Molecular Guided Therapy for Refractory or Recurrent Neuroblastoma

A Feasibility Trial Using Molecular-Guided Therapy for the Treatment of Patients With Refractory or Recurrent Neuroblastoma

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility (ability to be done) of an experimental test to help plan your cancer treatment. This study plan is not studying the effectiveness of the proposed combinations of therapy for your cancer that you may receive after the experimental testing.

This study will look at an experimental technology to determine a tumor's molecular makeup (gene expression profile). This technology (called "OncInsights") is being used to discover new ways to understand cancers and potentially predict the best treatments for patients with cancer in the future. The experimental technology has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Neuroblastoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Guided Therapy

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 16
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Connecticut
    • Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106
      • Connecticut Children's Hospital
  • Florida
    • Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806
      • Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children- MD Anderson
  • Maryland
    • Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20877
      • National Cancer Institute
  • Michigan
    • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
      • Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
  • Missouri
    • Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108
      • Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
    • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63104
      • Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center
  • North Carolina
    • Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28204
      • Levine Children's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 year and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients must have histologically proven neuroblastoma and confirmation of refractory or recurrent disease with histologic confirmation at diagnosis or at the time of recurrence/progression
• Patients must be age > 12 months and ≤ 21 at initial diagnosis.
• Life expectancy must be more than 3 months
• If measurable disease, this must be demonstrated by residual abnormal tissue at a primary or metastatic site measuring more than 1 cm in any dimension by standardized imaging (CT or MRI); tumor must be accessible for biopsy. Patients with bone marrow only disease expected to be > 75% are eligible to enroll.
• Current disease state must be one for which there is currently no known curative therapy
• Lansky or KarnofskyScore must be more than 50
• Patients without bone marrow metastases must have an ANC > 750/μl and platelet count > 50,000/μl

• Adequate liver function must be demonstrated, defined as:

  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age AND
  • SGPT (ALT) < 10 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
• No other significant organ toxicity defined as > Grade 2 by National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events NCI-CTCAE V4.0
• A negative serum pregnancy test is required for female participants of child bearing potential (≥ 13 years of age or after onset of menses)
• Both male and female post-pubertal study subjects need to agree to use one of the more effective birth control methods during treatment and for six months after treatment is stopped. These methods include total abstinence (no sex), oral contraceptives ("the pill"), an intrauterine device (IUD), levonorgestrol implants (Norplant), or medroxyprogesterone acetate injections (Depo-provera shots). If one of these cannot be used, contraceptive foam with a condom is recommended.
• Informed Consent: All patients and/or legal guardians must sign informed written consent. Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained according to institutional guidelines. Voluntary consent for optional biology studies will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have received any chemotherapy within the last 7 days prior to enrollment and 14 days prior to study treatment start date.
• Patients who have received any radiotherapy within the last 30 days must have another site of disease to follow.
• Patients receiving anti-tumor therapy for their disease or any investigational drug concurrently
• Patients with serious infection or a life-threatening illness (unrelated to tumor) that is > Grade 2 (NCI CTCAE V4.0), or active, serious infections requiring parenteral antibiotic therapy.
• Patients with any other medical condition, including malabsorption syndromes, mental illness or substance abuse, deemed by the Investigator to be likely to interfere with the interpretation of the results or which would interfere with a patient's ability to sign or the legal guardian's ability to sign the informed consent, and patient's ability to cooperate and participate in the study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Guided therapy; A total of 14 eligible neuroblastoma patients who are refractory or relapsed on conventional therapy will be treated. Guided therapy will allow the use of any therapeutic combination (up to 4 agents) provided it includes medications contained in the study report. All patients will be followed for survival, disease response, progression and safety. All patients will be treated according to the discretion of the treating oncologist and study committee (minimum 3 oncologists and one pharmacist). Extent of disease will be measured and assessed for changes throughout the course of the study and at 6-8 week intervals (every 2 cycles).

Device: Guided Therapy; A total of 14 eligible neuroblastoma patients who are refractory or relapsed on conventional therapy will be treated. Guided therapy will allow the use of any therapeutic combination (up to 4 agents) provided it includes medications contained in the study report. All patients will be followed for disease response, progression and safety. All patients will be treated according to the discretion of the treating oncologist and study committee (minimum 3 oncologists and one pharmacist). Extent of disease will be measured and assessed for changes throughout the course of the study and at 6-8 week intervals (every 2 cycles).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants That Are Able to Meet Feasibility Parameters.	Feasibility parameter defined as: Enrollment onto study, quality mRNA obtained, gene chip completed, tumor board held, medical monitor review and approval, start of treatment by 21 days post biopsy/surgical resection date, and then completion of 1 cycle of therapy."	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety	To determine the safety of allowing a molecular tumor board to determine individualized treatment plans	1 year
Overall Response Rate (ORR) of Participants Using RECIST Criteria	Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR.	1 year
Activity of Treatments Chosen Based on Progression Free Survival (PFS)	Progression is defined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0), as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Giselle Sholler
• Investigators: Study Chair: Giselle Sholler, MD, Beat Childhood Cancer at Atrium Health

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• Beat Childhood Cancer

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 13, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 17, 2011
• First Posted (Estimated): May 18, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 3, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 1, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue; Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive; Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral; Neuroblastoma
• Other Study ID Numbers: NMTRC 001

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No