Studying Health Outcomes After Treatment in Patients With Retinoblastoma (RIVERBOAT)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03932786 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : May 1, 2019
Last Update Posted : April 22, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Retinoblastoma Cancer Survivor Biological Sibling Intraocular Retinoblastoma Unilateral Retinoblastoma | Procedure: Biospecimen collection Other: Vision assessment Other: Questionnaire administration Other: Quality of life assessment Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Define acute toxicity, subsequent malignant neoplasm (SMN) risk and visual outcomes in retinoblastoma (RB) survivors and compare patient centered psychosocial and neurocognitive and physical outcomes in survivors with normative data and sibling controls.
II. Create the first Clinically-Annotated Patient Tissues to Analyze Gene INteractions to assess biologic correlates of disease and facilitate future research: The RIVERBOAT-CAPTAIN biorepository, including germline deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and tumor tissue from patients, with detailed patient, disease and treatment-related information.
III. Using the RIVERBOAT-CAPTAIN clinically-annotated biorepository, determine the interplay between specific RB1 mutation type and the role of additional modifier genes in determining those tumor phenotypes that drive treatment decisions.
OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 cohorts.
RETROSPECTIVE COHORT: Patients treated between 2008-2018 undergo collection of saliva samples at >= 6 months after treatment, and undergo vision assessment at >= 6 months after treatment and again 1 year later if necessary. Previously collected tissue samples at the time of surgery are also obtained. Patients also complete questionnaires at >= 6 months after treatment and again 2 years later.
PROSPECTIVE COHORT: Patients treated between 2018-2023 undergo collection of saliva samples at the time of enrollment and at 6 months after treatment. Patients also undergo vision assessment at the time of enrollment, at 6 months, and 18 months after completion of treatment. Patients also complete questionnaires at 6 months and again 2 years later, as well as undergo collection of tissue samples at the time of surgery. Immediate family members with history of RB or RB1 gene mutation also undergo collection saliva samples.
Study Type : | Observational |
Estimated Enrollment : | 900 participants |
Observational Model: | Case-Control |
Time Perspective: | Other |
Official Title: | Research Into Visual Endpoints and RB Health Outcomes After Treatment (RIVERBOAT) |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 24, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | January 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | January 2026 |

Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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Retrospective(biospecimens, vision assessment, questionnaires) |
Procedure: Biospecimen collection
Collection of tissue and saliva samples Other: Vision assessment Undergo vision assessment Other: Questionnaire administration Complete questionnaires Other: Quality of life assessment Complete questionnaires Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Correlative studies |
Prospective (biospecimens, vision assessment, questionnaires) |
Procedure: Biospecimen collection
Collection of tissue and saliva samples Other: Vision assessment Undergo vision assessment Other: Questionnaire administration Complete questionnaires Other: Quality of life assessment Complete questionnaires Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Correlative studies |
- Incidence of acute toxicity [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]
- Estimate malignant neoplasm (SMN) risk .Measured through medical record abstraction, [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]
- Assess visual outcomes measured via age appropriate visual acuity testing [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]
- Assess psycho-social outcomes utilizing questionnaires: BRIEF [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
- Genes will be tested to examine the role they play in Retinoblastoma. This will be done via whole-exome sequencing and whole RB1 Gene examination. [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]
- Assess quality of life utilizing questionnaires: BRIEF [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
- Assess quality of life utilizing questionnaires: CBCL [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
- Assess quality of life utilizing questionnaires: Youth Self-Report [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
- Assess quality of life utilizing questionnaires: Pediatric Quality of Life [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
- Assess visual outcomes measured via parent report [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]
- Assess visual outcomes measured via vision questionnaires [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]
- Assess psycho-social outcomes utilizing questionnaires: BRIEF-P, [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
- Assess psycho-social outcomes utilizing questionnaires: CBCL [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
- Assess psycho-social outcomes utilizing questionnaires: Youth Self-Report [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
- Assess psycho-social outcomes utilizing questionnaires: Pediatric Quality of Life [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
- Unilateral or bilateral intraocular retinoblastoma
- Diagnosis between the ages of 0 - 17.99 years
- Diagnosis on or after January 1, 2008
- No exclusions based on primary or secondary treatment modalities
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Retrospective group patients must be ≥ 6 months post end of treatment at study entry
- For those already at this timepoint, they are now eligible
- For those in treatment, or otherwise not yet at this timepoint, they are eligible once at they are ≥ 6 months post end of treatment
- Prospective group patients must not have begun treatment
- Patients with diminished capacity will not be enrolled.
- Language: Patients must be able to communicate in English, French, or Spanish
- Sibling Cohort: One sibling, not affected by retinoblastoma will be enrolled, preference for the sibling closest in age to the RB patient.
- Regulatory Requirements: All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent. All institutional, FDA, and NCI requirements for human studies must be met.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03932786
Contact: Vanderbilt-Ingram Service for Timely Access | 800-811-8480 | cip@vanderbilt.edu |
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Lurie Children's Hospital | Recruiting |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611 | |
Contact: Monica Newmark mnewmark@luriechildrens.org | |
Principal Investigator: Joanna Weinstein, MD | |
University of Illinois, Chicago | Recruiting |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612 | |
Contact: Kristen kitsch kitsc@uic.edu | |
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University of Minnesoa | Recruiting |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455 | |
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Washington School of Medicine at St. Louis | Recruiting |
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110 | |
Contact: Kara Sauerburger sauerburgerk@wustl.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Robert Hayashi, MD | |
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Recruiting |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229 | |
Contact: Amanda Pfeiffer amanda.pfeiffer@cchmc.org | |
Principal Investigator: Rajaram Nagarajan, MD | |
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Recruiting |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104 | |
Contact: Stephen Markham markhams@chop.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Amish Shah, MD, PhD | |
United States, Tennessee | |
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center | Recruiting |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232 | |
Contact: Vanderbilt-Ingram Service for Timely Access 800-811-8480 | |
United States, Texas | |
MD Anderson Cancer Center | Recruiting |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030 | |
Contact: Theresa Honey TAHoney@mdanderson.org | |
Principal Investigator: Anna Herzog, MD | |
Texas Childeren's Hospital | Recruiting |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030 | |
Contact: Najeeba Ali nmali@texaschildrens.org | |
Principal Investigator: Murali Chintagumpala, MD | |
United States, Wisconsin | |
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin | Recruiting |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226 | |
Contact: Veronica Seher vseher@mcw.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Cindy Schwartz, MD | |
Canada | |
The Hosptial for Sick Children | Recruiting |
Toronto, Canada | |
Contact: Roxanna Noronha roxanna.noronha@sickkids.ca | |
Principal Investigator: Helen Dimaras, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Debra Friedman, MD | Vanderbilt Medical Center |
Responsible Party: | Debra Friedman, Sponsor Investigator, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03932786 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
VICC PED 1878 NCI-2019-00635 ( Registry Identifier: NCI, Clinical Trials Reporting Program ) 1R01CA225005-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | May 1, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 22, 2022 |
Last Verified: | April 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Retinoblastoma Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial Neuroectodermal Tumors Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial |
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue Retinal Neoplasms Eye Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Eye Diseases, Hereditary Eye Diseases Retinal Diseases |