Clinical Research Directory

The Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Registry of the European Reference Network on Rare Adult Solid Cancers (EURACAN)

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is an ultra-rare sarcoma, marked by distinctive molecular and pathological features and with a variable clinical behavior. Its natural history is still partially understood, reliable prognostic and predictive factors are lacking and many questions are still open on the optimal management. In the context of EURACAN, a prospective registry specifically dedicated to EHE was developed and launched with the aim of providing, through high-quality prospective data collection, a better understanding of this disease. The study design is a registry-based cohort study including only new cases of patients with a pathological and molecularly confirmed diagnosis of EHE. The objectives are to improve the understanding of EHE natural history, validate and identify new prognostic and predictive factors, clarify the activity and efficacy of currently available treatment options, describe treatment pattern. It is an hospital-based registry established in centres with expertise in EHE including adult patients with a new pathological and molecularly confirmed diagnosis of EHE starting from the 1st December 2023. The characteristics of each patient in the facility who meets the above-mentioned inclusion criteria will be collected prospectively and longitudinally with follow-up at cancer progression and / or cancer relapse or patient death. The data analyses will include descriptive statistics and analytical analyses. Multivariable Cox's proportional hazards model and Hazard ratios (HR) for all-cause or cause-specific mortality will be used to determine independent predictors of overall survival, recurrence and progression. The registry has been joined by 21 sarcoma reference centers across EU and UK, covering 10 countries. Patients' recruitment started in December 2023. The estimated completion date is December 2033 upon agreement on the achievement of all the registry objectives. The already established collaboration and participation of EHE patient's associations involved in the project will help in promoting the registry and fostering accrual. This registry has been developed with the support of EHE Rare Cancer Charity UK, STATER (Grant Agreement number: 947604, HP-PJ-2019) and EURACAN 2022 (Grant Agreement number: 101085486, EU4H-2022-ERN-IBA) European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)

Neoadjuvant ADI-PEG 20 + Ifosfamide + Radiotherapy in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

In this study, patients with soft tissue sarcoma (STS) will receive ADI-PEG 20 and ifosfamide in combination with radiation as neoadjuvant therapy. In phase I of the study, up to 5 dose levels will be tested to find the recommended phase II dose (RP2D), after which patients enrolling to phase II will be treated at that dose level to assess efficacy.

Neoadjuvant Irradiation of Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma With Ions Retro-Ion

The study is a randomized, open, prospective phase II study. The aim of the study is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of a hypofractionated, accelerated radiation approach based on the incidence of grade 3-5 NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTC-AE ) toxicity and / or termination of the planned therapy for any reason with neoadjuvant radiation with active beam guidance of the retroperitoneal Sarcomas using protons or carbon ions before a subsequent tumor resection.

Retifanlimab (Anti-PD-1 Antibody) With Gemcitabine and Docetaxel in Patients With Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma

This study is being done to find out whether the study drug Retifanlimab, a monoclonal antibody against the PD-1 protein, combined with gemcitabine and docetaxel, is a safe and effective treatment for your disease. Gemcitabine and docetaxel are chemotherapy drugs that are commonly used to treat soft tissue sarcoma. Retifanlimab is an experimental drug that boosts the immune system's ability to fight cancer cells. The study researchers think that Retifanlimab may help gemcitabine and docetaxel work better against soft tissue sarcoma that is either locally advanced or has spread beyond its original location (metastasized), and it cannot be removed with surgery (unresectable).

Clinical and Biological Activity of an Anti-PD-L1 (Atezolizumab) in Operable Localised Soft Tissue Sarcomas Patients to be Treated With Radiotherapy

This multicentric, randomised, Phase II trial will use a pick-the-winner design in order to evaluate the clinical and biological activity of atezolizumab when combined with pre-operative or post-operative radiotherapy in STS patients. Following Inform Consent Form (ICF) signature, eligible patients will be randomised (1:1:1) to receive: * Arm A: Radiotherapy followed by atezolizumab then surgery. * Arm B: Atezolizumab followed by surgery then radiotherapy. * Arm C: Radiotherapy then surgery followed by atezolizumab. The sequence of the study treatments is different among the 3 study arms. However, the dose regimens will be the same: * Atezolizumab will be administered to all patients at the dose of 1200mg, by IV injection, for 2 cycles (Q3W). * Radiotherapy will be administered to all patients at the dose of 2Gy/day, 5 days per week, for a total of 5 weeks and 50Gy. * Surgery will be performed as per institutional practice. Randomisation will be stratified according to histological subtypes as follows: Group 1: Liposarcoma (LPS), Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma (UPS), Leiomyosarcoma (LMS), myxofibrosarcoma, angiosarcoma versus Group 2: all translocation sarcoma except Ewing, rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) and myxoid LPS.

Bacterial Decolonization Plus Intraoperative Angiography for Soft Tissue Sarcomas Receiving Preoperative Radiotherapy (CONCERTO)

This trial will investigate the combination of two low-cost, non-toxic strategies to assess whether they can reduce the risk of acute major wound complications in soft tissue sarcoma of the lower extremity. Intranasal mupirocin ointment twice daily and chlorhexidine body cleanser once daily for 5 days prior to radiation therapy and repeated for 5 days every 2 weeks during radiation therapy may significantly reduce the risk of acute radiation dermatitis. That, along with use of indocyanine green (ICG) angiography at the time of wound closure.

GISAR German Interdisciplinary Sarcoma Registry

GISAR has an open and modular setup. It is sought to include as many German sarcoma and CS patients (i.e. sarcoma and CS patients treated in Germany) in the registry as possible. A basic data set should be collected on every included patient). In order to adress specific scientific questions, additionally detailed data can be collected in defined patient groups (e.g. effectiveness / adverse effects of systemic therapies in defined situations) within the context of sub-project add-on modules. This data collection can be prospective or retrospective depending on the sub-project

Neoadjuvant Intralesional Injection of Talimogene Laherparepvec

The proposed study is designed to treat locally advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) subtypes with neoadjuvant talimogene laherparepvec (TVEC) and preoperative external beam radiation therapy (EBRT).

In Situ Immunomodulation With CDX-301, Radiation Therapy, CDX-1140 and Poly-ICLC in Patients w/ Unresectable and Metastatic Solid Tumors

This phase I trial evaluates the safety and effectiveness of in situ immunomodulation with CDX-301, radiotherapy, CDX-1140 and Poly-ICLC (Cohort A) and these with intravenous (IV) pembrolizumab and subcutaneous (SC) tocilizumab (Cohort B) in treating patients with unresectable and measurable metastatic melanoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), basal cell carcinoma (BCC), Merkel cell carcinoma, high-grade bone and soft tissue sarcoma or HER2/neu(-) breast cancer. CDX-301 may induce cross-presenting dendritic cells, master regulators in the immune system. Radiation therapy uses high energy to kill tumor cells and release antigens that may be picked up, processed and presented by cross-presenting dendritic cells. CDX-1140 and Poly-ICLC may activate tumor antigen-loaded,cross-presenting dendritic cells, and generate tumor-specific T lymphocytes, a type of immune cells, that can search out and attack cancers. Giving immune modulators and radiation therapy may stimulate tumor cell death and activate the immune system.

Feasibility of Total Neoadjuvant Treatment With HYPErthermia in Patients With High-risk Extremity and Trunk Soft Tissue Sarcoma (TNT-HYPE)

Soft tissue sarcomas (STSs) are rare cancers with a 5-year survival rate of 60%, and there is no standard treatment for high-risk extremity and trunk STSs (eSTS). A phase III trial suggests that adding moderate regional hyperthermia (HT) to anthracycline-based chemotherapy, followed by surgery and radiotherapy (RT), can improve 10-year overall survival by 10%. This trial aims to optimize treatment by combining the most effective regimens from chemotherapy, HT, RT, and surgery, and will evaluate the feasibility of this new total neoadjuvant treatment (TNT) approach.

Preoperative IMRT With Concurrent Anlotinib for Localised Extremity or Trunk Sarcoma （SPARE-01）

To investigate the safety and efficacy of preoperative IMRT and concurrent Anlotinib Hydrochloride for primary truncal or extremity soft tissue sarcoma; To investigate the Quality of life and extremity function post-combination treatment; To study the mechanism of radio-sensitizing effects of Anlotinib Hydrochloride for primary truncal or extremity soft tissue sarcoma; To assess the relationship between the MRI imaging, pathological findings and local control.

Pembrolizumab in Combination With Eftilagimod Alpha and Radiotherapy in Neoadjuvant Treatment of Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcoma - EFTISARC-NEO Trial

This is a phase II single-arm single-stage study evaluating efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab in combination with a soluble LAG-3 protein, eftilagimod alfa (Efti) and radiotherapy in neoadjuvant treatment of patients with soft tissue sarcomas. This study will determine the pathologic response rate (defined as percentage of tumor hyalinization/fibrosis) to the combination treatment.

Preventive Application of Single-use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (sNPWT) in the Postoperative Course of Radiotreatated Limb Sarcoma Surgery

Patients will be recruited at the time of the pre-admission visit. During the screening visit the patient will undergo a physical examination and his medical history will be collected. Oncological history and tumor characteristics will be considered and CT-scan imaging will be analysed. ECOG performance status will be reported. If inclusion criteria are respected, the patient will be randomized. The application of the PICO14 study device or standard dressing (dry gauze and plaster) will then be carried out on the day of surgery. For subjects randomized to the treatment arm (Arm A), dressing change with the application of the new PICO14 will occur at day 4+1, day 8±1, and day 14±2. For subjects randomized to the control arm (Arm B), the standard dressing with gauze and plaster is applied. Regardless of the randomization arm the wound assessment via ASEPSIS score will occur at day 4+1, 8±1 and 14±2. During FUP, the dressing can be changed autonomously by the patient if necessary. The information will be recorded on the occasion of the next visit or an extraordinary visit. On day 21, sutures will be removed. On day 30±2, the total ASEPSIS score will be calculated, in order to evaluate the wound healing. From day 14±2, regardless of the randomization arm all patients will be treated with standard dressing. Follow-up visits can be scheduled up to 90 days after surgery.

BOLD-100 Plus Doxorubicin in Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcomas

A Phase 1b, non-randomized, single-institution trial designed to assess the safety, tolerability and the highest dose with acceptable toxicity (RP2D) of BOLD-100 in combination with doxorubicin in patients diagnosed with advanced soft tissue sarcomas. The trial is divided into two phases: an initial dose-escalation phase for BOLD-100, followed by a dose-expansion phase based on the recommended dose for Phase 2. In the dose-escalation phase, we plan to enroll 12-15 patients, with an additional 17 patients in the dose-expansion phase. Participants will receive BOLD-100 intravenously on Days 1 and 8 of a 21-day cycle, in combination with doxorubicin (75 mg/m², intravenous) administered on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for up to six cycles. Participants will continue to receive BOLD-100 for as long as the cancer is not getting worse, The maximum cycles of doxorubicin are 6 cycles. Participants will undergo a screening assessment prior to the start treatment to determine eligibility for enrollment. Treatment will commence on Day 1 and will continue until the protocol-defined criteria for treatment withdrawal are met. Disease response will be assessed using CT or MRI scans, starting at 12 weeks after the initiation of treatment and continuing every 12 weeks until withdrawal. Upon treatment discontinuation or study withdrawal, a post-treatment assessment will be conducted at end of treatment and at 30 days of the last BOLD-100 dose, with follow-up visits scheduled every 3 months thereafter.

A Study of Etrumadenant and Zimberelimab in People With Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma

Participants will have a diagnosis of dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLS) that has spread beyond its original location (advanced). In addition, their DDLS either has come back after treatment (recurrent), has spread to different parts of your body (metastatic), or is unable to be removed surgically (unresectable). The purpose of this study is to find out whether the combination of etrumadenant and zimberelimab is an effective treatment for people with advanced DDLS.

A Study of Niraparib in People With Soft Tissue Sarcoma Who Have Changes in Their Tumor DNA

The purpose of this study is to test whether the study drug, niraparib, is effective against unresectable and/or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma with DDR mutations. The researchers will also study whether niraparib is safe and causes few or mild side effects, and whether there are groups of DDR mutations in soft tissue sarcoma cells that respond better to treatment with niraparib.

Anti-NY-ESO-1 TCR-Gene Engineered Lymphocytes Given by Infusion to Patients With NY-ESO-1 -Expressing Metastatic Cancers

A Phase I/II Dose Escalation, Safety and Efficacy Study of HBI 0201-ESO TCRT (anti-NY-ESO-1 TCR-Gene Engineered Lymphocytes) Given by Infusion to Patients with NY-ESO-1 -Expressing Metastatic Cancers

A Study to Investigate Efficacy & Safety of Intratumoral INT230-6 Compared to US Standard of Care in Adults With Soft Tissue Sarcomas (INVINCIBLE-3)

To compare Overall Survival (OS) for INT230-6 vs United States (US) Standard of Care (SOC) in participants with unresectable or metastatic liposarcoma, undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma or leiomyosarcoma who have disease progression prior to study enrollment following no more than 2 standard therapies, which must have included an anthracycline-based regimen, unless contraindicated, and then a maximum of 1 additional regimen.

Sequential Infusion of CD146-Targeted and HER2-Targeted CAR T Cells in Patients With Advanced Sarcomas

This is an open-label, non-randomized, multicenter Phase 1/2 trial evaluating a dual CAR-T cell therapy targeting CD146 and HER2 in patients with advanced sarcoma. Participants will receive lymphodepleting chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide and fludarabine, followed by sequential infusion of autologous CD146-specific and HER2-specific CAR-T cells. The Phase 1 portion will employ a dose-escalation design to assess safety and determine the recommended Phase 2 dose, while the Phase 2 expansion will evaluate preliminary efficacy (tumor response and survival outcomes). Approximately 40 patients (children and adults) with relapsed or refractory sarcomas will be enrolled across multiple centers. All participants will be followed for up to 36 months to monitor dose-limiting toxicities, objective response rates, progression-free survival, overall survival, and long-term safety.

Selinexor Plus Gemcitabine in Selected Advanced Soft-tissue Sarcoma (SeliSarc)

Phase I-II, non-randomized, single-arm, open-label, multicenter, international clinical trial. Patients with advanced soft-tissue sarcoma (leiomyosarcoma or malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor) will receive selinexor in combination with gemcitabine.

Brachytherapy (Iodine-125 Seeds) and Fluzoparib Combination Therapy for Advanced Unresectable Soft Tissue Sarcoma

To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of radioactive particles in combination with the PARP inhibitor fluzoparib in the treatment of advanced inoperable soft tissue sarcoma.

Pemetrexed, Cisplatin With Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is rare malignancy of mesodermal origin, representing less than 1% of all malignant neoplasms. They are a group of diseases encompassing diverse histological subtypes with very different biomorphologies, prognoses, and responses to treatments. At advanced stages of STS, anticancer treatments are less effective and the prognosis is poor with a median survival of 8 to 18 months. Doxorubicin and ifosfamide given each alone or in their combination have represented the mainstream of anticancer treatments in metastatic STS. However, salvage treatments for patients with progression after doxorubicin/ifosfamide-based treatment are limited and anticancer agents such as gemcitabine/docetaxel, pazopanib, eribulin and trabectedin are currently used as a standard of care (SOC). For metastatic sarcoma, a study of pemetrexed alone in patients with refractory STS who have progressed after doxorubicin and/or ifosfamide-based anticancer treatment was conducted. In this study including 48 patients, most of whom had relatively poor course of disease with disease progression after the 2nd- and/or 3rd-line treatment, pemetrexed was well tolerated and associated with 5% of response rate and 33% of 3-month progression-free rates suggesting potential antitumor efficacy with good tolerability profile with refractory STS. However, as conventional agents have showed different efficacy depending on various subtypes of STS, a confirmatory study to see clinical utilities of a given regimen by subtype is required also for pemetrexed/cisplatin. Therefore, the investigators intend to proceed this phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed/cisplatin combination therapy in patients with advanced/metastatic STS who received up to two-lines of prior palliative anticancer treatments with histological subtype-specific cohorts (leiomyosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, and others) in order to provide a basis for a subsequent phase 3 study by selecting histological subtype(s) in which the efficacy of study regimen is to be proven.

A Study of AdAPT-001 in Subjects With Sarcoma and Refractory Solid Tumors

AdAPT-001 is an oncolytic virus that is injected directly into the tumor or via intraarterial administration. The purpose of this study is to find out if AdAPT-001 is safe and tolerable. The next step is to find out if AdAPT-001 if efficacious with or without a checkpoint inhibitor.

High Versus Lower Intensity Surveillance Following Resection of Retroperitoneal Sarcoma

The SARveillance trial is an efficient, pragmatic, multi-centre, international, stratified, partially-randomised, patient-preference trial within a registry of high versus lower intensity radiological surveillance following primary resection of retroperitoneal, abdominal and pelvic soft tissue sarcoma. The trial design is stratified by sarcoma tumour grade (high/intermediate grade and low grade).