Recruiting
Phase 1/2
FaR-RMS: An Overarching Study for Children and Adults With Frontline and Relapsed RhabdoMyoSarcoma
Condition(s) studied
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)
Irinotecan: antineoplastic enzyme inhibitor
Actinomycin D: Antineoplastic agent that is a polypeptide antibiotic
Doxorubicin: An anthracycline topoisomerase inhibitor isolated from streptpmyces peucetius var. casesius
Ifosfamide: chemotherapeutic agent chemically related to the nitrogen mustards and is a synthetic analog of cyclophosphamide
Vincristine: anti neoplastic vinca alkaloid agent
Vinorelbine: vinca alkaloid with a role as an antineoplastic agent
Cyclophosphamide: Precursor of an alkylating nitrogen mustard antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agent
Temozolomide: oral antineoplastic alkylating agent
radiotherapy: Ionising radiation
Regorafenib: Oral multi-kinase inhibitor that targets a broad range of angiogenic, stromal and oncogenic kinases, including vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEFGR) 1, 2 and 3, tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin and epidermal growth factor homology domain 2 (TIE2), platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR), c-KIT, RET, RAF-1 and BRAF (wild-type and V600E mutant).
Study summary
FaR-RMS is an over-arching study for children and adults with newly diagnosed and relapsed rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria for study entry - Mandatory at first point of study entry
1. Histologically confirmed diagnosis of RMS (except pleomorphic RMS)
2. Written informed consent from the patient and/or the parent/legal guardian
Phase 1b Dose Finding - IRIVA Inclusion
1. Entered in to the FaR-RMS study at diagnosis
2. Very High Risk disease
3. Age \>12 months and ≤25 years
4. No prior treatment for RMS other than surgery
5. Medically fit to receive treatment
6. Adequate hepatic function:
1. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) for age, unless the patient is known to have Gilbert's syndrome
2. ALT or AST \< 2.5 X ULN for age
7. Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.0x 109/L
8. Platelets ≥ 80 x 109/L
9. Adequate renal function: estimated or measured creatinine clearance ≥60 ml/min/1.73 m2
10. Documented negative pregnancy test for female patients of childbearing potential
11. Patient agrees to use contraception during therapy and for 12 months after last trial treatment (females) or 6 months after last trial treatment (males), where patient is sexually active
12. Written informed consent from the patient and/or the parent/legal guardian
Exclusion
1. Weight \<10kg
2. Active \> grade 2 diarrhoea
3. Prior allo- or autologous Stem Cell Transplant
4. Uncontrolled inter-current illness or active infection
5. Pre-existing medical condition precluding treatment
6. Urinary outflow obstruction that cannot be relieved prior to starting treatment
7. Active inflammation of the urinary bladder (cystitis)
8. Known hypersensitivity to any of the treatments or excipients
9. Second malignancy
10. Pregnant or breastfeeding women
Frontline chemotherapy randomisation Very High Risk - CT1a Inclusion
1. Entered in to the FaR-RMS study at diagnosis
2. Very High Risk disease
3. Age ≥ 6 months
4. Available for randomisation ≤60 days after diagnostic biopsy/surgery
5. No prior treatment for RMS other than surgery
6. Medically fit to receive treatment
7. Adequate hepatic function :
a. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) for age, unless the patient is known to have Gilbert's syndrome
8. Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.0x 109/L (except in patients with documented bone marrow disease)
9. Platelets ≥ 80 x 109/L (except in patients with documented bone marrow disease)
10. Fractional Shortening ≥ 28%
11. Documented negative pregnancy test for female patients of childbearing potential
12. Patient agrees to use contraception during therapy and for 12 months after last trial treatment (females) or 6 months after last trial treatment (males), where patient is sexually active
13. Written informed consent from the patient and/or the parent/legal guardian
Exclusion
1. Active \> grade 2 diarrhoea
2. Prior allo- or autologous Stem Cell Transplant
3. Uncontrolled inter-current illness or active infection
4. Pre-existing medical condition precluding treatment
5. Urinary outflow obstruction that cannot be relieved prior to starting treatment
6. Active inflammation of the urinary bladder (cystitis)
7. Known hypersensitivity to any of the treatments or excipients
8. Second malignancy
9. Pregnant or breastfeeding women
Frontline chemotherapy randomisation High Risk - CT1b Inclusion
1. Entered in to the FaR-RMS study at diagnosis
2. High Risk disease
3. Age ≥ 6 months
4. Available for randomisation ≤60 days after diagnostic biopsy/surgery
5. No prior treatment for RMS other than surgery
6. Medically fit to receive treatment
7. Adequate hepatic function :
a. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) for age, except if the patient is known to have Gilbert's syndrome
8. Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.0x 109/L
9. Platelets ≥ 80 x 109/L
10. Documented negative pregnancy test for female patients of childbearing potential
11. Patient agrees to use contraception during therapy and for 12 months after last trial treatment (females) or 6 months after last trial treatment (males), where patient is sexually active
12. Written informed consent from the patient and/or the parent/legal guardian
Exclusion
1. Active \> grade 2 diarrhoea
2. Prior allo- or autologous Stem Cell Transplant
3. Uncontrolled inter-current illness or active infection
4. Pre-existing medical condition precluding treatment
5. Urinary outflow obstruction that cannot be relieved prior to starting treatment
6. Active inflammation of the urinary bladder (cystitis)
7. Known hypersensitivity to any of the treatments or excipients
8. Second malignancy
9. Pregnant or breastfeeding women
Frontline Radiotherapy Note: eligible patients may enter multiple radiotherapy randomisations.
Radiotherapy Inclusion - for all radiotherapy randomisations
1. Entered in to the FaR-RMS study (at diagnosis or prior to radiotherapy randomisation)
2. Very High Risk, High Risk and Standard Risk disease
3. ≥ 2 years of age
4. Receiving frontline induction treatment as part of the FaR-RMS trial or with a IVA/IVADo based chemotherapy regimen patients for whom. Note that patients for whom ifosfamide has been replaced with cyclophosphamide will be eligible
5. Patient assessed as medically fit to receive the radiotherapy
6. Documented negative pregnancy test for female patients of childbearing potential
7. Patient agrees to use contraception during therapy and for 12 months after last trial treatment (females) or 6 months after last trial treatment (males), where patient is sexually active
8. Written informed consent from the patient and/or the parent/legal guardian
Radiotherapy Exclusion - for all radiotherapy randomisations
1. Prior allo- or autologous Stem Cell Transplant
2. Second malignancy
3. Pregnant or breastfeeding women
4. Receiving radiotherapy as brachytherapy
RT1a Specific Inclusion
1. Primary tumour deemed resectable (predicted R0/ R1 resection feasible) after 3 cycles of induction chemotherapy (6 cycles for metastatic disease)
2. Adjuvant radiotherapy required in addition to surgical resection (local decision).
3. Available for randomisation after cycle 3 and prior to the start of cycle 6 of induction chemotherapy for localised disease, or after cycle 6 and prior to the start of cycle 9 for metastatic disease
RT1b Specific Inclusion
1. Primary tumour deemed resectable (predicted R0/R1 resection) after 3 cycles of induction chemotherapy (6 cycles for metastatic disease).
2. Adjuvant radiotherapy required in addition to surgical resection (local decision)
3. Higher Local Failure Risk (HLFR) based on presence of either of the following criteria:
1. Unfavourable site
2. Age ≥ 18yrs
4. Available for randomisation after cycle 3 and prior to the start of cycle 6 of induction chemotherapy for localised disease, or after cycle 6 and prior to the start of cycle 9 for metastatic disease
RT1c Specific Inclusion
1. Primary radiotherapy indicated (local decision)
2. Higher Local Failure Risk (HLFR) based on either of the following criteria:
1. Unfavourable site
2. Age ≥ 18yrs
3. Available for randomisation after cycle 3 and prior to the start of cycle 6 of induction chemotherapy for localised disease, or after cycle 6 and prior to the start of cycle 9 for metastatic disease
RT2
1. Available for randomisation after cycle 6 and before the start of cycle 9 of induction chemotherapy.
2. Unfavourable metastatic disease, defined as Modified Oberlin Prognostic Score 2-4
* Note: Definition of metastatic lesions for RT2 eligibility
Modified Oberlin Prognostic Score (1 point for each adverse factor):
* Age ≥10y
* Extremity, Other, Unidentified Primary Site
* Bone and/ or Bone Marrow involvement
* ≥3 metastatic sites
Unfavourable metastatic disease: 2- 4 adverse factors Favourable metastatic disease: 0-1 adverse factors
Maintenance chemotherapy (Very High Risk) - CT2a Inclusion Randomisation must take place during the 12th cycle of maintenance chemotherapy.
1. Entered in to the FaR-RMS study (at diagnosis or at any subsequent time point)
2. Very High Risk disease
3. Received frontline induction chemotherapy as part of the FaR-RMS trial or with a IVA/IVADo based chemotherapy regimen
a. Patients for whom ifosfamide has been replaced with cyclophosphamide will be eligible
4. Completed 11 cycles of VnC maintenance treatment (either oral or IV regimens)
5. No evidence of progressive disease
6. Absence of severe vincristine neuropathy - i.e requiring discontinuation of vincristine treatment)
7. Medically fit to continue to receive treatment
8. Patient agrees to use contraception during therapy and for 12 months after last trial treatment (females) or 6 months after last trial treatment (males), where patient is sexually active
9. Written informed consent from the patient and/or the parent/legal guardian
Exclusion
1. Prior allo- or autologous Stem Cell Transplant
2. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness or active infection
3. Urinary outflow obstruction that cannot be relieved prior to starting treatment
4. Active inflammation of the urinary bladder (cystitis)
5. Second malignancy
6. Pregnant or breastfeeding women
Maintenance chemotherapy (High Risk) - CT2b Randomisation must take place during the 6th cycle of maintenance chemotherapy. Inclusion
1. Entered in to the FaR-RMS study (at diagnosis or at any subsequent time point)
2. High Risk disease
3. Received frontline induction chemotherapy as part of the FaR-RMS trial or with a IVA based chemotherapy regimen. Note that patients for whom ifosfamide has been replaced with cyclophosphamide will be eligible
4. Completed 5 cycles of VnC maintenance treatment
5. No evidence of progressive disease
6. Absence of severe vincristine neuropathy i.e. requiring discontinuation of vincristine treatment
7. Medically fit to continue to receive treatment
8. Patient agrees to use contraception during therapy and for 12 months after last trial treatment (females) or 6 months after last trial treatment (males), where patient is sexually active
9. Written informed consent from the patient and/or the parent/legal guardian
Exclusion
1. Prior allo- or autologous Stem Cell Transplant
2. Uncontrolled inter current illness or active infection
3. Urinary outflow obstruction that cannot be relieved prior to starting treatment
4. Active inflammation of the urinary bladder (cystitis)
5. Second malignancy
6. Pregnant or breastfeeding women
CT3 Relapsed Chemotherapy
Inclusion:
1. Entered in to the FaR-RMS study (at diagnosis or at any subsequent time point)
2. First or subsequent relapse of histologically verified RMS
3. Age ≥ 6 months
4. Measurable or evaluable disease
5. No cytotoxic chemotherapy or other investigational medicinal product (IMP) within previous three weeks: within two weeks for vinorelbine and cyclophosphamide maintenance chemotherapy
6. Medically fit to receive trial treatment
7. Documented negative pregnancy test for female patients of childbearing potential within 7 days of planned randomisation
8. Patient agrees to use contraception during therapy and for 12 months after last trial treatment (females) or 6 months after last trial treatment (males), where patient is sexually active
9. Written informed consent from the patient and/or the parent/legal guardian
Exclusion:
1. Progression during frontline therapy without previous response (=Refractory to first line treatment)
2. Prior regorafenib or temozolomide
3. Active \> grade 1 diarrhoea
4. ALT or AST \>3.0 x upper limit normal (ULN)
5. Bilirubin, Total \>1.5 x ULN; total bilirubin is allowed up to 3 x ULN if Gilbert's syndrome is documented
6. Patients with unstable angina or new onset angina (within 3 months of planned date of randomisation), recent myocardial infarction (within 6 months of randomisation) and those with cardiac failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) Classification 2 or higher Cardiac abnormalities such as congestive heart failure (Modified Ross Heart Failure Classification for Children = class 2) and cardiac arrhythmias requiring antiarrhythmic therapy (beta blockers or digoxin are permitted)
7. Uncontrolled hypertension \> 95th centile for age and gender
8. Prior allo- or autologous Stem Cell Transplant
9. Uncontrolled inter-current illness or active infection
10. Pre-existing medical condition precluding treatment
11. Known hypersensitivity to any of the treatments or excipients
12. Second malignancy
13. Pregnant or breastfeeding women
Primary outcome measure(s)
- Event Free Survival (RT2) — From randomisation to first failure event, timeframe 36 months
Failure events are:
* Relapse or progression of existing disease, or occurrence of disease at new sites,
* Death from any cause without disease progression,
* Second malignant neoplasm
- Event Free Survival (CT1A) — From randomisation to first failure event, timeframe 36 months
Failure events are:
* Relapse or progression of existing disease, or occurrence of disease at new sites,
* Death from any cause without disease progression,
* Second malignant neoplasm
- Event Free Survival (CT1B) — From randomisation to first failure event, timeframe 36 months
Failure events are:
* Relapse or progression of existing disease, or occurrence of disease at new sites,
* Death from any cause without disease progression,
* Second malignant neoplasm
- Event Free Survival (CT2A) — From randomisation to first failure event, timeframe 36 months
Failure events are:
* Relapse or progression of existing disease, or occurrence of disease at new sites,
* Death from any cause without disease progression,
* Second malignant neoplasm
- Event Free Survival (CT2B) — Time from randomisation to first failure event, timeframe 36 months
Failure events are:
* Relapse or progression of existing disease, or occurrence of disease at new sites,
* Death from any cause without disease progression,
* Second malignant neoplasm
- Event Free Survival (CT3) — Patients will be followed up for a minimum of 6 years from trial entry (or 5 years from end of relapsed trial treatment, whichever comes later). Patients will be followed up for progression and death until the end of trial definition has been met.
To determine whether new systemic therapy regimens improve event free survival in relapsed RMS compared to standard therapy (VIRT) (CT3):
Initial new systemic therapy combination to be tested:
o Regorafenib (R) added to vincristine and irinotecan (VIR) (VIRR)
- Local Failure Free Survival (RT1A and RT1B) — Time from randomisation to first local failure event, timeframe 36 months
A local failure event is relapse or progression of tumour at the primary site at any time even if there has been a prior /concurrent, regional or distant failure
- Local Failure Free Survival (RT1C) — Time from randomisation to first local failure event, timeframe 36 months
A local failure event is relapse or progression of tumour at the primary site at any time even if there has been a prior /concurrent, regional or distant failure
Trial sites (128)
| Facility | City | Region | Status |
| Queensland Children's Hospital |
Brisbane |
Australia |
Recruiting |
| Chris O'brien Lifehouse |
Camperdown |
Australia |
Recruiting |
| Monash Children's Hospital |
Clayton |
Australia |
Recruiting |
| Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre |
Melbourne |
Australia |
Recruiting |
| Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne |
Melbourne |
Australia |
Recruiting |
| John Hunter Children's Hospital |
New Lambton Heights |
Australia |
Recruiting |
| Perth Children's Hospital |
Perth |
Australia |
Recruiting |
| Sydney Children's Hospital |
Sydney |
Australia |
Recruiting |
| The Childrens Hospital At Westmead |
Sydney |
Australia |
Recruiting |
| Westmead Hospital |
Westmead |
Australia |
Recruiting |
| Princess Alexandra Hospital |
Woolloongabba |
Australia |
Recruiting |
| Kepler University Clinic Linz |
Linz |
Austria |
Recruiting |
| St Anna Childrens Hospital |
Vienna |
Austria |
Recruiting |
| Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc |
Brussels |
Belgium |
Recruiting |
| Hopital Universitaire Des Enfants Reine Fabiola |
Brussels |
Belgium |
Recruiting |
| Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent |
Ghent |
Belgium |
Recruiting |
| Uz Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg |
Leuven |
Belgium |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Regional De La Citadelle |
Liège |
Belgium |
Recruiting |
| Clinique Chc Montlegia |
Liège |
Belgium |
Recruiting |
| Masaryk University Hospital Brno |
Brno |
Czechia |
Recruiting |
| Aarhus University Hospital |
Aarhus |
Denmark |
Recruiting |
| University Hospital Rigshospitalet |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'angers |
Angers |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire Besancon - Hopital Jean Minjoz |
Besançon |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Bordeaux - Hopital Pellegrin |
Bordeaux |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire Brest - Hopital Morvan |
Brest |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Francois Baclesse |
Caen |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Caen |
Caen |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon Bourgogne - Hopital D'enfants |
Dijon |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Grenoble |
Grenoble |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire La Reunion |
La Réunion |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Oscar Lambret |
Lille |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Leon Berard |
Lyon |
France |
Recruiting |
| Hopital De La Timone (ap-hm) |
Marseille |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nancy |
Nancy |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes |
Nantes |
France |
Recruiting |
| Hopital Armand Trousseau |
Paris |
France |
Recruiting |
| Institut Curie |
Paris |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Haut Levque |
Pessac |
France |
Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Poitiers |
Poitiers |
France |
Recruiting |
+ 88 more sites — see the full list on the official registry below.
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