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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Children's Oncology Group National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
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Information provided by: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00070525 |
RATIONALE: Tipifarnib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for their growth.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well tipifarnib works in treating young patients with recurrent or progressive high-grade glioma, medulloblastoma, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, or brain stem glioma.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors |
Drug: tipifarnib |
Phase II |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Open Label |
Official Title: | A Phase II Study of R115777 (Zarnestra) (NSC# 702818, IND# 58359) in Children With Recurrent or Progressive: High Grade Glioma, Medulloblastoma/PNET or Brainstem Glioma |
Study Start Date: | November 2003 |
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: This is an open-label, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to disease (high-grade glioma vs recurrent or progressive medulloblastoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor [PNET] vs progressive diffuse, intrinsic brain stem glioma).
Patients receive oral tipifarnib twice daily on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 90 patients (30 per stratum) will be accrued for this study within 1-3 years.
Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 21 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed brain tumor, including the following:
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
Performance status
Life expectancy
Hematopoietic
Hepatic
Renal
Maximum creatinine based on age as follows:
Cardiovascular
Pulmonary
Other
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
Chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy
Surgery
Other
No concurrent foods or medications that interfere with CYP3A4, including any of the following:
Study Chair: | Maryam Fouladi, MD | Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati |
Investigator: | Ian F. Pollack, MD | Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh |
Study ID Numbers: | CDR0000334862, COG-ACNS0226 |
Study First Received: | October 3, 2003 |
Last Updated: | August 23, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00070525 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
childhood high-grade cerebral astrocytoma recurrent childhood cerebellar astrocytoma recurrent childhood cerebral astrocytoma recurrent childhood brain stem glioma |
childhood oligodendroglioma recurrent childhood supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor recurrent childhood visual pathway and hypothalamic glioma recurrent childhood medulloblastoma |
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive Astrocytoma Central Nervous System Neoplasms Recurrence Neuroectodermal Tumors Brain Stem Glioma, Childhood Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal |
Medulloblastoma Neuroepithelioma Oligodendroglioma Glioma Nervous System Neoplasms Tipifarnib Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial |
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive Neoplasms by Histologic Type Antineoplastic Agents Nervous System Diseases Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue Central Nervous System Neoplasms Pharmacologic Actions Neuroectodermal Tumors Neoplasms |
Neoplasms by Site Therapeutic Uses Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Medulloblastoma Glioma Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial Nervous System Neoplasms Tipifarnib Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial |