Clinical trial NCT00002806: Chemotherapy Followed by Radiation Therapy in Treating Adults With Supratentorial Glioma
Official title: PHASE II STUDY OF PREIRRADIATION PCV CHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH SUPRATENTORIAL LOW-GRADE GLIOMAS
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Keywords: adult diffuse astrocytoma
Lead sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2004-05-26
Enrollment: 43
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine followed by radiation therapy in treating adults who have supratentorial glioma.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Estimate the response rate of patients with newly diagnosed supratentorial low-grade glioma following neoadjuvant chemotherapy with PCV (procarbazine/lomustine/vincristine). II. Describe the toxicity of PCV. III. Determine the incidence of disease progression in these patients during PCV treatment.

OUTLINE: The following acronyms are used: CCNU Lomustine, NSC-79037 PCB Procarbazine, NSC-77213 PCV PCB/CCNU/VCR VCR Vincristine, NSC-67574 3-Drug Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Radiotherapy. PCV; followed by external-beam cranial irradiation using at least 6 MV photons.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed supratentorial \* grade I/II glioma, including: Diffuse fibrillary astrocytoma No pilocytic astrocytoma No mixed tumor with ependymoma elements \* Supratentorial sites include: Frontal, temporal, parietal, or occipital lobes Thalamus, basal ganglia, or midbrain Lateral or third ventricles Pons, medulla, or optic chiasm tumors allowed only if secondary to eligible tumor More than 1 separate tumor allowed Diagnosis based on surgical biopsy or subtotal resection Measurable or evaluable disease on T2-weighted MRI required

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Hematopoietic: WBC greater than 3,500/mm3 Platelet count greater than 130,000/mm3 Hemoglobin greater than 9 g/dL Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) AST less than 2 times ULN Alkaline phosphatase less than 2 times ULN Renal: Creatinine less than 1.5 times ULN Other: No active or uncontrolled infection No second malignancy within 3 years except: Nonmelanomatous skin cancer In situ cervical cancer No pregnant or nursing women Negative pregnancy test required within 7 days prior to entry Effective contraception required of fertile patients

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: At least 1 week since prior steroids OR Stable steroid dose for at least 1 week prior to study Radiotherapy: No prior cranial or head and neck irradiation Surgery: See Disease Characteristics

Primary outcomes:
measure: Response rate
timeFrame: Up to 5 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Disease progression
timeFrame: Up to 5 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Scottsdale
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program
state: Arizona
city: Urbana
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
state: Illinois
city: Cedar Rapids
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project
state: Iowa
city: Des Moines
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association
state: Iowa
city: Sioux City
country: United States
facility: Siouxland Hematology-Oncology
state: Iowa
city: Wichita
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Wichita
state: Kansas
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
state: Michigan
city: Duluth
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Duluth
state: Minnesota
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
state: Minnesota
city: Saint Louis Park
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
state: Minnesota
city: Bismarck
country: United States
facility: Quain & Ramstad Clinic, P.C.
state: North Dakota
city: Fargo
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Merit Care Hospital
state: North Dakota
city: Grand Forks
country: United States
facility: Altru Health Systems
state: North Dakota
city: Toledo
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program
state: Ohio
city: Danville
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Geisinger Clinical and Medical Center
state: Pennsylvania
city: Rapid City
country: United States
facility: Rapid City Regional Hospital
state: South Dakota
city: Sioux Falls
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium
state: South Dakota
Study officials:
affiliation: Mayo Clinic
name: Jan C. Buckner, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Jenkins RB, Blair H, Ballman KV, Giannini C, Arusell RM, Law M, Flynn H, Passe S, Felten S, Brown PD, Shaw EG, Buckner JC. A t(1;19)(q10;p10) mediates the combined deletions of 1p and 19q and predicts a better prognosis of patients with oligodendroglioma. Cancer Res. 2006 Oct 15;66(20):9852-61. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-1796.
citation: Buckner JC, Gesme D Jr, O'Fallon JR, Hammack JE, Stafford S, Brown PD, Hawkins R, Scheithauer BW, Erickson BJ, Levitt R, Shaw EG, Jenkins R. Phase II trial of procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine as initial therapy for patients with low-grade oligodendroglioma or oligoastrocytoma: efficacy and associations with chromosomal abnormalities. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Jan 15;21(2):251-5. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.06.023.