Cancer drug regorafenib tested to halt bone sarcoma spread
NCT ID NCT02389244
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 22, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether the drug regorafenib can stop or slow the growth of metastatic bone sarcomas (cancers that started in bone and spread). 163 patients with osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, or chordoma are randomly assigned to receive regorafenib or a placebo. The main goal is to see how many patients have no disease progression after a set time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Regorafenib (Stivarga), a cancer drug taken as tablets
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option to slow the growth of metastatic bone sarcomas.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-stage trial with a modest size, so results may not confirm benefit. Regorafenib can cause side effects like fatigue, diarrhea, and liver issues.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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163 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2014
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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. Patients must have histologically confirmed diagnosis of bone sarcoma (osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma of bone, chondrosarcoma or chordoma); 2. Patients with confirmed disease progression at study entry; 3. Metastatic disease not amenable to surgical resection or radiation with curative intent; 4. Patients must have measurable disease; 5. Prior treatment : at least one, but no more than two prior chemotherapy regimen for metastatic disease for osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma; neo-adjuvant /maintenance therapy are not counted towards this requirement. Chordoma not pretreated or with 1 or 2 prior (combination) chemotherapy regimen or with one or two prior molecularly targeted therapy, but no more than 2 prior lines of treatment (whatever the indication) can be included. At least 4 weeks since last chemotherapy (6 weeks in case of nitrosoureas and mitomycin C), immunotherapy or any other pharmacological treatment and/or radiotherapy; 6. Age ≥10 years for osteosarcomas, Ewing sarcomas and chondrosarcomas (for chordomas, patients must be ≥18 years); 7. Body Surface Area ≥1.30 m²; 8. Life expectancy of greater than 3 months; 9. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status \<2 (Karnofsky ≥60%) for adults patients; 10. Karnofsky scale ≥ 60% for children aged \>12 years old / Lansky scale ≥60% for children aged ≤12 years old; 11. Patients must have adequate bone marrow, renal, and hepatic function, as evidenced by the following within 7 days of study treatment initiation: normal organ function as defined below: * Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5 Giga/L * Platelets ≥100 Giga/L * Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL * Serum creatinin ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥30 ml/min/1.73 m² according to the modified Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) abbreviated formula * Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤2.5 x ULN * Bilirubin ≤1.5 X ULN * Alkaline phosphatase ≤2.5 x ULN (≤5 x ULN in patient with liver involvement of their cancer). If Alkaline phosphatase \>2.5 ULN, hepatic isoenzymes 5-nucleotidase or gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) tests must be performed; hepatic isoenzymes 5-nucleotidase must be within the normal range and/or GGT \<1.5 x ULN; * lipase ≤1.5 x ULN; * Spot urine must not show 1+ or more protein in urine or the patient will require a repeat urine analysis. If repeat urinalysis shows 1+ protein or more, a 24-hour urine collection will be required and must show total protein excretion \<1000 mg/24 hours 12. International Normalized Ratio(INR)/ Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) ≤1.5 x ULN; 13. Recovery to National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) v4.0 Grade 0 or 1 level or recovery to baseline preceding the prior treatment from any previous drug/procedure related toxicity (except alopecia, anemia, and hypothyroidism); 14. Women of childbearing potential and male patients must agree to use adequate contraception for the duration of study participation and up to 3 months following completion of therapy; 15. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum β-HCG pregnancy test within 7 days prior randomization and/or urine pregnancy test within 48 hours before the first administration of the study treatment; 16. Signed informed consent form by adult patients and/or patients parents/legal representatives (if age \<18 years) and age appropriate assent form by the patients' parents/legal representatives obtained before any study specific procedure is conducted; 17. Patients must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests and other study procedures; 18. Patients or parents/legal representatives affiliated to the Social Security System. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior treatment with any VEGFR inhibitor; 2. Soft tissue sarcoma; 3. Other cancer (different histology) within 5 years prior to randomization; 4. Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, significant trauma, within the last 28 days before randomization; 5. Cardiovascular dysfunction: * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<50% * Congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\]) ≥2 * Myocardial infarction \<6 months before study * Cardiac arrhythmias requiring therapy * Uncontrolled hypertension * Unstable angina or new-onset angina 6. Arterial or venous thrombotic or embolic events such as cerebrovascular accident (including transient ischemic attacks), deep vein thrombosis, or pulmonary embolism within the last 6 months before randomization; 7. Severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh C); 8. Ongoing infection \> Grade 2 according to NCI-CTCAE v4.0; 9. Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; 10. Active hepatitis B or C or chronic hepatitis B or C requiring treatment with antiviral therapy; 11. Difficulties with swallowing study tablets; 12. Prior anticancer therapy, including radiotherapy, endocrine therapy, immunotherapy, chemotherapy (CT) within the last 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas and mitomycin C), or other investigational agents ; Concomitant antalgic palliative radiotherapy allowed; 13. Concurrent enrolment in another clinical trial in which investigational therapies are administered; 14. Known hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients; 15. Pregnant women, women who are likely to become pregnant or are breast-feeding; 16. For adult patients, individual deprived of liberty or placed under the authority of a tutor; 17. Patients with any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before registration in the trial; 18. Patients with history of non compliance to medical regimens or unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol; 19. Interstitial lung disease with ongoing signs and symptoms at the time of informed consent; 20. Non-healing wound, non-healing ulcer, or non-healing bone fracture; 21. Patients with evidence or history of any bleeding diathesis, irrespective of severity; 22. Any hemorrhage or bleeding event ≥ CTCAE Grade 3 within 4 weeks prior to the start of study medication; 23. Use of biological response modifiers, such as granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), within 3 weeks of study entry.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Bretonneau
Tours, 37000, France
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Centre Antoine Lacassagne
Nice, 06189, France
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Centre Eugene Marquis
Rennes, 35042, France
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Centre Francois Baclesse
Caen, 14176, France
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Centre Georges Francois Leclerc
Dijon, 21079, France
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Centre Léon Berard
Lyon, 69373, France
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Centre Oscar Lambret
Lille, 59020, France
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Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, 94800, France
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Hopital Jean Monjoz
Besançon, 25030, France
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Hôpital Cochin
Paris, 75014, France
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ICM Val d'Aurelle
Montpellier, 34298, France
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Institut Bergonie
Bordeaux, 33076, France
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Institut Claudius Regaud
Toulouse, 31052, France
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Institut Curie
Paris, France
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Institut Paoli Calmettes
Marseille, 13273, France
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Institut de Cancérologie Lucien Neuwirth (ICLN)
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, 42270, France
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Institut de cancerologie de l'ouest site Rene Gauducheau
Saint-Herblain, 44805, France
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Institut de cancerologie de lorraine alexis Vautrin
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54519, France
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La Timone University Hospital
Marseille, 13385, France
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