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Comparing 5 approaches for childhood extracranial germ cell tumor

Official title: Active Surveillance, Bleomycin, Etoposide, Carboplatin or Cisplatin in Treating Pediatric and Adult Patients With Germ Cell Tumors

A Phase 3 Study of Active Surveillance for Low Risk and a Randomized Trial of Carboplatin vs. Cisplatin for Standard Risk Pediatric and Adult Patients With Germ Cell Tumors

Condition: Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell TumorSponsor: Children's Oncology GroupTarget enrollment: 1780
  • Phase 3
  • 5 groups
  • Sites in Québec, Calgary and 12 more cities
  • Recruiting
CHU de Quebec-Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite Laval (CHUL), QuébecAlberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AlbertaUniversity of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AlbertaBritish Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British ColumbiaCancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, ManitobaJaneway Child Health Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorIWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova ScotiaMcMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, OntarioKingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, OntarioChildren's Hospital, London, OntarioChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, OntarioOdette Cancer Centre- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, OntarioHospital for Sick Children, Toronto, OntarioUniversity Health Network-Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, OntarioThe Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC, Montreal, QuebecCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QuebecCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke-Fleurimont, Sherbrooke, Quebec

Interventions (11)

  • Other intervention

    Best Practice

    Undergo observation

  • Medical procedure

    Biopsy Procedure

    Undergo a tumor biopsy

  • Medical procedure

    Biospecimen Collection

    Undergo blood sample collection

Canadian Sites (17)

17 of 17 recruiting

  • Alberta Children's Hospital

    Calgary, Alberta

    Recruiting
  • University of Alberta Hospital

    Edmonton, Alberta

    Recruiting
  • British Columbia Children's Hospital

    Vancouver, British Columbia

    Recruiting

Eligibility Criteria

See who this study is looking for65 criteria

The trial’s own eligibility text, word for word from the registry. Only the trial site can say who takes part.

Inclusion

  • +There is no age limit for the low risk stratum (stage I ovarian immature teratoma and stage I non-seminoma or seminoma malignant GCT \[all sites\])
  • +Standard risk 1: Patients must be \< 11 years of age at enrollmentEnrolmentThe number of participants a study plans to include, or has included.Read more →
  • +Standard risk 2: Patients must be \>= 11 and \< 25 years of age at enrollment
  • +Patients enrolling on one of the low risk armsArmOne of the groups in a study, each receiving something different.Read more → must be newly diagnosed with a stage I germ cell tumor; for the standard risk arms, patients must be newly diagnosed with malignant germ cell tumor (stage II or higher).
  • +Histologic confirmation of a primary extracranial germ cell tumor in any of the categories outlined below is required of all patients at enrollment , with the following exceptions:
  • +Patients may be enrolled without histologic or cytologic confirmation in the rare case where there are exceptionally raised tumor markers (alpha fetoprotein \[AFP- ≥ 500 ng/mL or HCG ≥ 500 IU/L) and radiologic features consistent with GCT. In addition, the treating clinician must deem that the patient's tumor is not suitable for upfront resection and that a biopsy is not in the patient's best interest; or that there is a need to start therapy urgently
  • +Low risk immature teratoma (IT); siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more →: ovarian; stage: any; grade: any; histology: pure immature teratoma, mixed immature and mature teratoma, (may contain microscopic foci of yolk sac tumor \[\< 3 mm\], but no other pathological evidence of MGCT); tumor markers: alpha-FP =\< 1,000 ng/mL, beta-HCG institutional normal; all ages
  • +Low risk stage I non-seminoma MGCT; site: ovarian, testicular, or extragonadal; stage: COG stage I, FIGO stage IA and IB, American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) testicular stage IA, IB and IS; histology: must contain at least one of the following: yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma, or choriocarcinoma (pure or mixed); all ages
  • +Low risk stage I seminoma-MGCT; site: testicular; stage: COG stage I; AJCC testicular stage IA IB, and IS; histology: must contain only seminoma; may contain immature/mature teratoma; may NOT contain yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma, or choriocarcinoma; all ages
  • +Standard risk 1 (SR1); site: ovarian, testicular, or extragonadal; stage: COG stage II-IV, FIGO stage IC-IV, (International Germ Cell Consensus Classification \[IGCCC\] criteria DO NOT apply); histology: must contain at least one of the following: yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma, or choriocarcinoma; age (years) \< 11
  • +Standard risk 2 (SR2)
  • +Site: ovarian; stage: COG stage II, III, and III-X, FIGO stage IC, II and III; histology: must contain at least one of the following: yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma, or choriocarcinoma; age (years) \>= 11 and \< 25
  • +Site: testicular; stage: COG stage II-IV, AJCC stage II, III, IGCCC good risk; histology: must contain at least one of the following: yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma, or choriocarcinoma: must be IGCCC good risk; post op: alpha-FP \< 1,000 ng/mL, beta-HCG \< 5,000 IU/mL and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) \< 3.0 x normal; age (years) \>= 11 and \< 25
  • +IGCCC criteria only apply to SR2 patients with a testicular primary tumor
  • +Use post-op tumor marker levels to determine IGCCC risk group
  • +Pure seminoma patients are not eligible for the standard risk arms of the study
  • +For the low risk stage I non-seminoma MGCT and the standard risk arms, components of yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma, or choriocarcinoma can be mixed with other forms of GCT, such as seminoma or mature or immature teratoma; if yolk sac tumor is the only malignant component present, then it must be deemed by the pathologist to be greater than a "microscopic component" of yolk sac tumor
  • +Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1, 2 or 3; use Karnofsky for patients \> 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =\< 16 years of age
  • +Adequate renal function defined as:
  • +Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 (within 7 days prior to enrollment) OR
  • +A serum creatinine based on age/sex as follows (within 7 days prior to enrollment): (mg/dL)
  • +1 month to \< 6 months male: 0.4 female: 0.4
  • +6 months to \< 1 year male: 0.5 female: 0.5
  • +1 to \< 2 years male: 0.6 female: 0.6
  • +2 to \< 6 years male: 0.8 female: 0.8
  • +6 to \< 10 years male: 1 female: 1
  • +10 to \< 13 years male: 1.2 female: 1.2
  • +13 to \< 16 years: male: 1.5 female: 1.4
  • +\>= 16 years male: 1.7 female: 1.4
  • +Total bilirubin =\< 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
  • +Unless due to Gilbert's disease, malignant involvement of liver or vanishing bile duct syndrome
  • +Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
  • +Unless due to Gilbert's disease, malignant involvement of liver or vanishing bile duct syndrome
  • +Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 750/mm\^3 (within 7 days prior to enrollment) AND
  • +Platelet count \>= 75,000/mm\^3 (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
  • +Patients enrolling on the standard risk arms must be medically fit to receive protocolProtocolThe detailed plan a study must follow.Read more → treatment and with no contraindications to protocol treatment
  • +Eligibility criteriaEligibility criteriaThe full list of requirements for taking part in a study.Read more → to participate in the pilot study of the AYA-Hears instrument (patient reported outcomes \[PROs\] of ototoxicity) Note: participants in group 1 will not receive AGCT1531 protocol-directed therapy; all other AYA-HEARS patients must be enrolled on the AGCT1531 SR2 arm in order to participate
  • +\>= 11 and \< 25 years old at enrollment
  • +Able to fluently speak and read English
  • +Followed for cancer or survivorship care at one of the following institutions:
  • +Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • +Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
  • +Hospital for Sick Children
  • +Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
  • +Oregon Health and Science University
  • +Seattle Children's Hospital
  • +Yale University
  • +Among patients were initially diagnosed with completely resected non-seminoma malignant GCT and later recur during observation post surgery, a diagnostic biopsy is not required for enrollment if elevated tumor markers rise to \> 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) on at least 2 measurements taken at least 1 week apart. The pathology report of initial surgery should be provided
  • +Organ function requirements apply ONLY to patients who will receive chemotherapy (SR1 and SR2 patients)
  • +Has received prior cisplatin- or carboplatin-based chemotherapy regimen for malignancy including diagnoses other than germ cell tumor

Exclusion

  • Patients with any diagnoses not listed including:
  • Stage I testicular cancer patients who have undergone primary RPLND (retroperitoneal lymph node dissection)
  • Pure ovarian or extragonadal dysgerminoma/seminoma
  • Pure mature teratoma
  • Pure immature teratoma with alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) \>= 1000 ng/mL
  • "Poor risk" GCT (age \>= 11 years old and COG stage IV ovarian, COG stage II- IV extragonadal, or IGCCC intermediate or poor risk testicular), or
  • Primary central nervous system (CNS) germ cell tumor
  • Germ cell tumor with somatic malignant transformation
  • Spermatocytic seminoma
  • Patients must have had no prior systemic therapy for the current cancer diagnosis
  • Patients with significant, pre-existing co-morbid respiratory disease that contraindicate the use of bleomycin are ineligible for the standard risk armsArmOne of the groups in a study, each receiving something different.Read more → of the trial
  • Patients must have had no prior radiation therapy with the exception of CNS irradiation of brain metastases; (this exception only applies to SR1 patients; any patients over age 11 with distant metastases to brain \[stage IV disease\] would be considered poor risk and therefore not eligible for this trial)
  • Female patients who are pregnant since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs; a pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential; (this criteria applies ONLY to patients who will receive chemotherapy \[SR1 and SR2 patients\])
  • Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants; (this criteria applies ONLY to patients who will receive chemotherapy \[SR1 and SR2 patients\])
  • Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation; (this criteria applies ONLY to patients who will receive chemotherapy \[SR1 and SR2 patients\])
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In plain language

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Learning 
What this study is

This study is testing a treatment for a condition.

Phase 3Phase 3A large study comparing a treatment against the current standard.Read more → — a large study comparing this against the current standard, usually across many hospitals.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.designInfo.primaryPurpose
  • designModule.phases
Who receives what

There are 5 groups in this study.

Group A receives Carboplatin and Etoposide, together with one or more of: Biopsy Procedure, Biospecimen Collection, Bleomycin Sulfate, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Pulmonary Function Test and Questionnaire Administration.

Registry label: A: Arm I (bleomycin, carboplatin, etoposide)

Groups B and D receive Etoposide and Cisplatin, together with one or more of: Biopsy Procedure, Biospecimen Collection, Bleomycin Sulfate, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Pulmonary Function Test and Questionnaire Administration.

Registry label: B: Arm II (bleomycin, etoposide, cisplatin) · D: Arm IV (bleomycin, etoposide, cisplatin)

Group C receives Etoposide and Carboplatin, together with one or more of: Biopsy Procedure, Biospecimen Collection, Bleomycin Sulfate, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Pulmonary Function Test and Questionnaire Administration.

Registry label: C: Arm III (bleomycin, etoposide, carboplatin)

Group E receives one or more of: Best Practice, Biopsy Procedure, Biospecimen Collection, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Questionnaire Administration.

Registry label: E: Low-Risk (observation)

From the trial registry

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  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
How the study is run

Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.

This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.designInfo.allocation
  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

From the trial registry

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  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
Who the study is looking for

The study is open to people of any sex.

The study does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

These are the criteria the study lists. Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part.

From the trial registry

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  • eligibilityModule.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How big and how long

The study aims to enrol about 1,780 people.

The study is currently expected to finish around June 2027.

The main measurement is taken over: Two years post enrollmentEnrolmentThe number of participants a study plans to include, or has included.Read more →.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
What the study measures

Overall survival — measured over Two years post enrollmentEnrolmentThe number of participants a study plans to include, or has included.Read more →.

Event-free survival — measured over Two years post enrollment.

From the trial registry

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  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].measure
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame

Source: NCT03067181 on ClinicalTrials.gov. The full registry text is further down this page — this summary never replaces it.

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What is being tested — in plain terms

About Best PracticeOther

Undergo observation

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a other is here: An intervention the registry did not place in another category.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About Biopsy ProcedureProcedure

Undergo a tumor biopsy

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a procedure is here: A surgery, technique or clinical procedure being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About Biospecimen CollectionProcedure

Undergo blood sample collection

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a procedure is here: A surgery, technique or clinical procedure being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About Bleomycin SulfateBiological

Given IV

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a biological is here: A treatment made from or by living systems — such as antibodies, vaccines, or cell-based therapies.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About CarboplatinDrug

Given IV

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About CisplatinDrug

Given IV

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About Computed TomographyProcedure

Undergo a CT scan

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a procedure is here: A surgery, technique or clinical procedure being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About EtoposideDrug

Given IV

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About Magnetic Resonance ImagingProcedure

Undergo MRI

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a procedure is here: A surgery, technique or clinical procedure being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About Pulmonary Function TestProcedure

Undergo a pulmonary function test

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a procedure is here: A surgery, technique or clinical procedure being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About Questionnaire AdministrationOther

Ancillary studies

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a other is here: An intervention the registry did not place in another category.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

Common questions

Answered from this trial’s registry record. Where the record doesn’t say, these answers say so rather than filling the gap.

Am I eligible for this trial?

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part. Concord cannot make that determination, and neither can any tool that has not examined you.

The full inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → and exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → are published on this page, exactly as the study team wrote them.

The useful next step is to bring this trial to your doctor. Answering a few questions first gives them something concrete to review.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.eligibilityCriteria
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

From the trial registry
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Would I know which treatment I am getting?

This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.

Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
  • designModule.designInfo.allocation
Who can join?

It is open to people of any sex.

It does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can confirm whether a particular person can take part.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?

The study's main measurement is taken over: Two years post enrollmentEnrolmentThe number of participants a study plans to include, or has included.Read more →.

The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2027-06-30.

How long any one person takes part can differ from the study length. The study team can tell you what the schedule looks like in practice.

From the trial registry
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
How many people are taking part?

The study aims to enrol about 1,780 people.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
Where is this happening?

This study lists 71 locations, including: Québec, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and 65 more.

Sites can open and close during a study, so confirm with the team before travelling.

From the trial registry
  • trial_locations

About This Trial

This phase III trial studies how well active surveillance help doctors to monitor subjects with low risk germ cell tumors for recurrence after their tumor is removed. When the germ cell tumor has spread outside of the organ in which it developed, it is considered metastatic. Chemotherapy drugs, such as bleomycin, carboplatin, etoposide, and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. The trial studies whether carboplatin or cisplatin is the preferred chemotherapy to use in treating metastatic standard risk germ cell tumors.

Other Sites (82)

C S Mott Children's Hospital

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Bronson Battle Creek

Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

Children's Hospital of Michigan

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Henry Ford Health Saint John Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

OSF Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Group

Escanaba, Michigan, United States

Hurley Medical Center

Flint, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Butterworth Hospital

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Bronson Methodist Hospital

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

West Michigan Cancer Center

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Beacon Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital

Muskegon, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals - Niles Hospital

Niles, Michigan, United States

Lake Huron Medical Center

Port Huron, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Reed City Hospital

Reed City, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Children's

Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals - Marie Yeager Cancer Center

Saint Joseph, Michigan, United States

And 62 more sites worldwide.

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