Combination Chemotherapy Plus Amifostine in Treating Children With Malignant Germ Cell Tumors
Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Childhood Germ Cell Tumor focused on measuring drug/agent toxicity by tissue/organ, childhood teratoma, childhood malignant testicular germ cell tumor, childhood malignant ovarian germ cell tumor, childhood extragonadal germ cell tumor, recurrent childhood malignant germ cell tumor
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed, newly diagnosed, high-risk, extracranial germ cell tumors including the following: Yolk sac carcinoma (endodermal sinus tumor) Embryonal carcinoma Choriocarcinoma Teratoma with mixed malignant elements (malignant teratoma) OR Malignant recurrence (stage III or IV) of previously resected stage I extracranial, extragonadal tumor High-risk disease defined as stage III or IV extragonadal tumors Measurable disease by diagnostic imaging PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Under 15 at time of diagnosis Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count greater than 750/mm3 Platelet count greater than 75,000/mm3 Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Creatinine normal OR Glomerular filtration rate at least 50% of normal PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
- MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
- Arizona Cancer Center
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- University of California San Diego Cancer Center
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
- Sutter Cancer Center
- University of California Davis Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente-Southern California Permanente Medical Group
- Children's Hospital and Health Center
- Naval Medical Center - San Diego
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Santa Clara
- Stanford University Medical Center
- Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Shands Hospital and Clinics, University of Florida
- Nemours Children's Clinic
- Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami
- Miami Children's Hospital
- Baptist Hospital of Miami
- Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute
- CCOP - Florida Pediatric
- St. Mary's Hospital
- Emory University Hospital - Atlanta
- Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
- Tripler Army Medical Center
- Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
- Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago
- Hope Children's Hospital
- Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate
- University of Kansas Medical Center
- CCOP - Wichita
- Via Christi Regional Medical Center
- MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
- Tulane University School of Medicine
- CCOP - Ochsner
- Eastern Maine Medical Center
- Maine Children's Cancer Program
- Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- Boston Floating Hospital Infants and Children
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
- Children's Hospital of Michigan
- St. John's Hospital and Medical Center
- Hurley Medical Center
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB
- University of Missouri-Columbia Hospital and Clinics
- Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- CCOP - Northern New Jersey
- Hackensack University Medical Center
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Schneider Children's Hospital
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- University of Rochester Cancer Center
- State University of New York Health Sciences Center - Stony Brook
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
- Mission Saint Joseph's Health System
- Carolinas Medical Center
- Presbyterian Healthcare
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- East Carolina University School of Medicine
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
- Oklahoma Memorial Hospital
- Natalie Warren Bryant Cancer Center
- CCOP - Columbia River Program
- Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center
- St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Children's Hospital of Greenville Hospital System
- James H. Quillen College of Medicine
- Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Medical City Dallas Hospital
- Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas
- Cook Children's Medical Center - Fort Worth
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- Baylor College of Medicine
- San Antonio Military Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
- MBCCOP - South Texas Pediatric
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Scott and White Clinic
- Vermont Cancer Center
- Cancer Center at the University of Virginia
- Inova Fairfax Hospital
- Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth
- Massey Cancer Center
- Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital
- Madigan Army Medical Center
- West Virginia University Medical School-Charleston
- West Virginia University Hospitals
- St. Vincent Hospital
- Midwest Children's Cancer Center
- Royal Children's Hospital
- Alberta Children's Hospital
- Cross Cancer Institute
- Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- Hospital for Sick Children
- McGill University Health Center - Montreal Children's Hospital
- Hopital Sainte Justine
- Centre Hospitalier de L'Universite Laval
- Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen
- San Jorge Childrens Hospital
- Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group Bern
- Clinique de Pediatrie