Clinical trial · Interventional
Pembrolizumab and Radiation Therapy With or Without Neoadjuvant Doxorubicin and Ifosfamide for the Treatment of High-Risk Resectable Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma or Liposarcoma of the Extremity or Trunk Wall
Comparing Treatment With Versus Without Neoadjuvant Doxorubicin and Ifosfamide in Selected Patients With High-Risk Resectable Soft-Tissue Sarcoma
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 17, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260917-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This phase III trial compares the effect of adding doxorubicin and ifosfamide (AIM chemotherapy) before (neoadjuvant) receiving standard treatment with pembrolizumab, radiation therapy and surgery to standard of care treatment alone in treating patients with high-risk soft-tissue sarcomas, such as undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) or liposarcoma (LPS), that originate in the arms, legs (extremity) or torso (trunk wall) and can be removed by surgery (resectable). Doxorubicin comes from the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius. It damages deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and may kill tumor cells. It is a type of anthracycline antitumor antibiotic. Ifosfamide attaches to DNA in cells and may kill tumor cells. It is a type of alkylating agent and a type of antimetabolite. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the tumor, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)is a type of 3-dimensional radiation therapy that uses computer-generated images to show the size and shape of the tumor. Thin beams of radiation of different intensities are aimed at the tumor from many angles. Giving neoadjuvant doxorubicin and ifosfamide with standard of care pembrolizumab, radiation therapy and surgery may be safe, tolerable, and/or more effective than standard of care therapy alone in treating patients with high-risk resectable soft tissue sarcoma of the arms, legs, or torso.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resectable Liposarcoma | Liposarcoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Resectable Soft Tissue Sarcoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Resectable Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma | Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (11)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biospecimen Collection | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Computed Tomography | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Doxorubicin | Drug | Doxorubicin | ALIAS |
| Ifosfamide | Drug | Ifosfamide | ALIAS |
| Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy | Radiation | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Multigated Acquisition Scan | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Pembrolizumab | Biological | Pembrolizumab | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm A (AIM, pembrolizumab, IMRT, surgery)
- description
- See Detailed Description
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Biospecimen Collection
- Procedure: Computed Tomography
- Drug: Doxorubicin
- Drug: Ifosfamide
- Radiation: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
- Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Procedure: Multigated Acquisition Scan
- Biological: Pembrolizumab
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
- Procedure: Surgical Procedure
- Procedure: Transthoracic Echocardiography Test
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm B (pembrolizumab, IMRT, surgery)
- description
- NEOADJUVANT: Patients receive standard of care pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Starting on day 8, patients undergo radiation therapy, patients undergo IMRT QD on Monday-Friday (5 days per week) for up to 25 fractions (5 weeks) per standard of care. Starting 4-6 weeks after completing radiation therapy, patients undergo oncologic resection per standard of care. POST-SURGERY: Starting 1-4 weeks after surgery, patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle per standard of care. Cycles repeat every 21 days for up to a total of 17 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, patients undergo TTE or MUGA at screening, and blood sample collection, CT and MRI throughout the study.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Age ≥ 18 years
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-2
* Histologically proven diagnosis of UPS or LPS originating in an extremity or trunk wall. Alternative terms for UPS include but are not limited to the following:
* Fibrosarcoma
* Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
* Myxofibrosarcoma
* Pleomorphic fibroblastic sarcoma
* Pleomorphic sarcoma with giant cells
* Pleomorphic sarcoma with prominent inflammation
* Pleomorphic spindle cell sarcoma
* Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma
* Spindle cell sarcoma, not otherwise specified (NOS)
* Unclassified spindle cell sarcoma
* Undifferentiated high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma
* Please contact the medical monitor or study principal investigator (PI) with any questions regarding potentially eligible histologies
* Tumor size ≥ 5 cm on anatomic imaging (computed tomography \[CT\] or magnetic resonance imaging \[MRI\])
* Fédération Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer (FNCLCC) grade (G)3
* Eligible for definitive local management of soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) per established guidelines with wide oncologic resection as determined by a surgeon with expertise in STS management
* Must be a candidate for neoadjuvant radiation as part of local control plan as determined by a radiation oncologist with expertise in STS management
* Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL without transfusion within 7 days of enrollment
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 10\^9/L
* Platelets ≥ 100 x 10\^9/L
* Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN), or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 60 ml/min/m\^2 (modification of diet in renal disease \[MDRD\] formula) for patients with serum creatinine \> 1.5 x institutional ULN
* Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x institutional ULN (in patients with a documented history of Gilbert's syndrome, bilirubin ≤ 3 x institutional ULN)
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)(serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT)(serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase \[SGPT\]) ≤ 2.5 x institutional ULN
* In patients for whom prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR) testing is clinically indicated, PT or INR must be ≤ 1.5 x ULN in patients not on anticoagulation. In patients receiving anticoagulant therapy, PT and INR must be within therapeutic range for the given anticoagulant
* In patients for whom partial thromboplastin time (PTT) testing is clinically indicated, PTT must be ≤ 1.5 x ULN in patients not on anticoagulation. In patients receiving anticoagulant therapy, PTT must be within therapeutic range for the given anticoagulant
* Clinically normal cardiac function based on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50%
* In patients for whom 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is indicated, ECG without clinically significant abnormalities
* Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 3 days prior to randomization
* Subjects in both arms must agree to use highly effective birth control measures during the study treatment period and for at least 6 months after the last dose of chemotherapy or date of surgery, whichever is later
* Female subjects who are breastfeeding should discontinue nursing prior to the first day of study treatment and abstain from nursing until 6 months after the last study treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with evidence of nodal metastases or distant metastases (DM)
* Lung nodule(s) between 0.6-1.0 cm are permitted on study if stable on imaging for least 6 months or if fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan suggests that the nodule(s) are low-risk for metastatic disease
* Lung nodules \> 1.0 cm should be considered metastatic unless proven otherwise by biopsy or resection or if nodules have stable appearance for at least 6 months on imaging
* Any prior surgery (apart from diagnostic biopsy), radiation therapy, or systemic therapy for management of present tumor. Patients with locally recurrent sarcoma after prior surgery alone are eligible for enrollment if other inclusion criteria are met
* Hypersensitivity to DOXOrubicin, ifosfamide, mesna, or pembrolizumab or their metabolites or excipients
* Prior treatment with DOXOrubicin (or other anthracyclines and anthracenediones)
* Clinically significant cardiac disease, including, but not limited to:
* Symptomatic congestive heart failure
* Angina pectoris
* Acute inflammatory heart disease
* Myocardial infarction within 1 year before randomization
* Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia
* Active bleeding or clinically significant major bleeding episode within the last 4 weeks
* Other invasive malignancy within 2 years, with the exception of adequately treated nonmelanoma skin cancer, localized cervical cancer, or low-risk prostate cancer
* Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or treatment with systemic corticosteroids or any other form of systemic immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to study treatment
* History of autoimmune disease treated with systemic corticosteroids and/or other disease-modifying agents in the last 2 years
* Replacement endocrine therapy (thyroid hormone, insulin, corticosteroids) is not exclusionary
* Patients with a history of autoimmune disease previously treated with systemic corticosteroids and/or other disease-modifying agents \> 2 years ago, who are not currently on systemic therapy, may be considered for enrollment on consultation with the medical monitor or study PI
* Clinically significant, active, or uncontrolled infection
* Known history of active tuberculosis
* Active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (confirmed by detectable viral load)
* Active hepatitis B (confirmed by detectable viral load)
* Active hepatitis C (confirmed by detectable viral load)
* Any medically significant comorbidity, which in the opinion of the investigator would preclude safe participation in the studyReferences
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