Radiation Therapy Plus Doxorubicin in Treating Patients With Resectable Primary or Recurrent Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma

NCT ID: NCT00004123

Last Updated: 2012-07-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

36 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1997-07-31

Study Completion Date

2009-10-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of radiation therapy plus doxorubicin in treating patients who have resectable primary or recurrent peritoneal soft tissue sarcoma.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the toxicity and maximum tolerated dose of preoperative external beam radiotherapy when combined with doxorubicin and followed by intraoperative radiotherapy in patients with resectable primary or recurrent soft tissue sarcoma of the retroperitoneum. II. Assess radiologic and pathologic response in patients treated with this preoperative regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of external beam radiotherapy. Patients receive doxorubicin IV bolus followed immediately by doxorubicin IV over 4 days every week for 5 weeks concurrently with external beam radiotherapy 5 days a week for 4 weeks. Patients with stable or responding disease undergo surgical resection of primary tumor and all adjacent gross disease approximately 6 weeks after completion of chemoradiotherapy. Patients receive intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) to the tumor bed if all gross disease has been resected and if the area of maximal tumor adherence to the retroperitoneum can be encompassed within a single IORT field (maximum 15 cm). Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of external beam radiotherapy until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose at which 30% of patients experience grade 3 or worse dose-limiting toxicity.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 15-45 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Sarcoma

Keywords

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adult leiomyosarcoma adult liposarcoma stage III adult soft tissue sarcoma recurrent adult soft tissue sarcoma stage II adult soft tissue sarcoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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RT + DOX + IORT

Preoperative external beam radiotherapy (RT) combined with doxorubicin (DOX) and followed by intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT); dose-escalation study of external beam radiotherapy.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX)

Intervention Type DRUG

Doxorubicin IV bolus followed immediately by IV over 4 days every week for 5 weeks concurrently with external beam radiotherapy 5 days a week for 4 weeks.

Conventional surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Surgical resection of primary tumor and all adjacent gross disease approximately 6 weeks after chemoradiotherapy

Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT)

Intervention Type RADIATION

Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) to tumor bed if all gross disease has been resected and if area of maximal tumor adherence to retroperitoneum can be encompassed within a single IORT field (maximum 15 cm).

Radiation Therapy (RT)

Intervention Type RADIATION

5 days a week for 4 weeks

Interventions

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Doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX)

Doxorubicin IV bolus followed immediately by IV over 4 days every week for 5 weeks concurrently with external beam radiotherapy 5 days a week for 4 weeks.

Intervention Type DRUG

Conventional surgery

Surgical resection of primary tumor and all adjacent gross disease approximately 6 weeks after chemoradiotherapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT)

Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) to tumor bed if all gross disease has been resected and if area of maximal tumor adherence to retroperitoneum can be encompassed within a single IORT field (maximum 15 cm).

Intervention Type RADIATION

Radiation Therapy (RT)

5 days a week for 4 weeks

Intervention Type RADIATION

Other Intervention Names

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Rubex Adriamycin RT Radialtherapy

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically proven resectable primary or recurrent soft tissue sarcoma of the retroperitoneum Greatest dimension of the 3-dimensional assessment of tumor size must be 5-35 cm Grade 2 or 3, including dedifferentiated liposarcoma and retroperitoneal recurrences of gastrointestinal leiomyosarcoma

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100% Zubrod 0 or 1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count greater than 2,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Renal function normal Creatinine less than 1.6 mg/dL Gastrointestinal: Must maintain adequate oral nutrition (90-100% of estimated need for calories and protein) and be free of nausea and vomiting prior to radiotherapy (feeding tube allowed) Other: Prior malignancy allowed at the discretion of the protocol investigator No other serious uncontrolled medical condition Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Not specified Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior abdominal radiotherapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Peter W. Pisters, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Locations

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University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://www.mdanderson.org

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Other Identifiers

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P30CA016672

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

MDA-ID-95225

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-G99-1606

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000067350

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ID95-225

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id