Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery in Treating Infants With Newly Diagnosed Neuroblastoma.

NCT ID: NCT00025597

Last Updated: 2013-09-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-07-31

Study Completion Date

2011-02-28

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. Giving a chemotherapy drug before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it can be removed during surgery.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by surgery in treating infants who have newly diagnosed neuroblastoma.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the survival and morbidity of infants with newly diagnosed stage II or III unresectable neuroblastoma without MYCN amplification treated with vincristine and cyclophosphamide, etoposide and carboplatin, and cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and vincristine followed by surgery.
* Determine whether deletion of chromosome 1p or diploidy/tetraploidy are prognostic factors in these patients.
* Determine whether there are other prognostic criteria that could be used in future therapeutic stratification of these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to symptomatic spinal cord involvement (yes vs no).

Patients without evidence of symptomatic spinal cord compression receive vincristine IV on day 1 and cyclophosphamide IV on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 14 days for 2 courses. Patients eligible for surgery undergo surgical resection and then are removed from the study.

Patients ineligible for surgery after 2 courses of initial chemotherapy, but with at least 25% response to initial chemotherapy, receive 2 additional courses of vincristine and cyclophosphamide. Patients eligible for surgery undergo surgical resection and then are removed from the study.

Patients ineligible for surgery after 2 additional courses of initial chemotherapy or with disease progression receive etoposide IV over 2 hours and carboplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 courses. Patients eligible for surgery undergo surgical resection and then are removed from the study.

Patients who remain ineligible for surgery or with disease progression after etoposide and carboplatin receive cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days 1-5, doxorubicin IV over 6 hours on days 4 and 5, and vincristine IV on days 1 and 5. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 courses. Patients then undergo surgical resection or biopsy.

Patients with symptomatic spinal cord compression receive initial treatment with etoposide and carboplatin as above. Patients with improved symptoms and resectable disease after initial chemotherapy undergo surgical resection or biopsy. Patients who remain ineligible for surgery or with no improvement in symptoms after initial chemotherapy receive cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and vincristine as above. Patients then undergo surgical resection or biopsy.

Patients are followed within 6 months and then annually for 5 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 100 patients will be accrued for this study within 4 years.

Conditions

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Neuroblastoma

Keywords

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localized unresectable neuroblastoma

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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carboplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

cyclophosphamide

Intervention Type DRUG

doxorubicin hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

etoposide

Intervention Type DRUG

vincristine sulfate

Intervention Type DRUG

conventional surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically or cytologically confirmed newly diagnosed stage II or III neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma

* Unresectable disease
* No MYCN amplification (i.e., fewer than 10 copies)
* No metastases to bone marrow
* No radiological bone lesions in skeleton

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* Under 12 months at diagnosis

Performance status:

* Not specified

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Not specified

Hepatic:

* No evidence of liver disease by ultrasound

Renal:

* Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* Not specified

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* Not specified

Surgery

* Not specified
Maximum Eligible Age

1 Year

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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European Infant Neuroblastoma Study Group - 1999

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Herve Rubie, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Centre Hospitalier Regional de Purpan

Locations

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St. Anna Children's Hospital

Vienna, , Austria

Site Status

Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

Ghent, , Belgium

Site Status

Rigshospitalet

Copenhagen, , Denmark

Site Status

Centre Hospitalier Regional de Purpan

Toulouse, , France

Site Status

Istituto Giannina Gaslini

Genoa, , Italy

Site Status

Rikshospitalet University Hospital

Oslo, , Norway

Site Status

Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil - Centro Regional de Oncologia de Lisboa, S.A.

Lisbon, , Portugal

Site Status

Hospital Universitario LA FE

Valencia, , Spain

Site Status

Ostra Sjukhuset

Gothenburg, , Sweden

Site Status

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Lausanne, , Switzerland

Site Status

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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Austria Belgium Denmark France Italy Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom

References

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Rubie H, De Bernardi B, Gerrard M, Canete A, Ladenstein R, Couturier J, Ambros P, Munzer C, Pearson AD, Garaventa A, Brock P, Castel V, Valteau-Couanet D, Holmes K, Di Cataldo A, Brichard B, Mosseri V, Marquez C, Plantaz D, Boni L, Michon J. Excellent outcome with reduced treatment in infants with nonmetastatic and unresectable neuroblastoma without MYCN amplification: results of the prospective INES 99.1. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Feb 1;29(4):449-55. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.29.5196. Epub 2010 Dec 20.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21172879 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EURO-INF-NB-STUDY-1999-99.1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20125A

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000068977

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id