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NCT02950987Active, not recruiting

Screening With Whole Body MRI For Detection Of Primary Tumors In Children And Adults With Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) And Other Cancer Predisposition Syndromes

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Jan 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study is evaluating Whole Body MRI as a possible screening tool to diagnose cancer for people with LFS and other inherited cancer predisposition syndromes.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
150 (estimated)
First submitted
11 Oct 2016
Start date
Mar 2012
Primary completion date
Dec 2027
Lead sponsor
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
NCT number
NCT02950987

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 150
  • From Mar 2012 to the primary completion date, Dec 2027
  • 3 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Active cancer or metastatic disease, except in the case of Stage 0 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or nonmelanoma skin cancer.
  • Patients with a metal heart valve, surgical clips, a pacemaker or any other indwelling metal device that might interfere with MRI

Other

  • Adults and Children
  • Patients with a contraindication to sedation or general anesthesia
  • Females who are pregnant or nursing

Who the study is looking for

  • Adults
  • Individuals greater than or equal to 18 years of age.
  • Individuals with "Li Fraumeni Syndrome" defined as one of the following:
    • Carriers of a germline p53 mutation
    • Members of families meeting classic LFS criteria by family history without an identifiable p53 mutation
    • Obligate carrier by pedigree (these individuals can be offered testing but are still eligible if they defer). The following examples describe "obligate carriers by pedigree."
  • A child of a parent with known p53 mutation that is diagnosed with cancer
  • An individual with a sibling and a child who are p53 positive -OR-
  • Individuals with an inherited cancer predisposition syndrome as defined by one of the following:
    • Hereditary Retinoblastoma with a germline Rb mutation
    • Diagnosis of Hereditary Paraganglioma/Pheochromocytoma Syndrome with a germline SDH mutation
    • Diagnosis of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Type 1 or 2, with a germline MEN mutation
    • New diagnosis of opsoclonus-myoclonus with a negative cancer work-up upon presentation of symptoms
    • Familial Neuroblastoma with a germline ALK mutation
    • Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic dysfunction, Hypoventilation and Autonomic Dysregulation (ROHHAD syndrome) or Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) with or without a germline PHOX 2B mutation
    • Von Hippel-Lindau with a VHL mutation
    • Women with an abnormal cell-free DNA test (i.e. a non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) to detect chromosomal abnormalities) and no cancer diagnosis
    • Other rare cancer predisposition syndromes at the discretion of the treating physician and study physicians
  • NOTE: Individuals with any of the above-listed cancer predisposition syndromes (apart from Li Fraumeni syndrome) are likewise eligible in the absence of a known mutation if they are an obligate carrier by pedigree.
  • Individuals can have a prior history of cancer; these individuals must be in stable remission and at least 6 months out from the completion of surgery/radiation\\ therapy/chemotherapy.
  • Individual cases can be reviewed with the institutional principal investigator.
  • Individuals not pregnant at enrollment. Female subjects of childbearing potential will undergo a pregnancy test prior to imaging.
  • Individuals able to give informed consent or a signature from a designated health care proxy or legal guardian.
    • Children
  • Individuals who are less than 18 years of age
  • Individuals with "Li Fraumeni Syndrome" defined as one of the following:
    • Carriers of a germline p53 mutation OR
    • Members of families meeting classic LFS criteria by family history without an identifiable p53 mutation OR
    • Obligate carrier by pedigree (these individuals can be offered testing but are still eligible if they defer). The following examples describe "obligate carriers by pedigree."
  • A child of a parent with known p53 mutation that is diagnosed with cancer
  • An individual with a sibling and a child who are p53 positive -OR-
  • Individuals with an inherited cancer predisposition syndrome as defined by one of the following:
    • Hereditary Retinoblastoma with a germline Rb mutation
    • Diagnosis of Hereditary Paraganglioma/Pheochromocytoma Syndrome with a germline SDH mutation
    • Diagnosis of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Type 1 or 2, with a germline MEN mutation
    • New diagnosis of opsoclonus-myoclonus with a negative cancer work-up upon presentation of symptoms
    • Familial Neuroblastoma with a germline ALK mutation
    • Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic dysfunction, Hypoventilation and Autonomic Dysregulation (ROHHAD syndrome) or Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) with or without a germline PHOX 2B mutation
    • Von Hippel-Lindau with a VHL mutation
    • Other rare cancer predisposition syndrome at the discretion of the treating physician and study physicians
  • NOTE: Individuals with any of the above-listed cancer predisposition syndromes (apart from Li Fraumeni syndrome) are likewise eligible in the absence of a known mutation if they are an obligate carrier by pedigree.
  • Individuals can have a prior history of cancer; these individuals must be in stable remission and at least 6 months out from the completion of surgery/radiation therapy/chemotherapy. Individual cases can be reviewed with the institutional principal investigator.
  • Individuals not pregnant at enrollment. Female subjects of childbearing potential will undergo a pregnancy test prior to imaging.
  • Signed document of informed consent completed by the parent or legal guardian
  • Signed document of assent obtained if child ≥10 years of age

Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (3)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status

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