Irinotecan in Treating Young Patients With Refractory or Recurrent Hepatoblastoma

September 16, 2013 updated by: Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group

Irinotecan Single-Drug Treatment For Children With Refractory or Recurrent Hepatoblastoma

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as irinotecan, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well irinotecan works in treating young patients with refractory or recurrent hepatoblastoma.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the biological activity of irinotecan hydrochloride, when given on a prolonged schedule, in terms of response rate and rate of early progression, in young patients with refractory or recurrent hepatoblastoma.

Secondary

  • Determine the duration of response in patients showing stable disease or an objective response (partial or complete response) to this drug.
  • Determine the time to progression and overall survival of patients treated with this drug.
  • Determine the rate of resectability in patients treated with this drug.
  • Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive irinotecan IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 and 8-12. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo evaluation for tumor resectability after courses 2, 3, or 4. Patients whose disease is considered resectable at any of these time points proceed to surgery.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 30 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

30

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

  • 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
      • Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, L12 2AP
        • Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey
      • London, England, United Kingdom, E1 1BB
        • Royal London 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 20 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of hepatoblastoma

    • Refractory or recurrent disease

      • Failed prior first-line or second-line treatment
    • Metastatic disease allowed

  • Measurable disease, defined as ≥ 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion ≥ 20 mm by conventional techniques OR ≥ 10 mm by spiral CT scan

    • Elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) allowed
  • No hepatocellular carcinoma

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Lansky performance status 50-100% in patients ≤ 10 years of age OR Karnofsky performance status 50-100% in patients > 10 years of age
  • Life expectancy > 8 weeks
  • Hemoglobin > 8 g/dL
  • Absolute neutrophil count > 1,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count > 100,000/mm^3
  • Serum bilirubin ≤ 2 times normal
  • AST/ALT ≤ 2 times normal
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 3 times normal
  • Normal metabolic parameters (i.e., serum electrolytes, glucose, calcium, and phosphate)
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • No severe uncontrolled infection or enterocolitis

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • Recovered from toxicity of prior therapy
  • No chemotherapy within 3 weeks prior to study entry
  • No prior irinotecan
  • No other concurrent anticancer therapy

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
Best overall response (complete response and partial response)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Death
Early progression
Disease progression or recurrence
Surgical resection (complete or incomplete)

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Jozsef Zsiros, MD, PhD, Emma Kinderziekenhuis
  • Laurence Brugieres, MD, Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris
  • Penelope Brock, MD, PhD, Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2003

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 6, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 6, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

February 7, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 17, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 16, 2013

Last Verified

June 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000454758
  • CCLG-LT-2003-01
  • CCLG-IRINOTECAN
  • EU-20589

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