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ArticleBMC pediatrics2020

A phase II JN-I-10 efficacy study of IDRF-based surgical decisions and stepwise treatment intensification for patients with intermediate-risk neuroblastoma: a study protocol.

Tomoko Iehara, Akihiro Yoneda, Atsushi Kikuta, Toshihiro Muraji, Kazuaki Tokiwa, Hideto Takahashi, Satoshi Teramukai, Tetsuya Takimoto, Shigeki Yagyu, Hajime Hosoi and 2 more

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Article in BMC pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Tomoko IeharaDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan. iehara@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp.
Akihiro YonedaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Atsushi KikutaDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
Toshihiro MurajiDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Kirishima Medical Center, Kagoshima, Japan.
Kazuaki TokiwaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan.
Hideto TakahashiNational Institute of Public Health, Saitama, Japan.
Satoshi TeramukaiDepartment of Biostatistics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan.
Tetsuya TakimotoClinical Epidemiology Research Center for Pediatric Cancer, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
Shigeki YagyuDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
Hajime HosoiDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
Tatsuro TajiriDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan.
Japan Children’s Cancer Group Neuroblastoma Committee
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine · JPFukushima Medical University Hospital · JPKagoshima Medical Center · JPNational Center For Child Health and Development · JPNational Institute of Public Health · JPOsaka City General Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFew clinical trials have been reported for patients with intermediate-risk neuroblastoma because of the scarcity of the disease and the variety of clinical and biological characteristics. A multidisciplinary treatment that consists of multidrug chemotherapy and surgery is expected to lead to a good prognosis with few complications. Therefore, a clinical trial for patients with intermediate-risk tumors was designed to establish a standard treatment that reduces complications and achieves good outcomes.

methodsWe planned a prospective phase 2, single-arm study of the efficacy of image-defined risk factors (IDRF)-based surgical decision and stepwise treatment intensification for patients with intermediate-risk neuroblastomas. For the localized tumor group, IDRF evaluations will be performed after each three-course chemotherapy, and surgery will be performed when appropriate. For patients with metastatic tumors, a total of five chemotherapy courses will be performed, and primary lesions will be removed when the IDRF becomes negative. The primary endpoint is 3-year progression-free survival rate, and the secondary endpoints include 3-year progression-free survival rates and overall survival rates of the localized group and the metastasis group and the incidence of adverse events. From international results, 75% is considered an appropriate 3-year progression-free survival rate. If this trial's expected 3-year progression-free survival rate of 85% is statistically greater than 75% in the lower limit of the 95.3% confidence interval, with an accuracy 10% (85 ± 10%), both groups require more than 65 patients. DISCUSSION: This study is the first clinical trial on the efficacy of IDRF-based surgical decision and stepwise treatment intensification for patients with intermediate-risk neuroblastomas. We expect that this study will contribute to the establishment of a standard treatment for patients with intermediate-risk neuroblastoma.

trial registrationUMIN000004700, jRCTs051180203; Registered on December 9, 2010.

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NeuroblastomaAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsClinical Trials, Phase II as TopicHumansProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSurvival RateIDRFIntermediate riskNeuroblastoma

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