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Desmoplastic Small Round Cell TumorPhase 2NCT04530487

Donor Stem Cell Transplant After Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Recurrent or Refractory High-Risk Solid Tumors in Pediatric and Adolescent-Young Adults

A Phase 2 study testing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Cyclosporine and Etoposide in people with Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor and Ewing Sarcoma/Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor, run by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

Official record
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Trial summary

This phase II trial investigates side effects and how well donor stem cell transplant after chemotherapy works in treating pediatric and adolescent-young adults with high-risk solid tumor that has come back (recurrent) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 25 years
What is being tested?
Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Cyclosporine and Etoposide
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
19 Aug 2020to 26 Aug 2024
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 Up to 25 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Pathological criteria, including malignant recurrent/refractory solid tumors. This would include:
  • Ewing's/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET)
  • Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, neurofibrosarcoma
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Neuroblastoma (patients who are ineligible for tandem autologous transplant or who are at least 3 months post autologous HCT)
  • Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT)- both new diagnoses as well as recurrent/refractory disease
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  • Patients must have chemo-responsive disease, defined as; 30% or greater decrease in the tumor target lesions when compared to its pre-treatment evaluation. Patients with complete response will be eligible to participate
  • Available suitable HCT donor
  • Creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 50 ml/min/1.73m^2, and not requiring dialysis
  • Diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) (corrected for hemoglobin) >= 50% predicted. If unable to perform pulmonary function tests, then oxygen (O2) saturation >= 92% in room air
  • Bilirubin =< 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 5 x for age (with the exception of isolated hyperbilirubinemia due to Gilbert's syndrome)
  • DONOR: Matched related donor bone marrow (10 of 10 HLA alleles [HLA-A, B, C, DR, and DQ]. Matched related donor peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) is allowed only if collection of bone marrow (BM) is not available or refused by parents/donor
  • DONOR: Matched allogeneic umbilical cord blood (UCB): related
  • High-resolution matching at A,B, DRB1 (minimum 4/6)
  • KIR major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class 1 preferential mismatch (minimum 4/6)
  • DONOR: Matched allogeneic umbilical cord blood: unrelated
  • High-resolution matching at A,B, DRB1 (minimum 4/6) •*KIR MHC class 1 preferential mismatch (minimum 4/6)

Who cannot join

  • Lack of histocompatible suitable related donor/ graft source
  • End-organ failure that precludes the ability to tolerate the transplant procedure, including conditioning regimen
  • Renal failure requiring dialysis
  • Congenital heart disease resulting in congestive heart failure
  • Ventilatory failure: requires invasive mechanical ventilation
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
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  • Uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infections (currently taking medication yet clinical symptoms progress); stable, controlled disease with treatment is not an exclusion criteria
  • A female of reproductive potential who is pregnant, planning to become pregnant during the study, or is nursing a child
  • Any patient who does not fulfill the inclusion criteria listed above

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

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About this study

Official title: A Pilot Study of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Pediatric and Adolescent-Young Adults Patients With High Risk Solid Tumors

This phase II trial investigates side effects and how well donor stem cell transplant after chemotherapy works in treating pediatric and adolescent-young adults with high-risk solid tumor that has come back (recurrent) or does not respond to treatment (refractory). Chemotherapy drugs, such as fludarabine, thiotepa, etoposide, melphalan, and rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving chemotherapy before a donor stem cell transplant helps kill cancer cells in the body and helps make room in the patient's bone marrow for new blood-forming cells (stem cells) to grow. When the healthy stem cells from a donor are infused into a patient, they may help the patient's bone marrow make more healthy cells and platelets and may help destroy any remaining cancer cells.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

  1. To assess tolerability of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) for patients with chemo-responsive recurrent/refractory solid tumors as defined by transplant-related mortality (TRM) at day 30 and the rate of grade III or higher organ toxicity (Bearman Regimen-Related Toxicities Scale) attributable to conditioning occurring within 30 days.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. Assess median time to platelet and neutrophil engraftment. II. Assess incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) by day 100. III. Assess incidence of chronic GVHD (cGVHD) at day 100 and one year. IV. Assess rate of grade II organ toxicity through day 100. V. Assess rate of graft failure (primary and secondary) through day 100. VI. Assess rate of infectious complications through day 100. VII. Assess progression free survival (PFS) at day 100,180 and 365. VIII. Assess cumulative incidence of relapse, overall survival (OS) at 100 days and 1 year.

OUTLINE:

CONDITIONING REGIMEN: Patients receive thiotepa intravenously (IV) over 2-4 hours and etoposide IV over 60 minutes on days -8 to -6, melphalan IV over 20 minutes on days -5 and -4, and fludarabine phosphate IV over 1 hour on days -5 to -3 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients receiving umbilical cord transplant also receive rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin IV on days -4 and -3.

TRANSPLANT: Patients undergo HSCT on day 0.

GVHD PROPHYLAXIS: Beginning day -2, patients receive tacrolimus or cyclosporine IV continuously until able to receive orally (PO). Patients continue tacrolimus or cyclosporine PO to day 60 and tapered to day 100. Patients also receive mycophenolate mofetil PO or IV every 8 hours until day 40 and tapered to day 90.

After completion of HSCT, patients are followed up for up to 1 year.

Medical subject headings
Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral, Neurofibrosarcoma, Neuroblastoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma

What participants receive

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

  • Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationProcedure or surgery

    Also called Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, HSC, HSCT

    Undergo HSCT

  • CyclosporineDrug

    Also called 27-400, Ciclosporin, CsA, Cyclosporin

    Given IV and PO

  • EtoposideDrug

    Also called Demethyl Epipodophyllotoxin Ethylidine Glucoside, EPEG, Lastet, Toposar

    Given IV

  • Fludarabine PhosphateDrug

    Also called 2-F-ara-AMP, 9H-Purin-6-amine, 2-fluoro-9-(5-O-phosphono-.beta.-D-arabinofuranosyl)-, Beneflur, Fludara

    Given IV

  • Lapine T-Lymphocyte Immune GlobulinBiological

    Also called Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Rabbit, Grafalon, Rabbit Anti-Human Thymocyte Globulin (RATG), Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin

    Given IV

  • MelphalanDrug

    Also called Alanine Nitrogen Mustard, CB-3025, L-PAM, L-Phenylalanine Mustard

    Given IV

  • Mycophenolate MofetilDrug

    Also called CellCept, MMF

    Given IV or PO

  • TacrolimusDrug

    Also called FK 506, Fujimycin, Hecoria, Prograf

    Given IV and PO

  • ThiotepaDrug

    Also called 1,1'',1''''-Phosphinothioylidynetrisaziridine, Girostan, N,N'', N''''-Triethylenethiophosphoramide, Oncotiotepa

    Given IV

Study groups in NCT04530487
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (conditioning regimen, HSCT)ExperimentalCONDITIONING REGIMEN: Patients receive thiotepa IV over 2-4 hours, etoposide IV over 60 minutes on days -8 to -6, melphalan IV over 20 minutes on days -5 and -4, and fludarabine phosphate IV over 1 hour on days -5 to -3 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients receiving umbilical cord transplant also receive rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin IV on days -3 and -4. TRANSPLANT: Patients undergo HSCT on day 0. GVHD PROPHYLAXIS: Beginning day -2, patients receive tacrolimus or cyclosporine IV continuously until able to receive PO. Patients continue tacrolimus or cyclosporine PO to day 60 and tapered to day 100. Patients also receive mycophenolate mofetil PO or IV every 8 hours until day 40 and tapered to day 90.
Receives: Procedure: Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Drug: Cyclosporine; Drug: Etoposide; Drug: Fludarabine Phosphate; Biological: Lapine T-Lymphocyte Immune Globulin; Drug: Melphalan; Drug: Mycophenolate Mofetil; Drug: Tacrolimus; Drug: Thiotepa

What is being measured

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

  1. Tolerability of Allogeneic HCT

    To assess tolerability of allogeneic HCT for patients with chemo-responsive recurrent/refractory solid tumors as defined by transplant-related mortality (TRM) at day 30

    Measured: By day +30 after allogeneic HCT infusion

  2. Rate of Organ Toxicity

    The rate of grade III or higher organ toxicity (Bearman Regimen-Related Toxicities Scale)[1] attributable to conditioning occurring within 30 days.

    Measured: By day +30 after allogeneic HCT infusion

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Aug 2020
  2. Study start19 Aug 2020
  3. Primary completion26 Aug 2024
  4. Study completion26 Aug 2024

Why it stopped: PI Request

Resources

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
1 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04530487
Sponsor's protocol ID
2020-0496
Other IDs
NCI-2020-05879, 2020-0496
Status last verified
Jun 2025
First submitted
25 Aug 2020
Last updated
29 Jun 2025
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Cyclosporine and Etoposide in people with Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor and Ewing Sarcoma/Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor, run by M.D. Anderson 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?

The sponsor lists 17 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Jun 2025. 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 29 Jun 2025). 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?

Tolerability of Allogeneic HCT (time frame: By day +30 after allogeneic HCT infusion). The study lists 2 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 29 Jun 2025; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.

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