Intensive Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients Undergoing Surgical Resection for High-Risk Hepatoblastoma

June 23, 2014 updated by: University of Leicester

Intensified Pre-Operative Chemotherapy And Radical Surgery For High Risk Hepatoblastoma

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving chemotherapy drugs before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it can be removed.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well neoadjuvant chemotherapy works in treating young patients who are undergoing surgical resection for high-risk hepatoblastoma.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the efficacy and short-term toxicity of intensified neoadjuvant chemotherapy in children with high-risk hepatoblastoma undergoing surgical resection.
  • Increase the rate of complete surgical resection in these patients by fully implementing liver transplantation as a valid treatment option for tumor removal when partial liver resection or other surgical options remain unfeasible even after extensive preoperative chemotherapy.
  • Determine, prospectively, the role of this regimen in rendering unresectable tumors resectable in these patients.
  • Determine the accuracy of initial imaging in predicting the surgical options (after treatment with this regimen) for patients presenting with unresectable disease.

Secondary

  • Determine the overall survival and event-free survival of patients treated with this regimen (with an acceptable overall toxicity).
  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
  • Determine the response rate in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine whether response to this regimen, defined by the modified RECIST criteria, can be used for better monitoring of response in these patients.
  • Determine whether a fall in alpha-fetoprotein during this neoadjuvant regimen can be used as a prognostic factor in these patients.
  • Determine, prospectively, radiological, surgical, and pathological characteristics of the tumor that might identify possible novel factors that might influence treatment choice and outcome in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label, multicenter study.

  • Intensified neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Patients receive cisplatin IV over 24 hours on days 1, 8, 15, 29, 36, 43, 57, and 64; and doxorubicin IV over 1 hour OR over 24 hours on days 8, 9, 36, 37, 57, and 58. Patients determined to have resectable disease proceed to surgery.

Patients determined to have unresectable disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy receive additional neoadjuvant chemotherapy comprising carboplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 22 and doxorubicin IV over 1 hour OR over 24 hours on days 1, 2, 3, 22, 23, and 24.

Treatment continues in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.

  • Surgery: Patients determined to have resectable disease undergo complete resection and possibly liver transplantation.
  • Adjuvant chemotherapy*: Patients who undergo complete surgical resection receive carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1 and doxorubicin IV over 1 hour OR over 24 hours on days 1 and 2. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for a total of 3 courses.

NOTE: *Patients who received additional neoadjuvant chemotherapy for unresectable disease do not receive adjuvant chemotherapy.

Patients are followed every 2-3 months for 2 years, every 3 months for 1 year, and then every 6 months for 2 years.

Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 23-57 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

57

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Villejuif, France, F-94805
        • Institut Gustave Roussy
  • Ireland
      • Dublin, Ireland, 12
        • Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children Crumlin
  • Netherlands
      • Amsterdam, Netherlands, NL-1100 DE
        • Emma Kinderziekenhuis
  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, B4 6NH
        • Birmingham Children's Hospital
      • Bristol, England, United Kingdom, BS2 8AE
        • Institute of Child Health at University of Bristol
      • Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, CB2 2QQ
        • Addenbrooke's Hospital
      • Leeds, England, United Kingdom, LS9 7TF
        • Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital
      • Leicester, England, United Kingdom, LE1 5WW
        • Leicester Royal Infirmary
      • Leicester, England, United Kingdom, LE1 6TH
        • Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
      • Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, L12 2AP
        • Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey
      • London, England, United Kingdom, W1T 3AA
        • Middlesex Hospital
      • London, England, United Kingdom, WC1N 3JH
        • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
      • Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M27 4HA
        • Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
      • Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom, NE1 4LP
        • Sir James Spence Institute of Child Health at Royal Victoria Infirmary
      • Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, NG7 2UH
        • Queen's Medical Centre
      • Oxford, England, United Kingdom, 0X3 9DU
        • Oxford Radcliffe Hospital
      • Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, S10 2TH
        • Children's Hospital - Sheffield
      • Southampton, England, United Kingdom, SO16 6YD
        • Southampton General Hospital
      • Sutton, England, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT
        • Royal Marsden - Surrey
    • Northern Ireland
      • Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, BT12 6BE
        • Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
    • Scotland
      • Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, AB25 2ZG
        • Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
      • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, EH9 1LF
        • Royal Hospital for Sick Children
      • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G3 8SJ
        • Royal Hospital for Sick Children
    • Wales
      • Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, CF14 4XW
        • Childrens Hospital for Wales

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 17 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed hepatoblastoma

  • High-risk disease, meeting criteria for at least 1 of the following:

    • Tumor involving all 4 hepatic sections
    • Evidence of abdominal extrahepatic disease
    • Presence of metastases
    • Alpha-fetoprotein < 100 ng/mL at diagnosis
  • Must have had a prior diagnostic biopsy within the past 15 days
  • No recurrent disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • Under 18

Performance status

  • Not specified

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Not specified

Hepatic

  • AST and/or ALT ≤ 3 times normal

Renal

  • Glomerular filtration rate ≥ 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular

  • Shortening fraction ≥ 29% OR
  • Ejection fraction ≥ 40%

Other

  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • No pre-existing clinically relevant bilateral hearing loss
  • No other 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

  • Not specified

Other

  • No prior therapy for hepatoblastoma

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Rate of complete remission after completion of study therapy

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Overall survival
Event-free survival
Complete resection rate
Response rate to preoperative chemotherapy
Rate of grade 2 cardiac and renal, grade 3 otological, and grade 4 nonhematological toxicity as assessed during and after completion of study therapy

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Leicester

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Margaret Childs, Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2004

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 10, 2004

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 11, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

February 12, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 24, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 23, 2014

Last Verified

December 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000350221
  • SIOP-SIOPEL-4
  • EU-20336
  • CCLG-LT-2004-09

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