Scientists launch massive effort to crack the code of rare brain tumors
NCT ID NCT05697874
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is creating a large international database of children, teens, and young adults with rare brain tumors. Researchers will collect tumor samples and medical information to better understand how these tumors behave and what makes them unique. The goal is to improve diagnosis and treatment for future patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 5,800 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2033
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study population will include patients who have completed the informed consent process and are \<= to 45 years of age at diagnosis of the following: CNS Sarcoma, BCOR-altered tumor, Astroblastoma/MNI-1 altered tumors, histologically ambiguous/unclassifiable brain tumor, rare brain tumor. Patients from anywhere in the world are eligible for enrollment.
- Ages
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Up to 45 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with a known or suspected CNS Sarcoma. * Patients with a known or suspected BCOR-altered brain tumor * Patients with a known or suspected Astroblastoma/NM-1 altered brain tumor * Patients with known or suspected histologically ambiguous/unclassifiable brain tumor * Patients with a known or suspected rare brain tumor. * Signed informed consent by patient/ parent or guardian (assent where applicable) to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * The patient has an extra-CNS primary tumor. * The patient is older than 46 years of age at diagnosis. * The patient or family is not willing to participate or does not sign informed consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
13 sites in 4 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Akron Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGAkron, Ohio, 44308, United States
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90027, United States
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Children's National Hospital
RECRUITINGWashington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45229-3026, United States
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Clinica Del Country
RECRUITINGBogotá, 110221, Colombia
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Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital- Tel Aviv Medical Center
RECRUITINGTel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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HOMI - Fundación Hospital de la Misericordia
RECRUITINGBogotá, Bogota D.C., 111511, Colombia
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Rambam Health Care Campus
RECRUITINGHaifa, 3525409, Israel
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Schneider Children's Medical Center- CLALIT Health Services
RECRUITINGPetah Tikva, 4920235, Israel
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TUCCA - Santa Marcelina
RECRUITINGSão Paulo, São Paulo, 08270-070, Brazil
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The Sheba Medical Center
RECRUITINGTel Litwinsky, 52621, Israel
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University of California San Francisco
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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