Status:

COMPLETED

Carboplatin, Vincristine, and Temozolomide in Treating Children With Progressive and/or Symptomatic Low-Grade Glioma

Lead Sponsor:

Children's Oncology Group

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Brain Tumor

Central Nervous System Tumor

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 10 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin, vincristine, and temozolomide, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving more than one dr...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the feasibility and toxicity of an induction and maintenance regimen comprising carboplatin, vincristine, and temozolomide in children with progressive and/or symptom...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed progressive and/or symptomatic low-grade glioma, including any of the following:
  • WHO grade I or II astrocytoma
  • Grade I or II oligodendrogliomas
  • Mixed oligodendrogliomas
  • Gangliogliomas
  • Measurable disease
  • Progressive and/or symptomatic supratentorial or spinal cord tumors that cannot be removed for anatomical reasons are allowed
  • Optic pathway tumors allowed provided there is evidence of progressive disease by MRI and/or symptoms of deteriorating vision, progressive hypothalamic/pituitary dysfunction, or diencephalic syndrome
  • Dorsally exophytic brainstem gliomas that were previously resected more than 50% are allowed provided the residual tumor shows progression (with or without symptoms)
  • No diffuse brain stem tumors
  • No type 1 neurofibromatosis
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 10 and under
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-2
  • Lansky 50-100%
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 gm/dL
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm\^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
  • Hepatic
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • ALT \< 2.5 times ULN
  • Renal
  • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate ≥ 70 mL/min OR
  • Creatinine ≤ 0.8 mg/dL (age 5 and under) OR ≤ 1.0 mg/dL (age 6 to10)
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 2 months after study participation
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • No concurrent immunomodulating agents
  • Chemotherapy
  • No other concurrent anticancer chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Prior corticosteroids allowed
  • No concurrent corticosteroids except for the treatment of increased intracranial pressure
  • Radiotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Surgery
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Prior surgery allowed
  • Other
  • No other prior therapy

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 1 2013

    Estimated Enrollment :

    66 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00077207

    Start Date

    July 1 2004

    End Date

    December 1 2013

    Last Update

    May 16 2018

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    Childrens Oncology Group

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104