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Wilms TumorPhase 2NCT00141765

Study of High-Dose Chemotherapy With Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Transplant for Rare Poor-Prognosis Cancers

A Phase 2 study testing Myeloablative Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Rescue in people with Wilms Tumor and Fibrosarcoma, run by University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

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

Official record
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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether very high dosages of chemotherapy will improve the chance of surviving cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 21 years
Conditions the study is for
Wilms Tumor, Fibrosarcoma, Carcinoma, Round Cell
What is being tested?
Myeloablative Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Rescue
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
25 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jan 1997to Feb 2010
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 21 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients must be ineligible for other IRB-approved myeloablative regimens, be 21 years old or younger, and must have a histologically-confirmed Wilms' tumor, liver cancer, recurrent brain tumor of childhood, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, fibrosarcoma, desmoplastic small round cell tumor, germ cell tumor or other small round cell tumor, which:
  • is metastatic and has < 25% cure rate with conventional treatment; or
  • progressed after prior chemotherapy and has < 25% salvage rate with non-myeloablative therapies.
  • Disease status: Within 3 weeks of initiation of this protocol, patients must:
  • be in a complete or good partial remission (section 7.4); or
  • have a "chemosensitive" tumor, which is defined as a > 50% decrease in at least one measurable tumor parameter attributable to prior chemotherapy, without evidence of progressive disease by any other parameter.
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  • Prior chemotherapy: Before entry to this protocol, patients must have derived maximal benefit from conventional, i.e., nonmyeloablative, doses of combination chemotherapy. Conventional therapy should be continued until either a complete remission is achieved, no further benefit from non-myeloablative dosing can be appreciated, or toxicity from conventional therapy is perceived as limiting in the absence of stem cell rescue. The cancer must be proven to be sensitive to alkylating agents. This means that, in addition to, or as part of, the appropriate chemotherapy protocol for the specific cancer in question, all patients must have received and responded to a minimum of:
  • 2 courses of high-dose cyclophosphamide, totaling > 4200 mg/m2; or
  • courses of high-dose ifosfamide totaling > 12 gm/m2.
  • 1 course of "a)" above, plus 1 course of 'b)" above.
  • Equivalent high dose alkylating agents as described in 3.3 a, b, and c.
  • Patients must have adequate renal hepatic, and cardiac function (sections 4.4-4.6).
  • Patients must meet at least one of the following stem cell requirements (Peripheral blood collection is to be preferred when available as an option):
  • Harvested bone marrow must contain 1 x 108 nucleated cells per kg of body weight, or,
  • Peripheral blood collection should include at least 2 x 106 CD34+ cells/kg.
  • Informed consent must be signed indicating patient and/or parental awareness of the investigational nature of this program

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • The University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109

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About this study

Official title: Myeloablative Chemotherapy With Stem Cell Rescue for Rare Poor-Prognosis Cancers

The purpose of this study is to determine whether very high dosages of chemotherapy will improve the chance of surviving cancer.

Read the detailed description

This is a phase II trial designed to provide a transplant option for patients with rare poor-prognosis cancers. The protocol is only open to patients with metastatic or relapsed cancers for whom the probability of remaining free of progressive disease for one year after being brought into remission is < 25%. Patients eligible for this study have been diagnosed with a form of cancer that leads to death more than 75% of the time when treated with standard therapy doses of chemotherapy and/ or radiation therapy. Under this treatment intensification protocol the expectation is that the one year progression-free survival for this group of patients will rise to 40%. Patients eligible for this protocol will be followed for one year post-transplant. Patients alive and free of progressive disease at the end of this period will be considered successes.

Being tested
Myeloablative Chemotherapy, Stem Cell Rescue
Medical subject headings
Wilms Tumor, Fibrosarcoma, Carcinoma, Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms, Brain Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • Myeloablative ChemotherapyProcedure or surgery

    High dose chemotherapy (carboplatin and thiotepa) transplant rescue

  • Stem Cell RescueProcedure or surgery

    autologous stem cell transplantation

Study groups in NCT00141765
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Myeloablative Chemotherapy with Stem Cell RescueExperimentalMyeloablative Chemotherapy, followed by stem cell rescue
Receives: Procedure: Myeloablative Chemotherapy; Procedure: Stem Cell Rescue

What is being measured

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

  1. Percent of Participants With Progression Free Survival at 1 Year

    The primary outcome measure for this study was to improve the long-term disease-free survival of patients with rare cancers at high risk for lethal relapse.

    Measured: 1 year post transplant

Timeline

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

  1. First posted1 Sep 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 1997
  3. Primary completionDec 2008
  4. Study completionFeb 2010

Resources

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
25 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00141765
Sponsor's protocol ID
UMCC 9626
Other IDs
IRB 1996-195
Status last verified
May 2014
First submitted
31 Aug 2005
Last updated
20 Jun 2014
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Myeloablative Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Rescue in people with Wilms Tumor and Fibrosarcoma, run by University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center 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?

The sponsor lists 16 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. 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 20 Jun 2014. 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 20 Jun 2014). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Percent of Participants With Progression Free Survival at 1 Year (time frame: 1 year post transplant). 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 20 Jun 2014.

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