Maintenance Oral Etoposide or Observation Following High-dose Chemo for GCT

Inclusion Criteria20

• Written informed consent and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information
• Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent
• Histological or serological evidence of non-seminomatous GCT
• Relapsed disease after first-line cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy
• Completed salvage treatment with HDCT and PBSCT for 2 tandem cycles per Institutional Guidelines
• HDCT must have been used as the initial salvage chemotherapy regimen (2nd line therapy) 6.1. Note: 1 or 2 cycles of standard course regimens prior to HDCT are acceptable (regimens include VeIP \[vinblastine+ifosfmaide+cisplatin\] or TIP \[paclitaxel+ifosfamide+cisplatin\] or PVB \[cisplatin+vinblastine+bleomycin\]
• Normal or declining tumor markers (AFP and hCG) at time of screening
• Adverse events from prior therapy recovered to CTCAE v5.0 grade ≤ 2 at time of registration
• Women with ovarian germ cell tumors are eligible
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2 within 28 days of study registration
• Last dose of HDCT must be ≤16 weeks from study registration
• Adequate organ function lab values obtained within 28 days prior to study registration System Laboratory Value Hematological Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1,000 /mcL Platelets ≥100,000 / mcL Hemoglobin ≥8 g/dL Renal Serum creatinine \<2mg/dL Hepatic Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X ULN OR Direct bilirubin ≤ ULN for subjects with total bilirubin levels \> 1.5 ULN
• AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 X ULN OR
• X ULN for subjects with liver metastases Coagulation International Normalized Ratio (INR) or Prothrombin Time (PT) ≤1.5 X ULN unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) ≤1.5 X ULN unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
• If a female of childbearing potential, a negative urine pregnancy test within 28 days prior to receiving the first dose of study drug.
• o Non-childbearing potential is defined as (by other than medical reasons):
• ≥ 45 years of age and has not had menses for \>2 years
• Amenorrheic for \< 2 years without a hysterectomy and/or oophorectomy and a follicle-stimulating hormone value in the postmenopausal range upon pre-study (screening) evaluation
• Post hysterectomy or oophorectomy. Documented hysterectomy or oophorectomy must be confirmed with medical records of the actual procedure or confirmed by an ultrasound.
• For female patients of childbearing potential and male patients with partners of childbearing potential, agreement (by patient and/or partner) to use two forms of highly effective contraception (i.e., one that results in a low failure rate \[\< 1% per year\] when used consistently and correctly) starting with the first dose of study therapy and to continue its use for 30 days after the last dose of study therapy, or abstain from heterosexual activity.