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RecruitingNCT03126916Updated Aug 25, 2026

Testing the Addition of 131I-MIBG or Lorlatinib to Intensive Therapy in People With High-Risk Neuroblastoma (NBL)

A Phase 3 interventional study of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Biospecimen Collection in Ganglioneuroblastoma, Ganglioneuroblastoma, Nodular and Neuroblastoma, sponsored by Children's Oncology Group. Recruiting at 164 sites in 3 countries. Open to participants aged 365 Days to 30 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-25.

Sponsored by Children's Oncology Group · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started May 2018; still recruiting 8 years 5 months later.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
750
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
365 Days to 30 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This phase III trial studies iobenguane I-131 or lorlatinib and standard therapy in treating younger patients with newly-diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma. Radioactive drugs, such as iobenguane I-131, may carry radiation directly to tumor cells and not harm normal cells. Lorlatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving iobenguane I-131 or lorlatinib and standard therapy may work better compared to lorlatinib and standard therapy alone in treating younger patients with neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine in the context of a randomized trial whether the event-free survival (EFS) of patients with newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma (NBL) is improved with the addition of iobenguane I-131 (131I-MIBG) during induction, prior to tandem autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT).

II. To determine whether the addition of lorlatinib to intensive multimodality therapy for patients with high-risk NBL whose tumors harbor activating point mutations in the ALK gene with a variant allele frequency (VAF) >= 5% results in superior EFS compared to a contemporaneously treated cohort of patients with tumors without documented ALK activating mutations.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To describe the toxicities associated with treatment for high-risk NBL with and without the addition of 131I-MIBG or ALK inhibitor therapy.

II. To estimate EFS and describe toxicity in patients with newly diagnosed high-risk NBL randomized to treatment with an 131I-MIBG-containing induction prior to busulfan/melphalan (BuMel) ASCT.

III. To describe the overall survival (OS) and response rates (evaluated per International Neuroblastoma Response Criteria [INRC] criteria prior to ASCT and prior to post-consolidation therapy) for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma treated with or without 131I-MIBG or ALK inhibitor therapy.

IV. To prospectively evaluate the relationship of response rate per revised International Neuroblastoma Response Criteria (INRC) to EFS and OS in patients with high-risk NBL treated with and without the addition of 131I-MIBG or ALK inhibitor therapy.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate whole body radiation dose, tumor factors, and host factors as potential predictors of efficacy and/or toxicity associated with 131I-MIBG therapy and transplant conditioning.

II. To describe end-Induction response, EFS, and OS according to specific ALK mutations, VAF, ALK amplification, the presence of additional genomic findings, or the ALK inhibitor administered.

III. To characterize changes in tumor markers (circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA], including ALK and other tumor specific genetic aberrations, and circulating GD2) over time in response to protocol therapy.

IV. To correlate results of tumor and host profiling with end-induction response and EFS.

V. To prospectively evaluate EFS for patients with MIBG non-avid high-risk NBL compared to patients with MIBG-avid high-risk NBL who are randomized to treatment without 131I-MIBG.

VI. To correlate Curie scores calculated from 131I-MIBG post-treatment scans with end-induction response, EFS and OS.

VII. To describe changes in image defined risk factors (IDRFs) over the course of induction therapy, with correlation to surgical outcomes and local failure rates following primary tumor resection.

VIII. To define patterns of failure at time of first relapse or progression in patients with high-risk NBL.

IX. To determine the feasibility of prospectively monitoring adverse events using electronic health records.

X. To compare local, central, and computer assisted Curie score assignment at baseline and during therapy in patients with MIBG-avid high-risk NBL.

XI. To compare late toxicities (including impaired organ function and secondary tumor occurrence) in patients treated with 131I-MIBG or ALK inhibitor therapy to late toxicities in patients who have not received these therapies.

XII. To determine the association between household material hardship (HMH) and clinical outcomes, including event free and overall survival, and 131I-MIBG receipt.

XIII. To compare the outcomes (EFS, OS, and toxicity) of patients treated with post-consolidation therapy that does not contain aldesleukin to historical outcome data for patients treated with similar induction and consolidation regimens followed by post-consolidation therapy that contained aldesleukin.

XIV. To characterize and describe longitudinal neuropsychological and behavioral effects of high-risk neuroblastoma therapy.

XV. To evaluate change in neurobehavioral outcomes over time in patients with neuroblastoma treated with high-risk neuroblastoma therapy plus lorlatinib compared to high-risk therapy alone using parent- or self-report measures of adaptive, executive, and psychosocial functioning.

XVI. To characterize the pharmacokinetics and pharmaceutical properties of lorlatinib in children with high-risk neuroblastoma.

XVII. To compare the EFS of patients enrolled on Arm E and treated with lorlatinib to the EFS of a historical control comprised of patients with ALK aberrant disease treated on ANBL0532 (NCT00567567).

XVIII. To describe the EFS of patients enrolled on Arm E according to lorlatinib exposure during post-consolidation.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized or assigned to 1 of 5 arms.

All patients receive cyclophosphamide intravenously (IV) over 15-30 minutes and topotecan hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1-5 during cycle 1 of induction therapy in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients not assigned to an Arm by the end of cycle 1 may receive an addition cycle of cyclophosphamide and topotecan.

ARM A (CLOSED TO ACCRUAL AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2023):

INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV over 15-30 minutes and topotecan hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1-5 of cycle 2 and cisplatin IV over 4 hours and etoposide phosphate IV over 2 hours on days 1-3 of cycles 3 and 5. Patients also receive vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on day 1 and dexrazoxane hydrochloride IV over 5-15 minutes, doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 1-15 minutes, and cyclophosphamide IV over 1-6 hours on days 1-2 of cycle 4 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

CONSOLIDATION THERAPY:

HSCT#1: Patients receive thiotepa IV over 2 hours on days -7 to -5 and cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days -5 to -2 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

HSCT#2: Patients receive melphalan hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days -7 to -5, and etoposide phosphate IV over 24 hours and carboplatin IV over 24 hours on days -7 to -4 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

POST-CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Patients receive sargramostim subcutaneously (SC) on days 1-14, dinutuximab IV over 10 hours on days 4-7 of cycles 1-5, and isotretinoin orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 11-24 of cycles 1-5, and days 15-28 during cycle 6 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo echocardiography or multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan, receive 123I-MIBG and undergo MIBG imaging, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study.

ARM B (CLOSED TO ACCRUAL AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2023):

INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive cyclophosphamide, topotecan hydrochloride, cisplatin, and etoposide phosphate as in Arm A, iobenguane I-131 IV over 1.5-2 hours on day 1 beginning 3 weeks after the start of cycle 3, and vincristine sulfate, dexrazoxane hydrochloride, doxorubicin hydrochloride, and cyclophosphamide as in Arm A beginning no sooner than 35 days after the infusion of iobenguane I-131.

CONSOLIDATION THERAPY:

HSCT#1: Patients receive thiotepa and cyclophosphamide as in Arm A.

HSCT#2: Patients receive melphalan, etoposide phosphate, and carboplatin as in Arm A.

POST-CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Patients receive sargramostim, dinutuximab, and isotretinoin as in Arm A-D.

Patients undergo echocardiography or MUGA scan, MRI or CT scan, receive 123I-MIGB and undergo MIBG imaging, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study.

ARM C (CLOSED TO ACCRUAL AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2020):

INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive cyclophosphamide, topotecan hydrochloride, cisplatin, etoposide phosphate, iobenguane I-131, vincristine sulfate, dexrazoxane hydrochloride, doxorubicin hydrochloride, and cyclophosphamide as in Arm B.

CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Patients receive busulfan IV over 3 hours on days -6 to -3 and melphalan hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on day -1 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

POST-CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Patients receive sargramostim, dinutuximab, and isotretinoin as in Arm A.

Patients undergo echocardiography or MUGA scan, MRI or CT scan, receive 123I-MIGB and undergo MIBG imaging, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study.

ARM D (CLOSED TO ACCRUAL AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2023): Patients receive treatment identical to Arm A.

Patients undergo echocardiography or MUGA scan, MRI or CT scan, receive 123I-MIGB and undergo MIBG imaging, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study and may undergo fludeoxyglucose- positron emission tomography (PET) scan on study.

ARM E:

INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive cyclophosphamide, topotecan hydrochloride, cisplatin, etoposide phosphate, vincristine sulfate, dexrazoxane hydrochloride, doxorubicin hydrochloride, and cyclophosphamide as in Arm A. Patients also receive lorlatinib PO once daily (QD) starting with cycle 2 and continue until HSCT #1 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. For patients transferring from ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) to ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) Arm E, protocol therapy on ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) begins with induction cycle 2 on Arm E (topotecan, cyclophosphamide and lorlatinib).

CONSOLIDATION THERAPY:

HSCT#1: Patients receive thiotepa and cyclophosphamide as in Arm A. Patients also receive lorlatinib PO QD until day -8 of HSCT#2 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

HSCT#2: Patients receive melphalan hydrochloride, etoposide phosphate, carboplatin as in Arm A. Lorlatinib is restarted when patient has reached at least day +14 post-HSCT#2 and is able to tolerate enteral medications, provided there is no evidence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

RADIATION THERAPY: Patients receive lorlatinib PO QD concurrently with radiation therapy in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

POST-CONSOLIDATION THERAPY: Patients receive sargramostim and dinutuximab as in Arm A-D. Patients also receive isotretinoin PO BID on days 11-24 of cycles 1-5 and days 15-28 of cycle 6, and lorlatinib PO QD on days 15-28 of cycles 2-5 and days 1-28 of cycle 6 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

CONTINUATION THERAPY: Patients receive lorlatinib PO QD on days 1-28. Cycles repeat every 28 days for 18 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo echocardiography or MUGA scan, MRI or CT scan, undergo MIBG imaging, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study and may undergo PET scan on study.

After completion of study therapy, patients in Arms A-D are followed up every 3 months for 18 months, and then every 6 months for 42 months; patients in Arm E are followed up every 3 months for 6 months, and then every 6 months for 42 months.

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Conditions studied

  • Ganglioneuroblastoma
  • Ganglioneuroblastoma, Nodular
  • Neuroblastoma
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In context

Ganglioneuroblastoma

21 studies on the registry are indexed under Ganglioneuroblastoma; 10 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 750 is above the median of 69 across 16 interventional studies indexed under Ganglioneuroblastoma.

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Lead sponsor

Children's Oncology Group is the lead sponsor of 448 studies on the registry; 36 are open to participants now.

Of its 12 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 11 (92%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
365 Days to 30 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients must be enrolled on ANBL00B1 (NCT00904241) or APEC14B1 (NCT02402244) prior to enrollment on ANBL1531 (NCT03126916)
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patient must be >= 365 days and =\< 30 years of age at diagnosis
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients must have a diagnosis of neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma (nodular) verified by tumor pathology analysis or demonstration of clumps of tumor cells in bone marrow with elevated urinary catecholamine metabolites; the following disease groups are eligible:

    • Patients with International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) stage M disease are eligible if found to have either of the following features:

      • MYCN amplification (> 4-fold increase in MYCN signals as compared to reference signals), regardless of additional biologic features; OR
      • Age > 547 days regardless of biologic features
    • Patients with INRG stage MS disease with MYCN amplification
    • Patients with INRG stage L2 disease with MYCN amplification
    • Patients > 547 days of age initially diagnosed with INRG stage L1, L2 or MS disease who progressed to stage M without prior chemotherapy may enroll within 4 weeks of progression to stage M
    • Patients >= 365 days of age initially diagnosed with MYCN amplified INRG stage L1 disease who progress to stage M without systemic therapy may enroll within 4 weeks of progression to stage M
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients initially recognized to have high-risk disease must have had no prior systemic therapy (other than topotecan/cyclophosphamide initiated on an emergent basis and within allowed timing); patients observed or treated with a single cycle of chemotherapy per a low or intermediate risk neuroblastoma regimen (e.g., as per ANBL0531, ANBL1232 or similar) for what initially appeared to be non-high risk disease but subsequently found to meet the criteria will also be eligible; patients who receive localized emergency radiation to sites of life-threatening or function-threatening disease prior to or immediately after establishment of the definitive diagnosis will be eligible
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: or radioisotope (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 or a serum creatinine based on age/sex as follows:

    • 1 to \< 2 years: male = 0.6; female = 0.6
    • 2 to \< 6 years: male = 0.8; female = 0.8
    • 6 to \< 10 years: male = 1; female = 1
    • 10 to \< 13 years: male = 1.2; female = 1.2
    • 13 to \< 16 years: male = 1.5; female = 1.4
    • >= 16 years: male = 1.7; female = 1.4
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Total =\< 1.5 x (ULN) for age, and
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase () (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) \< 10 x ULN; for the purposes of this study, ULN for SGPT (ALT) is 45
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Shortening fraction of >= 27% by echocardiogram, or of > 50% by echocardiogram or radionuclide angiogram
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: No known to peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) collection; examples of contraindications might be a weight or size less than the collecting institution finds feasible, or a physical condition that would limit the ability of the child to undergo apheresis catheter placement (if necessary) and/or the apheresis procedure
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): See ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) protocol for eligible high-risk neuroblastoma diagnoses
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): In addition, all patients transferring from ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) to ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) Arm E must have tumors with an ALK aberration
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Given the lack of data with lorlatinib in infant populations, patients transferring from ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) to ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) must be > 1 year of age at time of transfer to ANBL1531 (NCT03126916). Patients \< 1 year of age found to have a qualifying ALK alteration as part of ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) may continue to participate in ANBL2131 (NCT06172296)
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients initially recognized to have high-risk disease must have received no more than one cycle of topotecan/cyclophosphamide either after enrollment to ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) or started emergently prior to enrollment to ANBL2131 (NCT06172296)
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients may have received up to one cycle of intermediate risk chemotherapy prior to initial enrollment to ANBL2131 (NCT06172296)
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients may have received localized emergency radiation to sites of life-threatening or function-threatening disease prior to or immediately after establishment of the definitive diagnosis
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): In order to facilitate patient transfer and ensure timely distribution of lorlatinib, there are no blood count requirements to meet at time of transfer from ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) to ANBL1531 ((NCT03126916) Arm E. Note the blood count criteria that must be met prior to start of Induction cycle 2 on Arm E. Lorlatinib therapy should start no sooner than day 1 of Induction cycle 2
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): No known irreversible grade 2 or greater atrioventricular (AV) block
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Due the potential psychiatric risks from lorlatinib, patients should not have a personal history of a serious psychiatric disorder requiring pharmacologic intervention or severe enough to be considered life-threatening
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): No known contraindication to PBSC collection. Examples of contraindications might be a weight or size less than the collecting institution deems feasible, or a physical condition that would limit the ability of the child to undergo apheresis catheter placement (if necessary) and/or the apheresis procedure

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients with INRG stage L2 tumors without amplification of MYCN regardless of tumor histology (may meet criteria for high risk classification but are not eligible for this trial)
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients with bone marrow failure syndromes
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Patients for whom targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy would be due to underlying medical disorders
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Female patients who are pregnant since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs; a pregnancy test is required for female patients of
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants
  • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) WITHOUT PRIOR ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) ENROLLMENT: Sexually active patients of who have not agreed to use an effective method for the duration of their study participation
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients who have previously received treatment with lorlatinib or other ALK inhibitor
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients who have undergone treatment arm randomization callback or started induction cycle 2 on ANBL2131 (NCT06172296)
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients who have an INRG Stage L2 tumor without amplification of MYCN regardless of tumor histology (may meet criteria for high risk classification but are not eligible for this trial)
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Patients with bone marrow failure syndromes
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Female patients who are pregnant since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs. A pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants
  • PATIENTS WITH TUMORS HARBORING ALK ALTERATIONS TRANSFERRING TO ANBL1531 (NCT03126916) ARM E FROM ANBL2131 (NCT06172296) (EFFECTIVE WITH AMENDMENT 13C): Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(10)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Reproductive potential

Able to have children. For women this usually means from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery; for men, unless permanently sterile. Read who the line is about — participants, women, men, or their partners.

Criteria about it usually ask for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
750 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm A (chemotherapy, HSCT, EBRT)

    See Arm A in detailed description.

    Procedure: Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation · Procedure: Biospecimen Collection · Procedure: Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy · Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Cisplatin · Procedure: Computed Tomography · Drug: Cyclophosphamide · Drug: Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride · Biological: Dinutuximab · Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride · Procedure: Echocardiography Test · Drug: Etoposide Phosphate · Radiation: External Beam Radiation Therapy · Radiation: Iobenguane I-123 · Drug: Isotretinoin · Procedure: Multigated Acquisition Scan · Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography · Biological: Sargramostim · Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery · Drug: Thiotepa · Drug: Topotecan Hydrochloride · Drug: Vincristine Sulfate

  • Experimental
    Arm B (Iobenguane I-131, chemotherapy, HSCT, EBRT)

    See Arm B in detailed description.

    Procedure: Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation · Procedure: Biospecimen Collection · Procedure: Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy · Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Cisplatin · Procedure: Computed Tomography · Drug: Cyclophosphamide · Drug: Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride · Biological: Dinutuximab · Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride · Procedure: Echocardiography Test · Drug: Etoposide Phosphate · Radiation: External Beam Radiation Therapy · Radiation: Iobenguane I-123 · Radiation: Iobenguane I-131 · Drug: Isotretinoin · Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging · Procedure: Multigated Acquisition Scan · Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography · Biological: Sargramostim · Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery · Drug: Thiotepa · Drug: Topotecan Hydrochloride · Drug: Vincristine Sulfate

  • Experimental
    Arm C (Iobenguane I-131, chemotherapy, BuMel, HSCT, EBRT)

    See Arm C in detailed description. Closed to accrual as of 12/17/20.

    Procedure: Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation · Procedure: Biospecimen Collection · Procedure: Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy · Drug: Busulfan · Drug: Cisplatin · Procedure: Computed Tomography · Drug: Cyclophosphamide · Drug: Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride · Biological: Dinutuximab · Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride · Procedure: Echocardiography Test · Drug: Etoposide Phosphate · Radiation: External Beam Radiation Therapy · Radiation: Iobenguane I-131 · Drug: Isotretinoin · Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging · Drug: Melphalan Hydrochloride · Procedure: Multigated Acquisition Scan · Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography · Biological: Sargramostim · Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery · Drug: Thiotepa · Drug: Topotecan Hydrochloride · Drug: Vincristine Sulfate

  • Experimental
    Arm D (chemotherapy, HSCT, EBRT)

    See Arm D in detailed description.

    Procedure: Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation · Procedure: Biospecimen Collection · Procedure: Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy · Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Cisplatin · Procedure: Computed Tomography · Drug: Cyclophosphamide · Drug: Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride · Biological: Dinutuximab · Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride · Drug: Etoposide Phosphate · Radiation: External Beam Radiation Therapy · Radiation: Iobenguane I-123 · Drug: Isotretinoin · Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging · Procedure: Multigated Acquisition Scan · Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography · Biological: Sargramostim · Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery · Drug: Thiotepa · Drug: Topotecan Hydrochloride · Drug: Vincristine Sulfate

  • Experimental
    Arm E (lorlatinib, chemotherapy, HSCT, EBRT)

    See Arm E in detailed description.

    Procedure: Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation · Procedure: Biospecimen Collection · Procedure: Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy · Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Cisplatin · Procedure: Computed Tomography · Drug: Cyclophosphamide · Drug: Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride · Biological: Dinutuximab · Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride · Procedure: Echocardiography Test · Drug: Etoposide Phosphate · Radiation: External Beam Radiation Therapy · Radiation: Iobenguane I-123 · Drug: Isotretinoin · Drug: Lorlatinib · Procedure: Multigated Acquisition Scan · Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography · Biological: Sargramostim · Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery · Drug: Thiotepa · Drug: Topotecan Hydrochloride

Interventions

  • ProcedureAutologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

    Undergo autologous HSCT

    Also known as: AHSCT, Autologous, Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Autologous Stem Cell Transplant, Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation, Stem Cell Transplantation, Autologous

  • ProcedureBiospecimen Collection

    Undergo blood sample collection

    Also known as: Biological Sample Collection, Biospecimen Collected, Specimen Collection

  • ProcedureBone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy

    Undergo bone marrow aspiration and biopsy

  • Given IV

    Also known as: 1, 4-Bis[methanesulfonoxy]butane, BUS, Busilvex, Bussulfam, Busulfanum, Busulfex, Busulphan, CB 2041, CB-2041, Glyzophrol, GT 41, GT-41, Joacamine, Methanesulfonic Acid Tetramethylene Ester, Methanesulfonic acid, tetramethylene ester, Mielucin, Misulban, Misulfan, Mitosan, Myeleukon, Myeloleukon, Myelosan, Mylecytan, Myleran, Sulfabutin, Tetramethylene Bis(methanesulfonate), Tetramethylene bis[methanesulfonate], WR-19508

  • Given IV

    Also known as: Blastocarb, Carboplat, Carboplatin Hexal, Carboplatino, Carboplatinum, Carbosin, Carbosol, Carbotec, CBDCA, Displata, Ercar, JM-8, JM8, 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

  • ProcedureComputed Tomography

    Undergo CT scan

    Also known as: CAT, CAT Scan, Computed Axial Tomography, Computerized Axial Tomography, Computerized axial tomography (procedure), Computerized Tomography, Computerized Tomography (CT) scan, CT, CT Scan, Diagnostic CAT Scan, Diagnostic CAT Scan Service Type, tomography

  • Given IV

    Also known as: (-)-Cyclophosphamide, 2H-1,3,2-Oxazaphosphorine, 2-[bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]tetrahydro-, 2-oxide, monohydrate, Asta B 518, B 518, B-518, B518, 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, WR- 138719, WR-138719, WR138719

  • Given IV

    Also known as: Cardioxane, Totect, Zinecard

  • BiologicalDinutuximab

    Given IV

    Also known as: Ch 14.18UTC, Ch14.18, Dinutuximab Beta, MOAB Ch14.18, monoclonal antibody Ch14.18, Qarziba, Unituxin

  • Given IV

    Also known as: 5,12-Naphthacenedione, 10-[(3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-alpha-L-lyxo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-7,8, 9,10-tetrahydro-6,8,11-trihydroxy-8-(hydroxyacetyl)-1-methoxy-, hydrochloride, (8S-cis)- (9CI), ADM, Adriacin, Adriamycin, Adriamycin Hydrochloride, Adriamycin PFS, Adriamycin RDF, ADRIAMYCIN, HYDROCHLORIDE, Adriamycine, Adriblastina, Adriblastine, Adrimedac, Chloridrato de Doxorrubicina, DOX, DOXO-CELL, Doxolem, Doxorubicin HCl, Doxorubicin.HCl, Doxorubin, Farmiblastina, FI 106, FI-106, FI106, hydroxydaunorubicin, Rubex

  • ProcedureEchocardiography Test

    Undergo echocardiography

    Also known as: EC, Echocardiography

  • Given IV

    Also known as: Etopophos

  • RadiationExternal Beam Radiation Therapy

    Undergo EBRT

    Also known as: Definitive Radiation Therapy, EBRT, External Beam Radiation, External Beam Radiotherapy, External Beam Radiotherapy (conventional), External Beam RT, external radiation, External Radiation Therapy, external-beam radiation, Radiation, External Beam, Teleradiotherapy, Teletherapy, Teletherapy Radiation

  • RadiationIobenguane I-123

    Given 123 I-MIBG

    Also known as: 123I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine, 123I-MIBG, AdreView, I-123-MIBG, Iobenguane (123 I), Iobenguane I 123, Iodine I 123-Metaiodobenzylguanidine, MIBG I-123

  • RadiationIobenguane I-131

    Given IV

    Also known as: (131)I-MIBG, 131I-MIBG, I 131 Meta-iodobenzylguanidine, I-131 Metaiodobenzylguanidine, Iobenguane (131I), Iobenguane I 131, Iodine I 131 Metaiodobenzylguanidine, MIBG I-131, Raiatt MIBG-I 131

  • 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

  • Given PO

    Also known as: 2H-4,8-Methenopyrazolo(4,3-H)(2,5,11)benzoxadiazacyclotetradecine-3-carbonitrile, 7-amino-12-fluoro-10,15,16,17-tetrahydro-2,10,16-trimethyl-15-oxo-, (10R)-, Lorbrena, Lorviqua, PF 06463922, PF-06463922, PF06463922

  • ProcedureMagnetic Resonance Imaging

    Undergo MRI

    Also known as: Magnetic Resonance, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetic resonance imaging (procedure), Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan, Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, MR, MR Imaging, MRI, MRI Scan, MRIs, NMR Imaging, NMRI, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging, sMRI, Structural MRI

  • Given IV

    Also known as: Alkeran, Alkerana, Evomela, Hepzato

  • ProcedureMultigated Acquisition Scan

    Undergo MUGA scan

    Also known as: Blood Pool Scan, Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiography, Gated Blood Pool Imaging, Gated Heart Pool Scan, MUGA, MUGA Scan, Multi-Gated Acquisition Scan, Radionuclide Ventriculogram Scan, Radionuclide Ventriculography, RNV Scan, RNVG, SYMA Scanning, Synchronized Multigated Acquisition Scanning

  • ProcedurePositron Emission Tomography

    Undergo PET scan

    Also known as: Medical Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography, PET, PET Scan, Positron emission tomography (procedure), Positron Emission Tomography Scan, Positron-Emission Tomography, PT

  • BiologicalSargramostim

    Given SC

    Also known as: 23-L-Leucinecolony-Stimulating Factor 2, DRG-0012, Leukine, Prokine, rhu GM-CFS, Sagramostim, Sargramostatin

  • ProcedureTherapeutic Conventional Surgery

    Undergo standard of care surgery

  • Given IV

    Also known as: 1,1',1''-Phosphinothioylidynetrisaziridine, Girostan, N,N', N''-Triethylenethiophosphoramide, Oncotiotepa, SH 105, SH-105, SH105, STEPA, Tepadina, Tepylute, TESPA, Tespamin, Tespamine, Thio-Tepa, Thiofosfamide, Thiofozil, Thiophosphamide, Thiophosphoamide, Thiophosphoramide, Thiotef, Tifosyl, TIO TEF, Tio-tef, Triethylene Thiophosphoramide, Triethylenethiophosphoramide, Tris(1-aziridinyl)phosphine sulfide, TSPA, WR 45312

  • Given IV

    Also known as: Evotopin, Hycamptamine, Hycamtin, Nogitecan Hydrochloride, Potactasol, SKF S 104864 A, SKF S-104864-A, SKF S104864A, Topotec, Topotecan HCl, topotecan hydrochloride (oral)

  • Given IV

    Also known as: Kyocristine, Leurocristine Sulfate, Leurocristine, sulfate, Oncovin, Vincasar, Vincosid, Vincrex, Vincristine, sulfate

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Event free survival (EFS) (Arm A, B, D, and E)

    EFS time is calculated from date of randomization or assignment to first episode of disease relapse or progression, second malignancy, or death, or until last contact if no event has occurred.

    Time frame: 3 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of adverse events

    The proportion of patients with at least one Grade 3 or higher toxicity during protocol therapy, graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0, will be reported.

    Time frame: Up to 18 months for Arms A-D and 28 months for Arm E

  2. EFS (Arm C)

    EFS time is calculated from date of randomization to first episode of disease relapse or progression, second malignancy, or death, or until last contact if no event has occurred.

    Time frame: 3 years

  3. Overall survival (OS)

    OS time is calculated from date of randomization or assignment until death, or until last contact if patient is alive.

    Time frame: 3 years

  4. Response rate

    The response rate will be calculated among all evaluable patients at end-Induction. Responders are defined as patients who achieve a \>= partial response (PR) per the revised International Neuroblastoma Response Criteria (INRC).

    Time frame: Up to 6 months

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Study locations

153 of 164 sites recruiting

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References and documents

Publications

  • Weiss BD, Yanik G, Naranjo A, Zhang FF, Fitzgerald W, Shulkin BL, Parisi MT, Russell H, Grupp S, Pater L, Mattei P, Mosse Y, Lai HA, Jarzembowski JA, Shimada H, Villablanca JG, Giller R, Bagatell R, Park JR, Matthay KK. A safety and feasibility trial of 131 I-MIBG in newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma: A Children's Oncology Group study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Oct;68(10):e29117. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29117. Epub 2021 May 24. PubMed 34028986 ↗
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started May 2018 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2030, 148 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Apr 17, 2017
First posted
Apr 25, 2017
StartActual
May 14, 2018
Primary completionEst.
Sep 30, 2030
CompletionEst.
Sep 30, 2030
Last update
Aug 25, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 25, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03126916
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 25, 2017
Start date
May 14, 2018
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2030 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 30, 2030 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 25, 2026

Study contacts

Steven G DuBois
principal investigator · Children's Oncology Group

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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