This clinical trial aims to explore and evaluate the efficacy and safety of combined chemotherapy with arsenic trioxide for stage 4/M neuroblastoma.
This study is a prospective, single-arm, open-lable, multi-center clinical trial. Children≤ 14 years old are eligible for this study if they were newly diagnosed with neuroblastoma and assessed as stage 4 according to the International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS) or stage M according to the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) respectively. Patients enrolled in this study will receive combined induction chemotherapy with arsenic trioxide following an modifed protocol based on N7 and NB2004 protocols. Objective response rate (ORR) at 4 weeks after completing induction chemotherapy was defined as the main outcome and adverse events were monitored and graded in the meantime.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
80
Arsenic trioxide(ATO) is administered 0.16mg/kg per day over eight hours IV daily for ten days. Patients will receive ATO alone on days 1-2 and combined with conventional induction chemotherapy on days 3-10. Nine cycles at most of ATO-combined chemotherapy were applied in the whole scheme.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Objective Response Rate
The percentage of patients who had complete remission(CR)or partial remission(PR)after induction chemotherapy combined ATO. Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (WHO criteria) for target lesions and assessed by MRI or CT: CR: All lesions completely disappear, maintained for at least 4 weeks. PR: Estimated tumor size reduction by more than 50%, maintained for at least 4 weeks.
Time frame: Four weeks after ATO-combined induction chemotherapy
Overall Survival Rate
The proportion of patients who are alive from the date of randomization to 3 years, regardless of the cause of death.
Time frame: 3 years.
Progression Free Survival Rate
The proportion of patients who have not experienced progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first, within a maximum of 3 years from the date of enrollment. Treatment response was evaluated according to the WHO criteria for the efficacy of solid tumours, which was classified as complete response (CR), partial response (PR), stable disease (SD) and progressive disease (PD). PD was characterized as more than 25% increase in one or more lesions or appearance of new lesions.
Time frame: 3 years.
Number of Participants With Adverse Events
Adverse events are monitored and graded by the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE)
Time frame: From date of ATO-combined chemotherapy until the date of first documented adverse event, and follow up for 3 years.
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