Active clinical trials for "Leiomyosarcoma"

Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of thalidomide in treating patients who have recurrent or persistent cancer of the uterus. Thalidomide may stop the growth of cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor.

The purpose of this research study is to look at whether giving a drug called dexrazoxane with standard of care doxorubicin affects the progression of the disease. Dexrazoxane is often given at the same time as doxorubicin to help reduce the incidence and severity of disease of the heart muscle (which can be caused by doxorubicin). In January 2019 Eli Lilly and Company reported that the results of the Phase 3 study of olaratumab (Lartruvo), in combination with doxorubicin in patients with advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma, did not confirm the clinical benefit of olaratumab in combination with doxorubicin as compared to doxorubicin alone. Therefore olaratumab is being removed from the front line standard of care regimen. Amendment #9 was made to the protocol to reflect these changes to the standard of care treatment.

This phase II trial studies how well cixutumumab and temsirolimus work in treating patients with recurrent or refractory sarcoma. Monoclonal antibodies, such as cixutumumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Temsirolimus may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving cixutumumab and temsirolimus together may kill more tumor cells.

The purpose of this Phase 2 study is to investigate whether intravenous administration of REOLYSIN® therapeutic reovirus is safe and effective in the treatment of patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas metastatic to the lung.

This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of erlotinib hydrochloride when given together with cetuximab and to see how well they work in treating patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer, head and neck cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, or colorectal cancer. Erlotinib hydrochloride may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Erlotinib hydrochloride and cetuximab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Giving erlotinib hydrochloride together with cetuximab may kill more tumor cells.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel and gemcitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Colony-stimulating factors, such as G-CSF and pegfilgrastim, may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help the immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy. Giving docetaxel and gemcitabine together with G-CSF or pegfilgrastim may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving docetaxel and gemcitabine together with G-CSF or pegfilgrastim works in treating patients with advanced, persistent, or recurrent uterine leiomyosarcoma.

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of ridaforolimus when administered once daily for 5 consecutive days (QDx5) every two weeks in participants with advanced sarcoma.

This phase II trial studies how well depsipeptide (romidepsin) works in treating patients with metastatic or unresectable soft tissue sarcoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as depsipeptide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.

This is an Italian, multicentre, single arm, phase II study, with an intra-patient comparison end point. This study aims at confirming the activity of the drug trabectedin as second/further line treatment in retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma and well differentiated/dedifferentiated liposarcoma expressed in terms of slowing down tumour growth. Another objective is to investigate this peculiar benefit of trabectedin in typical retroperitoneal sarcomas may be exploited to help multidisciplinary clinical decision-making in the management of retroperitoneal sarcomas

Uterine leiomyosarcomas and soft tissues are rare tumors with a poor prognosis when metastatic or locally advanced. They have an average chemosensitivity mainly to doxorubicin, ifosfamide, cisplatin, gemcitabine and trabectedin but response rates in combination in first line does not exceed 55% for uterine leiomyosarcomas and 35% for leiomyosarcomas of soft tissue. The trabectedin is a new cancer drug that has obtained marketing authorization after failure of anthracyclines and ifosfamide in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas (STM) in Europe. It has especially shown efficacy in myxoid liposarcomas, leiomyosarcomas and synoviosarcoma. This study aims to evaluate the usefulness of the combination of trabectedin with doxorubicin in first-line treatment of uterine or soft tissue leiomyosarcoma.