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NCT03006848

A Phase II Trial of Avelumab in Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Osteosarcoma

Completed Phase 2 Results posted Last updated 23 February 2026
What this trial tests

Phase 2 trial testing Avelumab in Osteosarcoma in 19 participants. Completed in 18 March 2020.

Timeline
16 February 2017
Primary endpoint
18 March 2020
18 March 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital
PhasePhase 2
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationna
Designsingle group
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment19
Start date16 February 2017
Primary completion18 March 2020
Estimated completion18 March 2020
Sites4 locations across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Who can join

Adults 12 to 49, any sex, with Osteosarcoma. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Response Rate Primary · At the end of 4 cycles of avelumab (approximately 4 months)

The study is designed by treating RECIST response \[complete response + partial response (CR+PR)\] after 4-cycle treatment of avelumab and the 16-week progression-free survival (PFS) as dual binary endpoints. Patients who fail to be evaluated at the end of the 4-cycle will be counted as failure.

GroupValue95% CI
Avelumab00 – 0
Progression-free Survival Primary · At the end of 4 cycles of avelumab (approximately 4 months)

The study is designed by treating RECIST response \[complete response + partial response (CR+PR)\] after 4-cycle treatment of avelumab and the 16-week progression-free survival (PFS) as dual binary endpoints. Patients who fail to be evaluated at the end of the 4-cycle will be counted as failure.

GroupValue95% CI
Progression-free Survival8.06.7 – 9.1
Target Toxicities Secondary · At the end of treatment (up to 2 years after enrollment of last participant)

Target toxicities for avelumab treatment are defined as any grade 3-5 dyspnea, infusion-related reactions, or immune related adverse events at least possibly attributable to the agent observed anytime during the 26-cycle treatment period that a patient is on study (including the period between off treatment and off study).

Dyspnea
GroupValue95% CI
Target Toxicities2
Infection and infestations
GroupValue95% CI
Target Toxicities1
Metabolism and nutrition disorders
GroupValue95% CI
Target Toxicities2
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
GroupValue95% CI
Target Toxicities1
Cardiac disorders
GroupValue95% CI
Target Toxicities1
Investigations
GroupValue95% CI
Target Toxicities2

Adverse events — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Time frame: Acute adverse events were collected from study enrollment up to 4 weeks after completion of chemotherapy/radiation therapy, whichever came last. Long term toxicity was captured at every visit up to 3 years from study enrollment.. Reporting threshold: 5%. Adverse-event reports describe events observed during the trial — not all are caused by the drug.

Avelumab
Serious: 7/18 (39%)
Deaths: 3/18

Serious adverse events (11 terms)

ReactionSystemAvelumab
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disordersRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Blood and lymphatic system disordersVascular disorders
Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecifiedNeoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps)
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disordersRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Infections and infestationsRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Nervous system disordersNervous system disorders
Gastrointestinal disordersGastrointestinal disorders
Metabolism and nutrition disordersMetabolism and nutrition disorders
InvestigationsInvestigations
InvestigationsInvestigations
Cardiac disordersCardiac disorders
Other adverse events (41 terms — click to expand)

ReactionSystemAvelumab
Gastrointestinal disordersGastrointestinal disorders
Gastrointestinal disordersGastrointestinal disorders
General disorders and administration site conditionsGeneral disorders
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disordersMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Gastrointestinal disordersGastrointestinal disorders
Infections and infestationsInfections and infestations
Injury, poisoning and procedural complicationsInjury, poisoning and procedural complications
InvestigationsInvestigations
InvestigationsInvestigations
Blood and lymphatic system disordersBlood and lymphatic system disorders
Blood and lymphatic system disordersBlood and lymphatic system disorders
Cardiac disordersCardiac disorders
Cardiac disordersCardiac disorders
Endocrine disordersEndocrine disorders
Gastrointestinal disordersGastrointestinal disorders
Gastrointestinal disordersGastrointestinal disorders
Gastrointestinal disordersGastrointestinal disorders
Gastrointestinal disordersGastrointestinal disorders
General disorders and administration site conditionsGeneral disorders
General disorders and administration site conditionsGeneral disorders
General disorders and administration site conditionsGeneral disorders
General disorders and administration site conditionsGeneral disorders
Immune system disordersImmune system disorders
Infections and infestationsInfections and infestations
InvestigationsInvestigations
InvestigationsInvestigations
Metabolism and nutrition disordersMetabolism and nutrition disorders
Metabolism and nutrition disordersMetabolism and nutrition disorders
Metabolism and nutrition disordersMetabolism and nutrition disorders
Nervous system disordersNervous system disorders
Nervous system disordersNervous system disorders
Nervous system disordersNervous system disorders
Renal and urinary disordersRenal and urinary disorders
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disordersRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disordersRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disordersRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disordersRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disordersRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disordersRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disordersSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders

Most-reported serious reactions: Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders, Blood and lymphatic system disorders, Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified, Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders, Infections and infestations, Nervous system disorders, Gastrointestinal disorders, Metabolism and nutrition disorders.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03006848 adverse events section.

Sponsor's own description

This clinical trial seeks to determine if avelumab will be effective in facilitating removal of all gross tumor in the event of a relapse of osteosarcoma in pediatric patients. Avelumab will be evaluated using dosing that has previously been determined in adult studies. Primary Objectives: * To estimate the response rate to 4 cycles of avelumab in patients with recurrent or progressive osteosarcoma. * To estimate the 16-week progression free survival of patients with recurrent or progressive osteosarcoma after treatment with avelumab. Secondary Objective: * To describe the toxicities associated with the administration of avelumab in patients with recurrent or progressive osteosarcoma. * To assess the quality of life of patients with recurrent or progressive osteosarcoma undergoing treatment with avelumab, and to explore relationships between clinical factors and patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes. Exploratory Objectives: * To explore factors associated with response in patients treated with avelumab after recurrent or progressive osteosarcoma (e.g. tumor PD-L1 expression). * To measure parameters of immune activation including subsets of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and serum markers of immune activation. * To evaluate the role of T-cells in immune checkpoint blockade via measures of cell proliferation, co-inhibitory receptor expression on CD8 T cells, T cell repertoire, and epigenetic programming.

Publications & conference data

8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. The Osteosarcoma Microenvironment: A Complex But Targetable Ecosystem.
    Corre I, Verrecchia F, Crenn V, Redini F, et al · · 2020 · cited 354× · PMID 32326444 · DOI 10.3390/cells9040976
  2. Advances on immunotherapy for osteosarcoma.
    Yu S, Yao X. · · 2024 · cited 146× · PMID 39245737 · DOI 10.1186/s12943-024-02105-9
  3. Advances in immune checkpoint inhibitors for bone sarcoma therapy.
    Thanindratarn P, Dean DC, Nelson SD, Hornicek FJ, et al · · 2019 · cited 126× · PMID 30775238 · DOI 10.1016/j.jbo.2019.100221
  4. The role of tumor-associated macrophages in osteosarcoma progression - therapeutic implications.
    Huang Q, Liang X, Ren T, Huang Y, et al · · 2021 · cited 89× · PMID 33788151 · DOI 10.1007/s13402-021-00598-w
  5. Pathogenesis and Current Treatment of Osteosarcoma: Perspectives for Future Therapies.
    Rathore R, Van Tine BA. · · 2021 · cited 81× · PMID 33809018 · DOI 10.3390/jcm10061182
  6. Limitations and opportunities for immune checkpoint inhibitors in pediatric malignancies.
    Park JA, Cheung NV. · · 2017 · cited 81× · PMID 28622628 · DOI 10.1016/j.ctrv.2017.05.006
  7. Product review: avelumab, an anti-PD-L1 antibody.
    Collins JM, Gulley JL. · · 2019 · cited 62× · PMID 30481100 · DOI 10.1080/21645515.2018.1551671
  8. Origin and Therapies of Osteosarcoma.
    Moukengue B, Lallier M, Marchandet L, Baud'huin M, et al · · 2022 · cited 60× · PMID 35884563 · DOI 10.3390/cancers14143503

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