Fight Osteosarcoma with a European, evolving research platform from diagnosis to relapse
Official title: FOSTER Evolving Study Platform
Run by Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris · NCT07871864 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A European platform trial in pediatric and young adult high-grade osteosarcoma will test Cabometyx as one treatment option while collecting tumor and blood samples to guide future strategies.
Quick facts
| Phase | Phase 3 |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Ages | 4 Years and up |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 530 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris Academic / other |
| Drugs / interventions | chemotherapy, cabozantinib |
| Locations | 77 sites (Aarhus and 76 other locations) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | October 7, 2026 |
| Main results expected | January 2035 |
| Study ends | January 2036 |
| Registry record updated | October 26, 2026 |
| Trial ID | NCT07871864 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Ideal candidates are newly diagnosed, biopsy-proven high-grade osteosarcoma patients who are medically fit for systemic therapy and have consent/insurance in the participating country.
✕Probably not a fit
Patients with low-grade, parosteal, or periosteal osteosarcoma, or those not undergoing the planned systemic therapy, may not benefit.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
This is a phase 3 interventional platform trial led by Gustave Roussy under the FOSTER consortium. It integrates clinical, biological, radiological, and therapeutic research from diagnosis through relapse. The study will randomize therapies at different treatment moments to try to improve survival for patients of all ages with high-grade osteosarcoma, using ongoing adaptations to test new approaches within a single framework. Biological samples collected at biopsy and over time will inform treatment decisions and research directions. Enrollment is for newly diagnosed high-grade osteosarcoma patients who are medically fit for systemic therapy and meet local consent and insurance requirements.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the trial could identify effective treatment strategies and help personalize care for osteosarcoma patients from diagnosis through relapse.
How similar studies have gone: Previous platform or adaptive trials in bone sarcomas have shown value in testing multiple strategies within a single framework, supporting the potential usefulness of this approach.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
REGISTRATION in FOSTER-Evolving study platfom, Part-1:
Inclusion Criteria :
1. Newly diagnosed, biopsy-proven, high-grade osteosarcoma,
2. Patient considered medically fit to receive systemic treatment,
3. Planned systemic therapy according to national guidelines and age
4. Written informed consent from patients or for minor, from their parents/ legal representatives, before enrolment and any study-related procedure.
5. Affiliation to a social insurance or equivalent regimen (if required in the country).
Exclusion Criteria:
1\. Low-grade osteosarcoma, parosteal or periosteal osteosarcoma, small cell osteosarcoma
FOR FOSTER-CabOS RANDOMISATION (part-2) :
1. Patient with a histologically proven and confirmed high-grade osteosarcoma, according to the criteria described in the last World Health Organization (WHO) classification of Soft Tissue and Bone Tumours, after the exclusion of all potential differential diagnoses, either by local pathologists with expertise in bone sarcomas, or through centralized revision in a referral centre, according to national rules.
2. Age ≥ 4 years old (when able to swallow tablet) ; no upper age limit
3. First line systemic and local treatment of primary tumour (and metastasis when present) for localised or metastatic osteosarcoma must have been completed according to national guidelines (Mifamurtide is allowed according to centre's practices)
4. Recovery to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) v5 Grade 0 or 1 level or recovery to baseline health status preceding the prior treatment from any previous drug/procedure related toxicity (except alopecia, anaemia, and hypothyroidism)
5. Performance status \< 2 for patient adult, or \>70 using Karnofsky or Lansky performance scores.
6. Interval between the last treatment either chemotherapy administration or surgical procedures or radiotherapy or thermoablation, (whichever occurred last) and the date of randomisation should be at least 4 weeks but no longer than 2 months;
7. Disease in complete remission or with residual persistent stable disease according to RECIST criteria before randomisation (please refer 7.3.4 for the definition of the residual persistent stable disease )
8. Patient fit to undergo protocol treatment and follow-up
9. Adequate cardiac function: Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) ≥50% and/or fractional shortening (FS) \>28% at baseline as determined by echocardiography or multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan (performed only if echocardiography is not feasible)
10. Adequately controlled blood pressure (BP) with or without antihypertensive medications: BP 95th percentile for sex, age and height/length at screening (as per NHLBI (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) guidelines) and no change in antihypertensive medications within 1 week prior to start of treatment (C1D1). Patients aged \>18 years should have a BP ≤150/90 mmHg at screening and no change in antihypertensive therapy within 1 week prior to C1D1
11. Screening laboratory values must meet the following criteria (according to CTCAE v5) and should be obtained within 7 days prior to randomisation
* Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1 x 109/L
* Platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L
* Haemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL (a hemoglobin of less than 8.0 g/dl is acceptable if it is corrected by growth factor or transfusion before C1D1)
* Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or based on age/gender. If serum creatinine is greater than maximum serum creatinine for age/gender as described, then creatinine clearance (or radioisotope Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)) must be \>60 ml/min/1.73 m2
* Urine dipstick \< 2+ for proteinuria. Patients who have ≥2+ proteinuria on dipstick urinalysis should undergo a spot Protein/Creatinine ratio test that should be grade 2 (less or equal) per CTCAE v5.0
* No clinical evidence of nephrotic syndrome
* Alanine Aminotransferase/Aspartate Aminotransferase (ALT/AST) ≤ 2.5 x Upper limit of normal (ULN) in the absence of liver metastases or ≤ 5.0 x ULN in the presence of liver metastases
* Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (except Gilbert Syndrome: \< 3.0 mg/dL) or ≤ 5.0 x ULN in the presence of liver metastases
* Alkaline phosphatase (PAL) ≤2.5 x ULN (≤5 x ULN in patient with liver involvement of their cancer). If Alkaline phosphatase \> 2.5 ULN, Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase GGT tests must be performed; GGT \< 1.5 x ULN
* Lipase ≤1.5 x ULN
* INR (International Normalized Ratio) /PTT (Partial Thromboplatin Time) ≤1.5 x ULN
12. Patients who are therapeutically treated with an agent such as warfarin or heparin/ Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) will be allowed to participate provided that no prior evidence of underlying abnormality in coagulation parameters exists.
13. Women of childbearing potential or young women of childbearing potential and who started their puberty (menarche) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG)) done within 7 days prior to randomisation.
14. Effective methods of contraception should be used by male and female patients and their partners during therapy, and for at least 4 months after completing therapy. Because oral contraceptives might not be considered as "effective methods of contraception", they should be used together with another method, such as a barrier method, according to age and gynaecologist advice
15. Provision of dated and signed written informed consent from patients or for minor, from their parents/ legal representatives, for the randomised trial prior to any study specific procedures, sampling and analyses..
16. Affiliation to a social insurance or equivalent regimen (if required in the country).
Where it's running
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Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, France Recruiting -
Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Oncology
Aarhus, Denmark Not yet recruiting -
Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Aarhus, Denmark Not yet recruiting -
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Copenhagen, Denmark Not yet recruiting -
Herlev Hospital, Department of Oncology
Herlev, Denmark Not yet recruiting -
HUS-Yhtymae, Medical treatment and Clini-cal trial units
Helsinki, Finland Not yet recruiting
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HUS-Yhtymae
Helsinki, Finland Not yet recruiting -
Pohjois-Savon hyvinvointialue
Kuopio, Finland Not yet recruiting -
Pohjois-Pohjanmaan hyvinvointialue
Oulu, Finland Not yet recruiting -
Pirkanmaan hyvinvointialue
Tampere, Finland Not yet recruiting -
Varsinais-Suomen hyvinvointialue
Turku, Finland Not yet recruiting -
CHU Amiens Picardie - Site Sud
Amiens, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Angers
Angers, France Not yet recruiting -
CHRU Besançon - Hopital Jean Minjoz - Service d'Oncologie Médicale
Besançon, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU de Bordeaux - Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin
Bordeaux, France Not yet recruiting -
Institut Bergonié
Bordeaux, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Brest - Hôpital Morvan
Brest, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Caen Normandie
Caen, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU François Mitterrand
Dijon, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Grenoble, Hôpital Couple-enfant
Grenoble, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU de La Réunion
La Réunion, France Not yet recruiting -
Centre Oscar Lambret
Lille, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Limoges
Limoges, France Not yet recruiting -
Centre Léon Bérard
Lyon, France Not yet recruiting -
Hopital de la Timone - Service d'Hématologie et Oncologie Pédiatrique
Marseille, France Not yet recruiting -
Hopital de la Timone - Service d'Oncologie médicale
Marseille, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve
Montpellier, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Nantes - Hôpital Femme-Enfant-Adolescent
Nantes, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Nice
Nice, France Not yet recruiting -
Hôpital Armand Trousseau
Paris, France Not yet recruiting -
Hôpital Cochin
Paris, France Not yet recruiting -
Institut Curie
Paris, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Poitiers
Poitiers, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Reims
Reims, France Not yet recruiting -
Centre Eugène Marquis
Rennes, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Rennes Hôpital Sud
Rennes, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Charles Nicolle
Rouen, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Saint-Etienne - Hôpital Nord
Saint-Etienne, France Not yet recruiting -
Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest - Site Saint-Herblain
Saint-Herblain, France Not yet recruiting -
Centre Paul Strauss
Strasbourg, France Not yet recruiting -
Hopital de Hautepierre
Strasbourg, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Toulouse - Hôpital des enfants
Toulouse, France Not yet recruiting -
Oncopole Claudius Regaud-IUCT Oncopole
Toulouse, France Not yet recruiting -
CHU Tours, Hôpital Bretonneau
Tours, France Not yet recruiting -
CHRU Nancy, Hôpital d'enfants
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France Not yet recruiting -
Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France Not yet recruiting -
IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli (Osteoncology, Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Innovative Therapies Unit)
Bologna, Italy Not yet recruiting -
IRCCS Giannina Gaslini (Oncology Unit)
Genova, Italy Not yet recruiting -
Fondazione IRCC Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano (Pediatric Oncology Unit)
Milan, Italy Not yet recruiting -
Azienda Ospedale - Università Padova (Pediatric Oncohematology Unit)
Padova, Italy Not yet recruiting
+27 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.
Study contacts
- Study coordinator: Nathalie GASPAR, Docteur
- Email: nathalie.gaspar@gustaveroussy.fr
- Phone: +33 1 42 11 41 66
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
- Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.