Clinical Trial of Lithium Carbonate Combined With Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy to Treat Osteosarcoma (Li2CO3)

October 31, 2016 updated by: Jin Wang, Sun Yat-sen University

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

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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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.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

Enrollment

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400

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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  • Name: Jin Wang, PhD
  • Phone Number: 8236 +86-20-87755766
  • Email: 2004wjhf@163.com

Study Locations

  • China
    • Guangdong
      • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510080
        • Recruiting
        • The First Affiliated Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Jin Wang, PhD

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

8 years to 70 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 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

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
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.
Drug: Placebo
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.
Other Names:
  • PLACEBO TREATMENT
Experimental: Lithium Carbonate
Patients in this arm take Lithium Carbonate twice a day with a dose of 20-25mg/kg/d.
Drug: Lithium Carbonate
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.
Other Names:
  • Lithobid

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
progression-free survival,incidence of chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression
Time Frame: at least 24 months or at most 120 months
at least 24 months or at most 120 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
over-all survival,metastasis-free survival
Time Frame: at least 24 months or at most 120 months
at least 24 months or at most 120 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Sun Yat-sen University

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University
Shenzhen Second People's Hospital
Shanghai 6th People's Hospital

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Jin Wang, PhD, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

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January 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

Primary Completion

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December 1, 2023

Study Completion (Anticipated)

Study Completion

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December 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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August 14, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 16, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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August 21, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

Last Update Posted

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November 1, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 31, 2016

Last Verified

Last Verified

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October 1, 2016

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • Lithium-5010

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

IPD Plan Description

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.

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