Can a drug keep sarcoma from returning? new trial hopes so
NCT ID NCT06892678
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether DFMO, a drug taken by mouth, can help prevent cancer from coming back in people with relapsed Ewing sarcoma or osteosarcoma who have finished all planned treatment and show no signs of disease. The trial will enroll 15 participants under age 40. The main goal is to see if giving DFMO as maintenance therapy is feasible and safe.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- DFMO (difluoromethylornithine)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a maintenance option to help keep relapsed sarcoma from coming back after standard treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early-phase trial with only 15 participants, so results may not apply widely. DFMO may not prevent recurrence and could cause side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 15 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2030
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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Up to 39 years
- 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: * Patients \< 40 years of age at the time of enrollment * Diagnosis of relapsed osteosarcoma or relapsed Ewing sarcoma who have completed all planned therapy for their relapse, as described in the protocol, and have no evidence of disease * Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1, or 2 * Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: At least 14 days must have elapsed since completion of myelosuppressive therapy * Monoclonal antibodies: At least 21 days must have elapsed from infusion of last dose of antibody, and toxicity related to prior antibody therapy must be recovered to Grade \< 2 * Biologic therapy (defined as anti-cancer agents not known to be myelosuppressive): At least 7 days after the last dose of agent * Radiation therapy: At least 14 days must have elapsed after local External Beam Radiation Therapy (XRT), at least 90 days after Total Body Irradiation (TBI), craniospinal XRT or if radiation to greater than 50% of the pelvis, and at least 42 days if other substantial bone marrow radiation * Adequate bone marrow function defined as: * Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater or equal to 750/microliter * Platelet count greater or equal to 75,000/microliter (transfusion independent) * Adequate renal function defined by serum creatinine based on age and gender (see protocol) * Adequate liver function defined as: * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN) for age AND * SGPT (ALT) ≤ 5.0 x ULN for age. For this study the ULN is 45 U/L Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding females. Men and women of childbearing potential and their partners must agree to use adequate contraception while enrolled on this study. Based on the teratogenic potential of the agent, pregnant women will be excluded from this study. Because of potential risks to breastfed infants due to drug metabolites that could be excreted in breast milk, female patients who are lactating must agree to stop breastfeeding or will otherwise be excluded from this study. Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test to be eligible for this study * Patients must not have an uncontrolled infection * Patients with a significant intercurrent illness (any ongoing serious medical problem unrelated to cancer or its treatment) that is not covered by the detailed exclusion criteria and that is expected to interfere with the action of study agents or to significantly increase the severity of the toxicities experienced from study treatment are not eligible
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Montefiore Medical Center
RECRUITINGThe Bronx, New York, 10467, United States
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