Lab-Grown tumor clones could guide chemo choices for bone cancer
NCT ID NCT06064682
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing whether growing a patient's osteosarcoma cells in the lab (as organoids) can predict which chemotherapy drugs will work best. Researchers will take tissue from routine biopsies or surgeries of 40 people with suspected or confirmed osteosarcoma. The goal is to see if this approach is feasible and if drug sensitivity in the lab matches the tumor's response in the body.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a lab test that helps doctors choose the most effective chemotherapy for each osteosarcoma patient.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study (40 participants) focused on lab testing, not treatment. It may not show that organoid predictions improve patient outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
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.
Who is studied
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone malignancy of childhood and adolescence with a bimodal age distribution and a secondary peak in the 6th and 7th decades of life. The standard of care for localized disease is neoadjuvant cytotoxic chemotherapy followed by primary resection and adjuvant cytotoxic chemotherapy. Introduction of chemotherapy in the treatment of patients with osteosarcoma resulted in a significant improvement in the overall survival, but further improvement is needed. Currently, 5-year survival rate is 65 - 70%; for de novo metastatic disease or recurrent disease, 5-year survival rate is \<30%. Recurrent or metastatic osteosarcomas are usually resistant to standard of care, and treatment options for refractory osteosarcomas are extremely limited.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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 / exclusion criteria - Group1: \- Patients without diagnosis of osteosarcoma and whose imaging studies are suggestive of osteosarcoma and who are planned to undergo biopsy or surgery for diagnostic purposes Inclusion / exclusion criteria - Group 2: \- Patients whose imaging studies are suggestive of metastatic osteosarcoma and who are planned to undergo biopsy or surgery for diagnostic purposes
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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