Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Rhabdomyosarcoma
Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood Botryoid-Type Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patients with newly diagnosed embryonal RMS, botryoid or spindle cell variants of embryonal RMS, ectomesenchymoma, or alveolar RMS are eligible for this study Enrollment on COG-D9902 to confirm local histologic diagnosis with central pathology review is required for all patients Patients may be enrolled on ARST0531 and start protocol treatment prior to receipt of central pathology review results Patient must have Intermediate-risk RMS defined as: Embryonal, botryoid, or spindle cell RMS, or ectomesenchymoma: stage 2 or 3 and group III OR Alveolar RMS: stage 1-3 and group I-III Staging ipsilateral retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (SIRLND) is required for all patients >= 10 years of age with paratesticular tumors and for patients < 10 years with clinically or radiographically involved lymph nodes (except when extensive lymph node involvement, defined as two or more lymph nodes > 2 cm in dimension, is identified by imaging studies) Regional lymph node sampling or sentinel lymph node procedure is required for histologic evaluation in patients with extremity tumors Clinically or radiographically enlarged nodes should be sampled for histologic evaluation Detection of metastasis by optional FDG PET (not required for study enrollment); FDG PET may detect abnormalities suggestive of metastasis not identified by bone scan, computed tomography (CT), or bone marrow aspiration/biopsy; the prognostic significance of FDG PET-detected abnormalities is not clear; FDG PET-detected abnormalities MUST be confirmed to be metastases by an additional imaging modality (such as magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] or CT) OR pathologic confirmation; unless FDG PET abnormalities are confirmed by another imaging modality or biopsy, FDG PET abnormalities will NOT be considered evidence of metastasis Patients must have a performance status of 0, 1, or 2; the Lansky performance score should be used for patients < 16 years and the Karnofsky performance score for patients >= 16 years Patients who have received prior chemotherapy (excluding steroids) or radiation therapy, except for patients transferring from ARST0331 (low-risk study), are not eligible Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 ml/min/1.73 m^2 or a serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows: 1 month to < 6 months: 0.4 mg/dL 6 months to < 1 year: 0.5 mg/dL 1 to < 2 years: 0.6 mg/dL 2 to < 6 years: 0.8 mgt/dL 6 to < 10 years: 1 mg/dL 10 to < 13 years: 1.2 mg/dL 13 to < 16 years: 1.5 mg/dL (males) or 1.4 mg/dL (females) >= 16 years: 1.7 mg/dL (males) or 1.4 mg/dL (females) Patients with urinary tract obstruction by tumor must meet the renal function criteria AND must have unimpeded urinary flow established via decompression of the obstructed portion of the urinary tract Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal for age Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 750/uL Platelet count >= 75,000/uL (transfusion independent) No evidence of uncontrolled infection Patients must be able to undergo radiation therapy, if necessary, as specified in the protocol Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test Female patients who are breast feeding must agree to stop breast feeding Sexually active patients of childbearing potential must be willing to use effective contraception during therapy and for at least 1 month after treatment is completed All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
Sites / Locations
- Children's Hospital of Alabama
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center
- Phoenix Childrens Hospital
- Banner University Medical Center - Tucson
- Arkansas Children's Hospital
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Loma Linda University Medical Center
- Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center
- Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA
- UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Valley Children's Hospital
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
- Kaiser Permanente-Oakland
- Children's Hospital of Orange County
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University
- Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
- University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego
- UCSF Medical Center-Mount Zion
- UCSF Medical Center-Parnassus
- UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay
- Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
- Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center
- Children's Hospital Colorado
- Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center
- University of Connecticut
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center
- Yale University
- Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children
- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
- Children's National Medical Center
- Broward Health Medical Center
- Lee Memorial Health System
- Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida
- University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville
- Memorial Regional Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
- Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center
- Nicklaus Children's Hospital
- Miami Cancer Institute
- AdventHealth Orlando
- Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
- Nemours Children's Clinic - Orlando
- Orlando Health Cancer Institute
- Nemours Children's Hospital
- Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola
- Sacred Heart Hospital
- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
- Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa
- Saint Mary's Hospital
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston
- Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute
- Memorial Health University Medical Center
- University of Hawaii Cancer Center
- Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
- Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Boise
- Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago
- University of Illinois
- University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Loyola University Medical Center
- Advocate Children's Hospital-Oak Lawn
- Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
- Indiana University/Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
- Riley Hospital for Children
- Ascension Saint Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
- Blank Children's Hospital
- University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center
- Norton Children's Hospital
- Tulane University Health Sciences Center
- Children's Hospital New Orleans
- Eastern Maine Medical Center
- Maine Children's Cancer Program
- University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center
- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
- Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Baystate Medical Center
- UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus
- C S Mott Children's Hospital
- Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Ascension Saint John Hospital
- Michigan State University Clinical Center
- Hurley Medical Center
- Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health
- Spectrum Health at Butterworth Campus
- Bronson Methodist Hospital
- Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies
- Beaumont Children's Hospital-Royal Oak
- William Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
- University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- University of Missouri - Ellis Fischel
- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Mercy Hospital Saint Louis
- Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation
- Nevada Cancer Research Foundation NCORP
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Dartmouth Cancer Center
- Hackensack University Medical Center
- Morristown Medical Center
- Saint Peter's University Hospital
- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
- Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center
- Overlook Hospital
- University of New Mexico Cancer Center
- Albany Medical Center
- Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus
- Brooklyn Hospital Center
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- NYU Winthrop Hospital
- The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
- Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Rochester
- Stony Brook University Medical Center
- State University of New York Upstate Medical University
- New York Medical College
- Mission Hospital
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute
- Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center
- Duke University Medical Center
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Sanford Broadway Medical Center
- Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Dayton Children's Hospital
- ProMedica Toledo Hospital/Russell J Ebeid Children's Hospital
- Mercy Children's Hospital
- University of Toledo
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Natalie Warren Bryant Cancer Center at Saint Francis
- Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital
- Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center
- Oregon Health and Science University
- Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg
- Geisinger Medical Center
- Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
- Penn State Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Prisma Health Richland Hospital
- BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center
- Greenville Cancer Treatment Center
- Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls
- T C Thompson Children's Hospital
- East Tennessee Childrens Hospital
- Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-Amarillo
- Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
- Driscoll Children's Hospital
- Medical City Dallas Hospital
- UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas
- Cook Children's Medical Center
- Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- M D Anderson Cancer Center
- Covenant Children's Hospital
- Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Scott and White Memorial Hospital
- Primary Children's Hospital
- University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
- University of Virginia Cancer Center
- Inova Fairfax Hospital
- Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
- Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center
- Seattle Children's Hospital
- Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital
- Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center
- Madigan Army Medical Center
- West Virginia University Charleston Division
- Saint Vincent Hospital Cancer Center Green Bay
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
- Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield
- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
- Sydney Children's Hospital
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead
- Westmead Hospital
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
- Royal Children's Hospital-Brisbane
- Queensland Children's Hospital
- Women's and Children's Hospital-Adelaide
- Royal Children's Hospital
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
- Alberta Children's Hospital
- University of Alberta Hospital
- British Columbia Children's Hospital
- CancerCare Manitoba
- Janeway Child Health Centre
- IWK Health Centre
- McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences
- Kingston Health Sciences Centre
- Children's Hospital
- Victoria Hospital
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- Hospital for Sick Children
- The Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine
- Allan Blair Cancer Centre
- Saskatoon Cancer Centre
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec
- Starship Children's Hospital
- San Jorge Children's Hospital
- Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group - Bern
- Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group - Geneva
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Arm I (chemotherapy, radiotherapy)
Arm II (chemotherapy, radiotherapy)
Patients receive VAC chemotherapy comprising vincristine IV over 1 minute on day 1 of weeks 1-13, 16, 19-25, 28, 31-37, and 40; dactinomycin IV over 1-5 minutes on day 1 of weeks 1, 4, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37,and 40; and cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on day 1 of weeks 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, and 40. Patients may also undergo radiotherapy 5 days a week for 4-6 weeks beginning in week 4.
Patients receive VAC chemotherapy alternating with VI chemotherapy comprising vincristine IV over 1 minute on day 1 of weeks 1-13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22-26, 28, 31-34, 37, 38, and 40; dactinomycin IV over 1-5 minutes on day 1 of weeks 1, 13, 22, 28, 34, and 40; cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on day 1 of weeks 1,10, 13, 22, 28, 34, and 40; and irinotecan hydrochloride IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 of weeks 4, 7, 16, 19, 25, 31, and 37. Patients may also undergo radiotherapy 5 days a week for 4-6 weeks beginning in week 4.