Could a blood pressure drug help fight bone cancer?
NCT ID NCT03900793
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This early-phase study tests a combination of two drugs—losartan (a blood pressure medicine) and sunitinib (a cancer drug)—in people aged 10 and older with osteosarcoma (a type of bone cancer) that has returned or not responded to treatment. The main goal is to find the safest dose and see how well the combination works. About 41 participants will take part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 41 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2019
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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10 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 1\. Provision to sign and date the consent form (if individual is a minor, provision of a parent or legal guardian to sign and date the consent form and provision of individual to provide assent for study). 2\. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study. 3\. Male or female aged ≥ 10 years old. 4. Histologically confirmed osteosarcoma (at either original diagnosis or relapse) that has either recurred or progressed after at least one prior systemic therapy and for which no curative therapy exists. * Patients with surface or periosteal osteosarcoma are not eligible. * Patients with active CNS metastasis are not eligible. Previously treated CNS metastases which occurred 3 months or more prior, without evidence of active recurrence, are acceptable. 5\. Disease status * Dose Escalation (Part A): Patients must have measurable or evaluable disease. * Cohort Expansion (Part B): Patients with measurable or evaluable disease and those with completely resected disease are eligible. 6\. Performance status: * Performance status ECOG performance status (\>18 years old) ≤ 2 or Karnofsky performance score (\<18 years old) \> 50 7. Prior Therapy: * Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anti-cancer therapy and must meet the following minimum duration from prior anti-cancer directed therapy prior to enrollment. If after the required timeframe, the numerical eligibility criteria are met (e.g., blood count criteria) the patient is considered to have recovered adequately. 1. Cytotoxic chemotherapy or other anti-cancer agents known to be myelosuppressive. At least 21 days after the last dose of cytotoxic or myelosuppressive chemotherapy (42 days if prior nitrosourea). 2. Anti-cancer agents not known to be myelosuppressive (e.g., not associated with reduced platelet or ANC counts): ≥ 7 days after the last dose of agent. i. Antibodies: ≥ 21 days must have elapsed from infusion of last dose of antibody, and toxicity related to prior antibody therapy must be recovered to Grade ≤ 1. ii. Corticosteroids: ≥ 14 days must have elapsed since last dose of corticosteroid. iii. Hematopoietic growth factors: ≥ 14 days after the last dose of a long- acting growth factor (e.g., pegfilgrastim) or 7 days for short-acting growth factor. iv. Interleukins, Interferons and Cytokines (other than hematopoietic growth factors): ≥ 21 days after the completion of interleukins, interferon or cytokines (other than Hematopoietic Growth Factors). v. Stem cell Infusions: Autologous stem cell infusion, including boost infusion: ≥ 42 days. vi. Cellular Therapy: ≥ 42 days after the completion of any type of cellular therapy (e.g., modified T cells, NK cells, dendritic cells, etc.) vii. XRT/External Beam Irradiation including protons: ≥ 14 days after local XRT; ≥ 150 days after TBI, craniospinal XRT or if radiation to ≥ 50% of the pelvis; ≥ 42 days if other substantial bone marrow radiation. * NOTE: Patients with history of cardiac irradiation with mean cardiac dose \> 15 Gy are not eligible (see exclusion criteria). 8\. Adequate bone marrow function, defined as: * Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 750/mm3 * Platelet count ≥ 75,000/mm3 (transfusion independent, defined as not receiving platelet transfusions for at least 7 days prior to enrollment). * Hemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dL (with or without transfusion) 9. Adequate renal function, defined as: * Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR \> 70 mL/min/1.73 m2 OR a serum creatinine based on age/gender. 10\. Adequate hepatic function, defined as: * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age * SGPT (ALT) ≤ 135 U/L. For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L. * Serum albumin ≥ 2.8 g/dL 11. Patients with ≥ trace protein on urinalysis at screening will be allowed to enroll in the study at investigator discretion. A baseline urine protein creatinine ratio (UPC) should be obtained for patients with ≥ trace protein on urinalysis for consideration regarding Section 6.3.7 dose modification requirements. 12\. Adequate cardiac function, defined as: * Current cardiac ejection fraction \> 50% by biplane Simpson method on echocardiogram * QTc ≤ 480 ms 13. Patients with preexisting hyper- or hypothyroidism must be on a stable dose of medication. 14\. Ability to take and retain oral medications. NOTE: Medication can be administered via nasogastric or gastrostomy tube. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who underwent major surgery within 14 days prior to start of treatment are not eligible. NOTE: Core biopsy or central line placement are considered minor and are allowed within any time limitations. 2. Patients with uncontrolled coagulopathy or bleeding disorder, or any active bleeding (i.e., gastrointestinal or pulmonary) deemed to be clinically significant by investigator are not eligible. 3. Patients with history of pulmonary embolism or significant thromboembolic event with the preceding 28 days. Patients with thromboembolic events \> 28 days before enrollment who are stable on or completed an anticoagulation course are eligible. 4. Patients with history of cardiac irradiation with mean cardiac dose \> 15 Gy are not eligible. 5. Patients with symptomatic cardiac disease (i.e. New York Heart Association or Modified Ross Heart Failure Classification for Children \> class 2) are not eligible. 6. Patients with any history of cardiac dysfunction including prior abnormal echocardiogram (ejection fraction \< 50%), severe or unstable angina, peripheral vascular disease, congenital prolonged QTc syndrome, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias, stroke, or myocardial infarction are not eligible. 7. Pregnancy * Pregnant or breast-feeding women will not be entered on this study because there is not yet available information regarding human fetal or teratogenic toxicities. Pregnancy tests must be obtained in females who are post-menarchal. * Males or females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to practice 1 highly effective and 1 additional effective (barrier) method of contraception at the same time during the entire study treatment period and through 3 months after the last dose of study drug, or agree to practice true abstinence, when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject. Patients who themselves or their partners have undergone female or male sterilization do not require 2 methods of contraception. Highly effective methods are defined as those with \<1% failure rate with perfect use and include: oral contraceptive pills (combined or progesterone only), intrauterine devices (IUD), hormonal implant or injection, contraceptive patch, and vaginal ring. 8. Concomitant medications: * Anti-hypertensives: Patients who cannot be controlled to goal blood pressure for gender/age are not eligible. * Corticosteroids: Patients receiving systemic corticosteroids are not eligible. \> 14 days must have elapsed since last systemic corticosteroid. Note: patients using topical or inhaled corticosteroids are eligible. * Investigational Drugs: Patients currently receiving another investigational drug are not eligible. * Anti-cancer agents: Patients currently receiving other anti-cancer agents are not eligible. * Drug interactions: Patients who require treatment with medications that are strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 or inhibitors of CYP2A9 or have received these medications in the 7 days prior to enrollment, are not eligible. Patients who require treatment with enzyme inducing anticonvulsants are not eligible. * Medications that prolong QTc: Patients who require treatment with medications known to prolong QTc are not eligible
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Conditions
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Children's Hospital Colorado
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90027, United States
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Children's Hospital of Atlanta
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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University of Colorado Hospital
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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