A Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Protocol for Patients With High-risk Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremities and Trunk Wall

NCT ID: NCT00790244

Last Updated: 2011-07-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

188 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-10-31

Study Completion Date

2022-10-31

Brief Summary

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SSG XX is a phase II trial for high-risk soft tissue sarcomas (STS) of the extremities and trunk wall. Prognostic factors (histopathological markers) are used to identify high-risk tumors. SSG XX will evaluate chemo- and radiotherapy given adjuvantly to these patients. In a specified group of patients also preoperatively given therapy will be studied.

Detailed Description

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SSG XX, the third adjuvant STS protocol by SSG, is a phase II non-randomized trial in patients with high risk to develop metastases. SSG XX is based on a previous SSG trial (SSG XIII) regarding use of prognostic markers to identify high-risk tumors and include very similar chemo- and radiotherapy treatment schedules compared to SSG XIII, but the new protocol also includes a treatment arm with preoperative chemo- and radiotherapy for patients with an obvious risk for intralesional surgery initially.

Patients: In this new adjuvant protocol SSG adopts an inclusion decision algorithm based on the following criteria: 1.vascular invasion or 2. presence of at least two of the risk factors: tumor size =\>8 cm, necrosis or infiltrative growth(all defined microscopically by the pathologist. The system was developed retrospectively by evaluation of 434 primary histologically high grade (III-IV) STS from the SSG registry, and was later validated in a series of 175 patients in which patients with a high risk for metastases (\>40 %) and low risk (\<15 %) were separated (Engellau J et al.Eur J Ca 2007 43: 1927-34). Inclusion criteria: age ≥ 18 y and \<75 y. Primary end point is metastasis-free survival. Local recurrence and toxicity will also be studied.

Treatment: Six cycles of doxorubicin 60mg/m2 and ifosfamide 6g/m2 will be given adjuvantly (to patients ≥ 70y: 50mg/m2 and 5g/m2 ). Dependent on surgical resection margins, 36Gy or 45Gy (1,8Gy per fraction, two fractions daily) will be given interpolated with chemotherapy.

Conclusion: SSG XX will evaluate chemo-and radiotherapy given adjuvantly to patients with STS and high risk for metastases (arm A). In a specified group of patients also preoperatively given therapy will be studied(arm B). Other sarcoma centers are invited to participate in the study.

Conditions

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Soft Tissue Sarcoma Non Metastatic Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Arm 2

\<70y: 6 cycles with doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 of each 21day cycle and radiotherapy 36Gy (1.8Gy per fraction, two fractions daily) will be given between cycle 3 and 4.

(\>=70y: doxorubicin 50mg/m2+ifosfamide 5g/m2)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

doxorubicin , ifosfamide

Intervention Type DRUG

doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 every third week

doxorubicin, ifosfamide

Intervention Type DRUG

\<70y: 6 cycles with doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 of each 21day cycle and radiotherapy 36Gy (1.8Gy per fraction, two fractions daily) will be given between cycle 3 and four.

(\>=70y: doxorubicin 50mg/m2+ifosfamide 5g/m2)

Arm 3

\<70y: 6 cycles with doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 of each 21day cycle and radiotherapy 45Gy (1.8Gy per fraction, two fractions daily) will be given between cycle 3 and 4.

(\>=70y: doxorubicin 50mg/m2+ifosfamide 5g/m2)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

doxorubicin , ifosfamide

Intervention Type DRUG

doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 every third week

Group B

\<70y: 6 cycles with doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 of each 21day cycle and radiotherapy 36Gy (1.8Gy per fraction, two fractions daily) will be given between cycle 2 and 3.

(\>=70y: doxorubicin 50mg/m2+ifosfamide 5g/m2)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

doxorubicin , ifosfamide

Intervention Type DRUG

doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 every third week

doxorubicin, ifosfamide

Intervention Type DRUG

\<70y: 6 cycles with doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 of each 21day cycle and radiotherapy 36Gy (1.8Gy per fraction, two fractions daily) will be given between cycle 2 and 3.

(\>=70y: doxorubicin 50mg/m2+ifosfamide 5g/m2)

Arm 1

\<70y: 6 cycles with doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 of each 21day cycle (\>=70y: doxorubicin 50mg/m2+ifosfamide 5g/m2)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

doxorubicin , ifosfamide

Intervention Type DRUG

doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 every third week

doxorubicin, ifosfamide

Intervention Type DRUG

Doxorubicin and Ifosfamide given every three weeks, totally 6 courses.

Interventions

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doxorubicin , ifosfamide

doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 every third week

Intervention Type DRUG

doxorubicin, ifosfamide

Doxorubicin and Ifosfamide given every three weeks, totally 6 courses.

Intervention Type DRUG

doxorubicin, ifosfamide

\<70y: 6 cycles with doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 of each 21day cycle and radiotherapy 36Gy (1.8Gy per fraction, two fractions daily) will be given between cycle 3 and four.

(\>=70y: doxorubicin 50mg/m2+ifosfamide 5g/m2)

Intervention Type DRUG

doxorubicin, ifosfamide

\<70y: 6 cycles with doxorubicin 60mg/m2+ifosfamide 6g/m2 of each 21day cycle and radiotherapy 36Gy (1.8Gy per fraction, two fractions daily) will be given between cycle 2 and 3.

(\>=70y: doxorubicin 50mg/m2+ifosfamide 5g/m2)

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Doxorubicin Holoxan Doxorubicin Holoxan Doxorubicin Holoxan Doxorubicin Holoxan

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Group A: Histological high-grade malignancy soft tissue sarcomas of the extremity and trunk wall.

Patients fulfilling the high-risk criteria defined above (see detailed description) Group B: Patients with histological high-grade malignancy soft tissue sarcomas of the extremity and trunk wall for whom surgery carries an obvious risk of intralesional margin


* Age ≥ 18 y and ≤ 75 y
* WHO grade 0-1
* Adequate cardiac function (LVEF ≥ 50%)
* Normal GFR (clearance)
* Adequate haematologic and liver function
* All histotypes except those listed below

Exclusion Criteria

The following histological types:

* Extraskeletal osteosarcoma and - chondrosarcoma, Ewing/PNET, rhabdomyosarcoma, Kaposi´s sarcoma, malignant mesenchymoma, clear cell sarcoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma, epithelioid sarcoma
* Radiation induced sarcoma
* No previous anthracycline treatment
* Less than 5 years free of another primary malignancy
* More than 12 weeks have elapsed since primary surgery (Group A)
* More than 4 weeks from diagnostic biopsy to start of chemotherapy (Group B)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Scandinavian Sarcoma Group

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Oslo University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF

Principal Investigators

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Kirsten Sundby Hall, MD,PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

c/o: Scandinavian Sarcoma Group, Southern Swedish Regional Tumor Registry, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund

Locations

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Scandinavian Sarcoma Group centers

Lund, Lund, Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Secretariat

Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Sweden

Central Contacts

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Kirsten Sundby Hall, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+4722934000

Mikael Eriksson, MD,PhD

Role: CONTACT

+4646177507

Facility Contacts

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Kirsten Sundby Hall, MD, PhD

Role: primary

+4722934000

Mikael Eriksson, MD,PhD

Role: backup

+4646177507

Kirsten Sundby Hall, MD,PhD

Role: primary

+4722934000

Mikael Eriksson, MD,PhD

Role: backup

+4646 177507

References

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Engellau J, Samuelsson V, Anderson H, Bjerkehagen B, Rissler P, Sundby-Hall K, Rydholm A. Identification of low-risk tumours in histological high-grade soft tissue sarcomas. Eur J Cancer. 2007 Sep;43(13):1927-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.05.018. Epub 2007 Jul 12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17627813 (View on PubMed)

Engellau J, Bendahl PO, Persson A, Domanski HA, Akerman M, Gustafson P, Alvegard TA, Nilbert M, Rydholm A. Improved prognostication in soft tissue sarcoma: independent information from vascular invasion, necrosis, growth pattern, and immunostaining using whole-tumor sections and tissue microarrays. Hum Pathol. 2005 Sep;36(9):994-1002. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.07.008.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16153463 (View on PubMed)

Hall KS, Bruland OS, Bjerkehagen B, Lidbrink E, Jebsen N, Hagberg H, Papworth K, Hagberg O, Trovik C, Bauer H, Eriksson M. Preoperative accelerated radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy in a defined cohort of patients with high risk soft tissue sarcoma: a Scandinavian Sarcoma Group study. Clin Sarcoma Res. 2020 Nov 17;10(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s13569-020-00145-5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33292545 (View on PubMed)

Sundby Hall K, Bruland OS, Bjerkehagen B, Zaikova O, Engellau J, Hagberg O, Hansson L, Hagberg H, Ahlstrom M, Knobel H, Papworth K, Zemmler M, Goplen D, Bauer HCF, Eriksson M. Adjuvant chemotherapy and postoperative radiotherapy in high-risk soft tissue sarcoma patients defined by biological risk factors-A Scandinavian Sarcoma Group study (SSG XX). Eur J Cancer. 2018 Aug;99:78-85. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.05.011. Epub 2018 Jun 19.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29929092 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.ssg-org.net

Scandinavian Sarcoma Group

Other Identifiers

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EudraCT number 2007-001152-39

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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