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RecruitingNCT06524583L-UteCINUpdated Sep 29, 2026

Interest of Post-operative Chemotherapy in Patients With Localised Uterine Leiomyosarcoma Suspected of Having a High Risk of Recurrence Based on a Biological Test Performed on the Tumour

A Phase 2 interventional study of Doxorubicin and Trabectedin in Leiomyosarcoma Uterus, sponsored by UNICANCER. Recruiting at 25 sites in France. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-29.

Sponsored by UNICANCER · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jan 2025; still recruiting 1 year 9 months later.
Updated Sep 29, 20263 sites added3 sites removedGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
198
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Addition of postoperative chemotherapy to prevent or delay recurrence in patients newly diagnosed with localized uterine leiomyosarcoma and who have undergone complete tumor surgery.

Read the detailed description

This is a biological driven study comprising:

  • a multicenter, randomized and comparative phase II trial designed to demonstrate whether adding 4 cycles of post-operative chemotherapy improves relapse-free survival as compared with follow-up (standard management) in patients with resected FIGO stage I uterine leiomyosarcoma, considered at high-risk according to CINSARC NanoCind® signature.
  • a prospective cohort for patients with resected FIGO stage I uterine leiomyosarcoma, considered at low-risk according to CINSARC NanoCind® signature.

HIGH-RISK (HR) CINSARC patients will be randomized post-operatively between the two arms of treatment, i.e. standard treatment (active post-surgical surveillance) or chemotherapy, with a 1:1 randomization on one factor: morcellation versus no morcellation of uterine tumor.

LOW-RISK (LR) CINSARC patients' data will be prospectively collected

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Conditions studied

  • Leiomyosarcoma Uterus

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In context

Leiomyosarcoma

177 studies on the registry are indexed under Leiomyosarcoma; 35 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 198 is above the median of 54 across 151 interventional studies indexed under Leiomyosarcoma.

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Lead sponsor

UNICANCER is the lead sponsor of 219 studies on the registry; 52 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient must have a confirmed diagnosis of uterine leiomyosarcoma obtained less than 8 weeks from the surgery
  2. (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0 or 1
  3. Patient was previously untreated with chemotherapy for a sarcoma, and did not receive anthracyclines and/or trabectedin for another cancer
  4. Available Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) tumor blocks in sufficient quantity and quality to allow CINSARC NanoCind® qualification (low-risk or high-risk)
  5. Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 75 years
  6. FIGO 2018 classification stage I (IA and IB), with complete resection (total hysterectomy and optional bilateral oophorectomy; possible ovarian preservation is feasible in selected cases)
  7. No , as assessed by the investigator: normal post-operative thoracic, abdominal and pelvic CT-scan or normal MRI of abdomen and pelvis + normal chest CT performed within 4 weeks prior to inclusion or randomization in the study
  8. Signed form prior to any trial specific procedures consistent with international conference on harmonisation - good clinical practice (ICH-GCP) and local legislation
  9. Patient must be affiliated to a social security system or in possession of equivalent private health insurance (according to local regulations for participation in clinical trials).

    Additional inclusion criteria for randomization

  10. Inclusion criteria checked at study entry are all still met at the time of randomization
  11. High-risk CINSARC signature
  12. Patient must have a diagnosis of uterine leiomyosarcoma confirmed by a local sarcoma expert pathologist from RRePS (Sarcoma Pathology Reference Network from NETSARC +) locally or by the study central RRePS expert pathologist.
  13. Adequate hematologic organ function:

    • ≥ 1.5 Giga/ L
    • ≥ 9 g/dL
    • ≥ 100 Giga/L
  14. Adequate renal function: serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL (≤ 132.6 µmol/L) or calculated ≥60 mL/min (by the Cockcroft and Gault formula)
  15. Adequate liver function: total ≤ (ULN), transaminases ≤ 2.5 x ULN, alkaline phosphatases ≤ 1.5 x ULN
  16. Adequate cardiac function: cardiac ultrasound and/or isotopic ventriculography, shortening fraction (SF) > 30%, (LVEF) (per ultrasound or scintigraphy) > 50%
  17. Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) ≤ 2,5 x ULN
  18. Albumin ≥ 25 g/L
  19. Signed informed consent form for the randomized phase, consistent with ICH-GCP and local legislation.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Exclusion criteria:

    1. All other histology types of uterine sarcoma (adenosarcoma, endometrial sarcoma, undifferentiated uterine sarcoma)
    2. Prior or concurrent malignant disease diagnosed or treated in the last 5 years except for adequately treated in situ carcinoma of the cervix, basal or squamous skin cell carcinoma, or in situ transitional bladder cell carcinoma
    3. Planned pelvic post-operative radiation therapy
    4. or measurable disease on CT-Scan
    5. Known to doxorubicin or trabectedin or to any of the
    6. Any for the use of doxorubicin and/or trabectedin treatment
    7. Participation in another therapeutic trial within the 30 days prior to inclusion in the study
    8. Active viral or C or known (HIV) infection.
    9. Prior anticancer therapy, including radiotherapy, endocrine therapy, immunotherapy, chemotherapy (CT) or other agents within the last 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas and mitomycin C)
    10. Cardiovascular dysfunction:
  • Congestive heart failure ( [NYHA]) ≥ 2)
  • Myocardial infarction \<6 months before study
  • Poorly controlled cardiac arrhythmias
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
  • Unstable (angina symptoms at rest) or new-onset angina (begun within the last 3 months) 11. Ongoing infection > Grade 2 according to v5.0 12. Breastfeeding woman 13. Patients unwilling or unable to comply with the medical procedures and follow-up required by the trial because of geographic, familial, social, or psychological reasons 14. Persons deprived of their liberty or under protective custody or guardianship.

Additional exclusion criteria for randomization 15. At least one of the exclusion criteria check at study entry is met at the time of randomization 16. Unknown risk for CINSARC signature 17. For patients who require a pathological review by the study central pathologist, failure to obtain a confirmed diagnosis at randomization 18. More than 13 weeks have elapsed since the surgery procedure. 19. Patient receiving phenytoin within 88 hours prior to randomisation and or within 14 days prior to randomisation and or inhibitors (e.g. oral ketoconazole, fluconazole, ritonavir, clarithromycin or aprepitant) and or strong CYP3A4 inducers (e.g. rifampicin, phenobarbital, St John's wort).

Criteria for continuing in the prospective cohort :

  1. Patient must have a diagnosis of uterine leiomyosarcoma confirmed by a sarcoma expert pathologist or by the study central pathologist
  2. Patients with a low-risk CINSARC signature
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(22)

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Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

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.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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.

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.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

CTCAE grade

The US National Cancer Institute’s scale of how severe an adverse event is — any unwanted medical event during a study, such as a symptom, an illness or an abnormal test result, whether or not a treatment caused it. Whether it did is judged separately.

1
Mild.
2
Moderate.
3
Severe.
4
Life-threatening.
5
Death due to the event.

“Side effects of earlier treatment resolved to grade 1 or less” means they have settled to mild or gone.

Live vaccines

Vaccines made with a weakened form of the germ, such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), chickenpox and yellow fever. They can be risky when the immune system is weakened. Flu injections are not live; the nasal flu spray is.

CYP3A (CYP3A4) inhibitors and inducers

CYP3A is a group of enzymes, mainly CYP3A4, in the liver and gut that break down many medicines. Some medicines, supplements and foods (grapefruit, St John’s wort) slow them down or speed them up, which changes how much of a study drug stays in the body.

Studies list them so they can be avoided or switched; bring a list of everything you take, including supplements.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
198 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Arm A

    Standard of care : Active surveillance

  • Experimental
    Arm B

    Experimental treatment: 4 cycle of Doxorubicine + trabectedin

    Drug: Doxorubicin · Drug: Trabectedin

  • No intervention
    Prospective Cohort

    Standard of care : Active surveillance

Interventions

  • 60 mg/m² intravenous (IV) at Day 1 every 3 weeks (4 cycles)

  • 1.1 mg/m² intravenous (IV) at Day 1 every 3 weeks (4 cycles)

    Also known as: Yondelis

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Relapse-free survival

    The relapse-free survival is defined as the time from the date of randomization assignment (or the date of enrollment for patients in the prospective cohort) to the date of first disease recurrence/relapse (local/regional recurrence and/or distant metastasis) or death from any cause whichever comes first.

    Time frame: From randomization or enrollment to disease recurrence or death, up to 5 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall survival

    The overall survival is the length of time from randomization (or enrollment for patients in the prospective cohort) that patients enrolled in the study are still alive.

    Time frame: From randomization or enrollment to death, up to 5 years

  2. Metastases-free survival

    The metastases-free survival is the length of time during and after the treatment for cancer that a patient is still alive and the cancer has not spread to other parts of the body.

    Time frame: From randomization or enrollment to metastases onset or death, up to 5 years

  3. Incidence of adverse events

    The National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5 (NCI-CTCAE v5) is widely accepted in the community of oncology research as the leading rating scale for adverse events. This scale, divided into 5 grades (1 = "mild", 2 = "moderate", 3 = "severe", 4 = "life-threatening", and 5 = "death") determined by the investigator, will make it possible to assess the severity of the disorders. Safety and tolerability (NCI-CTCAE v5.0) will be assessed through the incidence of adverse events, treatment-related adverse events, serious adverse events (SAEs); and death.

    Time frame: Throughout study completion, up to 5 years

  4. Quality of life questionnaire - Core 30 (QLQ-C30)

    Developed by the EORTC, this self-reported questionnaire assesses the health-related quality of life of cancer patients in clinical trials. The questionnaire includes five functional scales (physical, everyday activity, cognitive, emotional, and social), three symptom scales (fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting), a health/quality of life overall scale, and a number of additional elements assessing common symptoms (including dyspnea, loss of appetite, insomnia, constipation, and diarrhea), as well as, the perceived financial impact of the disease. All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100. A high scale score represents a higher response level.

    Time frame: At baseline, end of treatment (up to week 12), 4 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years

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Study locations

2 of 25 sites recruiting
  • Institut de Cancerologie de L'Ouest (Ico)
    Angers, 49100, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Patrick SOULIÉ, MD · Principal investigator
  • Hopital Jean Minjoz
    Besançon, 25030, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Loic CHAIGNEAU, MD · Principal investigator
  • Institut Bergonie
    Bordeaux, 33076, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Maud TOULMONDE, MD · Principal investigator
  • Centre Francois Baclesse
    Caen, 14176, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Zoé NEVIERE, MD · Principal investigator
  • Centre Jean Perrin
    Clermont-Ferrand, 63011, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Pascale DUBRAY-LONGERAS, MD · Principal investigator
  • Centre Georges Francois Leclerc
    Dijon, 21079, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Isabelle DESMOULINS, MD · Principal investigator
  • Chu Limoges
    Limoges, 87042, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Tiffany DARBAS, MD · Principal investigator
  • Centre Léon Berard
    Lyon, 69373, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Isabelle RAY-COCUARD, MD PhD · Principal investigator
  • Institut Paoli Calmettes
    Marseille, 13273, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • François BERTUCCI, MD PhD · Principal investigator
  • La Timone University Hospital
    Marseille, 13385, France
    Recruiting
    • Florence DUFFAUD, MD PhD · Principal investigator
  • Centre Antoine Lacassagne
    Nice, 06189, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Agnès DUCOULOMBIER, MD · Principal investigator
  • Hopital Saint Louis
    Paris, 75010, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Tiphaine LAMBERT, MD · Principal investigator
  • Hôpital Cochin
    Paris, 75014, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Sixtine DE PERCIN, MD · Principal investigator
  • Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses Croix St Simon
    Paris, 75020, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Frédéric SELLE, MD · Principal investigator
  • Hopital Tenon
    Paris, 75020, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Laurent SEKNAZI, MD · Principal investigator
  • Institut Curie
    Paris, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Clément BONET, MD · Principal investigator
  • Chu de Poitiers
    Poitiers, 86000, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Nicolas ISAMBERT, MD PHD · Principal investigator
  • Centre Eugene Marquis
    Rennes, 35042, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Christophe PERRIN, MD · Principal investigator
  • Centre Henri Becquerel
    Rouen, 76038, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Cécile GUILLEMET, MD · Principal investigator
  • Institut de cancerologie de l'ouest site Rene Gauducheau
    Saint-Herblain, 44805, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Pierre KUBICEK, MD · Principal investigator
  • Institut de Cancerologie Strasbourg Europe (Icans)
    Strasbourg, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Jean-Emmanuel KURTZ, MD · Contact
  • Institut Claudius Regaud
    Toulouse, 31052, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Thibaud VALENTIN, MD · Principal investigator
  • CHU Bretonneau
    Tours, 37000, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Mathilde CANCEL, MD · Principal investigator
  • Centre Alexis Vautrin
    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54519, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Maria RIOS, MD · Principal investigator
  • Gustave Roussy
    Villejuif, 94800, France
    Recruiting
    • Patricia PAUTIER, MD · Principal investigator
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — Individual Participant Data will not be shared at an individual level. Those data will be part of the study database including all enrolled patients.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
Sites
3 sites added, 3 sites removed
Show 3 added (3 France)
  • Hopital Jean Minjoz · Besançon, France
  • Institut de cancerologie de l'ouest site Rene Gauducheau · Saint-Herblain, France
  • Centre Alexis Vautrin · Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Show 3 removed
  • Hopital Jean Minjoz · Besancon, France
  • Institut de cancerologie de l'ouest site Rene Gauducheau · Saint Herblain, France
  • Centre Alexis Vautrin · Vandoeuvre-les-nancy, France
Sep 29, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Sep 29, 2026
    3 sites added, 3 sites removed
    Show 3 added (3 France)
    • Hopital Jean Minjoz · Besançon, France
    • Institut de cancerologie de l'ouest site Rene Gauducheau · Saint-Herblain, France
    • Centre Alexis Vautrin · Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
    Show 3 removed
    • Hopital Jean Minjoz · Besancon, France
    • Institut de cancerologie de l'ouest site Rene Gauducheau · Saint Herblain, France
    • Centre Alexis Vautrin · Vandoeuvre-les-nancy, France
    + 3 other changes: index terms, identifiers and verification date

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06524583
Lead sponsor
UNICANCER
Collaborators
PharmaMar, Ligue contre le cancer, France, National Research Agency, France, University Hospital, Marseille, Institut Claudius Regaud, Institut Bergonié, Oncopole
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 29, 2024
Start date
Jan 27, 2025
Primary completion
Dec 2029 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2030 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 29, 2026

Study contacts

Amel MEKALICHE, MS
Contact
a-mekaliche@unicancer.fr
+33 761947045
Florence DUFFAUD, MD
principal investigator · La TIMONE University Hospital

Oversight

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