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Biologically-Adapted, Dose-Escalated Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Ewing Sarcoma, BEAR Trial

Biologically-Adapted, Dose-Escalated Accelerated Radiotherapy for Ewing Sarcoma (BEAR)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07188532
Acronym
BEAR
Enrollment
141
Registered
2025-09-23
Start date
2025-11-24
Completion date
2029-12-31
Last updated
2026-01-23

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Ewing Sarcoma, Round Cell Sarcoma With EWSR1-non-ETS Fusion

Brief summary

This clinical trial evaluates the effect of radiotherapy doses based on tumor size and tumor-specific characteristics (biologically-adapted) in treating patients with Ewing sarcoma. Radiotherapy uses high energy x-rays, particles, or radioactive seeds to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Conventional radiotherapy uses minimal imaging support to determine the positioning of radiotherapy. Hypofractionated radiotherapy delivers higher doses of radiotherapy over a shorter period of time and may kill more tumor cells and have fewer side effects. Dose-escalated radiotherapy uses doses that are higher than those used in conventional radiotherapy. Larger tumor sizes and other tumor-specific characteristics have been shown to be related to poorer outcomes. In addition, after dose-escalated radiotherapy, patients with larger tumors have demonstrated improved control of the disease at the primary tumor site. Giving biologically-adapted, dose-escalated radiotherapy may reduce the return of the cancer at the primary tumor site in patients with Ewing sarcoma with large tumors and other unfavorable characteristics. This clinical trial also evaluates the role of biomarkers in patients with Ewing sarcoma. Studying samples of blood and tumor tissue from patients with Ewing sarcoma in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about predicting the amount of disease and the likelihood of the cancer coming back.

Interventions

PROCEDUREBiospecimen Collection

Undergo blood sample collection

DRUGChemotherapy

Given chemotherapy

PROCEDUREComputed Tomography

Undergo CT or PET/CT

PROCEDUREConventional Radiotherapy

Undergo conventional radiotherapy

Undergo definitive surgical resection

Undergo hypofractionated or conventional radiotherapy

OTHERElectronic Health Record Review

Ancillary studies

RADIATIONExternal Beam Radiation Therapy

Undergo definitive radiotherapy

RADIATIONHypofractionated Radiation Therapy

Undergo hypofractionated radiation therapy

PROCEDUREMagnetic Resonance Imaging

Undergo MRI

PROCEDUREPositron Emission Tomography

Undergo PET/CT

OTHERQuestionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

RADIATIONRadiation Therapy

Undergo hypofractionated or conventional standard radiotherapy

Sponsors

Mayo Clinic
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

PRE-REGISTRATION: INCLUSION CRITERIA * Histological confirmation of Ewing sarcoma, including both skeletal and extra-skeletal primary tumors. Patients with "Ewing-like" sarcoma may be eligible if patients are planned to be treated per Ewing treatment paradigms, as defined in this clinical trial REGISTRATION: INCLUSION CRITERIA * Patients of age ≥ 2 years are eligible for the study * Lansky or Karnofsky performance status ≥ 70 * Ability to provide written informed consent and complete questionnaire(s) by themselves or with assistance * Willing to provide blood samples for correlative research purposes * COHORT A ONLY: Willing to provide biopsy sample to run Mayo Complete Solid Tumor Panel

Exclusion criteria

REGISTRATION:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Reduction in local failure for patients with large tumors (Cohort A)Up to 2 yearsLarge tumors defined as ≥ 8cm. Will be compared to the historical control of 14.3%. Local failure will be defined per the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Incidence of targeted, late grade 3 or greater adverse events (Cohort A)Up to 1 year after completion of local therapyAssessed per RECIST version 1.1.
Event-free survival (Cohort A)Up to 1 year after completion of local therapyEvent-free survival (EFS) is defined as the time from study entry to any progression of disease or recurrence of disease or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time to progression (Cohort A)Up to 1 year after completion of local therapyWill be calculated descriptively, via frequencies and percentages at various timepoints of interest, including the 1-year local control rate.
Overall survival (Cohort A)Up to 1 year after completion of local therapyOverall survival (OS) is defined as the time from study entry to death from any cause, estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTClinical Trials Referral Office
mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu855-776-0015
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORRoman O. Kowalchuk, MD

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026