Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: A Phase II Study Of Pegylated Interferon ALFA-2b in Children With Recurrent or Refractory and Radiographically or Clinically Progressive Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytomas an
Brief Summary:
This is a phase II study of the drug, pegylated interferon alfa-2b (PEG-IntronTM), used to treat brain tumors in a pediatric population. Researchers want to see if treatment with PEG-IntronTM will stop tumor growth for patients with juvenile pilocytic astrocytomas or optic pathway gliomas.
The purposes of this study are: