Summary
Ewing Sarcoma is a cancer of bone or soft tissue that occurs in children and adults. Treatment usually includes chemotherapy, surgery and/or radiation therapy. This is an international clinical trial (INTER-EWING-1) that will assess multple combinations of these treatment types to determine whether different combinations are better able to improve survival for people with Ewing Sarcoma.
Who is it for?
You may be eligible for this study if you are aged 2 years or older and you have been diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma.
There will be additional criteria that patients who wish to enrol in this study may need to meet in order to be entered into one of the treatment arms. Ensure you are viewing this page as a Health Professional (toggle at the top of the page) and scroll down to Inclusion Criteria to review these indetail.
Study details
Eligible participants may enter into one of three different treatment arms, depending upon which inclusion criteria they meet. A researcher will assess eligible participants to determine which treatment arm they are most suitable for, and patients will then be randomly allocated by chance into one of two groups for that treatment arm.
- Treatment Group A will receive a new chemotherapy drug over 9 cycles.
- Treatment Group B will receive doses of radiation therapy which may differ depending upon whether they are able to undergo surgical removal of their cancer or not. Participants will be asked to attend a maximum of 36 sessions over 7.2 weeks.
- Treatment Group C will receive either additional doses of a currently used chemotherapy drug, or will be asked to stop their treatment after the standard treatment cycles have been given.
If participants are eligible for more than one of these treatment groups they can choose to enrol in a second and then third treatment group once they have completed their first allocated treatment.
It is hoped this research will determine whether having standard chemotherapy plus a type of drug designed to target tumour cells, called a multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (MTKI) is better for patients. The effects of radiotherapy and additional doses of standard chemotherapy will also be assessed to determine if any of these combined treatments can lead to improved survival for patients with Ewing Sarcoma.