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Less than 30 years of age when registered on the study |
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Patients must have a histologic verification of neuroblastoma (NBL) or ganglioneuroblastoma or NBL cells in one marrow with elevated urine catecholamines |
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Life expectancy >2 months, AND one of the following |
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Recurrent disease; or |
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First episode of progressive disease (new lesion, increase in size, previous negative bone marrow) during initial multi-drug, induction myelosuppressive therapy; or |
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Primary resistant/refractory disease (partial, mixed, stable response criteria met) after completing at least 4 cycles of induction multi-drug induction chemotherapy; AND |
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One of the following |
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Patients must have measurable or evaluable tumor defined as: a) Measurable tumor on MRI or CT obtained within 4 weeks prior to study entry; Measurable is defined as ≥ 10mm in at least one dimension AND that has positive uptake on I-123 MIBG scan ("MIBG avid") or demonstrates increased FDG uptake on 18F-FDG PET-CT or PET-MRI ("PET-avid"); OR b) Evaluable tumor by I-123 MIBG scan within 4 weeks prior to study entry, defined as positive uptake at a minimum of one site |
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Measurable or evaluable disease ust represent recurrent disease after therapy completion or progressive disease on therapy or refractory disease during induction |
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Patients with refractory disease that are not avid on MIBG scan and do not have increased FDG uptake on PET must have biopsy proven viable NBL |
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New soft tissue sites that are MIBG avid or PET avid do not require biopsy as long as initial histologically-confirmed NBL diagnosis prior to current therapy |
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Patients must have progressed during or following completion of frontline therapy |
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Agents considered to be a part of frontline therapy would include |
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chemotherapy, radiation therapy, autologous stem cell transplantation |
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retinoids, immunotherapy with anti GD2 agents, cellular therapies, or I-131 |
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MIBG, and frontline therapy is defined as any combination of these agents |
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defined in published regimens or current cooperative group clinical trials for |
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the successful treatment of that cancer."Therapy may not have been received |
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more recently than the timeframes defined below |
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Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: At least 14 days since completion of myelosuppressive therapy |
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Biologic: At least 7 days since completion of therapy with non-myelosuppressive biologic or retinoid |
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Radiation: At least 4 weeks since completion of radiation to any site identified as a target lesion. Palliative radiation is allowed to sites not used to measure response |
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Stem Cell Transplant (SCT): At least 6 weeks after autologous stem cell transplant or stem cell infusions as long as hematologic criteria have been met |
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I-MIBG Therapy: At least 6 weeks after therapeutic MIBG treatment |
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Cellular therapies: At least 6 weeks after any cellular therapy treatment (e.g., prior NK, CAR-T therapy) |
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Adequate bone marrow function, defined as |
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Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥500/microL. Patients must not have received long-acting myeloid growth factors (e.g., Neulasta) within 14 days or short-acting myeloid growth factors (e.g., Neupogen) within 7 days of study entry |
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Platelet count ≥50,000/microL (transfusion independent for at least 1 week) |
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Adequate renal function defined as |
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Creatinine clearance or estimated radioisotope GFR ≥70 ml/min/1.73m2 or |
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Serum creatinine < 2x upper limit of normal (ULN) based on age/gender |
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Adequate liver function defined as |
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Total bilirubin <1.5x ULN for age AND |
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SGPT (ALT) ≤5x ULN for age (or ≤225 U/L). For purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT (ALT) is 45 U/L |
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Adequate central nervous system function defined as |
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Patients with seizure disorders may be enrolled if seizures are well controlled on anti-convulsants |
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CNS toxicity ≤ Grade 2 |
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Adequate cardiac function defined as |
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Shortening fraction of ≥ 27% by ECHO OR |
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Ejection fraction ≥ 50% by ECHO or gated radionuclide study |
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Adequate pulmonary function defined as |
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No evidence of dyspnea at rest, no exercise intolerance, no chronic oxygen requirement, and room air pulse oximetry > 94% if there is a clinical indication for pulse oximetry |
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