Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Rhabdomyosarcoma Using Molecular Risk Stratification and Liposomal Irinotecan Based Therapy in Children With Intermediate and High Risk Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeUp to 22
SponsorSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital

About this trial

This is a phase II study to determine safety and efficacy of combining liposomal irinotecan with vincristine alternating with VAC in intermediate-risk patients, liposomal irinotecan with temozolomide and vincristine alternating with VAC in high-risk patients and the chemotherapy combinations when given with concomitant radiation therapy in intermediate and high risk patients.

Primary Objective

* Estimate event-free survival for intermediate-risk participants treated with VAC and vincristine and liposomal irinotecan (VLI) with the addition of maintenance therapy with vinorelbine and cyclophosphamide. * Estimate the event-free survival for high-risk patients treated with VAC and vincristine, liposomal irinotecan, and temozolomide with the addition of maintenance therapy with vinorelbine and cyclophosphamide.

Secondary Objectives

* To assess the relation between pharmacogenetic variation in CEP72 genotype and vinca alkaloid (vincristine; vinorelbine) disposition in children with rhabdomyosarcoma. * To assess the relation between the pharmacogenetic variation in drug metabolizing enzymes and drug transporters, and the pharmacokinetics of vinca alkaloids, liposomal irinotecan, and cyclophosphamide in children with rhabdomyosarcoma. * To assess the extent of inter-patient variability in the pharmacokinetics of vinca alkaloids, liposomal irinotecan, and cyclophosphamide in children with rhabdomyosarcoma, and explore possible associations between drug disposition and patient specific covariates (e.g., age, sex, race, weight). * Estimate the cumulative incidence of local recurrence and overall 3-year event-free survival in patients with low-risk disease, intermediate-risk disease or high-risk disease treated with either no adjuvant radiation or minimal volume radiation and compare these outcomes with the outcomes achieved on RMS13.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Low-risk: TP53 and MYOD1 negative AND

Stage 1 Group I, Group II

Stage 1 Group III orbital only

Stage 2 Group I, Group II

Disqualifiers

Ongoing or history of non-infectious interstitial lung disease requiring significant medical intervention.

Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation and for at least 3 months after treatment is completed.

Female patients who are pregnant are not eligible since fetal toxicities or teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs. Female participants > 10 years of age or post-menarchal must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 24 hours prior to beginning treatment.

Lactating females who are or plan to breastfeed their infants are not eligible.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Vincristine

    Drug

    Low -risk Administer IV push over 1 minute (or infusion via minibag as per institutional standards) on Day 1 of Weeks 1,8, 15 (3) doses. The maximum dose is 2 mg for all participants. Intermediate-risk Administer IV, over 1 minute, 3 doses, weekly on day1 High-risk Administer by IV infusion over 1 minute, 3 doses, weekly on day 1,8,15

  • Dactinomycin

    Drug

    Low-risk Administer by slow IV push over 1-5 minutes on Day 1 of Weeks 1, (1) dose. The maximum dose is 2.5 mg for all participants. Intermediate-risk Administer by slow IV over 1-5 minutes., 1 doses weekly on day 1 High-risk Administer by slow IV over 1-5 minutes, day1

  • Cyclophosphamide

    Drug

    Low-risk Administer by IV infusion over 30-60 minutes on Day 1, 91) dose, Mesna and hydration will be given with IV cyclophosphamide according to institutional standards. Intermediate-risk Administer by IV infusion over 30-60 minutes, 1 dose, day 1 High-risk Administer by IV infusion over 30-60 minutes, 1 dose, day1

  • Surgical Resection

    Procedure/Surgery

    Low, Intermediate and High-risk

  • Proton beam radiation or external beam radiation or brachytherapy

    Procedure/Surgery

    Low, Intermediate and High-risk

  • Liposomal irinotecan

    Drug

    Intermediate and High-risk Administer by IV infusion over 90 minutes, 1 dose on day 1 Liposomal irinotecan should be premedicated with dexamethasone (or an equivalent corticosteroid) if not contraindicated. Premedication with diphenhydramine and an H2 receptor antagonist (i.e., famotidine) are also encouraged.

  • Vinorelbine

    Drug

    Intermediate and High-risk Administer via slow IV push over 6-10 minutes (or infusion via minibag as per institutional standards) on Day 1 of Weeks 43-45, 47-49, 51-53, 55-57, 59-61, 63-65.

  • Temozolomide

    Drug

    High-risk Administer PO (or by NG or G tube) 5 doses, on Days 1-5 When administering with liposomal irinotecan, administer temozolomide prior to liposomal irinotecan. Preferably, administer on an empty stomach (at least 1 hour before and 2 hours after food) to improve absorption. When using temozolomide capsules, round dose to the nearest 5 mg capsule. The capsule may be opened, and contents mixed with applesauce or apple juice. A compounded oral suspension is also available. If emesis occurs within 20 minutes of taking a dose of temozolomide, then the dose may be repeated once.

  • Filgrastim, peg-filgrastim

    Drug

    Low, Intermediate and High-risk: Prophylactic myeloid growth factor support (Filgrastim or Pegfilgrastim) should be used after all VAC cycles for patients on the high-risk arm. Start myeloid growth factor support (for example, filgrastim 5 mcg/kg/dose SubQ daily until the ANC is ≥ 2000/μL after the expected nadir OR pegfilgrastim 0.1 mg/kg/dose \[for patients \< 45 kg\] or 6 mg/dose \[for patients ≥ 45 kg\] SubQ x 1 dose) 24-48 hours after VAC cycles. Filgrastim may be continued without regard to VCR. Discontinue filgrastim at least 24 hours before the start of the next cycle. Prophylactic myeloid growth factor support should NOT be used after VLIT cycles or during maintenance chemotherapy.

Treatment groups

135 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Low -riskExperimental treatment 5 interventions
Group B: Intermediate-riskExperimental treatment 8 interventions
Group C: High-riskExperimental treatment 9 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Maximum tolerated doses (MTDs)

MTD is defined in the study as the highest treatment dose that would deliver desirable treatment effects without resulting in a target toxicity rate greater than 0.3. For each of three groups (intermediate-risk, high-risk, and intermediate-and-high-risk-with-early-radiation), we will employ the Bayesian optimal interval (BOIN) design to find the MTD.

Time frame
4 years
2

Event-free survival (EFS)

We will estimate the 2-year event-free survival for intermediate-risk and high-risk patients, which is the estimated probability of a patient not having any events within the 2-year follow-up. If an event, including local failure, distant failure, death or loss to follow-up occurs for a patient within 2-year, we call it failure, otherwise call it response.

Time frame
2 years post, off therapy
3

Local recurrence rate (LRR)

LRR is defined as a binary endpoint in the study. The local recurrence-free survival (LRFS) is defined as time from randomization to the earlier date of the first of local disease recurrence or death due to any cause. The distant failure will be considered to be the competing risk, patients for whom follow-up ended without clinical improvement will be censored. The goal of the local recurrence rate endpoint is to evaluate the 2-year LRR by comparing the administration of 59.4 GyRBE and 68 GyRBE for patients (pooled intermediate- and high-risk groups) with tumor size greater than or equal to 5cm meeting the eligibility criteria for randomization (no biliary tree or specific extremity cases). .

Time frame
2 years

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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