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Registration number
NCT00047320
Ethics application status
Date submitted
3/10/2002
Date registered
27/01/2003
Date last updated
14/02/2018

Titles & IDs
Public title
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Second-Look Surgery Followed by Radiation Therapy With or Without Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors
Scientific title
A Phase II Study To Assess The Ability Of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus/Minus Second Look Surgery To Eliminate All Measurable Disease Prior To Radiotherapy For NGGCT
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
CDR0000257664
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
ACNS0122
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Brain Tumor 0 0
Central Nervous System Tumors 0 0
Childhood Germ Cell Tumor 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Ovarian and primary peritoneal
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Testicular
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Other cancer types
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Neuroendocrine tumour (NET)
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Brain
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Children's - Brain

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - carboplatin
Treatment: Drugs - etoposide
Treatment: Drugs - ifosfamide
Treatment: Drugs - thiotepa
Treatment: Surgery - adjuvant therapy
Treatment: Surgery - conventional surgery
Treatment: Surgery - neoadjuvant therapy
Treatment: Surgery - peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Treatment: Other - radiation therapy

Experimental: Radiation Therapy (CR from Induction) - Patients will receive 6 cycles of Induction chemotherapy consisting of carboplatin and etoposide (Cycles 1, 3, and 5) alternating with ifosfamide and etoposide (Cycles 2, 4, and 6). The entire length of Induction is 18 weeks unless delay occurs due to myelosuppression or unanticipated toxicity. Each cycle of Induction will begin when ANC > 750/L and platelets > 75,000/L and when off filgrastim (G-CSF) for at least 48 hours. Following the Induction phase (weeks 0-18) those patient in CR will undergo radiation therapy.


Treatment: Drugs: carboplatin
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: etoposide
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: ifosfamide
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: thiotepa
Given IV

Treatment: Surgery: adjuvant therapy


Treatment: Surgery: conventional surgery


Treatment: Surgery: neoadjuvant therapy


Treatment: Surgery: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation


Treatment: Other: radiation therapy
craniospinal irradiation
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Treatment: Drugs
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Treatment: Surgery
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Treatment: Other
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Response to Induction Chemotherapy
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18 weeks
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
The Probability of Event-free Survival (EFS)
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At 3 years from study entry
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
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At 3 years from study entry
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Overall Survival (OS)
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At 3 years from study entry
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Number of Patients Experiencing Toxic Death
Timepoint [4] 0 0
During chemotherapy (up to 18 weeks)
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Occurrence of Non-hematological Grade 4 Toxicity Occurrence of Nonhematological Grade 4 Toxicity
Timepoint [5] 0 0
During chemotherapy(up to 18 weeks)

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- One of the following diagnoses:

- Histologically confirmed intracranial non-germinomatous germ cell tumor (NGGCT)
of 1 of the following types:

- Endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor)

- Embryonal carcinoma

- Choriocarcinoma

- Immature teratoma and teratoma with malignant transformation

- Mixed germ cell tumor

- Histologically confirmed germinoma with elevation of serum/CSF beta human
chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) levels greater than 50 mIU/mL or any serum/CSF
alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels greater than 10 ng/ml or above institutional norm

- Histologically unconfirmed pineal and/or suprasellar tumors with serum/CSF beta
HCG levels greater than 50 mIU/mL or AFP levels greater than 10 ng/ml or above
institutional norm

- Patients with normal AFP and beta HCG < 50 mIU/mL without histologic diagnosis of a
NGGCT or patients with pure germinoma without elevation of tumor marker are ineligible

- Initial diagnosis within the past 31 days

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

- 3 to 24 at diagnosis

Performance status

- No minimum performance level

Life expectancy

- At least 8 weeks

Hematopoietic

- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm^3

- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3 (transfusion independent)

- Hemoglobin at least 10.0 g/dL (transfusion allowed)

Hepatic

- Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

- ALT no greater than 2.5 times ULN

Renal

- Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN OR

- Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate at least 70 mL/min

Pulmonary

- No assisted ventilation

Other

- Seizure disorders allowed

- No patients in status or coma

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Negative pregnancy test

- Fertile patient must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

- Not specified

Chemotherapy

- Not specified

Endocrine therapy

- Prior corticosteroids allowed

- Concurrent corticosteroids allowed

- Concurrent endocrine replacement therapy allowed (e.g., L-thyroxine, testosterone,
estrogen, desmopressin acetate)

- No concurrent growth hormone therapy

Radiotherapy

- Not specified

Surgery

- More than 1 prior surgery allowed

Other

- No other prior therapy for malignancy
Minimum age
3 Years
Maximum age
24 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
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
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 2
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
1/01/2004
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/02/2009
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
104
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
QLD,VIC,WA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Royal Children's Hospital - Brisbane
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Royal Children's Hospital - Parkville
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children - Perth
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
4029 - Brisbane
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
3052 - Parkville
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
6001 - Perth
Recruitment outside Australia
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Children's Oncology Group
Address
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Government body
Name [1] 0 0
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Address [1] 0 0
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from
dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving a chemotherapy drug before surgery may shrink
the tumor so that it is no longer present by conventional imaging and tumor markers from
serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor
cells. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of
chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells. Combining different types of therapy may kill
more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This Phase II trial is studying how well neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without
surgery and with or without high dose chemotherapy and peripheral stem cell transplantation,
can increase response rates prior to radiation therapy and increase progression free and
overall surviving patients with newly diagnosed intracranial germ cell tumors.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00047320
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Stewart Goldman, MD
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Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00047320