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Patients must have histologically confirmed diagnosis of bone sarcoma (osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma of bone, chondrosarcoma or chordoma) |
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Patients with confirmed disease progression at study entry |
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Metastatic disease not amenable to surgical resection or radiation with curative intent |
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Patients must have measurable disease |
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Prior treatment |
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at least one, but no more than two prior chemotherapy regimen for metastatic |
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disease for osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma; neo-adjuvant |
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maintenance therapy are not counted towards this requirement. Chordoma not |
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pretreated or with 1 or 2 prior (combination) chemotherapy regimen or with one |
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or two prior molecularly targeted therapy, but no more than 2 prior lines of |
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treatment (whatever the indication) can be included. At least 4 weeks since |
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last chemotherapy (6 weeks in case of nitrosoureas and mitomycin C) |
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immunotherapy or any other pharmacological treatment and/or radiotherapy |
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Age ≥10 years for osteosarcomas, Ewing sarcomas and chondrosarcomas (for chordomas, patients must be ≥18 years) |
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Body Surface Area ≥1.30 m² |
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Life expectancy of greater than 3 months |
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Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status <2 (Karnofsky ≥60%) for adults patients |
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Karnofsky scale ≥ 60% for children aged >12 years old / Lansky scale ≥60% for children aged ≤12 years old |
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Patients must have adequate bone marrow, renal, and hepatic function, as evidenced by the following within 7 days of study treatment initiation: normal organ function as defined below |
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Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5 Giga/L |
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Platelets ≥100 Giga/L |
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Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL |
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Serum creatinin ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) |
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Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥30 ml/min/1.73 m² according to the modified Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) abbreviated formula |
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Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤2.5 x ULN |
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Bilirubin ≤1.5 X ULN |
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Alkaline phosphatase ≤2.5 x ULN (≤5 x ULN in patient with liver involvement of their cancer). If Alkaline phosphatase >2.5 ULN, hepatic isoenzymes 5-nucleotidase or gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) tests must be performed; hepatic isoenzymes 5-nucleotidase must be within the normal range and/or GGT <1.5 x ULN |
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lipase ≤1.5 x ULN |
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Spot urine must not show 1+ or more protein in urine or the patient will require a repeat urine analysis. If repeat urinalysis shows 1+ protein or more, a 24-hour urine collection will be required and must show total protein excretion <1000 mg/24 hours |
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International Normalized Ratio(INR)/ Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) ≤1.5 x ULN |
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Recovery to National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) v4.0 Grade 0 or 1 level or recovery to baseline preceding the prior treatment from any previous drug/procedure related toxicity (except alopecia, anemia, and hypothyroidism) |
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Women of childbearing potential and male patients must agree to use adequate contraception for the duration of study participation and up to 3 months following completion of therapy |
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Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum β-HCG pregnancy test within 7 days prior randomization and/or urine pregnancy test within 48 hours before the first administration of the study treatment |
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Signed informed consent form by adult patients and/or patients parents/legal representatives (if age <18 years) and age appropriate assent form by the patients' parents/legal representatives obtained before any study specific procedure is conducted |
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Patients must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests and other study procedures |
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Patients or parents/legal representatives affiliated to the Social Security System |
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Prior treatment with any VEGFR inhibitor
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Soft tissue sarcoma
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Other cancer (different histology) within 5 years prior to randomization
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Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, significant trauma, within the last 28 days before randomization
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Cardiovascular dysfunction
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Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50%
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Myocardial infarction <6 months before study
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Cardiac arrhythmias requiring therapy
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Uncontrolled hypertension
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Congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association [NYHA]) ≥2
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Unstable angina or new-onset angina
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Severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh C)
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Ongoing infection > Grade 2 according to NCI-CTCAE v4.0
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Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
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Arterial or venous thrombotic or embolic events such as cerebrovascular accident
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Active hepatitis B or C or chronic hepatitis B or C requiring treatment with antiviral therapy
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(including transient ischemic attacks), deep vein thrombosis, or pulmonary
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Difficulties with swallowing study tablets
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embolism within the last 6 months before randomization
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Prior anticancer therapy, including radiotherapy, endocrine therapy, immunotherapy, chemotherapy (CT) within the last 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas and mitomycin C), or other investigational agents ; Concomitant antalgic palliative radiotherapy allowed
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Concurrent enrolment in another clinical trial in which investigational therapies are administered
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Known hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients
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Pregnant women, women who are likely to become pregnant or are breast-feeding
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For adult patients, individual deprived of liberty or placed under the authority of a tutor
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Patients with any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before registration in the trial
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Patients with history of non compliance to medical regimens or unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol
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Interstitial lung disease with ongoing signs and symptoms at the time of informed consent
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Non-healing wound, non-healing ulcer, or non-healing bone fracture
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Patients with evidence or history of any bleeding diathesis, irrespective of severity
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Use of biological response modifiers, such as granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), within 3 weeks of study entry
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Any hemorrhage or bleeding event ≥ CTCAE Grade 3 within 4 weeks prior to the start of study medication
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