Ixabepilone in Treating Young Patients With Refractory Solid Tumors
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00331643 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 31, 2006
Last Update Posted : November 14, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma Adult Synovial Sarcoma Alveolar Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma Childhood Synovial Sarcoma Embryonal Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma Previously Treated Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma Recurrent Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma Recurrent Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma Recurrent Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma Recurrent Ewing Sarcoma/Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Recurrent Neuroblastoma Recurrent Osteosarcoma Recurrent Wilms Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors | Drug: ixabepilone | Phase 2 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine the response rate to ixabepilone in various strata of recurrent solid malignant tumors of childhood and young adulthood, including all of the following: Embryonal or alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma/peripheral neuroectodermal tumor, synovial sarcoma or malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, Wilms' tumor, and neuroblastoma.
II. Determine the time to progression for each tumor stratum. III. Prospectively evaluate the feasibility and utility of automated volumetric tumor measurement in patients with measurable pulmonary metastases, and descriptively compare volumetric measurements to 1-dimensional (RECIST criteria) and 2-dimensional (WHO criteria) measurements.
IV. Define and describe the toxicities of ixabepilone.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to disease (Ewing's sarcoma/ peripheral neuroectodermal tumor vs osteosarcoma vs alveolar or embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma vs Wilms' tumor vs neuroblastoma vs synovial sarcoma/malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor).
Patients receive ixabepilone IV over 1 hour on days 1-5. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every year for 5 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 120 patients will be accrued for this study.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 120 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase II Trial of Ixabepilone (BMS-247550), an Epothilone B Analog, in Children and Young Adults With Refractory Solid Tumors |
Study Start Date : | April 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2007 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment (ixabepilone)
Patients receive ixabepilone IV over 1 hour on days 1-5. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.
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Drug: ixabepilone
Given IV
Other Names:
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- Time to progression [ Time Frame: From enrollment until disease progression, death because of treatment complications, resection of measurable tumor or last patient follow-up whichever is first, assessed up to 5 years ]Estimated using the product-limit method of Kaplan and Meier.
- Progression-free survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: At 6 months ]The probability of PFS at 6 months will be summarized.
- Response rate (complete response [CR] and partial response [PR]) according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor (RECIST) and World Health Organization (WHO) criteria [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Response rates will be calculated as the percent of patients whose best response is a CR or PR, and the fraction of responses obtained will have a 95% confidence interval, which takes into consideration the two-stage nature of the design.
- Toxicity as assessed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Toxicity information recorded will include the type, severity, time of onset, time of resolution, and the probable association with the study regimen. Tables will be constructed to summarize the observed incidence by severity and type of toxicity.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 1 Year to 35 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
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Histologically confirmed diagnosis (at original diagnosis or recurrence) of 1 of the following:
- Embryonal or alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
- Osteosarcoma*
- Ewing's sarcoma /peripheral neuroectodermal tumor*
- Synovial sarcoma or malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor*
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Wilms' tumor*
- Age ≤ 21 years at original diagnosis
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Neuroblastoma
- Age ≤ 21 years at original diagnosis
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Clinically or radiographically measurable or evaluable (by iodine I 123 metaiodobenzoguanine sulfate [^123I-MIBG] or bone scan [evaluable tumors must be positive at ≥ 1 site])
- If lesion was previously irradiated, a biopsy must be performed ≥ 6 weeks after completion of radiotherapy and viable neuroblastoma must be demonstrated
- No elevated urinary catecholamines and/or bone marrow evidence of tumor with measurable disease clinically or by imaging modalities (CT scan, MRI, ^123I-MIBG, or bone scan)
- Refractory or recurrent disease with no known curative treatment options
- ECOG performance status (PS) 0-2 OR Karnofsky PS 50-100% (patients > 16 years of age) OR Lansky PS 50-100% (patients ≤ 16 years)
- Life expectancy ≥ 8 weeks
- No evidence of active graft-versus-host disease
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm³ (no growth factors)
- Platelet count ≥ 75,000/mm³ (transfusion independent)
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Fertile patients must agree to use effective contraception
- Negative pregnancy test
- Hemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dL (may receive RBC transfusions)
- Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate ≥ 70 mL/min
- Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
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No clinically significant unrelated systemic illness that would preclude study treatment, including any of the following:
- Serious infections
- Hepatic, renal, or other organ dysfunction
- CNS toxicity ≤ grade 2
- No pre-existing sensory or motor neuropathy ≥ grade 2
- Seizure disorder allowed provided it is well controlled by anticonvulsants
- No known prior severe hypersensitivity reaction to agents containing Cremophor EL®
- Fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy
- More than 2 weeks since prior myelosuppressive chemotherapy (4 weeks if prior nitrosourea)
- At least 7 days since prior biologic agents
- At least 2 weeks since prior local palliative (small-port) radiotherapy
- At least 6 months since prior craniospinal radiotherapy OR radiotherapy to ≥ 50% of the pelvis
- At least 6 weeks since other prior substantial bone marrow radiotherapy
- At least 4 months since prior allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT)
- At least 2 months since prior autologous SCT
- No prior taxane (paclitaxel, docetaxel) therapy
- More than 1 week since prior growth factor use (except epoetin alfa)
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More than 1 week since prior and no concurrent strong inhibitors ofCYP3A4, including any of the following:
- Clarithromycin
- Troleandomycin
- Erythromycin
- Ketoconazole
- Itraconazole
- Fluconazole (doses > 3mg/kg/day)
- Voriconazole
- Nefazodone
- Fluvoxamine
- Verapamil
- Diltiazem
- Amiodarone
- Grapefruit juice
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More than 1 week since prior and no concurrent enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants, including any of the following:
- Carbamazepine
- Felbamate
- Phenobarbital
- Phenytoin
- Primidone
- Oxcarbazepine
- No concurrent aprepitant
- No concurrent Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort)
- No concurrent sargramostim (GM-CSF) or interleukin-11
- No other concurrent chemotherapy or immunomodulating agents
- No concurrent radiotherapy
- Concurrent steroids allowed for pain or chemotherapy-associated nausea or vomiting

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00331643
United States, California | |
Children's Oncology Group | |
Arcadia, California, United States, 91006-3776 |
Principal Investigator: | Brigitte Widemann | Children's Oncology Group |
Responsible Party: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00331643 |
Obsolete Identifiers: | NCT00318526 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NCI-2012-01826 NCI-2012-01826 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) COG-ADVL0524 CDR0000472912 NCI-P6451 NCI-06-C-0146 ADVL0524 ( Other Identifier: Children's Oncology Group ) ADVL0524 ( Other Identifier: CTEP ) U10CA098543 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | May 31, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 14, 2014 |
Last Verified: | January 2014 |
Neoplasms Sarcoma Neuroblastoma Osteosarcoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Sarcoma, Ewing Neuroectodermal Tumors Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive Wilms Tumor Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral Sarcoma, Synovial Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial |
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue Neoplasms, Bone Tissue Neoplasms, Connective Tissue Myosarcoma Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed Kidney Neoplasms Urologic Neoplasms Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary Kidney Diseases Urologic Diseases |