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Active, not recruitingNCT03742193PROACHUpdated Nov 1, 2023

Pulmonary Resectable Metastases of Osteosarcoma With Anti-angiogenics and CHemotherapy

A Phase 2 interventional study of Apatinib and GD regimen in Osteosarcoma, Pulmonary Metastases and Apatinib, sponsored by Ruijin Hospital. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 10 Years to 50 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-01.

Sponsored by Ruijin Hospital · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Nov 2023, 2 years 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as active, not recruiting.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
43
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
10 Years to 50 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Second-line chemotherapy combined with Apatinib for the patients with resectable pulmonary metastasis of osteosarcoma.

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After standard chemotherapy and surgery for the localized disease, pulmonary metastases of osteosarcoma occurs in up to 40% of cases and still remain challenging without satisfactory regimen. Apatinib is a oral kinase inhibitor of receptor tyrosine targeting VEGFR2. A pilot study indicated that Apatinib improved the PFS after multi-line chemotherapy failure, and might partly reversed chemo-refractory status for advanced osteosarcoma. Thus, the investigators explored the efficacy of combining Apatinib with current available second-line chemotherapy compared to chemotherapy alone for treating first resectable pulmonary metastases of osteosarcoma following the failure of first-line chemotherapy and wide/radical-margin surgery. Participants will receive 250 mg of apatinib twice daily combined with gemcitabine-docetaxel (GD) regimen before and after the surgical resection of the pulmonary metastases. Osteosarcoma patients with pulmonary recurrence only at baseline will be recruited in the study. The primary end point is progression-free survival rate (PFR) compared with historical control. A12 month PFR of 30% or less is considered inactive, while a 12 month PFR of 50% or greater is regarded as of interest for additional development. With a type I error rate of 5% and a power of 83%, the number of patients needed for this design is 43.

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Conditions studied

  • Osteosarcoma
  • Pulmonary Metastases
  • Apatinib
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In context

Neoplasm Metastasis

3,517 studies on the registry are indexed under Neoplasm Metastasis; 885 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 43 is below the median of 54 across 2,767 interventional studies indexed under Neoplasm Metastasis.

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Lead sponsor

Ruijin Hospital is the lead sponsor of 635 studies on the registry; 359 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
10 Years to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • age between 10 and 50 years;
  • diagnosis of histologically confirmed high grade osteosarcoma;
  • identification of pulmonary metastases without the existence of local recurrence(previous re-resection of local recurrence with wide margin is allowed).
  • resectable pulmonary nodule(s), defined as nodule(s) that are removable by wedge resection/ segmentectomy/lobectomy without necessitating a pneumonectomy (e.g., nodules immediately adjacent to the main stem bronchus or main pulmonary vessels)
  • prior treatment consisted of standard National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline recommended first-line chemotherapy
  • wide/radical-margin surgical resection of the primary tumor completed at least 4 weeks before enrollment.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group(ECOG) performance status 0-2 with a life expectancy >3 months;
  • adequate renal, hepatic, and hemopoietic function;
  • normal or controlled blood pressure;
  • no thoracic comorbidities with adequate pulmonary function eligible for thoracic surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • previously exposed to GD chemotherapy or VEGFR2 Tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs);
  • existence of local recurrence;
  • have had other kinds of malignant tumors at the same time;
  • cardiac insufficiency or arrhythmia;
  • uncontrolled complications, such as diabetes mellitus and so on;
  • coagulation disorders or Hemorrhagic diseases ;
  • metastases considered unresectable or borderline resectable at baseline
  • intolerable of thoracis surgery
  • pleural or peritoneal effusion that needs to be handled by surgical treatment;
  • combined with other infections or wounds
  • wound dystrophy, poor soft-tissue around implantation or other wound complications risky of non-healing given angiogenesis inhibitor assessed by the investigators
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
43 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Apatinib + GD group

    Apatinib + GD regimen. For unilateral metastases,3 cycles before metastasectomy, and 4 cycles after. For bilateral metastases, 3 cycles before first metastasectomy, 1 cycle inbetween, and then second metastasectomy followed by 4 cycles. Apatinib monotherapy is then maintained until 1 year following complete resection.

    Drug: Apatinib · Drug: GD regimen

Interventions

  • DrugApatinib

    Apatinib 250mg tablet by mouth, bid. 48 hrs break before and 96 hrs after the surgical resection of the pulmonary metastases.

    Also known as: VEGFR Inhibitor

  • DrugGD regimen

    One cycle: gemcitabine 900 mg/m\^2 over 90 min on Day 1, and gemcitabine 900 mg/m\^2 and docetaxel 75 mg/m\^2 on Day 8. Every 21 days were eligible. 1\~2 -week break before and 2-week break after the surgical resection of the pulmonary metastases is taken.

    Also known as: Chemotherapy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 12 months Progression-free survival rate(12mPFR)

    The proportion of patients with progression-free survival at 12 months according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1). A 12mPFR of 30% or less is considered inactive, while a 12mPFR of 50% or greater is regarded as of interest for additional development

    Time frame: 12 months from the recruitment of the study

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall survival (OS)

    calculated from the date of treatment start until last follow-up or death, whichever comes first.

    Time frame: Baseline until death, followed through study completion, an average of 2 years

  2. Total resectability

    The number of patients undergoing pre-planned metastasectomy divided by the number of patients considered resectable at baseline

    Time frame: after neoadjuvant systemic therapy, an average of 8~9 weeks

  3. Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability]

    The occurrence of each adverse events(AEs), severe AEs(SAEs) and death according the CTCAE_5.0

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 years

  4. Objective response rate (ORR)

    Complete Response(CR)+Partial Response(PR) after neoadjuvant systemic therapy

    Time frame: after neoadjuvant systemic therapy, an average of 8~9 weeks

  5. Clinical benefit rate (CBR)

    CR+PR+stable disease (SD) after neoadjuvant systemic therapy

    Time frame: after neoadjuvant systemic therapy, an average of 8~9 weeks

  6. Progression free survival (PFS)

    Progression free survival according to RECIST 1.1

    Time frame: Baseline until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (followed through study completion, an average of 1.5 years)

  7. OS rate

    the proportion of OS at 12, 24 months

    Time frame: 12 and 24 months from baseline

Other outcomes

  1. Exploratory outcome: Subgroup analysis of progression-free survival(PFS)

    The PFS for each subgroups in terms of clinicopathological characteristics (age, gender, histological type, solitary or multiple metastases, unilateral or bilateral metastases, early or late metastases, calcifying or non-calcifying lesions, with or without lesion cavitation, with or without AEs \[especially pneumothorax, hand-foot skin reactions, hair depigmentation\], etc)

    Time frame: Baseline until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (followed through study completion, an average of 1.5 years)

  2. Exploratory outcome: The correlation of potential pathological biomarker with PFS

    The correlation between the expression of VEGFR2, CD34, Ki-67 and immune cell infiltration by immunohistochemistry and PFS

    Time frame: Baseline until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (followed through study completion, an average of 1.5 years)

  3. Exploratory outcome: Tumor response pre-metastasectomy as a predictor of PFS

    to compare the PFS of the three group according to tumor response pre-metastasectomy (group1: CR/PR, group2: SD, group3 PD)

    Time frame: Baseline until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (followed through study completion, an average of 1.5 years)

  4. Exploratory outcome: Tumor cavitation as a prognostic factor for oncological outcome

    to compare the predictive value of the Crabb's modified RECIST criteria with the original RECIST 1.1 criteria in terms of PFS and OS

    Time frame: Baseline until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (followed through study completion, an average of 1.5 years)

  5. Exploratory outcome: AEs of the targeted therapy as prognostic factors for oncological outcome, especially pulmonary lesion cavitation/pneumothorax and hair depigmentation

    to correlate the incidence of targeted therapy related AEs (especially pneumothorax, hand foot skin reactions, skin and hair depigmentation and fatigue)with the PFS/OS for the treatment arm.

    Time frame: Baseline until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (followed through study completion, an average of 1.5 years)

  6. Correlation of KDR 604 polymorphism with pulmonary lesion cavitation/pneumothorax and with PFS

    According to our previous retrospective analysis, we aim the validate the correlation of KDR 604 AA,AG,GG genotype with the incidence of pulmonary lesion cavitation/pneumothorax and PFS among all patients.

    Time frame: Baseline until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (followed through study completion, an average of 1.5 years)

  7. Exploratory outcome: 1.0-mm CT scan for the early identification small lung nodule as pulmonary recurrence

    to compare the diagnostic value of the 1.0 mm versus 5.0 mm CT scan for the radiological evaluation of small lung nodule as tumor recurrence

    Time frame: Baseline until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (followed through study completion, an average of 1.5 years)

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Study locations

1 site
  • Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200025, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — The data of IPD is available to researcher's upon reasonable request, in accordance to the local legislator's policy ( such as genetic sequencing data)

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 1, 2023, 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
NCT03742193
Lead sponsor
Ruijin Hospital
Responsible party
Weibin Zhang, MD, PhD. (Professor, Ruijin Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 15, 2018
Start date
Aug 11, 2019
Primary completion
Nov 15, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 30, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 1, 2023

Study contacts

Weibin Zhang, PhD, MD
principal investigator · Ruijin Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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