Status:

COMPLETED

Temozolomide, Vincristine, and Irinotecan in Treating Young Patients With Refractory Solid Tumors

Lead Sponsor:

Children's Oncology Group

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors

Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-21 years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, vincristine, and irinotecan, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the maximum tolerated dose and recommended phase II dose of irinotecan when administered with temozolomide and vincristine in young patients with refractory solid tum...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed\* malignant solid tumor, including brain tumor, at original diagnosis or relapse
  • Refractory disease NOTE: \*Histologic confirmation not required for intrinsic brain stem tumors
  • Measurable or evaluable disease
  • No known curative therapy OR therapy proven to prolong survival with an acceptable quality of life exists
  • No known bone marrow metastases
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 1 to 21
  • Performance status
  • Lansky 50-100% (for patients ≤ 10 years of age)
  • Karnofsky 50-100% (for patients \> 10 years of age)
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm\^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3 (transfusion independent)
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL (RBC transfusions allowed)
  • Hepatic
  • ALT ≤ 110 U/L (upper limit of normal \[ULN\] for ALT is 45 U/L)
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN
  • Albumin ≥ 2 g/dL
  • Renal
  • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate ≥ 70 mL/min OR
  • Creatinine based on age as follows:
  • No greater than 0.8 mg/dL (for patients ≤ 5 years of age)
  • No greater than 1.0 mg/dL (for patients 6 to 10 years of age)
  • No greater than 1.2 mg/dL (for patients 11 to 15 years of age)
  • No greater than 1.5 mg/dL (for patients \> 15 years of age)
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • Neurologic deficits in patients with CNS tumors must be stable for ≥ 1 week prior to study entry
  • No uncontrolled infection
  • No documented allergy to cephalosporins or dacarbazine
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Recovered from prior immunotherapy
  • At least 3 months since prior stem cell transplantation or rescue without total-body irradiation
  • No evidence of active graft-versus-host disease
  • At least 7 days since prior antineoplastic biologic agents
  • At least 7 days since prior hematopoietic growth factors
  • No concurrent biologic therapy or immunotherapy
  • No concurrent prophylactic filgrastim (G-CSF) during the first course of study treatment
  • Chemotherapy
  • Recovered from prior chemotherapy
  • Prior temozolomide, vincristine, irinotecan, or topotecan allowed
  • No prior coadministration of temozolomide and irinotecan
  • No disease progression during treatment with either irinotecan or temozolomide
  • More than 3 weeks since prior myelosuppressive chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas)
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Patients with CNS tumors must be on a stable or decreasing dose of dexamethasone for ≥ 7 days prior to study entry
  • Radiotherapy
  • Recovered from prior radiotherapy
  • At least 6 months since prior total-body irradiation, craniospinal radiotherapy, or radiotherapy to ≥ 50% of the pelvis
  • At least 6 weeks since other prior substantial bone marrow radiotherapy
  • At least 2 weeks since prior local palliative radiotherapy (small port)
  • No concurrent radiotherapy
  • Surgery
  • Not specified
  • Other
  • No other concurrent investigational drugs
  • No other concurrent anticancer therapy
  • No concurrent enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants, including any of the following:
  • Phenobarbital
  • Phenytoin
  • Carbamazepine
  • Oxcarbazepine
  • No concurrent administration of any of the following:
  • Rifampin
  • Voriconazole
  • Itraconazole
  • Ketoconazole
  • Aprepitant
  • Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort)
  • No concurrent treatment for clostridium difficile infection

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    October 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    January 1 2011

    Estimated Enrollment :

    42 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00138216

    Start Date

    October 1 2005

    End Date

    January 1 2011

    Last Update

    October 2 2023

    Active Locations (18)

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    Lurleen Wallace Comprehensive Cancer at University of Alabama - Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

    2

    Children's Hospital of Orange County

    Orange, California, United States, 92868

    3

    Stanford Cancer Center

    Stanford, California, United States, 94305-5824

    4

    Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60614