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Brief Title: High Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Transplant for Neuroblastoma
Official Title: High Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) Rescue for Neuroblastoma: Standard of Care Considerations
Study ID: NCT01526603
Brief Summary: This is a standard of care document, outlining the therapy for children with high risk neuroblastoma who are not eligible for Children's Oncology Group (COG) studies.
Detailed Description: This therapy involves the use of melphalan, etoposide, and carboplatin (consolidation chemotherapy); autologous stem cell rescue, post-transplant radiation therapy and a maintenance phase with Isotretinoin (Accutane, 13-cis-retinoic acid) therapy. If available, patients should also consider post-transplant therapy with cytokines and monoclonal antibody (ch14.18) on a COG or New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy (NANT) trial.
Minimum Age:
Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Name: Ashish Gupta, MBBS, MPH
Affiliation: Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR