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Randomized Trial in Advanced, Metastatic or Unresectable Soft Tissue Sarcoma After Failure of Standard Treatments.

A Phase 2 interventional study of Standard arm: Trabectedin in monotherapy and Experimental arm: Trabectedin + Olaparib in Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma, sponsored by Italian Sarcoma Group. Completed at 13 sites in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-04.

Sponsored by Italian Sarcoma Group · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
130
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Phase II study in patient with advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) patients who have already received or are not suitable, for a doxorubicin-based treatment.

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Randomized, open-label, active-controlled, multicenter phase II clinical study. Patients will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive trabectedin 1.1 mg/m2 24-hour intravenous continuous infusion every 3 weeks with olaparib (per os) 150 mg twice a day versus trabectedin 1.5 mg/m2 intravenous 24-hour continuous infusion every 3 weeks until progression or unacceptable toxicity as second- or further-line treatment in a population of STS patients who have already received or are not suitable for a doxorubicin-based treatment.

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Conditions studied

  • Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma

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Keywords

  • Soft tissue sarcoma
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In context

Sarcoma

1,667 studies on the registry are indexed under Sarcoma; 393 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 130 is above the median of 40 across 1,283 interventional studies indexed under Sarcoma.

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Lead sponsor

Italian Sarcoma Group is the lead sponsor of 31 studies on the registry; 11 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Provision of written informed consent prior to any study specific procedures.
  • Patients with histologically documented and not surgically resectable or metastatic STS that progressed after first- or further-line treatments for relapsing disease.
  • At least one previous line of anthracycline-containing chemotherapy for advanced disease or relapsed/progressed within six months of a previous treatment with an anthracycline-containing chemotherapy in the neo-adjuvant/adjuvant setting.
  • Central revision will be mandatory in order to enroll a patient. Central revision will assess both diagnosis and adequacy of tumor specimen (minimum requisite will be a formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded block of either a 16-gauge tru-cut biopsy or a non-necrotic surgical tumor specimen). The patient has to consent BReast CAncer genes 1 and 2 (BRCA1 and BRCA 2) evaluation in the interest of avoiding misleading interpretation of resulting data.
  • Measurable disease according Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 or 1. Patients with an ECOG 2 are eligible if it depends solely on orthopedic problems.
  • Estimated life expectancy of at least 16 weeks.
  • Age ≥18 years.
  • Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction ≥ 50% and/or above lower institutional limit of normality
  • Adequate bone marrow, liver and renal function assessed within 7 days prior to
  • Postmenopausal or evidence of non-childbearing status for women of childbearing potential: negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 28 days of study treatment and confirmed prior to treatment on day 1

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous enrolment in the present study
  • Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product during the last 4 weeks.
  • Previous treatment with trabectedin, olaparib or other Poly Adpribose polymerase 1 (PARP-1) inhibitors or analogue.
  • Persistent toxicities (≥ grade 2 according Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events - CTCAE) with the exception of alopecia, caused by previous anticancer therapies.
  • Dementia or significantly altered mental status (e.g., psychiatric disorder) that would prevent the understanding or rendering of informed consent and compliance with the requirements of this protocol.
  • Patients with any severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions such as unstable angina pectoris, symptomatic congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction ≤ 6 months, serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, uncontrolled hyperlipidemia, active or uncontrolled severe infection, cirrhosis, chronic or persistent active hepatitis or severely impaired lung function. In particular for history of cardiac disease: congestive heart failure >New York Hearth Association (NYHA) class 2; active coronary artery disease (myocardial infarction more than 6 months prior to study entry is allowed); cardiac arrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmic therapy (beta blockers or digoxin are permitted) or uncontrolled hypertension, unstable spinal cord compression (untreated and unstable for at least 28 days prior to study entry), superior vena cava syndrome, extensive bilateral lung disease.
  • Immunocompromised patients, e.g., patients who are known to be serologically positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
  • Active clinically serious infections (> grade 2 CTCAE).
  • Active viral hepatitis [Hepatitis B Virus - (HBV) or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection]
  • Metastatic brain or meningeal tumors (unless the patient is > 6 months from definitive therapy, does not require corticosteroid treatment, has a negative imaging study within 4 weeks of study entry and is clinically stable with respect to the tumor at the time of study entry). Patients with spinal cord compression unless considered to have received definitive treatment for this and evidence of clinically stable disease for 28 days.
  • Patients with seizure disorders requiring medication (such as steroids or anti-epileptics).
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding patients. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test performed within 28 days before the start of treatment. Pregnancy test will be repeated and confirmed on cycle 1 day 1 before treatment start. Both men and women enrolled in this trial must use adequate barrier birth control measures during the course of the trial and 5 months after last dose of study drug.
  • Patients with evidence or history of bleeding diathesis.
  • Patients undergoing renal dialysis.
  • Patients unable to swallow oral medications.
  • Uncontrolled diabetes (fasting glucose > 2 x Upper Normal Limit).
  • Patients receiving chronic, systemic treatment with corticosteroids or another immunosuppressive agent (except corticosteroids with a daily dosage equivalent to prednisone ≤ 20 mg for adrenal insufficiency). Topical or inhaled corticosteroids are permitted.
  • Other malignancy unless curatively treated with no evidence of disease for ≥5 years except: adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in situ cancer of the cervix, ductal carcinoma in situ , Stage 1, grade 1 endometrial carcinoma. Patients with a history of localised triple negative breast cancer may be eligible, provided they completed their adjuvant chemotherapy more than three years prior to registration, and that the patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic disease
  • Patients with severe and/or uncontrolled concurrent medical disease that in the opinion of the investigator could cause unacceptable safety risks or compromise compliance with the protocol (e.g. impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function, or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of the study drugs).
  • Anticancer chemotherapy or immunotherapy during the study or within 4 weeks of study entry
  • Radiotherapy during study or within 3 weeks of start of study drug. (Palliative radiotherapy will be allowed).
  • Major surgery within 4 weeks of start of study. Thus, patients must have recovered from wound or directly surgical related complications at time of study randomization.
  • Investigational drug therapy outside of this trial during or within 4 weeks of study entry.
  • Patients with known hypersensitivity to trabectedin, olaparib or to their excipients.
  • Patients can receive a stable dose of bisphosphonates for bone metastases before and during the study as long as these were started at least 4 weeks prior to treatment with the study drugs.
  • Substance abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the patient's participation in the study or evaluation of the study results.
  • A history of noncompliance to medical regimens or inability or unwillingness to return for scheduled visits.
  • Resting ElectroCardioGram (ECG) indicating uncontrolled, potentially reversible cardiac conditions, as judged by the investigator (eg., unstable ischemia, uncontrolled symptomatic arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, corrected QT prolongation >500 ms, electrolyte disturbances, etc.), or patients with congenital long QT syndrome.
  • Concomitant use of known strong CYtochromeP3A (CYP3A) inhibitors (eg. itraconazole, telithromycin, clarithromycin, protease inhibitors boosted with ritonavir or cobicistat, indinavir, saquinavir, nelfinavir, boceprevir, telaprevir) or moderate CYP3A inhibitors (eg. ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, diltiazem, fluconazole, verapamil). The required washout period prior to starting study drugs is 2 weeks.
  • Concomitant use of known strong (eg. phenobarbital, enzalutamide, phenytoin, rifampicin, rifabutin, rifapentine, carbamazepine, nevirapine and St John's Wort ) or moderate CYP3A inducers (eg. bosentan, efavirenz, modafinil). The required washout period prior to starting study drugs is 5 weeks for enzalutamide or phenobarbital and 3 weeks for other agents.
  • Previous allogenic bone marrow transplant or double umbilical cord blood transplantation
  • Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia or with features suggestive of them
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Standard arm: Trabectedin in monotherapy

    Trabectedin in monotherapy at the dose 1.5 or 1.3 mg/m2 (according institutional practice) given as intravenous infusion at day 1 every 3 weeks (21 days cycle)

    Drug: Standard arm: Trabectedin in monotherapy

  • Experimental
    Experimental arm: Trabectedin + Olaparib

    Trabectedin at the dose 1.1mg/m2 given as intravenous infusion at day 1 every 3 weeks (21 days cycle) plus Olaparib per os at the dose of 150 mg twice a day

    Drug: Experimental arm: Trabectedin + Olaparib

Interventions

  • DrugStandard arm: Trabectedin in monotherapy

    Trabectedin in monotherapy

    Also known as: Trabectedin arm

  • DrugExperimental arm: Trabectedin + Olaparib

    Trabectedin given in combination to olaparib

    Also known as: Trabectedin+ Olaparib arm

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression free Survival (PFS)

    Survival without disease progression

    Time frame: At 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival (OS)

    Survival from the first dose treatment to death for any cause

    Time frame: At 3 years

  2. Overall Survival rate

    Proportion of patients who are still alive at 12 months after have started the treatment

    Time frame: At 12 months

  3. Progression free Survival (PFS)

    Survival without disease progression

    Time frame: At 3 years

  4. Progression free Survival Rate

    Proportion of patients who did not progress at 6 months after have started the treatment

    Time frame: At 6 months

  5. Growth Modulation Index (GMI)

    Ratio of time to progression with the nth line of therapy to the those with the n-1th line.

    Time frame: Week 6, week 12, week 18, week 27, week 36

  6. Adverse events related to the treatment

    Safety in term of adverse event is evaluate from the firs treatment dose throughout the study according to CTCAE 5.0

    Time frame: Week 3, week6, week 9, week 12, week 18, week 27, week 36

  7. Quality of Life according the 30 questions European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire C30)

    Evaluation of the quality of life collected with EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire C30

    Time frame: Week 3, week6, week 9, week 12, week 18, week 27, week 36

  8. Quality of Life according the questionnaire Euro Quality Of Life 5 Domains (EQ-5D)

    Evaluation of the quality of life collected with EQ-5D

    Time frame: Week 3, week6, week 9, week 12, week 18, week 27, week 36

  9. Over all Response Rate

    Overall response rate according Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1

    Time frame: At week 18

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Study locations

13 sites
  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna
    Bologna, BO 40139, Italy
  • I.R.S.T. di Meldola
    Meldola, FC, Italy
  • Nuovo Ospedale di Prato
    Prato, Firenze 59100, Italy
  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
    Milano, MI 20133, Italy
  • Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
    Milano, MI 20141, Italy
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Paolo Giaccone
    Palermo, PA 90127, Italy
  • Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano
    Aviano, PD 33081, Italy
  • Policlinico Universitario Campus Biomedico
    Roma, RM 00128, Italy
  • Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia IRCC Candiolo
    Candiolo, Torino 10060, Italy
  • Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco
    Torino, TO, Italy
  • Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli - Unit of Chemotherapy of Muscoloskeletal Tumors
    Bologna, 40136, Italy
  • Irccs Istituto Oncologico Veneto (Iov)
    Padova, Italy
  • Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena - Unit of Medical Oncology I
    Roma, 00144, Italy
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References and documents

Publications

  • Grignani G, D'Ambrosio L, Pignochino Y, Palmerini E, Zucchetti M, Boccone P, Aliberti S, Stacchiotti S, Bertulli R, Piana R, Miano S, Tolomeo F, Chiabotto G, Sangiolo D, Pisacane A, Dei Tos AP, Novara L, Bartolini A, Marchesi E, D'Incalci M, Bardelli A, Picci P, Ferrari S, Aglietta M. Trabectedin and olaparib in patients with advanced and non-resectable bone and soft-tissue sarcomas (TOMAS): an open-label, phase 1b study from the Italian Sarcoma Group. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Oct;19(10):1360-1371. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30438-8. Epub 2018 Sep 11. PubMed 30217671 ↗
  • Samuels BL, Chawla S, Patel S, von Mehren M, Hamm J, Kaiser PE, Schuetze S, Li J, Aymes A, Demetri GD. Clinical outcomes and safety with trabectedin therapy in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas following failure of prior chemotherapy: results of a worldwide expanded access program study. Ann Oncol. 2013 Jun;24(6):1703-9. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mds659. Epub 2013 Feb 5. PubMed 23385197 ↗
  • Ledermann JA, Harter P, Gourley C, Friedlander M, Vergote I, Rustin G, Scott C, Meier W, Shapira-Frommer R, Safra T, Matei D, Fielding A, Spencer S, Rowe P, Lowe E, Hodgson D, Sovak MA, Matulonis U. Overall survival in patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent serous ovarian cancer receiving olaparib maintenance monotherapy: an updated analysis from a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Nov;17(11):1579-1589. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30376-X. Epub 2016 Sep 9. PubMed 27617661 ↗
  • Pujade-Lauraine E, Ledermann JA, Selle F, Gebski V, Penson RT, Oza AM, Korach J, Huzarski T, Poveda A, Pignata S, Friedlander M, Colombo N, Harter P, Fujiwara K, Ray-Coquard I, Banerjee S, Liu J, Lowe ES, Bloomfield R, Pautier P; SOLO2/ENGOT-Ov21 investigators. Olaparib tablets as maintenance therapy in patients with platinum-sensitive, relapsed ovarian cancer and a BRCA1/2 mutation (SOLO2/ENGOT-Ov21): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Sep;18(9):1274-1284. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30469-2. Epub 2017 Jul 25. Erratum In: Lancet Oncol. 2017 Sep;18(9):e510. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30639-3. PubMed 28754483 ↗
  • Merlini A, Centomo ML, Ferrero G, Chiabotto G, Miglio U, Berrino E, Giordano G, Brusco S, Pisacane A, Maldi E, Sarotto I, Capozzi F, Lano C, Isella C, Crisafulli G, Aglietta M, Dei Tos AP, Sbaraglia M, Sangiolo D, D'Ambrosio L, Bardelli A, Pignochino Y, Grignani G. DNA damage response and repair genes in advanced bone and soft tissue sarcomas: An 8-gene signature as a candidate predictive biomarker of response to trabectedin and olaparib combination. Front Oncol. 2022 Aug 30;12:844250. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.844250. eCollection 2022. PubMed 36110934 ↗

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 4, 2024, 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
NCT03838744
Lead sponsor
Italian Sarcoma Group
Collaborators
PharmaMar, AstraZeneca
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 12, 2019
Start date
May 20, 2020
Primary completion
Nov 29, 2024
Completion
Nov 29, 2024
Last update
Dec 4, 2024

Study contacts

Giovanni Giovanni, MD
principal investigator · Fondazione del Piemonte IRCCS di Candiolo

Oversight

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