Tests metformin to help prevent relapse in bone sarcoma patients

Trial details

Who runs it

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Trial code

NCT04758000EU 2024-515639-32-00

Record updated

4 August 2023

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Metformin as Maintenance Therapy in Patients With Bone Sarcoma and High Risk of Relapse

Primitive bone sarcoma are rare tumors with low options of therapy for patient treatment.

1. OSTEOSARCOMA VERY POOR RESPONDER COHORT. Necrosis on primitive localized osteosarcoma represents one of the principal prognostic factors. Nowadays, for localized osteosarcoma there is no maintenance therapy that have shown to be effective.

In ISG-OS1 study in patients with necrosis < 60% had an event free survival (EFS) at 3 yrs of 20% (Ferrari S ) in a more recent analysis (Tsuda Y 2020) patients with a necrosis <60% had a 3 y EFS of 35% . 2. OSTEOSARCOMA AND EWING'S SARCOMA AFTER FIRST RELAPSE Maintenance therapy after Complete Remission occurring after Ewing's sarcoma or osteosarcoma patients is not a standard rule.

These patients when free from disease, after first relapse, are more likely to face a second relapse. EFS at ONE YEAR after first relapse in osteosarcoma is shown in literature to be around 21% (Leary SE 2013) and 16% (Tirtei E 2017). The EFS at ONE YEAR after first relapse in Ewing's sarcoma is inferior to 20% (Barker 2005, Ferrari S 2015). A maintenance therapy with low toxicity in these high risk patients could be an option.

Metformin has been reported to a reduce the incidence of different type of cancer in diabetic patients. Metformin is well tolerated in diabetics an it is used in other conditions in non diabetic, as ovarian polycystic syndrome, metabolic syndrome and obesity. Metformin has been employed as chemoprevention related to its mechanism of action in breast cancer (NCT01101438 ) and in pediatric cancer together with chemotherapy (NCT01528046).

This study aim to explore the effectiveness of metformin (a low cost and well tolerated drug) as maintenance therapy in osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma patients at high risk of relapse.

Inclusion: Non metastatic osteosarcoma patients with necrosis ≤ 60 % in the end of post-operatory chemotherapy treatment (within 45 days.from the end of chemotherapy treatment); Osteosarcoma or Ewing sarcoma patients free from the disease after first relapse (within 45 days.from the local surgery or 45 days from the end of chemotherapy treatment); ≥ 14 years; Patient should not be participating in other clinical study; Patients should be able to swallow; Screening up to 30 days from the end of chemotherapy treatment or relapse; Start therapy up to 30 days from the screening; Normal renal function (creatinine <1,3 mg/L, clearance creatinine ≥ 70 ml/min) end liver function (total serum bilirubina <1,2 mg/dL, except Gilbert syndrome patients), AST e ALT <1,8 times the normal range value.

Exclusion: Patients with acute conditions that could cause kidney alterations as dehydration, severe infection and shock; Patients with hepatic insufficiency as acute alcohol intoxication and alcoholism; Patients with medical conditions that could cause tissue hypoxia: decompensated heart failure, respiratory failure, recent myocardial infarction, shock; Patients with renal insufficiency (GFR < 70 ml/min); Pregnant and breastfeeding patients, or young women at childbearing age who cannot exclude the state of pregnancy (possibly excluded by serum pregnancy test (BhCG test), in accordance with the recommendations of the CTFG; Type B diabetic patient; Metastatic patients; Patients with acute metabolic acidosis (lactic acidosis, diabetic ketoacidosis); Patient who does not meet the inclusion criteria.

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