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OsteosarcomaPhase 4Li2CO3NCT01669369

Clinical Trial of Lithium Carbonate Combined With Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy to Treat Osteosarcoma

A Phase 4 study testing Lithium Carbonate in people with Osteosarcoma, run by Sun Yat-sen University at 1 site in China.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Lithium Carbonate combined with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy improve the prognosis of osteosarcoma Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 8 to 70 years
Conditions the study is for
Osteosarcoma
What is being tested?
Lithium Carbonate
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
400 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
Jan 2013to Dec 2023
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 8 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • histologically diagnosed primary classical osteosarcoma in extremities
  • staging IIB
  • MRI showing no skip lesion
  • receive standard neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, adjuvant chemotherapy,and standard surgical treatment

Who cannot join

  • a history of non-standard treatment(chemotherapy or surgery)
  • secondary osteosarcoma or well-differentiated parosteal osteosarcoma
  • evident dysfunction of cardia,liver and kidney, or pregnant women or women during lactation

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

China1 site, 1 recruiting
  • The first affiliated hospital,Sun Yat-sen University

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080

    Jin Wang, PhD, +86-20-87755766 ext. 8236, 2004wjhf@163.com;viewrine@qq.com

    Jin Wang, PhD

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: A Prospected Randomized Multicenter Clinical Trial of Lithium Carbonate Combined With Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy to Treat Osteosarcoma

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Lithium Carbonate combined with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy improve the prognosis of osteosarcoma

Read the detailed description

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor in childhood and adolescence, the prognosis for the disease is poor. What's more, chemotherapy resistance and serious myelosuppression occur frequently in clinical further hindered canonical adjuvant chemotherapy. In our previous researches, we observed that GSK-3B positively regulates the NF-kB pathway to promote proliferation and tumorigenicity in osteosarcoma cell. Targeted inhibition of GSK3beta showed an obvious antitumor effect. It is a promising therapeutic target in osteosarcoma, especially if GSK-3b inhibition is combined with chemotherapeutic drugs. Lithium carbonate, commonly use in clinical application because of its fine quality and cheap price, was proven to be effected as a kind of GSK3beta inhibitor and stimulating factor of peripheral blood leukocyte. Therefore, lithium carbonate theoretically possesses effects of both anti-tumor as well as improvement of myelosuppression. We look forward to the results of clinical trials to test the effect of combinations of chemical drugs with lithium carbonate on myelosuppression, disease-free survival rate and lung metastasis rate in patients with osteosarcoma who treated with conventional chemotherapeutic regimens and wide resection. This study is a multi-centre, double-blind, randomized clinical trial phase 4. The inclusion criterion is patients with primary osteosarcoma in femur, tibia and humerus(IIB). With the help of statistic method, 400 patients were randomly divided into two groups according to sequence of entering the group: lithium carbonate group and control group (1:1). Patients were suggesting continuing this trial until the end of the chemotherapy regimen or being confirmed as disease progression by RECIST guiding principles. According to their histological types, patients are analyzed using subgroup analysis. Disease evaluation will be conducted every 8 weeks. A follow-up to count the overall survival rate after grouping was performed within at least 24 months or at most 120 months. Our study may represent a novel and feasible approach by combination of conventional chemotherapy drugs and targeted drugs. More importantly, it may hopefully be a promising strategy to improve overall survival of osteosarcoma.

Conditions
Osteosarcoma
Being tested
Lithium Carbonate, Placebo
Keywords
Lithium Carbonate, Chemotherapy, prognosis
Medical subject headings
Osteosarcoma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Lithium CarbonateDrug

    Also called Lithobid

    400 patients were randomly divided into two groups according to sequence of entering the group: lithium carbonate group and control group (1:1). Patients in lithium carbonate group were treated with combinations of chemotherapy and lithium carbonate, the control group were treated with chemotherapy only. Patients were suggesting continuing this trial until the end of the chemotherapy regimen or being confirmed as disease progression by RECIST.

  • PlaceboDrug

    Also called PLACEBO TREATMENT

    The shape,color and smell of placebo are similar to Lithium Carbonate tablet used in the treatment arm.Patients in this arm take placebo twice a day.

Study groups in NCT01669369
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
PlaceboPlacebo comparatorThe shape,color and smell of placebo are similar to Lithium Carbonate tablet used in the treatment arm.Patients in this arm take placebo twice a day.
Receives: Drug: Placebo
Lithium CarbonateExperimentalPatients in this arm take Lithium Carbonate twice a day with a dose of 20-25mg/kg/d.
Receives: Drug: Lithium Carbonate

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. progression-free survival,incidence of chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression

    Measured: at least 24 months or at most 120 months

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. over-all survival,metastasis-free survival

    Measured: at least 24 months or at most 120 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Aug 2012 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2013
  3. Primary completionDec 2023 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2023 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Triple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
400 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01669369
Sponsor's protocol ID
Lithium-5010
Acronym
Li2CO3
Status last verified
Oct 2016
First submitted
14 Aug 2012
Last updated
1 Nov 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
Undecided: Because our research has not yet finished, we would decide whether or not make individual participant data (IPD) available to other researchers according to the result of this study.

Publications

  • Hattinger CM, Patrizio MP, Magagnoli F, Luppi S, Serra M. An update on emerging drugs in osteosarcoma: towards tailored therapies? Expert Opin Emerg Drugs. 2019 Sep;24(3):153-171. doi: 10.1080/14728214.2019.1654455. Epub 2019 Aug 14.

    PubMed 31401903

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Lithium Carbonate in people with Osteosarcoma, run by Sun Yat-sen University at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Nov 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Jin Wang, PhD (+86-20-87755766 ext. 8236, 2004wjhf@163.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

progression-free survival,incidence of chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression (time frame: at least 24 months or at most 120 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01669369, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 1 Nov 2016.

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