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Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Second-Look Surgery and Radiation Therapy in Treating Children With Nonmetastatic Medulloblastoma or Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor
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First Received: November 6, 2000   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: NCT00006461
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining more than one drug and combining chemotherapy with surgery and radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase III trial is studying how well combination chemotherapy followed by second-look surgery and radiation therapy works in treating children with nonmetastatic medulloblastoma or primitive neuroectodermal tumor.


Condition Intervention Phase
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Drug: cisplatin
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Drug: etoposide
Drug: vincristine sulfate
Procedure: conventional surgery
Radiation: radiation therapy
Phase III

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment
Official Title: Systemic Chemotherapy, Second Look Surgery and Conformal Radiation Therapy Limited to the Posterior Fossa and Primary Site for Children Greater Than or Equal to 8 Months and Less Than 3 Years With Non-Metastatic Medulloblastoma: A Children's Oncology Group Phase III Study

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

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Event-free survival rate at 1 year [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Feasibility and safety [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • Toxicity [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • Neuropsychological and neuroendocrine effects [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Incidence of atypical teratoid and/or rhabdoid tumor [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 65
Study Start Date: October 2000
Primary Completion Date: January 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the efficacy of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, cisplatin, and etoposide followed by second-look surgery and focal conformal radiotherapy vs combination therapy administered on POG 9233 in terms of event-free survival rates in children with nonmetastatic medulloblastoma or posterior fossa primitive neuroectodermal tumor.
  • Assess the feasibility and safety of this treatment regimen in these patients.
  • Determine the acute and chronic toxicities of this regimen in these patients.
  • Determine the neuropsychological and neuroendocrine effects of this regimen in these patients.
  • Determine the incidence of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive induction chemotherapy consisting of vincristine IV on days 1, 8, and 15; cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1; cyclophosphamide IV over 30 minutes on day 2; and oral etoposide daily on days 2-22. Treatment repeats every 28 days for a total of 4 courses.

After completion of induction chemotherapy, patients with residual disease undergo a second resection.

Within 4 weeks after completion of induction chemotherapy or second resection, patients receive focal conformal radiotherapy daily, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks.

Four weeks after completion of radiotherapy, patients receive alternating treatments of maintenance chemotherapy. Patients receive vincristine IV on days 1, 8, and 15 and cyclophosphamide IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of courses 1, 3, 5, and 7 and oral etoposide daily on days 1-21 of courses 2, 4, 6, and 8. Treatment continues every 28 days for 8 courses.

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 65 patients will be accrued for this study.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 3 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed primary medulloblastoma or posterior fossa primitive neuroectodermal tumor

    • Prior definitive tumor resection within 6 weeks of study
  • No evidence of metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 8 months to 3 years

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL
  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3

Hepatic:

  • AST less than 2.5 times normal
  • Bilirubin less than 1.5 mg/dL

Renal:

  • Creatinine less than 1.2 mg/dL OR
  • Creatinine clearance greater than 70 mL/min

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006461

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United States, Alabama
Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
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Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85016-7710
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Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
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Children's Hospital and Research Center - Oakland
Oakland, California, United States, 94609-1809
Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California, United States, 92354
Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center at Miller Children's Hospital
Long Beach, California, United States, 90801
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Oakland
Sacramento, California, United States, 95825
Children's Hospital Central California
Madera, California, United States, 93638-8762
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Downey, California, United States, 90242-2814
Stanford Cancer Center at Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California, United States, 94305
Sutter Cancer Center
Sacramento, California, United States, 95816
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
University of California Davis Cancer Center
Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
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Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, Connecticut, United States, 06360-2875
Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center at Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520-8028
United States, Delaware
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware, United States, 19899
United States, District of Columbia
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20007
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All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 33701
Broward General Medical Center Cancer Center
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States, 33316
Florida Hospital Cancer Institute at Florida Hospital Orlando
Orlando, Florida, United States, 32803-1273
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West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, 33407
Lee Cancer Care of Lee Memorial Health System
Fort Myers, Florida, United States, 33901
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Pensacola, Florida, United States, 32504
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Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806
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Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32207
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Hollywood, Florida, United States, 33021
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Tampa, Florida, United States, 33607
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Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610-0232
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Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
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Augusta, Georgia, United States, 30912-3730
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 95813
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Boise, Idaho, United States, 83712-6297
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Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60614
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Park Ridge, Illinois, United States, 60068-1174
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Peoria, Illinois, United States, 61637
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Springfield, Illinois, United States, 62794-9620
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Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612-7243
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202-5289
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46260
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242-1083
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Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160-7357
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Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
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Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
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Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536-0293
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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70118
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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70121
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Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, 71315-3198
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Bangor, Maine, United States, 04401
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Scarborough, Maine, United States, 04074-9308
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410
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Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 01199-0001
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111
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Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201-1379
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Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, United States, 48236
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Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
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Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65203
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
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New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08903
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Livingston, New Jersey, United States, 07039
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Bronx, New York, United States, 10461
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Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11201-5493
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Stony Brook, New York, United States, 11794-8174
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Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263-0001
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New Hyde Park, New York, United States, 11040
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Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
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Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210
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Mineola, New York, United States, 11501
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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28232-2861
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Baylor University Medical Center - Houston
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-2399
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Austin, Texas, United States, 78701
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104-9958
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Temple, Texas, United States, 76508
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San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229-3993
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San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78207
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Primary Children's Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84113-1100
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Fletcher Allen Health Care - University Health Center Campus
Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05405
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Carilion Cancer Center of Western Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia, United States, 24029
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Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 23708-2197
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Fairfax, Virginia, United States, 22031
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Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298-0037
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Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507-1971
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Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98431
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Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 2031
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Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4029
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Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 3052
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 6001
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2T 5C7
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3E 0V9
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3K 6R8
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Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston General Hospital
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L1
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec
Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada, G1V 4G2
Hopital Sainte Justine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1C5
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3H 1P3
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Saskatoon Cancer Centre at the University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 4H4
Netherlands
University Medical Center Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands, 9713 EZ
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Starship Children's Health
Auckland, New Zealand, 1
Switzerland
Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group Bern
Bern, Switzerland, 3010
Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland, 1011
Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Oncology Group
Investigators
Study Chair: David Ashley, MBBS, FRACP, PhD Royal Children's Hospital
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Additional Information:
No publications provided

Study ID Numbers: CDR0000068269, COG-P9934, POG-P9934
Study First Received: November 6, 2000
Last Updated: February 6, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00006461     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
untreated childhood supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor
untreated childhood medulloblastoma

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

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