A Phase 1 interventional study of 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy and Carboplatin in Medulloblastoma, Pineoblastoma and Supratentorial Embryonal Tumor, Not Otherwise Specified, sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Completed at 15 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 2 Months to 47 Months. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-01-13.
Sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
This pilot clinical trial studies the side effects and the best way to give vorinostat with isotretinoin and combination chemotherapy and to see how well they work in treating younger patients with embryonal tumors of the central nervous system. Vorinostat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as isotretinoin, vincristine sulfate, cisplatin, cyclophosphamide, and etoposide phosphate, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving vorinostat with isotretinoin and combination chemotherapy may be an effective treatment for embryonal tumors of the central nervous system. A peripheral blood stem cell transplant may be able to replace blood-forming cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy. This may allow more chemotherapy to be given so that more tumor cells are killed.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To investigate the feasibility of administering vorinostat (SAHA) and isotretinoin for three days prior and concomitant with cisplatin based chemotherapy over three courses of induction chemotherapy.
II. To describe the toxicity of administering vorinostat (SAHA) and isotretinoin for three days prior and concomitant with cisplatin based chemotherapy over three courses of induction chemotherapy.
III. To investigate prognostic values of histopathological classification and biological markers in the context of a feasibility study.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To estimate the preliminary response rate of this approach in patients with measurable residual disease (primary site and/or metastatic sites).
II. To estimate disease specific progression-free and overall survival, in the context of a feasibility study.
III. To explore the predictive values of biological markers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), plasma, urine tumor material in the context of a feasibility study.
OUTLINE:
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive vorinostat orally (PO) once daily (QD) and isotretinoin PO twice daily (BID) on days 1-4; vincristine sulfate intravenously (IV) on days 4, 11, and 18; cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 4; cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days 5-6; and etoposide phosphate IV over 1 hour on days 4-6. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) harvesting after each course.
CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Within 6 weeks (10 weeks if patient is re-staged) after completion of induction therapy, patients receive carboplatin IV over 2 hours and thiotepa IV over 2 hours on days 1-2. Patients also receive autologous PBSC rescue infusion over 6 hours on day 4. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Beginning 3 weeks later, patients with M0 non-desmoplastic medulloblastoma also undergo conformal radiotherapy* to the tumor bed.
NOTE: *Patients with supratentorial primary tumors or metastatic disease undergo radiotherapy at the discretion of treating physician.
MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Beginning 4 weeks after completion of radiotherapy or immediately after completion of consolidation therapy, patients receive vorinostat PO QD on days 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 13 and isotretinoin PO BID on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 12 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.
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Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
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Bilirubin
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ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
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See Detailed Description
Radiation: 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy · Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Cisplatin · Drug: Cyclophosphamide · Drug: Etoposide Phosphate · Drug: Isotretinoin · Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis · Procedure: Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation · Drug: Thiotepa · Drug: Vincristine Sulfate · Drug: Vorinostat
Undergo conformal radiation therapy
Also known as: 3-dimensional radiation therapy, 3D Conformal, 3D CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY, 3D CRT, 3D-CRT, Conformal Therapy, Radiation Conformal Therapy, Radiation, 3D Conformal
Given IV
Also known as: Blastocarb, Carboplat, Carboplatin Hexal, Carboplatino, Carboplatinum, Carbosin, Carbosol, Carbotec, CBDCA, Displata, Ercar, JM-8, Nealorin, Novoplatinum, Paraplatin, Paraplatin AQ, Paraplatine, Platinwas, Ribocarbo
Given IV
Also known as: Abiplatin, Blastolem, Briplatin, CDDP, Cis-diammine-dichloroplatinum, Cis-diamminedichloridoplatinum, Cis-diamminedichloro Platinum (II), Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum, Cis-dichloroammine Platinum (II), Cis-platinous Diamine Dichloride, Cis-platinum, Cis-platinum II, Cis-platinum II Diamine Dichloride, Cismaplat, Cisplatina, Cisplatinum, Cisplatyl, Citoplatino, Citosin, Cysplatyna, DDP, Lederplatin, Metaplatin, Neoplatin, Peyrone's Chloride, Peyrone's Salt, Placis, Plastistil, Platamine, Platiblastin, Platiblastin-S, Platinex, Platinol, Platinol- AQ, Platinol-AQ, Platinol-AQ VHA Plus, Platinoxan, Platinum, Platinum Diamminodichloride, Platiran, Platistin, Platosin
Given IV
Also known as: (-)-Cyclophosphamide, 2H-1,3,2-Oxazaphosphorine, 2-[bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]tetrahydro-, 2-oxide, monohydrate, Carloxan, Ciclofosfamida, Ciclofosfamide, Cicloxal, Clafen, Claphene, CP monohydrate, CTX, CYCLO-cell, Cycloblastin, Cycloblastine, Cyclophospham, Cyclophosphamid monohydrate, Cyclophosphamide Monohydrate, Cyclophosphamidum, Cyclophosphan, Cyclophosphane, Cyclophosphanum, Cyclostin, Cyclostine, Cytophosphan, Cytophosphane, Cytoxan, Fosfaseron, Genoxal, Genuxal, Ledoxina, Mitoxan, Neosar, Revimmune, Syklofosfamid, WR- 138719
Given IV
Also known as: Etopophos
Given PO
Also known as: 13-cis retinoic acid, 13-cis-Retinoate, 13-cis-Retinoic Acid, 13-cis-Vitamin A Acid, 13-cRA, Absorica, Accure, Accutane, Amnesteem, cis-Retinoic Acid, Cistane, Claravis, Isotretinoinum, Isotrex, Isotrexin, Myorisan, Neovitamin A, Neovitamin A Acid, Oratane, Retinoicacid-13-cis, Ro 4-3780, Ro-4-3780, Roaccutan, Roaccutane, Roacutan, Sotret, ZENATANE
Correlative studies
Undergo PBSC
Also known as: PBPC transplantation, PBSCT, Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cell Transplantation, PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANT, Peripheral Stem Cell Support, Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant, Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation
Given IV
Also known as: 1,1',1''-Phosphinothioylidynetrisaziridine, Girostan, N,N', N''-Triethylenethiophosphoramide, Oncotiotepa, STEPA, Tepadina, TESPA, Tespamin, Tespamine, Thio-Tepa, Thiofosfamide, Thiofozil, Thiophosphamide, Thiophosphoramide, Thiotef, Tifosyl, TIO TEF, Tio-tef, Triethylene Thiophosphoramide, Triethylenethiophosphoramide, Tris(1-aziridinyl)phosphine sulfide, TSPA, WR 45312
Given IV
Also known as: Kyocristine, Leurocristine Sulfate, Leurocristine, sulfate, Oncovin, Vincasar, Vincosid, Vincrex, Vincristine, sulfate
Given PO
Also known as: L-001079038, MSK-390, SAHA, Suberanilohydroxamic Acid, Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid, Zolinza
Dose-limiting toxicity of proposed vorinostat
Will be graded by the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0.
Time frame: Up to 21 days
Feasibility in terms of completing 3 courses of induction therapy
Simon's two-stage optimal design will be used to assess feasibility.
Time frame: Within 98 days
Prognostic value of histopathological classification of pediatric medulloblastoma
Will be assessed by single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis and gene expression analysis. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) analysis and copy number analysis (CNA) will be performed using dChip SNP software (or R bioconductor package) for the paired samples. Association of copy number (and LOH) with gene expression data will be explored. Correlation analysis (Pearson or Spearman Correlation, as appropriate) will be used to estimate the strength of association between each SNP and expression signal. The multiplicity issue will be addressed through estimating the False Discovery Rate.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Response rate of this approach in patients with measurable residual disease (primary site and/or metastatic sites)
Separate exact confidence interval estimates of objective responses following induction therapy will be constructed for patients with medulloblastomas (MBs) and PNETs. Cumulative incidence of objective responses as a function of course of therapy will also be provided.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Progression-free survival (PFS)
Kaplan-Meier estimates of distributions of PFS will be provided. If sample sizes allow, these Kaplan-Meier estimates will be produced separately for patients with MBs and PNETs.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Overall survival (OS)
Kaplan-Meier estimates of distributions of OS will be provided. If sample sizes allow, these Kaplan-Meier estimates will be produced separately for patients with MBs and PNETs.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Predictive values of biological markers in CSF, plasma and urine in the context of a feasibility study
Frequency of the markers of interest present in this cohort will be provided and their associations with disease outcome will be explored. Similarly if sample size constraints make such analyses feasible, the associations between the markers of interest and clinical and demographic variables will be explored in a descriptive fashion.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
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