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Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy With or Without Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Neuroblastoma

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Neuroblastoma
Registration Number
NCT00017225
Lead Sponsor
German Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology GPOH gGmbH
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may be able to replace immune cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy or radiation therapy used to kill tumor cells. Combining these therapies may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining chemotherapy and radiation therapy with or without peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients who have neuroblastoma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the frequency of spontaneous remission in pediatric patients with localized neuroblastoma.

* Determine the course of regression in patients with spontaneous remission.

* Determine the event-free survival rate of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma treated with maintenance chemotherapy OR consolidation chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell rescue.

* Determine if a correlation exists between long-term overall survival and catecholamine response in these high-risk patients.

* Determine if a correlation exists between cytotoxic and conditioning chemotherapies, in terms of bone marrow toxicity, in these high-risk patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to risk (low vs standard vs high).

* Observation stratum (low risk): Patients undergo surgical biopsy followed by observation for 6-12 months. Patients may also undergo second-look surgery. Patients with tumor regression receive no further therapy. Patients with disease progression or no tumor regression receive standard-risk chemotherapy as in the standard-risk stratum.

* Standard-risk stratum: Patients undergo surgical biopsy. Patients at least 6 months of age receive 1 course of chemotherapy comprising cisplatin IV and etoposide IV continuously on days 1-4 and vindesine IV over 1 hour on day 1. Patients then receive 1 course of chemotherapy comprising vincristine IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 8, dacarbazine IV over 1 hour on days 1-5, ifosfamide IV continuously on days 1-5, and doxorubicin IV over 4 hours on days 6 and 7.

Patients under 6 months of age receive doxorubicin IV over 30 minutes and vincristine IV on days 1, 3, and 5 and cyclophosphamide IV over 5 minutes on days 1-7. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 2 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.

After chemotherapy, patients may undergo second-look surgery followed by 2 additional courses of chemotherapy as above. Patients with complete response or very good partial response receive no further therapy. Patients with partial response, minimal response, no response, or progressive disease undergo local radiotherapy daily 5 days a week for approximately 6 weeks. Patients with no response after radiotherapy may then receive therapy as in the high-risk stratum.

* High-risk stratum: Patients undergo surgical biopsy. Patients at least 6 months of age receive induction chemotherapy comprising cisplatin, etoposide, and vindesine as in the standard-risk stratum combined with filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) daily beginning on day 8 and continuing until blood counts recover. Patients also receive alternating courses of vincristine, dacarbazine, ifosfamide, and doxorubicin as in the standard-risk stratum combined with G-CSF SC daily beginning on day 9 and continuing until blood counts recover. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for up to 6 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.

Patients under 6 months of age receive 2 courses of induction chemotherapy as in the standard-risk stratum followed by 4 courses of alternating chemotherapy as above.

Patients may also undergo second-look surgery.

Patients then receive consolidation chemotherapy comprising melphalan IV over 30 minutes on days -8 to -5, etoposide IV over 4 hours on day -4, and carboplatin IV over 1 hour on days -4 to -2. Patients undergo autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) on day 0. Patients also receive G-CSF SC or IV over 2 hours daily beginning on day 0. Patients may then undergo radiotherapy daily 5 days a week for 6 weeks.

Patients who were diagnosed less than 1 year ago and who do not demonstrate MYCN amplication receive maintenance chemotherapy comprising oral cyclophosphamide on days 1-8 (instead of consolidation chemotherapy and ASCT as above). Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 4 courses.

Beginning 4-6 weeks after transplantation or 4 weeks after initiation of the last course of maintenance chemotherapy, all patients receive consolidation therapy with oral tretinoin 3 times daily on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 6 courses followed by a 3-month rest. Patients then receive 3 additional courses.

Patients are followed at 6 weeks, every 3 months for 5 years, and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 130 patients (50 in high-risk stratum, 15 in standard-risk stratum, and 65 in observation stratum) will be accrued for this study within 1 year.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary Outcome Measures
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Trial Locations

Locations (88)

Carl - Thiem - Klinkum Cottbus

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Cottbus, Germany

Klinikum Lippe - Detmold

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Detmold, Germany

Praxis am Evangelischen Krankenhaus Bethanien

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Iserlohn, Germany

University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein - Kiel Campus

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Kiel, Germany

Westpfalz-Klinikum GmbH

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Kaiserslautern, Germany

Klinikum Kassel

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Kassel, Germany

Stadt. Krankenhaus Kemperhof

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Koblenz, Germany

Klinikum Minden

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Minden, Germany

Universitaets - Kinderklinik - Luebeck

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Lubeck, Germany

St. Annastift Krankenhaus

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Ludwigshafen, Germany

Klinik und Poliklinik fuer Kinderheilkunde - Universitaetsklinikum Muenster

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Muenster, Germany

Universitaets - Kinderpoliklinik

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Munich, Germany

Stadt. Klinik - Kinderklinik

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Mannheim, Germany

Staedtisches Krankenhaus Muenchen - Harlaching

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Munich, Germany

Cnopfche Kinderklinik

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Nuernberg, Germany

Kindershospital

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Osnabruck, Germany

Kinderklinik Kohlhof

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Neunkirchen, Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen

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Tuebingen, Germany

Krankenhaus D Barmherzigen Brueder

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Regensburg, Germany

Kinderklinik - Universitaetsklinikum Rostock

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Rostock, Germany

Diakone - Krankenhaus

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Schwabisch Hall, Germany

Universitaet Ulm

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Ulm, Germany

Reinhard - Nieter - Krankenhaus

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Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Medizinische Universitaetsklinik I

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Cologne, Germany

Urologische Klinik - Universitaetsklinikum Aachen

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Aachen, Germany

Klinikum Bayreuth

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Bayreuth, Germany

Stadt Klinikum - Howedestrase

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Braunschweig, Germany

Kinderkrankenhaus Josefinum

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Augsburg, Germany

Helios Klinikum Berlin

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Berlin, Germany

Zentralklinikum Augsburg

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Augsburg, Germany

Caritaskrankenhaus

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Bad Mergentheim, Germany

Universitaets Klinik fuer Kinderchirurgie

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Leipzig, Germany

Vestische Kinderklinik

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Datteln, Germany

Kinderklinik d. TU / Schwabing

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Munich, Germany

Klinikum Coburg

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Coburg, Germany

Zentralkrankenhaus

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Bremen, Germany

Staedtische Krankenhaus Kiel

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Kiel, Germany

Klinikum der J.W. Goethe Universitaet

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Frankfurt, Germany

Klinikum Chemnitz GMBH

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Chemnitz, Germany

Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carl Carus

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Dresden, Germany

University Children's Hospital

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Zurich, Switzerland

Kinderspital Luzerne

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Luzerne 16, Switzerland

Johanniter-Kinderklinik

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St. Augustin, Germany

Universitaets - Kinderklinik Wuerzburg

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Wuerzburg, Germany

St. Marien Hospital

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Vechta, Germany

Helios Klinikum Wuppertal

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Wuppertal, Germany

Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus

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Hamburg, Germany

Klinikum Krefeld GmbH

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Krefeld, Germany

Universitatsklinikum der MA

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Magdeburg, Germany

Johannes Gutenberg University

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Mainz, Germany

Staedtisches Kinderkrankenhaus

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Koln - Riehl, Germany

Kinderklinik

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Munich, Germany

Universitatsklinik Homburg

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Homburg, Germany

Universitats - Kinderklinik

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Greiswald, Germany

Ospedale "la Carita", Locarno

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Locarno, Switzerland

Leopoldina - Krankenhaus

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Schwienfurt, Germany

Saarbrucker Winterbergkliniken

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Saarbrucken, Germany

Klinikum Oldenburg

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Oldenburg, Germany

Staedtische Klinikum-Kinderklinik

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Rosenheim, Germany

Marien Hospital

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Homburg, Germany

Kinderkrankenhaus

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Kassel, Germany

Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus

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Herdecke, Germany

Mutterhaus der Borromaerinnen

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Trier, Germany

Klinikum Schwerin

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Schwerin, Germany

Olgahospital

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Stuttgart, Germany

Deutsches Rotes Kreuz

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Siegen, Germany

Kinderklinik der Universitaet-Bonn

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Bonn, Germany

Charite - Campus Virchow Klinikum

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Berlin, Germany

Krankenanstalten Gilead

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Biefeld, Germany

Universitaetsklinik Duesseldorf

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Duesseldorf, Germany

Stadt. Kliniken

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Dortmund, Germany

Stadt. KH Dresden - Neustadt

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Dresden, Germany

Helios Klinikum Erfurt GmbH

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Erfurt, Germany

Universitaets - Kinderklinik

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Marburg, Germany

Stadt. Kinderklinik

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Karlsruhe, Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Goettingen

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Goettingen, Germany

Universitaetskinderklinik - Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg

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Freiburg, Germany

Kreiskrankenhaus Gummersbach GMBH

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Gummersbach, Germany

Universitaets-Krankenhaus Eppendorf

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Hamburg, Germany

Martin Luther Universitaet

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Halle, Germany

Evangelische Krankenhaus Hamm

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Hamm, Germany

Universitaets-Kinderklinik Heidelberg

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Heidelberg, Germany

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

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Hannover, Germany

Kinderkrankenhaus auf der Bult

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Hannover, Germany

Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht

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Maastricht, Netherlands

Universitaetsklinikum Essen

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Essen, Germany

St. Barbara Krankenhaus

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Halle, Germany

Klinik Konstanz

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Konstanz, Germany

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