(HeadStart 4) Newly Diagnosed Children (Less than 10 Years Old) With Medulloblastoma and Other Central Nervous System Primitive Neuro-Ectodermal Tumors: Clinical and Molecular Risk-Tailored Intensive and Compressed Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Consolidation with Either Single-Cycle (Low Risk Patients) or Randomization (High Risk Patients) to either Single-Cycle or to Three Tandem Cycles of Marrow-Ablative Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Rescue
Purpose
This research study will compare two different treatment regimens to see which is better for treating children with different types of brain tumors called medulloblastoma and CNS embryonal tumors of the brain or spinal cord.
Eligibility
- 0 - 10 years old
- Disease: Brain tumor
- Disease type: Medulloblastoma, Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors
For additional information about eligibility criteria, please contact the study coordinator Jennifer King:
- 352.294.8374
- jennifer.king@neurosurgery.ufl.edu
Procedures
- Drug: Induction
- Drug type: Chemotherapy
For additional information about study procedures, please contact the study coordinator Jennifer King:
- 352.294.8374
- jennifer.king@neurosurgery.ufl.edu
Gender
Keywords
Brain tumor - children, Central nervous system, Tumor, chemotherapyPrincipal Investigator
Sridharan GururanganDepartment
Contact Information
jennifer.king@neurosurgery.ufl.edu
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