Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Sarcoma

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy consisting of ifosfamide and doxorubicin in patients with advanced sarcoma.

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Conditions

Ovarian Cancer Adnexal Diseases Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Endocrine System Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Genital Diseases Genital Diseases, Female Genital Neoplasms, Female Gonadal Disorders Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Ovarian Diseases Ovarian Neoplasms Sarcoma Urogenital Diseases Urogenital Neoplasms

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Lausanne, CH-1011, Switzerland

About this study

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the response rate, time to treatment failure, and survival in patients with advanced soft tissue or gynecological sarcoma treated with high-dose ifosfamide and doxorubicin.

OUTLINE: Patients receive ifosfamide IV continuously on days 1-5 and doxorubicin IV on days 1-3. Filgrastim (G-CSF) is administered subcutaneously daily beginning 24 hours after completion of ifosfamide infusion and continuing through day 16 (or until day 20 if blood counts have not recovered by day 16). Courses repeat every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed at treatment failure and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 16-46 patients will be accrued for this study.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven advanced soft tissue or gynecologic sarcoma Measurable disease No brain metastases (CT scan required if metastases are clinically suspected)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 70 Performance status: WHO 0-2 Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Liver function tests no greater than 2 times normal Albumin 4.0-6.0 g/dL Renal: Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: Cardiac function normal by MUGA scan or echocardiogram Other: No other prior or concurrent malignancy except radically removed nonmelanomatous skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy to the bladder No prior radiotherapy to indicator lesion Surgery: Not specified

Treatment and study plan

filgrastim

Biological

Doxorubicin hydrochloride

Drug

ifosfamide

Drug

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Swiss Cancer Institute

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Registry information

Official study title

Continuous 5 Days Infusion of High Dose Ifosfamide and Adriamycin in Patients With Advanced Sarcoma

Important dates

Study start: 1993
Primary completion: 1995
Study completion: 1995
First posted: Mar 11, 2004
Registry last updated: May 15, 2012

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