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Brain and Central Nervous System TumorsPhase 1NCT00053118

Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Children With Central Nervous System Cancer

A Phase 1 study testing filgrastim, carboplatin and etoposide in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors and Lymphoma, run by Roswell Park Cancer Institute at 3 sites 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 peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 18 years
What is being tested?
filgrastim, carboplatin and etoposide
How many people
1 participants
Where
3 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Mar 2002to Jul 2004
Phase
Phase 1
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 Up to 18 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed primary central nervous system malignancy
  • Recurrent, persistent, or progressive disease after at least 1 prior first-line treatment regimen

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and under at initial diagnosis

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy

  • At least 8 weeks

Hematopoietic

  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 750/mm^3
  • WBC greater than 2,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3
  • No underlying myelodysplasia, stem cell disorder, or other inherent hematologic synthetic defect

Hepatic

  • Liver function tests less than 2 times normal OR
  • Absence of active hepatitis by liver biopsy
  • Bilirubin less than 1.5 mg/dL

Renal

  • Glomerular filtration rate greater than 60 mL/min by radionucleotide assay

Cardiovascular

  • Ejection fraction at least 45%

Pulmonary

  • Clinically normal pulmonary function (patients 5 years of age and under)
  • FEV_1 and FVC at least 50% (patients over 5 years of age) OR
  • Arterial blood gas normal and DLCO greater than 50%

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No mucositis or mucosal infection
  • HIV negative

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • At least 3 weeks since prior systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • At least 6 months since prior radiotherapy to the pelvis or spine

Surgery

  • Not specified

Trial locations and contacts

3 sites in 1 country.

United States3 sites
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263-0001

  • University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

  • St. Louis Children's Hospital

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

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About this study

Official title: High Dose Carboplatin Combined With Oral VP-16 In The Treatment Of Pediatric CNS Malignancies

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

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating children who have central nervous system cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the feasibility of administering an outpatient protocol comprising high-dose carboplatin with autologous stem cell support and etoposide in pediatric patients with primary central nervous system malignancies.
  • Determine the maximum tolerated dose of carboplatin when administered in this regimen in these patients.
  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is dose-escalation study of carboplatin.

Patients receive filgrastim (G-CSF) IV once daily for 6 days followed by a maximum of 5 apheresis sessions. If the target number of peripheral blood stem cells is not achieved, some patients receive G-CSF and undergo apheresis as above after a 2-week rest.

At least 3 days after completion of G-CSF, patients receive high-dose carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1, stem cell reinfusion on day 3, G-CSF subcutaneously on days 4-18 and 43-61, and oral etoposide 3 times daily on days 21-42. Treatment continues for a maximum of 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of carboplatin until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed monthly for 1 year and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 3-15 patients will be accrued for this study.

Being tested
filgrastim, carboplatin, etoposide, bone marrow ablation with stem cell support, peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Keywords
childhood central nervous system germ cell tumor, childhood choroid plexus tumor, childhood craniopharyngioma, childhood grade I meningioma, childhood grade II meningioma, childhood grade III meningioma, recurrent childhood brain stem glioma, recurrent childhood cerebellar astrocytoma, recurrent childhood cerebral astrocytoma, recurrent childhood ependymoma, recurrent childhood medulloblastoma, recurrent childhood supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor, recurrent neuroblastoma, recurrent retinoblastoma, childhood visual pathway and hypothalamic glioma, childhood atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor, primary central nervous system non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Medical subject headings
Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Lymphoma, Neuroblastoma, Retinoblastoma, Choroid Plexus Neoplasms, Astrocytoma, Familial ependymoma, Medulloblastoma

What participants receive

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

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2002
  3. Primary completionJul 2004
  4. Study completionJul 2004

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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 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
1 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00053118
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000269284
Other IDs
RPCI-DS-00-03
Status last verified
Feb 2011
First submitted
27 Jan 2003
Last updated
1 Mar 2011
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing filgrastim, carboplatin and etoposide in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors and Lymphoma, run by Roswell Park Cancer Institute at 3 sites 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 1 Mar 2011. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 3 sites 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 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

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.

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 1 Mar 2011.

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