International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) PNET 5 Medulloblastoma

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The aim of the LR-treatment arm is to confirm the high rate of event-free survival in patients between the ages of 3 to 5 years and less than 22, with 'standard risk' medulloblastoma with a low-risk biological profile. Patients eligible for the study will be those with non-metastatic medulloblastoma...

The aim of the LR-treatment arm is to confirm the high rate of event-free survival in patients between the ages of 3 to 5 years and less than 22, with 'standard risk' medulloblastoma with a low-risk biological profile. Patients eligible for the study will be those with non-metastatic medulloblastoma (by CSF cytology and centrally reviewed MRI imaging) at diagnosis and low-risk biological profile, defined as ß-catenin nuclear immuno-positivity by immuno-histochemistry (IHC). Patients will have undergone total or near-total tumour resection and will receive conventionally fractionated (once a day) radiotherapy with a dose of 54 Gy to the primary tumor and 18.0 Gy to the craniospinal axis. Following radiotherapy, patients will receive a reduced-intensity chemotherapy with a total of 6 cycles of chemotherapy consisting of 3 courses of cisplatin, CCNU and vincristine alternating with 3 courses of cyclophosphamide and vincristine. The aim of the SR-arm is to test whether concurrent carboplatin during radiotherapy followed by 8 cycles of maintenance chemotherapy in patients with 'standard risk' medulloblastoma with an average-risk biological profile may improve outcome. Patients eligible for the study will be those with non-metastatic medulloblastoma (by CSF cytology and centrally reviewed MRI imaging) at diagnosis and average-risk biological profile, defined as ß-catenin nuclear immuno-negativity by IHC. Patients will have undergone total or near-total tumour resection and will receive conventionally fractionated (once a day) radiotherapy with a dose of 54 Gy to the primary tumor and 23.4 Gy to the craniospinal axis. Following radiotherapy, patients will receive a modified-intensity chemotherapy with a total of 8 cycles of chemotherapy consisting of 4 courses of cisplatin, CCNU and vincristine alternating with 4 courses of cyclophosphamide and vincristine.

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