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Combination Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and an Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Young Patients With Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor of the Central Nervous System

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Phase
PHASE3
Status at capture
COMPLETED
Registry last update
2024-04-23

This phase III trial studies the side effects of combination chemotherapy, 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, and an autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant, and to see how well they work in treating young patients with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system. Giving high-dose chemotherapy before an autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant stops the growth of cancer cells by stopping them from dividing or killing them. Giving colony-stimulating factors, such as G-CSF, helps stem cells move from the bone marrow to the blood so they can be collected and stored. Chemotherapy or radiation therapy is then given to prepare the bone marrow for the stem cell transplant. The stem cells are then returned to the patient to replace the blood-forming cells that were destroyed by the chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

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What did the study report?

Outcomes, safety and baseline populations are separate source sections. Quality-of-life measures appear under their original outcome titles.

Who could take part
eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of CNS atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) or tumors that have a mutation of the INI1 gene (even if the tumor does not have the usual histologic characteristics of AT/RT) * Patients with extra neural metastasis (M4) or renal rhabdoid tumors are not eligible * Patients with MRI evidence of spinal disease are eligible * Must have undergone definitive surgery in the past 31 days * Cranial MRI (with and without gadolinium) must be done pre-operatively * Post-operatively, cranial MRI (with and without gadolinium) must be done, preferably within 48 hours of surgery or 10-28 days after surgery * Entire spinal MRI must be obtained either pre-operatively (with gadolinium) or post-operatively (10-28 days after surgery), prior to study enrollment (with and without gadolinium) * Life expectancy \> 8 weeks * ANC \> 1,000/uL * Platelet count \> 100,000/uL (transfusion independent) * Hemoglobin \> 8 g/dL (RBC transfusions allowed) * Creatinine clearance (minimum of 12-24 hour urine collection) or radioisotope GFR \>= 60 mL/min * Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) for age * AST and ALT \< 2 times ULN for age * Shortening fraction of \>= 27% by echocardiogram OR ejection fraction of \>= 47% by radionuclide angiogram * No evidence of dyspnea at rest * Pulse oximetry \> 94% on room air * Not pregnant or nursing * Negative pregnancy test * Fertile patients must use effective contraception * No prior radiotherapy or chemotherapy except for the following: * Patients enrolled on protocol ACNS0334 whose tumors demonstrate the INI1 gene mutation are eligible to transfer to this study even if they have received one course of induction therapy (these patients must be re-consented to treatment and restaged) * Prior corticosteroids allowed
healthy Volunteers
false
maximum Age
21 Years
sex
ALL
std Ages
  1. CHILD
  2. ADULT
Treatment arms and interventions
arm Groups
  1. description
    Patients receive vincristine IV on days 1, 8, and 15; high-dose methotrexate IV on day 1; leucovorin calcium orally or IV; etoposide IV on days 4, 5, and 6; cyclophosphamide IV on days 4 and 5; cisplatin IV on day 6, and G-CSF IV or SC on day 7 until ANC recovers. Within 2-6 weeks after induction therapy or radiation therapy, patients receive high-dose carboplatin IV and high-dose thiotepa IV on days 1 and 2 and undergo autologous PBSC rescue on approximately day 4. Patients also receive G-CSF IV or SC once daily until ANC recovers. Treatment with consolidation therapy followed by stem cell rescue repeats every 28 days for 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After consolidation therapy, patients undergo 3D-CRT to the brain (and the spine if needed) 5 days a week for 5-6 weeks.
    intervention Names
    1. Radiation: 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy
    2. Procedure: Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
    3. Drug: Carboplatin
    4. Drug: Cisplatin
    5. Drug: Cyclophosphamide
    6. Drug: Etoposide
    7. Biological: Filgrastim
    8. Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
    9. Drug: Leucovorin Calcium
    10. Drug: Methotrexate
    11. Drug: Thiotepa
    12. Drug: Vincristine Sulfate
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    Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
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    EXPERIMENTAL
  2. description
    Patients receive vincristine IV on days 1, 8, and 15; high-dose methotrexate IV on day 1; leucovorin calcium orally or IV; etoposide IV on days 4, 5, and 6; cyclophosphamide IV on days 4 and 5; cisplatin IV on day 6, and G-CSF IV or SC on day 7 until ANC recovers. Patients undergo 3D-CRT to the brain (and the spine if needed) 5 days a week for 5-6 weeks. Within 2-6 weeks after completion of radiation therapy, patients receive high-dose carboplatin IV and high-dose thiotepa IV on days 1 and 2 and undergo autologous PBSC rescue on approximately day 4. Patients also receive G-CSF IV or SC once daily until ANC recovers. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
    intervention Names
    1. Radiation: 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy
    2. Procedure: Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
    3. Drug: Carboplatin
    4. Drug: Cisplatin
    5. Drug: Cyclophosphamide
    6. Drug: Etoposide
    7. Biological: Filgrastim
    8. Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
    9. Drug: Leucovorin Calcium
    10. Drug: Methotrexate
    11. Drug: Thiotepa
    12. Drug: Vincristine Sulfate
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    Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
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interventions
  1. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
    description
    Undergo 3D-CRT
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    3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy
    other Names
    1. 3-dimensional radiation therapy
    2. 3D Conformal
    3. 3D CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY
    4. 3D CRT
    5. 3D radiotherapy
    6. 3D-CRT
    7. Conformal Therapy
    8. Radiation Conformal Therapy
    9. Radiation, 3D Conformal
    10. Three dimensional external beam radiation therapy (procedure)
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    RADIATION
  2. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
    description
    Undergo autologous PBSC rescue
    name
    Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
    other Names
    1. AHSCT
    2. Autologous
    3. Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
    4. Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
    5. Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
    6. Stem Cell Transplantation, Autologous
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    PROCEDURE
  3. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
    description
    Given IV
    name
    Carboplatin
    other Names
    1. Blastocarb
    2. Carboplat
    3. Carboplatin Hexal
    4. Carboplatino
    5. Carboplatinum
    6. Carbosin
    7. Carbosol
    8. Carbotec
    9. CBDCA
    10. Displata
    11. Ercar
    12. JM-8
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  4. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
    description
    Given IV
    name
    Cisplatin
    other Names
    1. Abiplatin
    2. Blastolem
    3. Briplatin
    4. CDDP
    5. Cis-diammine-dichloroplatinum
    6. Cis-diamminedichloridoplatinum
    7. Cis-diamminedichloro Platinum (II)
    8. Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum
    9. Cis-dichloroammine Platinum (II)
    10. Cis-platinous Diamine Dichloride
    11. Cis-platinum
    12. Cis-platinum II
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    DRUG
  5. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
    description
    Given IV
    name
    Cyclophosphamide
    other Names
    1. (-)-Cyclophosphamide
    2. 2H-1,3,2-Oxazaphosphorine, 2-[bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]tetrahydro-, 2-oxide, monohydrate
    3. Asta B 518
    4. B-518
    5. Carloxan
    6. Ciclofosfamida
    7. Ciclofosfamide
    8. Cicloxal
    9. Clafen
    10. Claphene
    11. CP monohydrate
    12. CTX
    type
    DRUG
  6. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
    description
    Given IV
    name
    Etoposide
    other Names
    1. Demethyl Epipodophyllotoxin Ethylidine Glucoside
    2. EPEG
    3. Lastet
    4. Toposar
    5. Vepesid
    6. VP 16
    7. VP 16-213
    8. VP 16213
    9. VP-16
    10. VP-16-213
    11. VP16
    type
    DRUG
  7. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
    description
    Given IV or SC
    name
    Filgrastim
    other Names
    1. Filgrastim Biosimilar Filgrastim-sndz
    2. Filgrastim Biosimilar Tbo-filgrastim
    3. Filgrastim XM02
    4. Filgrastim-aafi
    5. Filgrastim-ayow
    6. Filgrastim-sndz
    7. G-CSF
    8. Granix
    9. Neupogen
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  8. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
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    Correlative studies
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  9. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
    description
    Given IV or PO
    name
    Leucovorin Calcium
    other Names
    1. Adinepar
    2. Calcifolin
    3. Calcium (6S)-Folinate
    4. Calcium Folinate
    5. Calcium Leucovorin
    6. Calfolex
    7. Calinat
    8. Cehafolin
    9. Citofolin
    10. Citrec
    11. Citrovorum Factor
    12. Cromatonbic Folinico
    type
    DRUG
  10. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
    description
    Given IV
    name
    Methotrexate
    other Names
    1. Abitrexate
    2. Alpha-Methopterin
    3. Amethopterin
    4. Brimexate
    5. CL 14377
    6. CL-14377
    7. Emtexate
    8. Emthexat
    9. Emthexate
    10. Farmitrexat
    11. Fauldexato
    12. Folex
    type
    DRUG
  11. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
    description
    Given IV
    name
    Thiotepa
    other Names
    1. 1,1',1''-Phosphinothioylidynetrisaziridine
    2. Girostan
    3. N,N', N''-Triethylenethiophosphoramide
    4. Oncotiotepa
    5. STEPA
    6. Tepadina
    7. TESPA
    8. Tespamin
    9. Tespamine
    10. Thio-Tepa
    11. Thiofosfamide
    12. Thiofozil
    type
    DRUG
  12. arm Group Labels
    1. Arm I (chemotherapy, autologous PBSC, 3D-CRT)
    2. Arm II (chemotherapy, 3D-CRT, autologous PBSC)
    description
    Given IV
    name
    Vincristine Sulfate
    other Names
    1. Kyocristine
    2. Leurocristine Sulfate
    3. Leurocristine, sulfate
    4. Oncovin
    5. Vincasar
    6. Vincosid
    7. Vincrex
    8. Vincristine, sulfate
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Study design
allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
intervention Model
PARALLEL
masking Info
masking
NONE
primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Enrollment
count
70
type
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Registered outcome plans (not posted results)
primary Outcomes
  1. description
    Estimated 4-year EFS where EFS is calculated as the time from study enrollment to disease progression, disease relapse, occurrence of a second malignant neoplasm, death from any cause or last follow-up whichever occurs first. Kaplan-Meier method is used for estimation. Patients without an event are censored at last contact.
    measure
    Event-free Survival
    time Frame
    Up to 4 years after study enrollment
  2. description
    Estimated 4-year survival, where survival is calculated as the time from study enrollment to death from any cause or last follow-up alive whichever occurs first. Kaplan-Meier method is used for estimation. Patients alive at last contact are censored.
    measure
    Overall Survival (OS)
    time Frame
    Up to 4 years after study enrollment
  3. description
    The number of patients who experience death that is considered to be primarily attributable to complications of treatment.
    measure
    Toxic Death
    time Frame
    During and after completion of study treatment up to 1 year after enrollment.
secondary Outcomes
  1. description
    Number of Participants with Nonhematological Toxicity Associated With Chemotherapy: Grade 3 or Higher During Protocol Therapy.
    measure
    Non-hematological Toxicity Associated With Chemotherapy: Grade 3 or Higher During Protocol Therapy
    time Frame
    During protocol therapy up to 1 year after enrollment.
Full study description
brief Summary
This phase III trial studies the side effects of combination chemotherapy, 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, and an autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant, and to see how well they work in treating young patients with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system. Giving high-dose chemotherapy before an autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant stops the growth of cancer cells by stopping them from dividing or killing them. Giving colony-stimulating factors, such as G-CSF, helps stem cells move from the bone marrow to the blood so they can be collected and stored. Chemotherapy or radiation therapy is then given to prepare the bone marrow for the stem cell transplant. The stem cells are then returned to the patient to replace the blood-forming cells that were destroyed by the chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the 6-, 12-, and 24-month event-free survival and overall survival of children (birth to 21 years of age) with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid CNS tumors (AT/RT), diagnosed based on histology, immunophenotyping, and modern molecular and immunohistochemical analysis of INI1, treated with surgery, intensive chemotherapy combined with stem cell rescue, and radiation therapy. II. To compare the outcome of very young patients (under 3 years old) on this study whose histologic diagnosis is AT/RT with infants identified as having AT/RT on POG-9233 and CCG-9921. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the feasibility and toxicity of the proposed chemotherapy regimen in combination with radiation therapy. II. To contribute tumor samples from which biologic and gene expression data can be developed to yield prognostic indicators and provide direction for future treatment strategies. III. To develop a clinical and biologic database on which future studies can be based. OUTLINE: INDUCTION THERAPY AND STEM CELL HARVEST: Patients receive vincristine IV on days 1, 8, and 15 and high-dose methotrexate IV over 4 hours on day 1. Beginning 24 hours after the start of methotrexate, patients receive leucovorin calcium orally (PO) or IV every 6 hours until the serum methotrexate level is \< 0.1 micromoles. Patients then receive etoposide IV over 1 hour on approximately days 4, 5, and 6, cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on approximately days 4 and 5, and cisplatin IV over 6 hours on approximately day 6\*. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) IV or subcutaneously (SC) once daily beginning on day 7 and continuing until ANC recovers. When ANC is \> 1,000/uL post nadir, patients receive G-CSF twice daily for stem cell mobilization. Approximately 2-4 days, later peripheral blood stem cells are harvested once daily, as needed, after each course of induction therapy until a total of 6 x 10\^6 CD34+ cells/kg have been collected. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 courses. After completion of induction therapy, patients are re-evaluated. Patients with progressive disease are removed from study. Patients with radiographic evidence of residual tumor are encouraged to undergo second-look surgery prior to proceeding to radiotherapy or consolidation therapy; patients with complete response, partial response, or stable disease are assigned to 1 of 2 arm. ARM I ((patients less than 6 months, infratentorial site with M0 involvement or patients less than 12 months, supratentorial site with M0 involvement or patients with disseminated disease of any primary site or age): CONSOLIDATION THERAPY AND STEM CELL RESCUE: Within 2-6 weeks after completion of induction therapy, patients begin consolidation therapy. Patients receive high-dose carboplatin IV over 4 hours and high-dose thiotepa IV over 2 hours on days 1 and 2 and undergo autologous peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) rescue on approximately day 4. Patients also receive G-CSF IV or SC once daily beginning 24 hours after stem cell infusion and continuing until ANC recovers. Treatment with consolidation therapy followed by stem cell rescue repeats every 28 days for 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. RADIATION THERAPY: Patients undergo 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) to the brain (and the spine if needed) 5 days a week for 5-6 weeks. ARM II (patients greater than or equal to 6 months, infratentorial site with M0 involvement or patients greater than or equal to 12 months, supratentorial site with M0 involvement): Patients undergo 3D-CRT as in Arm I. Within 2-6 weeks after completion of radiation therapy, patients receive consolidation therapy and stem cell rescue as in Arm I NOTE: \*The administration of etoposide, cyclophosphamide, and cisplatin are dependant on the prior clearance of methotrexate to a level of \< 0.1 micromoles. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for up to 10 years.
Source references
references
  1. citation
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    Reddy AT, Krailo MD, Buxton AB, Strother DR, Huang A, Zhou T, Judkins AR, Burger PC, Pollack IF, Williams-Hughes C, Fouladi M, Ho B, Mazewski CM, Lewis VA, Vezina LG, Booth TN, Mahajan A. Reply to S.A. Upadhyaya. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Oct 1;38(28):3353-3354. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01573. Epub 2020 Jul 30. No abstract available.
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