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Brief Title: Rebeccamycin Analog in Treating Children With Relapsed or Refractory Neuroblastoma
Official Title: A Pharmacokinetic-Guided Phase II Trial of the Rebeccamycin Analog NSC# 655649 in Pediatric Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma
Study ID: NCT00003737
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of rebeccamycin analog in treating children who have relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma.
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES: * Determine the response rate to rebeccamycin analogue in children with relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma. * Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients. * Identify and establish in vitro biologic correlates of clinical responses and toxicity of this drug in these patients. OUTLINE: Patients receive rebeccamycin analogue IV over 1 hour once on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for at least 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: This study will accrue up to 30 patients within 1.5 years.
Minimum Age:
Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Name: Tanya Trippett, MD
Affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Role: STUDY_CHAIR