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Cost-effectiveness Evaluation of the Use of a Patient Specific Instrument for Surgical Resection of Malignant Bone Tumor Within the Pelvis Versus the Conventional Surgical Treatment

An interventional study of Patient specific instrument and Conventional surgical treatment in Sarcoma, Bone Tumor, sponsored by Nantes University Hospital. Completed at 8 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-07-28.

Sponsored by Nantes University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
88
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Primitive malignant bone tumor or mixt tumor (compounded of soft tissues and bone) is a rare pathology particularly within the pelvis, the sacrum or the hip (between 25 and 80 new cases in France per year).

The reference treatment is a surgical "en bloc" resection associated or not to a medical treatment. This surgery remains highly challenging because of the complex three-dimensional geometry of the pelvic bone and the proximity of important organs and neurovascular structures. The local recurrence rate is significantly increased when the resection does not respect a safe tissues margin (R0 margin).

A new technology has been developed and used in different reference sites the Patient Specific Instrument (PSI), manufactured by 3D-Side. The PSI allows for a more secure and reliable surgical gesture, leading to more frequent R0 margins.

The main objective of this study is to compare the efficiency of the PSI for bone tumor resections within the pelvis with respect to the reference method.

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Conditions studied

  • Sarcoma, Bone Tumor

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Keywords

  • Pelvis
  • Surgical resection
  • Patient specific instrument
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In context

Bone Neoplasms

322 studies on the registry are indexed under Bone Neoplasms; 81 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 88 is above the median of 50 across 218 interventional studies indexed under Bone Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Nantes University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 825 studies on the registry; 195 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Screening Critieria:

Retrospective group (reference)

  • Patient already operated for the same indication as detailed in the prospective group inclusion criteria
  • Surgery date within the 6 years before the study activation in the participating center
  • Adult (18 years old or more) at the time of surgery

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Prospective group (innovation)

  • Primitive malignant pelvic bone tumor or mixt tumor (primary bone sarcoma, soft tissue sarcoma with bone extension, giant cells tumor of bone and any tumor requiring such a resection)
  • Indication for a wide monobloc resection according to clinical guidelines of the pathology ("en bloc" resection of iliac bone including a bone section from periacetabular Enneking zone 2 to the sacrum zone 4, hip extra-articular resection for proximal femur tumors and sacral tumor or ilio-sacral tumors that need a vertical osteotomy or horizontal osteotomy above S2)
  • Ability to fill in Euroqol and TESS questionnaires
  • Adult (18 years old or more)
  • Health insurance holder

Retrospective group (reference)

Patient fulfilling the matching criteria with one patient of the prospective group, according to the following matching criteria (in order of importance):

  1. Tumor location (Enneking zones 1, 2, 1-2, 2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-4, 1-2-3-4, 1-4, sacrum)
  2. Tumor type (chondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, Ewing, chordoma, other tumor type)
  3. Surgery center
  4. Tumor size (as close as possible between both patients)
  5. Response to chemotherapy (good, bad, not applicable).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Prospective group (innovation)

  • Patient suffering from a local recurrence or a metastasis at recruitment time
  • Absence of informed consent
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Minors
  • Adults under guardianship or trusteeship

Retrospective group (reference)

  • Patient not fulfilling the protocol matching criteria
  • Refusal to participate
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
88 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Prospective group :Innovation

    Surgical treatment using a patient specific instrument (PSI)

    Device: Patient specific instrument

  • Other
    Retrospective group: Reference

    Conventional surgical treatment without PSI, using 2D imaging planification

    Procedure: Conventional surgical treatment

Interventions

  • DevicePatient specific instrument

    The proposed innovation consists in using patient specific instrument (PSI) for tumor resection. It is compounded of a preoperative assistance to plan the surgery and an intraoperative assistance to reproduce the preoperative planning.

    Also known as: PSI-T, 3D-Side

  • ProcedureConventional surgical treatment

    The conventional treatment is planned on two-dimensional images (CT and MRI).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. ICER between the innovation treatment group and the reference treatment group.

    Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER) as assessed from the healthcare system perspective: Cost/Local prevented recurrence at 3 years postoperatively

    Time frame: 3 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. R0, R1 and R2 margin rates

    R0, R1 and R2 margin rates as observed by histological exam for each surgical treatment, for each treatment group.

    Time frame: Within 3 years after surgery

  2. Rate and nature of adverse events related to surgery for each treatment group

    Time frame: Per-operatively and within 3 years after surgery

  3. Quality Of Life (QOL) of patients treated by PSI (prospective group)

    Euroqol questionnaire score

    Time frame: 0, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 and 36 months

  4. Indirect estimations of means of Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) of patients treated by the reference treatment (retrospective group) extrapolated from QOL of patients treated by PSI (prospective group)

    QALYs measures for this group will be extrapolated from the prospective group by estimating the impact of a local recurrence on health-related quality of life.

    Time frame: 3 years

  5. MSTS score

    Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) Score which evaluates 6 items: pain, function, emotional acceptance, walking capacity, technical walking aids, gait.

    Time frame: 12 and 36 months

  6. TESS Score

    Toronto Extremity Salvage Score (TESS) which evaluates 30 items about the global function and patient's activity level.

    Time frame: 12 and 36 months

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Study locations

8 sites
  • Lille University Hospital
    Lille, France
  • Lyon Centre Léon Bérard
    Lyon, France
  • Lyon CRCM Les Massues
    Lyon, France
  • Marseille University Hospital
    Marseille, France
  • Nancy Centre Chirurgical Emile Gallé
    Nancy, France
  • Nantes University Hospital
    Nantes, 44000, France
  • Paris Hospital Cochin
    Paris, France
  • Paris Hospital Kremlin-Bicêtre
    Paris, France
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 28, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02544711
Lead sponsor
Nantes University Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 9, 2015
Start date
Dec 2015
Primary completion
May 2021
Completion
May 2021
Last update
Jul 28, 2021

Study contacts

François Gouin, Professor
principal investigator · Nantes University Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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