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Gemcitabine and Vinorelbine in Treating Young Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Lymphoma
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT00070304
Lead Sponsor
Children's Oncology Group
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine and vinorelbine, use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving gemcitabine together with vinorelbine works in treating young patients with recurrent or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the response rate of pediatric patients with recurrent or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with gemcitabine and vinorelbine.

* Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a nonrandomized, multicenter study.

Patients receive vinorelbine IV over 6-10 minutes and gemcitabine IV over 100 minutes on days 1 and 8. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously daily beginning on day 9 and continuing for at least 7 days and until blood counts recover. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with responding disease after 2 courses may proceed directly to stem cell transplantation off study OR receive 2 additional courses. Patients with stable disease after 2 courses receive at least 2 additional courses. Patients with continued stable or responding disease (with no disease progression) after 4 courses may continue to receive study treatment for up to 1 year or discontinue study for alternative therapy at the discretion of the treating physician.

Patients are followed for survival.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 13-26 patients will be accrued for this study within 1.5 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
33
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Treatmentgemcitabine hydrochloridePatients receive vinorelbine tartrate IV over 6-10 minutes and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 100 minutes on days 1 and 8. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously daily beginning on day 9 and continuing for at least 7 days and until blood counts recover. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with responding disease after 2 courses may proceed directly to stem cell transplantation off study OR receive 2 additional courses. Patients with stable disease after 2 courses receive at least 2 additional courses. Patients with continued stable or responding disease (with no disease progression) after 4 courses may continue to receive study treatment for up to 1 year or discontinue study for alternative therapy at the discretion of the treating physician.
Treatmentvinorelbine tartratePatients receive vinorelbine tartrate IV over 6-10 minutes and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 100 minutes on days 1 and 8. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously daily beginning on day 9 and continuing for at least 7 days and until blood counts recover. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with responding disease after 2 courses may proceed directly to stem cell transplantation off study OR receive 2 additional courses. Patients with stable disease after 2 courses receive at least 2 additional courses. Patients with continued stable or responding disease (with no disease progression) after 4 courses may continue to receive study treatment for up to 1 year or discontinue study for alternative therapy at the discretion of the treating physician.
TreatmentfilgrastimPatients receive vinorelbine tartrate IV over 6-10 minutes and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 100 minutes on days 1 and 8. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously daily beginning on day 9 and continuing for at least 7 days and until blood counts recover. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with responding disease after 2 courses may proceed directly to stem cell transplantation off study OR receive 2 additional courses. Patients with stable disease after 2 courses receive at least 2 additional courses. Patients with continued stable or responding disease (with no disease progression) after 4 courses may continue to receive study treatment for up to 1 year or discontinue study for alternative therapy at the discretion of the treating physician.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Tumor Response RateUp to 1 year

Adequate tumor response is defined as achieving CR, VGPR or PR at any evaluation.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ToxicitiesUp to 4 weeks following the completion of therapy

Toxic death, hepatic, cardiac or renal toxicity, hematologic toxicity, pulmonary toxicity or other grade 3 or 4 toxicities

Trial Locations

Locations (123)

St. Barnabas Medical Center Cancer Center

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Livingston, New Jersey, United States

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Children's Hospital Central California

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Madera, California, United States

Southern California Permanente Medical Group

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Downey, California, United States

Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center

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Loma Linda, California, United States

All Children's Hospital

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St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Lee Cancer Care of Lee Memorial Health System

🇺🇸

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron

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Akron, Ohio, United States

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Springfield, Illinois, United States

University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center

🇺🇸

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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Buffalo, New York, United States

Breslin Cancer Center at Ingham Regional Medical Center

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Lansing, Michigan, United States

Albany Medical Center Hospital

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Albany, New York, United States

Van Elslander Cancer Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center

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Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, United States

Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

🇺🇸

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Brooklyn Hospital Center

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Brooklyn, New York, United States

Hurley Medical Center

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Flint, Michigan, United States

New York Medical College

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Valhalla, New York, United States

Medical City Dallas Hospital

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Dallas, Texas, United States

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec

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Quebec, Canada

West Virginia University - Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center - Charleston Division

🇺🇸

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Indiana University Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Baylor University Medical Center - Houston

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Driscoll Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas

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Dallas, Texas, United States

Children's Hospital and Health Center - San Diego

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center

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Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center - Stanford

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Stanford, California, United States

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Miami Children's Hospital

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Miami, Florida, United States

Sacred Heart Cancer Center at Sacred Heart Hospital

🇺🇸

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Curtis & Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial Health University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

CancerCare of Maine at Eastern Maine Medial Center

🇺🇸

Bangor, Maine, United States

Alvin and Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute at Sinai Hospital

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts - New England Medical Center

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

University of Mississippi Medical Center

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Jackson, Mississippi, United States

James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center

🇺🇸

Rochester, New York, United States

Cook Children's Medical Center - Fort Worth

🇺🇸

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center

🇺🇸

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Presbyterian Cancer Center at Presbyterian Hospital

🇺🇸

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Tod Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Youngstown, Ohio, United States

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Children's Medical Center - Dayton

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Dayton, Ohio, United States

Geisinger Medical Center

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Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

Penn State Cancer Institute at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

🇺🇸

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Rhode Island Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Greenville Hospital System Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Sioux Valley Hospital and University of South Dakota Medical Center

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital

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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

East Tennessee Children's Hospital

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Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine - Amarillo

🇺🇸

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Covenant Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Lubbock, Texas, United States

CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

🇺🇸

Temple, Texas, United States

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

🇺🇸

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Providence Cancer Center at Sacred Heart Medical Center

🇺🇸

Spokane, Washington, United States

Madigan Army Medical Center - Tacoma

🇺🇸

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center

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Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

University of Alberta Hospital

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

CHUS-Hopital Fleurimont

🇨🇦

Sherbrooke, Alberta, Canada

Children's & Women's Hospital of British Columbia

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

IWK Health Centre

🇨🇦

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hospital for Sick Children

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences

🇨🇦

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Montreal Children's Hospital at McGill University Health Center

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hopital Sainte Justine

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Saskatoon Cancer Centre at the University of Saskatchewan

🇨🇦

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

San Jorge Children's Hospital

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Santurce, Puerto Rico

Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group Geneva

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Geneva, Switzerland

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minneapolis

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

University of Minnesota Medical Center & Children's Hospital - Fairview

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Durham, North Carolina, United States

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

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San Francisco, California, United States

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Primary Children's Medical Center

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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute at the University of Kansas Medical Center

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

CancerCare Manitoba

🇨🇦

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

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Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Oklahoma University Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

🇺🇸

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Lurleen Wallace Comprehensive Cancer at University of Alabama-Birmingham

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center & Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Nemours Children's Clinic - Orlando

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

Blank Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Children's Mercy Hospital

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

St. Joseph's Cancer Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital

🇺🇸

Tampa, Florida, United States

Midwest Children's Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Nemours Children's Clinic

🇺🇸

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Kaplan Cancer Center at St. Mary's Medical Center

🇺🇸

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital

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Syracuse, New York, United States

Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Hackensack University Medical Center Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Maine Children's Cancer Program

🇺🇸

Scarborough, Maine, United States

Spectrum Health Hospital - Butterworth Campus

🇺🇸

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

UMASS Memorial Cancer Center - University Campus

🇺🇸

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Overlook Hospital

🇺🇸

Morristown, New Jersey, United States

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Oakland

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

University of Florida Shands Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Florida Hospital Cancer Institute at Florida Hospital Orlando

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center

🇺🇸

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Kosair Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Albert Einstein Cancer Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

🇺🇸

Bronx, New York, United States

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at University of Michigan Medical Center

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center - Tacoma

🇺🇸

Tacoma, Washington, United States

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