Early Enteral Tube Feedings in Children Receiving Chemo for AML/MDS & High Risk Solid Tumors

NCT ID: NCT00624962

Last Updated: 2014-12-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-03-31

Study Completion Date

2008-01-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Tubefeeding may help maintain good nutrition and lessen weight loss in younger patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well tube feedings work in younger patients receiving chemotherapy for newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, or high-risk solid tumors.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* To determine the feasibility and acceptance of undertaking early enteral tube feedings in children receiving induction chemotherapy for newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndromes, primary cancers of the central nervous system, or high-risk solid tumors.

Secondary

* To determine the safety of proactive enteral nutrition in these patients.
* To evaluate the effect of enteral nutrition on nutritional status in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients have a small (6 or 8 French) nasogastral feeding tube or enterostomy tube inserted after diagnosis. Peptamen® AF tube feeding is administered via the enteral tube. Tube feedings are started as a continuous drip using an enteral feeding pump with a subsequent steady daily rate increase. Patients receive enteral feeding during courses 1-4 of chemotherapy.

Conditions

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Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Kidney Cancer Leukemia Liver Cancer Neuroblastoma Sarcoma Solid Tumor

Keywords

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childhood soft tissue sarcoma neuroblastoma childhood hepatoblastoma childhood cerebellar astrocytoma childhood ependymoma childhood brain stem glioma childhood meningioma childhood myelodysplastic syndromes unspecified childhood solid tumor, protocol specific childhood acute myeloid leukemia/other myeloid malignancies central nervous system neoplasm Wilms tumor and other childhood kidney tumors childhood brain tumor childhood medulloblastoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Correlative/Supportive Care

Group Type OTHER

nutritional intervention

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Nutritional status assessment on enrollment in study, beginning of course 1 and end of study period (week 12 or beginning of Course 5 chemotherapy)

therapeutic nutritional supplementation

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

enteral feedings via a nasogastric tube for 50% or more of the total nutritional support days.

Interventions

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nutritional intervention

Nutritional status assessment on enrollment in study, beginning of course 1 and end of study period (week 12 or beginning of Course 5 chemotherapy)

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

therapeutic nutritional supplementation

enteral feedings via a nasogastric tube for 50% or more of the total nutritional support days.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Other Intervention Names

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Non indicated not indicated

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Newly confirmed diagnosis of 1 of the following:

* Acute myeloid leukemia
* Myelodysplastic syndromes
* Sarcoma
* Any other stage IV solid tumor including:

* Wilms
* Neuroblastoma
* Hepatoblastoma
* Any primary cancer of the central nervous system including:

* Cerebellar astrocytoma
* Medulloblastoma
* Ependymoma
* Spine tumors

Exclusion Criteria

* No contraindication to enteral tube feeding including, but not limited to, any of the following:

* Gastrointestinal tract dysfunction (i.e., ileus, peritonitis, obstruction)
* Active sinusitis (can be waived for patients with gastrostomy tubes)
* Obstructive tumor in the nasopharynx

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* No prior hematopoietic stem cell transplant
* All clinically indicated medications are permitted during the course of the study
* No other concurrent nutritional supplements
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

Vanderbilt University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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John B. Pietsch

Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatrics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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John B. Pietsch, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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VU-VICC-PED-0604

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

VU-VICC-060151

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000583517

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id