Status:

COMPLETED

Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Neuroblastoma That Has Not Responded to Previous Treatment

Lead Sponsor:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Neuroblastoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as monoclonal antibody 3F8, can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Beta-glucan, is...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the efficacy of beta-glucan, isotretinoin, and sargramostim (GM-CSF) in enhancing monoclonal antibody 3F8-mediated ablation in patients with high-risk refractory neuroblastoma...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of neuroblastoma, as defined by 1 of the following:
  • Histologically confirmed disease
  • Bone marrow metastases plus high urine catecholamines
  • High-risk disease meeting 1 of the following stage criteria:
  • Stage IV, with 1 of the following:
  • Any age with MYCN amplification
  • \> 18 months of age without MYCN amplification
  • Stage III, with both of the following:
  • Any age with MYCN amplification
  • Unresectable disease
  • Stage 4S with MYCN amplification
  • Measurable or evaluable soft tissue disease
  • Relapsed disease resistant to standard induction chemotherapy and salvage therapy
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • Any age
  • Performance status
  • Not specified
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Not specified
  • Hepatic
  • No severe hepatic toxicity ≥ grade 3
  • Renal
  • No severe renal toxicity ≥ grade 3
  • Cardiovascular
  • No severe cardiac toxicity ≥ grade 3
  • Pulmonary
  • No severe pulmonary toxicity ≥ grade 3
  • Other
  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • No severe neurologic toxicity ≥ grade 3
  • No severe gastrointestinal toxicity ≥ grade 3
  • No other severe major organ dysfunction except ototoxicity
  • No history of allergy to mouse proteins
  • No active life-threatening infection
  • No human anti-mouse antibody titer \> 1,000 ELISA units/mL
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Not specified
  • Chemotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Not specified
  • Radiotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Surgery
  • Not specified

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    74 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00089258

    Start Date

    July 1 2004

    Last Update

    January 17 2013

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    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, United States, 10021