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Active, not recruitingNCT03307616Updated Sep 14, 2026

Nivolumab With and Without Ipilimumab and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Resectable Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma or Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma Before Surgery

A Phase 2 interventional study of Ipilimumab and Nivolumab in Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma, Recurrent Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma and Recurrent Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma, sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-14.

Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
32
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This phase II trial studies how well nivolumab with and without ipilimumab and radiation therapy when given before surgery works in treating patients with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma or dedifferentiated liposarcoma that can be removed by surgery. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab and ipilimumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Giving nivolumab, ipilimumab, and radiation therapy may work better in treating patients with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess the pathologic response of nivolumab monotherapy and nivolumab and ipilimumab combination therapy administered in the neoadjuvant setting with and without radiation in patients with treatment-naive primary or locally recurrent resectable undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and dedifferentiated liposarcoma.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess the change in percent viable tumor cells, percent hyalinization and necrosis, proliferation by phosphohistone H3 in biopsy specimens obtained at baseline and on treatment and surgical specimens.

II. To assess the change in immune infiltrate in response to neoadjuvant nivolumab monotherapy and neoadjuvant nivolumab and ipilimumab combination therapy in patients with resectable undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and dedifferentiated liposarcoma.

III. To assess the objective response rate (ORR) of nivolumab monotherapy and nivolumab and ipilimumab combination therapy administered in the neoadjuvant setting as assessed by imaging (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST] 1.1 and Immune Related Response Criteria [irRC]) in patients with resectable undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and dedifferentiated liposarcoma.

IV. To assess the 12- and 24-month recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) of patients with resectable undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and dedifferentiated liposarcoma treated with neoadjuvant nivolumab monotherapy or nivolumab and ipilimumab combination therapy.

V. To evaluate the safety of nivolumab monotherapy and combination ipilimumab and nivolumab in the neoadjuvant setting and peri-operatively by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0 criteria.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To identify immunologic and genomic markers correlating with clinical response to nivolumab monotherapy and ipilimumab with nivolumab combination therapy.

II. To assess the quality of life of patients with dedifferentiated liposarcoma and undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma undergoing neoadjuvant immunotherapy followed by surgical resection.

III. To analyze the microbiome to determine the role of the microbiome on development and response to therapy.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 4 arms.

ARM A: Patients receive nivolumab intravenously (IV) over 1 hour on days 1, 15, and 29 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo standard of care surgery within 2 weeks after day 43.

ARM B: Patients receive nivolumab as in Arm A. Patients also receive ipilimumab IV over 90 minutes on day 1 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo standard of care surgery within 2 weeks after day 43.

ARM C: Patients receive nivolumab IV over 1 hour on days 1, 15, 29, and 43. Patients also undergo radiation therapy (RT) once daily (QD) for 5 days during days 15-47 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo standard of care surgery within 2 weeks after day 71.

ARM D: Patients receive nivolumab as in Arm C, ipilimumab as in Arm B, and RT as in Arm C in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo standard of care surgery within 2 weeks after day 71.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 6 and 18 weeks and then every 3 months for up to 2 years.

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Conditions studied

  • Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma
  • Recurrent Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma
  • Recurrent Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma
  • Resectable Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma
  • Resectable Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma
  • Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma
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In context

Liposarcoma

160 studies on the registry are indexed under Liposarcoma; 36 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 32 is below the median of 52 across 136 interventional studies indexed under Liposarcoma.

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Lead sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 3,047 studies on the registry; 578 are open to participants now.

Of its 612 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 409 (67%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Adult subjects with treatment naive primary or locally recurrent dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS) of the retroperitoneum or undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) of the trunk or extremity will be eligible for inclusion in this study only if all of the following criteria apply.
  • Patients must be capable of giving written , which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the consent form.
  • Patients must have disease determined to be surgically resectable and candidates for upfront surgery as agreed upon by a multidisciplinary consensus (Surgical Oncology, Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology) after presentation at sarcoma multidisciplinary conference. Resectable tumors are defined as having no significant vascular, neural or bony involvement. Only cases where a complete surgical resection can safely be achieved are defined as resectable.
  • Patients will be evaluated by the anesthesia team prior to surgery.
  • Patient must have recent imaging (computed tomography [CT] or magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], as appropriate) within 4 weeks of trial enrollment, demonstrating as defined by 1.1.
  • Patients must have at least one tumor amenable to serial in clinic or be willing to undergo serial biopsies through image-guided procedures during the phase of the protocol. Patients must be willing to provide tumor samples at the time points.
  • Patients must be medically fit to undergo surgery as determined by the treating medical and surgical oncology team and have (ECOG) performance status 0-2.
  • Patients must have > 6 months.
  • Patients must be immunotherapy-naive. Those who have previously been treated with conventional chemotherapy for a prior history of sarcoma in the adjuvant setting may be included.
  • White blood cell count > 3 K/uL.
  • (ANC) > 1 K/uL.
  • > 9 g/dL.
  • > 100 K/mm\^3.
  • Serum creatinine =\< 2 mg/dL OR > 50 mL/min.
  • Aspartic transaminase () =\< 1.5 x (ULN).
  • Alanine transaminase (ALT) =\< 1.5 x ULN.
  • =\< 1.5 x ULN.
  • Women are eligible to participate if: Non- defined as pre-menopausal females with a documented tubal ligation or hysterectomy; or defined as 12 months of spontaneous amenorrhea [in questionable cases a blood sample with simultaneous follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) > 40 MlU/mL and estradiol \< 40 pg/mL (\< 140 pmol/L) is confirmatory]. Females on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and whose menopausal status is in doubt will be required to use one of the methods if they wish to continue their HRT during the study. Otherwise, they must discontinue HRT to allow confirmation of post-menopausal status prior to study enrollment. For most forms of HRT, at least 2-4 weeks will elapse between the cessation of therapy and the blood draw; this interval depends on the type and dosage of HRT. Following confirmation of their post-menopausal status, they can resume use of HRT during the study without use of a contraceptive method.
  • Childbearing potential and agrees to use method(s) of contraception. For a teratogenic study drug and/or when there is insufficient information to assess teratogenicity (preclinical studies have not been done), a highly effective method(s) of contraception (failure rate of less than 1% per year) is required. The individual methods of contraception and duration should be determined in consultation with the investigator. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must follow instructions for birth control when the half-life of the drug is greater than 24 hours, contraception should be continued for a period of 30 days plus the time required for the investigational drug to undergo five half-lives. WOCBP should use an adequate method to avoid pregnancy for 5 months (30 days plus the time required for nivolumab to undergo five half-lives) after the last dose of investigational drug.
  • WOCBP must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of human chorionic gonadotropin [HCG]) within 24 hours prior to the start of investigational product.
  • Men who are sexually active with WOCBP must use any contraceptive method with a failure rate of less than 1% per year. The investigator shall review contraception methods and the time period that contraception must be followed. Men who are sexually active with WOCBP must follow instructions for birth control when the half-life of the investigational drug is greater than 24 hours, contraception should be continued for a period of 90 days plus the time required for the investigational drug to undergo five half-lives. The half-life of nivolumab and ipilimumab is up to 25 days and 18 days, respectively. Therefore, men who are sexually active with WOCBP must continue contraception for 7 months (90 days plus the time required for nivolumab to undergo five half-lives) after the last dose of investigational drug.
  • Women who are not of childbearing potential (i.e., who are postmenopausal or surgically sterile) and azoospermic men do not require contraception.
  • Women must not be breastfeeding.
  • Other terms for undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) may include, but are not limited to: pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma, unclassified spindle cell sarcoma, spindle cell sarcoma not otherwise specified, pleomorphic spindle cell sarcoma, pleomorphic fibroblastic sarcoma, undifferentiated high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma, pleomorphic sarcoma with prominent inflammation, pleomorphic sarcoma with giant cells, malignant fibrous histiocytoma (including storiform-pleomorphic and inflammatory subtypes), fibrosarcoma, and myxofibrosarcoma (at least intermediate grade; located deep to the fascia in muscle).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Disease that is considered surgically unresectable, including, but not limited to significant vascular, neural, or bone involvement, and in cases where a complete surgical resection cannot be safely performed.
  • Prior intra-abdominal surgery within 4 weeks of trial enrollment.
  • Prior chemotherapy or targeted small molecule therapy of the current sarcoma. In patients with locally recurrent disease, previous systemic chemotherapy of the primary tumor is allowed, as long as treatment was completed prior to study enrollment and patient has recovered (i.e., \< grade 1 or at baseline) from any adverse events due to previously administered agents.
  • Prior radiation therapy for sarcoma in the same area.
  • Active concurrent second .
  • Prior or concurrent immunotherapy, including treatment with an , anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, or anti-CTLA-4 antibody; tumor vaccines; interferon, or interleukins.
  • Prior malignancy active within the previous 2 years except for patient's prior diagnosis of sarcoma and locally curable cancers that have been apparently cured, such as basal or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the prostate, cervix, or breast with local control measures (surgery, radiation).
  • Non-oncology vaccine therapy used for prevention of infectious disease within 4 weeks of trial enrollment.
  • Pregnant or lactating female.
  • Unwillingness or inability to follow the procedures required in the protocol.
  • Current use of anticoagulants (warfarin, heparin, direct thrombin inhibitors) at therapeutic levels.
  • Any serious or uncontrolled medical disorder that, in the opinion of the investigator, may increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug administration, impair the ability of the subject to receive protocol therapy, or interfere with the interpretation of study results.
  • Subjects with active, known or suspected disease. Subjects with vitiligo, type I diabetes mellitus, residual hypothyroidism due to autoimmune condition only requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger are permitted to enroll.
  • Subjects with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either (> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other medications within 14 days of study drug administration. Inhaled or topical steroids and adrenal replacement doses > 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease. Brief dosing for contrast allergy prophylaxis is allowed.
  • Any positive test result for or C virus indicating acute or chronic infection.
  • Known history of testing positive for or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
  • History of severe reaction to any monoclonal antibody.
  • Subjects who are compulsorily detained for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical (infection disease) illness.
  • Prisoners or subjects who are involuntarily incarcerated.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(26)

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

Adjuvant and neoadjuvant

Neoadjuvant treatment is given before the main treatment (usually surgery), often to shrink a tumour. Adjuvant treatment is given after it, to lower the chance of the cancer coming back.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors

PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.

PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
32 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm A (nivolumab)

    Patients receive nivolumab IV over 1 hour on days 1, 15, and 29 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo standard of care surgery within 2 weeks after day 43.

    Biological: Nivolumab

  • Experimental
    Arm B (nivolumab, ipilimumab)

    Patients receive nivolumab as in Arm A. Patients also receive ipilimumab IV over 90 minutes on day 1 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo standard of care surgery within 2 weeks after day 43.

    Biological: Ipilimumab · Biological: Nivolumab

  • Experimental
    Arm C (nivolumab, RT)

    Patients receive nivolumab IV over 1 hour on days 1, 15, 29, and 43. Patients also undergo RT QD for 5 days during days 15-47 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo standard of care surgery within 2 weeks after day 71.

    Biological: Nivolumab · Radiation: Radiation Therapy

  • Experimental
    Arm D (nivolumab, ipilimumab, RT)

    Patients receive nivolumab as in Arm C, ipilimumab as in Arm B, and RT as in Arm C in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo standard of care surgery within 2 weeks after day 71.

    Biological: Ipilimumab · Biological: Nivolumab · Radiation: Radiation Therapy

Interventions

  • BiologicalIpilimumab

    Given IV

    Also known as: Anti-Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Antigen-4 Monoclonal Antibody, BMS-734016, MDX-010, MDX-CTLA4, Yervoy

  • BiologicalNivolumab

    Given IV

    Also known as: BMS-936558, MDX-1106, NIVO, ONO-4538, Opdivo

  • RadiationRadiation Therapy

    Undergo radiation therapy

    Also known as: Cancer Radiotherapy, Irradiate, Irradiated, irradiation, Radiation, Radiotherapeutics, RADIOTHERAPY, RT, Therapy, Radiation

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Pathologic response

    Pathologic response will be assessed at time of surgical resection by percentage hyalinization. The study will estimate the difference of the pathologic response between the treatment arms (A versus \[vs\] B, C vs D) along with the estimate of variation of the difference. Given the longitudinal nature of the data, linear mixed effect models for longitudinal measures will be employed to assess the change in the magnitude of the measures over time adjusting for multiple covariates including patient's characteristics, and tumor characteristics. Appropriate transformation of the outcome assessment values will be used to satisfy the normality assumption of linear mixed effect model.

    Time frame: At day 43 (Arm A/B) or 71 (Arm C/D)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Assessment of immunologic changes in the tumor microenvironment and blood

    Subjects will be assessed with computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at screening, after completion of neoadjuvant therapy and during the post-treatment follow-up period. Baseline biopsies and blood for genomic and immunologic analyses will be obtained from patients in each group. Secondary histologic outcomes include percent viable tumor cells, percent tumor necrosis, amount of fibrosis and proliferation by phosphohistone H3.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  2. Change in Immune Infiltrate in Response to Neoadjuvant Nivolumab Monotherapy and Neoadjuvant Nivolumab and Ipilimumab Combination Therapy

    Immune infiltrate to be assessed by analyzing changes in the immune infiltrate in biopsy specimens obtained at baseline and on-treatment, and surgical specimens in response to therapy.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  3. Incidence of adverse events graded according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v.) 4.0

    Safety will be evaluated by clinical assessments including vital signs and complete physical examinations, chemistry and hematology laboratory values and formal assessments of adverse events (AEs).

    Time frame: Up to 100 days

  4. Recurrence-free survival (RFS)

    Subjects will be assessed with CT or MRI at screening, after completion of neoadjuvant therapy and during the post-treatment follow-up period.

    Time frame: At 12 and 24 months

  5. Overall survival (OS)

    Subjects will be assessed with CT or MRI at screening, after completion of neoadjuvant therapy and during the post-treatment follow-up period.

    Time frame: At 12 and 24 months

  6. Objective response rate (ORR) as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria and Immune Related Response Criteria (irRC)

    Time frame: At days 43 and 71

  7. Health status assessment

    Subjects will be assessed with computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at screening, after completion of neoadjuvant therapy and during the post-treatment follow-up period. Safety will be evaluated by clinical assessments including vital signs and complete physical examinations, chemistry and hematology laboratory values and formal assessments of adverse events (AEs).

    Time frame: At baseline, day 15, and day 43 or 71

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Study locations

1 site
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References and documents

Publications

  • Keung EZ, Lazar AJ, Torres KE, Wang WL, Cormier JN, Ashleigh Guadagnolo B, Bishop AJ, Lin H, Hunt KK, Bird J, Lewis VO, Patel SR, Wargo JA, Somaiah N, Roland CL. Phase II study of neoadjuvant checkpoint blockade in patients with surgically resectable undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and dedifferentiated liposarcoma. BMC Cancer. 2018 Sep 24;18(1):913. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4829-0. PubMed 30249211 ↗
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Oct 2017 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Oct 2027, 120 months after the start.

Of 35 phase 2 interventional studies under Liposarcoma, half reached primary completion within 73 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 38 and three quarters within 94. This study's planned 120 months is above that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Oct 5, 2017
First posted
Oct 12, 2017
StartActual
Oct 4, 2017
Primary completionEst.
Oct 31, 2027
CompletionEst.
Oct 31, 2027
Last update
Sep 14, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 14, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03307616
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 12, 2017
Start date
Oct 4, 2017
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 14, 2026

Study contacts

Christina L Roland
principal investigator · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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