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Taking people in FrancePhase 1/2

Tests low-dose chemotherapy in children with returning or resistant Wilms tumor

Tests low-dose chemotherapy in children with kidney tumor that returned or did not respond.

Key facts

Who runs it
Centre Oscar Lambret
Where
Amiens, Besancon Cedex, Bordeaux, Grenoble Cedex 9, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier Cedex 5, Nancy Cedex, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Rennes Cedex 9, Rouen Cedex, St Denis, Strasbourg Cedex 2, Toulouse Cedex 9, and Villejuif, FranceSee the 19 sites
Registry title
Metronomic Chemotherapy in Wilms Tumor (MetroWilms-1906)
Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 1/2
People taking part
28 people, planned
Started
14 Sept 2022
Expected to end
Oct 2028
Type of study
Interventional
Treatments tested
  • Vincristine
  • Irinotecan
  • Temozolomide
  • Etoposide
  • Cis-Retinoic acid
Record updated
18 March 2026

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for children and young people with Wilms tumor that came back or did not respond to earlier chemotherapy.

Age
From 18 months to 17 years old.
Sex
All sexes can join.
Disease stage
Wilms tumor that came back or did not respond to treatment, proven by tissue testing at diagnosis, and visible on MRI or CT scan.
Earlier treatment
At least 2 lines of chemotherapy, or 1 line for a high-risk relapse with no treatment meant to remove all of the disease. Chemotherapy or radiotherapy of the target lesion within 3 weeks, and major surgery within 15 days, are not allowed.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Another cancer within the last 5 years
  • Known active viral hepatitis, HIV infection or another uncontrolled infection
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Serious heart, liver, lung or kidney problems (grade 2 or higher), or severe nerve damage
  • Known allergy to dacarbazine, isotretinoin or other trial drugs

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Patient ≥18 months old and ≤ 17 years old
  • Relapsed or refractory Wilms tumor, histologically proven at diagnosis
  • After at least 2 lines of chemotherapy (conventional or high dose, which may include the trial molecules) or after 1 line for high risk relapse for which there would not be any curative therapy. If 1 line for high risk relapse, the enrolment should be confirmed by coordinators
  • Radiologically measurable or evaluable disease (visible, target or non-target-lesion on MRI or CT-scan)
  • Performance status: Karnofsky performance status (for patients >16 years of age) or Lansky Play score (for patients ≤16 years of age) ≥ 70%
  • Able to take oral medication or nasal gastric tube or authorized gastrostomy
  • Adequate biological criteria:; Neutrophils > 1000/mm3 ; Platelets > 75 000/mm3; Transaminases (ALT/ AST) ≤ 3 times ULN (or ≤ 6 times ULN if liver metastasis); total bilirubin ≤ 2 ULN (except in case of Gilbert's disease)
  • Creatinine ≤ 1,5 ULN or clearance ≥ 60 mL/ min/ 1,73m2 (In case of doubt, to be confirm by assessment of cystatin )
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative seric pregnancy test within 7 days prior to initiation of treatment
  • Sexually active patients must agree to use adequate and appropriate contraception (at least one highly effective contraception or two complementary methods of contraception), 1 month before beginning of treatment while on trial drug and for 7 months after stopping the trial drug for female patients and after 6 months for male patients
  • Written informed consent from parents/legal representative, patient, and age-appropriate assent before any trial-specific screening procedures according to national guidelines
  • Patient covered by the French "Social Security" regime

Who cannot take part

  • Chemotherapy or radiotherapy of target lesion within 3 weeks prior to inclusion
  • Target therapy within less than 5 * half-life of the substance prior to inclusion
  • Major surgery within 15 days prior to inclusion
  • Vaccination with a live attenuated vaccine within 1 month prior to inclusion
  • Prior history of other cancer within 5 years
  • Presence of any NCI-CTCAE v5 grade ≥ 2 cardiac, hepatic, pulmonary or renal toxicity
  • Inflammatory bowel chronic disease and/or intestinal obstruction
  • Patients with demyelinating form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
  • Known active viral hepatitis or known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or any other uncontrolled infection
  • Known hypersensitivity to dacarbazine (DTIC), isotretinoin or to any of the trial drugs, trial drug classes, excipients in the formulation
  • Severe myelosuppression
  • Severe peripheral neuropathy (grade ≥ 2)
  • Fructose intolerance
  • Hyperlipidemia and hypervitaminosis A
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding patients
  • Inability to comply with medical follow-up of the trial (geographical, social or psychological reasons)

Where in France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens - PicardieAmiens, FranceTaking people
  • Centre Hospitalier Regional UniversitaireBesancon Cedex, FranceTaking people
  • Centre hospitalier Universitaire de BordeauxBordeaux, FranceTaking people
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble AlpesGrenoble Cedex 9, FranceTaking people
  • Centre Oscar LambretLille, FranceTaking people
  • Centre Leon BerardLyon, FranceTaking people
  • Institut Des Neurosciences De La TimoneMarseille, FranceTaking people
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De MontpellierMontpellier Cedex 5, FranceTaking people
  • CHRU De NancyNancy Cedex, FranceTaking people
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de NantesNantes, FranceTaking people
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de NiceNice, FranceTaking people
  • Institut CurieParis, FranceTaking people
  • Trousseau HospitalParis, FranceTaking people
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De RennesRennes Cedex 9, FranceTaking people
  • CHU De RouenRouen Cedex, FranceTaking people
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De La ReunionSt Denis, FranceTaking people
  • Les Hopitaux Universitaires De StrasbourgStrasbourg Cedex 2, FranceTaking people
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De ToulouseToulouse Cedex 9, FranceTaking people
  • Institut Gustave RoussyVillejuif, FranceTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

This is a multicenter, interventional, non-randomized study among patients with a relapsed or refractory Wilms tumor. The study will aim to assess efficacy of metronomic chemotherapy, in terms of disease control after two cycles of metronomic chemotherapy.

The group in the trial

  • Single Arm - Vincristine + Irinotécan + Témozolomide + Etoposide + Cis-Retinoic acidTreatment being tested

    Metronomic chemotherapy : Vincristine + Irinotécan + Témozolomide + Etoposide + Cis-Retinoic acid

    Treatment: Vincristine, Irinotecan, Temozolomide, Etoposide, and Cis-Retinoic acid

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov and on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
Official title
Phase 1-2 Trial Evaluating Metronomic Chemotherapy in Patients With a Relapsed or Refractory Wilms Tumor
Plain-language title
Tests low-dose chemotherapy in children with returning or resistant Wilms tumorGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Record updated
18 March 2026