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Registration number
NCT00003119
Ethics application status
Date submitted
1/11/1999
Date registered
27/01/2003
Date last updated
13/03/2017

Titles & IDs
Public title
Surgery in Treating Children With Neuroblastoma
Scientific title
Primary Surgical Therapy for Biologically Defined Low-Risk Neuroblastoma: A Pediatric Oncology Group/Children's Cancer Group Intergroup Study
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COG-P9641
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P9641
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Neuroblastoma 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Neuroendocrine tumour (NET)
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Children's - Other

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Experimental: Treatment 1 - Asymptomatic - no immediate chemotherapy -

Experimental: Symptomatic - immediate chemotherapy -

Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Estimate the 3 year survival rate for low risk asymptomatic stage 2A/2B patients who are treated with surgery alone
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically proven low-risk neuroblastoma (excluding ganglioneuroma)

* International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS) stage 1 in all patients
* INSS stage 2A or 2B in patients less than 365 days of age
* INSS stage 2A or 2B tumor with nonamplified MYCN with any Shimada histology in patients ages 1 to 20 years
* INSS stage 2A or 2B tumor with amplified MYCN with Shimada favorable histology in patients ages 1 to 20 years
* INSS stage 4S tumors with nonamplified MYCN, Shimada favorable histology, and a DNA index not equal to 1 in patients less than 365 days of age
* Immediate chemotherapy allowed prior to biopsy for patients with intradural extension and/or emergent paresis if biopsy performed within 96 hours

* Must have no abnormal organ function unless due to neuroblastoma
* Concurrent registration on companion biology study (protocol COG-ANBL00B1) or its successor

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* Under 21

Performance status:

* Not specified

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Not specified

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin less than 1.5 times normal
* SGOT or SGPT less than 2.5 times normal

Renal:

* Creatinine less than 1.5 times normal

Cardiovascular:

* Shortening fraction greater than 27% by echocardiogram OR
* Ejection fraction greater than 47% by radionuclide angiogram

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* No prior immunotherapy

Chemotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy:

* No prior hormonal therapy

Radiotherapy:

* No prior radiotherapy

Surgery:

* Prior surgery allowed

Other:

* No other prior therapy
Minimum age
No limit
Maximum age
21 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Not applicable
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/03/1998
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/03/2006
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
968
Recruitment in Australia
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NSW,QLD,SA,VIC,WA
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Sydney Children's Hospital - Randwick
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Children's Hospital at Westmead - Westmead
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Royal Children's Hospital - Brisbane
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Women's and Children's Hospital - North Adelaide
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Royal Children's Hospital - Parkville
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Princess Margaret Hospital for Children - Perth
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2031 - Randwick
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2145 - Westmead
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4029 - Brisbane
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5006 - North Adelaide
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3052 - Parkville
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6001 - Perth
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Funding & Sponsors
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Other
Name
Children's Oncology Group
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Government body
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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Ethics approval
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Summary
Brief summary
RATIONALE: Surgery alone may be effective in treating children with neuroblastoma.

PURPOSE: Phase III trial to study the effectiveness of surgery alone in treating children who have neuroblastoma.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00003119
Trial related presentations / publications
Meany HJ, Attiyeh EF, Naranjo A, et al.: Outcome analysis of non-high-risk neuroblastoma patients enrolled on Children's Oncology Group trials P9641 and A3961. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 30 (Suppl 15): A-9533, 2012.
Attiyeh EF, Mosse YP, Diskin S, et al.: Identification of genomic DNA signatures predicting relapse in low- and intermediate- risk neuroblastoma using a case control design and high-density SNP genotyping: a Children's Oncology Group (COG) study. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 25 (Suppl 18): A-9500, 526s, 2007.
Strother DR, London WB, Schmidt ML, Brodeur GM, Shimada H, Thorner P, Collins MH, Tagge E, Adkins S, Reynolds CP, Murray K, Lavey RS, Matthay KK, Castleberry R, Maris JM, Cohn SL. Outcome after surgery alone or with restricted use of chemotherapy for patients with low-risk neuroblastoma: results of Children's Oncology Group study P9641. J Clin Oncol. 2012 May 20;30(15):1842-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.37.9990. Epub 2012 Apr 23.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Douglas R. Strother, MD
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Alberta Children's Hospital
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00003119