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Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation, Radiation Therapy, and/or Surgery in Treating Patients With Ewing's Sarcoma

Basic Trial Information
Trial Description
     Summary
     Further Trial Information
     Eligibility Criteria
Trial Contact Information

Basic Trial Information

PhaseTypeStatusAgeSponsorProtocol IDs
Phase IIITreatmentActiveUnder 50NCI, OtherCDR0000068608
EURO-EWING-INTERGROUP-EE99, EBMT-INTERGROUP-EE99, EORTC-62981, GPOH-AUSTRIA-INTERGROUP-EE99, GPOH-GERMANY-INTERGROUP-EE99, SFOP-INTERGROUP-EE99, SWS-SAKK-INTERGROUP-EE99, CCLG-INTERGROUP-EE99, COG-AEWS0331, EU-20213, AEWS0331, NCT00020566

Trial Description

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known if combination chemotherapy is more effective with or without radiation therapy and/or surgery in treating Ewing's sarcoma.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying different combination chemotherapy regimens to see how well they work when given with or without peripheral stem cell transplantation, radiation therapy, and/or surgery in treating patients with Ewing's sarcoma.

Further Study Information

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Compare the event-free and overall survival of patients with tumor of the Ewing's family treated with standard induction chemotherapy comprising vincristine, dactinomycin, ifosfamide and etoposide (VIDE) followed by consolidation chemotherapy comprising vincristine, dactinomycin, and ifosfamide versus high-dose busulfan and melphalan (Bu-Mel) followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation with or without radiotherapy and/or surgery.

Secondary

  • Determine the prognostic significance of EWS-Flil transcript in these patients.
  • Determine the frequency and prognostic value of minimal disease in bone marrow and PBSC, as determined by the presence or absence of EWS-Flil transcript, in these patients.
  • Determine the feasibility and toxicity of VIDE induction chemotherapy in these patients.
  • Determine the response of these patients to VIDE induction chemotherapy.
  • Determine the feasibility and toxicity of VAI consolodation chemotherapy in these patients.
  • Determine the feasibility and toxicity of Bu-Mel consolodation chemotherapy in these patients.
  • Determine event-free survival and overall survival of patients treated with these regimens by prognostic group analysis.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to age and local treatment of the primary tumor (yes vs no).

Patients receive induction chemotherapy comprising vincristine IV on day 1 and ifosfamide IV over 3 hours, doxorubicin IV over 4 hours, and etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-3 (VIDE). Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) are collected after course 3 and/or 4. Patients are evaluated after course 4. Patients in need of early radiotherapy due to an axial tumor or patients who require radiotherapy to the brain and/or spinal cord (at any time during study) are assigned to group 1. Patients not needing early radiotherapy are assigned to group 2.

  • Group 1: Patients receive 2 additional courses of VIDE induction chemotherapy (courses 5 and 6). Patients requiring radiotherapy to the axial tumor also undergo concurrent radiotherapy 5 days a week. Some patients may then undergo surgical resection of the tumor. All patients will then receive vincristine IV on day 1 and dactinomycin IV and ifosfamide IV over 3 hours on days 1 and 2 (VAI). Treatment repeats every 21 days for 8 courses (courses 7-14). Patients requiring radiotherapy to the brain and/or spinal cord also undergo concurrent radiotherapy.
  • Group 2: Patients undergo 2 additional courses of VIDE induction chemotherapy (courses 5 and 6). Some patients may then undergo surgical resection of the tumor. All patients receive VAI chemotherapy as in group 1 for 1 course. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 consolidation therapy arms.
  • Arm I: Patients receive 7 additional courses of VAI chemotherapy (courses 8-14). Patients with unresectable, partially resected, or inadequately resected disease undergo concurrent whole-lung radiotherapy for 6-12 days.
  • Arm II: Patients receive high-dose chemotherapy comprising oral busulfan every 6 hours on days -6 to -3 and melphalan IV over 30 minutes on day -2. Patients receive autologous PBSC IV on day 0. Patients with unresectable, partially resected, or inadequately resected disease undergo concurrent radiotherapy 5 days a week for at least 5 weeks.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 4 years, every 6 months for 1 year, and then periodically thereafter.

Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 1,200 patients will be accrued for this study within approximately 7 years.

Eligibility Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed tumor of the Ewing's family of bone or soft tissue
  • Ewing's sarcoma
  • Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor
  • Disease meeting one of the following criteria:
  • Resectable localized disease (tumor volume less than 200 mL)
  • Localized disease previously resected at diagnosis
  • Unresectable disease (at least 200 mL tumor volume) but radiotherapy as local control can be delayed
  • Localized disease with early radiotherapy required
  • Pulmonary and/or pleural metastases only
  • Extrapulmonary/pleural metastases (skeleton, bone marrow, lymph nodes)
  • No more than 45 days since definitive biopsy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Under 50

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Renal function normal
  • Glomerular filtration rate at least 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • Normal cardiac function
  • Fractional shortening at least 29%
  • Ejection fraction at least 40%

Other:

  • No medical, psychiatric, or social condition that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations/Sponsors

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

National Cancer Institute

Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group

Societe Francaise Oncologie Pediatrique

European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer

Gesellschaft fuer Paediatrische Onkologie und Haematologie - Germany

Gesellschaft fur Padiatrische Onkologie und Hamatologie - Austria

Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research

EBMT Solid Tumors Working Party

Children's Oncology Group

Alan W. CraftStudy Chair

Ian J. LewisStudy Chair

Odile OberlinStudy Chair

Ian Robert Judson

Heribert F. JuergensStudy Chair

Helmut GadnerStudy Chair

G. Ulrich ExnerStudy Chair

Ruth LadensteinStudy Chair

Douglas HawkinsStudy Chair

Trial Sites

U.S.A.
Alabama
  Birmingham
 Children's Hospital of Alabama at University of Alabama at Birmingham
 Alyssa T Reddy Ph: 205-934-0309
 UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
 Alyssa T Reddy Ph: 205-934-0309
Arizona
  Phoenix
 Phoenix Children's Hospital
 Jessica Boklan Ph: 602-546-0920
Arkansas
  Little Rock
 Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
 David L Becton Ph: 501-364-7373
California
  Downey
 Southern California Permanente Medical Group
 Robert M Cooper Ph: 626-564-3455
  Duarte
 City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
 Anna B Pawlowska Ph: 800-826-4673
  Email: becomingapatient@coh.org
  Los Angeles
 Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
 Leo Mascarenhas Ph: 323-361-4110
  Oakland
 Kaiser Permanente-Oakland
 Vincent A Kiley Ph: 626-564-3455
  Palo Alto
 Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University Medical Center
 Neyssa M Marina Ph: 650-498-7061
  Email: clinicaltrials@med.stanford.edu
  San Diego
 Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego
 William D Roberts Ph: 858-966-5934
  San Francisco
 UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
 Robert E Goldsby Ph: 877-827-3222
Colorado
  Aurora
 Children's Hospital Colorado Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
 Brian S Greffe Ph: 720-777-6672
Delaware
  Wilmington
 Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
 Christopher N Frantz Ph: 302-651-5755
District of Columbia
  Washington
 Children's National Medical Center
 Jeffrey S Dome Ph: 202-884-2549
Florida
  Jacksonville
 Nemours Children's Clinic
 Eric S Sandler Ph: 904-697-3529
  Miami
 University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami
 Julio C Barredo Ph: 866-574-5124
  Email: Sylvester@emergingmed.com
  Orlando
 Nemours Children's Clinic - Orlando
 Ramamoorthy Nagasubramanian Ph: 407-650-7150
  Pensacola
 Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola
 Jeffrey H Schwartz Ph: 904-697-3529
  Saint Petersburg
 All Children's Hospital
 Gregory A Hale Ph: 727-767-2423
  Email: HamblinF@allkids.org
  Tampa
 St. Joseph's Children's Hospital of Tampa
 Hardeo K Panchoosingh Ph: 800-882-4123
  West Palm Beach
 Kaplan Cancer Center at St. Mary's Medical Center
 Narayana Gowda Ph: 888-823-5923
  Email: ctsucontact@westat.com
Georgia
  Atlanta
 AFLAC Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston Campus
 Howard M Katzenstein Ph: 888-785-1112
Hawaii
  Honolulu
 Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
 Robert W Wilkinson Ph: 808-983-6090
Idaho
  Boise
 Mountain States Tumor Institute at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
 Eugenia Chang Ph: 800-845-4624
Illinois
  Chicago
 University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
 Susan L Cohn Ph: 773-834-7424
 University of Illinois Cancer Center
 Mary L Schmidt Ph: 312-355-3046
  Peoria
 Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate
 Pedro A De Alarcon Ph: 309-655-3258
  Springfield
 Simmons Cooper Cancer Institute
 Gregory P Brandt Ph: 217-545-7929
Iowa
  Iowa City
 Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa
 Raymond Tannous Ph: 800-237-1225
Kentucky
  Lexington
 University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
 Martha F Greenwood Ph: 859-257-3379
  Louisville
 Kosair Children's Hospital
 Salvatore J Bertolone Ph: 866-530-5516
Massachusetts
  Boston
 Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
 Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo Ph: 866-790-4500
Michigan
  Detroit
 Van Elslander Cancer Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center
 Hadi Sawaf Ph: 313-343-3166
  Flint
 Hurley Medical Center
 Susumu Inoue Ph: 888-606-6556
  Grand Rapids
 Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health
 David S Dickens Ph: 616-267-1925
  Kalamazoo
 Bronson Methodist Hospital
 Jeffrey S Lobel Ph: 800-227-2345
 Western Michigan University School of Medicine Clinics
 Jeffrey S Lobel Ph: 800-227-2345
  Lansing
 Breslin Cancer Center at Ingham Regional Medical Center
 Renuka Gera Ph: 517-334-2765
Minnesota
  Minneapolis
 Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
 Bruce C Bostrom Ph: 612-813-5193
 Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota
 Joseph P Neglia Ph: 612-624-2620
  Rochester
 Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
 Carola A. S. Arndt Ph: 507-538-7623
Mississippi
  Jackson
 University of Mississippi Cancer Clinic
 Gail C Megason Ph: 601-815-6700
Missouri
  Kansas City
 Children's Mercy Hospital
 Maxine L Hetherington Ph: 816-234-3265
  Saint Louis
 Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Saint Louis
 Shalini Shenoy Ph: 800-600-3606
  Email: info@siteman.wustl.edu
Nevada
  Las Vegas
 CCOP - Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
 Jonathan Bernstein Ph: 702-384-0013
New Jersey
  Hackensack
 Hackensack University Medical Center Cancer Center
 Burton E Appel Ph: 201-996-2879
New York
  Bronx
 Montefiore Medical Center
 Rosanna J Ricafort Ph: 718-904-2730
  Email: aecc@aecom.yu.edu
  New York
 Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center
 Alice Lee Ph: 212-305-8615
  Rochester
 James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center
 Lisa R Hackney Ph: 585-275-5830
  Syracuse
 SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
 Irene Cherrick Ph: 315-464-5476
  Valhalla
 New York Medical College
 Mehmet F Ozkaynak Ph: 914-594-3794
North Carolina
  Charlotte
 Presbyterian Cancer Center at Presbyterian Hospital
 Paulette C Bryant Ph: 704-384-5369
  Durham
 Duke Cancer Institute
 Susan G Kreissman Ph: 888-275-3853
  Greenville
 Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center at ECU Medical School
 Mauro Grossi Ph: 252-744-2161
Ohio
  Cincinnati
 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
 John P Perentesis Ph: 513-636-2799
  Cleveland
 Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals/Case Medical Center
 Yousif (Joe) H Matloub Ph: 216-844-5437
  Columbus
 Nationwide Children's Hospital
 Laura T Martin Ph: 614-722-2708
  Dayton
 Dayton Children's - Dayton
 Emmett H Broxson Ph: 800-228-4055
  Toledo
 Toledo Hospital
 Dagmar T Stein Ph: 419-824-1842
Oklahoma
  Oklahoma City
 Oklahoma University Cancer Institute
 Rene Y McNall-Knapp Ph: 405-271-4272
  Email: julie-traylor@ouhsc.edu
Oregon
  Portland
 Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital
 Janice F Olson Ph: 503-413-2560
 Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center and Children's Hospital
 Janice F Olson Ph: 503-413-2560
Pennsylvania
  Bethlehem
 Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg
 Philip M Monteleone Ph: 484-884-2201
  Hershey
 Penn State Children's Hospital
 Lisa M McGregor Ph: 717-531-6012
  Pittsburgh
 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
 Peter H Shaw Ph: 412-692-5573
PR
  Santurce
 San Jorge Children's Hospital
 Luis A Clavell Ph: 888-823-5923
  Email: ctsucontact@westat.com
South Carolina
  Charleston
 Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina
 Jacqueline M Kraveka Ph: 843-792-9321
  Greenville
 BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center
 Nichole L Bryant Ph: 864-241-6251
 Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Faris Road
 Nichole L Bryant Ph: 864-241-6251
Texas
  Amarillo
 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine - Amarillo
 Osvaldo Regueira Ph: 806-354-5411
  Corpus Christi
 Driscoll Children's Hospital
 M. C Johnson Ph: 361-694-5311
  Dallas
 Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas
 Naomi J Winick Ph: 214-648-7097
  Fort Worth
 Cook Children's Medical Center - Fort Worth
 Mary Meaghan P Granger Ph: 682-885-2103
  San Antonio
 Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas
 Jaime Estrada Ph: 210-575-7000
 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
 Paul J Thomas Ph: 210-567-0653
  Email: che@uthscsa.edu
  Temple
 Scott and White Cancer Institute
 Guy H Grayson Ph: 254-724-5407
Utah
  Salt Lake City
 Primary Children's Medical Center
 Phillip E Barnette Ph: 801-585-5270
Virginia
  Charlottesville
 University of Virginia Cancer Center
 Kimberly P Dunsmore Ph: 434-243-6143
  Falls Church
 Inova Fairfax Hospital
 Marshall A Schorin Ph: 703-208-6650
  Norfolk
 Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
 Eric J Lowe Ph: 757-668-7243
Washington
  Seattle
 Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center - Seattle
 Douglas S Hawkins Ph: 866-987-2000
  Spokane
 Providence Cancer Center at Sacred Heart Medical Center
 Douglas S Hawkins Ph: 866-987-2000
  Tacoma
 Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center - Tacoma
 Douglas S Hawkins Ph: 866-987-2000
West Virginia
  Charleston
 West Virginia University Medical School - Charleston
 Allen R Chauvenet Ph: 304-388-9944
Wisconsin
  Green Bay
 St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
 John R Hill Ph: 920-433-8889
  Marshfield
 Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
 Michael J McManus Ph: 715-389-4457
  Milwaukee
 Midwest Children's Cancer Center at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
 Michael E Kelly Ph: 414-805-4380
Australia
New South Wales
  Sydney
 Children's Hospital at Westmead
 Geoffrey B McCowage Ph: 61-2-9845 1400
Queensland
  Herston
 Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
 Helen Irving Ph: 888-823-5923
  Email: ctsucontact@westat.com
 Royal Children's Hospital
 Helen Irving Ph: 888-823-5923
  Email: ctsucontact@westat.com
South Australia
  North Adelaide
 Women's and Children's Hospital
 Maria L Kirby Ph: (08) 8161 7327
  Email: cywhs.oncsec@health.sa.gov.au
Western Australia
  Perth
 Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
 Catherine H Cole Ph: (08) 9340 8330
  Email: admin@childcancerresearch.com.au
Canada
Alberta
  Edmonton
 University of Alberta Hospital
 Sunil Jayantilal` S Desai Ph: 780-407-6615
  Email: val.taylor@albertahealthservices.ca
British Columbia
  Vancouver
 Children's and Women's Hospital of British Columbia
 Caron Strahlendorf Ph: 604-875-2345ext6477
Manitoba
  Winnipeg
 CancerCare Manitoba
 Rochelle A Yanofsky Ph: 866-561-1026
  Email: CIO_Web@cancercare.mb.ca
Newfoundland and Labrador
  Saint John's
 Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre
 John P Hand Ph: 866-722-1126
Nova Scotia
  Halifax
 IWK Health Centre
 Margaret C Yhap Ph: 902-470-8394
Ontario
  Toronto
 Hospital for Sick Children
 Sylvain Baruchel Ph: 416-813-7654ext2027
  Email: jason.mcguire@sickkids.ca
Quebec
  Montreal
 Hopital Sainte Justine
 Yvan Samson Ph: 514-345-4931
 Montreal Children's Hospital at McGill University Health Center
 Sharon B Abish Ph: 514-412-4445
  Email: info@thechildren.com
  Ste-Foy
 Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite Laval
 Bruno Michon Ph: 418-525-4444
Saskatchewan
  Saskatoon
 Saskatoon Cancer Centre at the University of Saskatchewan
 Christopher Mpofu Ph: 306-655-2914
New Zealand
Auckland
  Grafton
 Starship Children's Health
 Lochie R Teague Ph:  0800 728 436

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
NLM Identifer NCT00020566
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on November 20, 2012

Note: Information about this trial is from the ClinicalTrials.gov database. The versions designated for health professionals and patients contain the same text. Minor changes may be made to the ClinicalTrials.gov record to standardize the names of study sponsors, sites, and contacts. Cancer.gov only lists sites that are recruiting patients for active trials, whereas ClinicalTrials.gov lists all sites for all trials. Questions and comments regarding the presented information should be directed to ClinicalTrials.gov.

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