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Lessons from the Past : Long-Term Follow Up of an Original Randomized Controlled Chemotherapy Trial for Stage IIB Osteosarcoma. Bernthal , Federman , Nelson, Eilber , Eckardt , Tap, Eilber UCLA Medical Center CTOS 2012 Prague, Czech Republic. Disclosures.
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Lessons from the Past:Long-Term Follow Up of an Original Randomized Controlled Chemotherapy Trial for Stage IIB Osteosarcoma Bernthal, Federman, Nelson, Eilber, Eckardt, Tap, Eilber UCLA Medical Center CTOS 2012 Prague, Czech Republic
Disclosures • None of the authors have any relevant disclosures
1981-1984 at UCLA • 78 Consecutive Osteosarcoma Patients • 19 Excluded for metastatic disease • 59 Patients Enrolled • All Received 1 Cycle Neoadjuvant Therapy • Adriamycin (30mg/day x 3 days) Intra-Arterial • Radiation (350 rads/day x 5 days) • Methotrexate (200mg/kg) • Citrovorum Factor Rescue • Vincristine (1.5mg) • All received surgical resection • 44 Limb salvage • 15 Amputations • 8 Tibia, 4 Less than 10 yo, 3 Large tumor burden • Randomized to chemotherapy vs expectant arm
Randomization Arms • Treatment Arm (4 Total Cycles over 7 months) • Week 1 and 2 • Methotrexate (200mg/kg) • Citrovorum Factor Rescue • Vincristine (1.5mg) • Week 3 • Adriamycin (40mg/m2) x 2 days • Week 5 • Bleomycin (12U/m2) x 2 days • Cytoxan (600mg/m2) x 2 days • Actinomycin D (450mcg/m2) x 2 days
Question #1 • Does the survival benefit of chemotherapy remain statistically significant at >25 year follow up?
Survival Benefit at 25 Years P=0.02
Question #2 • Does early response (i.e. tumor necrosis) portend a durable survival?
Survival by Tumor Necrosis (Among Patients Receiving Adjuvant Chemo) P<0.001
Discussion • >25 year follow up on one of the original randomized controlled trials of adjuvant chemotherapy for localized osteosarcoma: • The survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy for localized osteosarcoma is durable out to >25 years • Tumor necrosis is predictive of a survival benefit out to > 25 years among patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy • Poor responders to one cycle of chemo/radiation (TN< 90) had as poor survivorship as those that received no adjuvant chemotherapy.
Weaknesses • Small Sample Size (N = 59) • Crossover • 2 patients refused chemo • 2 did not complete chemo 2° to toxicity • Outdated Chemotherapy Protocols Yet, this is a randomized controlled clinical trial with long follow up and 100% patient retention
Special Thanks • Co-Authors: • Frederick Eilber, M.D. • Jeffrey Eckardt, M.D. • Fritz Eilber, M.D. • Scott Nelson, M.D. • Noah Federman, M.D. • William Tap, M.D. • To the patients who were randomized to the observation arm in this clinical trial.
Structured Illumination Microscopy of Osteosarcoma Burnette, Dylan (NIH). 3rd Place Nikon Microscope Picture of the Year 2012 Purple = Actin; Yellow = Mitochondria; Blue = DNA; Picture at 63x