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NCT04684368

PHASE2

A Study of a New Way to Treat Children and Young Adults With a Brain Tumor Called NGGCT

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group

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Summary

This phase II trial studies the best approach to combine chemotherapy and radiation therapy (RT) based on the patient's response to induction chemotherapy in patients with non-germinomatous germ cell tumors (NGGCT) that have not spread to other parts of the brain or body (localized). This study has 2 goals: 1) optimizing radiation for patients who respond well to induction chemotherapy to diminish spinal cord relapses, 2) utilizing higher dose chemotherapy followed by conventional RT in patients who did not respond to induction chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs, such as carboplatin, etoposide, ifosfamide, and thiotepa, 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. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays or high-energy protons to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Studies have shown that patients with newly-diagnosed localized NGGCT, whose disease responds well to chemotherapy before receiving radiation therapy, are more likely to be free of the disease for a longer time than are patients for whom the chemotherapy does not efficiently eliminate or reduce the size of the tumor. The purpose of this study is to see how well the tumors respond to induction chemotherapy to decide what treatment to give next. Some patients will be given RT to the spine and a portion of the brain. Others will be given high dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant before RT to the whole brain and spine. Giving treatment based on the response to induction chemotherapy may lower the side effects of radiation in some patients and adjust the therapy to a more efficient one for other patients with localized NGGCT.

Official title: A Phase 2 Trial of Chemotherapy Followed by Response-Based Whole Ventricular &Amp; Spinal Canal Irradiation (WVSCI) for Patients With Localized Non-Germinomatous Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

3 Years - 29 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

160

Start Date

2021-07-13

Completion Date

2029-12-21

Last Updated

2026-09-23

Healthy Volunteers

Conditions

Central Nervous System Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumor Choriocarcinoma Embryonal Carcinoma Immature Teratoma Malignant Teratoma Mixed Germ Cell Tumor Pineal Region Germ Cell Tumor Pineal Region Immature Teratoma Pineal Region Yolk Sac Tumor Suprasellar Germ Cell Tumor

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Biospecimen Collection

Undergo collection of CSF and blood samples

DRUG

Carboplatin

Given IV

DRUG

Etoposide

Given IV

BIOLOGICAL

Filgrastim

Given subcutaneously (SC) or IV

DRUG

Ifosfamide

Given IV

PROCEDURE

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Undergo MRI

DRUG

Mesna

Given IV or orally

BIOLOGICAL

Pegfilgrastim

Given SC

PROCEDURE

Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

Undergo PBSC transplant

OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

RADIATION

Radiation Therapy

Undergo WVSCI radiation therapy

RADIATION

Radiation Therapy

Undergo Craniospinal radiation therapy

PROCEDURE

Second-Look Surgery

Undergo second-look surgery if needed

DRUG

Thiotepa

Given IV

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must be \>= 3 years and \< 30 years at the time of study enrollment * Patients must be newly diagnosed with localized primary CNS NGGCT of the suprasellar and/or pineal region by pathology and/or serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) elevation of AFP above institutional normal or \> 10 ng/mL or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) beta \> 100 mIU/mL as confirmed by Rapid Central Marker Screening Review on APEC14B1-CNS. Suprasellar, pineal and bifocal tumors are included. (CSF tumor markers and cytology must be within 31 days prior to enrollment and start of protocol therapy \[repeat if necessary\]. Serum tumor markers, AFP and hCGbeta must be within 7 days prior to enrollment and start of protocol therapy \[repeat if necessary\]). Basal ganglia or other primary sites are excluded * Patients with any of the following pathological elements are eligible: endodermal sinus (yolk sac), embryonal carcinoma, choriocarcinoma, malignant/immature teratoma and mixed germ cell tumor (GCT) (i.e., may include some pure germinoma) if malignant elements listed above are present. Patients with only mature teratoma are excluded. Patients with pure germinoma admixed with mature teratoma are excluded (would be eligible for pure germinoma protocols) * Patients must have a cranial MRI with and without gadolinium at diagnosis/prior to enrollment. If surgical resection is performed, patients must have pre-operative and post operative brain MRI with and without gadolinium. Note: The post operative brain MRI should be obtained within 72 hours of surgery. If patient has a biopsy only, post-operative brain MRI is recommended but not required (within 31 days prior to study enrollment and start of protocol therapy - Note: for patients that have had surgery and post-operative imaging performed, it is the post-operative MRI following definitive surgery that must be obtained within 31 days prior to enrollment) * Patients must have a spine MRI with gadolinium obtained at diagnosis/prior to enrollment. Spine MRI with and without gadolinium is recommended (within 31 days prior to study enrollment and start of protocol therapy - Note: for patients that have had surgery and post-operative imaging performed, it is the post-operative MRI following definitive surgery that must be obtained within 31 days prior to enrollment) * Lumbar CSF must be obtained prior to study enrollment unless medically contraindicated. Note: False positive cytology can occur within 10 days of surgery. If lumbar CSF for cytology is not performed prior to surgery, then it should be performed at least 10 days following surgery and prior to study enrollment. Patients with negative CSF cytology from lumbar puncture obtained 1 to 10 days after surgery do not need cytology repeated * Patients must have RAPID CENTRAL TUMOR MARKER REVIEW CSF tumor markers obtained prior to enrollment unless medically contraindicated. Ventricular CSF obtained at the time of CSF diversion procedure (if performed) is acceptable for tumor markers but lumbar CSF is preferred. In case CSF diversion and biopsy/surgery are combined, CSF tumor markers should be collected first * Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1000/uL (within 7 days prior to enrollment) * Platelet count \>= 100,000/uL (transfusion independent) (within 7 days prior to enrollment) * Hemoglobin \>= 8.0 g/dL (may receive red blood cell \[RBC\] transfusions) (within 7 days prior to enrollment) * Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 or a serum creatinine based on age/sex as follows (within 7 days prior to enrollment): * Age: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL) * 3 to \< 6 years: 0.8 (male), 0.8 (female) * 6 to \< 10 years: 1 (male), 1 (female) * 10 to \< 13 years: 1.2 (male), 1.2 (female) * 13 to \< 16 years: 1.5 (male), 1.4 (female) * \>= 16 years: male (1.7), 1.4 (female) * Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (within 7 days prior to enrollment) * Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\]) =\< 135 U/L (within 7 days prior to enrollment) * Note: For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT (ALT) has been set to the value of 45 U/L * Central nervous system function defined as: * Patients with seizure disorder may be enrolled if on anticonvulsants and well controlled * Patients must not be in status epilepticus, coma or assisted ventilation prior to study enrollment * Protocol therapy must begin within 31 calendar days of definitive surgery or clinical diagnosis, whichever is later. If a biopsy only was performed, the biopsy date will be considered the date of definitive surgery. For patients who have a biopsy or incomplete resection at diagnosis followed by additional surgery, the date of the last resection will be considered the date of definitive surgery. * All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent * All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met * NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT: * English-, Spanish-, or French- speaking * Note: Patients who speak a language other than English, Spanish, or French will be allowed to participate in ACNS2021 but will not complete the neurocognitive and quality of life assessments * No known history of neurodevelopmental disorder prior to diagnosis of NGGCT (e.g., Down syndrome, fragile X, William syndrome, intellectual disability). Patients with NF1 will be allowed to participate * Additional eligibility criteria for the COG Standardized Neuropsychological Battery only: must be at a site that has a psychologist to administer the battery * Note: If not eligible for the COG Standardized Battery, patients should still complete the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition (BRIEF-2), Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), Adaptive Behavior Assessment System Third Edition (ABAS-3), and Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition (BASC-3) questionnaires Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with tumors located outside the ventricles (i.e., basal ganglia, thalamus) * Patients with only mature teratoma and non-elevated markers upon tumor sampling at diagnosis * Patients who have received any prior tumor-directed therapy for their diagnosis of NGGCT other than surgical intervention and corticosteroids * Patients with metastatic disease (i.e., MRI evaluation, lumbar CSF cytology or intraoperative evidence of dissemination) * Female patients who are pregnant, since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs * Note: Serum and urine pregnancy tests may be falsely positive due to HCGbeta-secreting germ cell tumors. Ensure the patient is not pregnant by institutional standards * Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants * Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation

Locations (170)

Children's Hospital of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Providence Alaska Medical Center

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Banner Children's at Desert

Mesa, Arizona, United States

Phoenix Childrens Hospital

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Banner University Medical Center - Tucson

Tucson, Arizona, United States

University of Arizona Cancer Center-North Campus

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center

Downey, California, United States

Loma Linda University Medical Center

Loma Linda, California, United States

Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach

Long Beach, California, United States

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

Valley Children's Hospital

Madera, California, United States

Kaiser Permanente-Oakland

Oakland, California, United States

Children's Hospital of Orange County

Orange, California, United States

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University

Palo Alto, California, United States

Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego

San Diego, California, United States

UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay

San Francisco, California, United States

Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Smilow Cancer Center/Yale-New Haven Hospital

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Children's National Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

UF Health Cancer Institute - Gainesville

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center

Miami, Florida, United States

Nicklaus Children's Hospital

Miami, Florida, United States

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

Orlando, Florida, United States

Nemours Children's Hospital

Orlando, Florida, United States

Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Sacred Heart Hospital

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa

Tampa, Florida, United States

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Boise

Boise, Idaho, United States

Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

University of Illinois

Chicago, Illinois, United States

University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, Illinois, United States

OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Riley Hospital for Children

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Blank Children's Hospital

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Norton Children's Hospital

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Eastern Maine Medical Center

Bangor, Maine, United States

Maine Children's Cancer Program

Scarborough, Maine, United States

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

C S Mott Children's Hospital

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Children's Hospital of Michigan

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Butterworth Hospital

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Children's

Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

University of Missouri Children's Hospital

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Mercy Hospital Saint Louis

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Oncology Las Vegas - Henderson

Henderson, Nevada, United States

Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Renown Regional Medical Center

Reno, Nevada, United States

Cancer Care Specialists - Reno

Reno, Nevada, United States

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Dartmouth Cancer Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Morristown Medical Center

Morristown, New Jersey, United States

Saint Peter's University Hospital

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center

Paterson, New Jersey, United States

Albany Medical Center

Albany, New York, United States

Maimonides Medical Center

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York, United States

The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York

New Hyde Park, New York, United States

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone

New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York, United States

Stony Brook University Medical Center

Stony Brook, New York, United States

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, New York, United States

Montefiore Medical Center-Einstein Campus

The Bronx, New York, United States

Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

The Bronx, New York, United States

New York Medical College

Valhalla, New York, United States

Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina, United States

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Sanford Broadway Medical Center

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

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A Study of a New Way to Treat Children and Young Adults With a Brain Tumor Called NGGCT

Summary

Key Details

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility Criteria

Locations (170)