Evaluating the Side Effects and How Well Anticancer Drugs Work in Very Young Patients With Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00897871

Last Updated: 2013-08-12

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-02-28

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood in the laboratory from young patients with cancer may help doctors learn how carboplatin, cyclophosphamide, and etoposide affect the body and how patients will respond to treatment.

PURPOSE: This laboratory study is evaluating the side effects and how well anticancer drugs work in very young patients with cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Investigate inter-individual variability in the pharmacokinetics of selected anticancer drugs in infants and children age \< 2 years on current dosing schedules.
* Compare drug exposures and degree of pharmacokinetic variability in children \< 2 years with data obtained from published studies in older children.
* Relate inter-individual variability in pharmacokinetics and drug exposure to clinical toxicity and response.
* Use pharmacokinetic data in conjunction with clinical information obtained following treatment to investigate the suitability of current dosing regimens in infants and young children.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to age in months (0 to 6 vs 6 to 12 vs 12 to 24).

Patients receive carboplatin, cyclophosphamide, or etoposide according to the dosing regimen detailed in the clinical protocol on which the child is being treated.

Blood samples are collected from patients receiving 1 of the 3 drugs by central venous catheter periodically during treatment to measure pharmacokinetics of the specific drug. Additional blood samples are collected for DNA extraction and polymorphism analysis in CYP2B6, CYP2C9, and other metabolizing enzymes in addition to the determination of the genetic variation in multiple drug resistance.

Conditions

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Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Keywords

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unspecified childhood solid tumor, protocol specific

Interventions

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carboplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

cyclophosphamide

Intervention Type DRUG

etoposide phosphate

Intervention Type DRUG

gene expression analysis

Intervention Type GENETIC

polymorphism analysis

Intervention Type GENETIC

pharmacological study

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Diagnosis of childhood cancer
* Receiving carboplatin, cyclophosphamide, or etoposide as standard treatment as part of a clinical study at a Children's Cancer and Leukemia Group (CCLG) center

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* Single or double lumen central venous catheter in place
* No concurrent anticonvulsants, azole antifungal agents, or chronic steroid treatment
Maximum Eligible Age

2 Years

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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Gareth Veal

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Newcastle Upon-Tyne

Locations

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Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children Crumlin

Dublin, , Ireland

Site Status RECRUITING

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Addenbrooke's Hospital

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

University College Hospital

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Sir James Spence Institute of Child Health at Royal Victoria Infirmary

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Queen's Medical Centre

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Oxford Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Children's Hospital - Sheffield

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Southampton General Hospital

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Marsden - Surrey

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Childrens Hospital for Wales

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Ireland United Kingdom

Facility Contacts

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Contact Person

Role: primary

Martin W. English, MD

Role: primary

Contact Person

Role: primary

Amos Burke, MD

Role: primary

Adam Glaser, MD

Role: primary

Johann Visser, MD

Role: primary

Heather P. McDowell, MD

Role: primary

Maria Michelagnoli, MD

Role: primary

Gill Levitt, MD

Role: primary

Bernadette Brennan, MD

Role: primary

Juliet Hale, MD

Role: primary

Martin Hewitt, MD, BSc, FRCP, FRCPCH

Role: primary

Kate Wheeler, MD

Role: primary

Mary P. Gerrard, MBChB, FRCP, FRCPCH

Role: primary

Janice A. Kohler, MD, FRCP

Role: primary

Mary Taj, MD

Role: primary

Anthony McCarthy, MD

Role: primary

Veronica Neefjes

Role: primary

W. Hamish Wallace, MD

Role: primary

Milind D. Ronghe, MD

Role: primary

Heidi Traunecker, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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CDR0000560121

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20742

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EUDRACT-2006-002845-36

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CCLG-PK-2006-09

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id