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Brain and Central Nervous System TumorsPhase 2NCT00007982

Chemotherapy Plus Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Central Nervous System Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing filgrastim, carmustine and cisplatin in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors and Head and Neck Cancer, run by Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplant may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
filgrastim, carmustine and cisplatin
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
30 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Apr 1999to May 2008
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed malignant tumors
  • Anaplastic astrocytoma
  • Oligodendroglioma
  • Germ cell tumor
  • Medulloblastoma
  • Primary neuroectodermal tumor
  • Esthesioneuroblastoma
  • CNS lymphoma (primary or systemic disease)
  • Multifocal intracranial disease allowed
  • No extraneural metastases (except controlled systemic lymphoma)
  • Pretreatment considerations based on tumor type
  • Anaplastic astrocytoma:
  • Recurrent disease
  • Any treatment at diagnosis allowed (carmustine dose limited to 480 mg/m2)
  • Chemotherapy not required at recurrence
  • Oligodendroglioma:
  • Disease response (at least minor) to conventional chemotherapy OR
  • Recurrent disease
  • Esthesioneuroblastoma:
  • Attempted complete surgical resection
  • Disease progression after radiotherapy
  • Response to chemotherapy regimen comprising cyclophosphamide, etoposide, and cisplatin
  • CNS lymphoma:
  • Disease refractory to methotrexate OR
  • Failure after initial treatment with methotrexate OR
  • Considered at high risk for disease relapse despite initial response
  • Radiographic or pathological confirmation of recurrent disease required
  • Not eligible for other high priority national or institutional clinical studies

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG or Zubrod 0-1

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Creatinine less than 1.5 times normal

Cardiovascular:

  • LVEF at least 45%

Pulmonary:

  • DLCO at least 60% predicted OR
  • Approval of pulmonologist

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • HIV negative

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • No concurrent anticancer hormonal therapy
  • No concurrent steroids as antiemetics

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Other:

  • No concurrent barbiturates or acetaminophen
  • Participation in other concurrent supportive care or gene therapy trials allowed

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10032

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About this study

Official title: CAMP 004A - Phase 2 Study Of Intensive Chemotherapy (BET) For Selected Categories Of Malignant Central Nervous System Tumor

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplant may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well chemotherapy and peripheral stem cell transplant work in treating patients with central nervous system cancer.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the response rate in patients with central nervous system malignancies treated with intensive chemotherapy supported by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation following surgical resection and/or radiotherapy.
  • Determine the disease-free survival and overall survival of this patient population treated with these regimens.
  • Determine the toxicity of this high-dose chemotherapy regimen in these patients.
  • Assess the quality of life of these patients following these treatment regimens.

OUTLINE: Patients with anaplastic astrocytoma, esthesioneuroblastoma, germ cell tumor, or primary neuroectodermal tumor undergo initial surgical resection followed by conventional or stereotactic radiotherapy. Patients with germ cell or primary neuroectodermal tumors also receive 4 courses of standard chemotherapy comprising cyclophosphamide, etoposide, and cisplatin prior to high-dose chemotherapy.

All patients undergo peripheral blood stem cell or bone marrow harvest followed by high-dose chemotherapy consolidation. Patients receive thiotepa IV 3 times daily on days -7 to -3, carmustine IV over 1 hour on days -6 to -3, and etoposide IV over 5 hours on days -6 to -3. Patients then undergo transplantation on day 0. Filgrastim (G-CSF) is administered concurrently with stem cell harvesting and transplantation.

Patients with recurrent oligodendroglioma or CNS lymphoma who have not received radiotherapy at diagnosis undergo conventional radiotherapy 6 weeks after completion of high-dose chemotherapy.

Patients are followed every 2-3 months for 1 year and then annually for 5 years. Quality of life is assessed at follow-up.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 30 patients will be accrued for this study over 3 years.

Being tested
filgrastim, carmustine, cisplatin, cyclophosphamide, etoposide
Keywords
recurrent adult brain tumor, adult medulloblastoma, adult oligodendroglioma, recurrent esthesioneuroblastoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity, adult anaplastic astrocytoma, adult central nervous system germ cell tumor, primary central nervous system non-Hodgkin lymphoma, adult anaplastic oligodendroglioma
Medical subject headings
Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Lymphoma, Brain Neoplasms, Medulloblastoma, Oligodendroglioma, Esthesioneuroblastoma, Olfactory, Astrocytoma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Response rate

  2. Disease-free suvival

  3. Overall survival

  4. Toxicity

  5. Quality of life

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 1999
  3. Primary completionFeb 2005
  4. Study completionMay 2008

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Enrolment
30 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00007982
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000068360
Other IDs
CPMC-IRB-8445, CPMC-CAMP-004A, NCI-G00-1881
Status last verified
Jul 2007
First submitted
6 Jan 2001
Last updated
4 Feb 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing filgrastim, carmustine and cisplatin in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors and Head and Neck Cancer, run by Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Feb 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Response rate. The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Feb 2013.

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