New study hopes to spot cancer early in NF1 patients
NCT ID NCT06222203
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 03, 2026 · Updated 5 times
Summary
This study is for people aged 3 and older with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a genetic condition that often causes noncancerous nerve tumors. About half of people with NF1 get these tumors, and sometimes they turn cancerous. Researchers want to test a new method to predict which tumors might become cancer. Participants will have blood tests, scans, and physical exams, and will be followed for up to 10 years to see how well the prediction method works.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 225 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2035
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Participants aged \>= 3 years old with a clinical or genetic diagnosis of NF1; parents or guardians of participants ages 8-17 years old.
- Ages
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3 to 120 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: High-Risk and Low-Risk NF1 Cohorts * Age \>= 3 years old * Participants with clinical or genetic diagnosis of NF1. * Participants with a diagnosis of mosaic or segmental NF1 are also eligible. * Individuals may have (High-Risk Cohort) or not have (Low-Risk Cohort) at least one of the following characteristics: * Microdeletion or 844-848 missense variants or other variants associated with increased risk of malignant peripheral nervous sheath tumor (MPNST) * Family history of MPNST / atypical neurofibromatous neoplasm of unknown biologic potential (ANNUBP) / atypical neurofibromas (ANF) * Personal history of MPNST/ANNUBP/ANF or neurofibroma with CDKN2A/B loss * Prior radiation therapy at any site * Large plexiform neurofibroma (PN) burden (\>= 350 mL) * Presence \>= 1 DNL at baseline * The ability of the individual, parent/guardian or Legally Authorized Representative (LAR) to understand and the willingness to sign a written consent document for participation. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: High-Risk and Low-Risk NF1 Cohorts \- Inability or unwillingness to undergo MRI imaging INCLUSION CRITERIA: Parent Cohort * Parent or guardian of pediatric individuals (8-17 years old) in High-Risk or Low-Risk Cohorts. * The ability of the parent/guardian or LAR to understand and the willingness to sign a written consent document for parent/guardian participation in this study. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Parent Cohort \- None.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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