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Traumeel® S in Preventing and Treating Mucositis in Young Patients Undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation
This study has been completed.

First Received on April 7, 2004.   Last Updated on November 20, 2010   History of Changes
Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group
Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00080873
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Traumeel® S (a mouth rinse) may be effective in preventing or decreasing the severity of oral mucositis caused by chemotherapy in young patients who are undergoing stem cell transplantation.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well Traumeel® S works in preventing or treating mucositis in young patients who are receiving chemotherapy with or without total-body irradiation before undergoing stem cell transplantation.


Condition Intervention
Kidney Cancer
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Neuroblastoma
Oral Complications
Sarcoma
Dietary Supplement: Traumeel S

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Official Title: A Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Traumeel® S (IND#66649) for the Prevention and Treatment of Mucositis in Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

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Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Estimated Enrollment: 180
Study Start Date: April 2004
Primary Completion Date: November 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the efficacy of Traumeel® S vs placebo in reducing the severity and duration of chemotherapy-induced (with or without total body irradiation) mucositis in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
  • Determine the safety of this drug in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to treatment with total body irradiation during conditioning chemotherapy (yes vs no), type of transplantation (autologous vs allogeneic), and participating institution (COG vs foreign). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive oral Traumeel® S mouth rinse 5 times daily beginning on day -1 before transplantation.
  • Arm II: Patients receive oral placebo mouth rinse 5 times daily beginning on day -1 before transplantation.

In both arms, treatment continues until day 20 post-transplantation OR until mucositis resolves to Walsh score ≤ 1 for 2 consecutive days.

Patients are followed until day 100 post-transplantation.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 180 patients (90 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   3 Years to 25 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Planned treatment with allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

    • Conditioning chemotherapy regimen for transplantation must be myeloablative
    • Source of stem cells from any of the following:

      • Bone marrow
      • Placental cord
      • Cytokine-mobilized peripheral blood
  • Availability of 1 of the following donor types:

    • HLA-matched sibling or parent
    • Related donor mismatched for a single HLA locus (class I or II)
    • Unrelated marrow or peripheral blood stem cell donor
    • Unrelated umbilical cord blood HLA-matched or mismatched (class I) donor

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 3 to 25

Performance status

  • Not specified

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Not specified

Hepatic

  • Not specified

Renal

  • Not specified

Other

  • No known allergy to Echinacea
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • See Disease Characteristics

Chemotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • Not specified

Surgery

  • Not specified

Other

  • No concurrent oral vancomycin paste
  • No concurrent oral glutamine supplementation
  • No other mouth care or oral medications within 30 minutes after administration of study drugs
  • No other concurrent treatment to prevent mouth sores
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00080873

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Oncology Group
Investigators
Study Chair: Susan F. Sencer, MD Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
Investigator: Indira Sahdev, MD Schneider Children's Hospital
  More Information

Additional Information:
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00080873     History of Changes
Obsolete Identifiers: NCT00228800
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000356179, COG-ACCL0331
Study First Received: April 7, 2004
Last Updated: November 20, 2010
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
oral complications
disseminated neuroblastoma
previously treated childhood rhabdomyosarcoma
recurrent Wilms tumor and other childhood kidney tumors
recurrent/refractory childhood Hodgkin lymphoma
recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
recurrent childhood acute myeloid leukemia
recurrent childhood large cell lymphoma
recurrent childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma
recurrent childhood rhabdomyosarcoma
recurrent childhood small noncleaved cell lymphoma
untreated childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
untreated childhood acute myeloid leukemia and other myeloid malignancies
childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission
childhood acute myeloid leukemia in remission
childhood chronic myelogenous leukemia
juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
recurrent neuroblastoma

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Kidney Neoplasms
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Neuroblastoma
Mucositis
Sarcoma
Adenocarcinoma
Carcinoma
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Urologic Neoplasms
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Gastroenteritis
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases

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