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Testing Audiometric Test with Auditory Brainstem Response for childhood medulloblastoma

Official title: A Study of Treatment for Medulloblastoma Using Sodium Thiosulfate to Reduce Hearing Loss

A Phase 3 Study of Sodium Thiosulfate for Reduction of Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity in Children With Average-Risk Medulloblastoma and Reduced Therapy in Children With Medulloblastoma With Low-Risk Features

Condition: Childhood MedulloblastomaSponsor: Children's Oncology GroupTarget enrollment: 225
  • Phase 3
  • 1 group
  • Sites in Québec, Winnipeg and 3 more cities
  • Recruiting
CHU de Quebec-Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite Laval (CHUL), QuébecCancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, ManitobaIWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova ScotiaCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QuebecCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke-Fleurimont, Sherbrooke, Quebec

Interventions (12)

  • Medical procedure

    Audiometric Test

    Ancillary studies

  • Medical procedure

    Auditory Brainstem Response

    Ancillary studies

  • Medical procedure

    Biospecimen Collection

    Undergo CSF and blood sample collection

Canadian Sites (5)

5 of 5 recruiting

  • CancerCare Manitoba

    Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Recruiting
  • IWK Health Centre

    Halifax, Nova Scotia

    Recruiting
  • CHU de Quebec-Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite Laval (CHUL)

    Québec

    Recruiting

Eligibility Criteria

See who this study is looking for59 criteria

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

Inclusion

  • +Please note: Patients with a pending result of CSF cytology tests are eligible for NCI-2014-02057 (APEC14B1-Central Nervous System \[CNS\]) and CNS/Medulloblastoma Pre EnrollmentEnrolmentThe number of participants a study plans to include, or has included.Read more → EligibilityEligibility criteriaThe full list of requirements for taking part in a study.Read more → ScreeningScreeningThe checks done before joining, to see whether a study fits.Read more →
  • +All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
  • +PRE-ENROLLMENT: Patients must be ≥ 4 years and ≤ 21 years of age at the time of enrollment
  • +PRE-ENROLLMENT: Patient is suspected to have newly-diagnosed medulloblastoma by institutional diagnosis
  • +PRE-ENROLLMENT: The patient and/or their parents or legal guardians must have signed informed consentInformed consentThe process of being told what taking part involves, then choosing freely.Read more → for APEC14B1 Part A - Eligibility Screening and consent for the Molecular Characterization Initiative (MCI)
  • +PRE-ENROLLMENT: All patients must have rapid central pathology review under APEC14B1-CNS prior to study enrollment on ACNS2031 step 1 in order to avoid discordant diagnoses and to verify diagnosis criterion for treatment on ACNS2031.
  • +Note: Patients with a pending result of CSF cytology tests are eligible for the rapid central pathology screening review. Confirmation of CSF negativity is needed for enrollment on the ACNS2031 protocolProtocolThe detailed plan a study must follow.Read more →
  • +PRE-ENROLLMENT: All patients must have rapid central molecular screening review under APEC14B1-CNS prior to study enrollment on ACNS2031 step 1, in order to avoid discordant diagnoses and to verify diagnosis criterion for treatment on ACNS2031
  • +PRE-ENROLLMENT: All patients who have histopathology confirmed must have rapid central imaging screening review under APEC14B1 prior to study enrollment on ACNS2031 step 1
  • +PRE-ENROLLMENT: All patients who have histopathology confirmed must have rapid central audiology review under APEC14B1-CNS prior to study enrollment on ACNS2031 step 1
  • +Patients must be \>= 4 years and =\< 21 years of age at the time of enrollment
  • +Patients must be newly diagnosed and have eligibility confirmed by rapid central pathology and molecular screening reviews performed on APEC14B1 and via the Molecular Characterization Initiative
  • +Average-risk cohortCohortA group of participants sharing a characteristic, followed together.Read more →
  • +Clinico-pathologic criteria:
  • +M0 disease
  • +No diffuse anaplastic histology AND
  • +Molecular criteria:
  • +SHH, p53wt, GLI2 normal, MYCN normal, no chromosome 14q loss
  • +Group 3, MYC normal, no isochromosome 17q
  • +Group 4, no chromosome 11 loss
  • +Low-risk features cohort
  • +Clinico-pathologic criteria:
  • +M0 disease
  • +No diffuse anaplastic histology AND
  • +Molecular criteria:
  • +Group 4, chromosome 11 loss
  • +Patients must have negative lumbar CSF cytology
  • +Patients must have eligibility confirmed by Rapid Central Imaging Review performed on APEC14B1. Patients must have =\< 1.5 cm\^2 cross-sectional area of residual tumor. Whole brain MRI with and without gadolinium and spine MRI with gadolinium must be performed
  • +Patients must weigh \> 10 kg
  • +Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1000/uL (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
  • +Platelet count \>= 100,000/uL (transfusion independent) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
  • +Hemoglobin \>= 8.0 g/dL (may receive red blood cell count \[RBC\] transfusions) (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
  • +A serum creatinine (within 7 days prior to enrollment) based on age/sex as follows:
  • +4 to \< 6 years (age); 0.8 mg/dL (male) 0.8 mg/dL (female)
  • +6 to \< 10 years (age); 1 mg/dL (male) 1 mg/dL (female)
  • +10 to \< 13 years (age); 1.2 mg/dL (male) 1.2 mg/dL (female)
  • +13 to \< 16 years (age); 1.5 mg/dL (male) 1.4 mg/dL (female)
  • +\>= 16 years (age); 1.7 mg/dL (male) 1.4 mg/dL (female) OR a 24 hour urine Creatinine clearance \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 (within 7 days prior to enrollment) OR a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 (within 7 days prior to enrollment). GFR must be performed using direct measurement with a nuclear blood sampling method OR direct small molecule clearance method (iothalamate or other molecule per institutional standard)
  • +Note: Estimated GFR (eGFR) from serum creatinine, cystatin C or other estimates are not acceptable for determining eligibility
  • +Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
  • +Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\]) =\< 135 U/L (within 7 days prior to enrollment)
  • +Note: For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT (ALT) has been set to the value of 45 U/L
  • +Central nervous system function defined as:
  • +Patients with seizure disorder may be enrolled if on anticonvulsants and well controlled
  • +Patients must not be in status epilepticus, a coma or assisted ventilation at the time of study enrollment
  • +Auditory function defined as:
  • +Patients must have normal hearing (defined as International Society of Pediatric Oncology \[SIOP\] grade 0) in at least one ear confirmed by rapid central audiology review performed on APEC14B1 prior to enrollment
  • +All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
  • +PRE-ENROLLMENT: The required specimens are projected to be submitted under APEC14B1-CNS as soon as possible, preferably within 5 days of definitive surgery
  • +Note: Patients must not have metastatic disease on cranial or spinal MRI. Patients with \> 1.5 cm\^2 residual tumor after initial surgical resection may undergo a second surgical resection prior to subsequent therapy to render them eligible for this study. The day of the second resection to remove residual tumor will be regarded as the day of definitive surgery (Day 0) and must be within a month (31 days) of the initial resection
  • +Note: CSF cytology for staging should be performed no sooner than 14 days post operatively to avoid false positive CSF. Ideally, CSF should be obtained between day 14 and day 21 to allow for final staging status before enrollment onto the study. Patients with positive CSF cytology obtained 0 to 14 days after surgery should have cytology repeated to determine eligibility and final CSF status. Patients with negative CSF cytology from lumbar puncture obtained 0 to 14 days after surgery do not need cytology repeated. Patients with negative CSF cytology from lumbar puncture obtained prior to surgery do not need cytology repeated post-operatively
  • +Patients must be enrolled, and protocol therapy must be projected to begin, no later than 31 days after definitive diagnostic surgery (day 0)

Exclusion

  • Patients must not have any known hypersensitivity to STS, sulfates/sulfites, or other thiol agents (e.g., amifostine, n-acetylcysteine, MESNA, and captopril)
  • Patients with metastatic disease by either MRI evaluation or lumbar CSF cytology are not eligible. Patients who are unable to undergo a lumbar puncture for assessment of CSF cytology are ineligible
  • Pregnancy and Breastfeeding:
  • 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
  • Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants
  • Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation
  • Patients must not have received any prior radiation therapy or chemotherapy (tumor-directed therapy) other than surgical intervention and/or corticosteroids
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In plain language

Assembled directly from this trial’s registry record. Every sentence traces to a field below — nothing here is generated or interpreted.

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

Built from these fields:

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

Everyone in this study is in one group, which receives one or more of: Audiometric Test, Auditory Brainstem Response, Biospecimen Collection, Cisplatin, Cyclophosphamide, Lomustine, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Quality-of-Life Assessment, Radiation Therapy, Sodium Thiosulfate, Survey Administration and Vincristine.

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

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

There is only one group in this study, so there is no assignment to different treatments.

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

Built from these fields:

  • 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

Built from these fields:

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

The study lists an age range of 4 years to 21 years.

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

Built from these fields:

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

The study aims to enrol about 225 people.

The study is currently expected to finish around December 2029.

The main measurement is taken over: At 4 weeks after the last dose of cisplatin.

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

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

Percentage of patients with >= grade 2 hearing loss — measured over At 4 weeks after the last dose of cisplatin.

Event-free survival (EFS) — measured over From initiation of the protocolProtocolThe detailed plan a study must follow.Read more → treatment to the occurrence of disease progression, disease recurrence, death from any cause, or occurrence of a second malignant neoplasm, assessed up to 10 years.

From the trial registry

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

Source: NCT05382338 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 Audiometric TestProcedure

Ancillary studies

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 Auditory Brainstem ResponseProcedure

Ancillary studies

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 CSF and 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 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 CyclophosphamideDrug

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 LomustineDrug

Given PO

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 Quality-of-Life AssessmentOther

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

About Radiation TherapyRadiation

Undergo radiation therapy

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a radiation is here: A form of radiotherapy or radiation-based treatment being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About Sodium ThiosulfateDrug

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 Survey 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

About VincristineDrug

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

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.

What the study lists: an age range of 4 years to 21 years.

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.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.maximumAge
  • 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.

There is only one group in this study, so there is no assignment to different treatments.

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

The study lists an age range of 4 years to 21 years.

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.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.maximumAge
  • eligibilityModule.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?

The study's main measurement is taken over: At 4 weeks after the last dose of cisplatin.

The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2029-12-31.

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 225 people.

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

This study lists 22 locations, including: Québec, Canada; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, and 16 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 tests two hypotheses in patients with low-risk and average-risk medulloblastoma. Medulloblastoma is a type of cancer that occurs in the back of the brain. The term, risk, refers to the chance of the cancer coming back after treatment. Subjects with low-risk medulloblastoma typically have a lower chance of the cancer coming back than subjects with average-risk medulloblastoma. Although treatment for newly diagnosed average-risk and low-risk medulloblastoma is generally effective at treating the cancer, there are still concerns about the side effects of such treatment. Side effects or unintended health conditions that arise due to treatment include learning difficulties, hearing loss or other issues in performing daily activities. Standard therapy for newly diagnosed average-risk or low-risk medulloblastoma includes surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy (including cisplatin). Cisplatin may cause hearing loss as a side effect. In the average-risk medulloblastoma patients, this trial tests whether the addition of sodium thiosulfate (STS) to standard of care chemotherapy and radiation therapy reduces hearing loss. Previous studies with STS have shown that it may help reduce or prevent hearing loss caused by cisplatin. In the low-risk medulloblastoma patients, the study tests whether a less intense therapy (reduced radiation) can provide the same benefits as the more intense therapy. The less intense therapy may cause fewer side effects. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Cisplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of cancer cells. The overall goals of this study are to see if giving STS along with standard treatment (radiation therapy and chemotherapy) will reduce hearing loss in medulloblastoma patients and to compare the overall outcome of patients with medulloblastoma treated with STS to patients treated without STS on a previous study in order to make sure that survival and recurrence of tumor is not worsened.

Other Sites (18)

C S Mott Children's Hospital

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Children's Hospital of Michigan

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Children's

Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Albany Medical Center

Albany, New York, United States

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York, United States

The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York

New Hyde Park, New York, United States

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone

New York, New York, United States

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York, United States

Stony Brook University Medical Center

Stony Brook, New York, United States

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, New York, United States

Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

The Bronx, New York, United States

New York Medical College

Valhalla, New York, United States

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, Washington, United States

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital

Spokane, Washington, United States

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center

Tacoma, Washington, United States

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