Brain and Central Nervous System TumorsPhase 3NCT00053872
Radiation Therapy Plus Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Medulloblastoma
A Phase 3 study testing cisplatin, lomustine and vincristine sulfate in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, run by University of Leicester at 8 sites in 8 countries.
Trial summary
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving radiation therapy in different ways with combination chemotherapy may kill any remaining tumor cells following surgery. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 3 to 21 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
- What is being tested?
- cisplatin, lomustine and vincristine sulfate
- Type of treatment
- Surgery or procedure
- How many people
- 316 participants
- Where
- 8 sitesin 8 countries
- Study dates
- Feb 2003to not given
- Phase
- Phase 3
- 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 3 to 21 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically confirmed medulloblastoma, including the following variants:
- Classic
- Nodular/desmoplastic
- Large cell
- Melanotic
- Medullomyoblastoma
- Prior total or subtotal surgical removal of tumor within the past 28-40 days
- No more than 1.5 cm^2 residual tumor by early postoperative MRI or CT scan
- No brainstem or supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor
- No atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor
- No known predisposition to medulloblastoma (e.g., Gorlin's syndrome)
- No CNS metastasis (supratentorial, arachnoid of the posterior fossa, or craniospinal axis) by MRI
- No clinical evidence of metastasis outside the CNS
- No tumor cells in lumbar cerebrospinal fluid by cytospin
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
- 3 to 21
Performance status
- Not specified
Life expectancy
- Not specified
Hematopoietic
- Hematological function less than CTC grade 2
Hepatic
- Liver function less than CTC grade 2
Renal
- Renal function less than CTC grade 2
Other
- Not pregnant
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- Able to receive radiotherapy twice daily
- Vital functions within age-appropriate normal range
- Audiological function less than CTC grade 2
- No medical contraindication to radiotherapy or chemotherapy
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
- Not specified
Chemotherapy
- Not specified
Endocrine therapy
- Concurrent dexamethasone as an antiemetic allowed, provided all other therapies have failed
Radiotherapy
- No concurrent cobalt irradiation
Surgery
- See Disease Characteristics
Other
- No prior treatment for brain tumor or any other malignancy
Trial locations and contacts
8 sites in 8 countries.
8 sites in 8 countries
Netherlands1 site
Academisch Medisch Centrum at University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, 1105 AZ
United Kingdom1 site
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey
Liverpool, England, L12 2AP
About this study
Official title: A Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial Of Hyperfractionated Versus Conventionally Fractionated Radiotherapy In Standard Risk Medulloblastoma
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving radiation therapy in different ways with combination chemotherapy may kill any remaining tumor cells following surgery. It is not yet known which radiation therapy regimen combined with combination chemotherapy is more effective in treating medulloblastoma.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare different radiation therapy regimens plus combination chemotherapy in treating children who have undergone surgery for medulloblastoma.
Read the detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare the event-free survival rate in pediatric patients with standard-risk medulloblastoma treated with conventional vs hyperfractionated radiotherapy and vincristine followed by maintenance with cisplatin, lomustine, and vincristine.
- Compare the overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.
- Compare the pattern of relapse, especially local relapse (tumor bed or posterior fossa outside tumor bed), in patients treated with these regimens.
- Determine the toxicity of surgery and whether there are identifiable factors that correlate with toxicity in these patients.
- Determine the impact of any surgical complications on commencement of adjuvant therapy and event-free survival of these patients.
- Compare late sequelae, in terms of health status, endocrine deficiencies, and hearing loss, in patients treated with these regimens.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to country. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Within 28-40 days after surgical resection, patients undergo conventional fractionated radiotherapy once daily, 5 days a week, for 6-7 weeks. Patients also receive vincristine IV once weekly for 8 weeks.
- Arm II: Beginning as in arm I, patients undergo hyperfractionated radiotherapy twice daily, 5 days a week, for 6-7 weeks. Patients also receive vincristine as in arm I.
- Maintenance chemotherapy:Six weeks after completion of radiotherapy, all patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours and oral lomustine on day 1 and vincristine IV on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 6 weeks for 8 courses.
Patients are followed at least every 6 months for 3 years.
Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 316 patients (158 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 4 years.
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
- Being tested
- cisplatin, lomustine, vincristine sulfate, adjuvant therapy, radiation therapy
- Keywords
- untreated childhood medulloblastoma
- Medical subject headings
- Central Nervous System Neoplasms
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
cisplatinDrug
lomustineDrug
adjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery
radiation therapyRadiation
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Comparison of event-free survival at 3 years
Secondary outcomes (4)
Comparison of overall survival
Comparison of the pattern of relapse (i.e., local relapse [tumor bed and posterior fossa outside tumor bed])
Comparison of late sequelae, in terms of health status, quality of life, hearing loss, and endocrine deficiencies
Toxicity of neurosurgery
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted6 Feb 2003 (estimated)
- Study startFeb 2003
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Brain and Central Nervous System TumorsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- 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 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Enrolment
- 316 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Leicester
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Investigators
- Brigitta Lannering, MD, PhD, Study chair, Ostra Sjukhuset
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00053872
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CDR0000269521
- Other IDs
- SIOP-PNET-4, EU-20244, UKCCSG-CNS-2003-05
- Status last verified
- Feb 2007
- First submitted
- 5 Feb 2003
- Last updated
- 24 Jun 2014
- Results posted
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 24 Jun 2014. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial Of Hyperfractionated Versus Conventionally Fractionated Radiotherapy In Standard Risk Medulloblastoma
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00053872
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CDR0000269521
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
- Keywords
- untreated childhood medulloblastoma
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 316 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of LeicesterUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Feb 2003
- First posted
- 6 Feb 2003 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving radiation therapy in different ways with combination chemotherapy may kill any remaining tumor cells following surgery. It is not yet known which radiation therapy regimen combined with combination chemotherapy is more effective in treating medulloblastoma.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare different radiation therapy regimens plus combination chemotherapy in treating children who have undergone surgery for medulloblastoma.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare the event-free survival rate in pediatric patients with standard-risk medulloblastoma treated with conventional vs hyperfractionated radiotherapy and vincristine followed by maintenance with cisplatin, lomustine, and vincristine.
- Compare the overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.
- Compare the pattern of relapse, especially local relapse (tumor bed or posterior fossa outside tumor bed), in patients treated with these regimens.
- Determine the toxicity of surgery and whether there are identifiable factors that correlate with toxicity in these patients.
- Determine the impact of any surgical complications on commencement of adjuvant therapy and event-free survival of these patients.
- Compare late sequelae, in terms of health status, endocrine deficiencies, and hearing loss, in patients treated with these regimens.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to country. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Within 28-40 days after surgical resection, patients undergo conventional fractionated radiotherapy once daily, 5 days a week, for 6-7 weeks. Patients also receive vincristine IV once weekly for 8 weeks.
- Arm II: Beginning as in arm I, patients undergo hyperfractionated radiotherapy twice daily, 5 days a week, for 6-7 weeks. Patients also receive vincristine as in arm I.
- Maintenance chemotherapy:Six weeks after completion of radiotherapy, all patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours and oral lomustine on day 1 and vincristine IV on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 6 weeks for 8 courses.
Patients are followed at least every 6 months for 3 years.
Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 316 patients (158 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 4 years.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 3 to 21 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 |
|---|---|---|
| cisplatin | Drug | – |
| lomustine | Drug | – |
| vincristine sulfate | Drug | – |
| adjuvant therapy | Procedure or surgery | – |
| radiation therapy | Radiation | – |
Primary outcome
Comparison of event-free survival at 3 years
4 secondary outcomes
Comparison of overall survival
Comparison of the pattern of relapse (i.e., local relapse [tumor bed and posterior fossa outside tumor bed])
Comparison of late sequelae, in terms of health status, quality of life, hearing loss, and endocrine deficiencies
Toxicity of neurosurgery
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 24 Jun 2014.
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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.
Brigitta Lannering, MD, PhD study chair
Ostra Sjukhuset
8 sites in 8 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 3 study testing cisplatin, lomustine and vincristine sulfate in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, run by University of Leicester at 8 sites in 8 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Jun 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 8 sites in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and 3 more countries. 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 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
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?
Comparison of event-free survival at 3 years. 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 24 Jun 2014.