Vinblastine and Methotrexate in Treating Children With Desmoid Tumors
Desmoid Tumor
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Desmoid Tumor focused on measuring desmoid tumor
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven, untreated, primary desmoid tumor (aggressive fibromatosis) for which surgery and/or radiation therapy is not thought to be feasible (prior attempted surgical resection allowed if gross residual disease remains) No other fibroblastic lesions or other fibromatoses allowed Recurrent desmoid tumor not previously treated with vinca alkaloids or methotrexate and no chemotherapy since recurrence Measurable disease by MRI PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Under 19 at time of diagnosis Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Hemoglobin normal for age WBC normal for age Platelet count normal for age Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) for age SGOT less than 1.5 times ULN for age Renal: Creatinine less than 1.5 times ULN for age PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: See Disease Characteristics
Sites / Locations
- Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Children's Hospital of Orange County
- UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
- David Grant Medical Center
- Children's Hospital of Denver
- Children's National Medical Center
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Kalamazoo
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- Children's Mercy Hospital
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Fargo
- CCOP - Merit Care Hospital
- Children's Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati
- Ireland Cancer Center
- Children's Hospital of Columbus
- Doernbecher Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Vanderbilt Cancer Center
- University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Huntsman Cancer Institute
- Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center - Seattle
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
- British Columbia Children's Hospital
- IWK Grace Health Centre
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Chemotherapy Treatment
Patients receive vinblastine sulfate (5 mg/m2) IV and methotrexate (30 mg/m2) IV weekly for 26 weeks, then every 2 weeks for an additional 26 weeks. Treatment continues for a maximum of 1 year in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression. Patients with a complete response receive an additional 8 doses of chemotherapy. Patients are followed every 6 months for 4 years and then annually thereafter.