Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Solid Tumors That Have Not Responded to Previous Therapy

NCT ID: NCT00006095

Last Updated: 2014-02-21

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2000-07-31

Study Completion Date

2005-09-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of vincristine plus irinotecan in treating children who have solid tumors that have not responded to previous therapy.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the maximum tolerated dose and dose limiting toxicity of vincristine when administered in combination with irinotecan in children with refractory solid tumors.
* Determine the safe and tolerable phase II dose of this combination regimen in this patient population.
* Determine the pharmacokinetics of this combination regimen in these patients.
* Determine the incidence and severity of other toxicities of this combination regimen in these patients.
* Determine preliminary evidence of antitumor activity of this combination regimen in this patient population.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of vincristine.

Patients receive vincristine IV on day 2 of the first course (day 1 of subsequent courses) and days 8, 15, 22, and 29, and irinotecan IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 and 22-26. Courses repeat every 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with responsive or stable disease receive additional courses of therapy for a maximum of 1 year.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of vincristine until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is reached. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which at least 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed every 6 months for 4 years and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 3-12 patients will be accrued for this study within 1 year.

Conditions

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Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Vincristine Sulfate 1.5 mg/m2/wk and Irinotecan

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

irinotecan hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

vincristine sulfate

Intervention Type DRUG

Vincristine sulfate 2.0 mg/m2/wk and Irinotecan

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

irinotecan hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

vincristine sulfate

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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irinotecan hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

vincristine sulfate

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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CPT-11 NSC #616348 VCR Oncovin NSC #067574

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically or cytologically confirmed initial diagnosis of malignant solid tumor refractory to conventional therapy or for which no effective therapy exists

* Brain tumors allowed if not on anticonvulsants
* Brainstem gliomas allowed without histologic diagnosis
* Solid lymphomas allowed
* No bone marrow involvement

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 1 to 21

Performance status:

* Karnofsky 50-100% if over 10 years of age
* Lansky 50-100% if 10 years of age and under

Life expectancy:

* At least 8 weeks

Hematopoietic:

* Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm\^3
* Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3
* Hemoglobin at least 8 g/dL (transfusion allowed)

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
* ALT less than 5 times normal
* Albumin at least 2 g/dL

Renal:

* Creatinine normal for age OR
* Glomerular filtration rate normal for age

Other:

* No uncontrolled infection
* No other significant systemic illness
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* At least 1 week since prior biologic therapy and recovered
* At least 1 week since prior growth factors
* No prior stem cell transplantation

Chemotherapy:

* At least 2 weeks since prior myelosuppressive chemotherapy (4 weeks for nitrosoureas) and recovered
* No more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens
* No other concurrent cancer chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

* Concurrent dexamethasone allowed in patients with CNS tumors provided dose is stable or decreasing for at least 2 weeks prior to study

Radiotherapy:

* Recovered from prior radiotherapy
* At least 2 weeks since prior local palliative radiotherapy (small port)
* No prior substantial bone marrow radiotherapy
* No prior central axis radiotherapy
* No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

* Not specified

Other:

* No concurrent anticonvulsants
* No other concurrent anticancer therapy or investigational agents
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Year

Maximum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Children's Oncology Group

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Cynthia S. Kretschmar, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts - New England Medical Center

Locations

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Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

Duarte, California, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital of Orange County

Orange, California, United States

Site Status

UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

Children's National Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

Indiana University Cancer Center

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status

University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Site Status

University of Minnesota Cancer Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Children's Mercy Hospital

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Site Status

NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center - Seattle

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Site Status

Countries

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United States Australia

Other Identifiers

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COG-P9971

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CCG-P9971

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

POG-9971

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000068102

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

P9971

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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