O6-benzylguanine and Carmustine in Treating Children With Refractory CNS Tumors

Summary

Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of O6-benzylguanine and carmustine in treating children who have refractory CNS tumors. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

Timeline

Start

1999-05

Primary completion

2006-03

Completion

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Publications

• Results Adams DM, Zhou T, Berg SL, Bernstein M, Neville K, Blaney SM; Children's Oncology Group. Phase 1 trial of O6-benzylguanine and BCNU in children with CNS tumors: a Children's Oncology Group study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Mar;50(3):549-53. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21362.

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