Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

ConditionCancer
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital

About this trial

The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) will investigate the long-term effects of cancer and its associated therapies. A retrospective cohort study will be conducted through a multi-institutional collaboration, which will involve the identification and active follow-up of a cohort of approximately 50,000 survivors of cancer, diagnosed before 21 years of age, between 1970 and 1999 and 10,000 sibling controls. This project will study children and young adults exposed to specific therapeutic modalities, including radiation, chemotherapy, and/or surgery, who are at increased risk of late-occurring adverse health outcomes. A group of sibling controls will be identified and data collected for comparison purposes.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Five-year survival following diagnosis of leukemia, lymphoma, CNS tumor, bone tumor, Wilms tumor, neuroblastoma, or soft tissue sarcoma before age 21 years between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 1986 at one of participating centers.

Five-year survival following diagnosis of leukemia, lymphoma, CNS tumor, bone tumor, kidney tumor, neuroblastoma, or rhabdomyosarcoma before age 21 years between January 1, 1987 and December 31, 1999 at one of participating centers.

English- or Spanish-speaking and living in the U.S. or Canada at the time of diagnosis.

Disqualifiers

Diagnosis of non-malignant tumors (i.e., Langerhans cell histiocytosis, meningioma, craniopharyngioma, etc.) treated with radiation and/or chemotherapy.

Non-English speaking or residence outside the US or Canada.

For comparison purposes, a group of sibling controls will be identified to represent a stratified random sample based on the distribution of survivors with regard to cancer diagnosis, age, sex, race, and geographic location.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Not listed

Trial groups

50,000 Participants
are grouped into 2 trial groups

Sponsors and collaborators

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Collaborator

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Collaborator

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborator

University of Southern California

Collaborator

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Collaborator

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborator