Pazopanib Versus Placebo in Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcoma Whose Disease Has Progressed During or Following Prior Therapy (PALETTE)

A Randomized Double Blind Phase III Trial of Pazopanib Versus Placebo in Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcoma Whose Disease Has Progressed During or Following Prior Therapy

A randomized double blind phase III trial of Pazopanib versus placebo in patients with soft tissue sarcoma whose disease has progressed during or following prior therapy

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sarcoma, Soft Tissue
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Placebo; Drug: PAZOPANIB

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 369
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Australia
  • New South Wales
    • Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 2031
      • GSK Investigational Site
  • Queensland
    • Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia, 4102
      • GSK Investigational Site
  • South Australia
    • Kurralta Park, South Australia, Australia, 5037
      • GSK Investigational Site
  • Tasmania
    • Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7000
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  • Victoria
    • Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, 3128
      • GSK Investigational Site
  • Western Australia
    • Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, 6009
      • GSK Investigational Site
• Belgium
  • Brussels, Belgium, 1000
    • GSK Investigational Site
  • Brussels, Belgium, 1200
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  • Gent, Belgium, 9000
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  • Leuven, Belgium, 3000
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  • Liège, Belgium, 4000
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• Denmark
  • Herlev, Denmark, DK-2730
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• France
  • Bordeaux cedex, France, 33076
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  • Lille, France, 59020
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  • Lyon Cedex 08, France, 69373
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  • Marseille cedex 5, France, 13385
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  • Paris Cedex 5, France, 75248
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  • Saint-Priest en Jarez, France, 42271
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  • Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, France, 54511
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  • Villejuif, France, 94805
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• Germany
  • Baden-Wuerttemberg
    • Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 69120
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    • Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 68167
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  • Brandenburg
    • Bad Saarow, Brandenburg, Germany, 15526
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  • Hessen
    • Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, 60590
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  • Niedersachsen
    • Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany, 30625
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  • Nordrhein-Westfalen
    • Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 45122
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    • Koeln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 50937
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  • Sachsen
    • Dresden, Sachsen, Germany, 01307
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• Italy
  • Campania
    • Napoli, Campania, Italy, 80131
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  • Lazio
    • Roma, Lazio, Italy, 00144
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  • Lombardia
    • Milano, Lombardia, Italy, 20133
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    • Milano, Lombardia, Italy, 20162
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    • Rozzano (MI), Lombardia, Italy, 20089
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  • Piemonte
    • Candiolo (TO), Piemonte, Italy, 10060
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    • Torino, Piemonte, Italy, 10153
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  • Umbria
    • Terni, Umbria, Italy, 05100
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• Japan
  • Aichi, Japan, 464-8681
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  • Chiba, Japan, 260-8717
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  • Fukuoka, Japan, 811-1395
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  • Hokkaido, Japan, 003-0804
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  • Mie, Japan, 514-8507
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  • Okayama, Japan, 700-8558
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  • Osaka, Japan, 540-0006
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  • Osaka, Japan, 537-8511
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  • Tokyo, Japan, 104-0045
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• Korea, Republic of
  • Daegu, Korea, Republic of, 705-717
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  • Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, 410-769
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  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 120-752
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  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 138-736
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  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 110-744
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  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 135-710
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• Netherlands
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1066 CX
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  • Groningen, Netherlands, 9713 GZ
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  • Leiden, Netherlands, 2300 RC
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  • Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6525 GA
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  • Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3075 EA
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• Spain
  • Madrid, Spain, 28041
    • GSK Investigational Site
  • Madrid, Spain, 28040
    • GSK Investigational Site
  • Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 07010
    • GSK Investigational Site
  • Valencia, Spain, 46009
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• Sweden
  • Göteborg, Sweden, SE413 45
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  • Linköping, Sweden, SE-581 85
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  • Lund, Sweden, SE-221 85
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  • Umeå, Sweden, SE-901 85
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  • Uppsala, Sweden, SE-751 85
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• United Kingdom
  • Glasgow, United Kingdom, G12 0YN
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  • Leeds, United Kingdom, LS9 7TF
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  • London, United Kingdom, SW3 6JJ
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  • Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG5 1PB
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  • Sheffield, United Kingdom, S10 2SJ
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  • Lancashire
    • Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom, M20 4BX
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• United States
  • Alabama
    • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35243
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  • California
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
      • GSK Investigational Site
    • Orange, California, United States, 92868
      • GSK Investigational Site
    • Santa Monica, California, United States, 90403
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  • Illinois
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60657
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  • Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
      • GSK Investigational Site
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
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  • Minnesota
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
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  • Ohio
    • Clevand, Ohio, United States, 44106
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  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19106
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Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria:

• High or intermediate grade of soft tissue sarcoma; Low grade tumours allowed provided there is disease progression.
• Metastatic and measurable disease (RECIST);
• Subjects can have received maximum of 4 prior lines of systemic therapies (including up to 2 combination regimens) for advanced disease. (Neo) adjuvant/maintenance treatments are not counted for this criterion;
• Last dose of prior therapy can be given upto 14 days prior to start of study if all ongoing toxicity from prior anticancer therapy are grade 1 or resolved (except alopecia).
• Must have failed anthracycline-based therapy and available standard chemotherapies at the treating institution except if medically contraindicated or refused by patient;
• No treatment with anti-angiogenesis inhibitors;
• Age > 18 years
• WHO PS 0-1;
• No leptomeningeal or brain metastases, normal bone marrow, liver, renal and cardiac functions;
• No prior history of malignancies other than sarcoma (except for basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in-situ of the cervix or breast or the patient has been free of any other malignancies for > 3 years)
• Adequate bone marrow function; adequate blood clotting results; adequate hepatic and renal function;
• No poorly controlled hypertension;
• Clinically normal cardiac function;
• No clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities including malabsorption syndrome, major resection of the stomach or small bowel that could affect the absorption of study drug, active peptic ulcer disease, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, or other gastrointestinal conditions with increased risk of perforation, history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within 28 days prior to beginning study treatment.
• No cerebrovascular accidents 1
• No transient ischemic attack, deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism within past six months;
• No active bleeding or bleeding diathesis;
• No hemoptysis within six weeks of study drug;
• No major surgery or trauma within 28 days of therapy treatment;
• Concomitant medication restriction;
• No known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to drugs chemically related to pazopanib
• Ability to swallow & retain oral medication
• Adequate contraception must be used;
• No Psychological familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be assessed with the patient before randomization in the trial.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: PLACEBO; matching placebo 800 mg once daily orally	Drug: Placebo; matching placebo 800 mg once daily orally
Experimental: PAZOPANIB; 800 mg once daily orally	Drug: PAZOPANIB; 800 mg once daily orally

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression-free Survival (PFS)	PFS was defined as the time interval between the date of randomization and the earliest date of either disease progression or death due to any cause. The diagnosis of progression was based on tumor measurements, according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.0 criteria, by independent radiologic assessment. The Kaplan-Meier method was used for PFS estimates.	From the date of randomization until the date of the first documented radiological progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first (assessed for an average of 10 months)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Survival (OS)	OS was defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of death due to any cause. The length of this interval was calculated as the date of death minus the date of randomization plus 1 day. Participants who were alive at the time of analysis were censored at the date of last follow-up. The interim OS analysis was conducted when 215 (77 percent [%]) of the 279 required death events had occurred in the study. The Kaplan-Meier method was used for OS estimates.	From the date of randomization until 215 deaths (assessed for an average of 12 months)
Number of Participants in the Indicated Categories for Overall Response Assessed by an Independent Radiologist and the Investigator	Overall response is defined as the number of participants who had a complete response (CR) or a partial response (PR). According to RECIST, Version 1.0: CR, disappearance of all lesions; PR, a >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest dimensions (LD) of the target lesions (TLs) taking as a reference the baseline sum LD; Progressive disease (PD), a >=20% increase in the sum of the LD of TLs, or the appearance of >=1 new lesion; Stable Disease (SD), neither PR nor PD, persistence of >=1 non-TL. Participants with no follow-up radiological disease assessment were categorized as not evaluable (NE).	From the start of treatment until disease progression (assessed for an average of 10 months)
Time to Response Assessed by an Independent Radiologist and the Investigator	Time to response was defined as the time from the date of randomization until the date of first documented evidence of CR or PR (whichever status was recorded first). The Kaplan-Meier method was used for time to response estimates.	From the date of randomization until the date of the first documented evidence of CR or PR (assessed for an average of 10 months)
Duration of Response Assessed by the Independent Radiologist and the Investigator	Duration of response was defined as the time from the date of the first documented evidence of CR or PR until the date of either the first documented sign of PD or death due to any cause. Participants who neither died nor progressed were censored at the date of the last adequate radiologic assessment. The Kaplan-Meier method was used for duration of response estimates.	From the date of randomization until the date of the first documented evidence of CR or PR (assessed for an average of 10 months)
PFS in the Indicated Histology Subgroups of Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS)	PFS was defined as the time interval between the date of randomization and the earliest date of either disease progression or death due to any cause. Participants were analyzed for PFS in histology subgroups of STS (as per the World Health Organization [WHO] classification, 2008): leiomyosarcoma (malignant cancer of smooth muscle), synovial sarcoma (cancer near the joints of the arm or leg), and other STS (without the tumor type of leiomyosarcoma or synovial sarcoma), based on independent review.The Kaplan-Meier method was used for PFS estimates.	From the date of randomization until the date of the first documented progression or the date of death from any cause, whichever came first (assessed for an average of 10 months)
Change From Baseline in Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP)	Change from baseline in on-therapy SBP and DBP was calculated as the values at the indicated time points (Day 8 and Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 88, 96, and 104) minus the value at baseline.	Baseline, Day 8, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 88, 96, and 104
Change From Baseline in Heart Rate	Change from baseline in on-therapy heart rate was calculated as the value at the indicated time points (Day 8 and Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 88, 96, and 104) minus the value at baseline.	Baseline, Day 8, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 88, 96, and 104
Number of Participants With the Indicated Grade Shifts From Baseline Grade for Hemoglobin Level, Lymphocyte Count, White Blood Cell Count, Neutrophil Count, and Platelet Count	Shifts in hematology values by grade were summarized based on the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE Version 3.0). Grade refers to the severity of the AE. The CTCAE Version 3.0 displays Grades 1 through 5 with unique clinical descriptions of severity for each AE based on this general guideline. Participants with a missing baseline grade were assumed to have a baseline Grade of 0. Any increase in grade from baseline and shifts to Grade 3 (severe AE) and 4 (life-threatening or disabling AE) at any point in the study after baseline are reported.	From baseline (Day 1) until study drug discontinuation or end of treatment (assessed for an average of 20 weeks)
Number of Participants With the Indicated Grade Shifts From Baseline Grade for Alkaline Phosphatase, Alanine Aminotransferase, Aspartate Aminotransferase, Albumin, Creatinine, Hyper/Hypoglycemia, Hyper/Hypokalemia, Hyper/Hyponatremia, and Total Bilirubin	Shifts in clinical chemistry values by grade were summarized based on the NCI CTCAE Version 3.0. Participants with a missing baseline grade were assumed to have a baseline Grade of 0. Any increase in grade from baseline and shifts to Grade 3 and 4 at any point in the study after baseline are reported. alkaline phosphatase, ALKP; alanine aminotransferase, ALT; aspartate aminotransferase, AST. Hyper/hypoglycemia refers to high/low glucose; hyper/hypokalemia refers to high/low potassium; hyper/hyponatremia refers to high/low sodium.	From baseline (Day 1) until study drug discontinuation or end of treatment (assessed for an average of 20 weeks)
Number of Participants With the Indicated Absolute Percent Change From Baseline (BL) in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) at Any Time Post-BL (Worst Case On-therapy)	LVEF is the measurement of how much blood is being pumped out of the left ventricle of the heart (the main pumping chamber) with each contraction and is used to determine cardiac function (based on the institutional lower limit of normal [LLN]). LVEF was assessed at BL, Week 12, and every second scheduled visit thereafter until study drug discontinuation and end of treatment or as clinically indicated by using multi-gated acquisition scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram (ECHO). Absolute change from BL was calculated as the on-study value minus the baseline value (LVEF is calculated as a percentage).	Baseline (within 14 days of the first dose of study drug) and any time post-baseline until study drug discontinuation or end of treatment (assessed for an average of 20 weeks)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• van der Graaf WT, Blay JY, Chawla SP, Kim DW, Bui-Nguyen B, Casali PG, Schoffski P, Aglietta M, Staddon AP, Beppu Y, Le Cesne A, Gelderblom H, Judson IR, Araki N, Ouali M, Marreaud S, Hodge R, Dewji MR, Coens C, Demetri GD, Fletcher CD, Dei Tos AP, Hohenberger P; EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group; PALETTE study group. Pazopanib for metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma (PALETTE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2012 May 19;379(9829):1879-86. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60651-5. Epub 2012 May 16.
• Cesne AL, Bauer S, Demetri GD, Han G, Dezzani L, Ahmad Q, Blay JY, Judson I, Schoffski P, Aglietta M, Hohenberger P, Gelderblom H. Safety and efficacy of Pazopanib in advanced soft tissue sarcoma: PALETTE (EORTC 62072) subgroup analyses. BMC Cancer. 2019 Aug 13;19(1):794. doi: 10.1186/s12885-019-5988-3.
• Kawai A, Araki N, Hiraga H, Sugiura H, Matsumine A, Ozaki T, Ueda T, Ishii T, Esaki T, Machida M, Fukasawa N. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase III study of pazopanib in patients with soft tissue sarcoma: results from the Japanese subgroup. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2016 Mar;46(3):248-53. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyv184. Epub 2016 Feb 10.
• Kasper B, Sleijfer S, Litiere S, Marreaud S, Verweij J, Hodge RA, Bauer S, Kerst JM, van der Graaf WTA. Long-term responders and survivors on pazopanib for advanced soft tissue sarcomas: subanalysis of two European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) clinical trials 62043 and 62072. Ann Oncol. 2014 Mar;25(3):719-724. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdt586. Epub 2014 Feb 6.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: October 1, 2008
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2010
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 12, 2008
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 15, 2008
• First Posted (Estimate): September 16, 2008

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): August 22, 2013
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 15, 2013
• Last Verified: August 1, 2013

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Terms related to this study

• Keywords: placebo; Soft Tissue Sarcoma; pazopanib; metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Sarcoma
• Other Study ID Numbers: VEG110727