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NCT Number: NCT01183429

3F8/GM-CSF Immunotherapy Plus 13-Cis-Retinoic Acid for Consolidation of First Remission After Non-Myeloablative Therapy in Patients With High-Risk Neuroblastoma

The purpose of this study is to find out what effects, good and/or bad, the combination of 3F8 and GM-CSF has on the patient and the cancer.

Antibodies are made by the body to attack tumors and to fight infections. 3F8 is the name of one kind of antibody. It is made by mice, and it can attack neuroblastoma in people. 3F8 has been used safely in many patients, and it has killed cancer cells in some patients. One way it can kill cancer cells is by causing the patient's own white blood cells to attack the cancer. Granulocytes are one kind of white blood cell. GM-CSF increases the number of granulocytes in people, and it makes the granulocytes better able to kill the cancer cells.

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Key information

Conditions

Neuroblastoma Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial Neuroectodermal Tumors Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral

Age range

18 month and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, 10065, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of NB as defined by a) histopathology (confirmed by the MSKCC Department of Pathology), or b) BM metastases or MIBG-avid lesion(s) plus high urine catecholamine levels.
  • High-risk NB as defined by risk-related treatment guidelines1 and the International NB Staging System,89 i.e., stage 4 with (any age) or without (≥18 months of age) MYCN amplification, MYCN-amplified stage 2 or stage 3 (any age), or MYCN-amplified stage 4S.
  • The patients are in first CR/VGPR after conventional therapy. They have no measurable MIBG-avid soft tissue tumor assessable for response.
  • Signed informed consent indicating awareness of the investigational nature of this program.

Exclusion criteria

  • Creatinine > 3.0 mg/dL
  • ALT, AST and Alkaline Phosphatase > 5.0 times the upper limit of normal
  • Bilirubin > 3.0 mg/dL
  • Patients with grade 3 or higher toxicities (using the CTCAE v3.0) related to cardiac, neurological, pulmonary or gastrointestinal function as determined by physical exam. Patients must have normal blood pressure for age.
  • Progressive disease
  • History of allergy to mouse proteins.
  • Active life-threatening infection.
  • Human anti-mouse antibody (HAMA) titer >1000 Elisa units/ml.
  • Inability to comply with protocol requirements

Treatment and study plan

3F8 and 13-cis-retinoic acid

Drug

3F8 is dosed at 80 mg/m2/day (cycles 1-2) or 20 mg/m2/day (cycles 3 and beyond) and infused iv over 30-90 minutes. 13-cis-retinoic acid is dosed at 160 mg/m2/day, divided into two doses, x14 days. If a dose is missed, it can be made up at the end of the cycle. It is not taken on same days as 3F8. *High-dose 3F8 will be administered only for patients enrolled on protocol from A(0) to A(7). Starting with A(8), patients receive standard dose (20mg/m2/day) during cycles 1 and 2.

Primary outcomes

  1. Assess the Impact of High-dose 3F8/GM-CSF

    Time frame: 2 years

    on relapse-free survival in patients in first complete or very good partial remission, but at high risk of relapse.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Apply Real-time Quantitative RT-PCR

    Time frame: 2 years

    to test the hypothesis that the minimal residual disease content of bone marrow after the first treatments with 3F8/GMCSF has significant prognostic impact on relapse-free survival.

  2. Monitor Safety of the High-dose Antibody Treatment

    Time frame: 2 years

    to assure no side-effects or noxious sequelae develop or emerge that were not seen in the prior phase I study.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Registry information

Official study title

3F8/GM-CSF Immunotherapy Plus 13-Cis-Retinoic Acid for Consolidation of First Remission After Non-Myeloablative Therapy in Patients With High-Risk Neuroblastoma: A Phase II Study

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Aug 17, 2010
Registry last updated
Aug 13, 2019

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