Combination Chemotherapy Followed By Surgery With or Without Radiation Therapy in Treating Young Patients With Stage II or Stage III Neuroblastoma

NCT ID: NCT00276731

Last Updated: 2013-09-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1995-03-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. Giving combination chemotherapy before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving radiation therapy after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain. It is not yet know whether combination chemotherapy followed by surgery alone is more effective than combination chemotherapy followed by surgery and radiation therapy in treating neuroblastoma.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying combination chemotherapy followed by surgery to see how well it works compared to combination chemotherapy followed by surgery and radiation therapy in treating young patients with stage II or stage III neuroblastoma.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the local control and event-free and overall survival of young patients with stage IIB and III neuroblastoma treated with neoadjuvant combination chemotherapy followed by surgery with vs without radiotherapy.
* Determine the toxic effects of these regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, randomized study.

* Induction combination chemotherapy: Patients receive vincristine IV and cyclophosphamide IV on day 1. Patients also receive cisplatin IV continuously over 24 hours on day 1 and etoposide IV over 4 hours on day 2 during courses 1, 3, and 5 and carboplatin IV over 1 hour and etoposide IV over 4 hours on day 1 during courses 2 and 4. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 5 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then proceed to surgery unless complete resection was done during initial staging and complete response was maintained.
* Surgery: Patients undergo biopsy or surgical resection of the tumor 2-3 weeks after completion of induction combination chemotherapy.
* Post-surgical treatment: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive two additional courses of combination chemotherapy comprising vincristine, cisplatin, etoposide, and cyclophosphamide in course 6 and vincristine, carboplatin, etoposide, and cyclophosphamide in course 7.
* Arm II: Patients undergo radiotherapy 2-4 weeks after surgery. Beginning 3 weeks after completion of radiotherapy, patients receive chemotherapy as in arm I After completion of study treatment, patients are evaluated periodically.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 150 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Neuroblastoma

Keywords

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localized resectable neuroblastoma localized unresectable neuroblastoma regional neuroblastoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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carboplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

cisplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

cyclophosphamide

Intervention Type DRUG

etoposide

Intervention Type DRUG

vincristine sulfate

Intervention Type DRUG

conventional surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

neoadjuvant therapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

radiation therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed stage IIB or III neuroblastoma

* No n-myc amplification

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* No prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Year

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Ann Barrett

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of Glasgow

S. J. Keith Holmes, DO

Role:

St. George's Hospital

Janice A. Kohler, MD, FRCP

Role:

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Andrew David J. Pearson, MD, FRCP, DCh

Role:

University of Newcastle Upon-Tyne

Jack van Hoff, MD

Role:

Yale University

Robert P. Castleberry, MD

Role:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kevin Murray, MD

Role:

Mercy Regional Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center

Locations

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Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children

Dublin, , Ireland

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Birmingham Children's Hospital

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

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Institute of Child Health at University of Bristol

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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Addenbrooke's Hospital at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

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Leicester Royal Infirmary

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

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Royal London Hospital

London, England, United Kingdom

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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

London, England, United Kingdom

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Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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Sir James Spence Institute of Child Health

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

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Queen's Medical Centre

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

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Oxford Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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Children's Hospital - Sheffield

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

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Southampton General Hospital

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

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Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

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Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Beatson Oncology Centre

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Childrens Hospital for Wales

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

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Countries

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Ireland United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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CCLG-NB-1995-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20595

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

UKCCSG-ENSG-9

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000454725

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id