Reference | Indication | Research design | Schedule of Hyperthermia/Number of sessions | Chemotherapy/Number of courses | Number of patients | Outcome measure | Comment |
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Romanowski Klinische Pädiatrie 1993 [10] | Different solid tumors with prognostically unfavorable tumor diseases | Feasibility of regional hyperthermia with systemic chemotherapy | Day 1 and 4 simultaneously to the chemotherapy (2–16 RHT sessions per patient; mean 6,5) | 16 patients: IE: etoposide 4 x 150 mg/m2 and ifosfamide 4 x 2000 mg/m2 8 patients: ICE: etoposide 4 x 150 mg/m2 and ifosfamide 4 x 2000 mg/m2 or every 2nd cycle carboplatinum 4 x 150 mg/m2 10 patients received various substances including adriamycin Mean 3 treatment courses | 34 (age: mean 11 years: 6 month) | Feasability study | First study in children and adolescents on RHT and Chemotherapy 20 % complete remission 7 patients were in CR up to 64 month |
Wessalowski R. Klinische Pädiatrie 1997 [11] | Locoregional Recurrences of abdominal Germ Cell Tumors | Pilot study PEI-chemotherapy and RHT compared to a mached cohort | Day 1 and 4 simultaneously to the chemotherapy (6–30 RHT sessions per patient; mean 12,4) | PEI: cisplatinum 40 mg/m2 on day 1 and 4; etoposide 100 mg/m2 on day 1 to 4 and ifosfamide 2000 mg/m2 on day 1 to 4) Mean 6 treatment courses | 9 RHT (age: mean 10 years; 11 month) 23 matched cohort | RHT subgroup 5-year EFS 0.41 ± 0.33 (5 CR, 2PR, 1SD, 1PD) matched cohort 5-year EFS 0.16 ± 0.25 | |
Wessalowski R. Cancer. 1998 [12] | Recurrence of an Malignant sacrococcygeal germ cell tumors | Phase I/II study | Day 1 and 4 simultaneously to the chemotherapy (6–10 RHT sessions per patient; mean 8,8) | PEI: cisplatinum 40 mg/m2 on day 1 and 4; etoposide 100 mg/m2 on day 1 to 4 and ifosfamide 2000 mg/m2 on day 1 to 4) Mean 4 treatment courses | 10 (age: mean 11 years; 3 month) | Phase I/II study Toxicity (5 CR, 2PR, 1SD. 1NC, 1PD) | WHO grade 4 neutropenia and thrombocytopenia after all cycles Granulocytopenic fever after 27 % cycles; WHO grade-3 acute renal toxicity after 5 % cycles; WHO grade 3 mucositis after 11 % cycles |
Schneider D. J Clin Oncol, 2001 [7] | Relapsed or refractory germ cell tumour | Subgroup in a prospective study no control group | Day 1 and 4 simultaneously to the chemotherapy | PEI: cisplatinum 40 mg/m2 on day 1 and 4; etoposide 100 mg/m2 on day 1 to 4 and ifosfamide 2000 mg/m2 on day 1 to 4) | A subgroup of 8 Patients (age: mean 11 years; 3 month) with RHT out of 22 first-, 14 s-, 5 third-, and 2 fourth-relapse | 5 CR, 2 PR | |
Wessalowski R. Klinische Pädiatrie 2003 [9] | Unresectable malignant tumours (24 extracranial non-testicular germ cell tumours; 15 soft tissue or chondrosarcomas) | Phase-II study PEI-chemotherapy and RHT | Day 1 and 4 simultaneously to the chemotherapy (6–10 RHT sessions per patient; mean 8,5) | PEI: cisplatinum 40 mg/m2 on day 1 and 4; etoposide 100 mg/m2 on day 1 to 4 and ifosfamide 2000 mg/m2 on day 1 to 4) Three to four treatment courses | 24 Germ cell tumours (age: mean 3 years; 7 month) 15 Soft tissue sarcoma (age: mean 7 years; 6 month) | Whole study cohort median follow-up 27 months 5-year EFS 0.39 +/− 0.11 (20/39 patients) 5-year OS 0.52 +/− 0.11 (25/39 patients) | 13 patients received local radiotherapy |
Wessalowski R. The Lancet Oncology, 2013 [8] | Relapsed or refractory germ cell tumour | Prospective study no control group | Day 1 and 4 simultaneously to the chemotherapy (6–10 RHT sessions per patient; mean 8,2) | PEI: cisplatinum 40 mg/m2 on day 1 and 4; etoposide 100 mg/m2 on day 1 to 4 and ifosfamide 2000 mg/m2 on day 1 to 4) Three to four treatment courses | 44 (age: median 2 years; 7 months) | response to treatment 16 patients had CR and 14 had PR median follow-up 82 months 5-year event-free survival was 62 % (95 % CI 45–75) 5-year overall survival was 72 % (95 % CI 55–83). | Local radiotherapy if incompletely resected WHO grade 3–4 neutropenia and thrombocytopenia after every cycle. Granulocytopenic fever in 29 (66 %) of 44 patients after 53 (29 %) cycles. WHO grade-3 acute renal toxic effects in five patients |