New hope for rare bone cancer: trabectedin trial targets advanced disease

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥ 16 years old 2. Histological centrally confirmed diagnosis of skeletal or extra-skeletal MCS with the documented presence of HEY1-NCOA2 fusion 3. Locally advanced disease and/or metastatic disease 4. Measurable or evaluable disease with RECIST v1.1 5. Evidence of progression by RECIST v1.1 during the 6 months before study entry 6. Patients must be pre-treated with at least one prior chemotherapy treatment containing anthracyclines for the advanced phase of disease and with a maximum of 3 lines 7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status ≤ 2 8. Adequate bone marrow function 9. Adequate organ function 10. Female patients of childbearing potential must have negative pregnancy test within 7 days before initiation each cycle of chemotherapy. 11. Cardiac ejection fraction ≥50% as measured by echocardiogram 12. No history of arterial and/or venous thromboembolic event within the previous 12 months 13. The patient or legal representative must be able to read and understand the informed consent form and must have been willing to give written informed consent and any locally required authorisation before any study-specific procedures, including screening evaluations, sampling, and analyses. 14. Any other factors, that, at judgment of investigator, could affect the safety of the patients according to the available trabectedin safety data Exclusion Criteria: 1. Other primary malignancy with \<5 years clinically assessed disease free interval, except basal cell skin cancer, cervical carcinoma in situ or other neoplasm judged to entail a low risk of relapse 2. Previous treatment with radiation therapy within 14 days of first day of study drug dosing, or patients who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents previously administered 3. Previous radiotherapy to 25% of the bone marrow 4. Major surgery within 2 weeks prior to study entry 5. Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product, which last dose was taken less than 4 weeks prior to the start of the treatment. 6. Persistent toxicities (≥ grade 2) with the exception of alopecia, caused by previous anticancer therapies. 7. Pregnancy or breast feeding 8. Grade III/IV cardiac problems as defined by the New York Heart Association Criteria 9. Medical history of arterial thrombotic or embolic events such as cerebrovascular accident (including transient ischemic attacks), or pulmonary embolism within 6 months prior to the initiation of study treatment 10. Known brain metastasis 11. Known chronic liver disease (i.e. chronic active hepatitis and cirrhosis) 12. Known diagnosis oh human deficiency virus (HIV) infection 13. Active or chronic hepatitis B or C requiring treatment with antiviral therapy 14. Medical history of hemorrhage or a bleeding event ≥ Grade 3 within 4 weeks prior to the initiation of study treatment 15. Evidence of any other serious or unstable illness, or medical, psychological, or social condition, that could jeopardize the safety of the subject and/or his/her compliance with study procedures, or may interfere with the subject's participation in the study or evaluation of the study results 16. Known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs, study drug classes, or excipients in the formulation of the study drugs 17. Expected non-compliance to medical regimens