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NCT number NCT04684368
Other study ID # ACNS2021
Secondary ID NCI-2020-13175AC
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date July 13, 2021
Est. completion date December 21, 2029

Study information

Verified date April 2024
Source Children's Oncology Group
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This phase II trial studies the best approach to combine chemotherapy and radiation therapy (RT) based on the patient's response to induction chemotherapy in patients with non-germinomatous germ cell tumors (NGGCT) that have not spread to other parts of the brain or body (localized). This study has 2 goals: 1) optimizing radiation for patients who respond well to induction chemotherapy to diminish spinal cord relapses, 2) utilizing higher dose chemotherapy followed by conventional RT in patients who did not respond to induction chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs, such as carboplatin, etoposide, ifosfamide, and thiotepa, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays or high-energy protons to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Studies have shown that patients with newly-diagnosed localized NGGCT, whose disease responds well to chemotherapy before receiving radiation therapy, are more likely to be free of the disease for a longer time than are patients for whom the chemotherapy does not efficiently eliminate or reduce the size of the tumor. The purpose of this study is to see how well the tumors respond to induction chemotherapy to decide what treatment to give next. Some patients will be given RT to the spine and a portion of the brain. Others will be given high dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant before RT to the whole brain and spine. Giving treatment based on the response to induction chemotherapy may lower the side effects of radiation in some patients and adjust the therapy to a more efficient one for other patients with localized NGGCT.


Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To monitor outcome to ensure that children and young adults with localized central nervous system (CNS) non-germinomatous germ cell tumors (NGGCT) treated with induction chemotherapy followed by response evaluation and whole ventricular + spinal canal irradiation (WVSCI) will maintain the excellent 2-year progression free survival (PFS) rate as compared to ACNS0122 (NCT00047320). II. To improve disease control by decreasing the number of spinal relapses for patients who achieve a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) and receive WVSCI as compared to whole ventricular radiation on ACNS1123 (NCT01602666). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To estimate the response rates to induction chemotherapy and WVSCI for localized NGGCT patients who achieve a CR/PR. II. To estimate the PFS and overall survival (OS) for localized NGGCT patients who achieve a CR/PR and receive WVSCI. III. To estimate the PFS and OS for patients with less than a CR/PR following Induction who subsequently receive high-dose chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell rescue (HDCSCR). IV. To estimate the response rate for patients with less than a CR/PR following Induction who subsequently receive HDCSCR. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. To prospectively compare outcomes based on radiation modality, photon versus proton, including cognitive, social and behavioral functioning, auditory, and neuro-endocrine function. II. To compare spinal column growth and cell counts following radiation as measured by height and weight, and complete blood count (CBC) values during and after radiation therapy, based on treatment modality (photon versus [vs.] proton therapy) and planned inclusion/exclusion of the vertebral body in patients < 13 years of age. III. To compare local vs. central review recommendations for second-look surgery and document barriers for performing such surgeries as well as their clinical benefit in pediatric NGGCT. IV. To prospectively evaluate and longitudinally model the cognitive, social, and behavioral functioning of children and young adults with localized CNS NGGCT with testing as per the Children's Oncology Group (COG) Standardized Neuropsychological and Behavioral Battery. V. To evaluate patterns of disease recurrence/failure with respect to radiation dose distribution. OUTLINE: INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY: Patients receive carboplatin intravenously (IV) over 15-60 minutes on day 1 and etoposide IV over 90-120 minutes on days 1-3 of cycles 1, 3, and 5. Patients also receive ifosfamide IV over 60 minutes and etoposide IV over 60-120 minutes on days 1-5 of cycles 2, 4, and 6. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 plans (ventricular + spinal canal irradiation [WVSCI] or high-dose chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell rescue [HDCSCR]) based on response to induction chemotherapy: - Patients who achieve radiographic CR/PR with marker normalization proceed to WVSCI. Patients who achieve radiographic CR without marker normalization proceed to HDCSCR. - Patients who achieve less than radiographic CR/PR with marker normalization proceed to second-look surgery (unless contraindicated). If second-look surgery reveals mature teratoma or non-viable tumor, proceed to WVSCI. If second-look surgery reveals viable tumor, proceed to HDCSCR. Patients who are unable to undergo second-look surgery are removed from protocol therapy but remain on study for follow-up. - Patients who achieve less than radiographic CR/PR without marker normalization proceed to second-look surgery (unless contraindicated). Patients then proceed to HDCSCR regardless of whether or not a second-look surgery is performed. - Patients who achieve radiographic PR without marker normalization proceed to second-look surgery (unless contraindicated). Patients then proceed to HDCSCR regardless of whether or not a second-look surgery is performed. PLAN A (WVSCI THERAPY): Within 6 weeks of the end of induction chemotherapy or second-look surgery, patients undergo WVSCI once daily (QD) for 5 days weekly (17 fractions followed by a boost dose for 13 fractions) for 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. PLAN B (CONSOLIDATION THERAPY [HDCSCR]): Within 6-8 weeks of the end of induction chemotherapy or second-look surgery, patients receive etoposide IV and thiotepa IV over 3 hours on days -5 to -3 and undergo peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplant on day 0. Patients then undergo radiation therapy QD for 5 days weekly (20 fractions followed by a boost dose for 10 fractions) for 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as well as collection of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and blood sample throughout the trial. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for up to 10 years.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 160
Est. completion date December 21, 2029
Est. primary completion date December 21, 2029
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 3 Years to 29 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patients must be >= 3 years and < 30 years at the time of study enrollment - Patients must be newly diagnosed with localized primary CNS NGGCT of the suprasellar and/or pineal region by pathology and/or serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) elevation of AFP above institutional normal or > 10 ng/mL or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) beta > 100 mIU/mL as confirmed by Rapid Central Marker Screening Review on APEC14B1-CNS. Suprasellar, pineal and bifocal tumors are included. (CSF tumor markers and cytology must be within 31 days prior to enrollment and start of protocol therapy [repeat if necessary]. Serum tumor markers, AFP and hCGbeta must be within 7 days prior to enrollment and start of protocol therapy [repeat if necessary]). Basal ganglia or other primary sites are excluded - Patients with any of the following pathological elements are eligible: endodermal sinus (yolk sac), embryonal carcinoma, choriocarcinoma, malignant/immature teratoma and mixed germ cell tumor (GCT) (i.e., may include some pure germinoma) if malignant elements listed above are present. Patients with only mature teratoma are excluded. Patients with pure germinoma admixed with mature teratoma are excluded (would be eligible for pure germinoma protocols) - Patients must have a cranial MRI with and without gadolinium at diagnosis/prior to enrollment. If surgical resection is performed, patients must have pre-operative and post operative brain MRI with and without gadolinium. The post operative brain MRI should be obtained within 72 hours of surgery. If patient has a biopsy only, post-operative brain MRI is recommended but not required (within 31 days prior to study enrollment and start of protocol therapy ) - Patients must have a spine MRI with gadolinium obtained at diagnosis/prior to enrollment. Spine MRI with and without gadolinium is recommended (within 31 days prior to study enrollment and start of protocol therapy) - Lumbar CSF must be obtained prior to study enrollment unless medically contraindicated. If a patient undergoes surgery and lumbar CSF cytology cannot be obtained at the time of surgery, then it should be performed at least 10 days following surgery and prior to study enrollment. False positive cytology can occur within 10 days of surgery - Patients must have RAPID CENTRAL TUMOR MARKER REVIEW CSF tumor markers obtained prior to enrollment unless medically contraindicated. Ventricular CSF obtained at the time of CSF diversion procedure (if performed) is acceptable for tumor markers but lumbar CSF is preferred. In case CSF diversion and biopsy/surgery are combined, CSF tumor markers should be collected first - Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1000/uL (within 7 days prior to enrollment) - Platelet count >= 100,000/uL (transfusion independent) (within 7 days prior to enrollment) - Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dL (may receive red blood cell [RBC] transfusions) (within 7 days prior to enrollment) - Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 or a serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows (within 7 days prior to enrollment): - Age: Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL) - 3 to < 6 years: 0.8 (male), 0.8 (female) - 6 to < 10 years: 1 (male), 1 (female) - 10 to < 13 years: 1.2 (male), 1.2 (female) - 13 to < 16 years: 1.5 (male), 1.4 (female) - >= 16 years: male (1.7), 1.4 (female) - Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age (within 7 days prior to enrollment) - Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) =< 135 U/L (within 7 days prior to enrollment) - Note: For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT (ALT) has been set to the value of 45 U/L - Central nervous system function defined as: - Patients with seizure disorder may be enrolled if on anticonvulsants and well controlled - Patients must not be in status epilepticus, coma or assisted ventilation prior to study enrollment - Protocol therapy must begin within 31 calendar days of definitive surgery or clinical diagnosis, whichever is later. If a biopsy only was performed, the biopsy date will be considered the date of definitive surgery. For patients who have a biopsy or incomplete resection at diagnosis followed by additional surgery, the date of the last resection will be considered the date of definitive surgery. - All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent - All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met - NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT: - English-, Spanish-, or French- speaking - Note: Patients who speak a language other than English, Spanish, or French will be allowed to participate in ACNS2021 but will not complete the neurocognitive and quality of life assessments - No known history of neurodevelopmental disorder prior to diagnosis of NGGCT (e.g., Down syndrome, fragile X, William syndrome, intellectual disability). Patients with NF1 will be allowed to participate - Additional eligibility criteria for the COG Standardized Neuropsychological Battery only: must be at a site that has a psychologist to administer the battery - Note: If not eligible for the COG Standardized Battery, patients should still complete the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition (BRIEF-2), Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), Adaptive Behavior Assessment System Third Edition (ABAS-3), and Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition (BASC-3) questionnaires Exclusion Criteria: - Patients with tumors located outside the ventricles (i.e., basal ganglia, thalamus) - Patients with only mature teratoma and non-elevated markers upon tumor sampling at diagnosis - Patients who have received any prior tumor-directed therapy for their diagnosis of NGGCT other than surgical intervention and corticosteroids - Patients with metastatic disease (i.e., MRI evaluation, lumbar CSF cytology or intraoperative evidence of dissemination) - Female patients who are pregnant, since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs - Note: Serum and urine pregnancy tests may be falsely positive due to HCGbeta-secreting germ cell tumors. Ensure the patient is not pregnant by institutional standards - Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants - Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation

Study Design


Intervention

Procedure:
Biospecimen Collection
Undergo collection of CSF and blood samples
Drug:
Carboplatin
Given IV
Etoposide
Given IV
Biological:
Filgrastim
Given subcutaneously (SC) or IV
Drug:
Ifosfamide
Given IV
Procedure:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Undergo MRI
Drug:
Mesna
Given IV or orally
Biological:
Pegfilgrastim
Given SC
Procedure:
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
Undergo PBSC transplant
Other:
Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies
Radiation:
Radiation Therapy
Undergo WVSCI radiation therapy
Radiation Therapy
Undergo radiation therapy
Procedure:
Second-Look Surgery
Undergo second-look surgery if needed
Drug:
Thiotepa
Given IV

Locations

Country Name City State
Australia Royal Children's Hospital Parkville Victoria
Australia Perth Children's Hospital Perth Western Australia
Australia Queensland Children's Hospital South Brisbane Queensland
Australia The Children's Hospital at Westmead Westmead New South Wales
Canada Alberta Children's Hospital Calgary Alberta
Canada University of Alberta Hospital Edmonton Alberta
Canada Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Montreal Quebec
Canada The Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC Montreal Quebec
Canada CHU de Quebec-Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite Laval (CHUL) Quebec
Canada CancerCare Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba
New Zealand Christchurch Hospital Christchurch
United States Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron Ohio
United States Albany Medical Center Albany New York
United States Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest Allentown Pennsylvania
United States Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage Alaska
United States C S Mott Children's Hospital Ann Arbor Michigan
United States Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston Atlanta Georgia
United States Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora Colorado
United States Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas Austin Texas
United States Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Baltimore Maryland
United States Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Baltimore Maryland
United States Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor Maine
United States Children's Hospital of Alabama Birmingham Alabama
United States Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Boise Boise Idaho
United States Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston Massachusetts
United States Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Boston Massachusetts
United States Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus Bronx New York
United States Montefiore Medical Center-Einstein Campus Bronx New York
United States Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn New York
United States Medical University of South Carolina Charleston South Carolina
United States Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte North Carolina
United States University of Illinois Chicago Illinois
United States Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati Ohio
United States Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland Ohio
United States Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital Cleveland Ohio
United States Columbia Regional Columbia Missouri
United States Prisma Health Richland Hospital Columbia South Carolina
United States Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Ohio
United States Driscoll Children's Hospital Corpus Christi Texas
United States Medical City Dallas Hospital Dallas Texas
United States UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas Dallas Texas
United States Geisinger Medical Center Danville Pennsylvania
United States Dayton Children's Hospital Dayton Ohio
United States Blank Children's Hospital Des Moines Iowa
United States Children's Hospital of Michigan Detroit Michigan
United States Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center Downey California
United States Duke University Medical Center Durham North Carolina
United States Michigan State University Clinical Center East Lansing Michigan
United States El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso Texas
United States Sanford Broadway Medical Center Fargo North Dakota
United States Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida Fort Myers Florida
United States Cook Children's Medical Center Fort Worth Texas
United States University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville Gainesville Florida
United States Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health Grand Rapids Michigan
United States Spectrum Health at Butterworth Campus Grand Rapids Michigan
United States BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center Greenville South Carolina
United States East Carolina University Greenville North Carolina
United States Prisma Health Cancer Institute - Faris Greenville South Carolina
United States Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack New Jersey
United States Connecticut Children's Medical Center Hartford Connecticut
United States Penn State Children's Hospital Hershey Pennsylvania
United States Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children Honolulu Hawaii
United States Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Houston Texas
United States M D Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas
United States Riley Hospital for Children Indianapolis Indiana
United States University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Iowa City Iowa
United States University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson Mississippi
United States Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville Jacksonville Florida
United States Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Kansas City Missouri
United States Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation Las Vegas Nevada
United States GenesisCare USA - Las Vegas Las Vegas Nevada
United States Arkansas Children's Hospital Little Rock Arkansas
United States Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda California
United States Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach Long Beach California
United States Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles California
United States Children's Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles California
United States Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Los Angeles California
United States Norton Children's Hospital Louisville Kentucky
United States Valley Children's Hospital Madera California
United States University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Madison Wisconsin
United States Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield Marshfield Wisconsin
United States Loyola University Medical Center Maywood Illinois
United States Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis Tennessee
United States Banner Children's at Desert Mesa Arizona
United States Nicklaus Children's Hospital Miami Florida
United States Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis Minneapolis Minnesota
United States West Virginia University Healthcare Morgantown West Virginia
United States Morristown Medical Center Morristown New Jersey
United States The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial Nashville Tennessee
United States Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center Nashville Tennessee
United States Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick New Jersey
United States Saint Peter's University Hospital New Brunswick New Jersey
United States The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York New Hyde Park New York
United States Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson New Orleans Louisiana
United States Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone New York New York
United States Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York New York
United States Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters Norfolk Virginia
United States Kaiser Permanente-Oakland Oakland California
United States University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City Oklahoma
United States Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha Omaha Nebraska
United States University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska
United States Children's Hospital of Orange County Orange California
United States Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Orlando Florida
United States Nemours Children's Hospital Orlando Florida
United States Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center Paterson New Jersey
United States Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate Peoria Illinois
United States Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children Philadelphia Pennsylvania
United States Phoenix Childrens Hospital Phoenix Arizona
United States Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
United States Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital Portland Oregon
United States Oregon Health and Science University Portland Oregon
United States Rhode Island Hospital Providence Rhode Island
United States Cancer Care Specialists - Reno Reno Nevada
United States Renown Regional Medical Center Reno Nevada
United States Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center Richmond Virginia
United States Carilion Children's Roanoke Virginia
United States Mayo Clinic in Rochester Rochester Minnesota
United States Beaumont Children's Hospital-Royal Oak Royal Oak Michigan
United States Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center Saint Louis Missouri
United States Mercy Hospital Saint Louis Saint Louis Missouri
United States Washington University School of Medicine Saint Louis Missouri
United States Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Saint Petersburg Florida
United States Primary Children's Hospital Salt Lake City Utah
United States Children's Hospital of San Antonio San Antonio Texas
United States Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas San Antonio Texas
United States University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio Texas
United States Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego California
United States UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay San Francisco California
United States Maine Children's Cancer Program Scarborough Maine
United States Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle Washington
United States Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls Sioux Falls South Dakota
United States Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane Washington
United States Stony Brook University Medical Center Stony Brook New York
United States ProMedica Flower Hospital Sylvania Ohio
United States State University of New York Upstate Medical University Syracuse New York
United States Madigan Army Medical Center Tacoma Washington
United States Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center Tacoma Washington
United States Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa Tampa Florida
United States ProMedica Toledo Hospital/Russell J Ebeid Children's Hospital Toledo Ohio
United States Banner University Medical Center - Tucson Tucson Arizona
United States University of Arizona Cancer Center-North Campus Tucson Arizona
United States New York Medical College Valhalla New York
United States Children's National Medical Center Washington District of Columbia
United States Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children Wilmington Delaware
United States Wake Forest University Health Sciences Winston-Salem North Carolina

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Children's Oncology Group National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Australia,  Canada,  New Zealand, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Change in intelligence scores within each treatment arm Will be assessed by the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence 4th Edition (WPPSI-IV), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children 5th Edition (WISC-V), and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 4th Edition (WAIS-IV), depending on patient's age. One-sample confidence intervals will be used to estimate mean pairwise changes in intelligence scores between 2 time points within each treatment arm. Baseline up to 60 months post-treatment initiation
Other Change in intelligence scores between treatment arms Will be assessed by the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence 4th Edition (WPPSI- IV), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children 5th Edition (WISC V), and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 4th Edition (WAIS-IV), depending on patient's age. A 2-sample confidence interval approach will be used to estimate the difference in score changes between the two cohorts (WVSCI versus HDCSCR) in order to describe differential effects of the 2 treatment strategies. Baseline up to 60 months post-treatment initiation
Other Change in processing speed/attention within each treatment arm Will be assessed by the WISC-V or WAIS-IV processing speed index tasks. One-sample confidence intervals will be used to estimate mean pairwise changes in scores between 2 time points within each treatment arm. Baseline up to 60 months post-treatment initiation
Other Change in processing speed/attention between the two treatment arms Will be assessed by the WISC-V or WAIS-IV processing speed index tasks. A 2-sample confidence interval approach will be used to estimate the difference in score changes between the two cohorts (WVSCI versus HDCSCR) in order to describe differential effects of the 2 treatment strategies. Baseline up to 60 months post-treatment initiation
Other Change in immediate visual memory within each arm Will be assessed by the Children's Memory Scale and California Verbal Learning Test. One-sample confidence intervals will be used to estimate mean pairwise changes in scores between 2 time points within treatment arms, as appropriate. Baseline up to 60 months post-treatment initiation
Other Change in social-emotional functioning within each arm Will be assessed by the Behavior Assessment System for Children - 3rd Edition. One-sample confidence intervals will be used to estimate mean pairwise changes in scores between 2 time points within treatment arms, as appropriate. Baseline up to 60 months post-treatment initiation
Other Change in adaptive functioning within each arm Will be assessed by the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System - 3rd Edition. One-sample confidence intervals will be used to estimate mean pairwise changes in scores between 2 time points within treatment arms, as appropriate. Baseline up to 60 months post-treatment initiation
Other Change in health-related quality of life within each arm Will be assessed by the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory version 4.0. One-sample confidence intervals will be used to estimate mean pairwise changes in scores between 2 time points within treatment arms, as appropriate. Baseline up to 60 months post-treatment initiation
Other Change in health-related quality of life between the two treatment arms Will be assessed by the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory version 4.0. 2-sample confidence interval approach will be used to estimate the difference in score changes between the two cohorts (WVSCI versus HDCSCR) in order to describe differential effects of the 2 treatment strategies. Baseline up to 60 months post-treatment initiation
Other Radiation modality (proton versus photon) Will summarize and compare functional outcomes, including cognitive, social and behavioral functioning, and auditory and neuro-endocrine function, in the context of the radiation therapy modality used. Two sample t-tests for specified timepoints within each of the two treatment cohorts (WVSCI versus HDCSCR) will be used for comparisons. Up to 10 years
Other Growth comparisons following radiation by radiation modality Will compare early and late outcomes for proton and photon therapy with and without vertebral body sparing. Height and weight of subjects who are < 13 years at the time of radiation therapy will be collected until subjects go off study or reach the age of 21, whichever is earlier. Percentile values standardizing height and weight based on appropriate growth curves will be used to compare cohorts treated with proton- versus photon-based radiation therapy. Up to 10 years
Other Complete blood count values following radiation by radiation modality Complete blood count values during radiation therapy will be used to compare these outcomes in the context of proton- versus photon-based radiation therapy. Up to 1 year post treatment initiation
Other Local versus central review recommendations for second-look surgery Will summarize the local versus central review recommendations for second-look surgery and document any discrepancies. Up to 1 year post treatment initiation
Primary Failure rate Will be measured by the number of progressions or deaths within 2 years of enrollment for the cohort treated with whole ventricular + spinal canal irradiation (WVSCI). The final analysis will include an exact binomial confidence interval of the failure rate for each of the failure types (local, distant/spinal or both) without adjustment for multiplicity. Within 2 years of enrollment
Primary Spinal failure rate Will be measured by the number of spinal relapses (spine alone or distant relapses including the spine) within 2 years of enrollment in patients treated with WVSCI. The final analysis will include an exact binomial confidence interval of spinal failure rate. Within 2 years of enrollment
Secondary Radiographic complete response (CR)/partial response (PR) with marker normalization rate post induction/second-look surgery Will be assessed in patients treated with induction chemotherapy. Will be estimated using an exact binomial approach and its confidence interval. Approximately 6 to 9 months post-treatment initiation
Secondary Radiographic complete response (CR)/partial response (PR) with marker normalization rate post high-dose chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell rescue (HDCSCR) Will be assessed in patients treated with HDCSCR. Will be estimated using an exact binomial approach and its confidence interval. Up to 2 years post-treatment initiation
Secondary Progression-free survival (PFS) Will be estimated separately for those treated with WVSCI and with HDCSCR + radiation therapy. Kaplan-Maier based PFS curve estimates will be included, where patients who are lost to follow up will be treated as censored observations as part of the primary analyses. From enrollment until disease progression or death from any cause for patients with events, and until final follow up for those who are event free at the time of analysis, assessed up to 10 years
Secondary Overall survival (OS) Will be estimated separately for those treated with WVSCI and with HDCSCR + radiation therapy. Kaplan-Maier based OS curve estimates will be included, where patients who are lost to follow up will be treated as censored observations as part of the secondary analyses. From enrollment until death from any cause for patients with events and until final follow up for those who are alive at the time of analysis, assessed up to 10 years
Secondary Patterns of disease recurrence/failure Will be analyzed in an exploratory manner with respect to radiation dose distribution. Up to 10 years
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