Pediatric Brain Tumors

Clinical Trials

Below is a list of Pediatric Brain Tumors clinical trials from the clinical trials database at Mayo Clinic.

This list includes only trials about which Mayo researchers choose to publish information. Mayo Clinic may be conducting other trials which are not in this database. Mayo's clinical trials include experimental treatments, often unavailable elsewhere, which frequently lead to improved patient care for people worldwide. Patients should ask their doctor at Mayo about clinical trials appropriate for their situation.

Chemotherapy (Carboplatin and Isotretinoin) and Radiation Therapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed, Previously Untreated, High-Risk Medulloblastoma or Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET)
Patients are being asked to take part in this research study because they have been diagnosed with a type of cancer called medulloblastoma, a type of brain tumor. This study is for patients with high risk medulloblastoma. The term, risk, refers to the chance of the cancer coming back after treatment.
One or more of the following factors make the cancer more likely to return after treatment:
- The tumor is not at the very back of the brain
- Some of the tumor was not removed by surgery
- The cancer has spread to more than one site
It is common to enroll children and adolescents with cancer in a clinical trial that seeks to improve cancer treatment over time. Clinical trials include only people who choose to take part. Patients have a choice between a standard treatment for medulloblastoma and this clinical trial.
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