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Outcomes
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Alternate Title

Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab in Treating Patients With Metastatic Osteosarcoma

Basic Trial Information

Objectives

1. Determine the feasibility and safety of trastuzumab (Herceptin®) and chemotherapy in patients with HER2-overexpressing (2+ level of expression) metastatic osteosarcoma.
2. Determine the response rate and 3-year event-free survival of patients treated with this regimen.
3. Determine the cardiac toxicity and late effects of this regimen in these patients.
4. Determine the response rate and 3-year event-free survival of poor-risk patients with HER2-negative tumors treated with chemotherapy without the addition of trastuzumab.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

• Histologically confirmed high-grade osteosarcoma
  • Metastatic
  • Newly diagnosed

• No osteosarcoma arising in areas of Paget's disease or radiotherapy-induced sarcoma

• Presenting with at least 1 of the following:
  • Bone metastases with or without lung metastases
  • Bilateral lung metastases (any number of nodules)
  • Unilateral lung metastases with at least 4 nodules

• Planned resection of either the primary site or a metastatic site of disease after completion of induction therapy

• Must be currently enrolled on the tumor biology study COG-P9851

Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy:

• Not specified

Chemotherapy:

• No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

• Not specified

Radiotherapy:

• No prior radiotherapy

Surgery:

• See Disease Characteristics

Patient Characteristics:

Age:

• 30 and under at diagnosis

Performance status:

• ECOG 0-2

  OR

• Karnofsky 50-100% (over age 10)
• Lansky 50-100% (age 10 and under)

Life expectancy:

• Not specified

Hematopoietic:

• Absolute neutrophil count > 1,000/mm³
• Platelet count > 100,000/mm³

Hepatic:

• Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times normal
• SGPT ≤ 3 times normal

Renal:

• Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times normal

  OR

• Creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate ≥ 70 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

• Shortening fraction ≥ 28% by echocardiogram
• Ejection fraction ≥ 50% by echocardiogram or MUGA
• No history of pericarditis, myocarditis, symptomatic arrhythmia, or conduction disturbances

Other:

• Normal organ function
• HIV negative
• Not pregnant or nursing
• Fertile patients must use effective contraception

Expected Enrollment

A total of 80 patients (40 patients per stratum) will be accrued for this study within 2.5 years.

Outcomes

Cardiac toxicity

Outline

This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to tumor HER2 status (positive vs negative).

Patients receive induction therapy comprising doxorubicin IV over 20 minutes followed by cisplatin IV over 4 hours on days 1 and 2 of weeks 1 and 6, and methotrexate IV over 4 hours on day 1 of weeks 4, 5, 9, and 10. Patients also receive leucovorin calcium IV or orally every 6 hours beginning 24 hours after each methotrexate dose and continuing for at least 10 doses until methotrexate levels sufficiently decrease. Within 24-36 hours after completion of induction therapy, patients receive filgrastim (G-CSF) daily until blood counts recover.

Patients undergo resection of any remaining primary tumor and/or metastatic lesions during week 11. Patient who are unable to undergo resection receive radiotherapy between weeks 11 and 17.

Patients receive post-induction therapy comprising doxorubicin IV over 20 minutes on days 1 and 2 of weeks 17, 25, and 29; cisplatin IV over 4 hours on days 1 and 2 of weeks 17 and 25; methotrexate IV over 4 hours on day 1 of weeks 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, and 33; etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 of weeks 13, 21, and 34; and ifosfamide IV over 4 hours on days 1-5 of weeks 13, 21, 29, and 34. Patients also receive leucovorin calcium and G-CSF as in induction therapy.

Patients whose tumors are found to overexpress HER2 (2+ level of expression) also receive trastuzumab IV over 30-90 minutes once a week for a total of 34 weeks in addition to the chemotherapy regimen.

Patients are followed monthly for 1 year, every 2 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 2 years, and then annually thereafter.

Janeway KA, Barkauskas DA, Krailo MD, et al.: Outcome for adolescent and young adult patients with osteosarcoma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer : , 2012.[PUBMED Abstract]

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Children's Oncology Group

David Ebb, MD, Protocol chair		Ph: 617-726-2000; 877-726-5130

Registry Information
Official Title		A Groupwide Phase II Study of Trastuzumab (Herceptin) in Metastatic Osteosarcoma Patients with Tumors that Overexpress HER2
Trial Start Date		2001-07-23
Trial Completion Date		2007-05-31
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov		NCT00023998
Date Submitted to PDQ		2001-07-16
Information Last Verified		2010-11-12
NCI Grant/Contract Number		CA30969

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