Etoposide, Cyclophosphamide, Thalidomide, Celecoxib, and Fenofibrate in Relapsed or Progressive Cancer
Central Nervous System Tumor, Pediatric, Leukemia, Lymphoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Central Nervous System Tumor, Pediatric focused on measuring Metronomic, antiangiogenic
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed cancer (at diagnosis or relapse), including any of the following: Leukemia and/or lymphoma (closed to accrual) Bone tumor (e.g., Ewing's sarcoma or osteosarcoma) (closed to accrual) Neuroblastoma (closed to accrual) High-grade glial tumor Low-grade glial tumor Ependymoma Medulloblastoma and/or primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) Miscellaneous tumor (closed to accrual) Brain stem glioma, defined as intrinsic tumors of the pons causing diffuse enlargement Brain stem glioma that progressed after radiotherapy does not require histological confirmation Duration of symptoms at the time of diagnosis must be < 3 months Symptoms should consist of cranial nerve deficits, ataxia, and/or long tract signs Relapsed or progressive poor prognosis disease for which no available curative therapy exists PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Karnofsky performance status 50-100% OR Lansky play scale 50-100% (for infants) Life expectancy > 2 months Platelet count > 75,000/mm^3 (transfusion independent) Absolute neutrophil count > 1,000/mm^3 (in patients without bone marrow disease) Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL Creatinine < 1.5 mg/dL OR creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate ≥ 70 mL/min Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL SGPT ≤ 3 times normal SGOT ≤ 3 times normal (4 times normal for patients on ranitidine hydrochloride) Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3 times normal Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective double-method contraception during and for 2 months after completion of study treatment Must be willing to participate in the Celgene STEPS® program Recent thromboembolic disease (e.g., deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism) allowed if patient is clinically stable and the thromboembolic event occurred > 3 weeks prior to study entry No active infection No active uncontrolled cardiac, hepatic, renal, or psychiatric disease ≥ grade 3 No known allergies to sulfonamides No concurrent illness that would obscure toxicity or dangerously alter drug metabolism No other serious medical illness PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: See Disease Characteristics Recovered from prior therapy Prior chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy allowed Prior celecoxib allowed Prior standard-dose IV etoposide and cyclophosphamide administered in 3-week courses allowed No prior oral therapy with etoposide, thalidomide, cyclophosphamide, or fenofibrate for > 2 months in duration No other concurrent investigational agents No other concurrent nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Concurrent steroids and/or antiseizure medications allowed
Sites / Locations
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center
- Miami Children's Hospital
- Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago
- Maine Medical Center Research Institute
- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
- St. Louis Children's Hospital
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- NYU Cancer Institute at New York University Medical Center
- Hasbro Children's Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
5-drug metronomic antiangiogenic regimen
Thalidomide: Start at 3 mg/kg (rounded to nearest 50 mg), increasing dose weekly by 50 mg as tolerated to 24 mg/kg (max 1,000 mg); Celecoxib: < 20 kg at 100 mg; 20-50 kg at 200 mg; > 50 kg at 400 mg; Fenofibrate: 90 mg/m2 (max 200 mg); Etoposide: 50 mg/m2; Cyclophosphamide: 2.5 mg/kg (max 100 mg); Patients receive oral etoposide once daily on days 1-21 and 43-63 (weeks 1-3 and 7-9) and oral cyclophosphamide once daily on days 22-42 (weeks 4-6). Patients also receive oral thalidomide once daily, oral celecoxib twice daily, and oral fenofibrate once daily in weeks 1-9. Treatment repeats approximately every 9 weeks for at least 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients receive alternating etoposide and cyclophosphamide pulses (i.e., etoposide-cyclophosphamide-etoposide during courses 1 and 3 and cyclophosphamide-etoposide-cyclophosphamide during course 2).