Clinical trial NCT01728155: European Low and Intermediate Risk Neuroblastoma Protocol
Official title: European Low and Intermediate Risk Neuroblastoma Protocol
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: LOW AND INTERMEDIATE PAEDIATRIC NEUROBLASTOMA AND NEONATAL SUPRARENAL MASSES
Keywords: NEUROBLASTOMA, LOW RISK, INTERMEDIATE RISK
Lead sponsor: Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria La Fe
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2012-11-16
Enrollment: 685
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 90
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The European study, LINES 2009 (Low and Intermediate Risk Neuroblastoma European Study), groups together in a single protocol the treatment of all patients with "non high risk" neuroblastoma (NB), with stratification into two groups: low risk and intermediate risk. These two separate cohorts are included in one single protocol to enable patient data from these two groups to be entered into a common database, as the current prognostic classifications determining treatment may evolve further with subsequent more detailed molecular analysis of the tumours.

1. LOW RISK STUDY

The Low Risk Study is proposed in order to:

* minimise the amount of treatment (chemotherapy and surgery) for all appropriate low risk patients, who in previous studies have been shown to have an excellent long-term outcome (as in the SIOPEN 99.1-2 infant neuroblastoma studies where the overall survival was greater than 97%(H. Rubie, JCO).
* improve the EFS and maintain the OS (overall survival) in L2 and Ms patients with a SCA(Segmental Cromosomal Aberration) genomic profile tumour (presence of any segmental chromosomal change (SCA)) by electively treating these patients with chemotherapy despite the absence of symptoms.

  2) INTERMEDIATE RISK STUDY

The Intermediate Risk Study is proposed in order to:

* reduce the amount of chemotherapy for differentiating histology INRG (International Neuroblastoma Risk Group) stage L2 NB and ganglioneuroblastoma nodular patients who in previous SIOPEN study have been shown to have an excellent long-term outcome;
* increase the amount of treatment (radiotherapy and 13-cis-RA (13-cis-Retinoic Acid) for poorly differentiated or undifferentiated histology INRG stage L2 NB or ganglioneuroblastoma nodular patients in order to improve the EFS registered in the previous SIOPEN study;
* improve the EFS (Event Free Survival) of MYCN (V-Myc myelocytomatosis viral related oncogene, NB derived ,avian )amplified INSS (International NB Staging System) stage 1 NB patients with the introduction of adjuvant treatment;
* maintain the very good results obtained in previous SIOPEN study for INRG stage M infants with a moderate treatment.

NEONATAL SUPRARENAL MASSES

The incidence of suprarenal tumours/masses has increased in the last decade due to the expanded use of prenatal ultrasonography in routine obstetric care and in the neonatal and early infancy care. The differential diagnosis of these masses ranges from benign (adrenal haemorrhage) to malignant processes (neuroblastoma, adrenal carcinoma). Knowledge on perinatal suprarenal masses, although based on a relatively large literature, is scattered amongst studies on very few cases with no methodical approach and often short follow up. Therefore, the optimal management of these masses has not been clearly defined. Neuroblastoma at this age is an intriguing entity with a very good prognosis in most cases. The SIOPEN Group, based on their results in the first multicenter European Trial for infants with neuroblastoma (INES) and the world-wide experience provided in the literature, is launching this European surveillance study (Multi-centre, non-blinded, one armed prospective trial) for these masses. Treatment: Observation

Detailed description: 1. LOW RISK STUDY

The low risk group of patients includes NB patients without MYCN amplification with or without life threatening symptoms in the following clinical situations:

* Children aged ≤ 18 months with localised neuroblastoma associated with image defined risk factors precluding upfront surgery (stage INRG L2).
* Children aged ≤ 12 months with disseminated neuroblastoma without bone, pleura, lung or CNS (Central Nervous System) disease (stage INRG Ms)

  2) INTERMEDIATE RISK STUDY

The intermediate risk group of patients includes NB patients in the following clinical situations:

* Children aged \>18 months with localised neuroblastoma without MYCN amplification, associated with image defined risk factors precluding upfront surgery (stage INRG L2).
* Children aged ≤12 months with disseminated neuroblastoma involving bone, pleura, lung and/or CNS (stage INRG M), without MYCN amplification.
* Children with localised resected NB (stage INSS I) with MYCN amplification. NEONATAL SUPRARENAL MASSES

The incidence of suprarenal tumours/masses has increased in the last decade due to the expanded use of prenatal ultrasonography in routine obstetric care and in the neonatal and early infancy care. The differential diagnosis of these masses ranges from benign (adrenal haemorrhage) to malignant processes (neuroblastoma, adrenal carcinoma). Knowledge on perinatal suprarenal masses, although based on a relatively large literature, is scattered amongst studies on very few cases with no methodical approach and often short follow up. Therefore, the optimal management of these masses has not been clearly defined. Neuroblastoma at this age is an intriguing entity with a very good prognosis in most cases. The SIOPEN Group, based on their results in the first multicenter European Trial for infants with neuroblastoma (INES) and the world-wide experience provided in the literature, is launching this European surveillance study (Multi-centre, non-blinded, one armed prospective trial) for these masses. Treatment: Observation

Eligibility criteria: 1. LOW RISK STUDY

   Inclusion criteria for the whole low risk group:
   * informed consent and follow-up warranted; group assignment completed within 6 weeks from diagnosis; no prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy
   * Biopsy proven neuroblastoma
   * Tumour genomic profile obtained in a NRL according to guidelines
   * MYCN non-amplified

   Exclusion criteria for the whole low risk group:

   \* Diagnosis of ganglioneuroma or ganglioneuroblastoma intermixed INRG Stage L2

   Inclusion criteria:

   \*age ≤ 18 months

   Exclusion criteria:
   * any metastatic site
   * MYCN amplification
   * age \> 18 months INRG Stage Ms

   Inclusion criteria:

   \* age ≤ 12 months

   Exclusion criteria:
   * bone, pleura/lung and/or CNS metastasis
   * MYCN amplification
   * age \> 12 months
2. INTERMEDIATE RISK STUDY

   Inclusion criteria for the whole intermediate risk group:
   * informed consent and follow-up warranted; group assignment completed within 6 weeks from diagnosis; no prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy
   * Tumour material available for biological studies according to guidelines
   * Biopsy proven neuroblastoma confirmed in a National Reference Laboratory (NRL)

   Exclusion criteria for the whole intermediate risk group:

   \* Diagnosis of ganglioneuroma or ganglioneuroblastoma intermixed

   INRG Stage L1 and INSS stage 1:

   Inclusion criteria:

   \* MYCN amplified

   Exclusion criteria:
   * MYCN non-amplified
   * INSS stages 2, 3, 4, 4s

   INRG Stage L2:

   Inclusion criteria:
   * Histology: differentiating, poorly differentiated, undifferentiated neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma nodular
   * MYCN non-amplified
   * age \>18 months

   Exclusion criteria:
   * neuroblastoma NOS
   * MYCN amplification.
   * age ≤ 18 months

   INRG Stage M:

   Inclusion criteria:
   * Any histology
   * MYCN non-amplified
   * age ≤ 12 months

   Exclusion criteria:
   * MYCN amplification
   * age \> 12 months
3. NEONATAL SUPRARENAL MASSES

Inclusion criteria:

* Age less than or equal to 90 days when the suprarenal mass is discovered.
* Suprarenal mass detected by ultrasound and/or MRI. The suprarenal mass may be cystic and/or solid, but IT CANNOT REACH THE MIDLINE AND should MEASURE ≤ 5 CM AT THE LARGEST DIAMETER.
* No regional involvement: MRI scan does not show evidence of positive ipsi/contralateral lymph nodes or other spread outside the suprarenal gland.
* No metastatic involvement.
* Frozen plasma available.
* Informed consent.
* Availability to do the adequate follow-up

Exclusion criteria:

* Age older than 90 days.
* Suprarenal mass bigger than 5 cm.
* Regional involvement.
* Metastatic involvement.
* Inability to undertake mandatory diagnostic studies (biological markers, US, MRI, MIBG).
* Follow-up not guaranteed by parents/guardians.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Primary aim for Low Risk Neuroblastoma
timeFrame: 2 years
measure: Primary aim for Intermediate Risk Neuroblastoma
timeFrame: 2 years
measure: Primary Aim for Neonatal Suprarenal Masses
timeFrame: 3 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: To maintain a 2 year EFS of at least 90% and an OS of at least 95% in L2 patients with LTS without SCA (study group 2)
timeFrame: 2 year
measure: To maintain the 2 year EFS of 85% and an OS of at least 98% in Ms patients without SCA (study groups 4 and 5)
timeFrame: 2 year
measure: To improve the 2 year EFS to at least 90% and maintain the OS of close to 100% in L2 patients with SCA (Study Group 3) and improve the 2 year EFS to over 70% in Ms patients with SCA (study group 6)
timeFrame: 2 year
measure: To evaluate adherence to the protocol recommendations regarding LTS
timeFrame: 5 years
measure: To reduce surgical morbidity by promoting strict adherence to Image Defined-Risk Factors (IDRFs) to determine surgical resectability
timeFrame: 5 year
measure: To define the long term follow-up and natural history of the Stage L2 non-resected masses that have remained IDRF positive at the end of treatment (study groups 1-3).
timeFrame: 5 year
measure: To confirm in a larger patient cohort the excellent OS of 95% in stage M neuroblastoma without MYCN amplification, less than 12 months of age, when treated with moderate therapy (study group 10).
timeFrame: 3 year
measure: Maintain the results of 3yr-EFS of 90% and 3yr-OS of 100% in stage L2 patients over the age of 18 months, with differentiating neuroblastoma or differentiating ganglioneuroblastoma nodular, despite a treatment reduction (group7)
timeFrame: 3 year
measure: To improve the 3 year EFS to at least 50% and the 3 year OS to 80% in INSS stage I patients with MYCN amplified neuroblastoma by the addition of adjuvant treatment (study group 9).
timeFrame: 3 year
measure: To evaluate the impact of the tumour genomic profile on patient outcome, in order to consider its role in the treatment stratification of these intermediate risk patients (all study groups).
timeFrame: 5 years
measure: To manage infants with suprarenal masses discovered ante or neonatally with a uniform approach in Europe in a multicentre setting.
timeFrame: 5 years
measure: To maintain an excellent overall survival with a non-operative therapeutic approach (serial monitoring, surgery if warranted) in infants with a localised suprarenal mass discovered ante or neonatally.
timeFrame: 3 years
measure: To determine the 3-year surgery-free survival in infants with suprarenal masses discovered ante or neonatally and managed conservatively (non initial surgery).
timeFrame: 3 years
measure: To find out the natural history of perinatal suprarenal masses, according to the definitions set up for the study.
timeFrame: 5 years
measure: To study the kinetics of regression in those suspected suprarenal neuroblastomas in infants with suprarenal masses discovered ante or neonatally and managed conservatively (non initial surgery).
timeFrame: 5 years
measure: To collect tissue from those suprarenal masses excised in order to perform standard and investigational pathological and biological studies (INPC, MYCN, 1p, 11).
timeFrame: 5 years
measure: To collect frozen plasma from all patients included in the study in order to perform research.
timeFrame: 5 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Clayton
country: Australia
facility: Monash Children's Hospital
city: Nedlands
country: Australia
facility: Perth Children's Hospital
city: Sydney
country: Australia
facility: Sydney Children's Hospital
city: Graz
country: Austria
facility: PHO Med Uni Graz
city: Innsbruck
country: Austria
facility: Department Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde
city: Linz
country: Austria
facility: Landes-Frauen- und Kinderklinik Linz
city: Wien
country: Austria
facility: St. Anna Kinderspital
city: Wien
country: Austria
facility: Univ Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde
city: Antwerpen
country: Belgium
facility: Hôpital Universitaire d'Anvers (UZA- Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen)
city: Bruxelles
country: Belgium
facility: Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola (HUDERF)
city: Bruxelles
country: Belgium
facility: UCL Clíniques Universitaires Saint - Luc
city: Bruxelles
country: Belgium
facility: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
city: Gent
country: Belgium
facility: Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
city: Leuven
country: Belgium
facility: Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven
city: Liège
country: Belgium
facility: CHC- Clinique de l'Espérance à Liège
city: Liège
country: Belgium
facility: CHR de la Citadelle
city: Aarhus
country: Denmark
facility: Aarhus University Hospital
city: Copenhagen
country: Denmark
facility: National State Hospital (Department of Pediatrics)
city: Odense
country: Denmark
facility: University Hospital of Odense (H.C. Andersen Children´s Hospital)
city: Beersheba
country: Israel
facility: Soroka Medical Center
city: Haifa
country: Israel
facility: Rambam Health Care Campus
city: Petah Tikva
country: Israel
facility: Schneider Children's Medical Center
city: Tel aviv
country: Israel
facility: Ichilov Hospital Sourasky Medical Center
city: Ancona
country: Italy
facility: Ospedale Pediatrico G. Salesi di Ancona (Centro Regionale Oncoematologia Pediatrica)
city: Bari
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliera - Universitaria Ospedale Policlinico Consorziale
city: Bergamo
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo
city: Bologna
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliero- Universitaria di Bologna- Policlinico S. Orsola - Malpighi
city: Brescia
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di Brescia
city: Cagliari
country: Italy
facility: Ospedale Microcitemico
city: Catania
country: Italy
facility: Oncology Policlinico- Department of Hematology
city: Ferrara
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara- Oncoematologia Pediatrica
city: Firenze
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedale Pediatrico Meyer
city: Genova
country: Italy
facility: Oncology Gaslini Children's Hospital of Genova- Department of Hematology
city: Milano
country: Italy
facility: Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano- Onco-ematologia Pediatrica
city: Modena
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Modena- Onco-ematologia Pediatrica
city: Napoli
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliera Pediatrica Santobono Pausilipon
city: Napoli
country: Italy
facility: Sec. Università degli studi di Napoli - Policlinico
city: Padova
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria di Padova- Clínica di Onco-ematologia Pediatrica
city: Palermo
country: Italy
facility: Ospedale dei Bambini G. Di Cristina
city: Parma
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Parma- Oncoematologia Pediatrica
city: Pavia
country: Italy
facility: Fondazione IRCCS - Policlinico San Matteo - Oncoematologia Pediadrica
city: Pescara
country: Italy
facility: Azienda USL Di Pescara - U.O.C di Ematologia Clinica
city: Rimini
country: Italy
facility: Ospedale Infermi di Rimini - U.O. Pediatria
city: Roma
country: Italy
facility: Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù- Oncoematologia pediatrica
city: Roma
country: Italy
facility: Ospedale Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli
city: Roma
country: Italy
facility: Policlinico Umberto I
city: San Giovanni Rotondo
country: Italy
facility: Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
city: Siena
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese - Clinica Pediatrica
city: Torino
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera O.I.R.M.- Sant' Anna
city: Tricase
country: Italy
facility: Ospedale Cardinale G. Panico
city: Trieste
country: Italy
facility: Ospedale Infantile Burlo Garofolo ( U.O. Emato-Oncologia Pediatrica - Università degli studi di Trieste)
city: Verona
country: Italy
facility: Policlinico G.B. Rossi- Oncoematologia Pediatrica
city: Bergen
country: Norway
facility: Haukeland University Hospital
city: Oslo
country: Norway
facility: Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet. (National coordinator)
city: Tromsø
country: Norway
facility: University Hospital of Northern Norway
city: Trondheim
country: Norway
facility: St Olavs University Hospital
city: Sabadell
country: Spain
facility: Hospital de Sabadell
state: Barcelona
city: Boadilla del Monte
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Montepríncipe
state: Madrid
city: La Laguna
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario de Canarias
state: Tenerife
city: Albacete
country: Spain
facility: Hospital General Universitario de Albacete
city: Alicante
country: Spain
facility: Hospital General Universitario de Alicante
city: Almería
country: Spain
facility: Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas
city: Badajoz
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Infanta Cristina
city: Barcelona
country: Spain
facility: Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
city: Barcelona
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Materno Infantil Vall d'Hebron
city: Bilbao
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Cruces
city: Córdoba
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía
city: Granada
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Materno Infantil Virgen de las Nieves
city: Jaén
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Materno Infantil de Jaén
city: Madrid
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
city: Madrid
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Infantil la Paz
city: Madrid
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Infantil Niño Jesús
city: Murcia
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
city: Málaga
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya - Hospital Materno Infantil
city: Oviedo
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias
city: Pamplona
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Virgen del Camino
city: San Sebastián
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Donostia
city: Santiago de Compostela
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario de Santiago
city: Sevilla
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
city: Sevilla
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena
city: Valencia
country: Spain
facility: Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria La Fe
city: València
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Clínic Universitari
city: Zaragoza
country: Spain
facility: Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
city: Göteborg
country: Sweden
facility: Queen Silvia's Children's Hospital
city: Linköping
country: Sweden
facility: Linköping University Hospital
city: Lund
country: Sweden
facility: Skåne University Hospital
city: Stockholm
country: Sweden
facility: Karolinska University Hospital
city: Umeå
country: Sweden
facility: Norrlands University Hospital
city: Uppsala
country: Sweden
facility: Uppsala Academic Children's Hospital
city: Aarau
country: Switzerland
facility: Kantonsspital Aarau
city: Basel
country: Switzerland
facility: Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel
city: Bellinzona
country: Switzerland
facility: Ospedale San Giovanni
city: Bern
country: Switzerland
facility: Inselspital Bern
city: Genève
country: Switzerland
facility: HUG Hôpitaux Universitaires Genève
city: Lausanne
country: Switzerland
facility: CHUV - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois - Unité d'hémato-oncologie pédiatrique
city: Lucerne
country: Switzerland
facility: Luzerner Kantonsspital
city: St. Gallen
country: Switzerland
facility: Ostschweizer Kinderspital
city: Zürich
country: Switzerland
facility: Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich
Study officials:
affiliation: Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
name: Adela Cañete, MD, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Institut Curie
name: Gudrun Schleiermacher
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Oxford: John Radcliffe Hospital, UK
name: Kate Wheeler
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Policlinico Universitario, Italy
name: Andrea di Cataldo
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens
name: Vassilius Papadakis
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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