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Testing a Standardized Approach to Surgery and Chemotherapy for Type I Pleuropulmonary Blastoma or the Addition of an Anti-cancer Drug, Topotecan, to the Usual Treatment for Types II and III Pleuropulmonary Blastoma

RecruitingPhase 3

Prospective Treatment of Types I, II and III Pleuropulmonary Blastoma (PPB)

Who can join

Up to age 21 · All sexes

Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

* 21 years of age or younger
* Newly diagnosed PPB. Note that patients with known germline DICER1 variant or mosaicism with a large, solid unresectable thoracic mass with imaging features characteristic for Type II or III PPB are eligible without histologic confirmation of the diagnosis if a biopsy of the mass is not considered safe or feasible

  * Individuals are eligible based on institutional diagnosis of Type I, Ir, II or III PPB diagnosed within 60 days prior to enrollment. Children with Type II or III PPB at risk for clinical decompensation may receive protocol therapy while awaiting rapid central pathology review. Children with Type I or Ir PPB will be assigned to chemotherapy vs. observation based on imaging and central pathology review diagnosis. Type I and Ir patients should not begin chemotherapy prior to return of central pathology results
* For patients with Type II or III PPB (within 7 days prior to enrollment): A serum creatinine based on age/sex as follows:

  * Age: 1 month to \< 6 months - Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL): 0.4 (Male), 0.4 (Female)
  * Age: 6 months to \< 1 year - Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL): 0.5 (Male), 0.5 (Female)
  * Age: 1 to \< 2 years - Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL): 0.6 (Male), 0.6 (Female)
  * Age: 2 to \< 6 years - Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL): 0.8 (Male), 0.8 (Female)
  * Age: 6 to \< 10 years - Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL): 1 (Male), 1 (Female)
  * Age: 10 to \< 13 years - Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL): 1.2 (Male), 1.2 (Female)
  * Age: 13 to \< 16 years - Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL): 1.5 (Male), 1.4 (Female)
  * Age: ≥ 16 years - Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL): 1.7 (Male), 1.4 (Female) OR - A 24 hour urine creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 OR - A glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m\^2. GFR must be performed using direct measurement with a nuclear blood sampling method OR direct small molecule clearance method (iothalamate or other molecule per institutional standard)
  * Note: Estimated GFR (eGFR) from serum creatinine, cystatin C or other estimates are not acceptable for determining eligibility
* For patients with Type II or III PPB (within 7 days prior to enrollment): Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
* For patients with Type II or III PPB (within 7 days prior to enrollment): Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\]) ≤ 135 U/L

  * Note: For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT (ALT) has been set to the value of 45 U/L
* Shortening fraction of ≥ 27% by echocardiogram, or ejection fraction of ≥ 50% by radionuclide angiogram (within 21 days prior to start of protocol therapy)
* HIV-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible as long as they are NOT receiving anti-retroviral agents that are strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4

Exclusion Criteria:

* Administration of prior PPB-directed chemotherapy is an exclusion criterion. Prior treatment for another malignancy is not an exclusion criterion
* Patients with known Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
* Female patients who are pregnant since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs. A pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential
* 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
* 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

About the study

This phase III trial tests how well surgery plus chemotherapy compared to surgery alone works in treating patients with type I pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB), and tests how well surgery plus standard chemotherapy with the addition of topotecan works compared to surgery plus standard chemotherapy alone in treating patients with type II and III PPB.

Historically, most children with type I PPB had surgery and approximately 40% of children with type I PPB received chemotherapy following their surgery, usually for 22-42 weeks. There has not been a consistent standard for which children with type I PPB receive chemotherapy after surgery. For patients whose tumor has been removed completely with surgery, observation without chemotherapy may work as well as giving chemotherapy after surgery in preventing a return of the PPB tumor.

The standard chemotherapy for patients with types II or III PPB in the United States is four cycles of IVADo (ifosfamide, vincristine, dactinomycin, and doxorubicin) followed by 8 cycles of IVA (ifosfamide, vincristine and dactinomycin). Ifosfamide is in a class of medications called alkylating agents. It works by slowing or stopping the growth of tumor cells in the body. Vincristine is in a class of medications called vinca alkaloids. It works by stopping tumor cells from growing and dividing and may kill them. Dactinomycin is a type of antibiotic that is only used in cancer chemotherapy (antineoplastic antibiotic). It works by damaging the cell's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and may kill tumor cells. Doxorubicin is in a class of medications called anthracyclines. Doxorubicin damages the cell's DNA and may kill tumor cells. It also blocks a certain enzyme needed for cell division and DNA repair. Topotecan is in a class of medications called topoisomerase I inhibitors. It works by interfering with tumor cell DNA which kills them. Giving topotecan in addition to standard IVADo and IVA chemotherapy regimens may shrink the cancer as well as or better than the standard therapy or could decrease the chance the tumor spreads while causing fewer side effects.

What is being tested

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group · Participants: 110 · Started: Mar 21, 2025

Contact the study team

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06647953

Locations in the U.S.

AlabamaChildren's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham
ArizonaPhoenix Childrens Hospital, Phoenix
ArkansasArkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock
CaliforniaKaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center, Downey
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Valley Children's Hospital, Madera
Kaiser Permanente-Oakland, Oakland
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland
UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay, San Francisco
ColoradoChildren's Hospital Colorado, Aurora
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver
DelawareAlfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington
District of ColumbiaChildren's National Medical Center, Washington D.C.
FloridaGolisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers
Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville, Jacksonville
Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando
Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando
Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola, Pensacola
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg
Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa, Tampa
GeorgiaChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital, Atlanta
IllinoisLurie Children's Hospital-Chicago, Chicago
University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago
IndianaRiley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis
IowaUniversity of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa City
KentuckyUniversity of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center, Lexington (Not yet recruiting)
Norton Children's Hospital, Louisville
LouisianaChildren's Hospital New Orleans, New Orleans
MarylandJohns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore
MassachusettsDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
MichiganC S Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor
Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit
Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids
Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo
MinnesotaChildren's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis, Minneapolis
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester
MississippiUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
MissouriChildren's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
NebraskaChildren's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha, Omaha
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
New JerseyRutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick
Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson
New YorkAlbany Medical Center, Albany
The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park
Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus, The Bronx
New York Medical College, Valhalla
North CarolinaUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill
Duke University Medical Center, Durham
North DakotaSanford Broadway Medical Center, Fargo
OhioCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Cleveland
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus
Dayton Children's Hospital, Dayton
ProMedica Toledo Hospital/Russell J Ebeid Children's Hospital, Toledo
OklahomaUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
Saint Francis Children's Hospital, Tulsa
OregonOregon Health and Science University, Portland (Not yet recruiting)
PennsylvaniaChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh
South CarolinaBI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center, Greenville
South DakotaSanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls
TennesseeSaint Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis
The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial, Nashville
Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville
TexasDell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin
UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas, Dallas
Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth
Covenant Children's Hospital, Lubbock
Children's Hospital of San Antonio, San Antonio
Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas, San Antonio
UtahPrimary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City
VirginiaUniversity of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk
WashingtonSeattle Children's Hospital, Seattle (Not yet recruiting)
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Spokane
WisconsinSaint Vincent Hospital Cancer Center Green Bay, Green Bay
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center - University Hospital, Madison

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.