Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Sarcoma

May 14, 2012 updated by: Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research

Continuous 5 Days Infusion of High Dose Ifosfamide and Adriamycin in Patients With Advanced Sarcoma

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy consisting of ifosfamide and doxorubicin in patients with advanced sarcoma.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the response rate, time to treatment failure, and survival in patients with advanced soft tissue or gynecological sarcoma treated with high-dose ifosfamide and doxorubicin.

OUTLINE: Patients receive ifosfamide IV continuously on days 1-5 and doxorubicin IV on days 1-3. Filgrastim (G-CSF) is administered subcutaneously daily beginning 24 hours after completion of ifosfamide infusion and continuing through day 16 (or until day 20 if blood counts have not recovered by day 16). Courses repeat every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed at treatment failure and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 16-46 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Switzerland
      • Lausanne, Switzerland, CH-1011
        • Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven advanced soft tissue or gynecologic sarcoma Measurable disease No brain metastases (CT scan required if metastases are clinically suspected)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 70 Performance status: WHO 0-2 Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Liver function tests no greater than 2 times normal Albumin 4.0-6.0 g/dL Renal: Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: Cardiac function normal by MUGA scan or echocardiogram Other: No other prior or concurrent malignancy except radically removed nonmelanomatous skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy to the bladder No prior radiotherapy to indicator lesion Surgery: Not specified

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 1993

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 1995

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 1995

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 1, 1999

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 10, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

March 11, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 15, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 14, 2012

Last Verified

May 1, 2012

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • SAKK 57/93
  • EU-93004

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