Status:
COMPLETED
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Germ Cell Tumors
Lead Sponsor:
UNICANCER
Conditions:
Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
Teratoma
Eligibility:
All Genders
16-120 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination ch...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Compare progression-free survival rates of patients with poor prognosis stage II or III non-seminomatous germ cell tumors with an unfavorable decrease of tumor markers after treatment w...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of non-seminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCT) as evidenced by 1 of the following criteria:
- Histologically confirmed NSGCT
- Clinical evidence of disease AND high serum human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) or alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels
- Clinical stage II-III disease (disseminated disease)
- Testicular, retroperitoneal, or mediastinal primary site
- Poor prognosis disease, meeting 1 of the following criteria:
- Mediastinal primary site
- Non-pulmonary visceral metastases
- One of the following lab values:
- HCG \> 50,000 UI/L
- AFP \> 10,000 ng/mL
- Lactate dehydrogenase \> 10 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Age
- Over 16
- Performance status
- Not specified
- Life expectancy
- Not specified
- Hematopoietic
- Absolute granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
- Hepatic
- Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- Renal
- Creatinine clearance \> 60 mL/min
- Other
- No other prior malignancy except basal cell skin cancer
- No HIV positivity
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Biologic therapy
- Not specified
- Chemotherapy
- No prior chemotherapy
- Endocrine therapy
- Not specified
- Radiotherapy
- Not specified
- Surgery
- Not specified
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 26 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 8 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
263 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00104676
Start Date
November 26 2003
End Date
February 8 2023
Last Update
February 6 2025
Active Locations (24)
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1
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4009
2
Centre Paul Papin
Angers, France, 49100
3
Institut Bergonie
Bordeaux, France, 33076
4
C.H.U. de Brest
Brest, France, 29609