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A European treatment protocol for bonesarcomain patients older than 40 years (EURO-B.O.S.S.)

Conditions
C40
Malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage of limbs
Registration Number
DRKS00000942
Lead Sponsor
Klinikum Stuttgart
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
135
Inclusion Criteria

1. Histologically proven diagnosis of high-grade sarcoma of bone of any site.
2. Histologic types: osteosarcoma (high-grade surface, central primary and secondary),
fibrosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, leiomyosarcoma, dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma,
angiosarcoma.
EUROpean Bone Over 40 Sarcoma Study EURO-B.O.S.S. Version_2.0 COSS Dec 2009 13/24
3. Age: 41 - 65
4. Normal bone marrow, hepatic, cardiac and renal function
5. Absence of contraindications to the use of cisplatin, adriamycin (doxorubicin), and ifosfamide
6. Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Planned chemotherapy and/or follow-up not feasible
2. Previous chemotherapy treatment, which contraindicates the use of one or more drugs, included
in the present procol
3. Previous chemotherapy treatment for the current tumor
4. White blood count < 3.0 x 109/L, and platelets < 100 x 109/L
5. Creatinine clearance < 70 ml/min
6. Left ventricular ejection fraction < 55% or fractional shortening rate of the left ventricle <28%
7. Serum transaminases and bilirubin > 2 times the normal values
8. ECOG performance status > 2
9. Chondrosarcoma or small/round cell bone sarcoma including mesenchymal chondrosarcoma and
Ewing’s family tumors.
10. Pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
overall survival
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
chemotherapy-related toxicity, the event free survival, and the histologic response<br>to preoperative chemotherapy.
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