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Chemotherapy Plus Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Infants With Malignant Brain or Spinal Cord Tumors
This study has been completed.
First Received: November 1, 1999   Last Updated: February 6, 2009   History of Changes
Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group
Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003141
  Purpose

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

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating infants with malignant brain or spinal cord tumors.


Condition Intervention Phase
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Neuroblastoma
Sarcoma
Biological: filgrastim
Drug: carboplatin
Drug: cisplatin
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Drug: etoposide
Drug: thiotepa
Drug: vincristine sulfate
Procedure: conventional surgery
Procedure: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Phase I

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment
Official Title: A Pilot Study of Intensive Chemotherapy With Peripheral Stem Cell Support for Infants With Malignant Brain Tumors

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Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Estimated Enrollment: 83
Study Start Date: March 1998
Primary Completion Date: February 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the maximum tolerated dose of thiotepa in infants with malignant brain or spinal cord tumors receiving intensive chemotherapy.
  • Determine the feasibility and toxicity of intensive chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) rescue in these patients.
  • Assess the feasibility of harvesting PBSCs in these patients.
  • Determine the complete response rate and overall event-free survival rate in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a pilot, multicenter study.

Patients undergo surgery for diagnosis and maximal tumor resection.

Within 6 weeks of surgery or when stable, patients begin induction chemotherapy comprising cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 0; vincristine IV on days 0, 7, and 14; cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days 1-2; and etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 0-2. Twenty four hours after the last cyclophosphamide dose, patients receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) and undergo peripheral blood stem cell harvest 2 days later. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Within 6 weeks after induction chemotherapy, patients receive consolidation chemotherapy comprising carboplatin IV over 2 hours on days 0-1 followed immediately by escalating doses of thiotepa IV over 2 hours. Patients then undergo peripheral blood stem cell transplantation 48 hours after the last thiotepa dose. Patients receive G-CSF SC daily on days 3 to 21. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients experiencing dose-limiting toxicity due to thiotepa are removed from the study.

Patients are followed at 4 weeks, every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually for 3 years or until relapse.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 83 patients will be accrued for this study within 1 year.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 2 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically proven malignant brain or spinal cord tumor, including the following:

    • Primitive neuroectodermal tumor
    • Ganglioneuroblastoma
    • Medulloblastoma neuroblastoma
    • Desmoplastic medulloblastoma
    • Medulloepithelioma
    • Ependymoma neuroepithelioma
    • Anaplastic ependymoma germ cell tumor
    • Astrocytoma germinoma
    • Anaplastic astrocytoma
    • Embryonal carcinoma
    • Glioblastoma endodermal sinus tumor
    • Gliosarcoma malignant teratoma
    • Choroid plexus carcinoma
    • Mixed germ cell tumor
    • Cerebellar sarcoma
    • Pineoblastoma
    • Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor
    • Choriocarcinoma
    • Teratoma (malignant or with malignant transformations)
  • Diffusely involved brain stem tumors allowed if there is evidence of brain stem glioma by CT scan or MRI

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 6 months to less than 3 years

Performance Status:

  • Not specified

Life Expectancy:

  • More than 8 weeks

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL

Renal:

  • Glomerular filtration rate or creatinine clearance greater than 70 mL/min

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No prior biologic therapy

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Prior corticosteroids allowed

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • No more than 6 weeks since prior surgery
  • Recovered from prior surgery (stable)
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00003141

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Oncology Group
Investigators
Study Chair: Bruce H. Cohen, MD The Cleveland Clinic
  More Information

Additional Information:
No publications provided

Study ID Numbers: CDR0000065924, COG-99703, CCG-99703
Study First Received: November 1, 1999
Last Updated: February 6, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003141     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
childhood infratentorial ependymoma
childhood supratentorial ependymoma
disseminated neuroblastoma
stage 4S neuroblastoma
embryonal childhood rhabdomyosarcoma
childhood high-grade cerebral astrocytoma
childhood choroid plexus tumor
previously untreated childhood rhabdomyosarcoma
untreated childhood brain stem glioma
untreated childhood supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor
untreated childhood cerebellar astrocytoma
untreated childhood medulloblastoma
newly diagnosed childhood ependymoma
localized resectable neuroblastoma
localized unresectable neuroblastoma
regional neuroblastoma
childhood spinal cord neoplasm
childhood atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor
childhood low-grade cerebral astrocytoma
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

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Immunologic Factors
Antineoplastic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Cyclophosphamide
Neuroblastoma
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Site
Cisplatin
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Therapeutic Uses
Alkylating Agents
Etoposide
Nervous System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Mitosis Modulators
Nervous System Diseases
Vincristine
Antimitotic Agents
Carboplatin
Immunosuppressive Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Thiotepa
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Tubulin Modulators

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