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Extragonadal Germ Cell TumorPhase 2NCT00002943

Carboplatin, Etoposide, Cyclophosphamide, and Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing carboplatin, cyclophosphamide and etoposide in people with Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor and Ovarian Cancer, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation may help the body kill more tumor cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 120 years
What is being tested?
carboplatin, cyclophosphamide and etoposide
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
11 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Feb 1993to Aug 2007
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 120 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed, measurable germ cell cancer relapsed or refractory after frontline therapy with cisplatin and etoposide-containing chemotherapy
  • Other chemotherapy-sensitive solid tumors eligible (as of 06/11/97)
  • Possibility of residual mass representing benign teratoma must be excluded
  • Elevated serum tumor markers only are acceptable if possibilities of false-positive serum tumor markers or sanctuary disease have been excluded
  • Also eligible after two to four cycles of conventional dose salvage chemotherapy, regardless of response
  • No CNS or bone marrow involvement

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy:

  • Greater than 2 months

Hematopoietic:

  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3
  • Neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, SGOT, and SGPT less than 3 times upper limit of normal, unless due to disease

Renal:

  • Creatinine less than 1.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine clearance at least 60 ml/min

Cardiovascular:

  • Ventricular ejection fraction at least 45%
  • No uncontrolled or severe cardiovascular disease including recent myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, angina, life-threatening arrhythmia, or hypertension

Pulmonary:

  • DLCO and spirometry greater than 50% of predicted

Other:

  • Not HIV positive
  • No active peptic ulcer
  • No uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
  • No active infection
  • No previous or concomitant malignancy other than curatively treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
  • Not HBsAG positive

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior high-dose carboplatin, etoposide, or cyclophosphamide

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157-1082

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About this study

Official title: High Dose Carboplatin, Etoposide, Cyclophosphamide and Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation for Relapsed and Refractory Germ Cell Cancer: A Phase II Pilot Study

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation may help the body kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effects of high doses of carboplatin, etoposide, and cyclophosphamide followed by autologous bone marrow transplantation in patients with relapsed or refractory germ cell cancer and other chemotherapy-sensitive solid tumors.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Investigate the response rate, duration of response, survival, time to marrow reconstitution, and toxicity of two successive cycles of high dose carboplatin, etoposide, and cyclophosphamide chemotherapy and ABMT in patients with relapsed and refractory germ cell cancer or other chemotherapy-sensitive solid tumors.
  • Further define the pretransplant characteristics of patients and their disease that might influence the outcome of this therapy.

OUTLINE: Patients receive carboplatin and etoposide for 5 days and cyclophosphamide for 2 days prior to ABMT.

At day 60 following ABMT, if the patient has a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) and nonhematologic toxicity is no greater than grade 2, a second ABMT course is given when hematologic parameters and other criteria are acceptable. If there is no CR or PR and/or nonhematologic toxicity exceeds grade 2, a second ABMT is not given.

After ABMT patients are followed until disease progression or death.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Ten patients will be accrued for this pilot study.

Being tested
carboplatin, cyclophosphamide, etoposide, autologous bone marrow transplantation
Keywords
stage III malignant testicular germ cell tumor, recurrent malignant testicular germ cell tumor, unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific, stage III ovarian germ cell tumor, stage IV ovarian germ cell tumor, recurrent ovarian germ cell tumor, extragonadal germ cell tumor
Medical subject headings
Ovarian Neoplasms, Testicular Germ Cell Tumor, Testicular Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. To investigate the response rate High Dose Carboplatin, Etoposide, Cyclophosphamide and Autologous Transplantation

    Measured: 45 days

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. evaluate toxicity of High Dose Carboplatin, Etoposide, Cyclophosphamide and Autologous Transplantation

    Measured: 45 days

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 1993
  3. Primary completionOct 2003
  4. Study completionAug 2007

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
11 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00002943
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000065392
Other IDs
CCCWFU-95193, NCI-G97-1146
Status last verified
Aug 2018
First submitted
1 Nov 1999
Last updated
10 Aug 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing carboplatin, cyclophosphamide and etoposide in people with Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor and Ovarian Cancer, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Aug 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

To investigate the response rate High Dose Carboplatin, Etoposide, Cyclophosphamide and Autologous Transplantation (time frame: 45 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 10 Aug 2018.

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