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Compares two drug combinations for children with relapsed rhabdomyosarcoma

Compares liposomal doxorubicin with irinotecan against a standard regimen in children with returning rhabdomyosarcoma.

Key facts

Who runs it
Sun Yat-sen University
Where
Guangzhou, ChinaSee the site
Trial code
Registry title
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome Combined With Irinotecan (AI Regimen) Versus VIT Regimen in the Treatment of Relapsed and Refractory Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma: a Prospective, Open-label, Randomized Controlled, Multicenter, Phase II Clinical Study
Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 2
People taking part
88 people, planned
Started
30 Dec 2023
Planned end
31 Jul 2026
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome+Irinotecan
  • Temozolomide+Irinotecan+Vincristine
Record updated
18 May 2026

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for children and teenagers with rhabdomyosarcoma (a soft-tissue cancer) that has come back or did not respond to earlier treatment. It compares two chemotherapy combinations.

Age
From 6 months to 18 years.
Sex
Boys and girls can both join.
Disease stage
Rhabdomyosarcoma that has grown, come back, or did not respond to earlier treatment. There must be a tumor that can be measured on a scan. No treatment aimed at that tumor, such as radiotherapy, may have been given to it.
Earlier treatment
Must have recovered from the side effects of earlier cancer treatment. Waiting times apply, for example 21 days after the last chemotherapy that lowers blood counts and 42 days after immunotherapy. Must not have had irinotecan with temozolomide and vincristine, or doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection, before.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Cancer that has spread to the brain or spinal cord (central nervous system)
  • Heart disease, or heart pumping function (LVEF) below 50%
  • Hepatitis B, HIV or syphilis infection
  • Earlier organ transplant
  • Uncontrolled active infection

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • 6 months ≤age≤18 years, no gender limitation
  • The Karnofsky (≥16 years old) or Lansky (< 16 years old) physical status score is at least 50
  • The expected survival time is not less than 12 weeks
  • Heart function: A) Cardiac COLOR ultrasound detection LVEF≥ 50%; B) EKG suggests no myocardial ischemia;C) No history of arrhythmia requiring drug intervention before enrollment
  • Patients who meet the clinical diagnostic criteria and are diagnosed with pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Patients who have progressed, relapsed or refractory after treatment (failed to achieve complete or partial response after recent treatment)
  • Measurable lesions (according to RECIST 1.1 standards, CT scan length of tumor lesions ≥10mm, CT scan short diameter of lymph node lesions ≥15mm, measurable lesions have not received radiotherapy, freezing and other local treatments)
  • The patient must fully recover from the acute toxic effects of all previous anticancer chemotherapy: A) Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: at least 21 days after the last myelosuppressive chemotherapy (42 days if nitrosourea was used previously);B) Experimental drug or anticancer therapy other than chemotherapy: not available within the first 28 days of planned initiation of AI or VIT. Complete recovery from clinically significant toxicity of the therapy must be determined;C) Hematopoietic growth factor: at least 14 days after the last administration of long-acting growth factor or 3 days after the last administration of short-acting growth factor;D) Immunotherapy: at least 42 days after completion of any type of immunotherapy (except steroids), such as immune checkpoint inhibitors and tumor vaccines; E) X-ray therapy (XRT) : at least 14 days after local palliative XRT (small mouth); For other substantial bone marrow (BM) irradiation, it must be completed for at least 42 days; F) Stem cell infusion without total body irradiation (TBI) : there is no evidence of active graft-versus-host disease and the transplant or stem cell infusion must be completed at least 56 days after the infusion
  • Laboratory tests during screening should meet the following conditions: A) Absolute value of neutrophils (ANC) ≥1.5×109/L (if bone marrow invasion, ANC≥1.0×109/L); B) Platelet count (PLT) ≥75×109/L (PLT≥50×109/L for bone marrow invasion); C) Bilirubin (sum of combined + uncombined) ≤ 2.5× upper limit of normal value (ULN) (corresponding to age), patients with confirmed Gilbert's syndrome can be included in the group according to the investigator's judgment; D) Estimated glomerular filtration rate ≥30 mL/min/1.73 m2 or serum creatinine (Cr) ≤ 1.5ULN (calculated according to the standard Cockcroft-Gault formula); E) Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5×ULN (5 times ULN if liver metastasis is present)
  • Able to comply with outpatient treatment, laboratory monitoring and necessary clinical visits during the study period
  • The parent/guardian of the child or adolescent subject is capable of understanding, agreeing to, and signing the study Informed consent (ICF) and the applicable child consent form prior to initiating any program-related procedures; Subject is capable of expressing consent with parental/guardian consent (if applicable)

Who cannot take part

  • Patients who had previously received irinotecan combined with temozolomide and vincristine, or who had progressed after treatment with irinotecan or temozolomide, or who had previously received doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection chemotherapy
  • Previous allergic asthma or severe allergic disease
  • Patients who have previously received organ transplants
  • Severe chronic skin diseases in the past
  • Poorly controlled hypertension and diabetes
  • Have a history of other tumors, except cured cervical cancer or basal cell carcinoma of the skin
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen positive patients
  • HIV or syphilis infected patients
  • Uncontrolled and active systemic bacterial, viral or fungal infection
  • Contraindications to the use of large doses of hormones, such as uncontrolled hyperglycemia, gastric ulcers or mental diseases
  • Patients who had used doxorubicin at a cumulative dose of ≥450 mg/m2, or epirubicin at a cumulative dose of ≥ 550 mg/m2, or who had used anthracyclines in the past to induce heart disease
  • Have a history of severe neurological or psychiatric disorders, including epilepsy or autism
  • P450 enzyme-induced anticonvulsants (anticonvulsants affect irinotecan clearance)
  • Previous or concurrent clinical significance of active cardiovascular diseases, including congenital heart disease or pericardial disease, history of heart failure, myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, heart valvular disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias (including persistent atrial fibrillation, complete left bundle branch block, frequent ventricular premature onset); Or prolonged QT interval (QTc) after current corrected heart rate > 480 ms; Patients with grade III ~ IV cardiac insufficiency according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) cardiac function classification (age > 3 years) or infant cardiac function standard (age ≤3 years), or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50% as indicated by color doppler echocardiography
  • Patients with central nervous system metastases

Where in China

  • Sun Yat-sen University Cancer CenterGuangzhou, ChinaContact: Yizhuo ZhangTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

This multicenter, randomized, controlled, open-label, prospective clinical trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection in combination with irinotican (AI regimen) versus VIT regimen in the treatment of relapsed and refractory pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • AI RegimenTreatment being tested

    Doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection combined with Irinotecan

    Treatment: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome+Irinotecan

  • VIT RegimenExisting treatment, for comparison

    Temozolomide combined with Irinotecan and Vincristine

    Treatment: Temozolomide+Irinotecan+Vincristine

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome Combined With Irinotecan (AI Regimen) Versus VIT Regimen in the Treatment of Relapsed and Refractory Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma: a Prospective, Open-label, Randomized Controlled, Multicenter, Phase II Clinical Study
Plain-language title
Compares two drug combinations for children with relapsed rhabdomyosarcomaGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Record updated
18 May 2026