Chemo's hidden toll: brain changes decades after childhood bone cancer
NCT ID NCT05071001
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 92 adults who had chemotherapy for bone tumors (osteosarcoma or Ewing sarcoma) as children or teenagers. Researchers used surveys to measure thinking, memory, and concentration problems years after treatment. The goal was to understand which patients are most at risk for long-term brain side effects, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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92 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2021
- Finished
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Jul 2024
- 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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: For study OSE A and B * Patients treated for a bone sarcoma: Ewing or osteosarcoma * Age under 19 years at initial diagnosis * Treated in the Pediatric Oncology Department of Gustave For patients diagnosed between 01.01.2001 and 31.12.2010: patients alive in complete remission at least 5 years after diagnosis * Treated with at least one course of HDMTX for osteosarcoma * Treated without HDMTX for Ewing sarcoma * Time interval between the end of treatment and inclusion \>10 y * Age \> 21 y at inclusion * Patients with informed consent signed * Patient under guardianship * Affiliated to French health insurance or beneficiary of the same or equivalent For study OSE- B only: * Treated with at least 8 courses of HDMTX for osteosarcoma * Treated without HDMTX for Ewing sarcoma * Patients with Ewing sarcoma will have to be matched with osteosarcoma patients according to age at the time of treatment, sex, and duration of follow-up * School level equivalent of at least the end of primary school Exclusion Criteria: For study OSE A and B * Brain radiotherapy * Previous relapse except those treated by local treatment without any chemotherapy * Second malignancy treated with chemotherapy * High dose chemotherapy with stem cell support * Non-French speaking patients * Pregnant and breastfeeding women For study OSE- B only: \- Patient deprived of his liberty by a judicial or administrative decision
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, 94800, France