Biomarkers in Tumor Tissue Samples From Patients With Newly Diagnosed Neuroblastoma or Ganglioneuroblastoma

Ganglioneuroblastoma Clinical Trial

Official title:

Neuroblastoma Biology Studies

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00904241
• Other study ID #: ANBL00B1
• Secondary ID: NCI-2009-00397CD
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: November 6, 2000

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Children's Oncology Group
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This research trial studies biomarkers in tumor tissue samples from patients with newly diagnosed neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma. Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify and learn more about biomarkers related to cancer.

Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To prospectively analyze the factors that are currently used for risk-group assignment (v-myc avian myelocytomatosis viral oncogene neuroblastoma derived homolog [MYCN] copy number by fluorescent in situ hybridization [FISH], deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] content by flow cytometry, and tumor histology using the International Neuroblastoma Pathologic Classification System) in neuroblastoma tumors at the time of diagnosis.

II. To maintain a reference bank containing clinically and genetically characterized frozen tumor tissue, tumor DNA and ribonucleic acid (RNA), histology slides and paraffin blocks, neuroblastoma-derived cell lines, patient serum and paired normal DNA obtained at the time of diagnosis, at the time of second-look surgery and at the time of relapse for future research studies.

III. To prospectively analyze 1p, 11q, 14q and 17q allelic status, MYCN copy number by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR); and the expression pattern of neurotrophin-related genes in diagnostic neuroblastoma tumors, and assay for the presence of rare tumor cells in biological specimens by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR; these biological variables will be analyzed for independent clinical significance compared to MYCN amplification, International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS) stage, age, ploidy, and histologic variables in predicting either response to treatment or outcome.

IV. To build a database of the known biologic prognostic factors for patients on therapeutic studies.

V. To serve as a Registry for neuroblastoma patients whose tumors demonstrate clinical and genetic features defined as ?Low Risk? for treatment failure in the absence of adjuvant therapy.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To prospectively analyze the concordance between detection of MYCN amplification in tumor samples and quantitative detection of MYCN DNA in serum, and to analyze the prognostic significance of MYCN amplification as detected in serum samples.

II. To build a database that includes information regarding the presentation and natural history of neuroblastoma-associated health problems including but not limited to opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia (OMA) and/or spinal cord compression.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo collection of blood, tissue, and bone marrow samples for analysis via RT-PCR, quantitative PCR, flow cytometry, and FISH.

After completion of study, patients are followed up periodically.

Other known NCT identifiers

• NCT00256763

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 10000
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2100
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All newly diagnosed patients with suspected neuroblastoma, suspected ganglioneuroblastoma, or suspected ganglioneuroma/maturing subtype seen at Children's Oncology Group (COG) institutions are eligible for this study

• There will be no penalty under any circumstances for enrollment of a patient whose definitive institutional diagnosis, or central review diagnosis, is found to be a tumor other than neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroblastoma, or ganglioneuroma/ maturing subtype

• Patients may not have received chemotherapy prior to enrollment on ANBL00B1 and procurement of study-related tissues with the following exception:

• Patients that in the opinion of the treating physician are too ill to undergo pre-treatment tissue biopsy and require EMERGENT chemotherapy may be enrolled on ANBL00B1; documentation of the emergent nature of therapy initiation is required

• It is required that a good faith effort (documented by specimen tracking) be made to submit a neuroblastoma sample (tumor, metastasis, and/or tumor-involved bone marrow) of sufficient quality for MYCN analysis in the Neuroblastoma Reference Laboratory in order for any newly diagnosed patient to be enrolled on ANBL00B1; this should be obtained prior to initiation of therapy

• Exceptions

• In rare cases, patients may be deemed too ill to undergo pre-treatment tissue biopsy and require EMERGENT therapy; the following eligibility guidelines apply to these cases:

• For presumed INSS stage 4S patients: Efforts to submit tumor tissue (e.g., primary tumor, skin nodule, or metastatic site) within 96 hours of EMERGENT therapy initiation should be made; however, if the child is deemed too unstable for such a procedure they may still be enrolled as long as pre-treatment peripheral blood and serum have been submitted

• For all other INSS stages: tumor tissue should be obtained as soon as possible within 96 hours of EMERGENT therapy initiation; patients without tumor tissues submitted within this time-frame are not eligible for enrollment

• Note: it may not be possible to obtain all necessary tumor biomarkers for therapy stratification in such cases; if a patient enrolled on ANBL00B1 undergoes an additional diagnostic procedure within 96 hours of initiating therapy, additional tumor specimens may be submitted to obtain biomarkers used for risk classification; the decision to perform such procedures, and/or submit these specimens, is to be made by the managing clinicians and should reflect the clinical need to know the status of such biomarkers

• Patients enrolled on ANBL1232 in Group A (either A1 or A2) will not have a tumor biopsy or resection upfront; tumor tissue submission is therefore not required for these patients to enroll on ANBL00B1; a peripheral blood and serum sample is the only specimen required to be submitted for this group of patients; should they undergo a biopsy or resection at a later date tumor can be submitted for biomarker testing at this time

• 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

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with relapsed neuroblastoma who were not enrolled on ANBL00B1 at original diagnosis are NOT eligible; samples should be submitted as part of the ABTR04B1 protocol

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ganglioneuroblastoma
• Localized Resectable Neuroblastoma
• Localized Unresectable Neuroblastoma
• Neuroblastoma
• Regional Neuroblastoma
• Stage 4 Neuroblastoma
• Stage 4S Neuroblastoma

Intervention

Other:
• Cytology Specimen Collection Procedure
Correlative studies
• Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Australia	Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital	Herston	Queensland
Australia	Royal Children's Hospital-Brisbane	Herston	Queensland
Australia	John Hunter Children's Hospital	Hunter Regional Mail Centre	New South Wales
Australia	Women's and Children's Hospital-Adelaide	North Adelaide	South Australia
Australia	Royal Children's Hospital	Parkville	Victoria
Australia	Perth Children's Hospital	Perth	Western Australia
Australia	Princess Margaret Hospital for Children	Perth	Western Australia
Australia	Sydney Children's Hospital	Randwick	New South Wales
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	IWK Health Centre	Halifax	Nova Scotia
Canada	McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences	Hamilton	Ontario
Canada	Kingston Health Sciences Centre	Kingston	Ontario
Canada	Children's Hospital	London	Ontario
Canada	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine	Montreal	Quebec
Canada	The Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC	Montreal	Quebec
Canada	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario	Ottawa	Ontario
Canada	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec	Quebec
Canada	Allan Blair Cancer Centre	Regina	Saskatchewan
Canada	Janeway Child Health Centre	Saint John's	Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada	Saskatoon Cancer Centre	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
Canada	Hospital for Sick Children	Toronto	Ontario
Canada	British Columbia Children's Hospital	Vancouver	British Columbia
Canada	CancerCare Manitoba	Winnipeg	Manitoba
Netherlands	University Medical Center Groningen	Groningen
New Zealand	Christchurch Hospital	Christchurch
New Zealand	Starship Children's Hospital	Grafton	Auckland
Puerto Rico	HIMA San Pablo Oncologic Hospital	Caguas
Puerto Rico	San Jorge Children's Hospital	San Juan
Puerto Rico	University Pediatric Hospital	San Juan
Saudi Arabia	King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre	Riyadh
Switzerland	Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group - Bern	Bern
Switzerland	Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group - Geneva	Geneva
Switzerland	Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group - Lausanne	Lausanne
United States	Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron	Akron	Ohio
United States	Albany Medical Center	Albany	New York
United States	University of New Mexico Cancer Center	Albuquerque	New Mexico
United States	Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest	Allentown	Pennsylvania
United States	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-Amarillo	Amarillo	Texas
United States	Providence Alaska Medical Center	Anchorage	Alaska
United States	C S Mott Children's Hospital	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	Mission Hospital Inc-Memorial Campus	Asheville	North Carolina
United States	Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston	Atlanta	Georgia
United States	Augusta University Medical Center	Augusta	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	University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center	Baltimore	Maryland
United States	Eastern Maine Medical Center	Bangor	Maine
United States	Walter Reed National Military Medical Center	Bethesda	Maryland
United States	Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania
United States	Children's Hospital of Alabama	Birmingham	Alabama
United States	University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center	Birmingham	Alabama
United States	Saint Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute	Boise	Idaho
United States	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus	Bronx	New York
United States	Brooklyn Hospital Center	Brooklyn	New York
United States	Maimonides Medical Center	Brooklyn	New York
United States	State University of New York Downstate Medical Center	Brooklyn	New York
United States	Roswell Park Cancer Institute	Buffalo	New York
United States	University of Vermont and State Agricultural College	Burlington	Vermont
United States	UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
United States	Medical University of South Carolina	Charleston	South Carolina
United States	West Virginia University Charleston Division	Charleston	West Virginia
United States	Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute	Charlotte	North Carolina
United States	Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center	Charlotte	North Carolina
United States	University of Virginia Cancer Center	Charlottesville	Virginia
United States	T C Thompson Children's Hospital	Chattanooga	Tennessee
United States	Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago	Chicago	Illinois
United States	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago	Illinois
United States	University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center	Chicago	Illinois
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	Presbyterian - Saint Lukes Medical Center - Health One	Denver	Colorado
United States	Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center	Denver	Colorado
United States	Blank Children's Hospital	Des Moines	Iowa
United States	Ascension Saint John Hospital	Detroit	Michigan
United States	Henry Ford Hospital	Detroit	Michigan
United States	Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute	Detroit	Michigan
United States	Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center	Downey	California
United States	City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center	Duarte	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	Inova Fairfax Hospital	Falls Church	Virginia
United States	Sanford Broadway Medical Center	Fargo	North Dakota
United States	Hurley Medical Center	Flint	Michigan
United States	Broward Health Medical Center	Fort Lauderdale	Florida
United States	Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida	Fort Myers	Florida
United States	Lee Memorial Health System	Fort Myers	Florida
United States	Brooke Army Medical Center	Fort Sam Houston	Texas
United States	Cook Children's Medical Center	Fort Worth	Texas
United States	University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville	Gainesville	Florida
United States	University of Texas Medical Branch	Galveston	Texas
United States	Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health	Grand Rapids	Michigan
United States	Saint Vincent Hospital Cancer Center Green Bay	Green Bay	Wisconsin
United States	BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center	Greenville	South Carolina
United States	East Carolina University	Greenville	North Carolina
United States	Greenville Cancer Treatment Center	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	Memorial Regional Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital	Hollywood	Florida
United States	Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children	Honolulu	Hawaii
United States	Tripler Army Medical Center	Honolulu	Hawaii
United States	University of Hawaii Cancer Center	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	Saint Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center	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	East Tennessee State University	Johnson City	Tennessee
United States	Bronson Methodist Hospital	Kalamazoo	Michigan
United States	Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies	Kalamazoo	Michigan
United States	Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics	Kansas City	Missouri
United States	University of Kansas Cancer Center	Kansas City	Kansas
United States	East Tennessee Childrens Hospital	Knoxville	Tennessee
United States	Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation	Las Vegas	Nevada
United States	Summerlin Hospital Medical Center	Las Vegas	Nevada
United States	Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center	Las Vegas	Nevada
United States	University Medical Center of Southern Nevada	Las Vegas	Nevada
United States	Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center	Lebanon	New Hampshire
United States	University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center	Lexington	Kentucky
United States	Arkansas Children's Hospital	Little Rock	Arkansas
United States	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Little Rock	Arkansas
United States	Saint Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	New Jersey
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	Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA	Los Angeles	California
United States	Norton Children's Hospital	Louisville	Kentucky
United States	Covenant Children's Hospital	Lubbock	Texas
United States	Valley Children's Hospital	Madera	California
United States	University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics	Madison	Wisconsin
United States	Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield	Marshfield	Wisconsin
United States	Loyola University Medical Center	Maywood	Illinois
United States	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	Memphis	Tennessee
United States	Cardon Children's Medical Center	Mesa	Arizona
United States	Miami Cancer Institute	Miami	Florida
United States	Nicklaus Children's Hospital	Miami	Florida
United States	University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center	Miami	Florida
United States	Children's Hospital of Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Wisconsin
United States	NYU Winthrop Hospital	Mineola	New York
United States	Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis	Minneapolis	Minnesota
United States	University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center	Minneapolis	Minnesota
United States	USA Health Strada Patient Care Center	Mobile	Alabama
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	Yale University	New Haven	Connecticut
United States	The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York	New Hyde Park	New York
United States	Children's Hospital New Orleans	New Orleans	Louisiana
United States	Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson	New Orleans	Louisiana
United States	Tulane University Health Sciences Center	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	Mount Sinai Hospital	New York	New York
United States	NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center	New York	New York
United States	Newark Beth Israel Medical Center	Newark	New Jersey
United States	Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters	Norfolk	Virginia
United States	Advocate Children's Hospital-Oak Lawn	Oak Lawn	Illinois
United States	Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland	Oakland	California
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	UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center	Orange	California
United States	Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children	Orlando	Florida
United States	Florida Hospital Orlando	Orlando	Florida
United States	Nemours Children's Clinic - Orlando	Orlando	Florida
United States	Nemours Children's Hospital	Orlando	Florida
United States	UF Cancer Center at Orlando Health	Orlando	Florida
United States	Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University	Palo Alto	California
United States	Advocate Children's Hospital-Park Ridge	Park Ridge	Illinois
United States	Advocate Lutheran General Hospital	Park Ridge	Illinois
United States	Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center	Paterson	New Jersey
United States	Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola	Pensacola	Florida
United States	Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate	Peoria	Illinois
United States	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
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	Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center	Portland	Oregon
United States	Oregon Health and Science University	Portland	Oregon
United States	Naval Medical Center - Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Virginia
United States	Rhode Island Hospital	Providence	Rhode Island
United States	Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center	Richmond	Virginia
United States	Carilion Clinic Children's Hospital	Roanoke	Virginia
United States	Mayo Clinic	Rochester	Minnesota
United States	University of Rochester	Rochester	New York
United States	Beaumont Children's Hospital-Royal Oak	Royal Oak	Michigan
United States	William Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak	Royal Oak	Michigan
United States	Sutter Medical Center Sacramento	Sacramento	California
United States	University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center	Sacramento	California
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	Naval Medical Center -San Diego	San Diego	California
United States	Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego	San Diego	California
United States	UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay	San Francisco	California
United States	UCSF Medical Center-Parnassus	San Francisco	California
United States	Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital	Santa Barbara	California
United States	Memorial Health University Medical Center	Savannah	Georgia
United States	Maine Children's Cancer Program	Scarborough	Maine
United States	Kaiser Permanente Washington	Seattle	Washington
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	Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	Massachusetts
United States	Southern Illinois University School of Medicine	Springfield	Illinois
United States	Stony Brook University Medical Center	Stony Brook	New York
United States	Overlook Hospital	Summit	New Jersey
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	Tampa General Hospital	Tampa	Florida
United States	Scott and White Memorial Hospital	Temple	Texas
United States	Mercy Children's Hospital	Toledo	Ohio
United States	The Toledo Hospital/Toledo Children's Hospital	Toledo	Ohio
United States	Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center	Torrance	California
United States	The University of Arizona Medical Center-University Campus	Tucson	Arizona
United States	Natalie Warren Bryant Cancer Center at Saint Francis	Tulsa	Oklahoma
United States	New York Medical College	Valhalla	New York
United States	Children's National Medical Center	Washington	District of Columbia
United States	MedStar Georgetown University Hospital	Washington	District of Columbia
United States	Saint Mary's Hospital	West Palm Beach	Florida
United States	Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children	Wilmington	Delaware
United States	Wake Forest University Health Sciences	Winston-Salem	North Carolina
United States	University of Massachusetts Medical School	Worcester	Massachusetts
United States	Tod Children's Hospital - Forum Health	Youngstown	Ohio

Sponsors (2)

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

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Australia,  Canada,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Puerto Rico,  Saudi Arabia,  Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Factors currently used for risk-group assignment (DNA content, MYCN copy number, and tumor histology)	Life tables, Kaplan-Meier survival curves, log-rank tests, and Cox regression will be used to explore the relationship of laboratory variables to outcome.	Up to 3 years
Primary	Prevalence of 1p, 11q, 14q, and 17q allelic status	These biological variables will be analyzed for independent clinical significance compared to MYCN amplification, INSS stage, age, ploidy, and histologic variables in predicting either response to treatment or outcome.	Up to 3 years
Primary	MYCN copy number by quantitative PCR	These biological variables will be analyzed for independent clinical significance compared to MYCN amplification, INSS stage, age, ploidy, and histologic variables in predicting either response to treatment or outcome.	Up to 3 years
Primary	Expression pattern of neurotrophin-related genes in diagnostic neuroblastoma tumors	These biological variables will be analyzed for independent clinical significance compared to MYCN amplification, INSS stage, age, ploidy, and histologic variables in predicting either response to treatment or outcome.	Up to 3 years
Primary	Presence of rare tumor cells in biological specimens by RT-PCR	These biological variables will be analyzed for independent clinical significance compared to MYCN amplification, INSS stage, age, ploidy, and histologic variables in predicting either response to treatment or outcome.	Up to 3 years
Primary	Database of the known biologic prognostic factors for patients on therapeutic studies	During the testing for treatment effect in Phase III trials, the biologic prognostic factors may be needed for adjustment in the Cox regression model-building process.	Up to 3 years
Secondary	MYCN status per tumor	Cross tabulations of MYCN status per tumor versus MYCN status per blood will be generated, the percentage concordant and the percentage discordant will be calculated, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses will be performed. Kaplan-Meier curves of MYCN status per blood will be generated, and a logrank test comparison performed. The prognostic ability of MYCN status per tumor versus MYCN status per blood will be tested in a multivariable Cox model.	Up to 3 years
Secondary	MYCN status per blood	Cross tabulations of MYCN status per tumor versus MYCN status per blood will be generated, the percentage concordant and the percentage discordant will be calculated, and ROC analyses will be performed. Kaplan-Meier curves of MYCN status per blood will be generated, and a logrank test comparison performed. The prognostic ability of MYCN status per tumor versus MYCN status per blood will be tested in a multivariable Cox model.	Up to 3 years
Secondary	Incidence of OMA	Descriptive analysis will be performed.	Up to 3 years
Secondary	Incidence of spinal cord compression	Descriptive analysis will be performed.	Up to 3 years
Secondary	Presentation with multifocal primary tumors	Descriptive analysis will be performed.	Up to 3 years