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Central Nervous System Tumor, PediatricPhase 2NCT00357500

Etoposide, Cyclophosphamide, Thalidomide, Celecoxib, and Fenofibrate in Relapsed or Progressive Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing celecoxib, cyclophosphamide and etoposide in people with Central Nervous System Tumor, Pediatric and Leukemia, run by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at 10 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, such as etoposide and cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Thalidomide, celecoxib, and fenofibrate may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking blood flow to the cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 21 years
What is being tested?
celecoxib, cyclophosphamide and etoposide
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
101 participants
Where
10 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Jan 2005to Dec 2013
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

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed cancer (at diagnosis or relapse), including any of the following:
  • Leukemia and/or lymphoma (closed to accrual)
  • Bone tumor (e.g., Ewing's sarcoma or osteosarcoma) (closed to accrual)
  • Neuroblastoma (closed to accrual)
  • High-grade glial tumor
  • Low-grade glial tumor
  • Ependymoma
  • Medulloblastoma and/or primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET)
  • Miscellaneous tumor (closed to accrual)
  • Brain stem glioma, defined as intrinsic tumors of the pons causing diffuse enlargement
  • Brain stem glioma that progressed after radiotherapy does not require histological confirmation
  • Duration of symptoms at the time of diagnosis must be < 3 months
  • Symptoms should consist of cranial nerve deficits, ataxia, and/or long tract signs
  • Relapsed or progressive poor prognosis disease for which no available curative therapy exists

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Karnofsky performance status 50-100% OR Lansky play scale 50-100% (for infants)
  • Life expectancy > 2 months
  • Platelet count > 75,000/mm^3 (transfusion independent)
  • Absolute neutrophil count > 1,000/mm^3 (in patients without bone marrow disease)
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
  • Creatinine < 1.5 mg/dL OR creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate ≥ 70 mL/min
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • SGPT ≤ 3 times normal
  • SGOT ≤ 3 times normal (4 times normal for patients on ranitidine hydrochloride)
  • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3 times normal
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective double-method contraception during and for 2 months after completion of study treatment
  • Must be willing to participate in the Celgene STEPS® program
  • Recent thromboembolic disease (e.g., deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism) allowed if patient is clinically stable and the thromboembolic event occurred > 3 weeks prior to study entry
  • No active infection
  • No active uncontrolled cardiac, hepatic, renal, or psychiatric disease ≥ grade 3
  • No known allergies to sulfonamides
  • No concurrent illness that would obscure toxicity or dangerously alter drug metabolism
  • No other serious medical illness

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Recovered from prior therapy
  • Prior chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy allowed
  • Prior celecoxib allowed
  • Prior standard-dose IV etoposide and cyclophosphamide administered in 3-week courses allowed
  • No prior oral therapy with etoposide, thalidomide, cyclophosphamide, or fenofibrate for > 2 months in duration
  • No other concurrent investigational agents
  • No other concurrent nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • Concurrent steroids and/or antiseizure medications allowed

Trial locations and contacts

10 sites in 1 country.

10 sites in 1 country

United States10 sites
  • Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

  • Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60614

  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center

    Hartford, Connecticut, 06106

  • Miami Children's Hospital

    Miami, Florida, 33155-4069

  • Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404

  • Cancer Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903

  • NYU Cancer Institute at New York University Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10016

  • Hasbro Children's Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903

  • Maine Medical Center Research Institute

    Scarborough, Maine, 04074-7205

  • St. Louis Children's Hospital

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

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About this study

Official title: Anti-Angiogenic Chemotherapy: A Phase II Trial of the Oral 5-Drug Regimen (Thalidomide, Celecoxib, Fenofibrate, Etoposide and Cyclophosphamide) in Patients With Relapsed or Progressive Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as etoposide and cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Thalidomide, celecoxib, and fenofibrate may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking blood flow to the cancer. Celecoxib also may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving combination chemotherapy together with thalidomide, celecoxib, and fenofibrate may kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving etoposide and cyclophosphamide together with thalidomide, celecoxib, and fenofibrate works in treating young patients with relapsed or progressive cancer.

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Evaluate the activity of etoposide, cyclophosphamide, thalidomide, celecoxib, and fenofibrate, in terms of prolonging the time to disease progression, in young patients with relapsed or progressive cancer.

Secondary

  • Determine, preliminarily, the biologic activity of this regimen, in terms of tumor response and overall survival, in these patients.
  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
  • Evaluate different radiographic techniques as markers of tumor response in these patients.
  • Evaluate the predictive ability of in vitro correlative studies as markers of tumor response.

STATISTICAL DESIGN: Patients were classified into one of 8 strata according to diagnosis: leukemia/lymphoma, bone tumors, neuroblastoma, high grade glial tumors, low grade glial tumors, ependymoma, medulloblastoma/PNET, and miscellaneous. A two-stage design for each disease stratum was planned. The accrual goal at the end of the two-stage design was 20 subjects for each stratum. A stopping rule was applied after the accrual of the first 10 eligible subjects enrolled in each disease stratum. If 1 or more patients in the first 10 evaluable patients were alive and progression-free at 27 weeks and have tolerated therapy then accrual to stage two would proceed. Among 20 patients within a stratum, if 3 or more patients met primary endpoint then regimen would be considered successful. The probability of concluding the treatment is feasible is 0.95 if true success rate is 30% and 0.07 if true succes rate is 5%. Overall accrual target was 80-160 patients. Please see published manuscript (Robison et al Pediatr Blood Cancer 2014) for results within disease strata.

Being tested
celecoxib, cyclophosphamide, etoposide, fenofibrate, thalidomide
Keywords
Metronomic, antiangiogenic
Medical subject headings
Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Neuroblastoma, Sarcoma

What participants receive

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

Study groups in NCT00357500
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
5-drug metronomic antiangiogenic regimenExperimentalThalidomide: Start at 3 mg/kg (rounded to nearest 50 mg), increasing dose weekly by 50 mg as tolerated to 24 mg/kg (max 1,000 mg); Celecoxib: < 20 kg at 100 mg; 20-50 kg at 200 mg; > 50 kg at 400 mg; Fenofibrate: 90 mg/m2 (max 200 mg); Etoposide: 50 mg/m2; Cyclophosphamide: 2.5 mg/kg (max 100 mg); Patients receive oral etoposide once daily on days 1-21 and 43-63 (weeks 1-3 and 7-9) and oral cyclophosphamide once daily on days 22-42 (weeks 4-6). Patients also receive oral thalidomide once daily, oral celecoxib twice daily, and oral fenofibrate once daily in weeks 1-9. Treatment repeats approximately every 9 weeks for at least 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients receive alternating etoposide and cyclophosphamide pulses (i.e., etoposide-cyclophosphamide-etoposide during courses 1 and 3 and cyclophosphamide-etoposide-cyclophosphamide during course 2).
Receives: Drug: celecoxib; Drug: cyclophosphamide; Drug: etoposide; Drug: fenofibrate; Drug: thalidomide

What is being measured

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

  1. Therapy Completion Rate

    Proportion of patients alive at 27 weeks without progressive disease (PD) and having tolerated therapy. As appropriate for tumor type and location, gadolinium-enhanced MRI and other imaging modalites were used to assess response. Progressive disease was defined as >/=25% increase in product of diameters, development of new areas of disease, or disease-attributable clinical deterioration or death, progressive disease. For patients with leukemia PD was defined as >/=25% or >/=5,000 cells/mm3 increase in number of circulating cells, development of extramedullary disease, or other clinical evidence of progression.

    Measured: 27 weeks

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. 27-Week Progression-Free Survival

    27-week progression-free survival is the probability of patients remaining alive and progression-free at 27-weeks from study entry estimated using Kaplan-Meier methods. As appropriate for tumor type and location, gadolinium-enhanced MRI and other imaging modalites were used to assess response. Progressive disease was defined as >/=25% increase in product of diameters, development of new areas of disease, or disease-attributable clinical deterioration or death, progressive disease. For patients with leukemia PD was defined as >/=25% or >/=5,000 cells/mm3 increase in number of circulating cells, development of extramedullary disease, or other clinical evidence of progression.

    Measured: Assessed every 9 weeks on treatment and annually until death or initiation of new therapy, up to 27 weeks.

  2. 27-Week Overall Survival

    27-week overall survival is the probability of patients remaining alive at 27-weeks from study entry estimated using with Kaplan-Meier methods.

    Measured: Assessed every 9 weeks on treatment and annually until death or initiation of new therapy, up to 27 weeks.

  3. Best Response

    As appropriate for tumor type and location, gadolinium-enhanced MRI and other imaging modalites were used to assess response. Best response was regarded as best response at any single assessment. Response was defined as follows: complete resolution of all demonstrable tumor, complete response (CR); >/=50% decrease in the product of the 2 maximum perpendicular diameters relative to the baseline evaluation, partial response (PR); <50% decrease and <25% increase in product of diameters, stable disease (SD); and >/=25% increase in product of diameters, development of new areas of disease, or disease-attributable clinical deterioration or death, progressive disease (PD). For patients with leukemia PD was defined as >/=25% or >/=5,000 cells/mm3 increase in number of circulating cells, development of extramedullary disease, or other clinical evidence of progression.

    Measured: Assessed at study entry, every 9 weeks on treatment and at treatment discontinuation, up to 27 weeks.

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Jul 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2005
  3. Primary completionFeb 2013
  4. Study completionDec 2013

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
101 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00357500
Sponsor's protocol ID
04-343
Other IDs
P30CA006516, CDR0000487628
Status last verified
Sep 2014
First submitted
26 Jul 2006
Last updated
1 Oct 2014
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Robison NJ, Campigotto F, Chi SN, Manley PE, Turner CD, Zimmerman MA, Chordas CA, Werger AM, Allen JC, Goldman S, Rubin JB, Isakoff MS, Pan WJ, Khatib ZA, Comito MA, Bendel AE, Pietrantonio JB, Kondrat L, Hubbs SM, Neuberg DS, Kieran MW. A phase II trial of a multi-agent oral antiangiogenic (metronomic) regimen in children with recurrent or progressive cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Apr;61(4):636-42. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24794. Epub 2013 Oct 4.

    PubMed 24123865

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing celecoxib, cyclophosphamide and etoposide in people with Central Nervous System Tumor, Pediatric and Leukemia, run by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at 10 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 Oct 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 10 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 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 9 Sep 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?

Therapy Completion Rate (time frame: 27 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00357500, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 Oct 2014.

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