Combination Chemotherapy, PEG-Interferon Alfa-2b, and Surgery in Treating Patients With Osteosarcoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00134030 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified June 2018 by Children's Oncology Group.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : August 24, 2005
Last Update Posted : June 8, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Localized Osteosarcoma Metastatic Osteosarcoma | Drug: Cisplatin Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Drug: Etoposide Drug: Ifosfamide Drug: Methotrexate Biological: Peginterferon Alfa-2b Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Other: Questionnaire Administration Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery | Phase 3 |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1164 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized Trial of the European and American Osteosarcoma Study Group to Optimize Treatment Strategies for Resectable Osteosarcoma Based on Histological Response to Pre-operative Chemotherapy |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 14, 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 31, 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Maintenance therapy group 1 arm I
Patients receive doxorubicin IV continuously over 48 hours on days 1-2 in weeks 12, 17, 22, and 26 and cisplatin IV over 4 hours on days 1 and 2 in weeks 12 and 17. Patients also receive high-dose MTX IV over 4 hours on day 1 in weeks 15, 16, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, and 29.
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Drug: Cisplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Methotrexate Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Ancillary studies
Other Name: Quality of Life Assessment Other: Questionnaire Administration Ancillary studies Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery Undergo amputation or limb salvage surgery |
Experimental: Maintenance therapy group 1 arm II
Patients receive doxorubicin, cisplatin, and high-dose MTX as in arm I. Patients than receive PEG-interferon alfa-2b subcutaneously once daily on day 1 in weeks 30-104.
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Drug: Cisplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Methotrexate Given IV
Other Names:
Biological: Peginterferon Alfa-2b Given subcutaneously
Other Names:
Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Ancillary studies
Other Name: Quality of Life Assessment Other: Questionnaire Administration Ancillary studies Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery Undergo amputation or limb salvage surgery |
Active Comparator: Maintenance therapy group 2 arm I
Patients receive doxorubicin, cisplatin, and high-dose MTX as in group 1 arm I.
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Drug: Cisplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Methotrexate Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Ancillary studies
Other Name: Quality of Life Assessment Other: Questionnaire Administration Ancillary studies Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery Undergo amputation or limb salvage surgery |
Experimental: Maintenance therapy group 2 arm II
Patients receive doxorubicin IV continuously over 48 hours on days 1-2 in weeks 12, 20, 28, and 36 and cisplatin IV over 4 hours on days 1 and 2 in weeks 12 and 28. Patients also receive high-dose MTX IV over 4 hours on day 1 in weeks 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 39, and 40. Patients receive ifosfamide IV over 4 hours on days 1-5 in weeks 16, 24, and 32 and on days 1-3 in weeks 20 and 36 and etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 in weeks 16, 24, and 32.
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Drug: Cisplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Etoposide Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Ifosfamide Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Methotrexate Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Ancillary studies
Other Name: Quality of Life Assessment Other: Questionnaire Administration Ancillary studies Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery Undergo amputation or limb salvage surgery |
- Event-free survival [ Time Frame: From date of randomization to date of the event, assessed up to 10 years ]Will be assessed using the logrank test and expressed using hazard ratios with appropriate confidence intervals.
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: From date of randomization to date of death, assessed up to 10 years ]Will be assessed using the logrank test and expressed using hazard ratios with appropriate confidence intervals.
- Toxicity as measured by CTCAE v3.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 10 years ]Proportions of patients experiencing grade 3 and 4 toxicities will be compared using chi-square tests or Fisher's exact tests where appropriate.
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 5 Years to 40 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
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Histologically confirmed high-grade osteosarcoma, including second malignancies
- Localized or metastatic disease
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The primary tumor must be located in the limbs or axial skeleton, including any of the following sites*:
- Long bone of upper limb
- Short bone of upper limb
- Long bone of lower limb
- Short bone of lower limb
- Vertebral column
- Ribs, sternum, clavicle, or scapula
- Pelvic bones, sacrum, or coccyx
- Tumor (primary, metastatic, or both) resectable OR is expected to become resectable after neoadjuvant induction chemotherapy
- Suitable for neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- Performance status - Lansky 50-100% (for patients under 16 years of age)
- Performance status - Karnofsky 50-100%*
- Performance status - WHO or ECOG 0-2*
- Platelet count ? 100,000/mm?
- Neutrophil count ? 1,500/mm?
- WBC ? 3,000/mm?
- Bilirubin ? 1.5 times upper limit of normal
- Creatinine clearance ? 70 mL/min
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Creatinine based on age as follows:
- No greater than 1.0 mg/dL (for patients 5 to 10 years of age)
- No greater than 1.2 mg/dL (for patients 11 to 15 years of age)
- No greater than 1.5 mg/dL (for patients over 15 years of age)
- Ejection fraction ? 50% by radionuclide angiogram
- Shortening fraction ? 28% by echocardiogram
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No known HIV positivity
- No prior chemotherapy for any disease
- Prior radiotherapy for another malignancy allowed
- No prior treatment for osteosarcoma

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00134030

Principal Investigator: | Neyssa Marina | Children's Oncology Group |
Responsible Party: | Children's Oncology Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00134030 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
AOST0331 NCI-2009-01066 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) EUDRACT-2004-000242-20 MRC-EURAMOS1 EU-20530 ISRCTN67613327 MRC-BO08 06-93 CDR0000438714 COG-AOST0331 AOST0331 ( Other Identifier: Childrens Oncology Group ) AOST0331 ( Other Identifier: CTEP ) U10CA180886 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) U10CA098543 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | August 24, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 8, 2018 |
Last Verified: | June 2018 |
Osteosarcoma Neoplasms, Bone Tissue Neoplasms, Connective Tissue Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Sarcoma Interferons Interferon-alpha Interferon alpha-2 Peginterferon alfa-2b Interferon-alfa-1b Cisplatin Doxorubicin Liposomal doxorubicin |
Methotrexate Etoposide Etoposide phosphate Ifosfamide Isophosphamide mustard Podophyllotoxin Antineoplastic Agents Antibiotics, Antineoplastic Topoisomerase II Inhibitors Topoisomerase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal Abortifacient Agents Reproductive Control Agents |