Germ Cell Tumour Study II
OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the toxic effects of etoposide, carboplatin, and bleomycin in young patients
with malignant germ cell tumors.
OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to one of two treatment arms based on their tumor type
(testicular vs ovarian, uterine, vaginal, sacrococcygeal, retroperitoneal, or thoracic).
- Group 1 (testicular tumors): Patients undergo radical orchiectomy. Patients with stage
I tumors and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) decreasing at the expected rate receive no further
treatment unless there is a subsequent rise in the AFP or a clinical recurrence.
Patients with stage II-IV tumors receive etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-3,
carboplatin IV over 1 hour on day 2, and bleomycin IV over 15 minutes on day 3.
Treatment repeats every 21- 28 days for at least 4 courses in the absence of disease
progression or unacceptable toxicity. Residual teratoma may be removed, if indicated,
after completion of chemotherapy.
- Group 2 (ovarian, uterine, vaginal, sacrococcygeal, retroperitoneal, or thoracic germ
cell tumors): Patients undergo surgical removal or biopsy of the tumor. Patients then
receive etoposide, carboplatin, and bleomycin as above. Patients may then undergo
further surgery at the discretion of the principal investigator.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 100 patients will be accrued for this study.
Interventional
Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
A. Oakhill, MD
Study Chair
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
United States: Federal Government
CDR0000454749
NCT00276718
April 1989
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