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TerminatedNCT06341712CabOSTarUpdated Mar 31, 2026

Effects of Maintenance Cabozantinib+BSC Versus BSC in Children and AYA With Osteosarcoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Cabozantinib and Best Supportive Care (BSC) in Osteosarcoma, Osteosarcoma in Children and Osteosarcoma in Adolescents and Young Adults, sponsored by Ipsen. Terminated at 16 sites in 10 countries. Open to participants aged 5 Years to 30 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-31.

Sponsored by Ipsen · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
The sponsor has decided to terminate the CabOSTar study due to ongoing recruitment challenges
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
5 Years to 30 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The participants of this study will be children, adolescents, and young adults with residual osteosarcoma, which cannot be removed completely through surgery.

Participants will have achieved a partial response or stable disease at the end of conventional chemotherapy. Osteosarcoma is cancer of the bone. The cancer cells make immature bone cells, known as osteoid.

Osteosarcoma is very rare, but it is the most common type of bone cancer in children and teens. It is most common in teens and young adults.

In this study, participants will receive either cabozantinib and best supportive care or the best supportive care alone. Best supportive care will be provided at the investigator's discretion and according to institutional guidelines.

It includes antibiotics, nutritional support, correction of metabolic disorders, optimal symptom control and pain management (including radiotherapy), etc. but does not include tumor specific therapy.

Cabozantinib will be taken by mouth (orally), as a tablet, once a day. Cabozantinib will be provided to participants who tolerate it for as long as their disease does not progress. Participants in the study receiving best supportive care alone may switch to treatment with cabozantinib and best supportive care if their disease progresses and if other eligibility criteria are met.

Participants may withdraw consent to participate at any time.

The estimated duration of the study for participants is 24 months, however a participant could remain in the study longer if demonstrating treatment benefit.

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Conditions studied

  • Osteosarcoma
  • Osteosarcoma in Children
  • Osteosarcoma in Adolescents and Young Adults

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Keywords

  • Osteosarcoma
  • Cabozantinib
  • Children
  • Osteosarcoma in adolescents and young adults (AYA)
  • AYA
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In context

Osteosarcoma

437 studies on the registry are indexed under Osteosarcoma; 116 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 10 is below the median of 42 across 325 interventional studies indexed under Osteosarcoma.

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Lead sponsor

Ipsen is the lead sponsor of 282 studies on the registry; 16 are open to participants now.

Of its 24 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 19 (79%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
5 Years to 30 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants must be ≥5 and ≤30 years of age at the time of study entry.
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of high-grade osteosarcoma as defined by a local pathologist
  • Participants with unresectable residual disease after standard chemotherapy treatment at diagnosis or first relapse (treated with systemic chemotherapy). A minimum of 4 cycles of systemic chemotherapy (or minimum of 2 cycles if chemotherapy was stopped early due to toxicity) must have been received.
  • Measurable residual or evaluable disease by RECIST version 1.1. Participants will be considered with evaluable disease if they have only non-measurable disease as per RECIST version 1.1 criteria.
  • Absence of Progressive Disease (PD) (defined by the investigator according to RECIST version 1.1) at study entry. Note, the two most recent radiological evaluations (e.g. computerised tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance resonance imaging (MRI) scan) including the one following completion of chemotherapy should be available later to facilitate BIRC review.
  • Chemotherapy must be the last anticancer treatment received by participants before study entry and must have been completed at least 4 weeks but no longer than 2 months before randomization.
  • Participants must have recovered to Grade ≤1, except for alopecia, ototoxicity, and Grade ≤2 peripheral neuropathy, per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0) from the acute toxic effects of all prior anticancer therapy at study entry, unless AEs are clinically non significant and/or stable on supportive therapy, per investigator clinical judgment.
  • Life expectancy >6 months.
  • Performance level: participants must have a Lansky or Karnofsky performance status score of ≥70 corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) categories 0-1.
  • Adequate organ and marrow function.
  • Adequately controlled blood pressure (BP) with or without antihypertensive medications.
  • Male and/or female (according to their reproductive organs and functions assigned by chromosomal complement) (FDA 2016)
  • Contraception and barriers as well as pregnancy testing is required as appropriate for the age and sexual activity of pediatric participants and as required by local regulations.
  • All participants (typically ≥18 years) and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent and assent must be obtained from minor participants according to local guidelines.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria :

  • Low grade osteosarcoma and periosteal osteosarcoma
  • Previous treatment with cabozantinib or another Mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET)/hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) inhibitor (e.g., tivantinib, crizotinib).
  • Receipt of any type of small molecule kinase inhibitor (including investigational kinase inhibitor) within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives of the agent, whichever is longer, before first dose of study intervention.
  • Receipt of any type of cytotoxic, biologic or other systemic anticancer therapy (including investigational) within 4 weeks before first dose of study intervention (or washout of at least 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter).
  • Known brain metastases or cranial epidural disease unless adequately treated with radiotherapy and/or surgery (including radiosurgery or major surgery e.g., removal or biopsy of brain metastasis) and stable for at least 4 weeks prior to randomization. Eligible participants must be neurologically asymptomatic and without systemic corticosteroid treatment at the time of randomization. Note: Participants with a known seizure disorder who are receiving non-enzyme inducing anticonvulsants and have well-controlled seizures on a stable dose of anti-convulsant may be enrolled.
  • Participants who have an uncontrolled/active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Participants who are unable to swallow intact tablets.
  • Participants with uncontrolled, significant intercurrent or recent illness.
  • Previously identified allergy or hypersensitivity to components of the study treatment formulations.
  • Any other active malignancy at time of first dose of study intervention or diagnosis of another malignancy within 3 years prior to first dose of study intervention that requires active treatment.
  • Pregnancy or breast-feeding.
  • Participants who in the opinion of the investigator may not be able to comply with the requirements of the study are not eligible
  • Major surgery (eg, orthopaedic surgery, removal or biopsy of brain metastasis) within 8 weeks before randomization. Complete wound healing from major surgery must have occurred 4 weeks before randomization and from minor surgery (eg, simple excision, tooth extraction) at least 10 days before randomization. Participants with clinically relevant ongoing complications from prior surgery are not eligible.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm A: Cabozantinib+ Best supportive care (BSC)

    Participants will receive cabozantinib and BSC.

    Drug: Cabozantinib · Other: Best Supportive Care (BSC)

  • Other
    Arm B: Best supportive care (BSC)

    Participants will receive BSC alone administered per investigator's discretion and institutional guidelines.

    Other: Best Supportive Care (BSC)

Interventions

  • DrugCabozantinib

    Participants will receive cabozantinib orally Once daily (QD) on a continuous dosing schedule for cycles of 28 days.

  • OtherBest Supportive Care (BSC)

    Participants will receive BSC. BSC includes antibiotics, nutritional support, correction of metabolic disorders, optimal symptom control and pain management (including palliative radiotherapy), etc. but does not include tumor specific therapy.

  • OtherBest Supportive Care (BSC)

    Participants will receive BSC alone. BSC includes antibiotics, nutritional support, correction of metabolic disorders, optimal symptom control and pain management (including palliative radiotherapy), etc. but does not include tumor specific therapy.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression-free Survival (PFS) assessed by Blinded Independent Radiology Committee (BIRC)

    PFS defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of first documented disease progression or the date of death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

    Time frame: From randomization until disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first (approximately 34 months).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free survival (PFS) rate assessed by BIRC

    PFS rate at 4 months and 1 year was defined as the probability that participants have not progressed by BIRC assessment and remain alive at 4 months and 1 year.

    Time frame: 4 months and 1 year after randomization.

  2. Objective response rate (ORR) assessed by BIRC

    ORR defined as the proportion of participants who have achieved complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) determined by BIRC.

    Time frame: Approximately 34 months after randomization.

  3. Disease control rate (DCR) assessed by BIRC

    Defined as the proportion of participants who have achieved CR, PR, or stable disease (SD) determined by BIRC

    Time frame: Approximately 34 months after randomization.

  4. PFS assessed by investigator

    Defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of first documented disease progression determined by investigator or the date of death due to any cause, whichever occurs first

    Time frame: From randomization until disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first (approximately 34 months).

  5. PFS rate assessed by investigator

    Defined as the probability that participants have not progressed by investigator assessment and remain alive at 4 months and 1 year.

    Time frame: At 4 months and 1 year after randomization.

  6. ORR assessed by investigator

    Defined as the proportion of participants who have achieved complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) determined by investigator using RECIST version 1.1.

    Time frame: Approximately 34 months after randomization.

  7. DCR assessed by investigator

    Defined as the proportion of participants who have achieved CR, PR, or SD determined by investigator.

    Time frame: Approximately 34 months after randomization.

  8. Overall survival (OS)

    Defined as the time from date of randomization to the date of death, from any cause

    Time frame: From randomization until death or last contact (approximately 34 months).

  9. 1-year overall survival rate

    Defined as the probability participants alive at 1 year.

    Time frame: At 1 year after randomization.

  10. Percentage of participants with Treatment Emergent Adverse Event (TEAEs) and Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESIs).

    An Adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. AESIs are AEs that may not be serious but are of special importance to a particular drug or class of drugs.

    Time frame: From screening to 30 days after last dose.

  11. Area Under Curve (AUC) at steady state.

    Time frame: At Day 1 of week 1 and Day 1 of week 5.

  12. Average concentration (Cavg) at steady state

    Time frame: At Day 1 of week 1 and Day 1 of week 5.

  13. Minimum concentration (Cmin) at steady state

    Time frame: At Day 1 of week 1 and Day 1 of week 5.

  14. Maximal concentration (Cmax) at steady state

    Time frame: At Day 1 of week 1 and Day 1 of week 5.

  15. Acceptability and palatability in children and adolescents assessed using a horizontal visual assessment scale.

    Five-point Facial Hedonic Scale (FHS) with a correlated 100-point horizontal Visual Analog Scale (VAS) (FHS/VAS-5) will be used to assess acceptability and palatability in children and adolescents. Final scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better palatability and acceptability.

    Time frame: Day of first dose.

  16. Change from baseline in score for all Paediatric QoL Inventory (PedsQL) Scales including Generic Core Scales and Cancer Modules.

    The PedsQL is a modular instrument designed to measure health-related quality of life in children and adolescent. The PedsQL generic core scales are multidimensional child self-report and parent proxy-report scales developed as the generic core measure to be integrated with the PedsQL. The PedsQL cancer modules was designed to measure paediatric cancer specific HRQoL. Final total scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better health related quality of life.

    Time frame: From screening to 30 days after last dose.

  17. Change from baseline in European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ) (EORTC QLQ-C30) for adult participants

    The EORTC QLQ-C30 was developed by the EORTC Quality of Life Group to assess HRQoL, functioning, and symptoms in cancer clinical trials. It is a 30-item self-administered questionnaire for all cancer types. Final scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better health related quality of life. A high score for a functional scale represents a high / healthy level of functioning, a high score for the global health status / QoL represents a high QoL, but a high score for a symptom scale / item represents a high level of symptomatology / problems.

    Time frame: From screening to 30 days after last dose.

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Study locations

16 sites
  • Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
    Norfolk, Virginia 23507, United States
  • University Hospital Gent
    Ghent, Belgium
  • McGill University Health Centre - Centre for Innovative Medicine
    Québec, Canada
  • Princess Margaret cancer center
    Toronto, Canada
  • Centre Oscar Lambret
    Lille, France
  • Universitätsmedizin Mainz
    Mainz, Germany
  • Dr. von Haunerschen Kinderspital
    München, Germany
  • Ospedale Ortopedico Rizzoli di Bologna
    Bologna, Italy
  • AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
    Piemonte, Italy
  • Amsterdam UMC - Locatie AMC
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Instytut Matki i Dziecka
    Warsaw, Poland
  • Hospital de La Santa Creu i Sant Pau
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Hospital Infantil Universitario Nino Jesus
    Madrid, Spain
  • Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe
    Valencia, Spain
  • Birmingham Children's Hospital
    Birmingham, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Qualified researchers may request access to patient level data and related study documents including the clinical study report, study protocol with any amendments, annotated case report form, statistical analysis plan, and dataset specifications. Patient level data will be anonymized and study documents will be redacted to protect the privacy of study participants.

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 Mar 31, 2026, 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
NCT06341712
Lead sponsor
Ipsen
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 2, 2024
Start date
Nov 22, 2024
Primary completion
Feb 27, 2026
Completion
Feb 27, 2026
Last update
Mar 31, 2026

Study contacts

Ipsen Medical Director
study director · Ipsen

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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