Combination Chemotherapy and Pegfilgrastim in Treating Men With Metastatic Germ Cell Tumors

NCT ID: NCT00453232

Last Updated: 2013-08-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-08-31

Study Completion Date

2009-01-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Colony-stimulating factors, such as pegfilgrastim, may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help the immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy. Giving combination chemotherapy together with pegfilgrastim may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects and how well giving combination chemotherapy together with pegfilgrastim works in treating men with metastatic germ cell tumors.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine the feasibility of accelerated treatment comprising bleomycin, etoposide, cisplatin, and pegfilgrastim in men with metastatic germ cell tumors.
* Determine the toxicity of this regimen (particularly with respect to renal, pulmonary, and neurological function) in these patients.

Secondary

* Determine the response rate in patients treated with this regimen.
* Determine the progression-free survival of patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a non-randomized, pilot study.

Patients receive etoposide IV on days 1-3, cisplatin IV on days 1 and 2, and bleomycin IV over 2 hours on days 2, 6, and 10. Patients also receive pegfilgrastim subcutaneously on day 4. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 20 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor Teratoma Testicular Germ Cell Tumor

Keywords

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stage III malignant testicular germ cell tumor testicular choriocarcinoma and seminoma testicular embryonal carcinoma and seminoma testicular choriocarcinoma and embryonal carcinoma testicular choriocarcinoma and teratoma testicular choriocarcinoma testicular choriocarcinoma and yolk sac tumor testicular embryonal carcinoma and teratoma with seminoma testicular embryonal carcinoma and teratoma testicular embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumor with seminoma testicular embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumor testicular embryonal carcinoma testicular seminoma testicular yolk sac tumor testicular yolk sac tumor and teratoma with seminoma testicular yolk sac tumor and teratoma recurrent malignant testicular germ cell tumor recurrent extragonadal non-seminomatous germ cell tumor recurrent extragonadal seminoma stage IV extragonadal non-seminomatous germ cell tumor stage IV extragonadal seminoma adult teratoma testicular immature teratoma testicular mature teratoma recurrent extragonadal germ cell tumor

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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bleomycin sulfate

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

pegfilgrastim

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

cisplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

etoposide

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Patients must fulfill all of the following criteria for 1 of the following diagnoses:

* Nonseminoma germ cell tumor (intermediate risk)

* Testis or retroperitoneal primary
* Abnormal markers (alpha fetoprotein \[AFP\] \> 1,000 and \< 10,000 ng/mL, human chorionic gonadotropin \[HCG\] \> 5,000 and \< 50,000 IU/L, lactate dehydrogenase \[LDH\] \> 1.5 times and \< 10 times upper limit of normal \[ULN\])
* No liver, bone, brain, or other nonpulmonary visceral metastasis
* Histologic confirmation is not required if AFP or HCG are grossly elevated
* Nonseminoma germ cell tumor (poor prognosis) meeting 1 of the following criteria:

* Mediastinal primary
* Nonpulmonary visceral metastases
* Poor markers (AFP \> 10,000 ng/mL, HCG \> 50,000 IU/L, LDH \> 10 times ULN)
* Histologic confirmation not required if AFP or HCG are grossly elevated
* Seminoma (intermediate prognosis)

* Histological confirmation is required
* Any primary site
* Nonpulmonary visceral metastases must be present
* Normal AFP
* Any HCG
* Any LDH
* Surveillance relapse

* Must fulfill appropriate criteria above according to initial histology

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm³
* Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
* Must have adequate renal function (creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min)
* No prior malignancy except basal cell carcinoma

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* No prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Michael Williams, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Locations

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Addenbrooke's Hospital

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Saint Bartholomew's Hospital

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment at Newcastle General Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Churchill Hospital

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Edinburgh Cancer Centre at Western General Hospital

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Site Status

Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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CDR0000537042

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EUDRACT-2004-000847-79

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20713

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ISRCTN18505589

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CRCA-CCTC-ACCELERATED-BEP

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id