Topotecan Hydrochloride in Treating Children With Meningeal Cancer That Has Not Responded to Previous Treatment
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005811 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: January 27, 2003
Last Update Posted
: February 21, 2013
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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AIDS-related Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma AIDS-related Diffuse Mixed Cell Lymphoma AIDS-related Diffuse Small Cleaved Cell Lymphoma AIDS-related Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma AIDS-related Lymphoblastic Lymphoma AIDS-related Peripheral/Systemic Lymphoma AIDS-related Primary CNS Lymphoma AIDS-related Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma Childhood Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma Childhood Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma HIV-associated Hodgkin Lymphoma Leptomeningeal Metastases Recurrent Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Recurrent Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia Recurrent Childhood Large Cell Lymphoma Recurrent Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Recurrent Childhood Medulloblastoma Recurrent Childhood Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma Recurrent/Refractory Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific | Drug: topotecan hydrochloride Other: laboratory biomarker analysis | Phase 2 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine the therapeutic activity of intrathecal topotecan, in terms of response rate and time to central nervous system (CNS) progression, in pediatric patients with recurrent or refractory neoplastic meningitis.
II. Determine the safety and toxicity of this regimen in these patients. III. Evaluate the concentration of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of these patients.
OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to disease type (acute lymphoblastic leukemia vs. other leukemia/lymphoma vs medulloblastoma vs other solid tumors). (Recurrent CNS acute lymphoblastic leukemia stratum only open to accrual as of 11/30/04)
INDUCTION: Patients receive topotecan hydrochloride intrathecally (IT) over 5 minutes twice weekly for 6 weeks.
CONSOLIDATION: Beginning 1 week after completion of induction, patients receive topotecan hydrochloride IT over 5 minutes weekly for 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
MAINTENANCE: Beginning 2 weeks after completion of consolidation, patients receive topotecan hydrochloride IT over 5 minutes twice monthly for 4 months and then monthly through year 1.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up monthly for 3 months, every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 14-77 patients will be accrued for this study.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 77 participants |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Study of Intrathecal Topotecan (NSC #609699) in Patients With Refractory Meningeal Malignancies |
Study Start Date : | April 2000 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 2006 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment (topotecan hydrochloride)
INDUCTION: Patients receive topotecan hydrochloride IT over 5 minutes twice weekly for 6 weeks. CONSOLIDATION: Beginning 1 week after completion of induction, patients receive topotecan hydrochloride IT over 5 minutes weekly for 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE: Beginning 2 weeks after completion of consolidation, patients receive topotecan hydrochloride IT over 5 minutes twice monthly for 4 months and then monthly through year 1. |
Drug: topotecan hydrochloride
Given IT
Other Names:
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies
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- For the leukemia and lymphoma patients, an objective response rate, defined to be the proportion of Complete Responses of less than 0.10 [ Time Frame: Up to 54 months ]
- For the patients with solid tumors, a proportion of patients who do not experience an event, defined to be death, progressive disease, relapse, or second malignancy of less than 0.3 [ Time Frame: Up to 54 months ]
- Safety and toxicity [ Time Frame: Up to 54 months ]
- Concentration of matrix metalloproteinases in the CSF [ Time Frame: Up to 54 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 1 Year to 21 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
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Histologically proven refractory leukemia, lymphoma, or other solid tumor thathas overt meningeal involvement (Recurrent CNS acute lymphoblastic leukemia stratum only open to accrual as of 11/30/04)
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Definition of meningeal disease:
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Leukemia/lymphoma (including acute lymphoblastic leukemia)
- CSF cell count greater than 5/mm^3 AND evidence of blast cells oncytospin preparation or by cytology
- Refractory to conventional therapy, including radiotherapy (i.e., in second or greater relapse)
- No concurrent bone marrow relapse
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Solid tumors (including medulloblastoma)
- Presence of tumor cells on cytospin preparation or cytology OR presence ofmeningeal disease on MRI scans
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No clinical evidence of obstructive hydrocephalus or compartmentalization ofCSF flow as documented by radioisotope indium In 111 or technetium Tc 99 DTPAflow study
- If CSF flow block is demonstrated, focal radiotherapy must be administered tosite of block to restore flow and a repeat CSF flow study must show clearing of blockage
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No ventriculoperitoneal or ventriculoatrial shunt unless:
- Patient is shunt independent and there is evidence that the shunt is nonfunctional
- CSF flow study demonstrates normal flow
- No impending cord compression, CNS involvement requiring local radiotherapy(e.g., optic nerve), or isolated bulky ventricular or leptomeningeal basedlesions
- Performance status - Lansky 50-100% (age 10 and under)
- Performance status - Karnofsky 50-100% (over age 10)
- At least 8 weeks
- Platelet count greater than 40,000/mm^3 (transfusions allowed)
- Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL
- SGPT less than 5 times normal
- Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL
- Electrolytes, calcium, and phosphorus normal
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No significant illness (e.g., uncontrolled infection, except HIV [i.e., AIDS-related lymphomatous meningitis])
- Prior immunotherapy allowed and recovered
- At least 3 weeks since systemic CNS directed chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas) and recovered
- At least 1 week since prior intrathecal (IT) chemotherapy (2 weeks for cytarabine [liposomal])
- No prior IT chemotherapy on days -14 to -7 before study entry unless evidence of disease progression (e.g., increasing WBC and percentage blasts in patients with leukemia/lymphoma or increased leptomeningeal enhancements in patients with solid tumors) (Recurrent CNS acute lymphoblastic leukemia stratum only open to accrual as of 11/30/04)
- Concurrent chemotherapy to control systemic disease or bulk CNS disease allowed if the systemic chemotherapy is not a phase I study agent that significantly penetrates the CSF (e.g., high-dose systemic methotrexate [greater than 1 g/m^2], thiotepa, high-dose cytarabine, temozolomide, IV mercaptopurine, nitrosourea, or topotecan) or an agent known to have serious unpredictable CNS side effects
- Concurrent dexamethasone or prednisone allowed if part of a systemic chemotherapy regimen
- See Disease Characteristics
- At least 8 weeks since prior cranial irradiation and recovered
- No concurrent whole brain or craniospinal irradiation
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At least 7 days since prior investigational drug
- Time period should be extended if patient has received any investigational agent that is known to have delayed toxic effects after 7 days or a prolonged half-life
- No other concurrent investigational agents
- No concurrent therapy (IT or systemic) for leptomeningeal disease
- No other concurrent systemic agents that significantly penetrate the blood-brain barrier

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00005811
United States, California | |
Children's Oncology Group | |
Arcadia, California, United States, 91006-3776 |
Principal Investigator: | Susan Blaney | Children's Oncology Group |
Responsible Party: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00005811 History of Changes |
Obsolete Identifiers: | NCT00013676 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NCI-2012-01848 P9962 U10CA098543 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) CDR0000067813 ( Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query) ) |
First Posted: | January 27, 2003 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 21, 2013 |
Last Verified: | February 2013 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lymphoma Leukemia Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma Leukemia, Lymphoid Hodgkin Disease Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic Plasmablastic Lymphoma Leukemia, Myeloid Medulloblastoma Meningeal Carcinomatosis Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms |
Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Lymphoma, B-Cell Glioma Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial Neuroectodermal Tumors Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue Meningeal Neoplasms Central Nervous System Neoplasms Nervous System Neoplasms |