Outpatient Administration of High Dose Methotrexate (HD MTX) in Patients With Osteosarcoma

October 27, 2021 updated by: Abha Gupta, The Hospital for Sick Children

Assessing the Safety, Feasibility, Cost Effectiveness and Patient Satisfaction of Outpatient Administration of High Dose Methotrexate (HD MTX) in Patients With Osteosarcoma

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the safety and feasibility of delivering HDMTX in an outpatient setting.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

High Dose Methotrexate (HDMTX) is an integral part of osteosarcoma therapy whose main toxicities include myelosuppression, mucositis, nephrotoxicity, and hepatitis. In order to deliver HDMTX therapy safely, patients require urinary alkalinization, hydration, monitoring of renal function, therapeutic drug monitoring, and leucovorin rescue. Due to the required supportive care needs, HDMTX has historically been given as an inpatient. In some centers however, HDMTX is being given safely as an outpatient in order to reduce health care costs, improve patient quality of life and to deliver timely therapy with limited inpatient chemotherapy beds available.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

6

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
        • The Hospital for Sick Children

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

6 years to 18 years (ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • ≥ 6 years of age;
  • Localized or metastatic osteosarcoma;
  • Adequate renal function (GFR > 70 ml/1.73m2) prior to each cycle;
  • No grade III/IV renal toxicity, mucositis or vomiting with most recent prior inpatient MTX cycle;
  • Parent and/or patient must be able to provide written consent, and complete Patient Flow Sheets in English.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients, in the opinion of the primary healthcare team, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study, or in whom compliance is likely to be suboptimal.
  • Pregnant females
  • Breastfeeding females

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: HDMTX
This is a single arm study. All subjects enrolled in the study will be in this arm.
Drug: High Dose Methotrexate

Methotrexate will be given by IV at a dose of 12 gram/m2/dose.

The patient will receive 4-6 hours of hydration with alkalinization, and then HD MTX will be infused over 4 hours. Following this, the patient will be discharged home to receive continuous intravenous hydration through a portable pump. The patient will return to hospital daily for a comprehensive clinical assessment, IV hydration and antiemetics, MTX level and creatinine monitoring until MTX is cleared (3-4 days).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The Number of Outpatient High Dose Methotrexate Courses Which Result in an Inpatient Hospital Admission.
Time Frame: 9 months
Patients will be evaluated prior to and daily during each outpatient HDMTX course, and if one or more of a list of hospitalization criteria are met, the patient will be admitted to hospital to complete that course.
9 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

The Hospital for Sick Children

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Abha Gupta, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2010

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

October 1, 2012

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

October 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 3, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 4, 2010

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

August 6, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

October 28, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 27, 2021

Last Verified

October 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1000018144

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