Collecting and Storing Blood and Brain Tumor Tissue Samples From Children With Brain Tumors
Status: Recruiting
Phase: N/A
Diagnosis: Pediatric Brain Tumor
NCT ID: NCT00919750
(View complete trial on ClinicalTrials.gov)
DFCI Protocol ID: 04-333
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tumor tissue and blood from patients to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to collect and store brain tissue samples and blood from children with brain cancer that will be tested in the laboratory.
Conducting Institutions:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Children's Hospital Boston
Overall PI:
Scott Pomeroy, MD,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Site-responsible Investigators:
Contacts:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:
Childrens Hospital Pediatric Clinical Translation Investigation Program CTIP,
ctip@partners.org
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of brain tumor
- Previously treated at a Children's Oncology Group (COG) institution
- Patients are eligible at time of diagnosis, second-look surgery, recurrence, or
development of a second malignant neoplasm
- Must have brain tumor biological specimens derived from primary tumors of the CNS
available for submission
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Not specified
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Not specified