Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Conditions
Keywords
childhood oligodendroglioma, untreated childhood cerebellar astrocytoma, childhood high-grade cerebral astrocytoma, childhood low-grade cerebral astrocytoma, recurrent childhood cerebellar astrocytoma, recurrent childhood cerebral astrocytoma, recurrent childhood brain tumor
Brief summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin and temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving cisplatin together with temozolomide works in treating young patients with malignant glioma.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the objective response rate (complete and partial response) in pediatric patients with malignant gliomas treated with temozolomide and cisplatin. Secondary * Identify genetic, metabolic, and proteomic profiles that will provide an insight into the molecular pathways involved in the pathogenesis of these tumors. * Link genetic changes with clinical details, histopathology, and patient outcome, thereby developing a biological basis for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment monitoring. * Evaluate relapse-free survival at 1 and 2 years in patients treated at diagnosis. * Evaluate the duration of clinical response in patients treated at relapse. * Study the health status and quality of life of these patients. * Evaluate long-term toxicity of this therapeutic combination. * Evaluate the ability of magnetic resonance spectroscopy vs CT scan to predict response in patients with high-grade astrocytomas. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, open-label, nonrandomized, parallel-group study. Patients are stratified according to disease status (newly diagnosed vs relapsed). Patients with newly diagnosed disease are further stratified according to spread of disease (localized and measurable vs diffuse unmeasurable). * Stratum I (newly diagnosed disease): Patients receive CISTEM chemotherapy comprising cisplatin IV over 3 hours on day 1 and oral temozolomide once daily on days 2-6. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 7 courses. Patients who achieve responsive or stable disease after 2 courses receive 2 more courses of CISTEM chemotherapy and then undergo radiotherapy 5 days a week for 6 weeks. After completion of radiotherapy, patients may receive up to 3 more courses of CISTEM chemotherapy for a total of 7 courses. * Stratum II (relapsed disease): Patients receive CISTEM chemotherapy for up to 7 courses as in stratum I. Patients who reach the maximum dose allowed for cisplatin may receive oral temozolomide alone indefinitely. Tissue and blood samples are obtained at baseline and examined by immunohistochemistry, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), and loss of heterozygosity. The tumor tissue is analyzed for p53, MSH2, MLH1, and MGMT. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 2 years. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 87 patients will be accrued for this study.
Interventions
DRUGcisplatin
DRUGtemozolomide
GENETICfluorescence in situ hybridization
OTHERimmunohistochemistry staining method
OTHERlaboratory biomarker analysis
RADIATIONradiation therapy
Sponsors
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
4 Years to 20 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of 1 of the following grade III or grade IV malignant glial tumors\*: * Glioblastoma * Anaplastic astrocytoma * Anaplastic oligodendroglioma * Anaplastic oligoastrocytoma * Anaplastic ganglioglioma * Anaplastic mixed tumor * Glial component is essential NOTE: \*Malignant gliomas occurring as a second primary malignancy allowed * Newly diagnosed or recurrent disease * No malignant brain stem tumors * Incompletely resected tumors * No completely resected tumors * Measurable or evaluable disease by conventional MRI PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Lansky performance status 40-100% * Organ toxicity ≤ grade 2 * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm³ * Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³ * Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) * AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN * Prothrombin ≥ 50% * Fibrinogen ≥ 1.5 g/L * Creatinine normal for age * Creatinine ≤ 65 µmol/L (4-15 years of age) * Creatinine ≤ 110 µmol/L (15-20 years of age) * Audiogram with toxicity grade ≤ 2 * ECG normal * Negative pregnancy test * Fertile patients must use effective contraception * No severe or life-threatening infection * No uncontrolled developing or symptomatic intracranial hypertension PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas) or radiotherapy for patients with relapsed disease * No prior cisplatin or temozolomide * No other concurrent anticancer therapy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Response rate after 2 courses | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Relapse-free survival | — |
| Best response in patients receiving more than 2 courses | — |
| Rate of progression at 6 months and 1 and 2 years | — |
| Overall survival | — |
Countries
France, Ireland, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed