Conditions: Solid Tumors Brain Tumors
Keywords: Solid Tumors Brain Tumors
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 2
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This is a study of amifostine to determine how effective it is in the reduction of infection in a high dose chemotherapy regimen with autologous stem cell rescue in children with high risk, relapsed or refractory pediatric solid tumors.

Detailed description:
Autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) permits chemotherapy dose-escalation to exploit the steep dose-response of solid tumors to alkylating agents. Although ASCT regimens have activity in some high risk pediatric solid tumors, non-hematological regimen-related morbidity and mortality are major barriers to additional dose escalation. We hypothesized that the chemoprotectant amifostine (Ethyol®) would reduce the toxicity of ASCT without compromising anti-tumor efficacy. This is a study of amifostine at 1125 mg/m2 to determine the efficacy of it's chemoprotection in the reduction of bacteremia in a high dose busulfan, melphalan and thiotepa chemotherapy regimen with autologous stem cell rescue in children with high risk, relapsed or refractory pediatric solid tumors.

Arms:
arm 1: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Amifostine
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Amifostine (Ethyol) 1125 mg/m2 will be given intravenously daily over 5 minutes starting 30 minutes prior to chemotherapy (melphalan or thiotepa) on days -5, -4, -3, -2, and on day -1 twenty four hours after prior dose of amifostine.

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