Status:

UNKNOWN

Etoposide, Carboplatin, and Bleomycin in Treating Young Patients Undergoing Surgery For Malignant Germ Cell Tumors

Lead Sponsor:

Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group

Conditions:

Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors

Childhood Germ Cell Tumor

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 15 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the toxic effects of etoposide, carboplatin, and bleomycin in young patients with malignant germ cell tumors. OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to one of two treatment arms base...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically proven malignant germ cell tumors at all stages
  • Testicular tumors
  • Stage I - Confined to testes
  • Stage II - Confined to testes and retroperitoneal/abdominal lymph nodes
  • Stage III - Supradiaphragmatic nodal disease (mediastinal and/or supraclavicular)
  • Stage IV - Extralymphatic spread (liver, lung, bone, brain, skin, etc.)
  • Ovarian, uterine, vaginal, and sacrococcygeal tumors
  • Stage I - Confined to ovary/uterus/vagina/pre- and postsacral area
  • Stage II - Spread limited to the pelvis
  • Stage III - Spread limited to the abdomen (excluding liver)
  • Stage IV - Spread to liver or beyond the abdominal cavity
  • Abdominal, retroperitoneal, and thoracic primary tumors
  • Stage I - Confined to site of origin and resectable
  • Stage II - Local spread
  • Stage III - Extensive spread confined to one side of the diaphragm (excluding the liver)
  • Stage IV - Tumor spread to the liver, to both sides of the diaphragm, and/or to bones, bone marrow, brain, etc.
  • Intracranial germ cell tumor cases allowed even if an alternative protocol is being followed
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Not specified
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • No prior chemotherapy

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 1 1989

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    100 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00276718

    Start Date

    April 1 1989

    Last Update

    September 17 2013

    Active Locations (22)

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    Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children

    Dublin, Ireland, 12

    2

    Birmingham Children's Hospital

    Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, B4 6NH

    3

    Institute of Child Health at University of Bristol

    Bristol, England, United Kingdom, BS2 8AE

    4

    Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

    Bristol, England, United Kingdom, BS2 8BJ