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Methotrexate, Doxorubicin, and Cisplatin (MAP) Plus Maintenance Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b Versus MAP Alone in Patients With Resectable High-Grade Osteosarcoma and Good Histologic Response to Preoperative MAP: First Results of the EURAMOS-1 Good Response Randomized Controlled Trial

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Bielack, Stefan S., Smeland, Sigbjørn, Whelan, Jeremy S., Marina, Neyssa, Jovic, Gordana, Hook, Jane M., Krailo, Mark D., Gebhardt, Mark +41 more·2015·Journal of Clinical Oncology

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Purpose: EURAMOS-1, an international randomized controlled trial, investigated maintenance therapy with pegylated interferon alfa-2b (IFN-α-2b) in patients whose osteosarcoma showed good histologic response (good response) to induction chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: At diagnosis, patients age ≤ 40 years with resectable high-grade osteosarcoma were registered. Eligibility after surgery for good response random assignment included ≥ two cycles of preoperative MAP (methotrexate, doxorubicin, and cisplatin), macroscopically complete surgery of primary tumor, < 10% viable tumor, and no disease progression. These patients were randomly assigned to four additional cycles MAP with or without IFN-α-2b (0.5 to 1.0 μg/kg per week subcutaneously, after chemotherapy until 2 years postregistration). Outcome measures were event-free survival (EFS; primary) and overall survival and toxicity (secondary). Results: Good response was reported in 1,041 of 2,260 registered patients; 716 consented to random assignment (MAP, n = 359; MAP plus IFN-α-2b, n = 357), with baseline characteristics balanced by arm. A total of 271 of 357 started IFN-α-2b; 105 stopped early, and 38 continued to receive treatment at data freeze. Refusal and toxicity were the main reasons for never starting IFN-α-2b and for stopping prematurely, respectively. Median IFN-α-2b duration, if started, was 67 weeks. A total of 133 of 268 patients who started IFN-α-2b and provided toxicity information reported grade ≥ 3 toxicity during IFN-α-2b treatment. With median follow-up of 44 months, 3-year EFS for all 716 randomly assigned patients was 76% (95% CI, 72% to 79%); 174 EFS events were reported (MAP, n = 93; MAP plus IFN-α-2b, n = 81). Hazard ratio was 0.83 (95% CI, 0.61 to 1.12; P = .214) from an adjusted Cox model. Conclusion: At the preplanned analysis time, MAP plus IFN-α-2b was not statistically different from MAP alone. A considerable proportion of patients never started IFN-α-2b or stopped prematurely. Long-term follow-up for events and survival continues.

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Bielack, S. S., Smeland, S., Whelan, J. S., Marina, N., Jovic, G., Hook, J. M., Krailo, M. D., Gebhardt, M., Pápai, Z., Meyer, J., Nadel, H., Randall, R. L., Deffenbaugh, C., Nagarajan, R., Brennan, B., Letson, G. D., Teot, L. A., Goorin, A., Baumhoer, D., Kager, L., Werner, M., Lau, C. C., Sundby Hall, K., Gelderblom, H., Meyers, P., Gorlick, R., Windhager, R., Helmke, K., Eriksson, M., Hoogerbrugge, P. M., Schomberg, P., Tunn, P.-U., Kühne, T., Jürgens, H., van den Berg, H., Böhling, T., Picton, S., Renard, M., Reichardt, P., Gerss, J., Butterfass-Bahloul, T., Morris, C., Hogendoorn, P. C. W., Seddon, B., Calaminus, G., Michelagnoli, M., Dhooge, C., Sydes, M. R., & Bernstein, M.
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  • Oslo University Hospital (NO)
  • Stefan S. Bielack, Klinikum Stuttgart–Olgahospital, Stuttgart; Mathias Werner, Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring; Per-Ulf Tunn, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin; Knut Helmke, Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus, Hamburg; Heribert Jürgens, Gabriele Calaminus, Joachim Gerss, and Trude Butterfass-Bahloul, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster; Peter Reichardt, Klinik für Interdisziplinäre Onkologie, Bad Saarow, Germany; Sigbjørn Smeland and Kirsten Sundby Hall, Oslo University Hospital; Kirsten Sundby Hall,...
Corresponding author
Sydes, Matthew R.
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Journal of Clinical Oncology
Published
2015-07-10
Volume
33
Issue
20
Pages
2279-2287
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  • 0732-183X (ISSN-L)
  • 1527-7755
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W2095599995
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Funders
  • Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Yale University
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Celgene
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Vanderbilt University
  • University of Miami
  • Wayne State University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Syracuse University
  • Texas Tech University
  • Wake Forest University
  • University of Missouri
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Children's Hospital Colorado
  • University of Minnesota
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital
  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
  • Helsingin Yliopisto
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of Arizona
  • Georgetown University
  • University of Rochester
  • Dartmouth College
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Sundhed og Sygdom, Det Frie Forskningsråd
  • Carilion Clinic
  • East Carolina University
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Loma Linda University
  • University of South Carolina
  • Seattle Children's Research Institute
  • University of South Alabama
  • Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
  • Arcadia Fund
  • BC Children's Hospital
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • McGill University Health Centre
  • Universitätsspital Basel
  • Children’s Oncology Group
  • Children's National Hospital
  • Saint Luke's Health System
  • Ochsner Health
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center
  • Cancer Research UK (CRUK/05/013)
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • University College London
  • University of Leeds
  • European Commission
  • European Science Foundation (ERAS‐CT‐2003‐980409)
  • University of Nottingham
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Universiteit Leiden
  • Radboud Universiteit
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01KN1105)
  • Dalhousie University
  • Universität Wien
  • Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
  • Norges Forskningsråd
  • Medizinische Universität Wien
  • Deutsche Krebshilfe
  • Hospital for Sick Children
  • Vlaamse regering
  • Stony Brook University
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  • Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
  • Chugai Pharmaceutical
  • State University of New York Upstate Medical University
  • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
  • Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12023/28)
  • National Cancer Institute (U10CA180899, U10CA098543)
  • NIH Clinical Center
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
  • Cilag
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
Keywords
osteosarcoma, peginterferon alfa-2b, maintenance therapy, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, event-free survival, overall survival, treatment toxicity, young adults, interferon alfa-2b
MeSH terms
Interferon alpha-2, Adolescent, Adult, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Asia, Australia, Bone Neoplasms, Child, Child, Preschool, Cisplatin, Doxorubicin, Europe, Female, Humans, Male, Methotrexate, North America, Osteotomy, Polyethylene Glycols, Recombinant Proteins, Risk Factors, Osteosarcoma, Time Factors, Proportional Hazards Models, Treatment Outcome, Interferon-alpha, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, Disease Progression, Disease-Free Survival, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Young Adult, Neoplasm Grading

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