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Gesellschaft fur Padiatrische Onkologie und Hamatologie - Germany |
Information provided by: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00410631 |
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 combination chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. An autologous stem cell transplant may be able to replace blood-forming cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy. This may allow more chemotherapy to be given so that more tumor cells are killed. Sometimes, after surgery, the tumor may not need more treatment until it progresses. In this case, observation may be sufficient. It is not yet known whether observation is more effective than combination chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and/or autologous stem cell transplant in treating neuroblastoma.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III and phase IV trial is studying observation, combination chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and/or autologous stem cell transplant to compare how well they work in treating young patients with neuroblastoma.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Neuroblastoma |
Drug: carboplatin Drug: cisplatin Drug: cyclophosphamide Drug: dacarbazine Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride Drug: etoposide phosphate Drug: filgrastim Drug: ifosfamide Drug: iodine I 131 metaiodobenzylguanidine Drug: isotretinoin Drug: melphalan Drug: topotecan hydrochloride Drug: vincristine sulfate Drug: vindesine Procedure: autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Procedure: conventional surgery Procedure: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation Procedure: radiation therapy |
Phase III |
MedlinePlus related topics: | Cancer Neuroblastoma |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Open Label |
Official Title: | NB2004 Trial Protocol for Risk Adapted Treatment of Children With Neuroblastoma |
Estimated Enrollment: | 642 |
Study Start Date: | October 2004 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 21 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Diagnosis of neuroblastoma by histology using tumor tissue or as evidenced by the presence of distinct neuroblastoma cells in the bone marrow AND elevated catecholamine metabolites (i.e., homovanillic acid [HVA] and vanillylmandelic acid [VMA]) in blood or urine
Meets criteria for 1 of the following risk groups:
Low-risk group
No MYCN amplification AND meets 1 of the following criteria:
Medium-risk group
No MYCN amplification AND meets 1 of the following criteria:
Stage 3 disease with chromosome 1p deletion or imbalance
High-risk group, meeting 1 of the following criteria:
Any stage disease with MYCN amplification
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
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Gesellschaft fur Padiatrische Onkologie und Hamatologie - Germany |
Study Chair: | Frank Berthold, MD | Children's Hospital |
Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database 
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Study ID Numbers: | CDR0000517312, GPOH-NB2004, EU-20661 |
First Received: | December 11, 2006 |
Last Updated: | August 23, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00410631 |
Health Authority: | Unspecified |
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