TY - JOUR
T1 - Gemcitabine and docetaxel in relapsed and unresectable high-grade osteosarcoma and spindle cell sarcoma of bone
AU - Palmerini, Emanuela
AU - Jones, Robin L.
AU - Marchesi, Emanuela
AU - Paioli, Anna
AU - Cesari, Marilena
AU - Longhi, Alessandra
AU - Meazza, Cristina
AU - Coccoli, L.
AU - Fagioli, F.
AU - Asaftei, S. D.
AU - Grignani, Giovanni
AU - Tamburini, A.
AU - Pollack, S. M.
AU - Picci, Piero
AU - Ferrari, Stefano
PY - 2016/4/20
Y1 - 2016/4/20
N2 - Background: Few new compounds are available for relapsed osteosarcoma. We retrospectively evaluated the activity of gemcitabine (G) plus docetaxel (D) in patients with relapsed high-grade osteosarcoma and high-grade spindle cell sarcoma of bone (HGS). Methods: Patients receiving G 900 mg/m2 d 1, 8; D 75 mg/m2 d 8, every 21 days were eligible. Primary end-point: progression-free survival (PFS) at 4 months; secondary end-point: overall survival (OS) and response rate. Results: Fifty-one patients were included, with a median age of 17 years (8-71), 26 (51 %) were pediatric patients. GD line of treatment: 2nd in 14 patients, ≥3rd in 37. 25 (49 %) patients had metastases limited to lungs, 26 (51 %) multiple sites. Histology: 40 (78 %) osteosarcoma, 11 (22 %) HGS. Eight (16 %) patients achieved surgical complete response (sCR2) after GD. Four-month PFS rate was 46 %, and significantly better for patients with ECOG 0 (ECOG 0: 54 % vs ECOG 1: 43 % vs ECOG 2: 0 %; p = 0.003), for patients undergoing metastasectomy after GD (sCR2 75 % vs no-sCR2 40 %, p = 0.02) and for osteosarcoma (osteosarcoma 56 % vs HGS 18 %; p = 0.05), with no differences according to age, line of treatment, and pattern of metastases. Forty-six cases had RECIST measurable disease: 6 (13 %) patients had a partial response (PR), 20 (43 %) had stable disease (SD) and 20 (43 %) had progressive disease (PD). The 1-year OS was 30 %: 67 % for PR, 54 % for SD and 20 % for PD (p = 0.005). Conclusions: GD is an active treatment for relapsed high-grade osteosarcoma, especially for ECOG 0 patients, and should be included in the therapeutic armamentarium of metastatic osteosarcoma.
AB - Background: Few new compounds are available for relapsed osteosarcoma. We retrospectively evaluated the activity of gemcitabine (G) plus docetaxel (D) in patients with relapsed high-grade osteosarcoma and high-grade spindle cell sarcoma of bone (HGS). Methods: Patients receiving G 900 mg/m2 d 1, 8; D 75 mg/m2 d 8, every 21 days were eligible. Primary end-point: progression-free survival (PFS) at 4 months; secondary end-point: overall survival (OS) and response rate. Results: Fifty-one patients were included, with a median age of 17 years (8-71), 26 (51 %) were pediatric patients. GD line of treatment: 2nd in 14 patients, ≥3rd in 37. 25 (49 %) patients had metastases limited to lungs, 26 (51 %) multiple sites. Histology: 40 (78 %) osteosarcoma, 11 (22 %) HGS. Eight (16 %) patients achieved surgical complete response (sCR2) after GD. Four-month PFS rate was 46 %, and significantly better for patients with ECOG 0 (ECOG 0: 54 % vs ECOG 1: 43 % vs ECOG 2: 0 %; p = 0.003), for patients undergoing metastasectomy after GD (sCR2 75 % vs no-sCR2 40 %, p = 0.02) and for osteosarcoma (osteosarcoma 56 % vs HGS 18 %; p = 0.05), with no differences according to age, line of treatment, and pattern of metastases. Forty-six cases had RECIST measurable disease: 6 (13 %) patients had a partial response (PR), 20 (43 %) had stable disease (SD) and 20 (43 %) had progressive disease (PD). The 1-year OS was 30 %: 67 % for PR, 54 % for SD and 20 % for PD (p = 0.005). Conclusions: GD is an active treatment for relapsed high-grade osteosarcoma, especially for ECOG 0 patients, and should be included in the therapeutic armamentarium of metastatic osteosarcoma.
KW - Chemotherapy
KW - Docetaxel
KW - Gemcitabine
KW - High-grade bone sarcoma
KW - Osteosarcoma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84963877024&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84963877024&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/s12885-016-2312-3
DO - 10.1186/s12885-016-2312-3
M3 - Article
VL - 16
JO - BMC Cancer
JF - BMC Cancer
SN - 1471-2407
IS - 1
M1 - 280
ER -