Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-25 @ 4:14 AM
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2025-12-25 @ 4:14 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00217620
Brief Summary:
RATIONALE: Sorafenib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well sorafenib works in treating patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas.
Detailed Description:
OBJECTIVES:
* Determine the objective response rate (confirmed, complete, and partial) in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas treated with sorafenib.
* Determine the 4-month progression-free survival rate in patients treated with this drug.
* Determine the frequency and severity of adverse events in patients treated with this drug.
OTHER OBJECTIVES (if funding permits):
* Correlate, preliminarily, a decrease in standard uptake variable (SUV) of target lesions by positron-emission tomography scan at 4 weeks with response in patients treated with this drug.
* Correlate, preliminarily, the phosphorylation status of KIT, PDGFR, VEGFR, and the raf/mek/erk pathway with response in patients treated with this drug.
* Correlate, preliminarily, the most common B-raf kinase mutation with response in patients treated with this drug.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to histology (leiomyosarcoma vs liposarcoma vs angiosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma, or hemangiopericytoma).
Patients receive oral sorafenib twice daily on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 8 weeks until disease progression and then every 6 months for 2 years and annually for up to 3 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 45-75 patients (15-25 per stratum) will be accrued for this study within 15-38 months.
Study:
NCT00217620
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00217620