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A Randomised Trial of Two Chemotherapy Regimens in the Treatment of Operable Osteosarcoma (Doxorubicin-Cisplatin versus Methotrexate-Vincristine-Doxorubicin plus Doxorubicin-Cisplatin plus Bleomycin-Cyclophosphamide-Dactinomycin)
ISRCTN ISRCTN11824145
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
Public title A Randomised Trial of Two Chemotherapy Regimens in the Treatment of Operable Osteosarcoma (Doxorubicin-Cisplatin versus Methotrexate-Vincristine-Doxorubicin plus Doxorubicin-Cisplatin plus Bleomycin-Cyclophosphamide-Dactinomycin)
Scientific title
Acronym N/A
Serial number at source BO03/EORTC 80861
Study hypothesis To assess two protocols of chemotherapy in operable osteosarcoma
Ethics approval Not provided at time of registration.
Study design Randomised controlled trial
Countries of recruitment United Kingdom
Disease/condition/study domain Bone cancer
Participants - inclusion criteria 1. Aged <40 years
2. Biopsy proven osteosarcoma
3. Non-metastatic, untreated osteosarcoma of the long bones of an extremity
4. Normal cardiac, renal, hepatic, hematologic and pulmonary function prior to entry
5. Patients with parosteal, periosteal, pagetoid and post irradiation sarcoma or who have an inoperable tumour are excluded
6. No previous chemotherapy
7. No previous radiotherapy to the primary tumour
8. No medical contraindications to treatment
Participants - exclusion criteria Not provided at time of registration.
Anticipated start date 01/06/1986
Anticipated end date 01/03/1993
Status of trial Completed
Patient information material
Target number of participants 400
Interventions Patients are randomised to one of two treatment groups:

1. Group A: Two drug chemotherapy, cisplatin and adriamycin (doxorubicin) repeated every 3 weeks for three cycles. Surgery is recommended 3 weeks following the completion of chemotherapy. Three further courses of chemotherapy to be given postoperatively.

2. Group B: Multi-drug chemotherapy with vincristine, high-dose methotrexate, adriamycin, bleomycin, cisplatin, cyclophosphamide and dactinomycin. The duration of chemotherapy is 44 weeks. Surgery is recommended for week 7 of chemotherapy.



Regimen:
Group A: Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 24 h infusion and adriamycin 25 mg/m2 days 1, 2, 3 at weeks 0, 3, 6, 9,11,14. Surgery week 9.
Group B: High dose methotrexate (M) 8 g/m2 or 12 g/m2 (age 12 or less) 6 h infusion day 1; Vincristine (V) 1.5 mg/m2 (max 2 mg) iv bolus day 1; adriamycin (A1) 25 mg/m2 iv bolus, days 1-3; (A2) 30 mg/m2, days 1, 2; bleomycin (B) 15 mg/m2; cyclophosphamide (C) 600 mg/m2, dactinomycin (D) 600 mg/m2; cisplatin (P) 120 mg/m2; VM weeks 0, 1, 5, 6, 12, 13, 17, 18; A1 weeks 2, 14; A2+P weeks 20, 23, 29, 32, 38, 41; BCD weeks 9, 26, 35. Surgery week 7.
Primary outcome measure(s) Overall survival, relapse-free survival, response to pre-operative chemotherapy
Secondary outcome measure(s) Not provided at time of registration.
Sources of funding Medical Research Council, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Trial website
Publications Results on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9314869
Contact name Dr  Barbara  Uscinska
  Address MRC Clinical Trials Unit
222 Euston Road
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode NW1 2DA
  Country United Kingdom
  Tel +44 (0) 20 7670 4723
  Fax +44 (0) 20 7670 4818
  Email register@ctu.mrc.ac.uk
Sponsor Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
  Address 20 Park Crescent
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode W1B 1AL
  Country United Kingdom
  Tel +44 (0)20 7636 5422
  Fax +44 (0)20 7436 6179
  Email clinical.trial@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
  Sponsor website: http://www.mrc.ac.uk
Date applied 19/08/2002
Last edited 10/09/2007
Date ISRCTN assigned 19/08/2002
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