Clinical trial · Interventional
Immunotherapy + Radiation in Resectable Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Pilot Study of Neoadjuvant Dual Checkpoint Blockade With Concurrent Radiation in Resectable Soft Tissue Sarcoma
NCT03463408CI-TRIAL-00122411completedEarly Phase 1ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Immunotherapy + Radiation in Resectable Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarcoma | Sarcoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| ipilimumab | Drug | Ipilimumab | ALIAS |
| nivolumab | Drug | Nivolumab | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Immunotherapy arm
- description
- Cohort A will comprise adult soft tissue sarcoma patents who consent to and receive ipilimumab + nivolumab concurrently with standard of care radiation. Ipilimumab will be given at a dose of 1 mg/kg every 6 weeks (total two doses) and nivolumab given as a flat dose of 240 mg every 2 weeks (total four doses). Standard surgical resection will be done 2 to 4 weeks after completion of radiotherapy. Accrual is expected to occur over 2 years. Follow up data will be collected for up to 3 years post-treatment.
- interventionNames
- Drug: nivolumab
- Drug: ipilimumab
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- no immunotherapy arm
- description
- Cohort B will comprise patients eligible for the trial who do not wish to receive immunotherapy but consent to the same blood draws, surveys, and specimen analysis as Cohort A. Cohort B will serve as a non-randomized but pragmatic and clinically relevant control group. Standard surgical resection will be done 2 to 4 weeks after completion of radiotherapy. Accrual is expected to occur over 2 years. Follow up data will be collected for up to 3 years post-treatment.
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with biopsy-proven soft-tissue sarcoma with confirmatory pathology review at University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) * 18 years or older. * Able to provide informed consent. * Resectable disease per surgical evaluation. * Neoadjuvant/preoperative radiotherapy has been recommended * Intermediate to high grade sarcoma on biopsy, tumor \> 5 cm in size by imaging * Willing to have blood draws for flow cytometry and Serametrix analysis. * Willing to receive neoadjuvant radiation therapy and subsequent surgical resection. * Patients with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are eligible if the lymphocytes \> 350 CD4+ cells and no detectable viral load. * Women of childbearing potential (defined as any woman, who 1) has not undergone tubal ligation, a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or 2) has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 24 consecutive months or has had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months): * Must not be pregnant or nursing * Must have a negative pregnancy test done within 7 days prior to registration as well as within 72 hrs. prior to receiving first dose of study medication * Women of childbearing potential must use at least two other accepted and highly-effective methods of contraception and/or agree to abstain from sexual intercourse for at least 5 months after the last dose of nivolumab and/or ipilimumab. * Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately. * Sexually active males must use at least two other accepted and highly-effective methods of contraception and/or agree to abstain from sexual intercourse for at least 7 months after the last dose of nivolumab and/or ipilimumab * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 - 2 Exclusion Criteria: * Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, low-grade sarcomas, osteosarcoma subtypes * History of radiation to the affected area * Evidence of metastatic disease prior to treatment * Any history of prior therapy with ipilimumab or nivolumab, or any agent targeting PD-1, PD-L1 or CTLA-4. * History of any the following: * Active known or suspected autoimmune disease * Active autoimmune colitis * Autoimmune pan hypopituitarism * Autoimmune adrenal insufficiency * Known active hepatitis B or C * Known active pulmonary disease with hypoxia defined as: * Oxygen saturation \< 85% on room air or * Oxygen saturation \< 88% despite supplemental oxygen * No systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (\> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of registration. * Second active malignancy, not including localized basal cell skin cancer, squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, ductal or lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast; patients with a history of other malignancies are eligible if they have been continuously disease-free for \> 3 years prior to the time of registration. * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \<= 1,500/mm\^3 * Platelet count \<= 100,000/mm\^3 * AST (Aspartate Aminotransferase) or ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase) =\> 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) outside of normal limits; supplementation is acceptable to achieve a TSH within normal limits; in patients with abnormal TSH if free T4 is normal and patient is clinically euthyroid, patient is eligible. * Life expectancy under 5 years.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDVatner R, James CD, Sathiaseelan V, Bondra KM, Kalapurakal JA, Houghton PJ. Radiation therapy and molecular-targeted agents in preclinical testing for immunotherapy, brain tumors, and sarcomas: Opportunities and challenges. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 May;68 Suppl 2:e28439. doi: 10.1002/pbc.28439. Epub 2020 Aug 22. PMID 32827353