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Induction Chemotherapy Using Cyclophosphamide and Topotecan in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Autologous Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation for Newly Diagnosed or Progressive Neuroblastoma

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Neuroblastoma
Interventions
Biological: filgrastim
Procedure: conventional surgery
Procedure: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Radiation: radiation therapy
Registration Number
NCT00070200
Lead Sponsor
Children's Oncology Group
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as topotecan and cyclophosphamide, use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects of induction chemotherapy using cyclophosphamide and topotecan in treating patients who are undergoing surgery and autologous stem cell transplantation followed by radiation therapy for newly diagnosed or progressive neuroblastoma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine the toxicity and feasibility of adding cyclophosphamide and topotecan to induction therapy in patients with newly diagnosed or progressive high-risk neuroblastoma undergoing autologous peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation.

* Determine the feasibility of PBSC mobilization and in vivo PBSC tumor purging in these patients after treatment with this regimen.

Secondary

* Determine tumor response rate in patients treated with this regimen.

* Determine the pharmacokinetics of this regimen in these patients.

* Determine whether topotecan affects cyclophosphamide pharmacokinetics in these patients.

* Correlate host DNA with toxicity and cyclophosphamide and topotecan pharmacokinetics in patients treated with this regimen.

* Determine toxicity in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a pilot, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to diagnosis (newly diagnosed vs initially stage 1, 2, or 4S that progressed to stage 4 without interval chemotherapy).

* Induction therapy: Patients receive 6 courses of induction therapy.

* Courses 1 and 2: Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV over 30 minutes and topotecan IV over 30 minutes on days 1-5 and filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) or IV beginning on day 6 and continuing until blood counts recover.

* Course 3: Patients receive etoposide IV over 2 hours on days 1-3, cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1-4, and G-CSF SC or IV beginning on day 5 and continuing until blood counts recover.

* Course 4: Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV over 6 hours on day 1 and doxorubicin IV and vincristine IV continuously over 24 hours on days 1-3. Patients also receive G-CSF SC or IV beginning on day 4 and continuing until blood counts recover.

* Course 5: Patients receive etoposide, cisplatin, and G-CSF as in course 3.

* Course 6: Patients receive cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and G-CSF as in course 4.

Treatment repeats every 21 days for a total of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

* Consolidation therapy: Within 4-6 weeks after completing induction therapy, patients receive melphalan IV on days -7 to -5 and etoposide IV and carboplatin IV continuously over 24 hours on days -7 to -4.

* Stem cell transplantation: Peripheral blood stem cells are collected after course 2 of induction therapy and infused on day 0. Patients receive G-CSF IV beginning on day 0 and continuing until blood counts recover.

* Surgery: After course 5 of induction therapy, patients undergo surgery.

* Radiotherapy: Beginning 28-42 days after transplantation, patients receive 12 fractions of local radiotherapy to all areas of residual soft tissue disease and the primary tumor site, even if completely resected.

* Maintenance therapy: Beginning 66 days after transplantation, patients receive oral isotretinoin twice daily on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 28 days for a total of 6 courses.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 4 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 10-29 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
31
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
All patientsfilgrastimInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
All patientsvincristine sulfateInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
All patientsconventional surgeryInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
All patientsperipheral blood stem cell transplantationInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
All patientsradiation therapyInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
All patientstopotecan hydrochlorideInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
All patientscyclophosphamideInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
All patientscisplatinInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
All patientsdoxorubicin hydrochlorideInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
All patientsisotretinoinInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
All patientsetoposideInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
All patientsmelphalanInduction Cycles 1 and 2 (CT) (21 days each), Cyclophosphamide (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 400 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 13.3 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old N/A. Topotecan (Days 1 thru 5) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 1.2 mg/m2/day, \< 12 kg 0.04 mg/kg/day, \< 2 years old 0.04 mg/kg/day). Filgrastim (Days 6 →) weight based dosage (\> 12 kg 5 micrograms/kg, \< 12 kg 5 micrograms /kg, \< 2 years old 5 micrograms /kg.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of patients who are classified as a "success"Length of study

Given that the documented delivered dose intensity of chemotherapy in current induction regimens is 75-85% of the intended dose intensity,5,78 we shall consider an individual patient as a "success" in terms of feasibility if the patient is able to receive 75% or more of the intended chemotherapy doses of known active agents.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Inability to adequately mobilize PBSCsLength of study

Inability to adequately mobilize PBSCs, defined as a harvest of \< 1.5 x 10 6 CD 34 cells/kg. A patient will be designated a PBSCs "failure" if either a) or b) is the case.

Number of toxic deathsLength of study
Proportion of patients with dose limiting toxicities during induction cycle 1 and 2Length of study

Dose limiting toxicities during induction cycle 1 and 2 will be used to modify the topotecan dosage if necessary and to address Primary Aim 1 in a descriptive fashion.

Tumor contamination of PBSCsLength of study

Tumor contamination of PBSCs as measured by immunohistochemical analysis following cycle 2 induction;

Assessment of responseLength of study

After completion of induction therapy. Response will be determined using the International Response Criteria defined elsewhere in the protocol. The tumor response rate will be defined as the proportion of patients who achieve a CR, VGPR, or PR after completion of induction therapy.

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center - Seattle

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Seattle, Washington, United States

Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Westmead Hospital

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Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center - Tacoma

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Tacoma, Washington, United States

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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Memphis, Tennessee, United States

UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

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San Francisco, California, United States

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