Scalp cooling to help prevent chemotherapy-related hair loss in kids
Part of Skin clinical trials.
This study looks at whether “cold cap” scalp cooling can help prevent or reduce hair loss in children getting chemotherapy. It’s aimed at kids treated with certain chemotherapy medicines and who may be at risk for losing their hair.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your child is taking chemotherapy that commonly causes hair loss (alopecia)
- Your child has a non-cancer diagnosis or a solid tumor (not a brain tumor)
- Your child is at least 7 years old
- Your child’s head circumference is at least 50 cm
- Your child has healthy scalp skin at enrollment (no active scalp infection or infestation)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
Similar studies
Other trials that look related to this one.
This study tests if a cooling cap can help reduce hair loss during chemotherapy for breast cancer. Hair loss can be distressing, and this trial aims to see if the cap helps you keep more hair while still getting the treatment you need.
This trial tests whether cooling the scalp during chemotherapy can help reduce chemotherapy-related hair loss. It focuses on people with curly or kinky hair who are having certain cancer treatments, and it checks safety and how much hair loss happens.
This study tests whether a portable cooling cap system can reduce hair loss for women with breast cancer who are planning certain chemotherapy treatments. It may help you keep more of your hair while you receive chemotherapy.
This study tests whether a cooling cap can prevent hair loss in women receiving specific antibody-drug conjugates (trastuzumab-deruxtecan, sacituzumab-govitecan, or datopotamab-deruxtecan) for advanced solid tumors. If it works, you may keep more of your hair during treatment.
This trial tests if cooling the eyelids during chemotherapy can prevent eyelash loss in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer. It is for those who have not yet started treatment.
This Phase 2 trial tests whether using a scalp-cooling device during chemotherapy can help prevent or lessen hair loss in people with metastatic invasive breast cancer. You would need to be starting a specific chemotherapy plan and be willing to begin scalp cooling with your first treatment.
Hear when a new Alopecia trial opens
We’ll email you when one opens — at most once a week, no account needed, unsubscribe anytime.