Amifostine to Protect From Side Effects of PSCT in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Chordoma
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors focused on measuring soft tissue sarcoma, regional neuroblastoma, disseminated neuroblastoma, recurrent Wilms tumor, recurrent retinoblastoma, recurrent adult brain tumor, adult rhabdomyosarcoma, ovarian germ cell tumor, chordoma, ovarian sarcoma, unresectable neuroblastoma, desmoplastic small round cell tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, neuroectodermal tumor, teratoma, malignant testicular germ cell tumor, malignant ovarian germ cell tumor, extragonadal germ cell tumor, malignant germ cell tumor, hepatoblastoma, liver cancer, medulloblastoma, cerebellar astrocytoma, brain stem glioma, glioma, cerebral astrocytoma, ependymoma
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Histologically confirmed high-risk or relapsed solid tumors or brain tumors, including: Metastatic or relapsed Ewing's sarcoma Metastatic or relapsed rhabdomyosarcoma Refractory Wilms' tumor Diffuse anaplastic Wilms' tumor Stage III or IV neuroblastoma Recurrent retinoblastoma Metastatic or relapsed germ cell tumors Metastatic or relapsed other soft tissue sarcomas Small cell ovarian sarcoma Metastatic or relapsed primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the bone Recurrent brain tumors Desmoplastic small round cell tumors Recurrent or metastatic chordomas Metastatic or relapsed hepatoblastoma Patients receive peripheral blood stem cell transplantation only if in complete remission or in very good partial remission with no disease progression Must have radiologic, nuclear image, or histologic verification of relapse Age 1 to 45 Performance status:Karnofsky 70-100% Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,000/mm^3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3 Hemoglobin count at least 10 g/dL Bilirubin less than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT or SGPT less than 2.5 times ULN Creatinine less than 2 times ULN Creatinine clearance greater than 70 mL/min Cardiac shortening fraction greater than 30% Cardiac ejection fraction greater than 45% At least 1 week since prior hematopoietic growth factor and recovered At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas) and recovered Recovered from any prior therapy Exclusion Criteria: Osteogenic sarcoma Less than 4 months Uncontrolled bleeding Congestive heart failure Uncontrolled hypertension Asthma Pregnant or nursing Uncontrolled metabolic disease Active severe infection Allergy to aminothiol compounds Prior bone marrow transplantation Other concurrent investigational agents
Sites / Locations
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Solid/brain tumor patients (1-18 years)
Solid/brain tumor patients (19-45 years)
Patients with solid tumor or brain tumor in the 1-18 years old stratum.
Patients with solid tumor or brain tumor in the 19-45 years old stratum.