CompletedPhase 2

Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumors, Ewing's Sarcoma, Wilms' Tumor, or Bone Cancer

United StatesStarted 1990-05

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug or combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy in treating patients with peripheral neuroectodermal tumors, Ewing's sarcoma, Wilms' tumor, or bone cancer.

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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Diagnosis of peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor, including peripheral neuroepithelioma or Askin tumor OR Diagnosis of localized or metastatic Ewing's sarcoma, including the following: Unresectable or metastatic small cell osteosarcoma Unresectable or metastatic other nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft-tissue sarcomas Unresectable or metastatic other non-osteosarcomatous bone sarcomas Desmoplastic small round-cell tumor Metastatic or non-metastatic Wilms' tumor Immunocytochemistry, electron microscopy, and/or chromosomal analysis may be required to rule out other small round cell neoplasms PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Any age Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Not specified

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00002466

SponsorMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2005-05

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