Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab in Treating Patients With Metastatic Osteosarcoma

Summary

Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies such as trastuzumab can locate tumor cells and kill them without harming normal cells. Combining monoclonal antibody therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy with or without trastuzumab in treating patients who have metastatic osteosarcoma

Timeline

Start

2001-07

Primary completion

2005-11

Completion

2007-05

Publications

• Kopp LM, Womer RB, Schwartz CL, Ebb DH, Franco VI, Hall D, Barkauskas DA, Krailo MD, Grier HE, Meyers PA, Wexler LH, Marina NM, Janeway KA, Gorlick R, Bernstein ML, Lipshultz SE; Children's Oncology Group. Effects of dexrazoxane on doxorubicin-related cardiotoxicity and second malignant neoplasms in children with osteosarcoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cardiooncology. 2019 Oct 28;5:15. doi: 10.1186/s40959-019-0050-9. eCollection 2019.

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