High-dose Topotecan for Retinoblastoma With Recurrent or Refractory Vitreous Seed

Early Phase 1

Recruiting

• Conditions: Retinoblastoma; Retinoblastoma, Recurrent
• Interventions: Drug: Topotecan; Other: Collection of aqueous humor; Other: Electroretinogram

• Registration Number: NCT06972602
• Lead Sponsor: Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University

Brief Summary

Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular malignancy in infancy and childhood,with an estimated 8000 new cases globally each year.The major cause of failure in the management of retinoblastoma remains the persistence or recurrence of resistant vitreous seeding.Currently,with the emergence of new administration routes, intravitreal chemotherapy has been used for vitreous seeds and the rate of eye preservation has been effectively improved. However, the use of high doses of chemotherapeutic agents may lead to visual impairments due to long term retinal toxicity and some tumors recur or become resistant to chemotherapeutic agents after treatment. In such cases, ocular resection is the only option to prevent extraocular metastasis and death.

Therefore, studies on retinoblastoma are currently focused on finding new targeted therapies at appropriate doses to increase anti-tumor activity and reduce side effects. In this study, Topotecan at a dosage of 100μg will be used to treat patients with refractory or recurrent retinoblastoma.

On one hand, topotecan, as a topoisomerase I inhibitor, prevents the reconnection of broken single stranded DNA, causing irreversible DNA damage. On the other hand, topotecan upregulates PTEN protein to restore its inhibitory effect on the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway, thereby jointly promoting tumor cell apoptosis and weakening cell proliferation activity.Topotecan at a dosage of 100μg has been proven safe in animal experiments, and there have been a few retrospective case reports on its application in retinoblastoma, but relevant prospective clinical studies are still lacking.

Based on the above background, this study will explore the feasibility and effectiveness of intravitreal injection of Topotecan at a dosage of 100μg in patients with refractory or recurrent retinoblastoma through a prospective study,while evaluating immune response and visual preservation.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2025-04-01
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Study First Submitted: 2025-05-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-05-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-07
• Study First Posted: 2025-05-15
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-15
• Primary Completion: 2025-12-31
• Study Completion: 2027-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with retinoblastoma with a somatic mutation of the gene RB1 and active tumor in a single eye, or germinal mutation of RB1 with active tumor/s in an eye and the contralateral eye unaffected, enucleated or without tumor activity. In both cases, relapsed or refractory vitreous seeding with the use of systemic, intraarterial or intravitreal chemotherapy or radiotherapy, in accordance with the availability at his/her referral site, in whom enucleation is the only recommended treatment under opinion of the medical team treating the case at the originating referral site. But the patient has a strong desire to preserve the eye.
2. Normal renal function: serum creatinine: < 45 μmol/L (0-2 years); < 57 μmol/L (3-6 years); < 60 μmol/L (7-10 years); < 80 μmol/L (11-13 years).
3. Normal Hepatic function: serum ALT: < 0,52 μkat/L (de 9 months -12 years); serum AST: 61-80 g/L (8 months-5 years); 63-83 g/L (5-9 years); 63-82 g/L (9-12 years).
4. Adequate marrow reserve manifested in an absolute neutrophil count > 1000 / mm3, platelets > 100,000 / mm3 and hemoglobin> 8 g / dl, without transfusional or cytokine support at least one month prior to study entry.
5. Age greater than 1 year and less than 12 years at the time of inclusion in the study.
6. Sign the informed consent form and be willing to follow up at the specified time.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Presence of factors that require immediate enucleation of the affected eye such as glaucoma, rubeosis iridis, anterior chamber involvement.
2. Comorbidities: Uncontrolled epilepsy with anticonvulsant treatment, cardiac disease not compensated by treatment.
3. Active Infections.
4. Other chronic or active acute diseases that under the criterion of the researcher were an exclusion criterion.
5. History of having received attenuated or live vaccines in the 30 days prior to inclusion in the study.
6. Any cause of Immunosuppression.
7. Trilateral Retinoblastoma.
8. Extraocular spread.
9. History of having received treatment for retinoblastoma with chemotherapy or radiation therapy by any means within 30 days prior to inclusion in the study.
10. Patients who can not complete the study procedures for reasons psychologically or socially

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
High-dose Topotecan for Retinoblastoma With Recurrent or Refractory Vitreous Seed	Topotecan	Intravitreal injection of topotecan at a dosage of 100μg was performed on day 1 of week 1.The frequency of treatment is personalized by ophthalmologists based on the intraocular stage of RB and treatment response. The criteria for end event are complete disappearance of vitreous seeding or stable calcification. Patients were followed up and evaluated every four weeks, with collection of aqueous humor and electroretinogram examination.
High-dose Topotecan for Retinoblastoma With Recurrent or Refractory Vitreous Seed	Collection of aqueous humor	Intravitreal injection of topotecan at a dosage of 100μg was performed on day 1 of week 1.The frequency of treatment is personalized by ophthalmologists based on the intraocular stage of RB and treatment response. The criteria for end event are complete disappearance of vitreous seeding or stable calcification. Patients were followed up and evaluated every four weeks, with collection of aqueous humor and electroretinogram examination.
High-dose Topotecan for Retinoblastoma With Recurrent or Refractory Vitreous Seed	Electroretinogram	Intravitreal injection of topotecan at a dosage of 100μg was performed on day 1 of week 1.The frequency of treatment is personalized by ophthalmologists based on the intraocular stage of RB and treatment response. The criteria for end event are complete disappearance of vitreous seeding or stable calcification. Patients were followed up and evaluated every four weeks, with collection of aqueous humor and electroretinogram examination.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Tumor response	28 days	Tumor response rate (ORR) to Topotecan at 28 days post-administration.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events	13 weeks
Immune response	13 weeks	Inflammatory factor testing was performed on the patients' aqueous humor samples.
Electroretinogram	13 weeks	Electroretinogram was performed to evaluate patient's retinal function and visual preservation.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fudan Eye & ENT Hospital; 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China