Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Men With Untreated Germ Cell Tumors
Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor, Testicular Germ Cell Tumor
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Childhood Germ Cell Tumor focused on measuring stage II malignant testicular germ cell tumor, stage III malignant testicular germ cell tumor, testicular seminoma, testicular embryonal carcinoma, testicular choriocarcinoma, testicular teratoma, testicular yolk sac tumor, testicular embryonal carcinoma and teratoma, testicular embryonal carcinoma and teratoma with seminoma, testicular embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumor, testicular embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumor with seminoma, testicular embryonal carcinoma and seminoma, testicular yolk sac tumor and teratoma, testicular yolk sac tumor and teratoma with seminoma, testicular choriocarcinoma and yolk sac tumor, testicular choriocarcinoma and embryonal carcinoma, testicular choriocarcinoma and teratoma, testicular choriocarcinoma and seminoma, extragonadal germ cell tumor, childhood teratoma, childhood malignant testicular germ cell tumor, childhood extragonadal germ cell tumor
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven poor-risk, nonseminoma germ cell tumor Must meet 1 of the following 3 conditions: Testis or retroperitoneal primary site without visceral metastasis but with any of the following tumor marker values: Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) greater than 10 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) greater than 50,000 IU/L Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) greater than 10,000 ng/mL Testis or retroperitoneal primary site with 1 or more nonpulmonary visceral metastases (regardless of tumor marker values), including the following: Bone Brain Liver Other nonpulmonary viscera (e.g., skin, spleen) Mediastinal primary site, regardless of presence/absence of visceral metastasis or tumor marker values OR Histologically proven intermediate-risk, nonseminoma germ cell tumor Testis or retroperitoneal primary site with no visceral metastasis (except lung), and with any of the following tumor marker values: LDH 3-10 times ULN hCG 5,000-50,000 IU/L AFP 1,000-10,000 ng/mL OR Histologically proven intermediate-risk, seminoma germ cell tumor with 1 or more nonpulmonary visceral metastases (regardless of tumor marker values or primary site), including the following: Bone Brain Liver Other nonpulmonary visceral metastasis (e.g., skin, spleen) Histologic confirmation may be delayed, at the discretion of the protocol chairman, until after initiation of study therapy for patients with a testicular mass and elevated AFP or hCG if medical circumstances warrant immediate treatment Measurable or evaluable disease Concurrent registration on protocol MSKCC-89076 (SWOG-9345) for tumor biology studies required PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 12 and over Sex: Male Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm^3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3 Hepatic: See Disease Characteristics Renal: Creatinine no greater than ULN* OR Creatinine clearance greater than 50 mL/min* NOTE: * Abnormal levels due to ureteral obstruction by tumor allowed at the discretion of the protocol chairman Other: HIV negative No other concurrent malignancy except nonmelanomatous skin cancer PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 30 days since prior radiotherapy except for brain metastases or documented disease progression Recovered from the toxic effects of any prior radiotherapy Surgery: Recovered from the effects of any recent surgery
Sites / Locations
- Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center
- Arizona Cancer Center
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Sutter Health Western Division Cancer Research Group
- Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- St. Joseph Hospital - Orange
- Sutter Cancer Center
- University of California Davis Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Diego
- UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
- Stanford University Medical Center
- John Muir Medical Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Lombardi Cancer Center
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Washington, DC
- Broward General Medical Center
- Memorial Regional Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Florida Hospital Cancer Institute
- Helen and Harry Gray Cancer Institute at Good Samaritan Medical Center
- Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
- MBCCOP - Hawaii
- Mountain States Tumor Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lakeside Chicago
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital
- Loyola University Medical Center
- West Suburban Center for Cancer Care
- Saint Anthony Medical Center
- Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Incorporated
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush)
- CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project
- CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association
- Iowa Methodist Medical Center
- Mercy Medical Center
- Iowa Lutheran Hospital
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Kansas Medical Center
- CCOP - Wichita
- Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
- Baptist Hospital East - Louisville
- MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
- Tulane University School of Medicine
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Baltimore
- Tuft-New England Medical Center
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Boston Medical Center
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center - University Campus
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Henry Ford Hospital
- Lakeland Medical Center - St. Joseph
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center
- CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Alegent Health-Midlands Community Hospital
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Las Vegas
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- Cooper University Hospital
- CCOP - Northern New Jersey
- Hackensack University Medical Center
- Morristown Memorial Hospital
- MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC
- Albert Einstein Clinical Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Elmhurst Hospital Center
- Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital
- CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
- North Shore University Hospital
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
- James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse
- CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Asheville
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- NorthEast Oncology Associates
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Cape Fear Valley Health System
- Lenoir Memorial Hospital Cancer Center
- FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
- New Hanover Regional Medical Center
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Fargo
- Ireland Cancer Center
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- CCOP - Dayton
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- CCOP - Oklahoma
- Oregon Cancer Institute
- CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
- CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- Lifespan: The Miriam Hospital
- CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium
- University of Tennessee Cancer Institute
- Danville Radiation Therapy Center
- Harrington Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Amarillo
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dallas
- Brooke Army Medical Center
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Huntsman Cancer Institute
- Green Mountain Oncology Group
- Vermont Cancer Center
- Fletcher Allen Health Care - University Health Center Campus
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction
- Martha Jefferson Hospital
- Virginia Oncology Associates - Norfolk
- MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center
- Oncology and Hematology Associates of Southwest Virginia, Inc.
- CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
- Puget Sound Oncology Consortium
- CCOP - Northwest
- St. Mary's Medical Center
- CCOP - St. Vincent Hospital Cancer Center, Green Bay
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Madison
- University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Marshfield Medical Research and Education Foundation
- Ministry Medical Group - Northern Region
- Westmead Hospital
- Instituto de Enfermedades Neoplasicas
- University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Medical Sciences Campus
- San Juan City Hospital