Brain TumorPhase 2NCT00047320
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Second-Look Surgery Followed by Radiation Therapy With or Without Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors
A Phase 2 study testing carboplatin, etoposide and ifosfamide in people with Brain Tumor and Central Nervous System Tumors, run by Children's Oncology Group at 106 sites in 5 countries.
Trial summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving a chemotherapy drug before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it is no longer present by conventional imaging and tumor markers from serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 3 to 24 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Brain Tumor, Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor
- What is being tested?
- carboplatin, etoposide and ifosfamide
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion, Surgery or procedure
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 104 participants
- Where
- 106 sitesin 5 countries
- Study dates
- Jan 2004to Feb 2009
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
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 3 to 24 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- One of the following diagnoses:
- Histologically confirmed intracranial non-germinomatous germ cell tumor (NGGCT) of 1 of the following types:
- Endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor)
- Embryonal carcinoma
- Choriocarcinoma
- Immature teratoma and teratoma with malignant transformation
- Mixed germ cell tumor
- Histologically confirmed germinoma with elevation of serum/CSF beta human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) levels greater than 50 mIU/mL or any serum/CSF alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels greater than 10 ng/ml or above institutional norm
- Histologically unconfirmed pineal and/or suprasellar tumors with serum/CSF beta HCG levels greater than 50 mIU/mL or AFP levels greater than 10 ng/ml or above institutional norm
- Patients with normal AFP and beta HCG < 50 mIU/mL without histologic diagnosis of a NGGCT or patients with pure germinoma without elevation of tumor marker are ineligible
- Initial diagnosis within the past 31 days
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
- 3 to 24 at diagnosis
Performance status
- No minimum performance level
Life expectancy
- At least 8 weeks
Hematopoietic
- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3 (transfusion independent)
- Hemoglobin at least 10.0 g/dL (transfusion allowed)
Hepatic
- Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- ALT no greater than 2.5 times ULN
Renal
- Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN OR
- Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate at least 70 mL/min
Pulmonary
- No assisted ventilation
Other
- Seizure disorders allowed
- No patients in status or coma
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patient must use effective contraception
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
- Not specified
Chemotherapy
- Not specified
Endocrine therapy
- Prior corticosteroids allowed
- Concurrent corticosteroids allowed
- Concurrent endocrine replacement therapy allowed (e.g., L-thyroxine, testosterone, estrogen, desmopressin acetate)
- No concurrent growth hormone therapy
Radiotherapy
- Not specified
Surgery
- More than 1 prior surgery allowed
Other
- No other prior therapy for malignancy
Trial locations and contacts
106 sites in 5 countries.
106 sites in 5 countries
United States90 sites
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, Ohio, 44308-1062
University of New Mexico Cancer Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131-5636
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322
MBCCOP - Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center
Augusta, Georgia, 30912-3730
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
Austin, Texas, 78723
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland, 21231-2410
Lurleen Wallace Comprehensive Cancer at University of Alabama - Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35294
Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts - New England Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02111
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, 29425
West Virginia University Health Sciences Center - Charleston
Charleston, West Virginia, 25302
Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28232-2861
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60611
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60637-1470
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229-3039
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, 43205-2696
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Corpus Christi, Texas, 78411
Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas
Dallas, Texas, 75390
Children's Medical Center - Dayton
Dayton, Ohio, 45404-1815
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1379
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Downey, California, 90242-2814
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Durham, North Carolina, 27710
Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, Connecticut, 06360-2875
Lee Cancer Care of Lee Memorial Health System
Fort Myers, Florida, 33901
Cook Children's Medical Center - Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas, 76104
University of Florida Shands Cancer Center
Gainesville, Florida, 32610-0232
Butterworth Hospital at Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503-2560
St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin, 54307-3508
Van Elslander Cancer Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, 48236
Hackensack University Medical Center Cancer Center
Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601
Penn State Cancer Institute at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033-0850
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202-5289
St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46260
University of Mississippi Cancer Clinic
Jackson, Mississippi, 39216-4505
Nemours Children's Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida, 32207
Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute at the University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, 66160-7357
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri, 64108
Breslin Cancer Center at Ingham Regional Medical Center
Lansing, Michigan, 48910
Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205
Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California, 92354
Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center at Miller Children's Hospital
Long Beach, California, 90801
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, 90027
Covenant Children's Hospital
Lubbock, Texas, 79410
Children's Hospital Central California
Madera, California, 93638-8762
Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
Marshfield, Wisconsin, 54449
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, 38105
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami
Miami, Florida, 33136
Miami Children's Hospital
Miami, Florida, 33155
Midwest Children's Cancer Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404
Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-6838
Cancer Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903
NYU Cancer Institute at New York University Medical Center
New York, New York, 10016
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, 10032
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, New Jersey, 07112
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
Norfolk, Virginia, 23507-1971
Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland
Oakland, California, 94609
Oklahoma University Cancer Institute
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104
Children's Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California, 92868
Florida Hospital Cancer Institute at Florida Hospital Orlando
Orlando, Florida, 32803-1273
Advocate Lutheran General Cancer Care Center
Park Ridge, Illinois, 60068-1174
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Paterson, New Jersey, 07503
Sacred Heart Cancer Center at Sacred Heart Hospital
Pensacola, Florida, 32504
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-9786
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19134-1095
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona, 85016-7710
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213
Oregon Health and Science University Cancer Institute
Portland, Oregon, 97239-3098
Rhode Island Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center
Providence, Rhode Island, 02903
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905
Sutter Cancer Center
Sacramento, California, 95816
Primary Children's Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113-1100
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, 78207
Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas
San Antonio, Texas, 78229-3993
Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego
San Diego, California, 92123-4282
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, California, 94115
Sanford Cancer Center at Sanford USD Medical Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57117-5039
Simmons Cooper Cancer Institute
Springfield, Illinois, 62794-9677
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Saint Louis
St Louis, Missouri, 63110
All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701
Stanford Cancer Center
Stanford, California, 94305-5824
SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
Syracuse, New York, 13210
St. Joseph's Cancer Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital
Tampa, Florida, 33607
Albert Einstein Cancer Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The Bronx, New York, 10461
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York, 10595
Children's National Medical Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010-2970
Kaplan Cancer Center at St. Mary's Medical Center
West Palm Beach, Florida, 33407
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware, 19803
Canada9 sites
IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 6R8
McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5
Montreal Children's Hospital at McGill University Health Center
Montreal, Quebec, H3H 1P3
Hopital Sainte Justine
Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec
Québec, G1V 4G2
Saskatoon Cancer Centre at the University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 4H4
Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1B 3V6
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8
Children's & Women's Hospital of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3V4
Australia3 sites
Royal Children's Hospital
Brisbane, Queensland, 4029
Royal Children's Hospital
Parkville, Victoria, 3052
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
Perth, Western Australia, 6001
New Zealand2 sites
Starship Children's Health
Auckland, 1
Christchurch Hospital
Christchurch
Switzerland2 sites
Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group Bern
Bern, 3010
Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group Geneva
Geneva, 1205
About this study
Official title: A Phase II Study To Assess The Ability Of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus/Minus Second Look Surgery To Eliminate All Measurable Disease Prior To Radiotherapy For NGGCT
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving a chemotherapy drug before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it is no longer present by conventional imaging and tumor markers from serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells. Combining different types of therapy may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This Phase II trial is studying how well neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without surgery and with or without high dose chemotherapy and peripheral stem cell transplantation, can increase response rates prior to radiation therapy and increase progression free and overall surviving patients with newly diagnosed intracranial germ cell tumors.
Read the detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the response rate of patients with non-germinomatous germ cell tumors treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
- Determine the progression-free survival and overall survival of patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without second-look surgery followed by radiotherapy with or without autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT).
- Determine whether additional complete responses can be achieved after high-dose thiotepa and etoposide with PBSCT in patients with persistently positive markers, histological evidence of residual malignant elements, or unresectable residual tumors after initial neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
- Determine patterns of recurrence in patients treated with this regimen.
- Correlate tumor marker response with radiographic and clinical measures of response, as well as findings at second-look surgery in patients with radiological evidence of residual disease.
OUTLINE:
- Induction chemotherapy:
- Courses 1, 3, and 5: Patients receive carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1 and etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-3. Beginning on day 4, patients receive filgrastim (G-CSF) IV or subcutaneously (SC) for 10 days or until blood counts recover. Courses are 3 weeks in duration.
- Courses 2, 4, and 6: Patients receive etoposide IV over 1 hour followed by ifosfamide IV over 1 hour on days 1-5. Beginning on day 6, patients receive G-CSF IV or SC for 10 days or until blood counts recover. Courses are 3 weeks in duration.
Patients undergo re-evaluation. Patients with a complete response (CR) go directly to radiotherapy. Approximately 3 weeks after completion of induction chemotherapy, all patients with less than a CR are encouraged to undergo second-look surgery.
After second-look surgery, patients with a CR or a partial response (PR) go directly to radiotherapy. Patients with less than a PR undergo consolidation chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell rescue (PBSC) followed by radiotherapy.
- Consolidation chemotherapy: Patients undergo PBSC collection. Patients receive G-CSF SC until PBSC collection is complete. Patients then receive thiotepa IV over 3 hours followed by etoposide IV over 3 hours on days -5 to -3. PBSCs are reinfused on day 0. Beginning on day 1 and continuing until blood counts recover, patients receive G-CSF SC daily.
- Radiotherapy: All patients receive radiotherapy once daily 5 days a week for 5-6 weeks beginning after recovery from induction chemotherapy or second-look surgery or within 9 weeks after PBSC reinfusion.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 4 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 1 year, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 80-100 patients will be accrued for this study within 36-42 months.
- Being tested
- carboplatin, etoposide, ifosfamide, thiotepa, adjuvant therapy
- Keywords
- childhood central nervous system germ cell tumor, childhood teratoma, recurrent childhood malignant germ cell tumor, childhood central nervous system choriocarcinoma, childhood central nervous system embryonal tumor, childhood central nervous system germinoma, childhood central nervous system mixed germ cell tumor, childhood central nervous system teratoma, childhood central nervous system yolk sac tumor, recurrent childhood central nervous system embryonal tumor
- Medical subject headings
- Brain Neoplasms, Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Teratoma
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
carboplatinDrug
Also called Paraplatin, NSC #241240
Given IV
etoposideDrug
Also called VP-16, VePesid, Etopophos, NSC #141540
Given IV
ifosfamideDrug
Also called Isophosphamide, Iphosphamide, Z4942, Ifex
Given IV
thiotepaDrug
Also called Tespa, Thiophosphamide, Triethylenethiophosphoramide Tspa, WR-45312
Given IV
adjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery
conventional surgeryProcedure or surgery
neoadjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery
peripheral blood stem cell transplantationProcedure or surgery
radiation therapyRadiation
Also called Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) followed by boost radiation to the sites of gross disease at diagnosis.
craniospinal irradiation
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) | Experimental | Patients will receive 6 cycles of Induction chemotherapy consisting of carboplatin and etoposide (Cycles 1, 3, and 5) alternating with ifosfamide and etoposide (Cycles 2, 4, and 6). The entire length of Induction is 18 weeks unless delay occurs due to myelosuppression or unanticipated toxicity. Each cycle of Induction will begin when ANC > 750/L and platelets > 75,000/L and when off filgrastim (G-CSF) for at least 48 hours. Following the Induction phase (weeks 0-18) those patient in CR will undergo radiation therapy. Receives: Drug: carboplatin; Drug: etoposide; Drug: ifosfamide; Drug: thiotepa; Procedure: adjuvant therapy; Procedure: conventional surgery; Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy; Procedure: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; Radiation: radiation therapy |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Response to Induction Chemotherapy
A patient who achieves a complete or partial response, defined a reduction of at least 65% in tumor size after induction chemotherapy will be considered to have experienced response.
Measured: 18 weeks
Secondary outcomes (5)
The Probability of Event-free Survival (EFS)
Event-free Survival was defined as time from study entry to death from any cause, disease progression or recurrence, or second malignant neoplasm. Event-free survival was estimated by KM estimate.
Measured: At 3 years from study entry
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
Progression-free Survival was defined as time from study entry to disease progression or recurrence. Deaths that are clearly unrelated to disease progression, and second neoplasms are censored in this analysis. Progression -free survival was estimated by KM estimate.
Measured: At 3 years from study entry
Overall Survival (OS)
Overall Survival was defined as time from study entry to death from any cause. Overall survival was estimated by KM estimate.
Measured: At 3 years from study entry
Number of Patients Experiencing Toxic Death
Toxic death, defined as death predominantly attributable to treatment-related causes.
Measured: During chemotherapy (up to 18 weeks)
Occurrence of Non-hematological Grade 4 Toxicity Occurrence of Nonhematological Grade 4 Toxicity
The number of patients who experienced non-hematological grade 4 toxicities anytime during chemotherapy.
Measured: During chemotherapy(up to 18 weeks)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
- Study startJan 2004
- Primary completionFeb 2009
- Study completionFeb 2009
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Brain TumorStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Children's Oncology GroupThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 104 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
- Sponsor type
- Research network
- Collaborators
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Stewart Goldman, MD, Study chair, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00047320
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- ACNS0122
- Other IDs
- CDR0000257664, COG-ACNS0122
- Status last verified
- Jan 2018
- First submitted
- 3 Oct 2002
- Last updated
- 14 Feb 2018
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Fangusaro J, Wu S, MacDonald S, Murphy E, Shaw D, Bartels U, Khatua S, Souweidane M, Lu HM, Morris D, Panigrahy A, Onar-Thomas A, Fouladi M, Gajjar A, Dhall G. Phase II Trial of Response-Based Radiation Therapy for Patients With Localized CNS Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumors: A Children's Oncology Group Study. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Dec 1;37(34):3283-3290. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.00701. Epub 2019 Sep 23.
PubMed 31545689
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 14 Feb 2018. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Phase II Study To Assess The Ability Of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus/Minus Second Look Surgery To Eliminate All Measurable Disease Prior To Radiotherapy For NGGCT
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00047320
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- ACNS0122
- Keywords
- childhood central nervous system germ cell tumor, childhood teratoma, recurrent childhood malignant germ cell tumor, childhood central nervous system choriocarcinoma, childhood central nervous system embryonal tumor, childhood central nervous system germinoma, childhood central nervous system mixed germ cell tumor, childhood central nervous system teratoma
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 104 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Children's Oncology GroupResearch network
- Collaborators
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Study start
- Jan 2004
- Primary completion
- Feb 2009 (actual)
- Study completion
- Feb 2009 (actual)
- First posted
- 27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
- Results
- Posted 27 Feb 2014
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving a chemotherapy drug before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it is no longer present by conventional imaging and tumor markers from serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells. Combining different types of therapy may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This Phase II trial is studying how well neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without surgery and with or without high dose chemotherapy and peripheral stem cell transplantation, can increase response rates prior to radiation therapy and increase progression free and overall surviving patients with newly diagnosed intracranial germ cell tumors.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the response rate of patients with non-germinomatous germ cell tumors treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
- Determine the progression-free survival and overall survival of patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without second-look surgery followed by radiotherapy with or without autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT).
- Determine whether additional complete responses can be achieved after high-dose thiotepa and etoposide with PBSCT in patients with persistently positive markers, histological evidence of residual malignant elements, or unresectable residual tumors after initial neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
- Determine patterns of recurrence in patients treated with this regimen.
- Correlate tumor marker response with radiographic and clinical measures of response, as well as findings at second-look surgery in patients with radiological evidence of residual disease.
OUTLINE:
- Induction chemotherapy:
- Courses 1, 3, and 5: Patients receive carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1 and etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-3. Beginning on day 4, patients receive filgrastim (G-CSF) IV or subcutaneously (SC) for 10 days or until blood counts recover. Courses are 3 weeks in duration.
- Courses 2, 4, and 6: Patients receive etoposide IV over 1 hour followed by ifosfamide IV over 1 hour on days 1-5. Beginning on day 6, patients receive G-CSF IV or SC for 10 days or until blood counts recover. Courses are 3 weeks in duration.
Patients undergo re-evaluation. Patients with a complete response (CR) go directly to radiotherapy. Approximately 3 weeks after completion of induction chemotherapy, all patients with less than a CR are encouraged to undergo second-look surgery.
After second-look surgery, patients with a CR or a partial response (PR) go directly to radiotherapy. Patients with less than a PR undergo consolidation chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell rescue (PBSC) followed by radiotherapy.
- Consolidation chemotherapy: Patients undergo PBSC collection. Patients receive G-CSF SC until PBSC collection is complete. Patients then receive thiotepa IV over 3 hours followed by etoposide IV over 3 hours on days -5 to -3. PBSCs are reinfused on day 0. Beginning on day 1 and continuing until blood counts recover, patients receive G-CSF SC daily.
- Radiotherapy: All patients receive radiotherapy once daily 5 days a week for 5-6 weeks beginning after recovery from induction chemotherapy or second-look surgery or within 9 weeks after PBSC reinfusion.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 4 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 1 year, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 80-100 patients will be accrued for this study within 36-42 months.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) | Experimental | Drug: carboplatin, Drug: etoposide, Drug: ifosfamide, Drug: thiotepa, Procedure: adjuvant therapy, Procedure: conventional surgery, Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy, Procedure: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, Radiation: radiation therapyPatients will receive 6 cycles of Induction chemotherapy consisting of carboplatin and etoposide (Cycles 1, 3, and 5) alternating with ifosfamide and etoposide (Cycles 2, 4, and 6). The entire length of Induction is 18 weeks unless delay occurs due to myelosuppression or unanticipated toxicity. Each cycle of Induction will begin when ANC > 750/L and platelets > 75,000/L and when off filgrastim (G-CSF) for at least 48 hours. Following the Induction phase (weeks 0-18) those patient in CR will undergo radiation therapy. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 3 to 24 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| carboplatinAlso: Paraplatin, NSC #241240Given IV | Drug | Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) |
| etoposideAlso: VP-16, VePesid, Etopophos, NSC #141540Given IV | Drug | Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) |
| ifosfamideAlso: Isophosphamide, Iphosphamide, Z4942, IfexGiven IV | Drug | Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) |
| thiotepaAlso: Tespa, Thiophosphamide, Triethylenethiophosphoramide Tspa, WR-45312Given IV | Drug | Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) |
| adjuvant therapy | Procedure or surgery | Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) |
| conventional surgery | Procedure or surgery | Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) |
| neoadjuvant therapy | Procedure or surgery | Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) |
| peripheral blood stem cell transplantation | Procedure or surgery | Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) |
| radiation therapyAlso: Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) followed by boost radiation to the sites of gross disease at diagnosis.craniospinal irradiation | Radiation | Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) |
Primary outcome
Response to Induction Chemotherapy
Time frame: 18 weeks
A patient who achieves a complete or partial response, defined a reduction of at least 65% in tumor size after induction chemotherapy will be considered to have experienced response.
5 secondary outcomes
The Probability of Event-free Survival (EFS)
Time frame: At 3 years from study entry
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
Time frame: At 3 years from study entry
Overall Survival (OS)
Time frame: At 3 years from study entry
Number of Patients Experiencing Toxic Death
Time frame: During chemotherapy (up to 18 weeks)
Occurrence of Non-hematological Grade 4 Toxicity Occurrence of Nonhematological Grade 4 Toxicity
Time frame: During chemotherapy(up to 18 weeks)
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 14 Feb 2018.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 31545689Fangusaro J, Wu S, MacDonald S, Murphy E, Shaw D, Bartels U, Khatua S, Souweidane M, Lu HM, Morris D, Panigrahy A, Onar-Thomas A, Fouladi M, Gajjar A, Dhall G. Phase II Trial of Response-Based Radiation Therapy for Patients With Localized CNS Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumors: A Children's Oncology Group Study. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Dec 1;37(34):3283-3290. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.00701. Epub 2019 Sep 23.
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Diffuse Midline Glioma, H3 K27M-Mutant, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Stewart Goldman, MD study chair
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
106 sites in 5 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing carboplatin, etoposide and ifosfamide in people with Brain Tumor and Central Nervous System Tumors, run by Children's Oncology Group at 106 sites in 5 countries.
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 14 Feb 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 106 sites in United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland. 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?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 27 Feb 2014). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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 to Induction Chemotherapy (time frame: 18 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00047320, which also lists 1 linked publication.
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 14 Feb 2018.