Children with retinoblastoma who may benefit from intra-arterial chemotherapy will receive up to 3 doses of melphalan and will be assessed for feasibility, toxicity, and response.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
5
-The drug is commerically available
Washington University School of Medicine (Saint Louis Children's Hospital)
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Feasibility of intra-arterial chemotherapy as measured by the number of participants who receive 3 intra-arterial injections of melphalan
-Feasibility is defined as the ability to receive 3 intra-arterial injections of melphalan per patient.
Time frame: Completion of enrollment and treatment of all patients (estimated to be 32 months)
Rate of procedure-related complications
Time frame: Through 30 days following completion of treatment (estimated to be 4 months)
Rate of ocular salvage
A patient will be considered a successful ocular salvage if the child does not experience enucleation because of disease progression or toxicity during 2 years of follow-up.
Time frame: 2 years post-treatment
Visual acuity as measured by Cardiff testing
Time frame: 6 months post-treatment
Rate of metastatic disease
-Patients will be determined to have metastatic disease if they have received 1 or more administrations of IAC and they are found to have progression of disease or appearance of tumor outside of the eye after protocol therapy. Pineal tumors will not be considered metastatic disease.
Time frame: Completion of treatment (estimated to be 3 months)
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