Darbepoetin Alfa in Patients With "Poor Prognosis" Germ Cell Tumor Treated With High-Dose Chemotherapy (HD-VIP)

NCT ID: NCT00204633

Last Updated: 2009-02-16

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

108 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-07-31

Study Completion Date

2008-12-31

Brief Summary

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The aim is to determine the frequency of RBC transfusion in patients with metastatic "poor prognosis" germ cell tumor during high-dose chemotherapy (HD-VIP, level 6) with or without Darbepoetin alfa

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Dysgerminoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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Darbepoetin alfa

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Poor prognosis" according IGCCCG-criteria:
* Primary mediastinal tumor
* Gonadal/retroperitoneal germ cell tumor with visceral metastases except of lung
* Poor marker: AFP \> 10.000 ng/ml or beta-HCG \> 10.000 ng/ml (50.000 IU/l) andd LDH \>10 x upper normal limit
* No previous chemotherapy
* Age \> 18 years
* Performance-Status: WHO =\< 2
* Written informed consent
* Ability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Hemolysis
* Hematological disease with insufficient erythropoiesis
* Patients without sufficient treatment of sideropenia, folate deficiency or vitamin B12 deficiency
* Uncontrolled arterial hypertension
* Treatment with rh-Erythropoetin during trial
* Creatinin clearance \< 50 ml/min
* Insufficient bone marrow function (WBC count \< 3.000/ml or platelets \< 100.000/µl)
* Other major symptomatic or uncontrolled illnesses not allowing to complete treatment protocol with the exception of symptoms caused by the primary disease
* Second malignancy, except of completely resected basal cell carcinoma of the skin
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital Tuebingen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Joerg T. Hartmann, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

South West German Cancer Center, Medical Center II, University of Tuebingen

Locations

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Medical Center II, University of Tuebingen

Tübingen, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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jth_004

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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