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NCT04511806Recruiting

Childhood Cancer Predisposition Study (CCPS)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Oct 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The Childhood Cancer Predisposition Study (CCPS) is a multi-center, longitudinal, observational study that will collect clinical and biological data and specimens from children with a cancer predisposition syndromes (CPS) and their relatives. The central hypothesis is that studying individuals at high risk for childhood cancer creates a unique opportunity for improving the understanding of carcinogenesis, tumor surveillance, early detection, and cancer prevention, which will collectively contribute to improving care and outcomes for pediatric patients with cancer and those with cancer predisposition syndromes (CPS).

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
1050 (estimated)
First submitted
11 Aug 2020
Start date
22 Apr 2021
Primary completion date
Oct 2030
Lead sponsor
Emory University
NCT number
NCT04511806

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 1050
  • From 22 Apr 2021 to the primary completion date, Oct 2030
  • 7 sites in 2 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other illness

  • Individuals with a strong personal or family history of cancer without a genetic or clinical diagnosis of a specific CPS are not eligible for enrollment.

Who the study is looking for

  • Primary Subjects must meet all of the below criteria to be eligible for enrollment:
  • Be less than 21 years of age at the time of enrollment
  • Have a diagnosis of a specific CPS, whether they have had cancer or not
    • Based on clinical laboratory testing demonstrating a Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic germline variant and/or
    • Based on well-established clinical diagnostic criteria and/or
    • Based on high clinical suspicion of a specific CPS with clinical laboratory testing demonstrating a variant of uncertain significance (VUS)
    • Affected Parents must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for enrollment:
  • Be the biologic parent of a Primary Subject and
  • Carry a diagnosis (or obligate diagnosis) of the familial CPS
    • Adult Affected Siblings must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for enrollment:
  • Be the biologic sibling of a Primary Subject and
  • Carry a diagnosis (or obligate diagnosis) of the familial CPS
    • Unaffected Parents and Siblings must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for enrollment
  • Be the biologic parent or sibling of a Primary Subject and
  • Not carry a diagnosis (or obligate diagnosis) of the familial CPS
    • Affected Family Members must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for enrollment:
    • 1\. Carry a diagnosis of (or obligate diagnosis of) the familial CPS. Documentation is requested but not required.
    • More than one child from a Primary Family Unit may be a Primary Subject. An Unaffected Sibling may be reclassified as a Primary Subject if diagnosed with a CPS during childhood.

Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (7)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hospital for Sick Children
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TorontoCanadaRecruiting
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA)
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AtlantaUnited StatesRecruiting
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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BostonUnited StatesRecruiting
Baylor College of Medicine
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HoustonUnited StatesRecruiting
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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MemphisUnited StatesRecruiting
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesRecruiting
Primary Children's Hospital
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesRecruiting

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