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CycloSam and External Beam Radiotherapy for the Treatment of High Risk Osteosarcoma and Other Solid Tumors Metastatic to Bone

Trial Status: withdrawn

This phase I trial is to find the best dose of CycloSam when given together with external bean radiotherapy in treating patients with high risk osteosarcoma or other solid tumors that have spread to the bone (metastatic). CycloSam may deliver radiation to multiple sites of bone disease simultaneously. Radiation therapy uses high energy beams to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Osteosarcoma can be damaged by this kind of radiation, but that requires very high doses, which can cause severe damage to the healthy skin and tissues in the area. CycloSam is a form of radiation that is given through a vein into the bloodstream. This drug delivers radiation right to the bone tumor, without causing damage to the outside of the skin or to other organs. This trial aims to see whether giving CycloSam and external bean radiotherapy together may provide enough radiation to damage the tumor, without causing as much skin and tissue damage as external beam radiation alone, and whether radiation given in this way will stop or reverse the growth of osteosarcoma and other solid tumors.