Etoposide in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed Ependymoma

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as etoposide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well etoposide works in treating young patients with ependymoma.

Timeline

Start

2001-07

Primary completion

2010-07

Completion

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Publications

• Apps JR, Maycock S, Ellison DW, Jaspan T, Ritzmann TA, Macarthur D, Mallucci C, Wheatley K, Veal GJ, Grundy RG, Picton S. Phase II study of intravenous etoposide in patients with relapsed ependymoma (CNS 2001 04). Neurooncol Adv. 2022 Apr 13;4(1):vdac053. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdac053. eCollection 2022 Jan-Dec.

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