Gefitinib and Radiation Therapy in Treating Children With Newly Diagnosed Gliomas
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00042991 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 27, 2003
Results First Posted : July 11, 2011
Last Update Posted : May 28, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Untreated Childhood Anaplastic Astrocytoma Untreated Childhood Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma Untreated Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Untreated Childhood Giant Cell Glioblastoma Untreated Childhood Glioblastoma Untreated Childhood Gliomatosis Cerebri Untreated Childhood Gliosarcoma Untreated Childhood Oligodendroglioma | Drug: gefitinib Radiation: radiation therapy Other: pharmacological study Other: laboratory biomarker analysis | Phase 1 Phase 2 |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 69 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase I/II Trial of Gefitinib and Radiation in Pediatric Patients Newly Diagnosed With Brain Stem Tumors or Incompletely Resected Supratentorial Malignant Gliomas With Phase II Limited to Brain Stem Tumors |
Study Start Date : | July 2002 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 2010 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2010 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment (gefitinib and radiation therapy)
Phase I portion: Patients receive oral gefitinib once daily. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for 13 courses (1 year). Patients also receive standard brain irradiation once daily, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks beginning concurrently with initiation of the first course of gefitinib. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Phase II portion: Once the MTD or the recommended Phase-II dose is determined, additional patients who have newly diagnosed BSG are treated at the MTD or the recommended Phase-II dose. |
Drug: gefitinib
Given orally
Other Name: Iressa Radiation: radiation therapy Undergo standard brain irradiation
Other Names:
Other: pharmacological study Correlative studies
Other Name: pharmacological studies Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Correlative studies |
- Number of Participants in Phase I Stratum 1A With Dose-limiting Toxicities (DLT) Observed During the First 8 Weeks of Gefitinib Therapy [ Time Frame: Day 1 of gefitinib therapy to end of week 8 ]The dose limiting toxicity (DLT) analysis population consists of stratum 1A phase I participants who developed DLT during the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) estimation period (course 1 and 2) or who completed the MTD estimation period without DLTs. DLTs observed during courses 1 and 2 were used to estimate the MTD based on the tradional 3+3 design, where a dose is considered a safe dose only when 0 out of 3, or at most 1 out of 6 patients has DLTs. When two or more patients in a group of 2 to 6 patients had DLTs, then that dose level was considered to be too toxic.
- Median Progression-free Survival in Newly Diagnosed Brain Stem Gliomas [ Time Frame: Assessed pre-radiation, every 8 weeks for 13 courses of therapy, and then every 12 weeks ]Progression-free survival is defined as the interval from intiation of treatment to the earliest of disease progression (tumor increase of 25% over baseline tumor measurement; appearance of new lesion(s); or progressive/worsening neurlogical status) or death for patients who failed or to the last date of follow-up for patients without failure
- Median Survival in Newly Diagnosed Brain Stem Gliomas [ Time Frame: Assessed from the start of therapy until three years after initiation of gefitinib therapy ]Overall survival is defined as the interval from initiation of treatment to death or date of last contact for surviving patients
- Change in Tumor Volume Measured on Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) Imaging at Before the Protocol Therapy Started and at Two Weeks After Completion of Radiation [ Time Frame: Baseline and two weeks post completion of radiation ]This study attempted to investigate in an exploratory manner the effect of treatment on changes in various neuroimaging variables. In this particular objective, the study aimed to investigate how radiation+gefitinib affect the tumor volume. Tumor volume is measured using Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) before and after the radiation therapy.
- Change From Baseline in Volume Enhancing at Two Weeks After Completion of Radiation [ Time Frame: Baseline and two weeks post completion of radiation ]This study attempted to investigate in an exploratory manner the effect of treatment on changes in various neuroimaging variables. Neuroimaging changes may have some association with outcome (response,survival, etc.). Volume enhancing is one parameter obtained from standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the brain.
- Change From Baseline in Diffusion Ratio at Two Weeks After Completion of Radiation [ Time Frame: Baseline and two weeks post completion of radiation ]This study attempted to investigate in an exploratory manner the effect of treatment on changes in various neuroimaging variables. Neuroimaging changes may have some association with outcome (response,survival, etc.). Diffusion ratio is one parameter obtained from standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the brain.
- Change From Baseline in Perfusion Ratio at Two Weeks After Completion of Radiation [ Time Frame: Baseline and two weeks post completion of radiation ]This study attempted to investigate in an exploratory manner the effect of treatment on changes in various neuroimaging variables. Neuroimaging changes may have some association with outcome (response,survival, etc.). Perfusion ratio is one parameter obtained from standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the brain.
- Mean Tumor to Gray Matter Ratio Measured at Baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline ]This study attempts to characterize neuroimaging parameters from positron emission tomography. For each patient, the axial image through the tumor containing the maximum activity per pixel corresponding to the highest FluoroDeoxyGlucose (FDG) uptake was identified and a region of interest (ROI) was drawn based on the FDG definition of the tumor. The mean pixel values within the tumor ROI were normalized by those for normal gray matter to provide ratios of tumor/gray matter. Each patient has a mean tumor to gray matter ratio value and the median of these values across patients is reported.
- Mean Tumor to White Matter Ratio Measured at Baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline ]This study attempts to characterize neuroimaging parameters from positron emission tomography. For each patient, the axial image through the tumor containing the maximum activity per pixel corresponding to the highest FluoroDeoxyGlucose (FDG) uptake was identified and a region of interest (ROI) was drawn based on the FDG definition of the tumor. The mean pixel values within the tumor ROI were normalized by those for normal white matter to provide ratios of tumor/gray matter. Each patient has a mean tumor to white matter ratio value and the median of these values across patients is reported.
- Peak Serum Concentration of Gefitinib (Cmax) [ Time Frame: Week 2 of course 1 ]
- Elimination Half Life of Gefitinib (t1/2) [ Time Frame: Week 2 of course 1 ]
- Clearance of Gefitinib (Cl) [ Time Frame: Week 2 of course 1 ]
- Time of Maximum Clearance of Gefitinib (Tmax) [ Time Frame: Week 2 of course 1 ]
- Gefitinib Area Under the Concentration Curve From 0-24 Hours (AUC) [ Time Frame: Week 2 of course 1 ]
- Number of Patients With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Amplification [ Time Frame: Pre-treatment ]Epidermal growth factor receptor (EFGR) is a protein found on the surface of cells to which epidermal growth factor (EGF) binds. When EGF attaches to EGFR, it activates the enzyme tyrosine kinase, triggering reactions that cause the cells to grow and multiply.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 3 Years to 21 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
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Tumor:
- Phase I: newly diagnosed non-disseminated diffuse intrinsic brainstem tumor or newly diagnosed (diagnostic scan must be within 4 weeks prior to treatment initiation), incompletely resected supratentorial malignant glioma (anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma multiforme or other high-grade glioma) (STMG); the STMG group must have residual tumor evident on postoperative MRI or CT
- Phase II: only newly diagnosed non-disseminated diffuse intrinsic brain stem glioma patients are eligible
- Performance status: Karnofsky or Lansky >= 50% assessed within two weeks prior to registration
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Prior/concurrent therapy:
- Chemotherapy: no prior therapy allowed, including prior gefitinib treatment
- Radiation therapy (XRT): no prior therapy allowed
- Bone marrow transplant: none prior
- Anti-convulsants: patients with brain stem glioma (BSG) receiving EIACD will not be eligible; patients with STMG will be eligible for this study even if they are receiving enzyme inducting anti-convulsant drugs (EIACD) and will be stratified by use of EIACDs
- Growth factors: off all colony forming growth factor(s) > 2 weeks prior to registration (G-CSF, GM-CSF, erythropoietin)
- ANC > 1,000/ul
- Platelets > 100,000/ul (transfusion independent)
- Hemoglobin > 8g/dl (may be transfused)
- Patients may have bone marrow involvement by disease
- Creatinine < 2 x normal for age or GFR > 70 ml/min/1.73m^2
- Bilirubin < 1.5 x normal institutional normal for age
- SGPT (ALT) < 3 x institutional normal for age
- Pregnant and/or lactating patients are excluded; patients of childbearing potential should not become pregnant and should not father a child during treatment with gefitinib; pregnancy tests must be obtained in girls who are post-menarchal; males or females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method
- Signed informed consent according to institutional guidelines must be obtained prior to study entry
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with evidence of intramural hemorrhage on a scan obtained prior to enrollment or after enrollment, before treatment
- Patients with BSG must not be taking enzyme-inducing anticonvulsant drugs
- Patient must not be receiving any other anticancer or experimental drug therapy
- Patient must have no uncontrolled infection
- Patients with significant cardiac, hepatic, gastrointestinal, renal, pulmonary, or psychiatric disease are ineligible; patients with deep venous or arterial thrombosis within 6 weeks of study entry are ineligible
- Patients with disseminated disease are not permitted
- Patients with spinal disease requiring craniospinal radiation are not eligible
- Patients with completely resected supratentorial malignant gliomas patients are ineligible

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United States, Tennessee | |
Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium | |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105 |
Principal Investigator: | Jeffrey Geyer | Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium |
Responsible Party: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00042991 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NCI-2012-03022 NCI-2012-03022 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) PBTC-007 ( Other Identifier: Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium ) PBTC-007 ( Other Identifier: CTEP ) U01CA081457 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | January 27, 2003 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | July 11, 2011 |
Last Update Posted: | May 28, 2014 |
Last Verified: | December 2012 |
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