Clinical trial Recruiting at 84 sites Phase 3 Interventional Ages Any age to 21

Comparing surgery and chemotherapy for treating pleuropulmonary blastoma in children

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

Run by Children's Oncology Group · NCT06647953 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study tests whether combining surgery with chemotherapy is better than just surgery alone for children with pleuropulmonary blastoma, and also looks at adding a new cancer drug to see if it helps kids with more advanced types of the disease.

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Quick facts

PhasePhase 3
Study typeInterventional
AgesAny age to 21 Years
SexAll
Enrollment110 (estimated)
SponsorChildren's Oncology Group
Research network
Drugs / interventionschemotherapy, doxorubicin, radiation, cyclophosphamide
Locations87 sites (Birmingham, Alabama and 86 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedMarch 21, 2025
Main results expectedMarch 31, 2029
Study endsMarch 31, 2029
Registry record updatedAugust 25, 2026
Trial IDNCT06647953 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates are children aged 21 years or younger with newly diagnosed types I, II, or III pleuropulmonary blastoma.

Probably not a fit

Patients with advanced unresectable tumors or those who have previously received treatment for PPB may not benefit from this study.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This phase III trial evaluates the effectiveness of surgery combined with chemotherapy versus surgery alone for children with type I pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB). Additionally, it investigates the impact of adding the anti-cancer drug topotecan to standard chemotherapy for patients with types II and III PPB. The study aims to determine overall response rates, progression-free survival, and overall survival rates among participants. It also includes assessments of surgical complications and the collection of tumor samples for future research.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this study could lead to improved treatment protocols for children with pleuropulmonary blastoma, potentially enhancing survival rates and reducing unnecessary chemotherapy.

How similar studies have gone: Previous studies have shown promise in similar approaches, but this specific combination of treatments is being tested for the first time in this context.

Who can join: the full rules

Show full inclusion / exclusion 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

Where it's running

  • Children's Hospital of Alabama
    Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    Recruiting
  • Phoenix Childrens Hospital
    Phoenix, Arizona, United States
    Recruiting
  • Arkansas Children's Hospital
    Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
    Recruiting
  • Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center
    Downey, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center
    Loma Linda, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, California, United States
    Recruiting
Show 44 more locations
  • Valley Children's Hospital
    Madera, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
    Oakland, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Kaiser Permanente-Oakland
    Oakland, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay
    San Francisco, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital Colorado
    Aurora, Colorado, United States
    Recruiting
  • Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center
    Denver, Colorado, United States
    Recruiting
  • Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children
    Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's National Medical Center
    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida
    Fort Myers, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville
    Jacksonville, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Nicklaus Children's Hospital
    Miami, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
    Orlando, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Nemours Children's Hospital
    Orlando, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola
    Pensacola, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
    St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa
    Tampa, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • Riley Hospital for Children
    Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Iowa City, Iowa, United States
    Recruiting
  • Norton Children's Hospital
    Louisville, Kentucky, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital New Orleans
    New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
    Recruiting
  • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    Recruiting
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
  • C S Mott Children's Hospital
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital of Michigan
    Detroit, Michigan, United States
    Recruiting
  • Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
    Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
    Recruiting
  • Bronson Methodist Hospital
    Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
    Recruiting
  • Mayo Clinic in Rochester
    Rochester, Minnesota, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Mississippi Medical Center
    Jackson, Mississippi, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
    Kansas City, Missouri, United States
    Recruiting
  • Washington University School of Medicine
    St Louis, Missouri, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha
    Omaha, Nebraska, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Omaha, Nebraska, United States
    Recruiting
  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
    New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
    Recruiting
  • Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center
    Paterson, New Jersey, United States
    Recruiting
  • Albany Medical Center
    Albany, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
    New Hyde Park, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus
    The Bronx, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • New York Medical College
    Valhalla, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • Duke University Medical Center
    Durham, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting

+37 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.

Study contacts

  • Principal investigator: Kris Ann P Schultz — Children's Oncology Group

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How to take part

  1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
  2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
  3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.
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