · 2 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pediatric intraocular retinoblastoma 2 trials
- Childhood choroid plexus carcinoma 1 trial
- Childhood malignant schwannoma 1 trial
- Childhood oligodendroglioma 1 trial
- Extrarenal rhabdoid tumor 1 trial
- Childhood botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma 0 trials Sub-types →
- Childhood cerebral astrocytoma 0 trials Sub-types →
- Childhood epithelioid sarcoma 0 trials
- Childhood malignant melanoma 0 trials Sub-types →
- Childhood malignant mesenchymoma 0 trials
- Childhood pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma 0 trials
- Pediatric angiosarcoma 0 trials
- Pediatric extraocular retinoblastoma 0 trials
- Pediatric infratentorial ependymoma 0 trials
- Pediatric liposarcoma 0 trials
- Pediatric mesenchymal chondrosarcoma 0 trials
- Pediatric myxoid chondrosarcoma 0 trials
- Pediatric supratentorial ependymoma 0 trials
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Childhood infratentorial neoplasm 1 trial · 109 incl. sub-types
4 sub-types
- Childhood brain stem neoplasm 3 trials · 95 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Childhood cerebellar neoplasm 0 trials · 14 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pediatric infratentorial ependymoblastoma 0 trials
- Pediatric infratentorial ependymoma 0 trials
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Childhood kidney neoplasm 1 trial · 30 incl. sub-types
3 sub-types
- Childhood malignant kidney neoplasm 0 trials · 30 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Childhood multilocular cystic kidney neoplasm 0 trials · 1 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Childhood kidney angiomyolipoma 0 trials
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Childhood ependymoma 7 trials
1 sub-type
- Pediatric supratentorial ependymoma 0 trials
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Childhood germ cell tumor 3 trials · 7 incl. sub-types
4 sub-types
- Malignant childhood germ cell neoplasm 0 trials · 3 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Childhood central nervous system germ cell tumor 0 trials · 2 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Childhood gonadal germ cell tumor 1 trial · 2 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pediatric ovarian germ cell tumor 0 trials · 2 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
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Childhood astrocytic tumor 1 trial · 2 incl. sub-types
4 sub-types
- Childhood pilocytic astrocytoma 1 trial Sub-types →
- Childhood brainstem astrocytoma 0 trials
- Childhood cerebellar astrocytic neoplasm 0 trials
- Childhood cerebral astrocytoma 0 trials Sub-types →
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Childhood optic nerve glioma 1 trial
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Childhood spinal cord tumor 1 trial
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Childhood choroid plexus neoplasm 0 trials · 1 incl. sub-types
1 sub-type
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Childhood carcinoid tumor 0 trials
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Childhood testicular neoplasm 0 trials
1 sub-type
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Pediatric meningioma 0 trials
2 sub-types
- Childhood brain meningioma 0 trials
- Pediatric leptomeningeal melanoma 0 trials
Most studied deeper sub-types
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Nasal spray could deliver brain tumor treatment directly to Kids' tumors
Disease control Recruiting nowThis early-phase trial tests a nasal spray called NEO100 (a purified natural compound) in 12 children with certain aggressive brain tumors. The goal is to see if it's safe, find the best dose, and check if the drug reaches the tumor. Participants will receive increasing doses, an…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: Neonc Technologies, Inc. • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Sep 17, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Experimental combo targets Hard-to-Treat brain cancers
Disease control Recruiting nowThis study tests two drugs—tarlatamab and temozolomide—in adolescents and adults with high-grade brain tumors that have a specific marker called DLL3. The goal is to see if the combination is safe and can shrink tumors. About 70 participants will be enrolled across multiple cente…
Phase 1/2 • Sponsor: Centre Leon Berard • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Sep 16, 2026 00:00 UTC
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New CAR t cell therapy targets tough childhood cancers in early trial
Disease control Recruiting nowThis early-phase study tests whether a new cell therapy called B7-H3 CAR T cells is safe and can help children and young adults whose solid tumors have returned or stopped responding to standard treatments. About 40 participants will receive their own immune cells that have been …
Phase 1 • Sponsor: Robbie Majzner • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Sep 05, 2026 00:00 UTC
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New drug targets cancer spread in first human trial
Disease control Recruiting nowThis early-phase trial tests a new drug called metarrestin in people with advanced solid tumors that have spread (metastasized). The goal is to find a safe dose and see if it can shrink tumors. The study includes adults with pancreatic, breast, or other solid tumors, and children…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Aug 29, 2026 00:00 UTC
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New hope for kids with tough cancers: GAIA-102 trial launches
Disease control Recruiting nowThis early-stage trial tests a new drug called GAIA-102 in children whose neuroblastoma or other solid tumors have not responded to standard treatments. The study has four groups, testing GAIA-102 alone or combined with other cancer drugs. The main goal is to check safety and fin…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: Kyushu University • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Aug 09, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Diabetes drug takes on childhood cancers in early safety trial
Disease control Recruiting nowThis early-phase study tests whether dapagliflozin, a diabetes medicine, is safe for children with brain or solid tumors that have come back or not responded to other treatments. About 20 children will receive the drug alongside standard care. The goal is to check for side effect…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 13:06 UTC
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New cocktail of four drugs aims to tackle childhood cancers that Won't go away
Disease control Recruiting nowThis study is testing a combination of four drugs—atezolizumab, sorafenib, bevacizumab, and cyclophosphamide—in children and young adults with solid tumors that have come back or not responded to standard treatment. The goal is to find safe doses and see if the combination can sh…
Phase 1/2 • Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 12:36 UTC
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Engineered immune cells take aim at childhood cancers
Disease control Recruiting nowThis early-stage trial tests a new immunotherapy for children and young adults up to age 21 with solid tumors that have come back or not responded to standard treatment. The therapy uses the patient's own immune cells, which are modified in a lab to recognize and attack a protein…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 12:35 UTC
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Engineered immune cells take on childhood cancers in first human test
Disease control Recruiting nowThis early-stage trial is testing a new type of cell therapy called B7H3-IL7Ra CAR T-cells in children and young adults (ages 1-25) whose solid tumors have returned or not responded to standard treatments. The therapy uses the patient's own immune cells, modified in a lab to bett…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: Chulalongkorn University • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 09:10 UTC
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New combo therapy aims to stop sarcoma return in kids and young adults
Disease control Recruiting nowThis study tests whether the drug nivolumab can be safely given after a half-matched bone marrow transplant to help prevent sarcomas from coming back. It includes children and young adults up to age 50 who have already had the transplant and are at high risk of relapse. Researche…
Phase 1/2 • Sponsor: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 09:02 UTC
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New hope for kids with tough cancers: precision drugs tested
Disease control Recruiting nowThis trial tests whether giving children and teens with advanced solid tumors, brain tumors, or lymphomas drugs that match their tumor's genetic profile can help. About 90 participants will receive one of four drug combinations based on their tumor's molecular features. The goal …
Phase 1/2 • Sponsor: Australian & New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 09:00 UTC
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New hope for kids with brain cancer? LAM561 trial launches
Disease control Recruiting nowThis study tests an oral drug called LAM561 in children under 18 with advanced brain tumors (like high-grade glioma) or other solid tumors that have not responded to standard treatments. The trial has two phases: first, finding a safe dose in up to 18 children, then testing that …
Phase 1/2 • Sponsor: Laminar Pharmaceuticals • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 07:59 UTC
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Virtual reality goggles ease pain for kids with cancer
Symptom relief Recruiting nowThis study tests whether using a virtual reality helmet during painful medical procedures (like needle sticks or bone marrow tests) can reduce pain in children with cancer. About 74 children aged 6 to 18 will be split into two groups: one gets standard care plus the VR helmet, th…
Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion • Aim: Symptom relief
Last updated Sep 13, 2026 00:00 UTC
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New national registry aims to unlock secrets of Ultra-Rare childhood cancers
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study creates a registry for children, teens, and young adults (ages 1 month to 39 years) diagnosed with very rare solid tumors (fewer than 2 cases per million people per year). Researchers will collect medical records, tumor samples, and patient questionnaires to better und…
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Sep 20, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Massive study aims to unlock secrets of rare cancers
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study is collecting medical information and biological samples from up to 10,000 people with rare solid tumors, their relatives, and those with genetic mutations that raise cancer risk. Researchers hope to learn how these tumors develop and change over time. The goal is to i…
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Sep 04, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Weekly scans may make proton therapy safer for kids with cancer
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study will enroll 100 children with solid tumors or Hodgkin lymphoma who are receiving proton therapy. Researchers will take weekly or bi-weekly CT or MRI scans during treatment to check if the original radiation plan is still accurate. If tumor coverage drops by 5% or radia…
Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Aug 23, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Can tracking childhood cancer survivors reveal hidden late effects?
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis large French study follows people who were treated for a solid tumor as children before the year 2000. Researchers are tracking their health and social outcomes over many years to understand the long-term risks from cancer and its treatments. The goal is to improve follow-up…
Sponsor: Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Aug 01, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Kids' cancer genes mapped in massive study
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study is collecting and analyzing the complete genetic information (genomes) of up to 2,500 children with cancer. The goal is to learn how gene changes cause different tumors and affect treatment outcomes. This is a non-therapeutic study, meaning it does not test a new treat…
Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jul 24, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Taste and smell tests for kids with cancer: a feasibility study
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study looks at whether it's possible to measure changes in taste, smell, and eating habits in children aged 7 to 17 who are undergoing cancer treatment. Researchers are testing simple tools like smell and taste tests, saliva measurements, and questionnaires. The goal is to s…
Sponsor: Centre Leon Berard • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 13:05 UTC
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AI and big data join the fight against childhood brain cancer relapse
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study looks back at data from 370 children treated for ependymoma, a common brain tumor in kids. Even after surgery and radiation, about half of these tumors return. Researchers are using artificial intelligence to analyze medical images, genetics, and treatment records to f…
Sponsor: Institut Claudius Regaud • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 13:02 UTC
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Frozen hope: new study protects fertility in young cancer patients
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study aims to help boys who need strong cancer treatments that could harm their ability to have children later. For those who haven't gone through puberty, doctors will freeze a small piece of testicular tissue to save stem cells. The goal is to protect future fertility and …
Sponsor: Gumy-Pause Fabienne • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 12:37 UTC
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New questionnaire aims to catch hidden cancer genes in children
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study tests a questionnaire called QUOCCAS that parents and children fill out to see if it can spot kids with a higher chance of having an inherited cancer syndrome. About 205 children and teens with cancer will take part, giving a blood or saliva sample for genetic testing.…
Sponsor: Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 12:28 UTC
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Lab breakthrough: new method supercharges immune cells against Kids' cancers
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study aims to improve how immune cells (called CTLs) are grown in the lab so they can better recognize and kill pediatric solid tumors like neuroblastoma and osteosarcoma. Researchers are using a special device called a G-Rex bioreactor to produce larger numbers of these cel…
Sponsor: Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 07:58 UTC
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Scientists dive deep into DNA of Kids' cancers to unlock secrets
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study collects tumor and blood samples from 1,000 children with solid cancers like neuroblastoma and sarcoma. Researchers will analyze the genetic makeup and immune response of these tumors to better understand how they grow and resist treatment. The goal is to gather knowle…
Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 07:57 UTC