Status:
UNKNOWN
Topotecan, Vincristine, and Doxorubicin in Treating Young Patients With Refractory Stage 4 Neuroblastoma
Lead Sponsor:
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Conditions:
Neuroblastoma
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-20 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as topotecan, vincristine, and doxorubicin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from d...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Assess whether treatment with topotecan hydrochloride, vincristine, and doxorubicin hydrochloride can achieve a satisfactory response rate in pediatric patients with stage 4 ne...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of stage 4 neuroblastoma
- Failed to achieve adequate metastatic partial response after first-line therapy while enrolled on protocol SIOP-EUROPE-HR-NBL-1
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Neutrophil count \> 1,000/mm³
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
- Creatinine ≤ 1.36 mg/dL
- Bilirubin ≤ 2.92 mg/dL
- AST and ALT \< 2.5 times upper limit of normal
- Glomerular filtration rate ≥ 60 mL/min
- Normal cardiac function on echocardiography
- No severe organ dysfunction
- No active hepatitis C or hepatitis B virus positivity
- No HIV infection
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- No anti-tumor chemotherapy within the past 10 days
- No radiotherapy within the past 30 days
- No other investigational drugs within the past 30 days
- No prior doxorubicin hydrochloride
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
63 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00392340
Start Date
March 1 2008
Last Update
September 17 2013
Active Locations (11)
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1
Institute of Child Health at University of Bristol
Bristol, England, United Kingdom, BS2 8AE
2
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, CB2 2QQ
3
Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital
Leeds, England, United Kingdom, LS9 7TF
4
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, L12 2AP