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Registration number
NCT00003093
Ethics application status
Date submitted
1/11/1999
Date registered
27/01/2003
Date last updated
1/08/2014

Titles & IDs
Public title
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Neuroblastoma
Scientific title
Treatment for Infants and Children With Intermediate Risk Neuroblastoma: A Phase III Intergroup CCG/POG Study
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COG-A3961
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A3961
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Neuroblastoma 0 0
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Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Neuroendocrine tumour (NET)
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Children's - Other

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - filgrastim
Other interventions - sargramostim
Treatment: Drugs - carboplatin
Treatment: Drugs - cyclophosphamide
Treatment: Drugs - doxorubicin hydrochloride
Treatment: Drugs - etoposide
Treatment: Surgery - conventional surgery
Treatment: Surgery - neoadjuvant therapy

Experimental: Treatment - See detailed description.


Other interventions: filgrastim


Other interventions: sargramostim


Treatment: Drugs: carboplatin


Treatment: Drugs: cyclophosphamide


Treatment: Drugs: doxorubicin hydrochloride


Treatment: Drugs: etoposide


Treatment: Surgery: conventional surgery


Treatment: Surgery: neoadjuvant therapy
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Other interventions
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Treatment: Drugs
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Treatment: Surgery
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Outcomes
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Event Free Survival
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically proven neuroblastoma or maturing ganglioneuroma that is judged to be
intermediate risk by one of the following criteria:

- International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS) stage III

- Under 1 year old, MYCN oncogene nonamplified, and any ploidy

- 1 to 20 years old, MYCN nonamplified, favorable Shimada histology

- INSS stage IV

- Under 1 year old, MYCN nonamplified, any ploidy

- INSS stage IVS

- Under 1 year old, MYCN nonamplified, unfavorable Shimada histology and any
ploidy OR favorable Shimada histology and diploidy

- All patients must be registered on the companion neuroblastoma biology study
(COG-ANBL00B1)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

- Under 21

Performance status:

- Not specified

Life expectancy:

- Not specified

Hematopoietic:

- Not specified

Hepatic:

- Not specified

Renal:

- Not specified

Other:

- No abnormal organ function that would prohibit chemotherapy unless due to
neuroblastoma

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

- Not specified

Chemotherapy:

- Prior chemotherapy for patients with intradural extension and emergent paresis allowed
provided biopsy was performed within 96 hours after treatment

Endocrine therapy:

- Not specified

Radiotherapy:

- Not specified

Surgery:

- Not specified

Other:

- No other prior therapy
Minimum age
No limit
Maximum age
20 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
N/A
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/03/1988
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/01/2011
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
573
Recruitment in Australia
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NSW,QLD,SA,VIC,WA
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Sydney Children's Hospital - Randwick
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Children's Hospital at Westmead - Westmead
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Royal Children's Hospital - Brisbane
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Women's and Children's Hospital - North Adelaide
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Royal Children's Hospital - Parkville
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Princess Margaret Hospital for Children - Perth
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2031 - Randwick
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2145 - Westmead
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4029 - Brisbane
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5006 - North Adelaide
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3052 - Parkville
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6001 - Perth
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Children's Oncology Group
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Government body
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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Ethics approval
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Summary
Brief summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so
they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. Combination
chemotherapy plus surgery may be an effective treatment for neuroblastoma.

PURPOSE: This phase III trial is studying how well combination chemotherapy followed by
surgery works in treating young patients with neuroblastoma.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00003093
Trial related presentations / publications
Dubois SG, Geier E, Batra V, Yee SW, Neuhaus J, Segal M, Martinez D, Pawel B, Yanik G, Naranjo A, London WB, Kreissman S, Baker D, Attiyeh E, Hogarty MD, Maris JM, Giacomini K, Matthay KK. Evaluation of Norepinephrine Transporter Expression and Metaiodobenzylguanidine Avidity in Neuroblastoma: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group. Int J Mol Imaging. 2012;2012:250834. doi: 10.1155/2012/250834. Epub 2012 Sep 25.
Marachelian A, Shimada H, Sano H, Jackson H, Stein J, Sposto R, Matthay KK, Baker D, Villablanca JG. The significance of serial histopathology in a residual mass for outcome of intermediate risk stage 3 neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 May;58(5):675-81. doi: 10.1002/pbc.23250.
Meany HJ, Attiyeh EF, Naranjo A, et al.: Outcome analysis of non-high-risk neuroblastoma patients enrolled on Children's Oncology Group trials P9641 and A3961. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 30 (Suppl 15): A-9533, 2012.
Attiyeh EF, Mosse YP, Diskin S, et al.: Identification of genomic DNA signatures predicting relapse in low- and intermediate- risk neuroblastoma using a case control design and high-density SNP genotyping: a Children's Oncology Group (COG) study. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 25 (Suppl 18): A-9500, 526s, 2007.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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David L. Baker, MD, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA
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Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00003093